JUNE 26, 2019

The woman turned her head around just as the doors of her office closed, "Yes?"

Her secretary bowed before replying, "She is to arrive later at 6pm KST."

She nodded in understanding, "Good. Do I have any schedules set for tonight?"

The secretary looked back down on her tablet and shook her head, "None, ma'am. Should I arrange for you to meet her?"

"No, don't mind it. I'll have someone pick her up later instead. Surely, she's free this evening, right?"

"Yes, ma'am. She has a free schedule until July 3rd."

The woman clapped her hands, "That settles it. You may go now."

Without any more words, her secretary bowed and left the room.

▪️

6:09 am

AHHHH you're

finally going

home!!!!!!!

are you at

the airport

right now??

yuuup

it's 10pm

here rn

flight is at 11

another excruciating

eleven hours grrrr

you'd be arriving

here tonight?

sadly, yes

do you still

wanna meet

though?

of course

been wanting

to see my

beautiful gf

after a week

:""")

oh shut it

junglebook

you can eat

dinner here,

if you want

lol

mmm that

sounds nice

you'll cook?

of course

I don't cook

that much but

I'd do it for you

so you better

be grateful or

else

well I am

grateful

what do you

want to eat?

LALISA

surprise me

JEONGGUK

would you

prefer having

me for desert?

LALISA

gladly ;)))

JEONGGUK

wow hahahaha

anyways I think

you should catch

up on sleep

we'll text later

LALISA

sure

I'll text you

once I land,

yeah???

JEONGGUK

take care lali

☺️

LALISA

I will junglebook

"Who are you texting?" A voice from behind her suddenly asked. Surprised, Lalisa immediately closed her phone and put it inside her bag. That was close.

"Hey, don't scare me like that." She told her manager, who was now shrugging, "That was Jennie. She told me we'd have dinner at the new fried chicken place tonight." The lies rolled off her tongue easily that she felt bad. I'm sorry.

"You keep on smiling at your phone, you look like Annabelle."

She snorted, "Whatever. Do I have any schedules tonight?"

The guy tilted his head, "No, I don't think so. You're free as a bird."

"Thank goodness." Lisa's eyebrows scrunched, "Say, did CEO Yang give a feedback to that song Jisoo submitted last month? We were anticipating for a reply but we got nothing."

Lisa caught Jisoo listening to an unknown song in her phone two months ago. Curious, she had played it when Jisoo wasn't in the room and discovered that she'd made it herself. Dumbfounded because of how good it was, she encouraged her member to send it to the CEO so he could give her a feedback - and she did, with nags from Jennie, of course.

"Sadly, no. CEO Yang would probably never hear it."

She turned fully to him, "What? What do you mean he'll never hear it? Isn't he in his office all the time?"

Bo Kyung sighed, "I forgot to inform you."

"Inform me of what?"

"There has been a change in the company. CEO Yang and his brother have been kicked out of YG due to a scandal and a new CEO has been appointed."

Lisa raised her brows. How did I not know this? She thought, Oh, right. I was busy with Jeongguk, "And you're telling me this now?"

"I thought you knew even if I didn't tell you. It was all over the news."

"When did it happen?"

"Just a few days ago," He leaned back in his seat, "You were busy touring, after all. I couldn't blame you."

"So... when will we be meeting the new CEO? Is he from the company as well?"

"It's not a he, it's a she."

Flabbergasted was an understatement for what she felt.

The new CEO is a woman? Lisa suddenly felt hopeful. If she was a woman, that could mean no more misogynistic behaviour from the company and BLACKPINK would have more comebacks - just like what they wished for.

Well, that is, if the CEO cared.

"That's... new." She muttered, "Did you meet her already?"

"Not yet." He stood up, "Soon though, at next month's meeting. Now, get up and let's board the plane. Wouldn't want to be late for your fried chicken dinner, would you?"

Lisa rolled her eyes and followed, checking her bag for her boarding pass, and left.

▪️

Yoongi kept on giving him weird looks as he worked in the kitchen.

Jeongguk couldn't blame him, after all, since he barely cooks and if he does, that means he's up to something - and he was.

Lalisa was going to eat dinner here tonight and he had to impress her, that's why his hyungs were now making sure the entire apartment was spotless - Jimin and Taehyung mopping the floors, Hoseok vacuuming the dirt on the couches, Namjoon rearranging the shoe rack, and Yoongi and Jin helping him cook.

"Wow, you barely even cook for us, Guk, but look at you now, cooking for your girlfriend," Yoongi finally spoke, looking at him as he made vegetarian pad Thai, "My heart hurts."

Jeongguk scoffed, "I'll make you breakfast tomorrow, hyung. Don't worry." That earned him a grin from the guy.

From the stove next to him, Jin clapped his hands, "Chicken wings done. Do you want me to help you arranging that bibimbap?"

His eyes flitted to the two bibimbap lying on the table, "No, thanks, hyung. It's past 5 now, you'll probably be late for your dinner reservation."

His members were to leave the house at 5:30 to give him and Lisa space, as Taehyung called it. Instead of eating dinner at their dorm, they booked a reservation at a nearby restaurant - much to Hoseok's excitement.

"All right, I think we're good to go." Jin looked around the kitchen once more and tapped his shoulder, "Enjoy your dinner, Guk. Use protection - I have a box in my bedside table if you need any." He whispered the last part in his ear, making Jeongguk chuckle.

"Bye, Guk." Yoongi said as he left the kitchen. He gave a little wave to his hyungs before fishing out his phone from his pocket.

5:15 pm

JEONGGUK

head to my

place once

you arrive, ok?

Smiling to himself, Jeongguk resumed setting up the table.

▪️

Lalisa stretched her arms above her head as the plane touched the ground. Freaking finally, back home again.

"Fix yourself, Lis. There are reporters waiting for us outside the airport." Bo Kyung said from beside her, checking his belongings. She nodded.

Her phone buzzed, showing NEW MESSAGE. It was from Jeongguk, telling her to head to his place as soon as she arrived, to which she replied I'm at the airport, going there in a bit. See you!

Once the plane came to a stop, she and her team were able to get out as soon as possible. She headed to the entrance, greeted by numerous reporters holding cameras and the flash almost blinding her eyes. Lisa felt annoyed, but was able to get through because of her manager and her body guards.

She almost collapsed as she got inside the van, exhausted.

"Finally," She breathed, sitting down. "I'll head home now."

"Your luggage would be sent to your dorm later. I'll have one of the employees deliver it to your apartment." Her manager said, sitting right next to her.

"About that," A voice said from behind, the both of them shrieking in surprise.

Bo Kyung's eyes widened as he turned his head to the new arrival, "Secretary Gong? What are you doing here?"

"The CEO has sent me to pick Lisa up." The secretary replied, coming to view.

Lisa gulped, "The CEO?" What did the CEO want with her?

"Yes, the new CEO. She wanted to meet you as soon as you arrived."

She stammered, "B-but... I have plans tonight." She had dinner with Jeongguk and didn't want to miss it for the world, "Can we do this another time?"

"It's just dinner with Jennie, I'm sure they'll understand." Her manager said, looking at her, "It must be important since Secretary Gong is here."

"But... I promised them..." She didn't want to let Jeongguk down. "They'd get mad at me."

"It's probably going to be a quick meeting, don't worry." He reassured her, but she didn't think so.

"The CEO is expecting you to meet her right now at this instant and that's final." Secretary Gong said in an authoritative voice. "The CEO has no available schedule except for tonight, so this is urgent."

Lisa sighed. Why me out of a sudden? She had no choice but it seemed like the meeting was urgent, "Alright." She opened her bag to get her phone, about to text Jeongguk when the secretary spoke again.

"No phones allowed."

She raised her head and put on a nervous smile, "I'm just gonna text my unnies to let them know."

"They'll understand." The secretary repeated Bo Kyung's words, looking at her with such distaste in her eyes, "Give your phone to Manager Jung."

She blinked, "Excuse me? Why?" She couldn't understand this sudden change in the air. What is wrong with this woman?

"Lis, just give it to me. I'll hand it back after the meeting." Bo Kyung said in a low voice, nudging her, "I promise."

Lisa stared at her phone in her hands, Jeongguk's gonna kill me. Hesitantly, she handed it over.

The secretary gave her a smile, "Very well. Let's go to YG."

▪️

Jeongguk sprayed the air freshener one last time before checking his work.

He had scrubbed the kitchen walls to give it its previous shine, he had set up a bluetooth speaker playing Bolbbalgan4 songs to set the mood, and he lit candles at the table to give everything a romantic vibe. Hell, he even had a trail of rose petals at the entrance leading to the kitchen.

Lisa would probably laugh at him for it, but he didn't care.

He grabbed his phone from the coffee table in the living room and read Lisa's text again.

6:09 pm

LALISA

I'm at the airport,

going there in a bit.

See you!

He smiled and replied,

6:49 pm

JEONGGUK

where are youuu

you're taking

too long :(

She didn't reply.

Oh, well - she's probably on the way.

a/n: bitch y'all thought i wasn't gonna update, huh? jokes on YOU char hahahaha

anw, happy birthday to our queen lalisa!!!! love u to the sun and back