Almost a good moment

LISA's POV

Hours became days, days became weeks, weeks became a month and Jennie still doing her everyday routine, which is picking me up, driving me off to school, glaring at every girls trying to talk to me, having breakfast with me, lunch at the cafeteria and the only time we had to separate is when I'm inside my house but I can't seem to find my freedom as well, as she kept calling me for multiple times just to ask if where I am, just like now.

"I'm in the bathroom, give me space for fuck sake." I hissed at her and turned off the phone abruptly. If this phone wasn't that pricey, I would've crushed it on the wall but Jennie bought this for me after throwing away my old phone and it's cost five times of my old phone, so it's kinda regretful to break it. "Aish! This should have to stop!"

"Lisa! C'mon, we need to go or we'll be late!" Sydney called out while banging my bathroom door. Tonight will be night we would face the trio masquerade, they were our rival for tonight's last battle. I promised to myself that the last time we gained enough money is the last time I will go underground but Sydney along with Bambam and Yves, forced me to take the last battle. I couldn't have say no because if it wasn't for them, I wouldn't have earn enough money for my mom's surgery. And this will be my thank you for all of their help towards me, and if we didn't win, it's just that. At least I gave them what they want, which is to face the three young lady with a full mask on.

After taking a bath, I immediately open the door and get dressed as fast as possible. "Let's go." I said while wearing my wristwatch that my Dad gave to me when I turned 19.

Sydney eyed me from head to toe, scanning my outfit and my looks. She then sigh after and shakes her head three times. "Change your top Lisa."

"Wh-what? What's wrong with my top?" I asked and look down to my own body, I'm wearing a crop top shirt and loose waist sweatpants. "Is it that bad?" I dart up my gaze to Sydney with a pout on my lips.

"No, but I don't want your girlfriend to throw a hoodie at you in the middle of the battle, just for you to cover your toned abs." A look on her face was enough for me to decipher that she's holding back her laughter and her teasing voice makes me rolled my eyes in annoyance.

"She's not my girlfriend! And it's impossible for Jennie to be in this kind of place." I scowled and throw my phone on the bed. "Let's  just go Syd."

"Wait, you're not bringing your phone?"

"Nah, Jennie keeps calling me so I better to leave that device so I can focus to our battle." I said and waved my hand dismissively and makes my way out of my room, I head straight to my parent's room and saw my mom sitting on her favorite couch while reading her favorite book. "Mom, I'm going out. Happy and Saddy will be here in a minute to take care of you, do you want anything?" She closed the book not before putting a ribbon bookmark and put it beside her, she tried to stand up but I quickly stopped her. "Hey hey, where are you going?"

"I just want to hug you and give you a kiss."

"You should've ask me, I can give you those instead." I said and wrapped my arms on her waist and kissed her forehead. "Please just ask Saddy or Happy if you need anything, don't move alone, please mom. You're not capable of moving without any help."

"I'm fine Lisa, don't worry about me. You should've focus on your job, and yes, I'll ask the two of them so now go and make mommy proud." Her hands gently cupped my face before kissing the bridge of my nose. There's this feelings that I suddenly felt fear, scared? I don't know, but one thing is for sure, I suddenly don't want to leave my mom alone.

"Let's go Lisa."

I looked over my shoulder to see Sydney and nod my head, I don't really feel like going after seeing my mom's eyes, but I had to. I left another kissed and tight hugs before rubbing my thumb on her cheek. "I'm going, wait for me ok?"

"I will, I love you."

"I love you too, mom." The way I utter those words, it feels like it will be the the last I love you I would ever say to her. Our hands slowly departed and I glanced at her for the last time before closing the door behind me. "Syd, I'm scared."

"Relax Lis, I know my cousin will take care of her and if ever something happens, I know they will call us immediately." She said while patting my back reassuringly.

"Do you think I need to bring my phone with me?"

"It's up to you, I'm sure your girlfriend won't mind if you didn't answer her calls." I rolled my eyes again for the second time and growled at her.

"She's not my girlfriend, Sydney! How many times do I have to repeat myself?" I said irritatedly before walking inside my room to grab my phone and shove it down on my pocket.

"Fine fine, now let's go and stop thinking about your mom, she'll be fine." I shook my head and exhaled exasperatedly before following Sydney downstairs where Bambam and Yves are both waiting for us.

As soon as we arrived in underground, I covered my ears tightly while walking towards the waiting room because of how loud the audience when they see us, the underground is packed. I haven't seen this place so crowded, as if you can't even drop a needle because of how crowded it was.

Sydney immediately shut the door hard after we all stepped inside the room. "Damn! The audience are all wild!" She exclaimed. I can feel the excitement on her voice that radiates her wide smile, mirroring ours. "This will going to be a history in underground Lisa!"

"I know right? Especially if we beat the Trio!" Bambam said.

"Stop getting too fond on that idea Bambi, we're still not sure if the trio will be easy on us, I'm sure they all know our moves so it's better to just give our hundred percent." Yves uttered nervously, we all looked at her when she plops her butt down on the chair and sigh breathily.

"Calm down Yves, I know there are only like, 30 percent of chance to beat those women but who knows, right? We can still try our luck by doing our best." Bambam's voice became soft as she patted Yves head and flashed his warm smile to soothe the youngest.

"Lisa, what's wrong buddy?" Sydney asked me when she noticed my silence. My gaze shoot up to her from the phone in my hand.

"I'm just wondering, why Jennie hasn't called me since I hanged up the phone earlier." I said and shifts back my gaze on my phone. I didn't get any response from them and so I look up once again and saw them exchanging glances like they were talking using their eyes. "What's up?"

They all whipped their heads at me with wide eyes, as if they got caught doing a crime. Sydney cleared her throat and shook her head dismissively. "Nothing, don't mind us and maybe Jennie was already sleeping at this moment."

"You think so? I actually expecting her to barge into my house, because she's always doing that even if it's already midnight." I shrugs and chuckles upon remembering something. "I don't know if I'm just hallucinating or dreaming but there are times that I can see her inside my room in the middle of the night, she was just standing there and watching me sleep."

"You're probably hallucinating." Sydney snickers and took the phone on my hand before shoving it inside Bambam's backpack.

"Hey! Give it back to me, Jennie might call–."

"You hate the idea of Jennie, being your girlfriend but here you are, waiting for her call." I was caught off guard by that. She's right, I hate the idea of being Jennie's girlfriend because of how she acts around me but on the other hand, I was glad because since the day Jennie claimed me in her possession, no one dared to bully me again, though, there's still some of them and they were bullying me behind her, but that's it. No one, as in no one dared to pick on me whenever Jennie Ruby Jane was around.

We all whipped our heads at the door when Byulie open the door abruptly and immediately shut it behind her. "I swear to God, all the humans outside are losing their shit for what's about to happen." She said panting and catching her breath. "Entering this room was already hard enough, what more to the other room?"

"I don't know, tell me Byul." Sydney scoffed. "Of course, goddamn it, The Trio are literally on the other room, people will mob whoever tryna enter there."

"That is why I'm saying this, anyway, are y'all ready? I was told that the battle will begin.." She paused and glanced at her wristwatch. "..in two minutes." She finishes, darting up her gaze directly at me. "Good luck I guess?"

"Yeah, thank you Byulie, I really need that now." I said anxiously and rubbed my palms together and slap my face three times. "Let's do this guys!" I said and picks up my mask and wear it.

"Are you really not going to change?" Sydney asked me again after she wore her mask and scanned me again.

"No, Jennie isn't here so yeah." I said and gave her a cocky smile, tapping my toned abs, as if I was bragging them.

"Ok then." She replied and nodded.

We all stepped out of the room and a loud cheered greets us, hell! It was as if the whole place was about to fall into pieces, the vibrations sending chills to my body, resulting every bits of hair in my body to stood broadly. My eyes roamed inside the underground, I don't know why, but looking for Jennie in this kind of place is really ridiculous, am I expecting her to be here? Maybe yes, but on the other hand, I hope she's not here, a young lady like her along with her friends, are not suitable in this kind of place.

My gaze shifted in my front when I heard the much louder cheer from the crowd and saw the Trio coming out of their waiting room, there were four of them but I think the other one is just going to watch them because she's not wearing a mask like the trio, she has her surgical mask and a cap, again. That was really funny, to be honest. My eyes shifted to one of the girls, the one who's walking in front of them with a hoodie in her hand.

Will she going to wear that? I asked on my thought and was suppressing my smile because if ever that's for her, it won't be a good fit to her whole outfit, but when they finally stepped inside the ring, the girl pad in front of me and tossed the hoodie on my face. "What the–."

"Wear that or I'll kill all the girls looking at you like you were their prey."

My eyes slowly widened when I heard the girl's voice. It was still the robotic voice but the fact that she tossed me the hoodie, I suddenly remembered Sydney's words earlier and that threat is really familiar, it was Jennie who used to threatens everyone around me.

I shook my head vigorously, shrugging off the thought that it might be Jennie, there's no way in hell it might be her. But then I paused, look up and stared at the girl, she had the same height as Jennie, the tallest one same with Chaeyoung and the smallest was Jisoo's height and the last girl with them, she had the same height with Sana. Jennie is not giving me a call since the moment I arrived here and this girl in front of me, acts like Jennie, a possessive Jennie if I may add.

My jaw literally dropped on the floor while looking at them, my lungs seem to stutter, as if there's an imaginary lump on my throat, blocking the airway, making it hard to breathe and giving me a hard time to process what I had found. "J-jennie?" I called stuttering, but the girl tilt her head sideways and was staring at me, I'm sure, her forehead was furrowing behind those mask.

"Who's Jennie?" She asked. "Your girlfriend?"

My eyes widened and shakes my head furiously. "No! Shit no! That girl? Psh! No, she's not my girl–."

"Wow! Just wow!" She exclaimed to cut me off, taking two step backwards and raised her hands on her both side. "You deadass deny the fuck out of her, if she's not your girlfriend, a fucking NO was enough as an answer, not like that, as if you're disgusted with that thought!"

"Oh uhm, I'm s-sorry. I just t-thought, you are J-jen–."

"I'm not Jennie and fuck you for reacting like that!" She snapped and pad back to her friends, leaving me dumbfounded.

"Did I say something wrong?" I asked when I felt a hands holding both of my shoulders and still looking at the girl who snapped at me. I heard the three people behind me snickering and when I looked at them, they all burst out into loud laughters. "What?"

"Why do you keep messing up, Lisa?" Sydney asked between her laugh. I crease my brows half of my forehead and look at her quizzically.

"What do you mean? I just thought she's Jennie because first, she gave me this." I lift the hoodie that I was holding. "Second, she had the same height, no not just her, four of them actually, they had the same height as Jennie, Sana, Jisoo and Chaeyoung. And why on Earth she spoke like Jennie?!"

"Oh boy, that's literally Jennie Ruby Jane Zee, you big dumbfuck." Bambam said.

"W-what?" I asked under my breath, I barely hear my own voice and it came out like a whisper. "T-that girl is J-jennie?"

"Yes!" They answered in unison.

I slowly turn my head towards the girls on my back, horrifically. I think my heart was about to burst for how rapid it beats inside my ribcage. So that means, all this time, Jennie Ruby Jane is watching me? She was here in every fight I had, is this why I haven't received any call from her because she was here and I found out just now when all of my friends know already?

"I'll kill you after this battle." Jennie said while shooting me death glares, draining all the blood from my body. I gulped hard, trying to swallow the imaginary lump, my throat became dry and I can feel my hands sweating.

"What did I do?" I asked myself while staring at the woman in front of me who is raging in anger. Her pupil became dark red, the red veins on her sclera showed up, and I swear to God, the look on her cat-like eyes was damn scarier than any scary thing in this world. I want to run, but I felt like I was stoned in my spot, my hands starts trembling and I can feel my knees weakens.

"Relax Lisa, you've just answered her question and that's the truth, you're not her girlfriend but.." Bambam trailed off at what his whispering and glanced at Jennie, who is still glaring at me, as if she's just waiting for the MC to announce that the battle is going to start and she'll attack me. "..the way you rejected her? You've just hurt her ego."

"Did I?"

"Yes." He whispered again and stifle a laugh before patting my back, I don't know if how would I take that pat for, if it's for good luck because the MC announced that it's us, who're gonna do the first dance, or a good luck for my life after this battle?

But why would I be afraid? She's not really my girlfriend, she was just acting like one, but she's really not. Right? This is shit, I'm shit and my friends are all shit! Why didn't they told me that it was Jennie?! I should've been more careful with my words!

I slipped the hoodie on my body, heaved a deep breath and exhales slowly to recomposed myself as the music starts playing. Jennie still hasn't tearing her heavy gaze away from me as I danced, she was giving me a hard time to do my step, I tried to ignore her but as the seconds passed by, her gaze became heavier, which caused me to move cautiously.

"Lisa, you okay?" Sydney asked after we danced and it's their turn to show their dance move.

"She's making me uncomfortable, you guys should've told me early that it's Jennie, and knowing that it's her was really distracting me."

"Just don't mind her, just do your solo dance later and I swear, she will stop glaring at you and wait for her heart eyes." She giggles and squeezed my shoulder. It somehow give me a confidence and I nodded at her, when the Trio ended their two minutes turn, I immediately ran at the back, they danced in front of me and when it's my turn to do my dance break, I stepped out from the back and dance in front of Jennie, I shut my eyes closed and focus on my step, I was feeling the music that radiates on my body, slowly and smoothly, I glide my feet towards Jennie and open my eyes slowly.

I was now looking at her, directly to her eyes, she held my gaze while I'm doing my moves, the corner of my lips slowly curved and formed a cocky smirk when I saw how her eyes turned from dark red to light brown. I slide two feet away from her and did a back flip, I rarely do this kind of step but Sydney and Bambam asked me to do this, as I was about to go back to my friends, Jennie took one step towards me and grabbed my nape.

I don't know what happen nor how did it happen, suddenly all I see is Jennie, literally. Everything falls away and we are dancing together, as if we are on the same team; as if we practiced our step long time ago, but no. I'm just following her every moves, we're dancing like we forgot that we are rivals for tonight. We danced like there were the only two of us inside the ring, no crowd, no squad, no judge and just the two of us.

I can't explain my emotions as of this moment but one thing is for sure, my heart is beating rapidly inside my ribcage and it hurts, but in a good way, I was lost when Jennie grabbed my nape earlier, I deadass thought that she was going to kiss me but her mask is blocking her lips, so that's impossible. We both stopped from dancing when Jennie wrapped her arms on my neck, mine was wrapped on her waist, eyes locked, foreheads leans against each other and both catching our breaths.

"Wow." I whispered under my breath.

"What are you doing to me, Lisa?" She asked and her eyes flutter closed. "You make me feel strange emotions that I haven't felt before and not knowing how to feel them." She whispered, completely forgotten that we aren't alone.

"Is it bad?" I asked innocently, still staring on her cute eyelids.

"Yes, really bad."

"Then I'm sor–."

"Lisa your mom!" My words were cut off when I heard Sydney, she quickly grabbed my hand and starts dragging me down the ring, The adrenaline floods my system like it's on an intravenous drip - right into my blood at full pelt. I think my heart will explode and my eyes are wide, I can't think straight, my mind voluntarily shut down and couldn't hear what was Sydney are saying while we're running outside the underground.

They pushed me inside a car, I don't even know whose car is it because I am still in shocked. Until we arrived at the hospital, Sydney was still dragging me, we stopped in front of the emergency room when a nurse blocked our way.

"I'm sorry, but please just wait here." The nurse said before entering inside the ER. Sydney tugged me with her on the bench behind us and we both sat down.

"Lisa, are you okay?"

"What happen?" I asked emotionless, i'm still processing why are we inside the hospital.

"Happy came in underground and I was told that they brought your mom here when she collapsed."

"My m-mom?" It's slowly sinking in and then it hits me, this is why I felt like not going out earlier when I talked to my mom. The urge feelings to stay with her and to take care of her by myself, but I still chose to go. A tear escaped from my left eye that I quickly wiped away and stood up.

"Wait Lisa–."

"I need to see my mom!"

"No, we're not allowed to come in, let's just–." I didn't let Sydney to finish her words as I tried to enter inside the emergency room but she was quick to wrapped her arms on my waist and pulled me away from the door.

"My mom needs me!" I shouted while trying to flee from her arms.

"I know! But there is nothing we can do but to wait!" She yelled back and used her strength and body to stopped me from trying to escape. "C'mon Lisa! Your mom will not like it if you act this way!"

I stopped from insisting upon hearing Sydney, my shoulders slumped down and when she noticed that I stopped from moving, she let me go to engulfed me between her arms. I cried on her shoulder, I cried as if my brain was being shredded from the inside. Emotional pain flowed out of my every pore. I grabbed onto Seulgi's shirt so that my violent shaking body would not cause me to fall on the ground. So many tears burst forth like water from a dam, spilling down my face. My chin trembled as if I was a small child. I breathed heavier than I ever had before. I was gasping for air that simply wasn't there. Sydney keeps rubbing my back but I am numb, I couldn't feel anything.

Until I heard a rushing footsteps approaching us, I didn't spare them a glance but I can hear their voices, there were Bambam, Yves, Happy and Saddy's voice, another rushed footsteps came in and this time, I pulled away from the hug to see who might it be and there were Jennie, along with Sana, Chaeyoung and Jisoo, looking at me worriedly.

"Are you okay?" Jennie was the first to asked me among them.

"No." I replied honestly. I saw her look on her side and Sana nods at her before shifting back her gaze at me. "You need fresh air."

"I'm fine–."

"I said you need fresh air." She said firmly, my brows knitted and I was about snap at her but Sydney squeezed my shoulder, when I looked at her, she nods her head, as if she's telling me to just go with Jennie. But I refused to and shakes my head disapprovingly.

"I need to wait here."

"Lisa, it'll take hours before they go out, just take a breathe first and after three minutes, go back here if you really that worried." Chaeyoung said.

"Yeah, and do you really want your mom to see your face? She'll be even more worried when she sees you crying." Sydney added and tapped my face softly. "Just go, Lisa. Jennie will accompany you."

I sigh in defeat and nods softly before looking at Jennie. "I want to be alone." I said and she smiled knowingly while nodding her head. I starts walking towards the hospital balcony and I can feel all eyes are on me, they're looking at me sympathetically and that makes me more fragile and devastated.

When I stepped out to the balcony, the cold wind greets me and I wrapped my body with my long limbs. I'm still thankful that Jennie throw this hoodie because if it's wasn't for this, I might freeze to death. I let out a shaky sigh and shut my eyes close.

"Did I say I want to be alone?" I asked when I felt a presence that someone is standing behind me.

"Yes but I'm afraid that you might jump off."

"Stupid thinking, my mom is inside emergency room while fighting for her life and you were thinking that I might end my life?" I asked sarcastically and turn a bit to see her face. She shrugged her shoulder and pad beside me.

"I don't know, I just thought that you'll do that. I've never been in a situation like this so I really had no clue what to feel nor to think."

I chuckled dryly and shifted my gaze back at the dark skies. "Does your parents still alive?"

"Yeah, alive and kicking."

"Where are they?"

"Dad at home but mom is nowhere to be found, but I'm sure she's still alive." She shrugs and as if she's not bothered even if she knew her mom is missing. I tear my gaze away from the sky and look at her.

"Do you love them?" I asked again.

"Of course, who's child will not love their parents?" She asked back chuckling. Her eyes turns to me and she flashed her warm smile that I rarely see from her.

"Even if you know that both of them are not your real parent and you were just adopted from some stupid couple who doesn't have the capability to raise a kid like me?"

"W-what?"

"I know Jen, I know that I'm adopted but I still love them, so killing myself is really unnecessary to think of."

"Tell me Lisa, what else do you know about your identity?" She asked, her voice shifts quickly from soft to sternly.

"Everything that they're hiding from me."

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