behind the stars // chaelisa + hints of jensoo

9

When her eyes meet Chaeyoung's, the light within her turns into fire and she shuffles away from everyone else and towards a blanket burrito with Chaeyoung's face.

Lisa thinks back to this afternoon, to the way Chaeyoung's hair felt in between her fingers as she brushed it away, to the warmth of Chaeyoung's palms on her hips when she held her in place, to how her eyes fluttered closed and the butterflies in her stomach fluttered to life when Chaeyoung traced her jaw. Lisa thinks back to the ghost of Chaeyoung's lips against hers, their breaths mingling together for the fraction of a second before they got interrupted.

Her heart tries to beat its way out of her chest just thinking about how ready she'd been to kiss Chaeyoung.

Biting her lip to try and keep herself together, Lisa sits beside Chaeyoung, much closer than she should, and tugs the blanket to cover them both. Neither says anything - the warmth from the fire and the soft glow it casts on everything it touches being more than words could muster.

For a moment, they both seem to forget all the shit that is happening. For a moment, they're just two girls sharing a quiet evening with their friends, just two girls tiptoeing around a first kiss that is bound to happen.

Lisa wants to take the cider from Chaeyoung, wants to settle it by their feet, to wrap her hands around Chaeyoung's neck and tug at her until she can taste her lips.

All day, Lisa tried to stay out of the way.

Now she doesn't want to anymore.

All day, Lisa spent her hours worrying about things she couldn't change, but when the headlights hit them harsh and bright, the white light contrasting with the warm yellow fire, she doesn't think twice before getting up and putting herself exactly on the way, keeping Chaeyoung behind her, reaching back until she can feel Chaeyoung's hand on hers.

Suho walks out of the car with the devil in his eyes.

And Lisa knows that's Suho Kim because every other article had a link to this interview or that video with him talking about how hurtful it was to see the way someone he cared so much about talk about him like that. He sure did a damn good job of painting himself as the victim in all this situation in this last month.

"You bitch !" Suho yells as soon as he's close enough, covering the distance between them in large strides, "You fucking bitch ."

Sungjae springs to action before anyone snaps out of it, shouldering Suho and pushing him away. But there's no stopping someone mad with rage - Lisa can see it from the distance that is quickly shortening, can see how he's nearly foaming with anger built up over the weeks.

"Dude, what the fuck are you thinking?" Jungkook shouts back, jogging to him, pushing him harder until he stumbles back, "Do you even know what a restraining order is?"

"Like I give a fuck about that," Suho spits, struggling to make it past Jungkook and Sungjae, his wide eyes locking on Chaeyoung, "I'll end you." Lisa tugs Chaeyoung closer behind her, like she can hide her from him altogether, and feels her hand shaking in hers, growing clammy with cold sweat, "Wait until I get my hands on you, you have no idea what I'll do to you."

In a moment, Joy and Jennie are beside Lisa, shielding Chaeyoung with their bodies, offering one more wall for Suho to knock down before getting to her, while Jisoo grabs her phone - to either record it so they have proof or call the police so they can put Suho away, Lisa doesn't know.

"Yeah, good luck with that," Jungkook grunts and pushes him again, making him lose his balance, stumble a few feet backward, using the momentum to push him back, sputtering threats that are far from vague, but that Lisa can't force herself to hear.