ᖇOOᗰᗰᗩTᗴՏ ᗯITᕼ ᕼIᗰ 《C.TZ × J.JK》

Chapter 65: In the Park

Rosé sighed.

She was so done with that girl. She just couldn't gather up the courage to stand up to her anymore.

She knew she could never be as mean as her, and confidence in self was important too, but she couldn't let her dignity be disregarded like that. She was the older one there.

That's it. She was moving out. That Lisa could have that whole dorm to herself now. Isn't that what she wanted? She could live by herself all she wants now.

Good luck with cleaning up after yourself now, sweety, Rosé had said to her last night. I won't be here anymore. Have fun being your own personal maid.

Rosé knew that Lisa was going to stay in the dorm till the end of summer vacation. Her mansion was a forty minute drive from the highschool, right outside the outskirts of the city, and Rosé was pretty sure that the brat wasn't about to waste all that time (plus in the vacation traffic, too) to drive all the way from there to meet with her friends in town. And anyways, her driving license had been suspended due to her continuous record of breaking traffic laws. On top of that, her personal driver was a little too loyal to her parents, and so was the security team gaurding the estate.

She had no chance of sneaking out.

But Rosé thought that there was more to it. Lisa's reason for staying behind for a while more was also that her parents wouldn't let her off the hook easily this time if she returned back home. She was trying to stay away from them, too. The little amount of pressure they've been putting on the girl was more than she'd received in her entire life. And it would kill her if she let her friends go out and have fun while she'd be sulking in her bedroom all day, locked up until it was time for work. The two older Monobans had been taking strict measures against their daughter lately.

Rosé always smiled to herself when she thought about it. Served that brat right! Hadn't Rosé always told her to stay inside the line? But hadn't that girl still surpassed the limits?

Though Rosé felt sure that it would take much more than strict behavior to fix that ruined soul, it was nice to think that it was Lisa who was being pushed around this time.

It felt nice being free from all the obstacles of trends and certain rules that kept you in the book of cool. Jisoo had refused to abide by them long ago and had lived a carefree life. But Rosé had been that scared cat who was too afraid to step out of her circle.

Honestly though, she did kind of feel like the little dislike she got was deserved. If she had declined to follow Jennie in Jennie's chosen path all those years ago, then maybe she didn't have to work hard to keep up good ties with others who chose to do their own thing without any trouble and severe risks involved. Those people paved their own ways to success and happiness, and actaully knew what was good for them, rather than be led by that book of doom she'd been worshipping until a few months ago, with rules unwritten.

Surprisingly (or not), the bunch Mina had introduced to her was trying their best to keep it easy for her. Sure, some still had past scores still unsettled with her, but still, they were super nice. They were a close group, and they knew she was trying her best to mix in. Good thing they weren't being a cold solvent of water to her stimulated solute of sugar!

Rosé, now, could easily answer her question to why her old group and these circles of "do-gooders" never got along. She had always thought that everyone was the same, and having different choices and opinions of fun shouldn't be a reason for them to hate each other, especially because she was in the hated group. But then, she had still been a developing teenager back in those days when it all started, and being able to compare and contrast the difference between good and bad didn't make sense to her at all.