•Few Days Later•

In hopes to help Jungkook prepare for his confession to Jennie, we decided to meet up today to practice. We are currently in the ice cream parlor where he told me I should try the ice cream and that it's his favorite. Though we haven't gotten any ice cream, he said we'd have some after.

"Okay, well, tell me what she's like first." I smile. "She's amazing, she's absolutely talented. She's beautiful." I see it in his face, he's really in love with her. It's like, every girls dream for a boy to talk about her like this. With this look in his eyes, for there to be this feeling that flows off of him like the smell of perfume as he talks about her.

Jennie is one lucky girl, I'd have to say that. I laugh, "I mean, personality wise." He gets out of his dream land. "Oh, um, she has a very strong personality. She's very confident in herself." I nod. "Okay then, for your confession you have to be just as confident." I tell him. He nods quickly. "Okay, let me hear it." I say.

His face gets super pink. "What's wrong?" I ask. "I don't really know what to say." He confessed to me. I chuckle. "Okay, how about..." I think for a while. This would be hard for me too, I've never confessed to someone or had someone confess to me. I try to remember dramas I've seen. I nod, shifting in my seat, readying myself. "Can I talk to you? I have to tell you something." I get into character, he stares at me.

I tap his hand. "Play along." I tell him, "Oh, okay." He nods. He inhales and sits up straight. "Sure, you can talk to me." He says. "I've been meaning to tell you for a long time now, but I've been scared." I pull my hair behind my ear, looking down a bit. "You know you can tell me anything." He says. I inhale deeply before looking him straight in his eyes.

"I've had strong feelings about you for a long time now, they've been so strong I just can't hold them in anymore." I pause, trying to think of something else to say. "It's okay if you don't feel the same, I just wanted you to know that...I'm in love with you." I quickly break character by smiling, "How was that?" I ask. He nods, why does he have that look on his face? "Are you okay?" I ask.

"No yeah, I'm great." He says, blinking a couple of times before looking down. I look at him confused. "Jungkook?" I ask. "Yeah?" He asks. "What's going on?" I chuckle. "I don't think I'd be able to tell her that." He bites his lip. "Why? I think you can do it." I nod. "This was just practice." I lower my head so that he looks at me, "You know that, right? That's why I'm helping you." He quickly nods.

Maybe he's over thinking too much?

**

"You don't want to try?" She asks. I look around the ice cream parlor, it's empty. "I'll try." I nod slowly. She smiles, "Okay, good." I try to think of all my feelings towards Jennie, all the feelings that rise in my stomach.

"Jennie..." I start. "I know that you think of me like a brother, but I want you to know that my feelings are much stronger than just being a brother to you. I think of you much more than a sister. When I look at you, my heart has this funny beat.." I touch my chest. "And at times I can't even stop smiling." A smile spreads on my face.

"When I'm around you I feel complete, and when I'm away from you my heart feels empty." I let out a breath. "I want to be more than what you think of me, I want to be the one to hold you... and kiss you. To show you everyday that you're worth it, and that you're the best thing that ever happened to me." I meet eyes with Lalisa.

"Because being here with you today, has made the sun shine a whole lot brighter, and the birds sing a whole lot prettier." I set my hand one hers. "I'm in love with you." I whisper. She quickly pulls her hand away from mine and starts to clap. "See? I knew you had it in you! That was so good. Just make sure to mention how long you've felt these feelings for her, so that she knows that."

"You mean it? It was good?" I ask. She smiles and nods. "That's so great that you can express yourself like that about her, I think that's very beautiful." I find myself smiling. "Thank you Lalisa, I'm so grateful to have such a great friend like you." I tell her.

"It's not a problem at all, I hope you continue to improve on your confession, cause it's really good. I'm sure she would feel the same hearing you talk about her like that." I begin to feel extremely happy to the thought of Jennie feeling something for me. Then I quickly frown to the thought of her and Taehyung.

"There's one problem, this guy Taehyung. I think she likes him." I say. She looks around, like she's thinking. "Maybe we should keep a close eye on them, just to see how they are together." She suggests. I then get an idea. "It's the first show of the play today, would you go with me?" I ask.

"Yeah, is love to, I've never seen a play before." She says. I get up and grab her hand, instantly walking us out of the parlor and to the sidewalk outside. I'm walking rather fast, heading to the school. I smack my hand on my thigh and feel my wallet. I nod and continue walking. "Jungkook." Lalisa calls me. I turn and look at her. She laughs and shakes her head.

"You're crushing my hand." She says. I hadn't even noticed that I was still holding her hand, I could have sworn that I let go of her hand. "Oh, sorry." I say nervously, softly loosening my grip her hand. "I'm just so.. nervous." I tell her. She smiles, "That's okay, there's nothing to be worried about." She says patting my shoulder.

I nod. "Now let's go watch that play." She says enthusiastically as she walks next to me and we walk together to the school. I'm so excited to see Jennie in the play.

**

We make it to the school and there's a lot of people in line for the play, definitely family of students in the play. Obviously. We stand in line together, I see him become fidgety. Wow, is he really that nervous? It's just a play, I wanted ice cream.

"Oh, haha." He laughs and looks at me. "We'll go get ice cream after the play if you want, it completely fled my mind that you didn't get to try the ice cream." I smile, it was like he read my mind. "Okay." I say. I've honestly become very comfortable with Jungkook since I've arrived. He's such a nice person and he's made me feel at home in such a short amount of time. He reminds me a lot of my best friend Bam Bam, I think that's why it was so easy to connect with him.

The line got even longer as time passed, would there be enough space? When it's our turn to pay for the tickets I turn to my purse and I feel a hand on my wrist. When I turn and look, he's paid for both tickets. I frown. "I'll pay you back." He smiles and shakes his head as we make our way into the theater, dear Jesus.. it's cold in here. "Take it as I'm thanking you for your help." He says.

"I'll buy the ice cream." I tell him. "Pfft, absolutely not." He says, I frown. "The guy never lets the girl pay." I raise an eyebrow. "I'm your friend, it's a favor." I explain as we take a seat. We're in the second to last row, once seats fill up they stop letting people in and I assume they have to wait until the next show.

"I don't care, I'm still paying." He says. I let out a breath, secretly rubbing my arms. "You're so stubborn." I say sitting back in the seat. He looks at me, "No I'm not." He argues. "Okaaaaaay." I sing. I look ahead and see the stage, the curtain covering our view of the set up. I wonder what's the theme of the play, I'm kind of excited because I want to see what Jungkook's crush has for talent.

I've heard all good things about her, equaling out all the bad things I've heard about her. I wouldn't want to tell Jungkook, I know he'd hate me. And he's my friend, so I wouldn't want to hate me over rumors I've heard. I'm sure they're not even true. I then feel warmth surround me taking me by surprise, causing me to jump.

"Sorry, I just saw you rubbing your arms." I look at him. "No, Jungkook. You can wear your sweater, I'm fine." He shakes his head and crosses his arms with that smug grin on his face, giving me the idea that he's not taking back his sweater from me. I finally slip my arms through the sleeves. "Thank you." I tell him, he smiles, "No problem." He says, and his attention is instantly directed to the stage when the lights dim and the stage curtains slowly swing open.

I look ahead, the stage is set up in a school setting, lockers along the back stage. Students having conversations together but there's one girl alone, I recognize her immediately. Jennie, she looks so beautiful. Her hair is curled and she has books in her arms. She looks around to the other students, giving off the vibe that she's a loner, and has no friends.

She let's out a breath and walks down stage to a small bench just in front of people in the audience. She begins to talk about herself and introduces her name, of course her character name. When she begins narrating, all the students in the background freeze, indicating that she's talking in her head. She's really good actually, she sure does have talent.

I was so into the play that I hadn't noticed that I had the collar of Jungkook's sweater against my nose, and I'm smelling it. My head shoots to him, but he's so mesmerized by Jennie that he doesn't even notice. His sweater smelt clean, with a hint of some sort of cologne, I force his sweater away from my nose. I direct my attention to the play again and try not to get into my force of habit in putting things against my nose to smell.

The play turns into a more romantic theme, and she's talking to a boy. The new character introduced is a poor boy. Oh, it's a typical Romeo and Juliet play. Just of course their names aren't exactly Romeo and Juliet. The boy is an extremely good actor, almost like a Drama actor. I turn to Jungkook and he looks angered. "What's wrong?" I whisper. "That's Taehyung." He answers, never taking his eyes off the stage.

I quickly look back and I examine him, oh.. no. I see it, I see it in her face. The look Jungkook has when he's talking about her. It wasn't the lighting, or her amazing acting, she had that look. Her face seemed to light up every time he said his lines. She always talked with a smile, and I wonder if Jungkook notices. Or if he's too caught up on the fact that Taehyung is on that stage with her.

It is very clear to me that Jennie has some sort of feeling for this Taehyung guy. It's something you can't quite hide, it's something that you can't force into your acting. It's just there, and she had it. I'd have to tell Jungkook, right? He's my friend, and I wouldn't want him to get hurt.

The play goes on into the typical Romeo and Juliet story, parents don't approve of their love. But I do like the twists and turns in the plot of the play. The play goes on for a really long time, but I didn't get tired of it. I'd always give Jungkook a little glance to see how he's doing with seeing them on stage together.

Just as the story seemed to rap up, the background changes. It's a sunset and a park, it's just Taehyung and Jennie. They're talking about how it isn't fair that their love has to be ripped apart by their parents because they don't understand. I hear a little tapping sound, I look around in the dark to find that it's Jungkook, he's bounding his leg.

He definitely doesn't have that look on his face that he did when we first came in. I avert my eyes to the play, my heart pounds. I can feel their passion in their acting, the words that they're saying. Something extremely romantic is about to happen. Taehyung then caresses her face, I could feel everyone at the edge of their seats, including Jungkook. I hold my breath, their lips touch and the crowd goes wild.

My mouth hangs open in disbelief, the curtains close and many people stand up cheering. A teacher walks up on stage and thanks people for coming, the curtains open and all the students in the play all hold hands and bow. People are still clapping, best play I've ever seen honestly. Well, haha, it's the only play I've ever seen.

I look at Jungkook and his eyes look sad, "Let's go." I tell him. His eyes stay on the stage, I shake him. "Jungkook, let's go." I tell him again, he finally looks at me and I grab his wrist pull him out of the theater. I stop when we're off campus and I look up at him. He's staring into space, "Jungkook." I call him. He slowly looks at me. I frown, he looks completely broken.

"She meant it, didn't she?" He asks. I should tell him, shouldn't I? I slowly nod. "Am I just a stupid kid who follows something that leads to nothing? Wanting something that I can't have?" He asks. "Don't say that Jungkook." I tell him. He tilts his head, "What else am I suppose to say?" He asks. "You saw that look in her eyes, didn't you?" Oh, he did see it. "You're my friend, tell me the truth." He pleads.

"Yes, I saw it right when he was on stage with her, up until the last scene." I tell him the truth. He looks around, spotting someone and grabs my wrist, pulling me again. I turn and look who he had seen, Jimin and Chaeyoung. They don't see us though, they're smiling and talking together. I look forward so I don't end up tripping. This time I actually try to keep up with him. He walks all the way to the ice cream parlor.

We walk right in and he let's go of my wrist. "Jungkook." I say. He just stands there. What can I do to comfort him?? I hug him from behind, "I'm sorry about Jennie." I tell him. "There's nothing to be sorry about, because I should have known that all this time she never had feelings for me." I slowly let him go. I feel really sad that Jungkook is sad. I get an idea. I walk pass him and head up to the register, ordering a medium bowl of vanilla ice cream and pick different toppings. I pay for the ice cream.

I grab two spoons and the ice cream before turning around with a huge smile. He looks at me. "I've got iiiiiiiiiice creeeeeeeam." I sing. I walk up to him, body rolling. "Uh, uh Ice cream, uh." I go into some stupid robot dance. I see him grin before he forces it down. "Oh!" I set the ice cream on a near by table and stab the spoons in it. "I scream, you scream. Gimme that, Gimme that ice cream." I throw myself into the famous choreography of the Kpop song by Red Velvet.

He smiles. "Aaaaaaah!! See! You can smile." I say. I pick up the ice cream and grab one of the spoons. "Say aaaaaaah." I tell him. He laughs and opens his mouth.

**

Though I'm absolutely devastated about what happened at the play, and all things have become obvious to me.. I force myself to be happy. She smiles, "Come." She leaves the spoon in my mouth and she grabs my wrist, lots of wrist grabbing today huh?

We sit at the table we sat at when we first came here, "So tell me Jungkook, so you have any talents?" She asks. I know what she's doing. "Lalisa, just-" I see the concern in her face for me. She really wants to get this whole Jennie and Taehyung thing out of my head. "I play guitar." I say. "Really?" She asks. I nod. "You'll have to play me a tune some time." She says. "I've always wanted to learn how to play an instrument but I'm much more into dancing." She explains.

I begin to get into the conversation, and we share the ice cream. "Oh? That's cool, I'm a pretty good dancer myself. We should dance together some time." She nods to my words. "My best friend Bam Bam and I used to do that all the time when we were little." She explains. I tilt my head. "Do you have feelings for Bam Bam?" I ask, why am I asking?

She shakes her head, "We're both much too different to have such feelings for each other. He's made it very clear that we'd never end up together." She explains. "Wow, really?" My eyebrows go up. She nods. "Yup, and plus. Now he's trying to get into the Kpop industry, which I think is cool." She explains. "So you don't like him?" Why am I still asking?

"It's nothing like your story Jungkook, if that's what you're trying to figure out." She says. I just suck on my spoon. "It's honestly just a whole mess, I'll be honest. When we were in our preteens I had feelings for him. But things change and I fell out of that." She explains. I nod getting more ice cream, our spoons touch. "Aaaaaaye! If it isn't Jungkook and Lalisa!" I roll my eyes to the sound of an annoying voice.

A hand slaps my shoulder, and I look at him with annoyance clearly on my face. "Ooooo, sorry. Interrupting your little date?" He asks. "No, Jimin." I say. Chaeyoung and Lalisa are already talking away. "Aye, that's a pretty good fall back from Jennie." I hear in my ear. I instantly turn my head. "What are you talking about?" I ask. He looks at me with a straight face.

"Your sweater, the sharing of the ice cream. Not to mention that we saw you guys walking and holding hands, I'm guessing you saw the play." I wanted to correct him that I was holding her wrist, not her hand. "I think this is good for you ." He says. I stare at him for a while. "I'm still planning on confessing to Jennie, so I don't know what you're getting at here." He face drops, like he's disappointed in me.

And I'm not completely stupid, I know that he's implying that I have feelings for Lalisa. "I don't know what to tell you anymore Jungkook, I'm really tired of this Jennie talk." He whispers. "Maybe instead of looking behind you... look in front of you." He says slowly before grabbing a chair and joining us at the table, sitting right next to Chaeyoung. He pulls her under his arm.

I just look down at the last clump of ice cream, maybe I'm not ready to look ahead. I'll just always look behind me.

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