APRIL 23, 2019

"Can you hear me?" Lalisa raspily asked as the FaceTime connected, Jeongguk's bare face appearing on the screen. Her own appearance, however, was dishivieled. It was 6:00 am in the morning, and she had just woken up early despite her body being exhausted just so she could FaceTime the guy.

She didn't know why, but she kind of missed him. Kind of. Well, friends do that.

"Can you hear me?" Jeongguk mocked on the other line, voice on a higher octave just to imitate her. "Good morning, darling."

"I do not sound like that." She protested, leaning on her elbows and her phone in hands. "Good morning to you, too, Junglebook."

He laughed, "But you do, Liz. How's Chicago?"

"It's quiet." She replied nonchalantly. "By the way, did you know, Willow Smith invited me to Kanye West's Sunday Service yesterday."

"Was she nice?" He asked, sitting down. "Did you meet Jaden?"

"Jaden and I are practically bestfriends." She said smugly while standing up, "And yes, Willow's a sweetheart."

"Whatever." He rolled his eyes. "Oh, look," He stood up which made Lisa have a clear view of what he was wearing, "I'm wearing your hoodie. Tada."

"Hmmm," She pretended to think, "That's quite cute." Lisa shrugged and walked to the bathroom, finger combing her hair all the while, "That looks better on you than it did on me."

"Well, duh. Of course. It's me you're talking about." He scrunched his brows when he saw her in the bathroom. "What are you doing there?"

She carefully placed her phone in mirror, trying not to let it fall. "Um, I'm going to wash my face, obviously."

His face fell, "Oh. I thought you were going to have a shower and you were going to make me watch."

"Keep your nasty comments to yourself, Guk. It's 6 in the morning, for God's sake." She grabbed her toothbrush, put some toothpaste on it, and brushed her teeth - him watching her the entire time. "Have you eaten dinner?" She asked, almost incomprehensible because of the foam in her mouth.

"I really can't understand you, darling, but I'll try my best." His raised his brow, "You asked about me eating dinner? No, not yet. I was waiting for you."

Lisa stopped brushing for a moment to ask, "Why?" Then continued.

"I figured it would be sweet if you ate your breakfast and I eat my dinner together while we're doing FaceTime." He smiled, satisfied with himself, "I'm the sweetest boyfriend ever, right?"

She didn't reply, instead, she just spit the toothpaste out and gargled some water.

"What, you don't agree?"

Lisa snorted as she put the toothbrush back into the mirror and wet her face. "Keep on complimenting yourself, Jeon. Let's see where it gets you."

"It's true, anyway." Jeongguk watched as she applied a foaming cleanser to her face, "That's just your skin care?" He asked as if it was the most disgusting thing in the world.

"You sound as if I did something gross." She replied, rubbing circles in her cheeks, "And no. This isn't my skin care. I'm too lazy to do everything so I'll just slap on a face mask after."

The male was silent for a second, and then spoke again, "I'll be back, darling. Don't turn it off just yet." Then he disappeared from view.

Lisa shrugged and continued to do her work, washing her face with water and applying an Aloe Vera face mask after. She was just rubbing it in when Jeongguk came back.

"What did yo- Oh my God, you scared me." She gasped, putting a hand to her heart. "Fucking hell, Jeongguk."

"What?" Jeongguk asked, now wearing a face mask similar to hers, only that it was charcoal, "I thought you'd find it sweet." The sudden dark color scared her the most.

"It's sweet, alright," She admitted, regaining her composure, "But you don't have to scare me like that. I thought I was talking to somebody else."

"It's just me, anyway, so calm down." He replied, lying down on the bed. "I really can't speak right now."

"Obviously. The face mask does wonders, like shutting your mouth." Like him, she also laid down on her bed so the face mask would stay in place. "What's for dinner, Guk?"

He raised his head a bit and yelled, "Jimin, what's for dinner?" The reply came not a second later, "Bulgogi."

"Wow. I wish." Lisa huffed, "Mine is pancakes with maple syrup. I wanted bacon and eggs but I realized American breakfast is greasy as hell."

"So you opted for pancakes just because they're not fatty?"

"Congrats, Einstein." She deadpanned, "How long do you have to keep your mask on?"

He stopped, thinking, "Um, it's a quick face mask so I guess like three to five minutes. Yours?"

She groaned through her gritted teeth, "Ten minutes. What am I supposed to do?"

"You don't literally have to wear it for ten minutes. Five will suffice."

"Okay, fine. Only this time." She turned her eyes to the ceiling, "How many minutes left?"

"Three minutes." He sighed, "What are we gonna do?"

"Honestly, I just want to sleep." She closed her eyes for a few seconds, but opened them after hearing Jeongguk's protests. "Never mind."

"Hm. Let's ask each other questions?" He offered, "Like, ten questions each. I'll start."

"Hm, okay."

"Ummm..." He paused to think, "You know what, never mind. My mind is in a blank state."

"Honestly, same." Lisa sat down. "Let's just ditch these masks and eat."

Jeongguk laughed and removed his own mask as well, going to the bathroom to wash his face. It felt pretty weird for Lisa to be honest, that she was this comfortable and open with him. She never had male friends like him before, and this felt pretty refreshing. She liked the change.

"Okay, let's eat our food." She excitedly squealed as she used the towel to pat her face. Hurriedly going to her small table, she saw him do the same.

"Let's eat." He grinned, showing his bunny teeth. "Oh, wait, Tae. Meet Lisa." The camera turned to his group member, Taehyung, who was sitting beside him.

Lisa felt shy. She looked absolutely bare faced right now. This was not a good first impression.

"Hey, Lis! Is it okay if I call you Lis?" Taehyung smiled at her. "JK here purposedly missed dinner with us just so he can eat with you."

"Oh, is that so? That's sweet of him." She smiled back at him, "Hi, Taehyung. I'm sorry for my current appearance."

The other guy shook his head, "No, no, it's fine. I look the same anyway." He leaned back on the chair, "You guys continue your little date over there. I'll be busy doing... other things. Bye, Lis!"

"Sure." She bowed a little before the camera returned to her so called boyfriend. "I looked like a donkey."

He snorted, "Chill, Lis. You look cute otherwise."

The reply made her blush.

So that's how Lisa's morning went - the both of them sharing their recent experiences with each other through a meal, Jeongguk almost choking on a piece of meat as she told him on how she took her first coke with Jennie urging her on.

I'm never letting you get high again, he had said. What, are you my boss or something? She had rolled her eyes on his comment to which he ignored.

Lisa immediately went to her bed afterwards, dozing off as he told her more and more stories about the happenings in Korea. She swore she didn't want to sleep throughout the FaceTime, but her eyes were so, so tired.

He just let her be.

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