JENNIE

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"You didn't have to come at six am." I yawned as I opened the front door for Rosé. "Tae, Kai and Hanbin aren't home yet." I blinked at Rosé as she beamed at me. "And why do you look so chipper and made up." I frowned and leaned towards her. "Are you wearing fake eyelashes?" I peered at her longer, thicker and blacker than normal lashes. "And hair extensions?" My jaw dropped open. "At six am?"

"Shh, I just wanted to look good." She blushed. "Go back to sleep."

"I think not." I headed towards the kitchen. "Let's have some coffee and talk?"

"Okay." She nodded and followed behind me. "Also, I came early to help you."

"To help me?" I looked back at her incredulously. "How is waking me up before the roosters helping me?"

"In case you were in bed with Lisa, she could leave your room before Jisoo woke up."

"Ugh, don't even." I made a face.

"You didn't sleep with her, did you?" It was her turn to look shocked. "Jen!"

"Jen nothing." I rolled my eyes and turned on the kettle. "I didn't sleep with her again." I took out two cups and yawned again. "And trust me, I never will again. She's an asshole."

"Ooh what did she do?"

"What do you mean, what did she do?" I turned away from her and opened the fridge. "Milk and sugar?" I said into the fridge.

"You know I want both. Now spill it, what did Ms. Tongue do?"

"Her name is Lalisa." I groaned as I took the milk out and turned around.

"She was Ms. Tongue first." She grinned. "If I do recall she was Miracle Tongue, she was the—"

"Enough." I groaned again. "She is not anything to me."

"What happened?" Her eyes lit up.

"I'll tell you what happened on one condition?" I bit my lower lip and grinned at her.

"What condition?" She frowned and leaned forward. "I'm not sleeping with her as well."

"I'm not asking that." I rolled my eyes. "Tell me who you like."

"What?" Rosé sat back, her face growing pink.

"Do you like Hanbin, Tae or Kai?" I leaned on the countertop and stared at her. "Tell me which one of my brothers you like and I will tell you what happened with Lisa."

"I don't like any of them. What are you talking about?" Rosé stuttered as she avoided my eyes and I smiled to myself. Rosé was such a poor liar and she knew that I knew the truth. I scooped some of the ground beans into the French press and then poured the boiling water inside the glass container and put the top on.

"Kai, Tae or Hanbin?" I asked softly as I turned back to face her. "Let me think, I doubt it's Kai. You're not into blond guys and he's the blondest guy I know. And you're not into Nascar and he loves it. Let's see, so it's between Tae and Hanbin. Hmm." I stared at her as she glared at me and I grinned. "Both are hot, though they're my brothers so I feel icky saying that. Let me think, who do I think you're after?"

"It's Hanbin, okay." She blushed. "And I just think he's cute. I'm not after him."

"You like Hanbin?" I made a face. Hanbin was the eldest of all of us and he was my bossiest brother. Out of all of my brothers, he was the least fun and sometimes felt more like a second dad to me. "You don't seriously like Hanbin, do you?"

"I knew you would say that, that's why I didn't tell you."

"It's just, Hanbin." I made a face. "Imagine if you dated him and we had to double date." I shuddered. "It would be like double dating with my dad, he'd be trying to tell me what to order and not to stay out late, and God forbid my guy kisses me or something."

"Is the coffee ready?" Rosé looked at the French press pointedly.

"Let me check." I sighed and pressed it down before pouring the coffee in two mugs and turning back to her. "You're not really interested in Hanbin, are you?" I gave her a hopeful face. "Is this a bad joke?"

"How many bad jokes do you think are being played on you this weekend, Jen?" Rosé laughed as she heaped sugar into her cup. "And yes, I like Hanbin. And no, he's nothing close to being your dad. He's only twenty-eight and he's gorgeous, and funny, and sweet, and well, yes, I have a small crush on him. I have for a long time, if I'm being honest." Rosé took a deep breath. "You better not tell him."

"What am I going to tell him?" I rolled my eyes. "He'd just find a way to lecture me."

"So now it's your turn."

"My turn to do what?" I took a sip of my coffee and coughed. It tasted gross. I must have put too much coffee and not enough water in the French press.

"What happened with you and tonguey?"

"Don't call her tonguey. That sounds gross."

"What she did with it wasn't gross though was it?"

"It doesn't matter." I looked around the kitchen. "She's not into me."

"I'm sorry." She gave me an apologetic look.

"She's not the daddy baby, you know. She hasn't even slept with Jisoo. Yet, she still wants to marry her."

"Does Lisa love her?" Rosé looked shock. "And wait what? They've never had sex?"

"I know. I was shocked as well." I tried another sip of coffee and then put the cup down. "Let's go to my room and talk there. I don't want anyone to hear us."

"Okay." She nodded and stood up. We walked to my bedroom and I noticed she had left her coffee sitting on the countertop as well. I closed the bedroom door behind us and then jumped back into bed. "You coming?" I asked her and patted the space on the mattress next to me.

"I don't know if I should lie down." She sighed. "I spent an hour flat ironing my hair this morning and what if my makeup smudges on the pillowcase?"

"Ah, come on Chaeng. Your hair and makeup will be fine."

"Fine." She yawned and took off her shoes. "I guess, just for a little bit, while we talk."

"Uh huh." I laughed. "You look tired. How much sleep did you get last night?"

"Two hours." She yawned wider and longer this time. "I was so excited that I couldn't sleep and now I'm absolutely exhausted."

"Oh Rosé." I shook my head as she plopped down next to me. "Why didn't you tell me that you liked Hanbin?"

"Because I knew you would react as you're reacting now." She rolled onto her side and looked at me. "Completely over the top."

"I was hoping you liked Tae." I grinned. Tae was my youngest brother and the one most like me. He was happy-go-lucky and always up to something. He'd gotten into so much trouble as a kid and I'd loved him telling me all his tales. I'd been the good child, but only because I always had my parents and Hanbin down my back. There were many activities and tricks I would have liked to have gotten into, but never had the chance.

"Tae's a goof, I love him, but he's a goof." Rosé laughed. "He can't keep serious for two minutes."

"That's why you should date him. You'll always be having fun. Hanbin on the other hand, ugh." I sighed, still remembering all the times I'd gotten in trouble due to him telling my parents I was up to something.

"I'm sure he doesn't want me anyway." Rosé rolled her eyes. "So don't worry."

"I'm not worried, I'm just—"

"Jen, do you want to talk about Hanbin or Lisa?" Rosé interrupted me and I sighed.

"I don't really want to talk about either of them." I made a face. "Lisa's a big jerk."

"Why?"

"I kinda let her know that I wouldn't be opposed to her no longer being engaged to my sister."

"What?" Rosé's eyes almost popped out in shock. "You did not say that?"

"Well not in those exact words, but basically I told her that maybe she didn't want to get married now that she had met me and she wasn't the father of my sister's baby and basically she looked at me like I was crazy and walked away."

"Oh wow." Rosé made a sad face. "She sounds like a dick."

"She is a dick." I closed my eyes, reliving my embarrassment. "And she has a small dick too."

"Oh really?" Rosé's voice was amazed.

"No." I opened my eyes and looked at her. "She doesn't really have a small dick." I groaned and buried my face in my hands. "Why, oh why, did this have to happen to me? Do I have some sort of bad luck sign on me?"

"It's not your fault. I mean you did kind of know that she was an asshole after you guys hooked up at the church right?"

"Yeah, I could tell she was arrogant, cocky, full of herself–"

"And yet, you still went back to her hotel room."

"Well, you know I'm only human." I laughed and closed my eyes. "I don't want to talk about her anymore. Let's get a quick nap in and then deal with her and Hanbin later."

"That sounds like a plan to me." Rosé yawned again, her eyes closing as she snuggled into the pillow. "Night Jen."

"Morning Rosé." I giggled and we both drifted off to sleep.

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"Wake up, wake up." Tae's voice bounded into my bedroom as he banged on my bedroom door and opened it.

"What?" I groaned as I opened my eyes slowly and saw my brother's big blue eyes gazing down at me as he stood over my bed.

"Wake up Jen." He pulled the duvet off of the bed and I growled at him. "Or should I say wake up doggie."

"Asshole." I jumped out of bed and glared at him for a second, before laughing. "It's good to see you too, Tae."

"Come here." He gave me a big hug and then looked down on the bed. "Who's in the bed with you? Are you a lesbian now?"

"Tae!" I shook my head at him. "It's Chaeng."

"You and Rosé are dating now?" He grinned as he wiggled his eyebrows.

"Don't be disgusting." I glared at him and Rosé moaned as she rolled over in the bed, still sleeping and oblivious to the noise in the room.

"Just checking." He grinned and looked down at Rosé in the bed. "Wakey wakey Chaeyoung."

"Don't wake her up." I punched him in the shoulder. "She didn't get much sleep last night."

"Why, what was she doing?" He licked his lips slowly and I punched him again.

"Ugh, what's that noise?" Rosé opened her eyes slowly and then screamed. "Aarrgghhh!!"

"What?" I frowned as I stared down at her. "It's just me and Tae."

"No, there's a caterpillar on my face." She screamed again and jumped up out of the bed.

"What?" I stared at her and burst out laughing.

"Take it off of me."

"I'll get it." Tae laughed and pulled her towards him. He then reached to her face and pulled one of her cheap fake eyelashes off of her face. "I don't think it was a caterpillar." He dangled the eyelash in front of her eyes and she blushed.

"Oops." She grinned. "My bad."

"You're silly, Chaeng." I laughed and we all stood there for a few moments just grinning at each other.

"Why do the three of you always look like fools?" A loud imperious voice rumbled into the room and I turned around with a glare.

"Why do you always look like you have a stick up your ass, Hanbin?" I asked him with a small smile.

"I see you still haven't left your teen years." He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye.

"And you're already fifty."

"Not quite yet." He walked into the bedroom and gave me a quick hug. "Hello, Rosé, it's nice to see you."

"Hi Hanbin." She said softly, her face pink as she gazed at her crush. I looked at Hanbin critically then. I guess I could see his appeal. He stood tall at about six feet, with a muscular lean build, he had dark brown chestnut hair and sparkling blue eyes that seemed to gaze into your soul. All in all, he was a handsome man. Just not the man I would have set my best friend up with.

"What's going on in here? An orgy?" Lisa walked into the room with a huge smile and I froze. She's wearing a sports bra and I couldn't stop from looking at her perfectly chest. Her four-pack looked even more defined than the last time I had seen it naked.

"Nothing." I looked away from her and I saw that Rosé was grinning from ear to ear, instead of glaring at her like I was. Why was she being such a traitor? How could she be smiling knowing what sort of woman Lisa was? Or more importantly how she had dissed me. I was still feeling the burn of her rejection.

"Who are you?" Hanbin turned towards Lisa with a disapproving look in his eyes and then he looked at Rosé. "Is this a friend of yours?"

"No." Rosé squeaked out and I stared at Hanbin's face carefully. Had he smiled when she'd said no? My mind was racing as I gazed at my brother. Did he have a thing for Rosé as well?

"Oh okay." He made a face. "I was about to say you really need to stop being a bad influence over my sister."

"Hanbin." I shouted at him, horrified at his words. I guess I was wrong. Maybe I'd imagined the smile. "Stop being so rude."

"It's okay, Jen. I don't need you to fight my battles." Lisa smiled at me with a twinkle in her eyes and turned to Hanbin. "I'm Lisa, Lalisa Manoban. I'm your sister's fiancé."

"What?" It was Tae's turn to be shocked. "Jen, you didn't even tell me."

"Is this true Jen?" Hanbin turned to me with a frown.

"I, uh, no." I shook my head, my face red. "She's not talking about me. I don't even know her. I haven't even, uh, kissed her, let alone, uh, slept with her." I stammered, my face bright red as I kept rambling on. "I wouldn't get engaged to Lisa even if she paid me." I finished and I could see that both of my brothers were staring at me in confusion as Rosé made a face at me.

"I guess I didn't make much of an impression on you then." Lisa's voice cut the silence and then laughed. "I'm Jisoo's fiancé." She said simply and smiled. "I assume you two are her brothers?"

"Yes." Hanbin spoke up and stepped forward. "I'm Hanbin, the eldest. This is Taeyoung. That's my sister Jennie and her best friend Rosé. And our brother Kai hasn't arrived home yet." He looked Lisa up and down and frowned slightly. "And you're marrying Jisoo?"

"Yes." Lisa nodded. "I think she's still in bed."

"Sounds about right." Tae scoffed. "It isn't noon yet."

"Tae." I rolled my eyes at him and giggled.

"You know Queen Jisoo doesn't arise before she has to." Tae grinned at me and we giggled. We both felt the same way about Jisoo and that was just another reason why he was my favorite brother.

"Are you two still harping on about Jisoo?" Hanbin sighed and shook his head.

"Why shouldn't we?" Tae squared his shoulders and confronted Hanbin. "You might be the oldest, but you're not the boss of us all Hanbin. We're not kids anymore."

"Then stop acting like one." Hanbin looked at Lisa. "Sorry about Jen and Tae, they're both rude and I don't think that will ever change."

"That's okay." Lisa laughed. "I have a younger brother and I know what it's like dealing with impertinence."

"Ooh, I have to go and see if Haruto is up and well." I said sweetly, my stomach churning in anger at Hanbin and Lisa. "I should see if there is anything I can do for him."

Lisa's eyes narrowed as she gazed at me and her expression changed to one of annoyance.

"Haruto is fine." She said shortly.

"I'm sure he is, but it doesn't hurt to check and see if he needs a helping hand." I smiled again and I could see Rosé giggling from the corner of my eyes. "I want to make sure all his needs are taken care of."

"What are you talking about Jen?" Hanbin frowned at me.

"Nothing to worry your sweet head about." I turned and smiled at him. "Excuse me folks, I need to go and perform one of my womanly duties." I brushed past Lisa and I heard her sharp intake of breath as my breasts rubbed against her upper arm. My nipples tingled at the touch, but I made sure not to react. I hurried out of the room and down the corridor with a small smile on my face. That would teach Lisa. She wanted to act like she was some hot shot and better than me. Well forget her. I didn't want her, need her or care about her. She could have Jisoo and deal with her crap. I didn't care if Jisoo spent all of her money and then left her when she was broke. It would serve her right. I was fuming by the time I reached the end of the corridor just thinking about Lisa. How dare she barge into my room and then say I was impertinent. I could have wiped that smug smile off of her face if I'd told my brothers that I'd fucked her last weekend. I could just image the shock on all of their faces. Hanbin would most probably kill me and Tae would laugh. I should have told them everything. That would teach her to mess around with me. How dare she insinuate I was impertinent? And how dare Hanbin act like he was some leader of the world. Grr. They both made me so angry. I had no idea why Rosé was interested in Hanbin. I was going to urge her to change her mind and to focus on someone else. There was no way I wanted my best friend dating my bossy older brother. And there was no way I was ever going to sleep with Lisa again, not even if she begged me. Not that I really foresaw that happening. Lisa had no interest in sleeping with me again. She just wanted to torture me.

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