QUITS

Chapter 14

"Yes dad."

Jongin frowns. "I am serious."

"So am I." Lisa looks up at Jongin. She saw the irritation but most importantly, the worried look. She's thankful though, Jongin had become one of her lifelines for the past years and to have him physically around definitely keeps her grounded both mentally and emotionally.

When Jongin continues to slowly glare at her, she lands a gentle but firm jab straight to his side which made him cough. "And I got all that? So ungrateful." He protested while palming the inflicted part.

Lisa finally laughs. "Stop being so worked up about it. I appreciate the reminder and concern. I'll handle it. I promise."

"Your promises all suck lately."

"It won't this time."

"It better be."

***

Jennie and Joohyun immediately went back to the office after their meal to grab all their belongings for the next class. Joohyun still needs to meet up with a classmate so she went out first, leaving Jennie alone in the student council office.

She still has 30 minutes left before her next class so she keeps herself occupied to kill the time until her phone went off, it's a call coming from him.

He had stopped calling her since that evening, though they still exchange text messages, it's no longer the same as it used to be. Jennie had been finding herself getting irritated everytime she sees his messages.

His consistency used to make her day better but recently, ever since the argument they had the past week, everything turned sour.

She was happy that he wasn't persisting that much just to give her space but knowing him, he'd never stop trying — this call is the prime example.

She takes a deep breath and answers the call.

"Hey. Did I call at the wrong time?"

"Somehow. I have a class in less than 30 minutes. What made you call?"

"I miss you."

"..."

"You still need space, huh?"

Jennie sighs, since they're here anyway, she'd rather tell him the truth. "Yes."

"It's been four days, Jennie."

"You're not technically giving me space."

"I am! I did not call you nor drive up there to see you. Aren't those enough?"

"You're still texting."

"So? Those were just texts."

"Sure, but your constant texts weren't exactly giving me enough time to think things through and get over my irritation."

Jennie hears him sigh through his nose. "Weren't we like this everytime you ask for space back then? You were okay with the texts."

"I never said that it's okay for you to text me when I needed space."

"Okay? But you did not say anything."

"Right but you should already have a clue that I needed a total shut off. And you calling me again though I did not give you a go signal just yet proves my point."

"It's been four days, Jennie." The irritation in his tone is slowly making its presence known and it irritates Jennie even more.

"It doesn't matter if it's four days or a week or two, respect my decision for once!"