Need You To Need Me | Jenlisa

VI.

Jennie was now staring at her, a blank expression on her face. Lisa couldn't really tell,though. She didn't dare looking at her. She knew seeing an angry Jennie would have broken her heart right then.

"Are you really that drunk?" Jennie asked annoyed while trying to keep Lisa on a standing position, her hands still wrapped around the younger's waist. Had she let her go, she would have fallen to the floor.

"It's Taehyung's fault" Lisa managed to say.

Jennie's hold on her waist seemed to tighten. Was she mad at her? Or at Taehyung? That couldn't be, she always gets mad at her, Lisa sighed. Not even her extremely drunken state helped her get Jennie out of her mind.

What wasn't helping Lisa's situation was the fact that her head was buried in Jennie's hair. A sudden dizziness had made her way to her already intoxicated brain, even though she wasn't sure wether it had been because of the alcohol she had consumed or the fact she had Jennie's perfume so deep in her nostrils she was pretty sure her brain had made sure she'd never forget it.

Joke's on me, Lisa couldn't help but think. She already had Jennie's smell registered. A smell so unmistakable yet so miserable to her that a pain shot through her chest every time she'd smell it.

Lisa couldn't see that Taehyung had spotted the two of them among the crowd and was now making his way towards them. But Jennie did.
So she grabbed Lisa's wrist and started moving, pushing people away as she made space for her and her best friend.

"Let's get you some fresh air" Jennie's tone was still cold. She was acting as if Lisa had been an obstacle during her night, something she had to take care of, rather than care for.

But Lisa didn't notice. She was just content with Jennie's strong hold around her wrist. Physical touch wasn't something she took for granted when it came to the brunette.

Suddenly, they were both out of the building. They had used the back exit and found themselves on a sad metallic set of stairs.

None of them talking, they were both leaning into the brick wall that belonged to the club, watching their breath condense.

"Try to stay on your feet" Jennie had ordered Lisa with a not so gentle tone. What she didn't know was that the taller one actually liked being given orders by the brunette. She had always thought authority looked good on her.

Jennie took out a pack of cigarettes and lazily placed one between her lips. Without offering one to Lisa, knowing she usually didn't smoke and certainly wasn't in the condition to do so at the moment, she light the cigarette up and took a long puff.

She was smoking with such calm that Lisa couldn't help staring at her and the way the smoke would go out of her lips and up into the sky.

"I thought you quit" Lisa said.

"There are a lot of things I should quit" jennie responded, her words came out playful yet serious.

" like what?" Lisa wasn't really in control of the words that came out of her mouth. Her subconscious was just hoping she wouldn't say things to Jennie she'd regret the next day.

Jennie didn't answer. She turned to her right and made eye contact with Lisa. Her eyes had softened a bit, she didn't look as angry as she was inside the club. The cigarette must have calmed her down, Lisa thought.

Jennie kept staring at her, her glare unreadable.

They stayed like this for what felt like hours. A comfortable silence settling into the two of them.

If it wasn't for the alcohol, Lisa knew she wouldn't be able to keep eye contact for so long with Jennie. For the first time in her life, she didn't feel like backing up or looking down at her feet. It was like, for the first time, they were being honest with each other.
Even though not a single word had been muttered, their eyes were having a conversation their mouth had never been able to have.