In My Dreams, You Love Me Back

Chapter 5

"I'm never drinking again."

Lisa had her forehead pressed against the cold table. Her head was throbbing and she just wanted the floor to swallow her whole. Chaeyoung laughed from across,

"I said the same thing after my first college party."

Lisa lifted her head and rested her chin on her palm, "And look how you turned out," she teased. Chaeyoung scoffed and flipped her hair,

"If you are going to say I turned out fabulous then thank you. If not then," the blonde flipped her off and Lisa laughed before hissing from the pain in her head. Chaeyoung clicked her tongue and shook her head,

"And you really can't remember what happened?" The blonde asked, eyeing Lisa's pained expression. Lisa shook her head,

"Not a clue. The last thing I remembered was dancing with Irene and then talking with you and Chu. The rest is a blur."

Maybe it was for the best, Chaeyoung thought as she smiled at her tired roommate.

"Good morning!"

Lisa squeaked and covered her ears, groaning in pain again. Jisoo decided it would have been funny to sneak up behind Lisa and shout in her ear. Lisa glared up at the older one and lightly– but not that lightly, punched her arm. It was Jisoo's turn to groan in pain. Chaeyoung rolled her eyes,

"Children."

"Did you enjoy your first ever college Party?" Taehyung teased, patting Lisa's head as he passed by before walking around and sitting next to Chaeyoung. Jisoo plopped beside Lisa reaching to take a fry but Lisa slapped her hand away.

"It was definitely an experience," she tiredly laughed. Suddenly, she felt a presence sitting next to her and from her sweet scent, and of course being hyper aware of this woman 24/7, Lisa knew who it was. What she didn't expect however was for Jennie to speak to her so warmly,

"How's your head?"

Lisa turned to look at her and felt stunned by how caring Jennie's eyes stared at her. Lisa gulped and forced a shaky smile,

"It's good," she shakily breathed out, "But it still aches a bit." Jennie nodded with a kind smile before reaching into her bag and taking out some pain meds. And by some...

"I think one bottle of pain meds would've been okay," Jisoo pointed out with an amused smile. Jennie glared at the older one as she pulled out seven pill bottles one by one in front of Lisa.

"At least she has choices."

Lisa nearly laughed till she felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned her head and smiled kindly,

"Hey Irene."

Irene looked shy as she noticed all eyes were now on her. She wrung her fingers in front of her,

"Want to grab some coffee with me?" It was unusual to see the most confident woman in the school to be– well, not confident. Lisa nodded slowly but with a grin,

"You did owe me," she teased and maybe Irene was grateful because she looked more at ease as she waved at everyone before turning and walking away first. Lisa stood up but looked down at Jennie.

Jennie was looking at the pill bottles with a look of dejection. But just then, Lisa took one causing Jennie to immediately look up at her. Lisa was smiling down at her and she again felt the odd rhythm in her chest. However, it was hard to focus on how strange she was feeling because Lisa was smiling at her.

"Thank you," Lisa whispered before saying bye to everyone and rushing to catch up with Irene.

Jennie watched her go with a small smile before looking at everyone. Taehyung slowly placed his hands over hers from across the table. Jennie met his kind smile as he nodded his head,