The Tiger King (Chaelisa)

57| Outing Pt. 2

previously: the gang had been on a day outing, starting with the rollerskating rink. jensoo are official and everyone and their mother now knows. chaelisa said i love you.

The rest of the day passed uneventfully, if you excluded all the ruckus that Lisa, Somi, Jisoo and Ella caused between them during the visit to the aquarium that had Irene at her wits' end while Rosé merely followed them around, smiling as she snapped pictures:

Lisa piggybacking Ella as they wandered around through the dimly lit corridors awash with blue light and solemnly discussing the manta rays that looked like Mr Ray, Nemo's teacher from Finding Nemo;

Somi and Lisa bickering over whether the specimen in view was a shark whale or a whale shark and then betting each other and ended up looking glum when the attendant informed them it was in fact a beluga whale;

Lisa and Jisoo's impromptu penguin waddle dance that earned the group weird looks and guffaws from onlookers as well as exasperated clucks from mothers with kids who immediately tried to mimic them;

a very reluctant Irene being forced into a shark onesie alongside Jennie and being immediately inundated with kids demanding to take pictures with them, thinking they were the aquarium mascots. The culprits (Lisa, Somi and Jisoo) looked on gleefully;

Ella and Somi wearing matching head bands and throwing up peace signs, Lisa and Jisoo photobombing them from behind, pulling zany faces;

Jisoo and Jennie contentedly walking arm in arm, conversing quietly and showing off their matching fish tattoos that they got painted on their hands;

Irene's face scrunched up in a grimace as Lisa and Somi kissed her cheek from either side;

Lisa and Ella playing a clapping game with Somi when they were in queue;

Jennie and Jisoo posing in front of the penguin tank, the turtle tank, the shark thank, the manta ray tank, the dolphin tank and many other tanks;

Lisa listening intently when the aquarium attendant answered Ella's inquiry about dolphins' bedtime habits;

(Rosé's personal favourite): several snaps of Lisa and herself sneaking a private kiss in the penguin observation dome, surrounded only by inquisitive penguins watching them have a quick makeout session away from the rest of their group;

Jisoo and Jennie performing a little skit for Ella in the souvenir shop where they pretended to have a pair of cuddly soft toys cling to their arms, unable to let go ("stroke them El, maybe they'll fall asleep—aha! Great teamwork!)

All in all, it was a fun afternoon well-spent, and the group was also quite spent with all the walking and touring and laughing, arms chock-full of aquarium souvenirs and soft-toys as they piled into Jisoo's SUV.

"Next stop: Everland!" Lisa announced from her seat next to Rosé, bouncing excitedly along with Ella as Jisoo drove. "I wanna go on all the rides!"

"All of them?" Jennie arched a brow in the overhead mirror. "Even the T-Express one? The one that goes super fast and makes you throw up?"

"I heard it goes so fast that some people leave half of their souls behind," Jisoo said solemnly.

Lisa blanched. "Well uh..."

"Chicken," Somi snickered. 

Lisa's nostrils flared as she rounded on Somi. "Oh it's on, you little brat! I bet—"

"No more bets," Irene said firmly. "Pipe down and take a nap. Save your energies for later."

Lisa and Somi immediately took her up on the suggestion, vowing to sleep and recharge in order to beat out each other at all the games they intended to play later at the theme park.