behind the stars // chaelisa + hints of jensoo

a.n. idk what happened my b and ty u for letting me know bc I'm blind apparently

Shuffling the flower bouquet on her arm until she can have a firm grip on the bottle of wine she brought, Lisa raises her free hand and rattles her knuckles on the door.

She hopes it's the right one.

Her nerves are getting the best of her and she might as well be in a whole different floor than the one she's supposed to be. But no, the number on the door says she has the right door and since this is the one apartment that doesn't have a welcome mat, Lisa is pretty sure this is it.

There's shuffling behind the door and Lisa wills her heart to quiet down, to stop beating so out of rhythm and fall back to something akin to normal, but she's helpless when the door opens.

Chaeyoung looks breathtaking.

It's hard for Chaeyoung to look bad, Lisa muses, even when she's wearing mismatched pajamas and hasn't brushed her hair yet. But Lisa has to force air into her lungs as she takes Chaeyoung in, her high heels with straps around her ankle, the peter pan collar of her dress that falls mid thigh, her smile that widens as she realizes who's at the door.

When Chaeyoung reaches for her neck and brings her closer for a kiss, Lisa loses all hopes of ever getting her heartbeat back to normal.

It's an overload of sensations to have Chaeyoung pressed so close to her without much warning, to feel her plump lips brushing gently against hers, the tip of her tongue peeking out just enough for Lisa's legs to threaten to buckle from under her, to feel how warm Chaeyoung entire body feels under her palm.

Chaeyoung peels away from her and Lisa follows her for a moment before realizing she broke the kiss and pulling back herself, trying to blink away the haze clouding her thoughts.

"Hi," Chaeyoung says, her slightly croaked voice the only indication she's affected by the kiss, and steps aside, opening the door wider, "Come in! Take out just got here."

Forcing her feet to move and take her inside, Lisa waits for Chaeyoung to close the door before she offers her the flowers, "These are for you. And this-" Lisa lifts the wine, finding herself still dazed from the kiss, "-needs to breathe for a little while."

Chaeyoung takes the flowers, cradling them on her arm. It's a simple bouquet - soft pink roses and white lilies surrounded by wax flowers and eucalyptus leaves, wrapped in craft paper with twine keeping it all in place. Lisa had chosen the flowers herself and finished the bouquet in her hotel room, with Jisoo and Jennie pestering her about how soft she is. But the look of pure wonder in Chaeyoung's face made all the teasing worth it.

"Thank you," she breathes out, like the gesture took her completely aback. And it might have - between the abusive relationship she's been in and the one night stands she had told Lisa about, Chaeyoung must have gotten more flowers from fans than from someone who wants to to put that kind of smile on her face, "They're beautiful, Lis. I'll put them in some water."

Following Chaeyoung further into the apartment and towards the kitchen, Lisa forgets to look around and take in her surroundings and focuses on watching Chaeyoung smelling the flowers and smiling softly every step of the way, until she finds a vase for them. Lisa could get used to this.

Chaeyoung pulls out a small decanter along with the vase and hands it to Lisa, pointing her towards the drawer where she keeps the corkscrew. Lisa rummages through ladders and wooden spoons to get to the corkscrew and sets on opening the wine as Chaeyoung unwraps the flowers and arranges them in the vase.

This is a first date, but it doesn't feel like it.

They had gotten to know each other already and had breezed past any awkwardness that could come with it - because they were getting to know each other as friends and things are easier, lighter when you don't have any second intentions. Lisa knows where Chaeyoung grew up and what embarrassing music she listened to in her teens, knows what makes her laugh so hard she snorts and what she's passionate about. And Chaeyoung knows all the same, knows that she's a morning person and what books she likes to read on rainy afternoons, knows her more than Lisa would like to admit.