Her

17 | Late night talk

LISA

It's been a few hours of research and Jennie is still nowhere to be seen. The more I walk on the street destituted of lights looking for her, the more I think that this girl doesn't want to be found. For the first time, I can understand what she did. Her grandma just died. In those cases, we need to be alone, and perhaps that's why she ran away. Losing someone is hard to live. We need a lot of time to mourn, I understand it when I lost Leo. 

I turn my head to Chaeyoung and stroke my fingers under her bare shoulders to calm her down, "She'll come back."

A tear rolls down her cheeks and she looks at me. I wish I could make her feel better, but I understand that she's sad about what is happening to Jennie. I encountered her grandma a few times because I used to play in my garden with my dog and we chatted a bit. It was always a pleasure to talk to her because she was just like Taehyung ; always joyful and talktative.

"What if she don't ?" Chaeyoung asks me.

Her voice cracks up, and it breaks my heart a little. She seems to overreact but it shows how much she cares about us.

"Good news !" Jisoo comes in front of us, smiling. "We found her."

Chaeyoung lets out a sigh of relief while a small smile is plastering on my lips unconsciously. I have to admit that I'm glad that Jennie is not missing anymore. I walked about ten kilometers. I'm tired because of her ! But, I'm also relieved because of her. This girl is a real pain in the ass. I want her alive though because I don't want to see Chaeyoung crying even more over her death.

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Back at the dormitory, the first thing I see is Jennie with Momo - a cup of tea in her hands and a warm blanket on her. Jisoo and Chaeyoung don't waste time before hugging her tightly. As for me, I watch them in amusement from a distance. Until Momo orders me to join the group hug with her. I sigh and take part of the hug.

"Guys, I can't breathe..." whispers Jennie.

I smile and add, "I'm so happy to hear that."

Laughs fill the room as we separate from each other.

"Where did you go ?" asks Jisoo to Jennie.

"In a bar--" responds Momo, laughing out loud.

She seems to know something interesting about Jennie because the latter rolls her eyes and covers Momo's mouth.

"Shhh, they don't need to know."

Her reply stings my curiosity and I take a step closer to Jennie's best friend. Since highschool, Momo was always nice to me, and still is. I strongly think that she has a crush on me because everytime I talk to her, she's whether blushing or clingy towards me.

"Let her talk, Jennifer."

The brunette with cat's eyes glares at me and takes off her hand from Momo's mouth, "You're lucky I'm still drunk as hell, fucking Loser."

I didn't know that she swears a lot when she's not sober, and I prefer to not know this fact. I'm kind of hurt right now.

"A man assaulted her sexually but I came right in time !"

Smiles faded away after her revelation. I was expected something funny. Sexual assaultment is a sensitive topic and I'm disappointed that Momo doesn't seem to be serious about it. She should. Even I have no great love for Jennie, I would never wish that someone will take advantage of her.

It's disgusting.

"Bullshit. Everything was under control." Jennie retorts but I wasn't totally convinced by her answer.