JENNIE POV
'He will come back here tomorrow' Jisoo's words were ringing in my head until I got home. Even after dinner with mom and lying on my bed right now. Her words still ran through my head.
'He will be back here tomorrow.'
Mom asked me why I was silent during dinner, but I didn't tell her. Because I'm not sure if it's true that he will come back here tomorrow. And to make things worse, he's going to start college with us. He is majoring in International Business Management and Financial Art.
He will come back tomorrow and study with us.
Is this just a dream? What should I do when I meet him. Am I able to deal with him casually after my growing and shattering feelings? Why did he reappear when I started burying my feelings for him. When I've decided to accept it. What should I do?
One thing's for sure, I still have feelings for him.
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The next day my mind was filled with Lisa. Right now, it feels like my first time entering school. Tense. My heart is pounding. I walked nervously through the front garden toward the building. I watched everyone walking. Did I subconsciously look for him? But I didn't see him in the garden even when I walked into the hall of the main building, he was still out of sight. Is it possible that he doesn't have class this morning? Or maybe he hasn't had any classes today? But what did Jisoo said yesterday? 'He will come back here tomorrow', so there's a chance he'll just come in today maybe just for filling some paper, right?
I was so absorbed in my thoughts that I didn't realize I had entered our vocational building, the business management. Since I have been here for 1 semester, I already know this building well enough, so my feet automatically step into the classroom without needing my mind, which is currently full of the very familiar Lisa in my mind. Yes, during these 2 years, he lived in my mind, so I didn't notice when he walked in front of me. Arriving at a distance of several meters, I just realized it. Watching him walk with his gaze straight at me. His eyes. Eyes that I know, that can suck me into our world. And this is what happened. I looked into his eyes, and it seemed as if our surroundings disappeared. No people were looking at him walking. None of the girls turned their heads again just to look at him. Nothing. All that was in my eyes is him. And all that was in his eyes was me because he didn't take his eyes off me even if some women make a u turn only to come back to see him.
He really is here. He's real. He is the Lisa I know, even though his hair color has changed to ash gray, which is slightly curly but still charming. His face also looks more mature, his is a bit taller than I remember, but his posture is still the same, proportional with not exaggerated muscles. The way he walked was slightly different, but the aura he emitted was the same, very charismatic and mysterious. Since I know more about his life story, he's not that mysterious to me. Only one is currently the big question. Where has he been for these 2 years and what he was done, how was his life.
He wears a white long sleeves shirt with the top 2 buttons open, and only the front is tucked into the casual blue jeans paired with classic white Adidas shoes. He's getting even more handsome.
A smile on his lips. Not his charming full smile, which can make anyone who saw him fall in love but rather a slightly sad smile. He walked closer to me because ever since I realized his presence, I was frozen in my place.
He stopped right in front of me.
"Hello, Jennie," he said briefly. His voice was a little heavier than last I remember. I can only stare at him. His eyes were sparkling, and he looked a little blurry. Oh. I didn't realize that I was shedding my tears. His sad smile did not disappear but softened. He raised his hand and wiped a tear from my left eye using the thumb of his right hand without saying anything.
"Li-"
"Jennie!" Someone calls me from behind and walks up to us. I hurriedly wiped my tears that had yet to flow. Lisa looks behind me at the voice of the person calling me. I prepared myself, then turned around and gave a fake smile. He approached us with furrowed brows at Lisa.
"Hi," I said in a voice that I made as cheerful as possible while trying not to sound shaky.
"You haven't entered class yet?" he asked when he got beside me without turning his gaze from Lisa.
"Not yet," I replied briefly, making him look at me with raised eyebrows, then looked back at Lisa and me alternately.
"Um... This is Lisa... My friend from high school," I told him. Then I looked at Lisa and nodded.
".... Lisa..." My voice is low above the whisper but still heard by them. I tried not to cry. His name that came out of my lips gave me the taste I longed for. I cleared my throat, clearing a little lump at my throat, "This is Kim Jongin. He is -"
"Lisa!" We simultaneously turned towards Lisa's back at a beautiful, sexy woman with long, wavy brown hair who was probably a little older than us. Her call interrupted me to introduce Jongin to Lisa.
None of us made a sound and only saw the woman wearing a red long sleeve shirt combined with skinny tight jeans and red high heels that matched her shirts hurriedly approaching us.
"I've been looking for you everywhere. Why are you here? I already said that -"
"I just greeted an old friend, Amy," said Lisa interrupting her words as he glanced at me, making the woman seem like she just realized Jongin and me. She looked at us alternately, me and Jongin, then stopped staring at me for a long time. Neither of us spoke. Perhaps the passersby wonder what we are doing standing still in the middle of a hallway like this.
"Um... Jennie," Jongin breaks the silence, and we all stare at him. He just pointed towards the outside of the building with his head. I nodded and then sighed that I was not aware that I was holding back my breath this time and then turned to Lisa and the woman next to him, whose name was Amy.
"Sorry Lisa, I..." I didn't know what to say to him.
"It's okay, Jennie. It's nice to finally meet you again," he said with a small smile. His eyes and smile showed sadness. I really want to wipe it off his face. I wanted so badly to touch his cheek and ask him where he had been.
"Okay..." I said, then nodded at Amy and left with Jongin, who previously nodded at the two of them. We went outside the building of the Business and Management Department. I didn't pay attention to the time during my reunion with Lisa and didn't notice the person walking beside me. Because even though I had left him standing there, my mind was still with him.
Who is that woman, Lisa?
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LISA POV
This is the time I've been waiting for. Look at her again. Meet her.
Jennie.
After these 2 years, she is even more beautiful and charming. With her hair slightly wavy and flowing down her shoulders. I want to feel its softness in my hand. Her face that was getting more and more mature radiated elegance. The voice that I long to hear. Her smile always makes my day glow.
"So, she is the famous Kim Jennie?" asked Amy.
"Yes. She is the one and only, Kim Jennie," I answered without taking my eyes off Jennie. I kept staring at her until she came out of the building, and even though she was not visible, I still stared in the direction she disappeared.
"And who is that man?" she asked.
"Kim Jongin" I replied briefly.
"So is he...?" She asked, and I didn't answer. I just turned away and returned from the direction I came from before. Amy followed but didn't press her questions anymore.
Jennie. Am I too late?