Between The Bars | A Lizkook AU

12.

Jungkook woke up feeling hot and agitated. He glimpsed around the sofa where he fell asleep - the tin box on the floor and the stuff and notes scattered on the coffee table as it were before he broke down last night. The phone clutched in his palm and rested on his chest had died, and he tried to remember when exactly did he fell asleep.

Did he really talked to her - or was it all a dream? It felt so real...please let it be real. Only one way to find out - he needs to check his phone. He got up and stretched the pain loose from his back and neck. Lazily, he drags his feet to the door and grabs his backpack in search for the charger.

Once it's plugged, he went straight for the bathroom to clean himself up - all the while trying to remember what went down during his 'anxiety attack'. He recalled reading the notes and that's when his hands started shaking by themselves. Her soft sobs and pleading voice sounded fresh in his mind - does she still care for him as he hoped she would?

Jungkook doubled his speed and soon, he's back out in his bedroom - reaching for his phone that's now switched on. He checks on the call history - yes! They did talk...for close to an hour! It felt so short though...was she still on the line when he fell asleep? Hope blooms in his chest like the first day of Autumn and he felt energized, excited even, to continue on his quest!

Once he's dressed up and had his morning milk, he sat back onto the sofa and re-look into the items. Nothing adds up but out of all the notes, only one has a location written on it. Bukchon Hanok Village. The place is not that far but it's too big of an area for him to be randomly searching around. It's a tourist spot too - she can't possibly be staying there! What else...what else...

His fingers began taking out the rest of the notes inside - reading them closely one by one to make sure that it's not in his handwriting. One of his notes caught his attention.

'To Lily: I promise I'll bring you to that art shop that you wanted to go so much next month. And I promise to do the painting with you. And I promise we'll stop by a souvenir shop and buy a cute keychain of your choice. Yes, I'll pay. Yours truly, JJK'

He sighed a smile. Lisa had made him wrote that - he remembers it well like it was yesterday! He never did...just another one of his promises that he failed to keep...wait - where's the shop again??

...

"What are you snapping?" Jungkook stopped writing on his music sheet, distracted by the sound of clicking on her camera not far from him.

"You,"

"Me? Well, why didn't you say so - I could've posed for you -" He puts one hand on his hand and leaned his chin up - striking a pose like one of the female models basking under the sunlight. Lisa laughed her high-pitched laugh, obviously finding him entertaining!

"I like you better when you're not posing, bunny,"

Jungkook squints his eyes at her before darting on the camera. "Is that a new one? Or the same that you -"

"A new one!" She squeaks all too excitedly and her cheeks puffs out like snowballs. Cute...but Jungkook can't help his frown.

"What happened to the old one?"

"It's still working but it's slightly different. It's a DSLR and this is a Compact Mirrorless. It's better at light sensors and..." She scoots next to him eagerly. "It's smaller so it's easy for me to carry around. Look, it has all the functions of a DSLR too -" 

Her round eyes shines with excitement - showing him the features on the LCD screen - but Jungkook couldn't focus.

"You just bought the last one three months ago right?"