behind the stars // chaelisa + hints of jensoo

All their plans go down the drain the moment they get to Chaeyoung's apartment.

They had managed to keep it together in the car, running yellow lights - Chaeyoung threatened to run a red light once and Lisa almost lost it - and talking about nothing important all the way to her building.

It was different than Chaeyoung had ever experienced, the way their conversations connected seamlessly, without any effort at all. It had always been a struggle to keep a lively conversation after she knew everything she had to know about whoever she'd been dating at the time, but with Lisa it's like they'll never run out of things to say.

It's as if her soul has finally found its equal, roaming free and unbound now.

They're still pretty decent as Chaeyoung parks her car and holds their pizza as Lisa takes her luggage out. If Chaeyoung's eyes linger a bit too long on Lisa's biceps, well, so what? She's allowed to look, without any shame or restraints. They even manage to make the elevator ride with little more than stolen glances and linked fingers, thumbs hooked together, their palms brushing gently against each other, sending sparks up Chaeyoung's spine.

But as soon as they haul everything inside and close the door behind them, it feels like the universe will implode if they stay apart.

Chaeyoung barely has time to drop the pizza box on a counter before her hands are searching for Lisa, their lips colliding together in a kiss too long in the making. Because two months is far too much time to spend away from the person that has become her best friend, her safe haven.

Safe haven.

That's what Lisa is for Chaeyoung, that's what she has always been.

When things got out of hand and Chaeyoung had to run away, Jungkook had sent her to a hotel in the middle of nowhere, the last place where anyone would think to look for her. But it had been Lisa that turned it into her very own safe haven, Lisa had been the one to make her feel safe for the first time in a long while.

Ever since then, Chaeyoung had turned to Lisa more and more often, had counted on her, had appreciated her company, had felt a fire burning in her stomach, something she didn't think she'd ever be able to feel again. Ever since then, Chaeyoung had found in Lisa what she'd been looking for all her life.

Lisa has become her home and, together, they're bigger than anything.

They break the kiss when breathing becomes a chore and Chaeyoung looks at Lisa's wanting eyes, flushed cheeks and swollen lips, knows she looks the same, can swear her pounding heart skips a beat when Lisa looks at her lips and back at her eyes. Chaeyoung bites her lip to keep herself from tearing up at the way Lisa's dark eyes pierce through hers, gentle and waiting as her hands snake under her shirt in a silent question.

For a while, Chaeyoung thought the answer to that question would be a solid no.

But she finds herself eager to say yes, yes, yes.

Taking a step back, Chaeyoung peels her shirt off and tosses her hair all to one side, watching Lisa drop her jaw ever so slightly, blink away her stunned stare, reach out to her in a daze. Chaeyoung presses their lips together in a heated kiss and tries to keep herself together when Lisa lightly runs her nails down the expanse of her back - she fails, miserably so.

Bumping into furniture and laughing into their kisses, they make it to the bedroom, leaving a path of discarded clothes behind them. Chaeyoung sighs with every tender kiss, every gentle touch, every whispered praise she never felt worthy of and can't help but believe now. Lisa asks permission for everything, kissing away Chaeyoung's worries, making sure she knows she can back away at any moment, making sure she feels all the love Lisa has to offer her.