BEST FRIEND BLACKPINK A⇴Z HEADCANON ⇴ Roseanne Park
A ⇴ ATTENTION
It was pretty natural for both of you to just pay attention to each other, you didn’t even need to ask for it. Rose liked to have her eye on you as you were usually the one that she wanted to pay attention to.
B ⇴ BICKER
You loved to bicker mostly to try and wind one another up and try and get an irritated reaction from them. You especially try and get a reaction out of Rose because at least whenever she’s bickering you for a while she’s not thinking about work and getting herself stressed about anything that’s going on.
C ⇴ COMFORT
She was always by your side whenever you needed comforting, Rose never left you alone. You often tried to tell her that she could go and that she didn’t need to worry about you, but Rose never listened, knowing that everything else could wait, but that being there for you and cheering you up couldn’t.
D ⇴ DISAGREEMENTS
There were a few rare occasions when maybe one of you said or did the wrong thing, but aside from that, conflict was very rare between the two of you. You were both relaxed around one another and knew each other really well too to stop any arguments happening. As well, you were both good at deciding to step back when you felt as if there was a chance that a problem was beginning to show itself.
E ⇴ EARLY YEARS
It didn’t take long for the two of you to start getting along with your similar senses of humour being the catalyst for your friendship. You found yourselves laughing pretty early in your friendship that instantly relaxed you both around one another, in between your giggles you opened up more and shared more about yourselves too, which brought you both together and into a close friendship as well.
F ⇴ FAMILY
Rose’s family were incredibly fond of you, knowing that you took such good care of her in Korea. Whenever Rose mentioned your name, they always paid attention as they wanted to hear what you had both been up to or what you had been doing for her. When they visited Rose or you visited Rose’s home, they always made sure to let you know just how appreciative they were of what you were doing.
G ⇴ GETTING TOGETHER
It was usually a pretty private time when you two hung out as you knew that Rose got plenty of attention whenever she left the house. You enjoyed being at her house because Rose had just about everything there to keep you entertained anyway so you didn’t even need to go out to be able to enjoy yourselves.
H ⇴ HABITS
The two of you had a habit of embarrassing each other and trying to leave the other person feeling flustered. You didn’t mind sharing your bad stories that you had of each other or trying to tease the other person too, your embarrassing stories had plenty of people laughing and you both flustered as well.
I ⇴ INSIDE JOKES
It was inevitable for the two of you to have inside jokes when you made each other laugh as much as you did. You had a long list stored in your memory of the many inside jokes that you had from over the years with Rose, as much as you wished that you could remember every single one, it was just impossible for you.
J ⇴ JEALOUSY
She was definitely aware when she was around your other friends, the ones that were particularly loud or in your face definitely got Rose’s back up. She knew that she was never normally the loudest character around when she was with you and your other friends, but she was confident knowing that she was the one that was closest too and wanted for everyone else to be aware of that fact as well.
K ⇴ KICKS
Rose got a kick out of her sides hurting when she was with you. She loved the way that you managed to tickle one another and how you always managed to find a way to put a smile on her face whenever she saw you. It was exactly what she needed, without you even realising that you were helping her.
L ⇴ LOVE
She loved how close the two of you were, as if you were the sort of friendship that you only ever got to see in the movies. It was the sort of friendship Rose almost dreamt of having when she was younger, but never thought would actually happen. The way how the two of you would always make plans together and be able to share absolutely anything with one another too was perfect in her opinion.
M ⇴ MEETING
The two of you first met at an event that one of your sponsors was hosting which also sponsored Rose. When you bumped into Rose, you both recognised each other and immediately grabbed a drink and started talking as you wanted to find out more about one another now that you were together in person.
N ⇴ NONSENSE
Everything about your friendship was nonsense, the two of you constantly laughed whenever you were together. You loved how everything was carefree with Rose and that neither of you needed to worry.
O ⇴ OBSESSION
Rose was obsessed with your smile and how comforting it was. She loved being around your bright and happy personality to cheer herself up, but also enjoyed it to be able to see that you were happy with her too.
P ⇴ PRECIOUS MOMENTS
The moments that meant the most to Rose were the ones when you were both being silly. Things like making a mess when you baked or one of you stumbling around as you went for a walk tickled her the most, there didn’t need to be anything flashy for Rose, just the basics of friendship were her favourites.
Q ⇴ QUESTIONS
If something random popped into her head, then Rose would usually ask you about your opinion on whatever it was. It didn’t matter how crazy it was either, she’d still ask you and laugh at the expression on your face.
R ⇴ RANDOM FACTS
She loved to give you merchandise, hiding it around your house in places that you didn’t expect to find. Quite a few times you’d found yourself opening your shirt drawer to find a Blackpink shirt in there or find one of the wristbands that got sold during the tours tucked in with the rest of your bracelets.
S ⇴ SUPPORT
Your support was always something that put a huge smile on Rose’s face. She was touched the most when you showed up without telling her after arranging a way with Lisa for you to get to the venue for what she was doing. She hated the secrecy, but she secretly loved the fact that you decided to be there for her.
T ⇴ TRIPS
More than anywhere else in the world, Rose loved to take you on trips home so that you could both meet everyone that she was close to, but also get to see some of the places that meant the most to her too.
U ⇴ ULTIMATE
Most of the time Rose couldn’t imagine doing things without you, everything just felt much better with her best friend there.
V ⇴ VISITS
You actually got quite a lot of visits from Hank as Rose would often use you as a dog sitter for Hank whenever you were busy. Rose knew at the best of times that you couldn’t say no to her, but especially to Hank too.
W ⇴ WISDOM
Getting advice from Rose was actually something that you liked a lot as she always tried to be positive when helping you out.
X ⇴ XXXX
Quite often when she really wants your attention, Rose will get the most affectionate with you. Things like when she gets excited about a topic, she’ll start hitting against your arm to make sure that you’re listening.
Y ⇴ YOU
You were her teammate; you were quite the duo when you were together.
Z ⇴ ZZZ
Neither of you really minded where you went at night, it depended mostly on whose apartment was closer. You were used to crashing at Rose’s and she was equally as used to crashing at yours a lot of the time.
Prompt: ”I think I become an angel when I sleep in your arms” Galaxy (우주를 줄게) - Bolbbalgan4
Length: 474 words
A/N: for our local kiddo @moonbyul-yi hope you enjoy 💕
"Just sleep baby," you whispered.
"Not tired," your girlfriend murmured back. “Want to watch with you.”
The grogginess in her voice negated her words, and you smiled fondly at her cuteness. The television was playing in the background, the latest episode of your favorite show nearing the climax. But Rosie wasn't paying any attention, and you knew that. Her small frame was wrapped in the cozy blanket that she had once found in the back of your closet (you had no idea where it was from, but it was now her self-proclaimed blanket), her head gently resting on your lap.
You had been so absorbed in the television show that you didn't even notice she had taken to the liberty of intertwining your hand with her own. It wasn't until the spinning of your ring had slowed that you even noticed the sudden absence of warmth. So you ducked your head down, putting yourself at eye-level with the blonde. Your lips twitched with amusement as you noticed your girlfriend's eyelids slowly closing, rapidly blinking every few seconds to try and force her eyes open. But she was so tired that it took her nearly an entire minute to even realize that you were staring at her.
"Rosie, you look like you're about to fall asleep."
"I'm fine," your girlfriend mumbled back, turning over so her face was nearly pressed up against your stomach. "I haven't been home in forever, and I want to spend time with you."
The girls had just gotten back from their Canadian tour, and while the crew had offered to let you travel with them, you knew you couldn't. You had your job and responsibilities, plus you didn't want to be a distraction. So, the two of you spent an entire month and a half apart. It wasn't terrible and the routine FaceTime calls and sporadic texts weren't enough, so you both missed each other more than you would like to admit.
"But you just got back. Your body needs rest," you reasoned, pressing a kiss on her forehead. Rosie grumbled back, clearly too tired to think of a better retort. "Come on Superstar, let's get you to bed."
You gently pushed her to the side before grabbing her hand. "Nooo," she whined as she was yanked to her feet. Ignoring her protests, you led her down the hall, blanket dragging across the ground.
Rosie flopped onto the bed, immediately crawling to the right side and laying down on her side. Her hand came up from behind her, making grabby motions at you. You gave her a fond eye roll before joining her. When your arms wrapped around her, her entire body relaxed into your embrace. You pressed a light kiss to the back of her neck, and a small noise of content slipped past her lips.
↠ prompt; you listen to her song after the breakup
↠ group; blackpink
↠ pairings; rosé x female reader (main), jennie x female reader
↠ genre; angst
↠ content; a breakup with no happy ending
↠ word count; 3.2k
“Hey baby.” Chaeyoung greets you by putting her arms around your waist and giving you a back hug. “Whatcha doing?” She says in a sing-song voice while resting her head on your shoulder. You couldn’t help but smile at how cute she is.
“Just getting a few textbooks out of my locker.” You answer while pulling out two books that were buried in the back of your locker. Once you were done getting the stuff you needed for your homework out of your locker, you close it shut and put your bookbag back on your shoulders. It was the end of the school day and you couldn’t wait to leave this depressing place.
“Yay! Let’s go!” Chaeyoung claps excitedly and grabs your hand so that you could hold hands while walking down the halls. As you are walking you notice your best friend Jennie, who appears to be upset. She accidentally makes eye contact with you and then quickly looks away. Although you were confused, you decided to just brush it off anyways because she was probably just having a bad day.
…
“So what are we going to do for this project?” You ask Chaeyoung, followed by a long sigh. Neither of you were looking forward to this project considering it is worth half of your final grade.
“I’m already stressed out. How about we take a little break first?” Chaeyoung suggests and you notice the mischievous smile on her face.
“But we haven’t even started yet.” You interject, already anticipating her next move.
“I know. We can worry about it later.” She assures you, causing you to nod in response. She grabs you by the hand with a smirk on her face and leads you over to her bed.
Chaeyoung motions you to lay down, and you follow her command. Your face starts to heat up as she straddles you and she notices how flustered you are. The look in her eyes tells you everything that’s going on in her mind. Next thing you know, her face gets closer to yours and she’s pressing her lips against your lips. You feel her smile into the kiss which subconsciously causes you to do the same.
The kiss deepens as she slips her tongue past your lips. Your hands end up tangled in her hair while one of her hands slides up the bottom of your shirt. Your tongues battle for dominance and you can feel yourself melting at her touch. In this moment, all you wanted was her.
“Hey bestie!” Lisa enthusiastically says while barging into the room. She stops in her tracks after seeing the both of you. You and Chaeyoung look at her like a deer caught in headlights. “Oh… I think I interrupted something… I’ll leave you guys to it then.” Lisa continues as she awkwardly starts backing out of the room and closes the door behind her.
“I forgot that she has a key to my house.” Chaeyoung mentions with a horrified look on her face. “I also probably should have told her that we were working on a project today.” You simply nod in response, still embarrassed by the whole situation.
“Maybe we should get back to working on the project now.” You comment and she nods in agreement.
…
After returning home later that night, you check your phone to see a few missed texts from Jennie.
J: We need to talk
J: Please facetime me when you get the chance
You read the texts over again and ponder the situation. You had no idea what these messages could be about. Jennie has never randomly sent you texts with a serious tone like this before. You tap on her contact and hesitate for a few seconds but ultimately decide to press the facetime button.
Jennie picks up almost immediately, looking extremely distraught. You notice she has bags under her eyes and her mascara is all smudged. She hurriedly wipes away the tears that were rolling down her cheeks. You give her a sympathetic look and she takes a deep breath before speaking.
“I really don’t know how to say this.” She admits and begins fidgeting with her hands.
“I promise you can tell me anything, it’s okay.” You try to comfort her, earning a sniffle in response. You watch her attentively as she looks down at her lap before deciding to speak again.
“Well… I-I’m in love with you. I feel really guilty for doing this right now because you are in a relationship with Chaeyoung but I just couldn’t take it anymore. I had to let it out. I’m sorry.” She confesses and instantly ends the call, leaving you to stare at her contact in total shock.
After all this time, you couldn’t believe that the person you’ve had a crush on for the past four years just confessed to you. It came out of nowhere. At this moment, you didn’t know how to feel. You felt everything and nothing simultaneously. Deep down, you had feelings for Jennie this whole entire time. None of this was making sense because you were almost 100% positive that she didn’t like you back. As much as you love Chaeyoung, you knew you couldn’t deny the way Jennie has made you feel all of these years.
The more and more you thought about this situation the more it hit you. You felt sick to your stomach with anxiety. Jennie liked you all along. After all, she was always there to help you and look out for you when you needed it the most.
Memories start resurfacing and you start feeling even more overwhelmed. There was that one time where you decided to go to a party and got blackout drunk and she made sure you were safe the entire time and even took you home. You also remember that time you had a midterm exam where you knew none of the content and she went out of her way to help you study so you would pass. A year ago when you got your heart absolutely broken by one of your exes, she consoled you and was a shoulder to cry on.
As you look back on all of your memories with Jennie, it felt like you fell in love with her all over again. After burying your feelings for her for so long, they only came back stronger. You can’t help but to feel guilty now that you know she likes you back. Your phone vibrates in your hand and you brace yourself before looking at it.
C: goodnight baby i love you sososo much ❤
Your heart drops as you read the text from your girlfriend. Why did this situation have to be so complicated? You wonder why Jennie couldn’t just confess before when you were actually single. Now you just feel extremely guilty for thinking about being with Jennie.
You: goodnight i love you too 😊
You set your phone down on the table next to your bed and let out a deep sigh. Maybe you should just go to sleep. You hope that this is some kind of messed up dream and that when you wake up none of it will have happened and you’ll feel normal again. You get ready for bed and lay down. Your anxiety keeps you up for a little bit longer than expected, but eventually you drift off into sleep.
...
Your obnoxiously loud alarm wakes you up in the morning. As much as you want to hit snooze, you realize you have to pick Chaeyoung up and take her to school with you. Suddenly the memories of last night hit you out of nowhere. You remember what Jennie said and you just now realize that you didn’t even send her a message after. To be fair, you had no idea what to tell her. How would you tell her that you liked her back while being in a relationship with Chaeyoung? Reluctantly, you got ready for the day and grabbed your bookbag.
You: i’ll be there in 5
You watch as Chaeyoung walks out the door and happily skips towards your car. She gets in your car and cutely smiles at you. An intense feeling of guilt washes over you, but you force a smile back at her anyways. You spend most of the car ride thinking about the situation and you don’t even realize it until Chaeyoung speaks up.
“What’s wrong?” Chaeyoung asks out of concern, noticing you’ve been silent the whole time. “It’s not like you to be this quiet.” She adds on, causing you to become increasingly nervous.
“I promise it’s nothing serious.” You lie with a hint of sadness laced in your voice.
“Are you sure?” She questions after hearing your tone. “You know you can always talk to me about anything.” She reassures you, yet it only makes you feel worse.
The truth is you are in love with Jennie and Chaeyoung has no idea. You didn’t have a plan for how you were going to resolve the situation. On one hand you’ll break Jennie’s heart, but on the other you’ll break Chaeyoung’s heart. You knew it had to be one or the other. There was no way you could talk to Chaeyoung about it because you know that will break her.
“Yeah I’m sure.” You answer, and notice her slowly nodding in response. After what feels like forever, you both finally arrive at school. Chaeyoung holds your hand as the two of you walk through the doors and through the halls.
While walking past, you glance over at Jennie’s locker and feel your stomach drop. You notice Jisoo hugging Jennie as she cries into the older girl’s shoulder. Jisoo was trying to console her. You know exactly why she is crying and you know that it’s all your fault. You should have sent her a message.
“I can’t do this anymore.” You accidentally mutter out loud, causing Chaeyoung to quickly turn her head to look at you.
“Can’t do what anymore?” She questions with furrowed eyebrows. You feel all the color drain from your face.
“This relationship. I’m sorry.” You burst out impulsively, completely shocked by your own words. You begin to panic so you immediately bolt to the nearest restroom.
Once inside, you let out a huge sigh and aggressively throw your bookbag on the floor out of anger. You couldn’t believe that you just did that, it completely slipped out of your mouth. You sit down on the bathroom floor and place your head in your hands. Your anxiety starts to take over once you realize that not only have you caused Jennie to cry so much but now you just broke Chaeyoung’s heart. Tears begin to fall from your eyes.
The door suddenly bursts open, causing you to jump in your spot. Of course it was the last person you needed to see right now.
“Y/N? What are you doing here?” Jennie cries out in confusion and takes a seat next to you on the floor.
“I just broke up with Chaeyoung.” You completely break down while hiding your face in your arms.
“Oh no… why did you do that?” Jennie asks followed by some sniffles. “You didn’t have to do that. I didn’t expect any of this to happen. I feel awful now.” She rambles while sobbing.
Instinctively, you put your arm around her and pull her closer to you. She lays her head on your shoulder and your heart flutters despite all of the heavy guilt. The both of you stay just like that for a while, crying in silence. The bell for class rings but neither of you dare to move.
“I’m sorry for not messaging you last night.” You speak up after minutes of silence. “I saw you crying in the hallway when I came in and it hit me.”
“Honestly, I was just an anxious mess. I was crying mainly because I regretted doing that. I also felt selfish because I knew you had a girlfriend but decided to confess to you anyways. It also struck me that you didn’t like me back.” She admits her feelings with a sigh.
“Who said I didn’t like you back?” You ask, causing her to go silent for a few moments.
“Do you like me back?” She questions and moves her head from your shoulder to look at you.
“Yes. I’ve liked you this whole time, since the day we met.” You confess while looking in her eyes.
“Is that why you broke up with Chaeyoung?” She asks for confirmation and you nod your head in response. “So what now?” She wonders, causing you to shrug your shoulders.
You make eye contact with her and notice the way she is looking at you. There is nothing but love and admiration in her eyes. Both of you get lost in each other’s eyes and in the moment. One thing leads to another and she closes her eyes and starts leaning in, so you do the same and your lips connect.
You felt so many overwhelmingly good feelings at once. Not only was your heart pounding out of your chest but there were also butterflies in your stomach. This was absolute bliss. She eventually pulls away and looks at you with that heartwarming smile. Her contagious smile causes you to smile too.
…
A few hours pass and you dreadfully enter the class you share with Chaeyoung. You feel so guilty and you know that seeing each other’s face would cause so much pain for the both of you. Minutes pass and the bell rings, yet Chaeyoung has still not walked through the door. For the entire duration of the class, you anxiously watch the door but she never shows up. Extreme guilt hits you again as you realize she ditched class because that is something she has never done.
Before you know it, the school day is finally over and you somehow made it through. You walk to your locker to grab a few things although you already planned on doing nothing school-related for the rest of the day.
“What happened with Chaeyoung?” Jisoo suddenly approaches you, searching for answers.
“I could ask the same thing. She never showed up to the class I have with her.” You nervously inform her, trying to avoid the actual question at all costs. Jennie didn’t mention anything that happened between the two of you to Jisoo which is odd.
“Well earlier this morning before class started she ran out the doors crying. Everyone watched her.” Jisoo tells you, making your anxiety act up.
You start to assume the worst of this situation. Right now she’s probably somewhere crying her heart out all because of your selfishness. Earlier when she ran out crying, you were busy kissing and talking to Jennie. This realization made you feel like an awful person. However, you were filled with so many conflicting feelings that it felt like there was no right answer. You didn’t realize you were lost in your thoughts until you noticed Jisoo looking at you expectantly.
“Who drove her home?” You ask her hesitantly, not knowing whether she knew the answer.
“I assume Lisa did. Lisa didn’t show up to any of the classes we have together but I saw her earlier this morning.” Jisoo answers and you simply nod your head in response.
…
When you got home later on, you debated whether or not you should talk to Chaeyoung. You knew that it would probably make things worse if you did. Not only were the emotions and tension high, but you also knew that you were the last person she’d want to talk to right now. After staring at her contact picture for a few minutes, you decide against it and set your phone down. You lay on your bed and instantly get reminded of yesterday and how happy the both of you were while making out. You had no idea how you’d ever feel better about this situation or how you would get over it.
…
A month has passed since your break up with Chaeyoung and things have changed drastically. You’re currently the happiest you’ve ever been with your girlfriend, Jennie. All of the guilty feelings and emotional wounds have since healed and disappeared. Nowadays, you have no idea how Chaeyoung feels because you haven’t talked to her since the day you broke up. You eventually realized that there was no time to dwell on the past so you stopped worrying about her.
It was currently lunchtime and you sat down at your usual spot at the lunch table in the corner. Since you were early, you watched as everyone else poured into the cafeteria. You see Jisoo sprinting over to your table and you assume she’s just eager to eat her lunch, but she has no lunch with her.
“You need to see this right now.” Jisoo declares out of breath while shoving her phone into your hand.
You look at the screen and realize it’s a three minute video that includes Chaeyoung and her guitar. Hesitantly, you unpause the video and you were not prepared at all for what was about to come.
I thought that you remember
but it seems that you forgot
It’s hard for me to blame you
when you were already lost oh yeah
Your heart sinks from hearing the pain in her voice as she sings.
I gave you all of me now you don’t
Want to be involved oh yeah yeah
I really gotta face it oh yeah yeah
It was only the beginning of the song but you didn’t know how much more you could handle.
I just wanna be the one
But to you we’re already done
Tell me why’d you have to hit and run me
Now I’m all alone crying ugly
You broke my heart just for fun
Took my love and just left me numb
All the painful feelings were starting to resurface. Finally hearing her side made you realize how much you hurt her.
Another story that’s sad and true
I can feel the pain can you
You had to be the one to let me down
To color me blue
There was no denying that the song was definitely about you.
Hate to see you with someone new
I’ll put a curse on her and you
Ain’t no looking back
Now you’re dead and gone
My love is gone too
She knew that Jennie was the reason you broke up with her.
All my love is gone
All my love is gone
All my love is gone
All my love is gone
Now you’re dead and gone
You feel more and more anxious as the song goes on.
All my love is gone
And the hate has grown
Standing all alone and
I’m searching for something
But I can’t feel nothin’
I pack my bags and go
You broke her. You are the reason she feels this way. All because of your selfishness.
This don’t feel like home
Too much darkness for a rainbow
I feel so used
How am I supposed to live without you
I refuse yeah
Although you feel guilty, you can’t help but notice those last two lines especially. You begin to wonder if she still loves you deep down. As the last few verses were sung and the song ended, you didn’t even notice the tears falling down your cheeks until Jisoo points it out. All the progress you made was destroyed.
You broke her heart and you were just going to have to live with that fact.
Vampire black pinks reaction to their partner who’s a bartender, barista who’s experimenting alcoholic drinks with blood in them and having them taste test em
Jisoo:
✿she’s excited to find out how the blood will make her react
✿she hasn’t done much experimentation in that area
✿she’s cautious of trying everything you present to her
✿full and honest feedback in give to you
✿during the last pudding the custard jiggling in the pot throws her into a giggle fit
✿she’s on the floor
✿literally every thing sets her off
✿when you think she’s calmed down and ask her to get up she’s off again
✿you end up having to call the girls to get her up and home
Jennie:
✿big grumpy
✿she is just stewing in her anger
✿halfway through her drink she stands up and pulls her coat back on
✿which leaves you big confused
✿”i’m going to find that guy that made you cry last week”
✿”no you’re not”
✿she sits back down n drinks more
✿”i wanna skin him alive”
✿”i know”
✿”break his bones”
✿”okay”
✿”rip his limbs off”
✿”why don’t you have some strawberry pie and maybe you’ll calm down”
✿”yes”
Chaeyoung:
✿she’s there the second “taste tester” leaves your lips
✿you don’t get change to explain anything before she’s shoved the cake into her mouth
✿it’s gone in seconds
✿which doesn’t tell you much because she’s a food vacuum anyway
✿you’re sat enjoying your own piece of cake when she throws her arms around you
✿she is so in love with you!!!!!!!!
✿every piece of skin that’s in her sights is smothered in kisses
✿you’re covered in her lipstick
Lisa:
✿she knew your plans to create food and drink that she can enjoy
✿when she came to your cafe she came with bags filled with your favourite snackies so you can enjoy together
✿she gets so giddy while she listens to your whole process behind making each thing
✿while you’re talking about the beverage she’s about to try she starts bawling
✿you’re so beautiful and kind and loving and amazing
Summary: Just a normal day in Chaeyoung’s life: scribbling some new lyrics, taking Kuma for a walk, bodyslamming the wrong person...
A/N: Have I written this just to be able to use a picture of her new hair? ...maybe
“Ok Kuma, we’ve got this. Your mum doesn’t have much faith in me, so we will have to prove to her today that I can take good care of you.”
Chaeyoung said determined to the little brown fluffy ball that was walking right next to her.
Jennie spontaneously had to leave this morning for a photo shooting, and Chaeyoung offered to take care of Kuma till she returned. The older member had thrown a skeptical glance at her, remembering the day that Chaeyoung had left the door open in the dorm and lost all four of Lisa’s cats while looking after them. But after some begging and convincing, Jennie finally gave in and gave Chaeyoung the chance to prove her ability to take care of animals that weren’t trapped in a glass tank.
The first part of the day after Jennie had left, wasn’t that hard. Chaeyoung just scribbled away some lyrics in her notebook while patting her housemate’s precious baby time after time- and paranoidly checking whether the front door was really closed at least five times. But now Chaeyoung had to face the biggest, but gladly last challenge of the day: taking Kuma for a walk.
How difficult could that be though, Chaeyoung thought to herself.
That dog probably weighted less than a container of milk and Chaeyoung knew this park in her sleep. Nevertheless, she tightened her grasp on the leash a bit, too afraid that she would accidentally drop it. Kuma on the other hand, chipperly sniffed every blade of grass that he came across while being completely unaware of his temporary owner’s anxiety.
With every second in the park, however, Chaeyoung began to relax more and more. She had spent some beautiful evenings here before. Whenever there had been fights in the dorm or stress in the company, this park right around the corner of their apartment had been her harbor. Almost no other place in Seoul offered a better view on the sunset while being relatively undiscovered by the public.
Automatically a smile started to play on Chaeyoung’s lips as she noticed that the color of the sun beams playing between the branches slowly turned from a light golden color to orange. It wouldn’t take long anymore till the sun would kiss the earth goodnight, making Chaeyoung’s heart beat faster in anticipation.
“Come on, Kuma. Let’s save a good spot!”
She excitedly said to her companion of the day that lifted his puppy dog eyes for a second to look at her before devoting his attention to a large black dog across the park again. With or without his approval, she pulled him across the place to find the perfect spot to watch the sunset.
Eventually Chaeyoung ended up sitting on a bench right at the edge of the park from where she had a perfect view over the city and the setting sun behind it. She sighed contently before pulling out her phone and snapping some pictures of the beautiful spectacle in front of her.
“You know, I think we spent a pretty awesome day together, right?”
Chaeyoung asked the puppy next to her as if he could understand her while averting her gaze from the purple and pink clouds that had claimed all her attention till now. Her eyes followed the leash in her hand all the way to the end, only to find... nothing but Kuma’s collar.
Adrenaline flooded Chaeyoung’s body, making her heart stop for a second and frantically slam against her ribcage the next.
“Kuma?!”
She squeaked panicked before jumping to her feet and checking all cardinal directions for the little dog.
But no matter how much Chaeyoung narrowed her eyes, she couldn’t spot him anywhere.
“Oh god, oh god, oh god.”
She muttered under her breath while grasping her forehead in an attempt to steady her thoughts that were shooting through her mind in an alarming speed.
“She’s gonna kill me.”
Was the only thing Chaeyoung could think of, making her feet automatically carry her body through the park.
“Kuma!”
She kept yelling over and over again, in hopes that he liked her enough to return to her. But unfortunately, he seemed to want to cause her death.
That didn’t stop Chaeyoung, however, from at least trying to save her life. She combed through the park a thousand times while cursing herself for not taking any treats with her. How could she have lost him? She should have focused on him instead of the stupid sunset.
“I can never go home again...”
Chaeyoung had experienced a variety of emotions by now; shock, panic and now defeat. She was about to collapse to the floor to wallow in self-pity when she suddenly spotted a person halfway across the park with something brown and fluffy in their arms. She couldn’t believe her eyes. Was that Kuma? Intently she zeroed in on the little bundle until it suddenly started moving, leaving no doubt that it was indeed her dog.
“Kuma!”
She yelled at the top of her lungs, causing everyone in the park to look at her, including the person carrying Kuma. But after giving her their attention for a second, they turned their head and started walking towards the exit of the park.
“Oh I don’t think so.”
Chaeyoung wouldn’t let anyone steal Jennie’s dog and seal her death.
With her gaze focused on the target, she started making one step after the other until she was running at full speed. Her hair was wildly flying in the wind, making it resemble a lion’s mane while her face was all scrunched up in anger. How dare that person? They didn’t even seem to be in a rush, making it easy for Chaeyoung to catch up to them. Nevertheless, she wouldn’t take any chances to let them get away.
“That’s my dog!!”
She growled before pushing herself off the ground and tackling the person from behind. With a loud thud, they landed, but Chaeyoung quickly picked herself up to confront the thief.
“Did you really think, you could get away with stealing my dog??”
Chaeyoung asked in disbelief between heavy panting due to her unplanned exercise. But she didn’t care, she had caught the thief, that was all that mattered.
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You left out a groan as your body hit the ground. Your face was hovering just inches above the dirt and you needed to shake your head to comprehend what had just happened. Only when you felt a weight shifting on top of you, you realized that someone must have tackled you to the ground. A voice made you snap your head around and you saw that the girl that had tackled you had already bobbed up again and was looking at you expectantly now.
“W-what?”
You responded in confusion because you hadn’t understood a single word that she had been saying.
The girl, however, just grunted in annoyance and grabbed your puppy. To her surprise though, he snarled menacingly before jumping off her arms into yours again.
“Kuma?”
His rejection had apparently come unexpected, leaving her perplexed. You used this chance to finally recollect yourself. What was this girl thinking?
“Could you please leave me and my dog alone, you maniac?”
You gritted through your teeth before pushing her off and getting on your feet again.
For a second, the girl remained on the ground in confusion before meeting you on eye level again.
“Your dog?”
She repeated your words slowly before inspecting the dog in your arms. You could see that her eyes were scanning his body from his head to his paws until she suddenly gasped loudly. In shock, she covered her mouth with her hand and looked at you with wide eyes.
“Oh my god...”
Those three words were the only thing that she exclaimed before staring at you wordlessly for a second.
“I’m so sorry...I-I...don’t know what to say. I just lost my friend’s dog and she loves him more than anything else on this planet. He looks just like yours, except that he doesn’t have a white paw. I guess, I just wanted your dog to be him. I really don’t know how to tell her...”
With every word more and more tears started to pool in her eyes until they were streaming down her cheek in a rapid pace. Your anger immediately vanished and made room for pity in your heart.
“Oh- It’s fine. Please don’t cry.”
You were quick to backtrack, but the girl vehemently shook her head, making her tears fall to the ground.
“I’ve already searched everywhere! He’s gone!”
She sobbed and the sound broke your heart.
“No! Don’t say that! We can find your dog together!”
You offered quickly, because you couldn’t stand to see her sad for a second longer.
Finally, the girl looked at you although tears were still rolling down her cheeks. She didn’t say anything, making you awkwardly shift from one foot to the other; you really weren’t good at handling crying people. Quickly you cleared your throat and held out your hand to break the silence.
“Um... hi. I’m Y/N by the way.”
You introduced yourself sheepishly, but the girl just kept staring at your hand.
“Why are you being so nice to me? I just tackled you to the ground.”
Her cheeks became a light shade of pink and you couldn’t help but giggle when you remembered the incident a second ago. This evening stroll had definitely taken another turn than you had expected to.
“I would have reacted the same way if I had thought that someone tried stealing my dog.”
You shrugged, causing the girl to glance up at you before groaning.
“Ugh I’m such an idiot.”
She sighed while crouching down and burying her face in her hands. Awkwardly you watched the ball of misery in front of you for a while before hesitantly patting her shoulder.
“Hey don’t say that. Your friend should at least give you some credit for the effort. I mean you literally bodyslammed me to the ground...”
You hoped to cheer her up a bit, but when her sad gaze snapped up to you, you started questioning your ability to comfort people. Suddenly, however, a silent giggle escaped her lips and she stood up again.
“I guess you’re right about that.”
You smiled proudly when you saw that her expression had lightened up a bit.
“I’m Chaeyoung.”
This time it was her to hold out her hand and you grabbed it happily.
“Nice to meet you! Shall we search for your dog?”
You asked and finally a smile appeared on Chaeyoung’s lips, causing your heart to suddenly miss a beat. All this time you had been so distracted by her miserable state that you hadn’t noticed how pretty she actually was. Her eyes were still a little puffy, but you were sure that you had never seen a prettier person in your life. Dumbfounded you scanned every detail of her face from her white, pearly teeth to the cute crinkles on her nose because of her smile. You were completely lost and only her voice managed to rip you out of your trance.
“Yes! Let’s find him!”
She stated with a sudden burst of positivity before marching off.
Quickly you shook off your trance and followed her. She greeted you with another wide smile after you had caught up to her, making you realize that you were hopelessly falling for her.
“What is his name?”
Chaeyoung cut through your train of thoughts another time by reaching out to pat your dog on your arms that you had completely forgotten until now.
“Um... Yeontan!”
You stuttered surprised by her question, making it seem like you had just made that up.
Chaeyoung looked at you confused for a second before devoting her attention to Yeontan. He seemed to like her a lot better now and licked her hand, causing Chaeyoung to giggle. Like on command your heart left its steady rhythm again and you cursed yourself for being so easily wooed by her. This was the same girl that had tackled you to the ground not long ago.
As you remembered the incident, you finally noticed how your leg was actually hurting and you rubbed the spot that had had to bear your whole weight earlier. Chaeyoung immediately looked at you concerned.
“Is it because of the fall? Are you in pain? I’m so sorry about that.”
She looked like she was about to cry again, so you were quick to put on a smile.
“No, no, it’s fine. Don’t worry.”
You assured her but Chaeyoung kept looking at you worriedly.
The awkwardness from earlier returned again, but you didn’t want to allow it. You wanted to keep listening to her beautiful voice and get lost in a random conversation. Therefore, you gritted your teeth and picked up the pace to proof that your leg was absolutely fine.
“How did you lose your friend’s dog anyways?”
You asked to change the topic and Chaeyoung looked at your leg a little longer before snapping up her gaze.
“I was looking at the sunset...”
She mumbled sheepishly, making you bite back a grin. She really looked adorable when she was flustered.
“Ah that happened to me too before.”
You responded to ease her bad conscience.
“Really?”
She met your eyes as a slight pout on her lips was making your heart flutter.
“Yup. I tied up Yeontan’s leash because I was tired of carrying it, but then I got so lost in eating my sandwich that I didn’t notice how the leash untied and Yeontan walked off by himself.”
Chaeyoung nodded understandingly and started telling you how much easier it was to take care of fish. Without you noticing, the two of you had already rounded the park once while talking about this and that and looking for Kuma. If it were up to you, you wouldn’t mind talking with Chaeyoung the rest of the evening, but you could see how she got more worried with every minute.
“Be honest, Y/N. We won’t find him, right?”
She asked eventually and you scratched your neck helplessly. The park wasn’t that big, and you were sure that you had checked every corner by now. It was likely that Kuma had run off and finding a small puppy in a 10 million people metropolis was pretty hopeless. You sighed sadly and opened your mouth to tell her to go home when you saw a person walking into the park with two dogs next to them. A large black dog and a tiny brown one.
“Kuma looks exactly like Yeontan, right?”
You probed while keeping your eyes on the dog across the park.
“Yeah...”
Chaeyoung answered while following your gaze. She gasped loudly once she found what you were looking at.
“You don’t think that’s...”
She trailed off, but you nodded in response.
“Come on, it’s our last shot.”
You motioned Chaeyoung to follow you while already starting to walk towards the little brown dog.
“Please don’t tackle that person though.”
You chuckled once you almost reached your destination, making Chaeyoung slap your arm lightly.
“Stop.”
She whined, causing you to laugh even more. You hoped that you would get the chance to tease her even more about your first encounter in the future, because you surely didn’t want it to be your last.
The nearer you came to the two dogs, the faster Chaeyoung walked. You could see the hope in her eyes, and you prayed that she wouldn’t get disappointed another time.
“Kuma?”
She called out almost hesitantly once you were only a few steps away from the dogs. The little brown one actually raised his head and looked right at the two of you. It took him a while, but then he suddenly wagged his tail and ran to Chaeyoung in lightning speed. She squealed in joy and sank to her knees to lift him up in her arms.
“You naughty dog! Why did you run away?”
She tried scolding him, but her shaky voice was betraying her.
You smiled as you watched Kuma licking Chaeyoung’s face, causing her to giggle happily.
“Thank you for finding my dog!”
She said to the owner of the black dog.
“No problem. He must have followed us out of the park. I was already halfway home when I noticed him trailing behind us.”
They answered and Chaeyoung shook her head.
“How could you, Kuma? I was worried sick.”
The little dog didn’t seem to have that big of a bad conscience though as he was already starting to get distracted by the black dog again. This time, however, Chaeyoung didn’t take any chances and put his collar around his neck again. Precautionary she picked him up and turned to both their savior another time.
“You can’t believe how grateful I am.”
Relief was written all over her face and she couldn’t stop thanking the owner of the black dog that had to leave eventually though.
“What an evening.”
Chaeyoung sighed once it was just the two of you again.
“I better get going home now. Jennie is probably going crazy by now.”
Although you had known that the two of you had to part eventually, your heart still sank. You wished that you had more time.
“Yeah, I think you probably should.”
You mumbled while avoiding Chaeyoung’s gaze and looking at your shoes.
Nevertheless, you could see in the corner of your eye that she hadn’t made a move to leave yet. Instead, she was standing in front of you while fidgeting with her fingers. This could be your chance to ask for her number or to at least tell her that you enjoyed this evening, you thought to yourself. Your brain worked at top speed. You needed to choose your words wisely; you only had one shot that you couldn’t mess up. No matter how hard you tried though, it seemed like you had lost all your eloquence. The words in your head were jumbled, making your throat dry out.
Impatiently Chaeyoung started shifting from one foot to the other as silence surrounded the two of you, causing your nervousness to increase tenfold. It was now or never. But when you met her eyes, your carefully prepared words suddenly disappeared in the back of your mind again and you were left speechless. Instead, Chaeyoung cleared her throat at last.
“Well, thanks again for your help. Um... bye, I guess.”
She said while slowly starting to walk backwards.
Helplessly you met her gaze, but when you opened your mouth no words came out, causing her to sigh and turn around.
“Come on, Kuma. Let’s go home.”
She mumbled and you cursed yourself inwardly. What was wrong with you? You needed some sort of wake-up call.
Like the heavens had heard your cry for help, Yeontan suddenly barked in your arms and you almost dropped him in shock. The noise made Chaeyoung look over her shoulder again, allowing you to take a glance at her beautiful features one more time.
You simply couldn’t let this chance slip.
Only a few more steps and she would disappear through the gate of the park, but finally your courage seemed to have found you.
“I’m here every day. Same time.”
You yelled, causing Chaeyoung to turn around. A wide smile was playing on her lips when she met your eyes.
“Good to know. See ya.”
She winked and you were sure that someone had just shot an arrow through your heart.
“See ya.”
You mumbled to yourself while waving awkwardly and watching Chaeyoung disappear.
She was out of your sight for a while now, but your feet were still firmly planted on the ground and your eyes fixated on the gate until Yeontan barked eventually to rip you out of your trance. You almost yelped in surprise, but quickly put him down to finally go home as well.
“I hope you’re prepared, buddy. We’ll go on a lot of walks the next weeks.”
You chuckled, causing Yeontan to snort disapprovingly as if he had understood your words.
Who would have thought that you would fall for the maniac tackling you to the ground?
