Stay With Me

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Jennie left Lisa's room hurt by the words of the latter's best friend. It was true, tho, that's why she was hurt. She felt responsible for Lisa's injury. She had enough guilts already, but get someone to talk her like that made her feel bad. Rubbing it to her face made it even more real and hurtful.

She reached the rooftop and sat on the bench, looking at the sky. It was already afternoon and the sun was setting.

She watched the sunset at the horizon, spreading its largess into a grateful sky. Rich hues of red blended with oranges, purples and crimson.

A memory popped into her mind. When she was in Thailand with Lisa. Lisa took her to the top floor of their building. It was Lisa's secret place to hide from her mother and just calm down, when they had an argument about something. Now, Jennie was the only one to know about this hidden spot.
Lisa back then, backhugged Jennie and showed her the sky the clouds and the magnificent view of Bangkok. The view was so beautiful, but the shivers in Jennie's body was not by the amusement of the view, but from the younger's embrace.

This sunset was a little bit different. It had a bitter taste. Lisa was not there. Jennie exhaled deeply and closed her eyes. She felt the cold air on her face but she didn't mind it. She just wanted time to think. She put her hands into her pockets to warm them up and felt a box inside them.

Lisa's gift.
The one she bought a while ago, she took it out of her pocket and just looked at it.

"Jen" Jisoo called her from behind.

"Unnie?" Jennie turned her head backwards to see Jisoo calling her. She placed the gift back to her pocket and stood up.

"What are you doing here?" Jisoo asked her worriedly.

"Nothing, just I needed some fresh air" Jennie stated softly and sat back on the bench.

Jisoo approached her and sat beside her. She turned her face side ways to look at her friend. She didn't utter another word. They stayed like this in silence, as Jisoo realised that Jennie needed time. But she didn't want to leave her alone. After almost ten minutes, with the two of them just starring the sky, Jennie's phone vibrated. She took a glimpse of it and placed it back inside her left pocket.

"It's so beautiful" Jisoo pointed out to Jennie the sky with her chin, not minding to look at her.

Jennie only hummed this time. Another vibration came from her phone. Jisoo turned her gaze to Jennie.

"It's Limario, isn't it?" Jisoo asked her.

"Yeah, it's Lisa." Jennie replied while she was smiling reading Lisa's message.

"I can tell. You have this face again." Jisoo pointed at Jennie's face with her index finger.

"What are you talking about Chu?" Jennie looked at her with curiosity while Jisoo just chuckled.

"Let's go back Jen, otherwise she will crowl up here. She is crazy." Jisoo said and made Jennie laugh hard.

"She just said the same" Jennie laughed on how much Jisoo knows her or how much she looks like her.

Jennie typed an answer to Lisa and pushed the send button.

Mandu : Stubborn!

Poo poo : Are you coming?

Mandu : Do I have a choice?🤨

Poo poo : No! Be fast! Before Chaeng eat all the snacks you brought me. 😜

Jennie smiled at the last message. Lisa always knew how to make her feel better.

This time Jisoo's phone had a message.