Need You To Need Me | Jenlisa

IX.

Jisoo knew they'd have to talk about it. Rosie would wake up and they'd have to talk about it. But still, that didn't stop Jisoo from panicking while waiting in the living room. What would Rosie remember about last night? And even if she did, would she bring it out?

It was about one p.m and Chaeyoung still hadn't woken up.
Jisoo had spent her morning staring outside her living room window. It wasn't a nice day. But it wasn't a bad day either. Where the sun was supposed to be, there were grey clouds, but not the bad kind. A brief wind was moving the trees.
It might seem odd, But Jisoo adored that weather. It was the same weather she had witnessed her whole life, it felt like home to her. Just like the blonde sleeping in the other room did.

Not after a while, Rosie came out of her room, looking pretty rough. Her blonde hair were disheveled and she had dark eye bags under her almond shaped eyes. The shirt Jisoo had "lended" her the previous night was way too big on her, which only contributed to make her look even skinnier. Even though Jisoo was shorter than Chaeyoung she only wore oversized clothes, so everytime her friend would take something from her closet she ended up looking like she had stolen it from her boyfriend rather than her five-foot-four best friend.

"How are you feeling ?" Jisoo was the first one to break the silence. The two had been staring at each other, both unsure on what to say.

Jisoo pardoned Chaeyoung's silence thinking she was still pretty confused from last night.

"I don't know. I feel like I died. And resuscitated. And now I'm dying again".
Roseanne's voice was hoarse, she was probably dehydrated and her throat was dry. Jisoo felt like the voice that came out of her wasn't Rosie's, but the one of a fifty year old with a nicotine addiction.

If that was what drugs did to someone, Jisoo didn't want her to take any anymore. It was like looking at a stranger. Like her whole face had changed overnight.

Jisoo's parents were both doctors so she had had a lot of medicine and health magazines around the house growing up. She remembered that one time when she didn't have anything to read so she grabbed one of her mother's magazines and started reading. One article in particular talked about drugs. Surpassing the boring medical stuff, a testimony at the end of the article had caught Jisoo's attention. One sentence stated: To feel the high you gotta handle the lows.

Jisoo wasn't an expert but she pretty sure Rosie was now experiencing the so-called "lows". The blonde looked feverish and pale, a layer of cold sweat adorned her forehead and she was pretty sure she was shivering.

They still hadn't moved from their previous positions. Jisoo was still standing by the window and Rosè by the sofa, far from her.

When Jisoo tried to move closer, Rosè was quick to take a step back.

"I need to take a shower" she announced, almost asking for permission.

"Okay, I'll get you some towels" Jisoo was trying very hard not to take the blonde's cold behavior too personally. After what happened last night, it was obvious Rosè wouldn't be her usual cheery self.

Both in the bathroom, Jisoo had taken out the fluffiest towels she could find and handed it to her friend.

"Here you go, call me if you need anything. I'll let you to it" jisoo made a move to exit the bathroom when Rosie stopped her.

"Wait"

"What?" Jisoo turned around to question her friend who was staying silent even under Jisoo's confused gaze.

"Shower with me" Rosie's words came out almost as a whisper. She wasn't asking, her words felt like a beg.

Jisoo didn't answer straight away. After everything that was happening lately, doing something so intimate like showering together wasn't exactly something that was on the older's mind. She wasn't opposed to the idea, she was just taken back by the request, and even more taken back by the fact that it was coming from the blonde herself. Someone who had told her they should distance themselves from each other only a week ago.