Realize | Jenlisa

Four

Jennie's mouth literally fell open. Lisa was surprised, too. The shock was clear on her face. But unlike Jennie, she managed to recover her composure fast enough.

What now? Did she still want to join the band, knowing that Lisa was in it, too? Then, she decided that keeping herself from doing what she loved just because she couldn't stand her was unreasonable. She just had to endure it.

“Whoa,” Jisoo breathed out, glancing warily at Lisa. And then, her eyes went back to Jennie. “You're Jennie, right?”

“Yes,” she nodded.

“Okay, let's see what you got,” Jisoo shrugged in a go-ahead-and-impress-me voice.

Jennie looked around and saw a piano at the corner of the room. She suddenly had an idea. She quickly turned to Jisoo.

“Can I play the piano?” she asked.

Jisoo blinked, but nodded all the same.

Jennie walked over to the piano and sat on the chair. She put her fingers on the piano, feeling it. She didn't realize that her eyes were close until she opened them. She took a deep breath and opened her mouth to sing Gavin DeGraw's Chariot.

“Staring at a maple leaf, leaning on a mother tree I...”

The people around her ceased to exist as she felt the melody come out of her. The music relaxes her muscles, and her mind's uneasiness began to wash away with every drum of her fingers.

Nobody made a noise apart from her singing. They were obviously impressed by her soulful voice. She was on the beat, and they could tell she was connecting to the music.

When Jennie finished, she slowly looked at the others. Their expressions were unreadable. It would make her feel better if they said something – anything – but they didn't. She stood up, her eyes narrowing.

Jisoo clapped, followed by the others – except for Lisa. They were broadly grinning at Jennie.

"There's no point in beating behind the bush,” Jisoo sighed. “We've decided to pick you for the spot.”

Lisa reacted almost immediately. She got up and faced Jisoo.

“Who's 'we'?” she demanded in a low voice.

“Dude, she's the only girl who's good enough for the spot,” Jisoo argued, with a raised eyebrow. “And you know that.”

Everyone in the studio waited for Lisa's decision. Jennie concluded that she was the leader of the band from the look the others were giving her.

“Fine,” Lisa replied, after a moment's silence.

Jennie could hear the others sigh in relief. All of a sudden, she caught Lisa looking at her. Not wanting to back down, she stared back. Then, she moved closer to her. With a threatening voice, she told her, “You don't know what you're getting into.”

“No, apparently not,” Jennie said, mocking fear. “Why don't you tell me?”

Lisa ignored her statement. Instead, she continued to stare coldly at her. They were on an eye to eye contact, both have flaming eyes. The only thing missing was that they weren't knocking the lights out of each other.

Rosé and Jisoo exchanged looks. In amusement, they laughed as they walked toward Lisa and Jennie – who looked as though they were about to kill each other.

“Guys, you're staring at each other for a few minutes now that I'm starting to think you're both ready to make out or something,” Jisoo commented, chuckling.