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"you stole everything..."

•••

It didn't take long before Lisa was discharged from the hospital. Her ribs still hurt a bit but she could now walk on her own and do minimal tasks. The sad part though was that their comeback had to be pushed even further to give her more time to heal. Good thing their blinks were understanding and even gave her motivational tweets.

Some, however weren't that understanding and threw shade at her. One even went on so much as to suggest that only her eonnies should do the comeback leave the dead weight—her, out. She did kind of agree with that and asked the management if it were possible. But Jisoo eonnie immediately disagreed.

"Clearly you still have drugs in your system, Lisa," Jisoo spat at her during their meeting. And yes, in front of the CEO. "Blackpink is 4, not 3. Try suggesting that again and you won't just go home with a broken rib."

Since she barely escaped death and already know how painful it was to break a rib or two, she stopped making suggestions and just let her members decide what they should do for the comeback. And that was to push it back further into the year and compensate with a reality program where they vlog about random stuff about their daily lives.

"So where will you be staying, Lis?" Chaeyoung asked as they arrive in their shared apartment. "If you want to stay here, I can always stay here too and watch over you."

"I'll stay here in the meantime too!" Jennie eonnie said. "Joohyun can just stay over from time to time."

"Me three!" Jisoo even raised her hand in the air. "It would be like our debut days!"

She smiled as she watched her eonnies already planning movie nights for the rest of the month. But she couldn't possibly become a burden for them as they all have their own lives now.

Jisoo eonnie's living with her boyfriend, Namjoon. Same with Jennie eonnie and her girlfriend, Irene eonnie. Chaeyoung however lives alone with her Dog, Hank. Though she wanted to ask Chaeng, she knew that she'd prefer living alone because she values her privacy a lot. And last she heard was that she's finally opening up her heart to a certain NCT member after years of being aloof.

And besides, she already paid for the place she got in Nine One so might as well stay there. The only drawback in her staying at the new place she bought was that it's in the same neighborhood as Sehun.

But fuck him and that girl, right? The place is nice and she did pay a hefty amount for it. Might as well use it to the fullest. Sehun should be the least of her concern in her every move.

"Lisa? Hey!"

Chaeyoung snapped her fingers in front of her face. She blinked and immediately turned to her eonnies who looked like they were waiting or something.

"We were asking you what movie you'd like to start off with tonight?" Chaeyoung pointed at Jennie. "Jen eonnie's going to make kimchi fried rice for us. She even invited Irene, Seulgi and Wendy over."

"Where's Yeri and Joy?"

"Yeri's busy with recording for her solo while Joy's currently filming for a new drama," Jisoo answered. "But they did say they'll try and come over once they're done. Yeri's been sending me tons of hate messages for the boyfriend of yours—"

"Ex," she corrected.

"Right. Ex," Jisoo chuckled. "I know it's too early but, finally Taehyung can have his chance."

"Taehyung... as is V?" Jennie repeated in shock. "He likes Lisa?"

Jisoo shrugged. "I mean, they're quite close so maybe?"

That made her roll her eyes and fold her arms.

"Tae oppa and I are just friends," she immediately corrected. "Stop matching us up, eonnie. It's not gonna happen."

"Way to ruin the ship before it even started." Chaeng was pouting adorably made her chuckle. Though she'd been quite aloof with romance, she still can't completely hide the hopeless romantic in her. "Or maybe it's not Tae oppa you like. Could it be Yoongi oppa? Didn't you have a crush on him before?"

"Rosie!" she blurted out almost instantly as Jennie and Jisoo's eyes widened at the new information they've acquired. "That was years ago! I barely even remember it!"

The blonde grinned sheepishly as she turned to their eonnies.

"See that blush right over there?" Chaeyoung whispered to Jisoo. "She so totally has a crush on Yoongi oppa. She has a thing for bad boys."

"Yoongi oppa isn't a bad boy," she defended. "He's sweet and thoughtful. He even gave me a signed copy of his D-2 album—"

"Well look at that," Jennie added to the teasing. "She really does have a thing for the short stuff."

"He's a half inch taller than Jimin oppa!"

"Lisa's so cute defending her crush—"

"I don't have a crush on Yoongi oppa! We're just close friends!"

"Riiiiight." The three said in unison causing Lisa to just give up.

Whatever. As if it would've mattered anyways. Those three would just match any random guy she happen to be close with and make things awkward for her.

She knows that they only mean well. And it's not really a secret that they were quite indifferent with Sehun. Yes, they engage in casual conversations and small talks but not to the point were they're close. Not like with Namjoon oppa, at least. Or Irene eonnie.

That should've been her first red flag. Her members not fully trusting the idiot should've been the sign that he's not the person who she thinks he is. She had put Sehun way up on a pedestal that she forgot about using her brain. She ignored the signs even the coldness he showed her for the past month she's been busy.

"Lisa? Are you okay?"

"Huh?"

She didn't realize that a lone tear had fallen on her cheek. She immediately wiped it off and assured her eonnies that she was fine.

"It's nothing!" She smiled at them—hoping it was convincing enough. "I must've stared at Jisoo eonnie's beauty so much that it made me tear up a bit."

Jisoo's eyes narrowed at her making her grin. The older girl shook her head before heaving a deep sigh.

"Stop with the smooth talk, weirdo." Jisoo placed her arm around her neck and pulled her close. "Come on. Let's get you to your room. You need plenty of rest before the girls come. I'm pretty sure they'll bombard you with questions so better be ready."

"Eunha, Tzuyu and Mina is coming over too, Li," Chaeyoung then said after looking at her cellphone's screen. "Bambam wanted to drop by too but I said it was strictly a girl's only sleepover."

"I bet that one's planning on putting a disguise just to be here," Jennie said smirking. "Weird kid."

She chuckled. It's nice to know that her friends are still there for her after everything. But she's not wrong with Bambam though. He did once gatecrashed into one of the '97 liner girls' sleepover wearing a dress. With Yugyeom and Eunwoo too.

•••

"What? Why would ask me if I had a wig, Bam? Are you insane?!"

Tonight was just like every night. Well except for the fact that Bambam—a co-idol and friend of his, decided to bother him in the middle of his nightly game of overwatch.

"Well, my dear worldwide superstar friend, my girlfriend suddenly decided to ditch me after months of planning this super secret out of town trip for a girl's night at the Blackpink dorm," the guy said as if that explained why he asked such a peculiar question.

"And? I still don't get why you're asking me if I have a wig."

"It's cause you didn't let me finish." That made him roll his eyes. "As I was saying, since my lovely girl is going to be enjoying this wonderful night without me, why not we do the same?"

"Have a sleepover?" Really though. What drugs is this guy on?

"What are we, twelve? Of course not!" he blurted out on the other line. "We'll crash their sleepover. I already called Eunwoo and Yugyeom. They said they'll be here in fifteen minutes."

"I honestly don't get what Mina sees in you," he muttered as he directed his attention back to his computer's monitor. "Hard pass. I'm actually busy tonight. I don't have any spare time in being a total idiot."

"Ya you little—"

"Bye. I'm hanging up now."

And he did. He then threw his phone back to his bed and he diverted his attention back to his computer.

"That idiot," he mumbled as he tapped on his keyboard. "I still wonder why Mina tolerates his weird a—"

Three loud bangs on his bedroom door suddenly cut what he was about to say.

"Ya! Jungkook!"

Bambam? What the heck?!

He marched towards the door of his bedroom and immediately opened it. And he was right. The fucker really was behind that loud knocking.

"The heck are you doing here?" he spat. But instead of answering his question, Bambam just entered his room without prior permission. "Ya—"

"On second thought, maybe we can just have our own slumber party."

Bambam threw himself towards his bed and felt right at home.

"Didn't you just say you're meeting Eunwoo and Yugyeom at your place just a minute ago?" he asked. It wasn't even ten minutes since he called.

"No, I said 'here'," Bambam cleared. "Here as in here in your place since I was already at the lobby when I called."

Jungkook felt speechless. What was he even supposed to say? "Ah, I see"? He couldn't do anything but shake his head and sigh.

Maybe if I ignore him, he'll just disappear.

"Eunwoo said he got some lamb skewers and some chicken," the guy said while scrolling through his phone. "The ones from Miss Han's place."

On second thought, bonding with his real actual friends ain't so bad. Especially with good food from his favorite place.

"Is the wig thing just an elaborate excuse for you three to drink here at my place?"

"Well, duh?"

Jungkook squinted his eyes at his Thai friend who just shrugged before plopping down on his bed again.

"I miss my girl," he then said earning an eye-roll from him.

"Disgusting," he countered with a grimace.

"Being bitter and alone doesn't give you the privilege to be such a bitch." The guy spat. "When you get a girlfriend and get all disgusting on me, I'll be the first one to laugh at your face."

That made him grin. As if that would even happen. He's very much contented with being single with no girlfriend being all needy to bother him.

"Hah. As if that would happen."

"You'll never know, Kook."

Bambam looked at him straight to his eyes seriously. He had no idea that this friend of his was even capable of being serious.

"Your perfect match might be just around the corner."

•••

"Wow, Lis. This apartment is huge!"

Lisa just smiled awkwardly as she leaned by the kitchen island as she watched her co-members, Irene, Wendy, Seulgi, Tzuyu, Eunha and Mina roam around her newly bought abode.

They were already drinking a few shots of tequila when the topic of her probably moving arose. Her eonnies had no idea about the place so they too were seeing the apartment for the first time.

"I mean, I knew you were rich but not this rich," Eunha added. "I knew I should've just stuck with my original plan. Seduce the Lalisa Manoban into marrying me so I could just quit this idol life and live in this amazing place while watching the cats eat and poop all day long."

"Get in line, bitch," Tzuyu spat jokingly. "There's no '97 liner, '97 liner her. Go behind the freaking line."

She couldn't help but chuckle as Eunha and Tzuyu started to have this one on one debate om who gets to have me.

"Sheesh. Get a room, you two," Chaeng spat chuckling then she turned towards her. "Everyone knows I already had dibs on my Lalisa."

What was once a two-way battle became three. They only stopped when she placed the bottles she took from the counter on the dining table near them.

"Chill. I'll date the three of you then," she declared. "Just make sure your guys don't come after me."

"Guys? What guys?" Chaeyoung feigned innocence.

"Oh, I don't know..." then she grabbed the girl's phone and tapped the screen to open.

"Hey!"

"Oh my God!" Tzuyu gasped. Eunha did too. The sudden shade of crimson spreading on Chaeng's cheeks made her possible death by the blonde girl's hand worth it. "You finally said yes to Jaehyun?!"

This made everyone's heads turn to the blonde girl who's not throwing daggers at Lisa. But she was just too proud of what she's done to even feel sorry about putting Chaeng on the spotlight tonight.

"Jaehyun? As in the Jeong Yun-oh who has been trying to get your attention since... I don't know. Forever?!"

Jennie eonnie was already next to Chaeyoung the moment she heard the words "yes" and "Jaehyun". She ships the two just like how she ships the two too.

"I'm calling Taeyong!"

"I'm already texting Doyoung in our group chat," Jisoo eonnie was grinning so wide it was kinda creepy. "He owes me 34,980 won."

"Wow," she heard Seulgi whisper to Wendy. "That's too specific."

"You bet on my lovelife, eonnie?!" Chaeng had this unbelievably hilarious expression worth of the "meme queen" title.

"Of course!" Jisoo was still grinning. Even wider now. "Why'd you think kept telling you to at least give him a chance?"

"Eonnie!"

"Calm down, Chaeyoung..." The elder motioning her hand up and down. "Just give this one to me. My life's too boring since I've been in the longest and most stable relationship in this whole idol clique we have here."

"Soo, I don't think you should be saying that. Your boyfriend is such a great guy!"

"I never said he wasn't," the girl defended while shrugging. "All I'm saying is that, Joonie is just too perfect. He's also too mature that whenever I feel like starting an argument he almost always apologize and then says I'm right. And then I can't get mad at him anymore."

"So let me get this straight," Wendy then said. "You're saying that you're getting bored with your relationship because Namjoon is just too perfect?"

"Yeah, pretty much."

"Wow." All the girls say in unison making Jisoo shrug. Maybe she realized how weird she sounded.

"Umm, Lis?" Mina whispered next to her. "Do we have enough ice for tonight? I checked and we only bought a small bag. Is your fridge here already stocked?"

Lisa's eyes grew as she came into a realization that she haven't bought any supplies yet. Her hand immediately landed on her forehead.

"Holy crap I forgot!"

Mina just smiled at her—not sure if she was sorry for her or thinks she's stupid.

"I'm such an idiot!"

"It's okay, Lis. We can just buy some in a convenience store nearby," Mina calmly said smiling. "I think I saw one during our ride here. I can come with you if you want."

As she looked at Mina, imaginary angel wings and a halo suddenly appeared on her vision of the girl. Damn it fits so well on her!

"You're God's sent!"

Little did she know that there was more to this than what her simple mind can immediately comprehend.

So she agreed.

•••

"You can't be fucking serious."

Jungkook wanted to wring Bambam's neck as soon as she saw a familiar silhouette from a close distance. One was running towards them and the other froze midway. Maybe realizing just now how she too was fooled by the young couple in love.

Instead of giving him yet another idiotic response, the guy just grinned sheepishly and ran towards his girlfriend.

Behind Twice's Mina Myoui—who was wearing a baseball cap and a mask, was Lisa. She too was wearing a hat—a black bucket hat, and a black face mask that hid as much as it should.

Both girls was unrecognizable to the ordinary's eye but not to him. He should've known what Bambam was up to the moment he suggested they go buy ice at the nearest convenience store. He had an ice maker installed in his refrigerator.

So why did he agree? Simple. The trickster bribed him with banana milk. He was all out.

"Fucking Bambam," he heard the girl mumble as she walked past him and into the convenience store.

He decided to follow her instead of watching the two lovebirds be all sappy and disgusting.

"Ice?" he tried to open up a conversation. Maybe now that he saved her life, she'd at least be tolerable. Also, they mighy be sharing the same hatred towards a certain thai friend.

"You too?" the girl countered to which he nodded in response. "Fucking Bambam. I blame him for putting evil thoughts in my girl."

He just chuckled in response. Fuck, this is awkward. It's not that he's not good with talking to girls but he's not good in talking in general. What should he even say now?

"Why are you everywhere, Jeon?" Lisa Manoban suddenly spat as she slid close the door of the ice freezer. "You seem to pop up everywhere I go. That's so fucking weird."

"Hey, you're in my neighborhood, Manoban," he immediately defended as he grabbed two bottles of banana milk from the refrigerator near them. "I should be asking that to you."

"Just so you know, this is will be my neighborhood too," the girl fired back. Her eyes looked like she was smirking behind that mask. "So I guess I'll be—"

Jungkook didn't know why but as soon as he saw a familiar guy's face enter the premises of the store, he immediately pulled the girl close to him and shielded her from what she's about to see.

"What the fu—"

"You can just get that one, Sehun-ah. I'm not that picky."

Lisa stilled and did not even make a sound. The two were by the freaking condoms section.

"C-Can we leave?" he heard her whisper as her hand grabbed on to his shirt. Her voice was soft but he clearly heard it crack. "Please, Kook?"

Never in his life did he ever think that he'd leave his precious banana milk behind.

"Let's go."

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"...how could you say
i did you wrong?"

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05 - 05 - 2021
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