Chaennie One-shots

Proposal

Rosie's POV

“They really told you that?”

I pouted around a mouthful of food, cheeks puffed up with rice as Jennie giggled. 
“Yeah! My friends are mean, Jennie-ah. I don’t need to date someone, I’m not that lonely.”

“Aren’t you though?” my best friend teased, taking a careful bite of her own food. I mock-gasped and swatted her. “Come on, you’re always talking about how you want a girlfriend and stuff.”

“I do want a girlfriend, but not in that way,” i sighed, setting my chopsticks down. Jennie raised an eyebrow, silently asking me to elaborate. 
“I mean, I don’t want to have feelings for anyone, that just leads to more pain in my experience.”

She pointed out, 
“That’s a cynical way to live.”

“Maybe.” Shaking my head, i stuffed another bite of food in before continuing, “But I want to do cute, girlfriend-y things with someone, you know? I want to have a girlfriend, just without all the attached stuff. Does that make sense?”

“Yeah,” Jennie assured me, pointing at me with the chopsticks in her hand. 
“I get it. I want to do those things too, but it’s hard enough just having friends as an idol, I think dating would be worse.”

Comfortable silence fell between the two of us as i continued eating, my best friend being careful not to smudge her lipstick. It was rare that she got to see me between shoots, so i was determined to enjoy every one of the 30 minutes you had together. 
“Ah. That’s my cue,” she sighed when her manager called for her. 
“Text me tonight?”

I waved, grinning, “Absolutely. Have fun!”

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Mandu [8:02]  I was thinking about what we talked about earlier

I frowned at the text, setting my dinner down to pick up the phone. It was an interesting way to start a conversation, but it wasn’t exactly unlike Jennie to be direct.

Me [8:03] ?? which part?

Mandu [8:03]   we talked about both wanting girlfriends

Mandu [8:04]   at least, wanting to do girlfriendy things without the attachment

Me [8:04]   oh yea...

Me [8:04]    why did you think about it lol

For once, Jennie was responding immediately, which either meant she was ignoring her practicing or at home. (It was probably the first, in your experience with her messed-up schedule.)

Mandu [8:06]    why don’t we date?

I choked on my rice, the food spattering out onto the dining table as i coughed and pressed call. She picked up immediately, and you wheezed out, “What?”

“You read my text, right?” my best friend seemed to take my coughing for a ‘yes’, so she continued, “I think we should date. We should do those girlfriendy things together.”

“...Why.”

Jennie sighed on the other side of the line, Jisoo's voice on the other side of the line an indicator that she wasn’t alone. “I mean, we won’t get attached, because we’re already friends, so that’s your concern. And you won’t rat me out to Dispatch or whatever, so that’s my concern. It makes sense, Rosie.”

Contemplating the idea, i took a sip of some water, the sitcom ambient noise in the background. “I mean, I guess it does. But we can’t do all the girlfriendy things, right?”

“Like what? Set your boundaries.” Her voice was teasing, but i knew Jennie was listening intently. She always did.

My cheeks flamed when the answer came to my mind, and it took significant effort just so i wouldn’t stutter. 
“Kissing? Or.....sex.”

The silence i was met with honestly made you a bit anxious, but Jennie sounded as nonchalant as ever as she responded, “I mean, I’m not opposed. It’d be a lie to say I never liked you, Rosie.”

“Huh?” Your brain practically short-circuited; it wasn’t exactly a secret that i had had a crush on the other girl when our friendship first started. But i definitely had no idea that Jennie had ever felt the same. 
“Do you still? Like me, I mean.”

“Definitely not,” she joked, but there was something off about her voice. 
“Nah, come on, we’re just good friends. If you’re not comfortable with it, though, we don’t have to.”

I bit my lip, i still felt something for my best friend, but it was just a tiny residual crush. If you actually got in a ‘relationship’ with her, though, i wasn’t sure it’d remain that way. 
“Rosie? Did I make you uncomfortable?”

“Oh, no. Yeah. I’m comfortable with it, actually. It sounds good, Jennie-ah. Girlfriends without the fine print.”

“Girlfriends without the fine print,” she agreed with a soft laugh. 
“Well then, I take it you accept my proposal.”

“Proposal? No, this is going too fast for me,” i jested, smiling even though she couldn’t see me. 
“Yeah. I accept. Are you at practice or do you want to come over? Because I’ve got some extra food for you.”

I could practically see Jennie's grin on the other side of the phone and felt my stomach flutter the tiniest bit. That part was probably due to the food, though. 
“Don’t need to tell me twice. See you in a bit.”

Once she hung up, i was left staring at my wall, thinking about whether the proposal was such a good idea or not.

After all, it wasn’t exactly true that i wasn’t going to catch feelings.