Jungkook:

hi Lalisa

thanks for meeting me yesterday

Jungkook taps his fingers repeatedly on the desk, waiting for a reply. He had excruciatingly waited off the night to text her after sending her back and meeting Bambam. He wanted to give her some space and not come off as a clingy guy with an ulterior motive. Like Bambam said, he needs to be 'cool and not pressure her'.

After a minute or two that felt like an hour long, he stood up and huffed to himself. Wait, but what if she used the time last night to think things through? Perhaps she changed her mind about being friends with him? What if she never replies to him after this? Is she gonna ghost on me like the way she did to Jaehyun? Ugh, so much for being cool!

There's a buzz on his phone and he immediately grabs it.

Lisa:

hi Jungkook

it's no problem at all

you don't have to call me by my full name you know

Jungkook let himself fall on the bed with a sigh of relief and a smile on his face.

Jungkook:

why not? It's your name

Lisa:

yes but it's too long for you to type

Jungkook:

just an additional two letters

Lisa:

okay if you wanna spend that 0.05 sec to type the additional two letters

Jungkook:

I have time so I don't mind

Lisa:

I wonder what you'll call me when you're in a hurry...

will it be L?

Jungkook:

probably LS

Lisa:

K

I'll call you that when I see LS so we don't waste time

Jungkook laughed at her reply. The girl's cheeky! I wonder how she'd respond if I tease her a bit...

Jungkook:

you can call me whatever you want

I'd be happy to just see you calling for me

Seen. One... Two... Typing... Five... Six... Seven... Typing... Ten...

He can't help but smile like a fool while he counted. How can she appear so cute even when he can't see her face?! Put her out of her misery, Kook!

Jungkook:

What have you been up to today?

Have you eaten?

Lisa:

☺️

I had a photoshoot today

Yeah, my unnies cooked

How bout you, had your dinner yet?

Jungkook:

Yeah, Jin hyung cooked too

A photoshoot? For your comeback?

Lisa:

sadly no

for Moonshot

not sure if you know it

Jungkook:

the makeup brand you're endorsing right?

Lisa:

Yeah omg I didn't think a lot of people knew about it haha

especially for guys haha

Jungkook:

you're the face of Moonshot -__-

I see the ads almost everywhere

what do you mean you didn't think a lot of people knew -____-

Lisa:

haha sorry my face appears 'everywhere'

cus I didn't get to see it that much so I didn't think anyone noticed it

Okay, if he wasn't sure before, he's sure about it now. I really like her! Jungkook can't stop smiling. Her sass and humility somehow blended in like cherries and pies. Does she even know how easy it is for anyone to fall for her?

Jungkook:

you're cute

Lisa:

you're funny

Interesting...

Jungkook: Can I call you?

...

Jungkook sat up and huffed at the news he just heard. How can he not know about this? Nor Jimin or Lisa had mentioned this to him and he had to find out just now? Annoyed, he pushed himself out of the chair abruptly – making Taehyung who's sitting beside him jumped a little.

"Kook, you okay? You seemed grumpy,"

"Aish, hyung! How can I not know about it?" He ruffled his neatly-combed hair.

"About what?"

"About the dance performance?"

"You didn't know about it? But everyone was informed about it. Everytime Jimin had to skip our practice –"

"No, I know about the performance. I just," He sighed and sat back down. "I didn't know Lisa's in it and that she's gonna dance with Ten! She didn't even tell me! Ten's so lucky," He sulks.

"Oh..." Taehyung nodded slowly. "Wait, why would it matter though?"

Jungkook turned to Taehyung, who's now smirking at him. Oh shit, no one in his group knew about Lisa and him being friends! Jungkook cleared his throat and fixed his posture before looking back into the mirror to fix his hair.

"So...why would Lisa tells you again?" Taehyung continued his teasing.

He'd heard from Jisoo that Jungkook and Lisa are now texting each other, but he kept it to himself. He figured that the boy will say something if he wants to. Jungkook had always been careful when sharing things with his members - this is not new. No matter how many times he's been told to share so he wouldn't end up carrying whatever burdens he felt by himself, Taehyung knew Jungkook felt scared sometimes as he's the youngest one. Let's see if Lisa can turn this boy into a man...

"Um," Jungkook turned to him with a serious expression. "Hyung, don't tell anyone," He whispered. Taehyung wanted to laugh but suppressed the urge, not wanting to annoy the younger.

"We're friends now...me and Lisa. I mean, we talk to each other every day,"

Taehyung nodded slightly, adding a frown on his forehead so he'll look surprised. Acting is definitely one of his expertise! "Since when?"

"About three – four weeks now. I wanted to tell you guys but I don't know how everyone would react to it. I'm scared Joon hyung will get upset at me – cus you know, with the break-up and Lisa being from YG. I'm scared he'll tell me to stop talking to her,"

"I see...and you don't want that,"

"Of course I don't want that!"

"You don't wanna stop talking to her..." Taehyung repeated the sentence just to be clear.

"No!" Jungkook pouts like he'd just heard the most ridiculous thing ever. Taehyung wanted to slap himself to not laugh at the maknae for being so adorable! Instead he just took a deep breath to calm himself.

"If I tell you now that you should stop before Joon hyung finds out, would you do it?"

Jungkook leaned back with a deep frown, appalled at the idea. Now he regretted opening up to Taehyung about it.

"You wouldn't right?" Taehyung tested the water again. When Jungkook didn't reply and stared down to his knotted fingers, he smiled. "So why would you be scared if Joon hyung tells you to? If you already decided on something, you should stand your ground. No matter what people say,"

"Yeah but everyone will be mad at me,"

"You can't please everyone, Kook. If anyone is mad at you, you just talk to them. Make them understand,"

"And what if they still don't understand?"

"Do you think any of us can be mad at you for long? How long have we known each other? How many times have we actually argued with each other? Everything can be solved in a calm and nice manner. Don't you trust us?"

"Of course I do, I just –" Jungkook sighed, leaning his head on the back of his chair. "I'm just scared if they force me to choose,"

"Did we asked you to choose before? With your ex,"

"That's different –"

"How is that different?"

"She's not from YG,"

"Just cus she's not from YG? I don't see why it's a big deal –"

"I already said to Joon hyung before I got in the relationship that if he doesn't like it, I won't continue. Like I didn't mind it that much before,"

"Ahh....so that's why Lisa's different?"

Only now Jungkook realized where Taehyung is going with this. His lips curved up to a small smile and Taehyung smiled back, crossing his arms across his chest.

"We're brothers, Kook. What's important to you is important to us. So if she's really important to you, I'm sure all of us can accept it. I'm already happy to hear this from you, I'm sure they would too,"

...