• At School •
-Monday-

"Do you seriously think that you can fool them?" She asks me. I look at her confused. "'Fool them'? Who am I fooling? I'm not doing anything." My eyebrows knit. "Don't play dumb, dog. You're playing Jungkook and my auntie. They have the impression that you're some saint and you were bred by Angels. I know that they're wrong." She explains. "I think you're talking to the wrong person, cause the only person I see being fake around here is you." I say simply.

I could never go a day without something like this, I hate that my fate was to have Jennie in my physical education class. And I don't know why, but this harassment seems to be getting worse for some reason. She saw Jungkook come to me on Friday? Did she get mad that her auntie wanted to comfort me, and she didn't believe that something so violating happened to me? And that even now, she continues the harassment. She doesn't even have the dignity to ask if I'm okay. Not even to ask a fellow female if she's been fine since the incident.

"How could you say that!?" She exclaims. "No need to scream Jennie, all you have to do is own up to it." She walks up to me, real close. I drop my head, "You can't speak up to me and you know it. You're just as much of a coward as Jungkook. It's best if you just turn and walk away." She instructs. "Why? Are you going to hit me?" I ask her. "I'd just walk away if I were you." She says. I laugh under my breath and walk past her. "You think you're so innocent and that everyone likes you, but you're wrong." She says to me.

I stop in my tracks and turn to her, "What are you even talking about? I don't think I'm innocent, it's just the way that I am. If people think I'm innocent, then fine. And I don't think everyone likes me, I don't care if people like me or not. I'm not you, feeding off of some reputation that isn't going to mean anything when you leave high school. Maybe you should stop thinking up nonsense about what I think, and start worrying about yourself." I tell her.

"You're not so smart, speaking up to me like that.", "Okay." Is all I answer as I walk out of the locker room and outside. It's crazy how sometimes I can speak up to her, and other times I can't. I'm then shoved against the wall and I look at her. "Don't make me hurt you." She spits. "Haven't you've done enough of that?" I ask her. She wrinkled her nose and walks away. All her friends follow her and they're gone. Sometimes I wonder what I had deserved to get treated this way.

All because I love Jungkook? Because she couldn't see at the time that he's a special type of guy. And when I saw all that before her, and he left her behind is when she decided that she hated me. Or maybe she even decided that before. I honestly don't even know her, and from all stuff Jungkook had told me, she seemed like a nice person. But she isn't, and he knows that now. Who is she to assume what I think and want, she's just controlling.

Only a few months more Lalisa, then I won't have to see her everyday. If I stay with Jungkook longer, I'll still have to see her, but she won't have a chance to bully me. And I really hope that Jungkook and I can stick together longer. I don't know why I have this feeling that she's going to do something to try to rip us apart.

I hope the end comes soon because, this is going on for too long.

**

"I mean, despite what happened.. I'd say that was pretty special. Being able to just lay there with Lalisa." He replies after I had told him what happened. "It was very comfortable with her, that's something I'd like to experience again.. being able to lay with her. But when she's happier." I explain. "It's honestly the best thing ever, it's like girls are made for cuddling. And they smell so so nice." He smiles wide. "Yeah, I know. Don't even get me started on that." I shake my head.

"Literally, she smelt like a damn fruit bowl.", "Chaeyoung always smells like Blossoms." He hums, then he shakes his head and moves the conversation along as we try to keep our breaths steady while running the track. "And they're like, so perfect for hugging cause they're so small and warm." I look ahead and then back at Jimin. "And they still manage to look gorgeous in the morning." I add.

"Yes, my gosh. With all the nights I've spent at Chaeyoung's house, she's always like a damn ninja getting all freshened up before I wake up. And she's still willing to hug on me when I have drool on my face. And even kiss me." My face heats up thinking about Lalisa. "Yeah." I let out a breath. "Oh hey, that thing you were talking about?" He asks. "Oh, the trip." I say. He nods quickly and we both watch the track.

"I remember you telling me about it, so you're going with her family? That really has to mean something." He wiggles his eyebrows at me. "They like me, that's all.", "Yeah, they probably like you more now because of what you did for her." I let out a breath and he struggles to keep up with me as we run the track. "Come on Jimin, we were in track together." I tell him. "Yeah. A long time ago.", "Not even a long time ago." He rolls his eyes. "You going to her softball game today?" Tilt my head, "Duh, I've been wanting to see her play." I say.

"When Chae went to one of her practices, she said that Lalisa is amazing. So I'm pretty sure if they put Lalisa on the mount today, she's going to blow you away. She's really fast, Chae says." I smile and we finish our laps. "I can't wait, I know she'll do great.", "Oh, so how was all that drama with her friend?" He asks me. I find myself getting angry. "I couldn't ask her.", "There's no rush in asking her about the past, maybe it'll come up. You never know." He tells me as we walk over to our water bottles.

"I just worry." I tell him. "Isn't it crazy? Her own best friend doing something to her, that's just so wrong.", "Yeah, but that can happen to anyone. It just sucks that it happened to her." I say under my breath. We drink some water before we go back to our conversation. "I mean, you have that sort of relationship where you tell eachother everything, right?" I nod quickly as I close my water bottle. "Then it shouldn't be a problem. It's going to be fine, I have faith in you guys. You guys are good at communicating, you've gotten better." He nods.

"And if I'm completely honest, you've grown a lot as a person from being with Lalisa." I smile, "That's a good thing right?" He lets out a breath and rolls his eyes, "Duh, it's a good thing. You can't shrink.", "Oh right, I wouldn't want to anyways, I don't want to be small like you." He smacks my arm, making me laugh. "You're annoying about that, I'm not even that short." I shrug, "Whatever you say, Mochi." He whines. "Stop, I hate that nickname you guys have for me.", "I bet you like it when Chae calls you that."

"Well yeah, cause she's my girl. You're not my girl, dumb." He flicks my hand that holds my water bottle. "Whatever." I stick my tongue out at him. I then become serious. "But what if.. it's something really bad?" I ask him. "Then I'm ready to go beat up that guy with you." He explains. I nod, "But I don't think that would be necessary." I tell him. "Why not? He hurts your girl and you're going to let him slide?" I tilt my head, "I already punched him for something he did now, why am I going to punch him again for something he did in the past?"

"Jungkook, if he had done it in the past and did it now, there's nothing stopping him from doing it again. Show him that Lalisa is yours and you're going to protect her no matter what and he can't ever hurt her again." I stare at him. "Everything is violent with you." I shake my head. "Oh! Okay! Then sit down and have a cup of tea!" He says sarcastically. "Tea actually-", "No! It doesn't." He shakes his head. "I just don't like violence.", "Says the one that punched him."

"That was in the moment, okay? He got me so angry, and he tested me anyways. So he basically asked for me to hit him." The teacher blows his whistle and we all walk back to the locker rooms that is about a mile away from the track. "And that stuff that happened with Jennie after." I roll my eyes and grip my bottle. "Gosh, I don't know how I was ever into her, she's so rude.", "Oh, now you notice." I let out a breath. "Shush." I tell him.

"Look, it's better that it happened now then later. Imagine you were to actually date her? How awful that would have been? I've been hearing drama that's been happening between Taehyung and Jennie anyways. I don't think you'd want to be in that situation with her. She's not a very good person to be with." , "You're right. And yeah, I've heard some things too, but I ignore them because I don't really care. And I don't think I should care."

"Supposedly she's like, into someone else." I open my water bottle and drink some water. "Geeze, I wonder who that 'someone else' could be." He looks at me as he says it. I raise an eyebrow. "Stop, it's honestly pointless if all of a sudden she likes me after all the years I liked her and she rejected me and now that I'm with Lalisa.", "Oh, that seems like the perfect time for Jennie to be into you." He says. "Nooo." I shake my head. He lets out a 'hmp' under his breath.

I want to change the subject quickly. "So how and when should I tell Lalisa that I'm in love with her?" His eyes widen as much as they can and he smiles. "Oh my gosh, you love her." He says. "I just said that.", "Wow.. I never thought that you would actually say that about someone other than Jennie. I'm real proud of you Jungkook." I smile and let out a breath. "Yeah, me too. I never thought that one girl could get me over Jennie in less than like.. three months. Lalisa is really something else." I can't stop smiling, it's making my face hurt.

"Okay, now you're just grossing me out with you fluff, stop." I shove his arm before we walk into the locker room. "I don't say anything when you're all eating Chaeyoung's tongue.", "Cause you're jealous that you don't know how to tongue." He sticks his tongue out at me. "As if." I say under my breath. Then I actually wonder what else Lalisa and I could do besides just kiss. Tongue? Is that something I should try? I guess it's time to go back to the YouTube videos on how to kiss.

"If I want to learn... should I watch videos?" I ask him making him shove me really hard. I basically fly. Surprisingly because he isn't that strong. "You want to French kiss Lalisa!?" He yells like a fan girl. "Shut up!" I yell, pushing him back. "Uuuuuu!! You've got a lot to learn son." I feel my face heat up.

**

"How could someone ever like someone like you? My goodness, they must be blind." Jennie tells me, I can say the same about her. "You know, people have personalities for a reason. You should find one." I tell her and the locker room gets quiet. "Why are you all of a sudden talking back to me, just go back to being a scaredy baby and don't talk to me at all. I do the talking.. okay?" She talks to me like she's literally talking to a puppy or a baby. Am I really that ugly that she feels the need to say these things to me?

"You know, Jungkook is only using you to hide the fact that he's still in love with me. He could never and would never ever get over me and ever love you." She then smiles, "He even said so himself. He doesn't know what love is, but he knows how it feels because he feels it when he's with me." I stare at her with no expression. I don't want her to know that she hurt me, she hurt my heart and that I want to cry. "He could never love a worthless girl like you. You have nothing to offer him, what? You actually believe that he likes you?"

She laughs and shoves me into the lockers, other locks banging into my back. "Why don't you just go back from where you came, and don't come back? I think that would make everyone in this school happy, especially Jungkook. He would thank the universe if you just disappeared." She runs her fingers through her hair. "You could never look like me or even be in my position." She shoves me again. "Sad sad mutt, I bet not even your parents love you." She says with a harder shove and walks to her locker, and away from me.

I stare into space, she can't possibly know what Jungkook wants. She hasn't talked to him in months, and I'd say he's changed a lot since then. I'm just scared that what she's saying is true and I'm just being played. If I disappeared? What would happen then? People would be happy? Who knew that someone's existence could mean so little to other people. I quickly get ready and lock up all my things. When I turn my head I see Jennie heading my way again. I grab my bag and run out of the locker room.

When I spot Jungkook I run as fast as I can to him. "Lalisa I-" I cut him off with a tight hug, the impact probably also cut him off. "Lalisa.. you okay?" He asks. I bury my face in his jacket and nod my head quickly. "I feel like it's no-", "It is." I say quickly. And he just hugs me, falling for my lies. I just want to feel him hug me like he means it. I want to know if what Jennie said is true about Jungkook. "Do you want me to buy you a water bottle?" He asks. I look at him and shake my head. "Okay.." he whispers.

I wish I could tell him, but telling him wouldn't help much. I know that for sure.

**
• Lunch •
- Girls Bathroom -

"Ugh! I swear on my life I will hurt her for hurting you." She says as we stand in the girls bathroom. "Wish you would." I whisper. "Lalisa, don't let that brat hurt your feelings. Everything that she said to you is to get you to break up with Jungkook. She's selfish. She wants both boys to herself because she know she can have them if she pushes hard enough. You're letting her win and that's not what you should do." She tells me. I just slowly nod. "Lalisaaaa, please.." She says.

I look at her, tears flowing from my eyes. "She said if I disappeared, Jungkook would be happy." She stares at me with a sad expression. "And that if I went back to where I came from, everyone would be happy as well." I say. "Lalisa, you're letting her win. You can't!" She says walking up to me. "Let me just tell you one thing that Jimin slipped out to me." She pulls me into her arms. "Jungkook is 100% over Jennie, and he's crazy about you. There's even something he has to tell you."

"Something to tell me?" I ask her as I pull away from her. "Yes, something to tell you." She smiles wide. "Like.." I have no idea. "Like his feelings and other stuff." I look at her in disbelief. "Like..he really likes me." She raises an eyebrow and shakes her head. "He likes me sort of." She looks annoyed before I realize that she's about to spill the beans.

"No, honey. No. He doesn't just like like you or really really like you." She smiles wide and my face heats up as I get a small hint of what it could be. "He's in love with you." She tells me. "No way, there's no way that he'd actually love me.", "Oh Lalisa, but he does." She wiggles her eyebrows. She then wipes my tears away and holds my face. "Jimin even said that he wants to learn French kissing for you. Isn't that great?" My eyes widen.

"French? The only French I know is fries." I tell her. She laughs at me, and does her version of the Lenny face. "Get your virgin tongue ready to be tangled up with Jeon Jungkook's skilled tongue." My face is so hot. "N-No.. there's no way he wants to French kiss me.." I say, stuttering a bit. "Oh, but he does." She smiles wide. I smack my face with my hands. "What do I do? Look up tutorials?" I ask her, she busts up laughing like I'm some crazy person. "How'd you learn?" I ask her. "Jimin." She shrugs like it's no big deal.

"Waaah, then how am I supposed to learn?" I ask. "Let Jungkook learn, then learn from him." She says. "But I want to surprise him and already know how to do it." She then screeches making me even more nervous. "You've got a lot to learn!" She says. "We should go before the boys think we're pooping or something." She grabs my hand and leads us out of the bathroom.

When we walk into the canteen, my eyes shoot to Jungkook. Loves me? Wants to French me? What is going on? How can all of this happiness be happening to me? When we walk up to the table I instantly sit next to him, extremely close. He looks at me and smiles. My stomach instantly explodes and I somehow smile back. He wraps his arm around me and he continues a conversation with Jimin. I look at Chaeyoung who is being a creeper as she won't stop doing a Lenny face. I chuckle and turn my face away from Jungkook.

"Lalisa." I hear in my ear making my whole body want to fall on the floor. "Yes." I reply not looking at him. "I'm going to your game today.", "Okay." I say. "You're not even going to look at me?" He asks. I then feel a foot nudge under the table and I know it's Chae. I turn and look at him, my eyes widening a bit. I didn't know he was this close to me, the hell. Literally, we might as well kiss already. His beautiful dark brown eyes stare into mine. I slowly look down at his lips and peck them with mine, before I face forward and look at Chae who is already smiling really hard.

I feel his hand on my side bring me closer to him and I want to just go to Heaven already. My face is so hot I can't stop blushing, my gosh. What a great way to make me feel better about today.

**

• After School •

As I walk out of my last class, Lalisa had left right after class to get to practice on time. I decided that I'll run home real quick to change into new clothes and come back to watch Lalisa's game. As I'm walking out of campus I think about how Lalisa hugged me today. How she seemed sad and I had no idea why. Jimin was sort of wrong about Lalisa and I communicating a lot.

Which I find so inaccurate. Lalisa and I don't share everything, like I haven't told her that I heard her say that she loved me back at the field trip. And she hasn't told me about BamBam. So I guess it's a tie on things. I get home surprisingly fast. Maybe all the rambling about Lalisa distracted me. "Where are you going?" My mother asks me as I throw off my coat and run upstairs. "Lalisa has a softball game today.", "Oh, my sweet girl. Well, I have to go to work right now so record the game for me. I know she's going to do great." She yells up to me as I'm in my room throwing on some jeans I grab a shirt and walk downstairs.

I pull on my shirt as I walk down the stairs. "Okay, I will." I answer as I fix my hair with my fingers. "Woh, Jungkook slow down, Lalisa could wait. I don't even get a kiss and a hug?" She asks. I smile and walk up to her and I give her a hug and a kiss just like she wanted. She then starts to cough, I look at her. "Jungkook, what did you do in your room?" She coughs again. "Change, why?" I ask, she swats her hands around.

"You smell like you showered yourself in your cologne." I smell my shirt and shrug. "You want Lalisa to go crazy over your smell, not faint from it." I chuckle. "Okay Eomma, I'll be going now." I tell her. "Okay okay, tell my precious girl I said hi." I nod and give her a kiss before I run out of the house and back to school. I know my mother was over exaggerating because she always does. I'll apply one spray of my cologne and she'll already she choking on air. She's such an actress.

I walk to the school and the front doors are still open so I decide that I'll go through the building since I'm already here. When I walk in, I see a few people still in the halls. They look at me but I continue my journey into campus. "Kookie!" My jaw tightens, only one person calls me Kookie. "Jungkook, aren't you going to talk to me?" I stop in my tracks and I just stare in the opposite direction, away from her.

"Jungkook." She stands in front of me. "I just wanted to know about how you've been, getting in trouble and all with that girl you call your girlfriend." My eyebrows knit.

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