『JenSoo Short Stories』

This love will keep us through blinding of the eyes (or so we hoped)

"Hey, how are you all doing tonight?" Jennie says as she fiddles with the guitar in her hand in preparation for the next songs she will be playing.

For most of the people in that bar, it's just another Saturday.

They came to the place for a good time with great company and even better music, or so Jennie liked to think.

It has been years since she started playing and though she hasn't caught a big break yet and had to work two jobs to be able to stay alive and fed, she wouldn't trade the feeling nights like this gave her. The joy of being able to share her music to whoever would listen, the hope that someone may take something away from the songs she sings, it's enough fuel to keep her going.

Though, if she's being honest, a part of her keeps singing in the hope that her songs would reach the person she wrote them for. It has been years since she last heard from her muse and it was a parting she would rather forget. Things started to be a mess when her love's family found out about them and she was forced to make the decision that would cause her to lose it all.

"Leave my daughter. You can't give her the life she deserves." Mr. Kim stated coldly as he regarded his daughter's girlfriend.

This was not what Jennie thought she would hear from the man Jisoo positively adored. Although she knew he was not in favor of their relationship, Jisoo always told her that he was just taking his time dealing with the fact that his daughter loves another woman. However, based on the way their conversation is going, his issue seems to be more about Jennie's state of life rather than her gender.

Jennie knew she didn't come from much.

Her father left them when she was born because he wasn't ready to be a father yet and her mother is working three jobs to keep them afloat, refusing to let Jennie do anything but focus on her education. But Jennie is tenacious, she continues to try and help her out by taking whatever gig she could make money off of. A musician at heart, she'd get performing gigs at coffee shops or from various organizations for a small fee. She's also a tutor for various subjects and a quite good one at that. It was through this that she met Jisoo who needed a tutor for Physics and Calculus. They hit it off immediately and now here she is, stuck in front of a man who doesn't see her as a suitable fit for his daughter. She never really resented her situation but today, a small part of her couldn't help but hope things were different.

"Sir, I'll work hard. I promise. Please sir, don't ask me to leave her." Jennie begged as she thought of kneeling down just to show how badly she wants her plea to be heard.

The man before just looked at her angrily. "Look at yourself, young lady. You don't have anything my daughter could possibly want." He continued insulting her. "Your life is abysmal, your house in tatters, your future not in sight. What could you possibly give my Jisoo except pain and suffering? Hell, you're probably only with her because of our money."

Shaking her head vehemently, she opposed. "No sir, I love Jisoo with everything I have."

He laughed mockingly, "Well, I guess that's not a lot because you don't have much."

She stared at him with tears in her eyes, "What do I have to do to earn your permission? Please sir, I love Jisoo. I can't lose her."

"She's meant for far greater things than you could ever dream of giving her. Let my daughter go." He said again, dead set on not seeing her genuine love for Jisoo.

Knowing that she won't be able to change his mind, she decided that she would have to settle for something else, something that would let her keep Jisoo just for a while longer.