Because she had someone to help carry the basket, the process of buying things was quick. In less than twenty minutes, Lisa had bought all the things on the list and put away her phone.
Jungkook saw her movement, “You finished shopping?”
“Mm.” She nodded, “Senior has worked hard. Let’s go to the checkout.”
Seeing that she was leaving the shelves, Jungkook once again tugged on her backpack strap: “Wait a second.”
“…… Mhm?”
Jungkook pressed his lips together, trying his utmost to speak slowly: “Last night, I was drunk and when I went to look for you, I said some-” He thought about it and found a less not-too-accurate adjective: “strange words. “
“You…” He braced himself to continue, “shouldn’t take it seriously.”
The little girl looked like she had digested his words for a moment and blinked, “Uh-huh, I know.”
After that, her hand then reached for her backpack. Unzipping the side pocket, she pulled out two red bills.
Then, she handed them to him.
Jungkook was startled: ?
What kind of operation is this?
He did not take it, hearing her continue to explain: “Senior, I originally wanted to give you when the checkout, but I’ll give it now.”
Jungkook hesitantly said, “You’re giving me… money? What for?”
Lisa also looked a little surprised: “Have you forgotten all about last night?”
“Not all…” Mentioning last night, he couldn’t help but feel a little embarrassed. Ruffling his hair with his empty hand, he responded, “I remember part of it.”
“Ah…” she nodded, “I’ll tell you about it then.”
“……”
“Do you remember when you said…” Lisa’s expression twisted for a moment. Shifting her eyes to look at the potato chip bag next to her, she continued, “Said to call you dad…and so on. “
“…… I remember.”
“After that, you stuffed two hundred yuan into my pocket before you left, saying it was for my living expenses.”
“……?!”
“I wanted to return it to you, but you didn’t want it. Then, you called me after you left, saying that if the living expenses were not enough, to ask you for it again.”
“………”
She added one final sentence with a serious face, “And also- no need to ever save you money.”
Jungkook: “…………”
This was too f*cking much.
He wanted to close himself again.
–
After checking out and getting to the entrance of the supermarket, Lisa found that she had bet wrongly before.
Outside, thunder and lightning came after each other as the rain poured down, racing to pound onto the ground.
It was raining hard.
Not the usual heavy rain.
Jungkook, with her things in hand, was standing under the eaves of the doorway, observing the rain, when a soft complaint came to his ears, “How can it rain so hard…”
S City frequently drizzled or sprinkled. Oftentimes, as long as the distance was not too far, it was to the extent that you could go out without needing an umbrella. Who would have expected that this time, the rain was entirely different and unlike before? The sound of falling rain was forceful and fierce.
“Senior, you didn’t bring an umbrella either, right?” Lisa frowned and muttered as she turned around: “I’ll go buy an umbrella-“
Jungkook pulled on her arm.
She turned back in confusion and looked at him, “… what’s wrong?”
“Ahem,” he unnaturally cleared his throat, “for this kind of rain, whether or not you have an umbrella, you will definitely get soaked through.”
“……”
“So you might as well just stay here and wait for the rain to lighten up before leaving.”
Lisa looked at the sky again.
In fact, it was no exaggeration to say that this rain right now was very much like buckets of water fallings from the sky. Indeed… having an umbrella would be useless.
She looked at Jungkook, “Then wait here?”
The eaves outside the supermarket sign were large, and the space under the eaves was also very spacious. Compared to the crowd crammed inside, she still preferred it out here.
Jungkook didn’t say anything, nodding.
Lisa tutored Eunha for two more hours. Coupled with the supermarket trip just now, she felt completely worn out. Though she couldn’t say exactly where she was tired, she simply walked to the farthest corner in front of the entrance, and directly bent down and hugged her knees.
Jungkook looked as suddenly became such a tiny thing. After seeing her actions, he was slightly stunned.
Lisa is wearing a white woolen sweater today, and dark gray skinny jeans, making her legs look especially thin. Squatting there, she was a small and thin ball.
He walked towards her: “Is everything okay?”
“Nothing. A little tired…,” the little girl’s voice was muffled, ” I also just don’t like rainy days, especially this much rain… “
“……”
Not waiting for Jungkook to speak, it just so happened that a crack of thunder sounded, scaring the little lump of potato crouched on the ground to shiver.
Lisa’s reaction to the sudden noise was relatively large. She hadn’t yet recovered from the thunderstrike when a hand suddenly appeared in front of her.
The familiar, good-looking, fully-qualified-to-be-a-hand-model hand.
~
She looked up.
From this angle, his face was a little blurred. She could only vaguely make out his lips moving.
He said, “You stand up.”
The voice was deep and somewhat gentle amidst the sound of the rain. She suddenly remembered that when he used his normal voice to speak French at that time, she felt overwhelmed and her ears tingled.
To say nothing of its impact at this moment.
Lisa had just been scared and her mind was empty.
Without thinking about anything else, she, as if compelled, raised her hand and put it on his hand, borrowing his strength to stand up.
After getting up.
He did not immediately let go.
The palms of their hands were almost completely pressed against the other.
His hand was cool, a little smooth, and it felt nice holding his hand. From the moment of contact, a faint tingling sensation was transmitted directly from her hand to every inch of her body.
It wasn’t obvious, wasn’t in-her-face, but it made her body stiffen and her face start to warm up.
She forgot to struggle free when, instead, Jungkook took the initiative in releasing her hand.
He stood directly in front of her, obstructing most of the view behind him. In her peripheral vision, the sky suddenly lit up with several bright lights, bolts of lightning coming one after another, the thunder yet to arrive.
But it should come soon-
Before she could nervously prepare herself mentally, two gentle, cool touches pressed against her ears.
Lisa froze.
Then realized that it was his hands.
She could feel that his hands were slightly arched, not pressing too hard against her ears. The thunder that came immediately after his hands acted as suppression was insignificant as it fell on her ears.
After this burst of thunder, he removed his hands from her ears.
Maybe because the feeling was so comfortable, she even had a thought of not wanting to let his hands go.
But it was only for a moment.
Lisa was somewhat glad that it was dusk; the redness on her face could not be seen, “Thank you, Senior.”
Jungkook hummed, “It was nothing.”
She don’t know if it was because she tilted her head to look at him for too long, but Lisa felt some pain in her hair again. Frowning, she reached out and adjusted the hair tie that tied her hair, deciding to never to use this to tie her hair again.
A few.”, or maybe a dozen, seconds later.
Jungkook did not move his position, but he slightly lowered his head and leaned forward a bit. It just so happened that the light from the supermarket behind him hit his face, and the outline of his features appeared in her field of vision.
The hand he had just released lifted again and circled the side of her face—
Reaching to the ponytail at the back of her head.
His hand fixed her hair tie.
Her eyes widened.
Watching as his pale lips opened and closed, “If it’s like this… is it still uncomfortable?”
The magnetic voice was mixed with the sound of rain, as if blending with the vapor.
Lisa nodded mechanically.
He suddenly smiled.
The laugh lines were shallow on his cheeks, one side higher than the other. He lowered his head again, and her eyes crashed straight into his eyes.
The lights in the supermarket behind him were bright.
All the light was reflected in his pupils, ringed with endless warmth.
She felt relief in her head.
Like a person who had gotten a load off their shoulders, her roots that were uncomfortable a mere moment ago were screaming for comfort.
Lisa involuntarily let out an “ah’.
He seemed to be amused by her reaction once again.
The difference was that his laugh lines were deeper this time, his narrow eyes curving into an arc. He said in a lowered voice: “If you’re uncomfortable, untie it.”
“……”
His hand was still on the back of her head. His fingers moved slightly, ruffling her hair a few times. His next words out carried a suppressed laugh, and, if she heard correctly, a little bit of helplessness.
“Isn’t that silly.”