Crazy Over Him

6: Lisa and Ryan

Lisa just woke up from a nap after skipping the second half of school. She went home during lunch and fell asleep right when she laid on her bed. Lisa sat up on her bed and rubbed her eyes, yawning in the process.

"What time is it?" she thought out loud and reached for her phone. "Ugh, 4:26 PM only?"

Lisa got out of bed and exited her bedroom, walking down the stairs and into the kitchen as her eyes adjusted to the sunlit room. The second she stepped through the door frame, she bumped into someone.

"Ah! Wh- who are you?" Lisa screamed as she took a step back then regained her composure to grab the stranger by the collar. "How did you get in here?"

"Lisa, relax! That's Ryan!" Bambam said and took Lisa's hands off of Ryan's shirt. "I invited him over to do some homework. I do this all the time, don't you remember?"

Lisa looked Ryan up and down, from his nicely styled hair to his strong jawline, his muscular chest then his left leg that was wrapped in bandages. She didn't stop her angry glare at Ryan for startling her though.

"Watch where you're going next time. Bambam lives with me but this is my house, got it?" Lisa said and Ryan gave a curt nod.

"I'm sorry for running into you," Ryan said but Lisa was already walking past them and into the kitchen after losing interest in the conversation. "Let's study somewhere else next time, Bam."

"Definitely," Bambam agreed with a small eye roll at Lisa's behaviour.

Lisa was always rude to Ryan and it bothered Bambam at times but Ryan would never let him make a bigger deal out of it. Bambam lived with Lisa's family since his parents stayed in Thailand to run their business and at the end of the day, Bambam was just thankful Lisa was nice enough to let him invite friends over.

"Hello?" Lisa said and the boys looked over. "I'm at home right now, why?" she said with a phone in her hand, to which she put on speaker phone.

"Why did you skip second half? We're supposed to go out with Jennie and thanks to you, I had to go with her myself," Rosé complained over the phone.

"I wanted to sleep so I went home."

"Wanna get back to work?" Ryan asked Bambam and he nodded.

"Who's that?" Rosé asked.

"Some guy named Ryan," Lisa said dryly and made some ginseng tea.

"What's Ryan doing at your house?"

"What do you think they were doing if Lisa's been in bed since lunch?" Bambam replied teasingly and Lisa's eyes widened.

"Yah, shut up, you idiot!" Lisa yelled and swatted Bambam's head.

"You should've been quieter yourself when you were with Ryan!" Bambam teased again then ran out of the kitchen with Lisa chasing him.

Ryan cleared his throat and limped over to Lisa's phone using his crutches.

"Don't believe Bam... Nothing happened," Ryan said then limped out of the kitchen.

Lisa came back to collect her phone and made sure to hit Bambam again before going back to her room, slamming the door behind her with a loud bang.

"So when Ryan was flirting with me it was gross but you slept with him and it's okay?" Rosé asked and Lisa gagged.

"Don't even put his name in a sentence like that."

Lisa sat on her bed with her phone in her lap and mug in her hands.

"I'm guessing Ryan is your newest toy?"

"Yah, do you want me to throw up? Bam was obviously talking out of his ass. Why would I ever want to be near anyone like R-r... Ugh, I can't even say his name without gagging."

Lisa took a sip of her ginseng tea and Rosé sighed over the phone.

"What's with the sigh. Was Jennie that hard to deal with?"

"You know how she clingy she can be... Thank god our shopping run had to be cut short when we ran into Shawn at the mall. He took her somewhere and I was just happy to get away."

"Are they back together again?"

"I guess. He was talking about bringing her to some party when he was dragging her away."

"Why would Jennie even date him if he's so annoying? He's friends with Chanyeol and let's face it, the cute ones are always the worst."

"Do you think Ryan is cute?" Rosé asked and Lisa almost choked on her tea.

"Are you joking?"

"I think he's cute from certain angles. Yeah, he used to be a loser but now he's surrounded by people. He'll probably be a useful asset for our popularity."

"How desperate are you, Chaeyoung-ah? This is the same loser we've known since grade 9. The only difference is that he's pretending to be someone he's not."

"What's your problem with him again? What did Ryan ever do to make you hate him this much?"

Lisa put her mug down on her bedside table and laid on her bed.

"He was my biology tutor for a while back in first year. I asked him to do my homework since that's what everyone else's tutor was doing but he refused. I even tried to flirt with him and everything but he wouldn't budge. Ugh, what a hard-ass."

Rosé laughed over the phone and Lisa wrapped herself in her blankets.

"I'm tired again. I'm going to sleep. Hang up whenever," Lisa said and closed her eyes.

"Mark's having a party next weekend. I know Bambam will be there so have him drive us there around 11."

"Mhm. Sure. Who's going?"

"I heard Ryan was invited."

"Then I'm not going."

"It's not like you go to parties to socialize. Just go for a few drinks then leave."

"Hm, fine. But only if I feel like drinking. If the party is boring, I'm going to the club."

"The club? We have the same drama course, don't you have auditions the next day?"

"Whatever, it's not like I even want to be in the stupid play. I just need the credit. Shut up now, I wanna sleep."

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