Artist Love Better | Jensoo

Chapter 11: Dont Give Up

Jisoo grabbed her bag and put the straps around her shoulders. Looking around the little room, she made sure she wasn't forgetting anything. She checked her phone and frowned when the screen showed no new messages. Stepping outside the room, she walked towards the door and looked back at her boss.

"See you on Wednesday, boss." She said to Kang Daesung who was counting money behind the counter.

"See you, Jisoo. Keep your phone close in case I need you tomorrow." He said without looking up.

"Always do." She replied as she opened the door and walked out.

The raven took a pair of black rim sunglasses from her bag and placed them on her face as she started walking towards her house.

"What the actual fuck, Jisoo?"

Jisoo pursed her lips and closed her eyes, closing her palms into fists. She knew she would be caught up at some point but she didn't imagine it would be that soon. She knew she was in the wrong and she felt bad about it, but she couldn't help it. She needed time. And she knew how much she sucked at being social and normal social rules. Turning around, she faced a very angry looking brunette and tried to keep her cool.

"What the fuck yourself, Lali! You made me jump!" She said, bringing her hand to her chest.

"Good! What is going on?" Jisoo watched as her friend took a few steps and stood in front of her.

"Nothing is going on. Why are you creeping on me like this?"

"'Cause it seems to be the only way to talk to you? You barely sent me a couple of messages since Thursday! What's up?"

"Nothing, Lisa. I took extra shifts on the weekend, I was busy." She did take quite a few extra shifts but she knew that money was hardly the reason why she took those shifts. She needed to escape.

"Bullshit. You are avoiding me. Why?"

"I'm not avoiding you, Lisa. I just... needed some time for myself, ok?"

"Jisoo, I know you. You're my best friend. I know when there's something up with you. If you just don't feel like telling me, that's fair enough, but don't leave me hanging, I worry about you."

Jisoo stared at her friend for a moment and took another deep breath. Lisa was right, she had been avoiding her for the past few days but not for any specific reason. She really just needed time for herself. She felt sad and confused and she knew that she wasn't ready to share the latest events. But four days have passed since she walked away from Jennie and she felt that perhaps it was time to tell her friend what was going on.

"Are you free?" She asked in a low voice.

"Yes."

"Let's go to mine then. We can talk there."

"Fine." Lisa said with a serious tone as they started to walk.

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Jisoo placed her bag on the kitchen counter and turned around to face Lisa, who had her arms crossed on her chest, facing the floor.

"Lali, I'm sorry. You have all the right to be pissed at me. I just... I needed time. I should have told you." Jisoo said, apologetic, taking a step towards her friend.

"Yes, you should have. I was worried about you, Jisoo. Two messages in four days? Not picking up my calls? I don't get it! What the hell happened that made you act like this?"

Jisoo sighed and faced the floor. There was no point in carrying on not telling Lisa what happened.

"Ok. Yes, something did happen and I feel like shit for not telling you since day one. You're my best friend, my only friend and I never meant to hurt you. I was... not in control. And I'm sorry."