Artist Love Better | Jensoo

Chapter 3: Unexpectedly

Jisoo has to deal with the unexpected consignment.

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Jisoo paced around the apartment not knowing what to do. She felt surprised but angry at the same time. Looking at all the art supplies lying on the floor, she couldn't believe that the girl just had the guts to do that. She thought she was right the night before. That girl indeed had it easy. All those supplies must have cost over 600 dollars and, for the girl, it meant probably nothing. In the back of her head, a voice kept telling Jisoo that she should just leave it. Keep the materials and forget about it, but she couldn't. She felt like her pride was hurt. Her art meant a lot to her and she wouldn't just accept this. The materials sent to her were much more than what actually fell in the lake. It made no sense to keep it.

The raven was brought back from her never ending internal rant by the knocks on the door. She quickly opened it and faced her best friend who came to her flat as quickly as she could after the raven called her as an emergency.

"What's the emergency, unnie? You know I worked super late last... What the fuck is all that?"

Jisoo stepped aside letting Lisa enter the flat and sighed at the girl's reaction to the goods spread on the floor.

"How did you manage to get all that overnight?"

Jisoo didn't say a word. She handed the note that was wrapped around her wallet earlier over to Lisa and watched as her eyes widened at the words.

"Shut up! She sent you all that? It's much more than what you bought in the first place! This is insane!"

"I know, Lali. I can't accept it."

"Are you fucking kidding me? Of course you can! Did you see the posh business card? She is a photographer; she is probably minted as fuck. Just take the stuff!"

"I can't, Lisa! I know I probably should but I just can't. At least not all of it. I didn't drop ten canvases in the lake and I certainly did not buy an easel that costs 400 bucks on its own. I have to send it back."

"Ugh, Jisoo don't be stupid! Oh my god! There's more art supplies in here than you will need in months! Think about it! How long would it take for you to save enough money to buy all this shit?"

"And that's the very reason why I can't take it, Lali. This Ruby doesn't understand."

"Oh my god, why do you care if she understands or not? She doesn't even know you! You're being stupid, Jisoo! Don't you think it's time for you to let things go? It was a long time ago!"

Jisoo looked at her friend feeling rage growing inside her.

"Lisa, don't."

"Don't don't me, Jisoo. Not everyone wants to fuck with you. This girl is clearly trying to repay you for what she's caused. Why can't you just accept it?"

"Because sometimes bad shit happens and it changes you."

"That might be true, Jisoo. But if you keep lingering in the past, you will get blind. And you won't see when good shit happens."

Jisoo took a deep breath and looked at the bags and boxes on the floor. It was indeed much more than she would need for at least a few months. But she couldn't let go. She had a buzzing feeling in her chest telling her that she shouldn't keep it. At least not all of it.

"I'm gonna keep enough to replace what fell in the lake. And I'm giving the rest back."

"Honestly, unnie. Sometimes I think you have a glitch in your brain or something," Lisa sat on the edge of Jisoo's bed, defeated. "How are you gonna give this back?"