ALL TIME ZONES ARE IN CET

(Barcelona is 4 hours ahead of Brazil where JK is in this chapter)

MAY 27, 2019

A week.

It has been a week since Lalisa had contacted Jeon Jeongguk. He kept true to his words - he gave her the space that she needed and he hadn't texted her even once. It felt odd not receiving his usual good morning texts but then... it was his fault. He acted like a dick so he had to face the consequences.

Truth to be told, she missed their conversations.

Wait, scratch that. She missed the guy.

But she wasn't going to tell him that. It'd boost his ego up even more (keep in mind, his ego is hard to reach. It's too high up there.)

The entire concert team had arrived at Barcelona, where the Pinks would continue and conclude their Europe tour. It had been such a journey that Lalisa never wanted it to end, even if they performed the same songs over and over again.

They were currently at their hotel, resting for tomorrow's show. The managers had given the entire day for them to do whatever they wanted because they arrived earlier than expected. Thank God for that because Lisa was craving gelato.

"Chaeng?" She called out from the bathroom, having just washed her face. She looked like the living dead as of the moment because of the jetlag and her moisturiser wasn't helping. "Chaeyoung!"

Hed bestfriend didn't answer. Rolling her eyes, she went back into their shared suite to her room and saw her in the midst of a call with someone.

"Yeah, yeah. She's fine. We just arrived in Barcelona... yes, we're at the hotel. Mhm, I'll keep that in mind."

She still didn't notice her presence. Lisa cleared her throat, making the girl look at her in panic.

"Fuck, she's here. I'll call you later. Bye." Chaeyoung abruptly ended the call and flashed her a sweet smile. "What is it, Lis?"

"Who were you talking to?" She asked while sitting on Chaeyoung's bed. "I've been calling you countless times already."

"It was no one."

Chaeyoung wasn't a very good liar. "Suck my ass, Chaeng. I'm your bestfriend. You can tell me anything."

Her bestfriend bit her lip before sighing, "Fine. It was Jeongguk." She was about to retort when Chaeyoung raised a hand, "Before you say anything else, he just wanted to check up on you and what you were doing. Since you're not talking to him, he's talking to me instead."

That fucker. "Don't talk to him anymore."

"And why is that?" Chaeyoung raised her brows. "Don't tell me you're jealous."

"I am not." She argued, "Besides, where did he get your number, anyway? I didn't give it to him."

"I don't know either. Probably from Jisoo or Jennie unnie." She looked at her again, "What were you calling me for?"

"Let's get gelato." At the mention of the said desert, Chaeyoung's eyes lit up.

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The two of them ended up going with Jennie and Jisoo. The older ones were quite furious when they found out they were going out for gelato without telling them - Jisoo, especially.

"What, you're forgetting about us now that you have a boyfriend?" She'd said, to which Lalisa quickly apologised by buying her three scoops of mint chocolate chip ice cream.

The four of them sat in one of the booths of the parlor, eating their ice creams in peace, talking about whatever came into their minds, until Jennie brought up her relationship.

"So, Lis, how are things going on with you and that BTS guy?" She asked, licking her chocolate fudge ice cream. "You still good?"

"We're not on speaking terms right now, actually." She honestly responded to which Jisoo chuckled.

"Not speaking because you got caught?" She snorted, "I think we all know who will do the chores for a year. Definitely not us." She did a little handshake with both Chaeyoung and Jennie. Wow. The betrayal. Lisa thought.

She rolled her eyes, "No, unnie. It's for a different reason. We fought."

Jennie frowned, "You fought? Why didn't you tell me this?" Her eyes widened in realization, "Ah, that's why Namjoon asked for Chaeng's number."

"Oh, so he got it from you." Chaeyoung realized, "I'm kinda like their bridge right now. I must say, it's hard."

"Why did you even fight?" Jisoo butted in, wiping her mouth with a tissue.

Lisa sighed. "It's nothing."

Jisoo scoffed, "Nothing my ass. I know it's something because you're not on speaking terms. I mean, if it was just a simple misunderstanding, little Rosie here wouldn't constantly update him about your whereabouts."

She pursed her lips, "I can't tell you."

Jennie raised her brow, "And why not? We're your members. We've been together for years now."

"Both of you might beat him into a pulp." She admitted, knowing how overprotective her unnies were to her and Chaeyoung. "And I don't want that to happen."

"Pranpriya," Jisoo said in an authorative voice, making her nervous at the use of her real name, "Tell us now."

"We promise to not do any harm to him." Jennie reassured, but Lisa knew otherwise. This was the calm before the storm.

She looked at her side at Chaeyoung, to ask for help, yet she was just stuffing her face with ice cream. I am alone in this.

Lalisa was defeated. She had no choice, "Okay, fine. It happened a week ago, at Amsterdam. At the same day, they had their concert at MetLife Stadium, right?" Her members nodded, "After the show, Jeongguk was injured that he couldn't walk and had a doctor come to the hotel and check on him."

"Oof, that's the scariest thing to ever happen to you on tour." Chaeyoung commented. The others chimed their agreement.

"Anyway, I called Jimin's number to check up on him. I told him that he should rest and prioritize himself first... but then he said that the fans would be disappointed if he doesn't perform." Then she looked down as she said the next words, "But then I told him that there could always be another concert and..." She hesitated.

"What? What's next?" Jennie asked, frantic to know what occurred after. "Is this the part where we'll beat him into a pulp?"

Lisa gulped, "Hey, promise me you won't do anything to him, okay?" Her unnies nodded their heads and did a pinky swear gesture with her. "Okay... so when I said that, he snapped at me. He told me that... that it was easy for me to say since... well, since-"

"Oh my God, Lisa, just say it!" Jisoo clapped her hands for emphasis.

She rolled her eyes, "Okay, he told me that it was easy for me to say since I was from YG and that we've been spoon-fed our entire trainee life. Everything was given with a snap of a finger and I don't have any idea of the struggles of what it was like to be in a company that had nothing." She finished in one breath. "There. Happy?"

But then, she saw Jennie slowly clench her fists, "That motherfucker did not just call us privi-"

"Your boyfriend is an asshole, Lalisa."

"I shouldn't have told him about your whereabouts!"

They all spoke together, all furious of what Jeongguk had said to her. She sighed. I knew this was going to happen. I shouldn't have told them this.

"Okay, guys, that's enough!" She raised her voice amidst the noise, "He already apologised, okay?"

"And you forgave him?" Jisoo asked, incredulous.

"Uh, no. I may be an idiot but I'm not that kind of idiot." She flipped her hair, "Like I said, I haven't talked to him for a week now."

"Good, good. Show him you're this independent woman that can live without him." Jennie did exaggerated gestures in the air, "However..."

Chaeyoung tilted her head, "I don't like that face, Jen. What are you scheming?"

"I'd like to speak with him about this matter... gently."

Jisoo smacked her head, "Gently, my ass, Jen. You'd just scare him."

"That hurt, Jesus Christ." She rubbed her head, "I mean it. We can invite him to the apartment for dinner."

Lisa didn't like the idea one bit, "And then what? You'll bombard him with questions?"

"No, silly." Jennie waved her hand, "Just a normal dinner, you know." Then, her eyes twinkled with something else, "You know what, we'll just invite those BTS boys to have dinner with us! Won't that be nice?"

"If that were to happen, they should be the one to invite us instead." Chaeyoung suggested, twirling her hair in her fingers, "So we won't look like needy ass bitches."

"What if they won't?" Jennie crossed her arms.

"They will." Chaeyoung turned a pointed look at her, "Lisa will make them. Right?"

"Yes, Lisa." Jisoo smirked, "It's time to talk to your piece of shit boyfriend."

Lisa gulped. It only meant one thing.

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That night, sleep didn't come.

It was already one in the morning and she had to wake up at six to work out as she hadn't worked out for the past week. Lisa didn't take sleeping pills, afraid that she would be knocked out and might miss her alarm tomorrow.

So she was stuck with this.

She already counted from one to one hundred, and then counted backwards. She played various games in her phone. She stretched a bit before laying down in her bed. She twisted and turned yet it had no effect. Ugh.

Hesitantly, she rose from the bed and went to Chaeyoung in another room in the suite. Her bestfriend, on the other hand, was sleeping peacefully. Lisa envied her.

She shook her body softly, "Chaeng, Chaeng, wake up."

The girl didn't budge.

"Chaeng, I can't sleep." She continued, "Can you sing me to sleep?" Chaeyoung had always done this ever since their trainee days as Lisa sometimes experience insomnia whenever she was stressed or pressured. The only way she could sleep was Chaeyoung singing to her.

Yet right now, the girl didn't even move an inch. She was in deep sleep.

Fuck.

Pouting, she stomped back to her bed and tried to find other ideas.

She scrolled through her phone and stopped when she saw a certain name: Jeongguk.

Jeongguk was the main vocal in his group... he could sing. Maybe she could just message him...

No.

She would come out as desperate.

She wouldn't lower her pride down for this.

But I can't sleep.

And he did say to message him if I needed something... I also need to work on that dinner with the boys...

Lisa closed her eyes. She was going to message the guy. May God bless her.

1:11 am

hey|

he|

h|

you awake?

The reply came not a second later.

JEONGGUK

darling!!!!

i missed you

so much

😭😭😭😭

i am so so

so so sorry

for everything

you were right

the pain

worsened

but I'm okay

nowwww

guk shut up

okay okay

what do you

need darling?

it's past midnight

there in barcelona

why are you

still awake?

LALISA

i can't

sleep

can i

ask you

a favor?

JEONGGUK

anything

for you

darling

LALISA

can you..

can you

sing me

to sleep?

chaeng used

to do that but

she's sleeping

heavily rn

if it's not okay

the|

She wasn't even finished typing when her phone suddenly rang, displaying the words Jeongguk is calling.

She accepted it.

"Hey," Lisa said softly, rolling to the side.

"Darling," His voice made her involuntarily shiver. "What song would you like?"

"Anything will do."

The other line quieted for a moment. Lisa thought he wouldn't do it until he sang, "Come on skinny love just last the year..."

Upon hearing his soft voice, she almost felt hypnotised. It was comforting... almost euphoric...

"Pour a little salt we were never here,"

She knew that he was just beginning to be fluent in English, but she couldn't help but be wowed by his pronunciation.

"My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my. Staring at the sink of blood and crushed veneer," She smiled softly as he continued to sing.

"Tell my love to wreck it all. Cut out all the ropes and let me fall..."

Lisa rolled to the other side and set the call on speaker mode so it could echo off the walls, making her drowsy even more.

"Right in the moment this order's tall," Her eyelids started to droop. "And I told you to be patient, and I told you to be fine..." Unknowingly, her eyes closed as she resumed to listen to his hypnotic voice.

"And I told you to be balanced...

And I told you to be kind...

And in the morning I'll be with you,

But it will be a different kind."

SONG TITLE:

by Bon Iver

(if you want a more lullaby-ish

version, listen to 's cover)