Feels Like Home | A Lizkook AU

14.

It's not an act - he really is well-mannered and polite! It's in the little things...the guy didn't even call for the bill - he went straight to the counter without her even knowing and settled it there! He pulled the chair when she was about to stand, and held her jacket up for her to put it on. He opened the door and she caught him bowing slightly to the hostess at the corner of her eyes earlier. Put him in a suit and he'd look like a charming prince - which is too good to be true and she knows it's far from the truth!

There's the question of his background lingering around but she sensed that he's not comfortable talking about it. It was horrific to hear but what shocked the hell out of her was the way he said it. She might be slow when picking up lies, but she wasn't oblivious when someone puts up an act. It was as if he's trying to appear nonchalant - like he wasn't affected by it - but there's a hidden emotion in his eyes and she was sure of it!

It's intriguing and Lisa wanted to know more - was he there when it happened? How did he survived then? How and why his adopted mother committed to such a crime? Was she abusive to him? Is that why he's the way he is now? There are so many things she wanted to peel off from the guy but she can't...not until he's comfortable enough with her!

"What do you wanna do next?" He asked as they reached his bike.

"Mm...you wanna go play some games?" It's probably a childish and cliché thing to do on a date but Lisa has a purpose. She's determined to make him laugh and smile so much today, so that he'd feel safe with her!

...

He remembered being in this kind of place when he was little. The place was much smaller, but some of the machines looked familiar. It was on one od those days when he walked with Mrs Kim to help her carry groceries and on the way back, she stopped by a tiny stall to get a newspaper while he waited in front of a shop lot that happened to be a small arcade. There were a lot of kids his age and older inside, and Mrs Kim caught him staring. He could still recall how fast his excited heart was beating when she encouraged him to go inside and play something.

He watched as Lisa went to exchange the tokens at the counter, then to the surroundings. It's definitely bigger and livelier. There aren't that many small kids around, most of the space being occupied by late teens. They're probably around the same age as him but he can't help but feel old. It's colourful too, with neon lights from the machines. An upbeat pop music is playing - not too loud but enough to get people excited.

"Here," Lisa placed the bunched tokens on his palm. "I've exchanged for 20 tokens each. We can probably play 5 or six games with it. What do you feel like doing first?"

Jungkook took a quick glance at the active view of the arcade. He's actually really excited that he's not sure if he could even choose - he wanted to try playing so many things! But what caught his eyes most are the racing machine. That was the one he played when he was little.

"Can um...can we do that one?"

Lisa tiptoed slightly to where he pointed. "You sure? Cus I'm so used to driving and um...I can go pretty fast,"

"Oh...are we competing?"

"Not exactly but I mean...you can get really competitive when you start playing right?" She smirked.

You can? Oh...maybe cus I never played next to anyone...

"Okay...I'll do my best then!"

...

This is probably the most fun Jungkook has had in years! He just can't seem to stop laughing at the comical and loud girl as she became more and more frustrated at the result of each game - not to mention, her confident comeback everytime they started on a new one! He did feel bad though, so he lets her win on the shooting games - and because he got nervous that she'd catch up on his skills...