✱ — 𝙆𝙄𝙎𝙎&𝙈𝘼𝙆𝙀-𝙐𝙋 ,
mixlalisa:
“you’re going to lose all your time if you don’t back up,” lisa snaps through painted lips, which are pulled up into a twisted smile that’s too sweet to be genuine, too forced to be real. with those words she scoots away physically, creating as much distance between them as she can muster in the small space, barring taeeun from entering her space again. she swears if taeeun dares, lisa is going to shove the girl out of the booth before she walks out of the cafe, leaving behind a half finished affogato and perhaps all hopes of having the extra men she needs for the drop later. she can find other men, especially on THIS island, but patience—that can be damn near impossible to find.
“yes, that’s it,” she responds to the question, picking up her drink as she enjoys the personal bubble she’s recreated, eyes closing for the moment to truly enjoy the mixture of flavors and warm temperature. while she’s perfectly capable of sending a quick text or an email or anything of the like, she prefers business plans and meetings face to face if she can, and she’ll always ask first before using other people’s things, otherwise it can be used for collateral or blackmail later; she hate owing anyone anything. she expects taeeun to leave now, taking both her drinks to go, but it seems such luck are not in her cards, as taeeun insists on photographing, again. with the tiniest of chuckles, she places her drink down again on its saucer, propping her elbows on the table and chin atop intertwined fingers. “if you’re so keen on it, i suppose i can make time. the promenade looks amazing this time of day.”
“ someone’s feisty today. should i wait til you finish drinking more of your coffee, hun? ” taeeun laughs, none too bothered by the veiled threat. to be fair, she’s absolutely certain that lisa couldn’t do anything to her without disrupting the agreement between their families but, above that, no one would willingly create conflict over something so small, right? learning lisa’s limits and pushing them helps prove to taeeun that she’s a good partner, because she’s more than aware she can’t work with someone whose patience wears too thinly. it wouldn’t bode well for either side. besides, they have that whole bad cop, good cop vibe going if they ever had to deal with an unsavory situation, not that it’d reach all the way up to them but still. it’s another added bonus if you were to ask her.
“ oh, if i’m so keen on it? hun, you’re lucky i do enjoy it or i’d ask why you think i’m so keen on you. ” it wouldn’t be the first time even if taeeun wishes that each time was the last. why people bothered to try mixing business with pleasure is beyond her. business and friendship? of course that’s okay but anything beyond it is . . . illogical, an inconvenience, a cause for more concern than reassurance. a busy girl has no time for any of that, a truth that she thinks applies to both her and lisa from what she can tell. “ come on, what else were you going to do anyway? ” it’s a question she doesn’t need to ask when she knows lisa is as busy, if not busier, as her but she thinks the look on lisa’s face will be worth it when she links their arms together. “ you know what would make the picture even better? if we’re both in it. can you imagine? your followers might have heart attacks seeing two beautiful girls in one pic. ”















