"H-hey, cousin! I didn't know you'd be here too." Lisa nervously chuckled as she linked arms with Jennie but the latter gave her a glare in exchange, her eyes definitely told Lisa she was dead.
"Hi, so you're her cousin, huh?" Jisoo politely smiled and extended her hand with a quick pause before speaking again. "I'm-"
Jennie looked at Jisoo's hand intensively and then back to Jisoo's eyes and firmly held Lisa's hand, cutting Jisoo off.
"Let's go, cousin." Jennie said without breaking her glare at Jisoo and dragged Lisa out of the restaurant, leaving Jisoo in confusion.
"I-"
"Are you trying to get away from me?" Jennie growled, cutting Lisa off.
"I'm just hungry." Lisa glared at Jennie and she sighed.
Jennie sharply inhaled through her nose, trying to calm herself down. "You have a lot of explaining to do here, and when the hell did we become cousins? I'd rather die than be related to you." Jennie frankly said.
"Can I at least have something to eat? I'll answer everything once I have eaten." Lisa said in defeat. Her hunger was more important than giving answers.
"You better be." Jennie muttered and continued walking to the parking lot, not dragging Lisa anymore. "And you better not try to run away again or you'd be gone for real." Jennie warned and Lisa deeply sighed, following Jennie and they went inside the car. Without a word, Jennie threw a plastic bag on Lisa's bag making the latter startle.
"Will you stop throwing things at me?" Lisa annoyingly said, her hunger was speaking for her.
"Why don't you look first before complaining." Jennie stated without wasting a second to glance at Lisa at started her car instead.
Lisa glared at Jennie as she opened the plastic bag to see what the latter was even talking about. Her eyes widened and she almost felt drooling over what she had seen. It was a steak.
"You're welcome." Jennie said, not taking her eyes off of the road and Lisa glanced at her.
"Can I eat now? I haven't eaten since last night. I couldn't get up so thanks for breaking my back." Lisa said with a slight hint of sarcasm.
"Just don't mess my car."
Lisa sighed in relief and smiled to herself. She quickly got a mouthful of meat and shove it in her mouth.
"I didn't know you have kindness in you." Lisa said, trying to annoy Jennie.
"I have more kindness than you." Jennie retorted. "You don't even have any kindness in your body."
Lisa just ignored Jennie's last remark and continued eating. Once they arrived at Jennie's house, Lisa was already done eating. Jennie shut off the engine and took a deep breath before speaking.
"Now, explain." Jennie commanded.
"I told you, I got hungry, you didn't even leave me something to eat so what am I supposed to do, die of hunger?" Lisa sarcastically said.
"That was my plan, to be honest."
"Will you cut those stupid remarks? I'm getting tired of arguing with you, it's all nonsense!" Lisa blurted, almost out of breath and Jennie raised an eyebrow.
"How did you even meet that woman? Do you know her?"
"She helped me with the vending machine and offered me a meal. And she's nicer than you." Lisa answered and Jennie scoffed.
"Oh really? I bet she had other motives, if I wasn't there I'm sure something bad would have happened to you again."
"Hey! You don't even know her. For the first time, she was the first one who showed me kindness and I feel unlucky being stuck with you!"
"Yeah? Well hey, the feeling is mutual. I feel unlucky being stuck with you either!"
There was a short intense silence between them before Jennie spoke again.
"Do you even know her name?" Jennie said in a slightly calm tone.
"Why would I even tell you?" Lisa bluntly said as she crossed her arms, not looking at Jennie.
"And really, of all things why would you call me a cousin?"
"Do you even think I have a choice? Do you want me to tell her I'm staying at a vampire's house and I'm held captive here?" Lisa frankly said.
"You could've told her you're a maid and you're working for me." Jennie muttered.
"Oh, bullshit. How in the world would I think that fast when I saw you walking towards me, and not to mention, angry?"
"If I were you then maybe I would think of that." Jennie said as she smirked to annoy Lisa.
"Ugh! Enough! Do you even have any more questions because I'm tired and I need to rest. I got a massive bruise on my back if you have forgotten." Lisa said and left the car, not waiting for Jennie to say something.
Sighing, Jennie closed her eyes to compose herself before heading out of the car as well and went inside her house. She silently walked to Lisa's room to check what she was doing. Jennie had to admit, she felt guilty for hurting Lisa, it was unfair that they didn't have the same strength, Lisa was powerless since she didn't have her necklace. She suddenly remembered the time the bead healed Lisa and looked at the latter lying in her bed and her back facing Jennie, probably sleeping. She pulled out the necklace she had been carrying everywhere and walked towards Lisa. Jennie held out the necklace and let the bead touch Lisa's skin. The bead glowed like the first time she saw when it was healing Lisa and the latter was startled at what was happening.
"What-" Lisa didn't know what to say, she was shocked that Jennie was letting her necklace heal her without begging for it.
Once Lisa was healed, the bead stopped glowing and Jennie immediately put back the necklace inside her pocket.
"You're welcome." Jennie said with an unreadable expression and was about to leave when Lisa spoke.
"I didn't ask you to heal me."
"And you don't have to tell me. I have more kindness in me than you." Jennie heaved a sigh. "But just because I healed you doesn't mean you can sneak out again. I will always hunt you down and when that happens, you wouldn't be able to get out anymore and I'll let you starve to death." Jennie warned and Lisa gulped in nervousness. "Have some rest, I have other things to do." Jennie started walking towards the door but before she could walk out, Lisa spoke again.
"Hey." Lisa called and Jennie just turned her head. "Thank you." She mumbled but loud enough for Jennie to hear and the latter continued walking out without giving a reply.
Once Jennie was out of sight, Lisa sighed. She couldn't understand Jennie. She's being bossy most of the time and would always give Lisa death threats but was also helping her live. Lisa couldn't tell if Jennie was slowly being nice through sarcasm or was it just Jennie's way of making Lisa suffer.
After Lisa met Jisoo, her mind was clouded with thoughts. She had considered getting a job and actually not caring about her precious necklace anymore since it felt like Jennie would never return it even if she begged for it or even obey everything she would say. She thought maybe it was time to live like a normal human. She had considered her situation a second chance, a second life, a new beginning.
When it was already nightfall, Lisa smelled something good and she thought it probably came from the kitchen. Maybe Jennie was cooking something. She felt her stomach grumble and she found her feet leading her to the kitchen. Lisa sneaked her head and saw Jennie in the middle of cooking. The latter felt someone was watching her so she glanced at her back and saw Lisa and made the latter's eyes widen in shock.
"I...smelled something good and I thought maybe you're cooking." Lisa muttered.
"I am. Sit." Jennie nodded at the stool and Lisa did what she was told.
Once Lisa was seated, she thought of something to ask Jennie. It was only a matter of seconds and Jennie was already done cooking. She served Lisa's meal just like the last time and she hoped something bad wouldn't happen again. She didn't want to waste her energy with someone that didn't meet hers.
"Eat up." Jennie told Lisa and the latter started eating at a slow pace. Jennie noticed Lisa's strange behavior. "You didn't like it?" She asked.
"It's good." Lisa simply answered and continued eating without meeting Jennie's eyes.
"You're weird." Jennie said, trying to provoke Lisa but it didn't work. "Weirder rather." She mumbled and shove a spoonful of food in her mouth. "If you have something to say, just say it. Your behavior is getting on my nerves already."
"Fine." Lisa deeply sighed and stopped eating to look at Jennie. "I want my freedom." She said, making Jennie raise her eyebrow.