12.

Lisa P.O.V

After parting ways with Rosie, I entered my dorm room, and flung myself on the bed.

I could hear slight humming from the washroom. A minute later, Jisoo stepped out, in her pink pajamas. "Oh, you're back."

She glanced at me and walking over to the fridge.

I laughed, and got up. "Ah, and you don't even seem to be fazed."

"Why would I be fazed?" She asked, taking out a water bottle, and passing it to me.

"Well, because I was just sprawled on the bed like that! What if that was a robber? Someone who broke into our dorm room to steal our belongings! Would you still be so chill then?" I asked her, actually concerned by her reaction, or well, lack of it.

"We don't have anything that valuable here either. I would just tell the person to take whatever they want, and the get the hell out," she said, shrugging and sitting down on the chair.

I gasped. "Nothing that valuable?! What if they steal my clothes?"

"Oh, yeah. Your precious clothes."

She rolled her eyes. I glared at her.

I love my clothes more than anything, and I will karate chop anyone's ass, who dares to disrespect them.

"Definitely more precious than all your belongings," I said, scoffing.

"Oh, my! I'm so offended by that." Jisoo sniffled, and faked a hurt expression.

"As you should be," I said, even more annoyed.

"That's it. I'm un-inviting you from my party now," she said, getting up, and walking over to our dressing mirror.

What party?

"Hey, you can't do that, okay?" I said, walking up to her.

"I can, and I will. But, do you even know what I'm talking about?"

"No, I don't know, but you still can't un-invite me!" I exclaimed.

"And, why is that?" She asked, applying some cream on her face.

"Because I am the life of parties!" I said, in a 'matter of fact' tone.

She just scoffed in response.

"I am! I didn't go for Eunha's party, and the next day, I heard it was more boring than Mr. Wonwoof's lectures," I said, cringing.

"Okay okay. I get your point, little Lisa," Jisoo said, laughing.

"Good. Now tell me more about this party." I pulled her over to my bed, and sat down.

"I somehow found out that the teachers' excursion is tomorrow, so we're hosting a party," I nodded, encouraging her to continue.

"We, as in, my brother and I are hosting it."

"Wow, it must be a big party if your brother's involved in planning it."

Jisoo's brother is very particular with his work, and has everything down to the very last detail.

"I guess. It's just a normal party, though. Not too grand, you know?" She said, after a few seconds.

"When is it, though?"

"Tomorrow, at 8 P.M."

"Okay! Well, I should probably freshen up, huh?" I said, getting up slowly.

"Yeah, you should, you stink," Jisoo said, smiling softly.

"I'm not going to say anything snarky, because I do agree with that." I quickly walked over to my cupboard, and got a pair of pyjamas out.

"Yeah, yeah, go now. I'll heat our dinner till then."

Jisoo walked into the kitchen. I hummed, and entered the washroom.

After my mini concert— I mean, after my shower, I got out, feeling thoroughly refreshed.

I saw that Jisoo had already set the table, and kept the soda's out. I took a seat, and hummed in content upon touching the cold soda can. Jisoo chuckled, and sat down opposite to me.

We ate in silence, with a few words and giggles exchanged. After that, I just got to bed quickly, since I was tired. Jisoo offered to clean up, and do some other stuff.

I smiled, and soon fell asleep.

-

I woke up the next morning, with slight back pain.

Guess sleeping in the fetal position the whole night wasn't the best decision.

I just sat up, rubbing my eyes, and slowly looked around. "Oh, you're up. Good morning," Jisoo chirped.

I looked at her with squinted eyes, and huffed. "Yes, and I'm going back to sleep."

"No, you aren't. Get out of bed, and go brush your teeth," she said, putting on her apron.

"But I'm still sleepy and my head hurts," I whined.

"It's already 10 A.M! Plus, you said that you and Rosé had to show Jungkook around again today, right?"

"Oh, yeah, but I have time for that," I said, settling back into bed.

"Hmm, fine just sleep, then. I'll tell Rosé to show him around without you."

Jisoo walked over to her phone. My eyes widened at that, and I jumped out of bed.

"I'm up, I'm up," I said, quickly.

Jisoo laughed, and mumbled a 'Good girl', before walking off to make breakfast.

I brushed my teeth, and got out of the washroom five minutes later. I did a little stretching to get rid of the soreness in my body, and hissed in pain, when I hit my ankle on the side of the bed.

'Today's gonna be a bad day,' I thought to myself, rubbing my ankle slowly.

"Food's ready!" I heard Jisoo say. I sighed, and plopped down on the seat of the dining table. I took a bite of the scrambled eggs, and almost spat it out because it was hot.

I groaned, and put the fork down rather harshly on the plate. Jisoo looked startled.

"Everything alright?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm just a little grouchy today." I sighed, and picked up the fork again.

"I see. I can actually tell Rosé to go on her own. You can sleep longer if you'd like."

"No, that's alright. I'll sleep when we get back."

"But, the party. . .?" Jisoo trailed off.

"Oh. . . right." I sighed.

Uncomfortable silence creeped into the room. "At least, I have something to look forward to, now," I said, trying to lighten the mood.

Jisoo nodded, with a beautiful smile on her face.

After breakfast, I went for a shower. I got out, ten minutes later, and went over to my nightstand, picking up my phone, and clicked on Rosie's contact, upon seeing a message from her.

Rosie ❣
Good Morning :D

[You]
Morningg

I smiled, and waited for a reply. When it had been two minutes since I sent the message, but she hadn't responded, I finally switched off my phone.

A few seconds later, I heard a ping, and immediately clicked on it when I saw Rosé's name.

Rosie ❣
Slept well?

[You]
Kinda.. my back hurts tho lmao

Rosie ❣
What?! Omg take some rest then :(

[You]
Nah, its ok.
We gotta show Jungle cook around right?
Jungkook**

Rosie ❣
Jungle cook😭
And I can show him around on my own too!

[You]
Hell naw. It'll only take a few hours to show him around.
I'll rest afterr

Rosie ❣
Oh if u say so :)

[You]
Mhm. Wat time do we meet him tho?

Rosie ❣
Around 1?

[You]
We havin lunch together?

Rosie ❣
Oh suree
We should ask Sooya and Jen to come too.

[You]
Yess ofc

Rosie ❣
Great! See u later then.
Byeee :))

[You]
Bye!

"Ah, so cute," I mumbled, with a silly grin on my face.

"Who?"

I yelped, when I suddenly heard someone whisper behind me. I turned, around and was met with the sight of Jisoo, holding up two pairs of dresses.

"Don't sneak up on me like that, God," I said, clutching my chest.

"Chill, anyways, so like, who are you talking about?" Jisoo asked, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Uh. . . me," I said, after a few seconds.

"The hell? You're talking about yourself?!" She looked at me weirdly.

"Is it bad to love yourself?" I asked, fake sniffling.

"No, no, it's a good thing. It's what my brother is always preaching about, isn't it? Guess it's having some use," Jisoo said, rolling her eyes slightly.

"Anyways, which one do you like more?" She asked, holding the two dresses up. 

Jisoo put them down on the bed neatly, and I examined them carefully.

They were both gorgeous, but the dress on the left, however, stood out to me more. It was a simple, yet elegant looking, magenta coloured crop top.

I reached out, and realized it had a velvety feel to it. There was also a glossy, leather skirt. It was onyx black in colour, and had two diamonds near the waistband, just adding to the grandeur of the outfit.

"This." I pointed at the dress on the left. Jisoo lifted it up, making her way to the mirror, and held the dress up against her.

"I was hoping you would choose this," she said.

"I'm sure you'll look amazing." I nudged her softly.

"Me? This is for you."

"For me? Why?"

"Well, I thought you would look great in one of these!" She smiled

"Oh, thank you so much, Sooya," I said, giving her a side hug. She hummed, and put the clothes back.

"Oh, by the way, are you free later? I was thinking we could eat in the cafe," I asked.

"I have to make some arrangements for the party, but that isn't until two, so sure."

"Ah, great," I said, smiling. "We are meeting up with Jen, Rosie, and Jungkook too."

"Oh, that's perfect. I can inform him about the party too," Jisoo said, smiling.

-

Jisoo and I took our coats, and reached the cafe about ten minutes later.

We saw Rosé wave at us, and made our way to the table they were seated at. "Hi guys," I said, sitting down next to Rosé.

"Hey." I heard a melodious voice reply.

I smiled, and ruffled her soft pink hair. 'Damn I love her hair.' I thought to myself.

"Where's Jungkook?" I heard Jisoo ask.

"He's running late I suppo— Oh, speak of the devil," Jennie said nonchalantly, putting her phone down.

He jogged over to our table, and apologised for being late while bowing slightly. "No, don't apologize. We got here early," Rosé said.

He nodded, and slumped down on the seat next to Jisoo. We ordered our food and drinks shortly after, and just spoke about random stuff.

"—then it bit him, and the poor guy thought he was going to die. It was non-poisonous, but the dude is traumatized for life," I said, in between my laughter. The others joined in, and soon our snacks were placed on the table.

We were eating in silence, when Jisoo suddenly said, "Oh, by the way. Party. Tonight, at eight."

"Yeah, yeah we know," Jennie said, munching on a french fry, and Rosé hummed.

"Wait. Party? What for?" Jungkook asked, clearly lost.

I saw Jen and Sooya exchange knowing looks. "It's my birthday today," Jisoo said, with a straight face.

I was gonna speak up, when I realized they were pranking the guy. So, I decided to keep quiet, and play along.

Rosé, however, didn't get it.

"Oh. I'm sorry I didn't know. Happy birthday Jisoo!" Jungkook said cheerfully, showing off his bunny smile.

"Huh, it's not—"

I quickly placed my hand on Rosé's thigh, and squeezed it gently, causing her to shut up in an instant, and blush profusely. I smirked seeing her reaction.

Sooya and Jen finally burst out in laughter, and Jungkook looked around confused.

"It's not her birthday today, Juancock," Jen said, laughing. Sooya hummed in agreement.

"What do you mean?" He asked, pouting in confusion. I cooed at him.

"Aw, they were just pranking you, Kookie," I said.

Rosé and Jungkook both let out an 'Oh,' at the same time, making us laugh even more.

"What's the party for, then?" Jungkook asked, drinking his banana milkshake.

"The teacher's excursion is tonight," Jisoo said simply.

"It's when the Headmaster takes all the teachers out for a field trip sort of thing, so the campus is all ours," Jen explained, upon seeing the confused look on Jungkook's face.

"Which is why, we take full advantage of this, and host campus parties. Since there are no teachers, no one can stop us. Tonight, my brother and I are hosting. Also, this way, the Freshman can sort of get to know each other," Jisoo added as an afterthought.

"That reminds me, aren't you guys Freshmen too?" He asked, looking at Rosé and I.

"Yeah, we are. We joined in May," Rosé said, looking at him.

"This way, though, you get to meet others," I continued.

"Well, it's already half past one, and I have to go shopping. Wanna join, Jisoo?" Jennie asked, getting out of her seat, and glancing at her.

"Sure, why not? I need to find a dress for myself, too," Jisoo said, grabbing her bag, and walking out with Jennie.

"Ah, and dress code's black and pink. Leather is preferred." Jisoo added with a wink.

We chuckled at her cuteness. "We should get going too." I heard Rose say. Jungkook nodded, and stood up.

I quickly paid for our snacks, and we got out of the cafe.

"Okay, so, let's go to the Sports Centre first. The Business building is right next to it anyways," I suggested, standing next to the fountain.

"Oh, sure!"

We went straight ahead, to where the Sports Centre and Business building were located.

The walk was peaceful, with the occasional crunch of leaves, and birds chirping. I glanced at Rosé who was a little ahead of me.

Her pink long, wavy hair, was moving along with the wind, as if in a rhythm. The gorgeous smile never left her face. Her light brown eyes looked even prettier, with the suns rays reflected upon them.

They looked like little jewels.

"Take a picture. It'll last longer." I heard someone whisper.

I turned, and was face to face with Jungkook. Our close proximity caused him to take a step back, with a smirk.

I returned the smirk and said, "You know what? That's actually a great idea." I took my phone out from my pocket, and held it, in a teasing way.

He just chuckled, and looked ahead onto the road. I looked at Rosé once again, and felt my heart flutter.

'If only she knew what she does to my heart,' I thought, sighing.

I stealthily took a few pictures, so as to not let her know. But, the pictures didn't really do justice to her ethereal beauty. They never did.

Some things' beauty is only seen and truly appreciated with eyes, not through screens.

We finally reached the Sports Centre, and we entered it, ready to be amazed once again.

"This building has literally everything you could ever need, every little sports equipment," Rosé said.

"There are five floors in total, including the one we're on." I gestured to the space in front of us, which was occupied by gymnastic mats and bars and other things used by a gymnast.

On the far corner of the floor, there were gym equipments, such as treadmills, dumbbells and barbells of various shapes and sizes, a leg press machine and, of course, a stability ball; a gym is incomplete without them. There were also other unnamed machines which I assume were also gym equipment.

"Holy shit, there's literally everything here." Jungkook staring at said machines in awe.

"Do you even know what that machine is called?" I asked mockingly, pointing at the equipment which had a weird container filled with water and had a rubber rope attached to it, a few feet away from the seat.

"Yes, that's called a rowing machine. This develops the abdomen muscles. There was one in the gym I used to go before, but the quality wasn't as good as this one," Jungkook said, pointing at the water container on the machine, the awed expression never leaving his face.

"Can we go up? There's still four more floors to see, Kookie."

I scowled at Rosé's choice of name, but said nothing.

"Sure, I'll be coming here regularly, anyways," he said, smirking.

-

"So, you're telling me that there's a swimming pool here, along with football courts, badminton courts and squash courts?!"

"Well, you just saw them all, Bunny boy." I yawned.

"I know, I still can't believe this," he muttered.

"The Headmaster is even planning on adding an outdoor football court," Rosé said.

"Damn. This university is—"

"—the best, we know."

I interrupted him, while flipping my hair proudly.

"One last building to see, then we're done, let's get going," Rosé said, heading out of the Sports Centre.

We walked ahead, and reached the Business building within five minutes, as they were right next to each other. Jungkook looked up, and gasped.

"Damn, this building is huge."

"True. This is the tallest building in the entire campus," Rosé said.

We got in, and he looked around wide eyed. It looked even bigger and spacious, than on the outside.

The Business building is the fanciest, out of all the other buildings in this campus. It was very similar to the inside of a cliche office hall. All meetings are held here, and ambassadors from foreign countries come here too.

There was not much of a crowd around here, probably because it was a weekend.

"Do you want to check every room too?" Rosé asked, looking at Jungkook.

"Uh, not really. I don't have anything to do in this building, anyway."

"Alright, then," I said, before clicking my heel and heading out.

We were finally done with the tour, and we exited the building with a satisfied look.

"We're finally done now— oh, wait. We have to show him the park, Lisa!"

"Do we really have to?" I asked, after a few seconds. I mean, the park's beautiful and all, but I was sleepy and tired as fuck.

"Of course we have to! This campus is nothing without the park." Rosé gave me the puppy eyes. I melted at that, and grumpily agreed.

Jungkook was just standing there, looking at his phone.

"Come on, Bunny boy," I said, snickering when I heard him curse under his breath.

I walked next to Rosé, and felt my cheeks heat up, whenever our hands brushed against each other. I could see her glance at me from time to time, with rosy cheeks.

There was comfortable silence around us, with Jungkook humming a song occasionally. This silence, however, was broken when we heard a sudden gasp.

Rosé had tripped on a stone, and I caught her in my arms before she could fall.

My hands were around her petite waist, and she was desperately holding onto my arm. She looked up, and when our eyes met, I swear, I don't mean to sound cheesy, but time just stopped.

Everything was muffled, and all I could do was look at the angel in front of me.

The way her flawless skin glistened under the rays of the sun. . . heck, everything about Rosé was perfect; from her sparkling eyes, to her plump lips.

A strand of hair fell on her face, and I was about to reach out, and tuck it behind her ear, when I heard a cough behind me.

I immediately let go of Rosé, and cleared my throat.

"I-I'm sorry for, uhm, disturbing?" Jungkook said, in a feeble voice, looking down at the ground once again.

I felt my cheeks heat up, and bit the inside of my cheek, embarrassed.

"It's n-no problem. You weren't disturbing. Lisa just saved me from almost scraping my knee," Rosé said, quickly walking up to Jungkook.

I just stood there, not knowing what to say. There was just awkward silence that stretched on and on, until I couldn't take it. I shook my head, and said, "Okay, well, uh, let's go now, eh? I'm a little tired."

Jungkook nodded, and walked ahead of us.

***

Jungkook P.O.V

'Screw my life' is all I repeated over and over again in my head.

Here I was, standing behind Lisa and Rose, looking at them having their little K-drama moment. I felt like a fucking second lead, seeing them gaze into each others eyes, while I stood there watching them like a goddamn creep.

I wanted to say something, but thought it would come out rude, so I just fake coughed, hoping to catch their attention. It didn't work, and I swear to God, I was tempted to just throw a rock at them.

I coughed a bit louder this time, getting ready to walk off, if they continued to ignore me. Thankfully, they seemed to notice me this time.

Lisa literally shoved Rosé off of her, and cleared her throat. Rosé started fanning herself, looking anywhere but here. I stiffened, because my smart ass hadn't thought of what to say after that.

"I-I'm sorry for, uhm, disturbing?" I said, although it came out more as a question.

'Yes, of course you had to stammer, you pathetic fool,' I thought to myself, cringing. I looked down at the ground, biting my lip.

"It's n-no problem. You weren't disturbing. Lisa just saved me from almost scraping my knee."

Rosé had suddenly evaporated next to me. 'Jeez, when did she get here?' I stared at her with big eyes.

The awkward silence was starting to suffocate me, and just as I was about to speak up, I heard Lisa say, "Okay well, uh, let's go now, eh? I'm a little tired."

I sighed in relief, glad that we were leaving. I nodded, and walked ahead, even though I had no clue where the hell I was going. I was lost in my thoughts, and yelped when I felt someone grab my arm.

"Jungkook?" Rosé asked, holding my arm. I looked at my hand and then back at her. "Uhm, sorry," she quickly let go of it. "You were going the wrong way. . ."

"Oh! My bad."

"Guys, come on," I heard Lisa say. We made our way towards her, and before I knew it, we were in front of the Sports Centre again.

I checked the time, and smiled when I saw that it was half past three. 'I can get some sleep then.'

I was still looking at the watch, when I bumped into someone hard. I gasped, and quickly stepped back.

"I'm so sorry," I said, bowing down, wondering how many more times I was going to bump into strangers, and embarrass myself.

"That's alright," I heard someone, with a rather deep voice say. I finally looked up, and saw a tall man with bubblegum pink hair.

'Dang, everyone has different hair colours here.' 

I thought, staring at the man in front of me. A smile quickly made it's way onto his face, and I cooed upon seeing deep little crevices form in his cheeks.

His eyes almost disappeared when he smiled like that, reminding me of Jimin. His lips became thinner when he smiled that adorable smile of his. His rather tall frame had a buff body, especially at the chest.

He seemed somewhat intimidating but his smile just immediately made me feel at ease. He seemed like a sweet person.

The way he carried himself, just made me feel that he was someone important. Someone wise with a lot of responsibility and respect.

He seemed like a leader.

"Yo, you coming or wha—" Lisa suddenly stopped, upon seeing the vividly haired man in front of me, "oh, hi, hyung!"

Rosé greeted him too, waving.

"Hey Lisa, Rosé," he said, grinning, those deep dimples still in sight.

"Ah, I'm guessing you met Bunny boy over here." Lisa patted my shoulder.

I glared at her, and said, "Ignore her. I'm Jeon Jungkook. It's nice meeting you!"

"Pleasure to meet you Jungkook, I'm Kim Namjoon."

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A / N

[301121,, this chapter has been revamped.]

Filler chapter oof, but is probably the longest chapter yet-🤡 an apology for not updating for so long? But we warned it wud take time 😭 and just a warning, the next chaps will also take some time before they're published because the next chap is where all the fUn begins 👀

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We tried to make this chapter as light as possible because of wHateVEr's gonna happen next *ahem* angst? *ahem*

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