๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ? Jennie muttered a silent 'Oh'.
"I see. My apologies.", she said although she's sure enough that her face says she's not still believing what Jisoo has said. It can't be possible. There is no resemblance in the facial features. Okay, it is given that both girls have gorgeous faces but still, Jennie is sure that they are not siblings. Jennie racked her brain for some information about these two as she remembered scanning files of transferees earlier. Her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she remembers Chaeyoung's file states one sister but Lisa's files says none. Well maybe it is just an error in the report but she wonders who makes mistakes on such important details. Jennie pushed the thoughts away as the three ladies are still staring at her like she is some kind of crazy. She just mentally noted to have the report corrected in the admin's office in her free time.
Chaeng cleared her throat to break the awkward silence. "I know that you are very confused right now and I also know why.", the redhead smiled at her. "We are sisters by our Dad. Half-sisters.", she continued.
That pretty much cleared things up. Jennie doesn't want to pry more on their personal lives so she nodded and smiled back to Chaeng to say she understands it now.
"You know what guys, I am really fine. No one needs to take me somewhere. I can take care of myself.", Lisa said. She really just wants to get out of there. She's pretty much sure that her sister will overreact to the fact that there's dripping blood from her fist so she needs to have a talk with her later about getting used to it if she's deciding to join the hood.
"No Li! Look at yourself! Let the president take you to the clinic. Plus, she said she needs to talk to you about what happened.", Chaeng said.
"You are fucking treating me like a baby.", Lisa scoffed and rolled her eyes.
Chaeyoung breathed heavily. Lisa was one hell of a hard-headed kid. "No arguing with me on this. Please?", she then displayed her cute puppy eyes knowing Lisa wouldn't say no to that. Hopefully.
"Fuck! Fine! Goddamnit!", Lisa growled causing Jennie to nearly flinch. She remained her composure quickly though. Her eyes were drifting from Chaeyoung to Lisa then back to Chaeyoung then to Jisoo who seems busy checking on her perfect fingernails and doesn't really seems to care. She then saw Chaeng giving Lisa a peck on her cheeks earning another grunt from the blonde.
"We'll still talk later.", Lisa reminded Chaeng and the redhead nodded to her. "Hey.", the badass blonde addresses Jisoo. "Take Chaeyoung. I'll meet you there."
Jisoo gave her a wink and a thumbs up confirming that she will exactly do what Lisa has said.
Jennie wondered where is 'there'.
The two waved and smiled at Jennie and started walking away, leaving Lisa and the president alone.
The president can't help being drawn again to the blonde's deep green pools. She had seen people with green eyes before but Lisa's are different. She can't explain it yet but she can see that there are so many emotions swimming in there.
"Are you just gonna stare at me or what?", Lisa raised an eyebrow.
Jennie was snapped back to reality, shoving all her curiosity about Lisa at the back of her mind for a while. ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ'๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ, ๐๐ช๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐.
"Sorry. Let's go now." Jennie started walking. She can hear Lisa's footsteps behind her and eventually catching up with her pace.
They were lost in an awkward silence. Jennie didn't want to initiate a conversation as she knows Lisa is not so friendly and would just probably snap at her.
"Is this really necessary?", Lisa finally asked, looking straight ahead while walking alongside the president.
The president is somehow glad that Lisa decided to break the awkward silence. "The what?", Jennie inquired, glancing quickly to Lisa's direction then proceeded on looking straight ahead, avoiding those deep green pools. It's kinda weird. Not that Lisa's eyes are weird but staring at it for quite some time now is becoming weird.
"This you-taking-me-to-the-clinic shit. I am totally fine. This is just nothing. I'm not going to die because of a fist wound.", Lisa snorted. "So why don't you just spare yourself some time and just let me go." She felt so unlucky that the president happened to be there when she decided to bust that bastard's face. She then mentally noted to get back to that guy some other time. Outside campus maybe, where she doesn't need to follow the fucking school rules.
"I am not going to take you to the clinic.", Jennie said as they rounded a corner. "I am taking you to my office."
"What?", Lisa asked, her eyebrows furrowing. She then noticed that they are approaching a room with a huge 'Student Council' label at the door.
"I am trying to hit two birds with one stone, Lisa-sshi.", Jennie smiled at her as they stopped in front of the door. "I have a first aid kit inside, so while I am treating your wound, you can go ahead and tell me what happened back there."
Lisa just growled something under her breath again but didn't want to argue with this president anymore. She just wants to get everything done as soon as possible.
Jennie opened the door, revealing a typical office with several desks and computers. The spacious room made Lisa think that the council gets a huge sum of school budget for them to set up an office like this. There are few students inside the room. Some are busy typing away in front of the computer and some are too engrossed in paper works. ๐ผ๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ? Lisa almost thinks of them as office staff. It is obvious that they are taking their jobs way too seriously.
A student approached the president. "Excuse me, Ms. President. These papers need to be signed.", said the student, handing 2 pieces of paper to Jennie.
"Yeri.", Jennie smiled at her secretary. "Are these urgent?", she asked. She is usually keen on signing papers. She always makes sure to read everything thoroughly first before signing on anything. Every document signed under her name will be under her responsibility as well so it is just a must to read everything first before putting her signature on the paper. She eyed Lisa and the badass blonde is impatiently tapping her foot on the floor, clearly not feeling so comfortable being inside the Student Council Office.
"Those are for your approval on the use of the Audio Visual Room for the Freshmen's assembly tomorrow morning. I would have asked the VP to sign it on behalf of you as they needed the confirmation urgently for them to set up the area now but the VP has not returned yet.", the secretary explained, eyeing Lisa in the process.
Jennie sighed, which is so unusual for her to do. She drew out a pen from her pocket and immediately signed the papers. "Do not forget to remind them about the terms and conditions of using the room."
"Yes, Ms. President. Uhm.", the secretary nodded and proceeded on eyeing Lisa.
"Yes, Yeri? Do you need anything else? I am really in a hurry.", said the president who's starting to get impatient as well.
"Does she have an appointment with you?", Yeri asked.
"Yes."
"I didn't see her on my list of your appointments today, Ms. President."
Lisa is starting to lose her temper again. Yes, she doesn't have an appointment and it's not like she wanted one anyways. She wanted to punch Yeri in the face. She knows that the girl is just doing her job but she is so damned annoyed again and this place suffocates her.
Jennie is sensing Lisa's negative aura and Yeri's questioning is definitely not helping.
"Yes, this appointment is not in the list because this one is unplanned and is quite urgent. Now, please excuse us. Kindly tell anyone who will attempt to enter my room that I am busy and I cannot be disturbed." Jennie commanded in a much serious tone which made Yeri regretted asking.
The secretary gulped in nervousness and nodded. "I understand, Pres. Apologies for asking."
Jennie then dragged Lisa towards her room and closed it with a loud bang.
Lisa was quite taken aback by Jennie's sudden seriousness.
"You can sit here." Jennie gestured to the ice princess to sit on one of the two chairs located in front of her table. The president proceeded on one of the cabinets on the right side of her office, pulling out a white box with a red cross on it. A first aid kit.
She sat across Lisa, scooting the chair closer so she can tend to the blonde easier.
"May I?", she asked for the blonde's bloody hand.
Lisa was so hesitant. She's really not good on physical contacts unless it's Chaeng or Jisoo or it's bashing someone's face. She asked herself for the Nth time on why she even agreed on going with this annoying president.
"I fucking told you, it is not even that bad.", the badass said, showing off her fist, stretching and clenching it in the process to show Jennie it's totally fine then regretted it in the back of her head because it fucking stings, big time. She tried her very best to keep a straight face despite the pain.
"Don't be so stubborn. We need to clean the wound, otherwise, it might get infected.", Jennie insisted, gently grabbing Lisa's injured hand and placing it on her lap.
Lisa can feel her blood rushing through her cheeks. The fact that her hand is literally touching Jennie's bare skin makes her feel like she's going to explode any minute now. She really doesn't understand why she feels this way but maybe it's because she's not used to this kind of thing.
Jennie can feel Lisa trembling under her touch. It seems unusual for a person like Lisa to be nervous with just a mere physical contact. She doesn't want to generalize but she knows people like Lisa has already slept with almost all of the student body. Given that you have a beautiful face like that and a reputation that is screaming 'badass', Jennie is sure that boys and girls here and there are practically throwing themselves to Lisa Manoban.
But here is Lisa, beads of sweat starting to form on her perfect face which Jennie finds rather attractive. The president is smirking inside her head as she knows that somehow, maybe just a little, she is making the great Lisa Manoban nervous.
Jennie started cleaning Lisa's dried blood with wet cotton balls. She then started on dabbing the cotton on the wound itself to remove the dried blood. She can tell Lisa is squinting in pain every time she's touching the wound part but she refused to look at the badass princess directly because of her freaking eyes. Yes, her freaking magnetic green orbs.
"So tell me what happened.", Jennie asked as she gets another cotton ball and a brown bottle that reads 'Povidone Iodine' on it. Lisa cringed on the color of the liquid that is now on the cotton ball.
"What the fuck is that?", the blonde badass asked, her eyebrows raising in curiosity as if she doesn't want the brown liquid anywhere near her.
Jennie chuckled on Lisa's cuteness. What did she do to be blessed with this other side of Lisa Manoban?. "Relax. This is an effective antiseptic for wounds. I won't put or do anything that will harm you more.", she reassured Lisa.
The ice princess remained silent. She didn't really wanna tell Jennie what happened earlier as it's none of her business. Plus, the guy is a total asshole. He deserved it.
"I see that Lisa-sshi doesn't really like talking huh?", Jennie asked, putting more pressure on her dabbing on Lisa's wound.
"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!", Lisa shrieked. She knew Jennie intended to do it. What happened to the 'I won't do anything that will harm you more.'?
The president just raised an eyebrow at her, waiting for an answer.
"Fine. The jerk was messing with me. I just gave him what he's asking for. That's it. You don't have to get involved. It's just a mere school fight between students. It happens all the fucking time.", Lisa stated non-chalantly.
"Hmmm.", Jennie tried to process what Lisa had said but there wasn't much information in there. "Well, unfortunately, I am the one in charge of situations like this and it just happened that I, myself, witnessed the scene. Though I am not yet sure what is the root cause, and that is why we are here, yes? So yes, Lisa-sshi, I am very much involved.", she smiled. But she's pissed. She's pissed at the fact that Lisa is not allowing her to help.
"He was not even harmed. You were there.", Lisa said.
"Physically. He was not harmed physically. But have you seen his face when you pinned him to that wall and told him to get lost? He was terrified.", Jennie pointed out as she wrapped the wound with a bandage.
"You don't even know as well how he harmed me emotionally." Lisa gritted through her teeth. What's with people judging her so easily?
Jennie can't help but look Lisa in the eyes and the blonde's dark green orbs are becoming even more darker. "You're right. I don't. And that is why I am asking. Because I wanted to help.", Jennie insisted.
"Help? What help? You can't take back what he said.", Lisa hissed. The bastard's voice and face came flashing through her mind again and she just wanted to chase after the guy and beat the crap out of him. But there is a proper place and time for that.
Jennie then realized that the guy must've said something to provoke the ice princess causing Lisa to snap.
"What did he say to you?", she pushed.
"Some words. Nasty ones.. which I'm not really a fan of." Lisa said. Her voice faltering as if she is recalling images inside her head.
Jennie was taken aback by Lisa's sudden mood change. From angry to cute to being angry and now, she looks like a kicked puppy. She looked so vulnerable that Jennie was about to ask if she's okay but Lisa quickly put her cold demeanor back on.
๐๐ค ๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐? She's 100% sure that Lisa won't open up what truly happened but what's important is that she knew that the blonde didn't initiate the fight. She mentally took note to still have a chit chat with the other guy though.
She finished wrapping the bandage. "I see. I apologize for the way your schoolmate treated you. I'll be sure to get his statement as well about this and might as well give some disciplinary actions.", she reassured the blonde. She should be giving Lisa a written warning too for what happened. She was about to inform the blonde about that when they heard the door opened.
A girl entered and was being followed behind by the president's secretary, Yeri. The girl who entered seems to be angry and Yeri looks nervous.
"I'm sorry Pres. I told VP that you don't want to be disturbed but she insisted.", Yeri said apologetically, slightly bowing her head. Although she's wondering why the president is sitting just across the visitor and not on her seat, which is normally the way it is whenever she entertains someone in her office. But she knew better than to ask and just kept her curiosity for herself.
Jennie sighed and stood.
"It's okay, Yeri. Leave it to me.", she smiled at Yeri and proceeded to her presidential seat. Yeri immediately left. She's having a bad feeling on what might happen inside but it's better to stay out of it. You don't really want to be inside a room with a raging Irene and a not-so-happy Jennie.
"Irene-shi.", Jennie addressed the vice president. "It must be something so urgent for you guys to enter my office without even knocking."
"It is.", answered Irene. But instead of looking at Jennie, she's looking straight at Lisa.
"What brings you here? I told Yeri that I have an appointment with Ms. Manoban."
"I know.", she paused, still eyeing Lisa. "The infamous Lisa. Finally, I was able to meet you in person.", Irene said with a hint of displeasure in her tone.
๐๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ? Lisa is kinda confused on why this bitch is glaring at her.
"I've heard what happened outside, Jennie. Seems like this delinquent has caused trouble again huh?", Irene said, walking slowly towards Lisa. She stopped in front of the blonde and was so close that Lisa is starting to feel so uncomfortable. Not that she's intimidated by this Irene, but because she doesn't like it when someone is invading her personal space.
This is so fucking awkward. This girl didn't even know her that much to call her a delinquent. Sure, she had broken some ribs and jaws, maybe five or more than ten times but who's counting anyways? She always makes sure to do it outside the campus to avoid issues like this. She didn't know that it's starting to gain attention. She wanted to keep it low in the future but it's not her fault that stupid people always comes her way. It's like they are begging for her to hurt them.
Lisa stood up. This is becoming so fucking awkward and embarrassing and this Irene is starting to piss her off big time. She glared back at Irene. They are practically shooting laser beams at each other.
"You don't know me.", the blonde said.
"Oh hell, yes, I do.", Irene smirked.
Jennie let out a fake cough to get the attention of both girls. She can sense Lisa's tension rising up again and knowing Irene, she will stand her ground and would not back out on arguments like this. And she didn't want that happening inside the council. "Excuse me ladies. I would like to remind you that you are both still inside my office. Irene, I know that you are just concerned about what's happening inside the campus but you do not have to confront Lisa-sshi just like that without hearing both sides. We have to hear the other party and then that's the time we will decide if we can give them a written warning. I believe that's the proper way to handle this.", Jennie said, making it clear that she still has the full authority in this room.
Irene snorted, not believing Lisa Manoban is getting away again with this. But then she realizes she has to respect Jennie's decision and will just wait for the right time for her to deal with this Lisa.
"I'm sorry, Pres.", Irene said but doesn't sound so apologetic at all cause she is still glaring at the blonde.
"You are now dismissed, Lisa-sshi.", Jennie addressed Lisa and gave the blonde a smile. "We will talk again soon, yes?". She wanted to know Lisa more and maybe get a sneak peek behind the blonde's tall, hard walls.
Lisa on the other hand, doesn't really want this weird situation to happen again and might as well try her best to keep it low and avoid these Student Council officers for good. She nonchalantly nodded to Jennie anyways to end the discussion while still holding her glare to Irene. She then let out a big cocky smirk to the vice president and headed for the door.
Jennie can see Irene gritting her teeth after Lisa left.
"Bae.. What's with the grumpiness?", she asked calmly, trying to lower down the tension inside the room. She doesn't understand why Irene seems so hard on Lisa.
Irene let out a heavy sigh, proceeded to the door and locked it.
๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ?
She gestured for Irene to sit down but instead of taking the seat, Irene slumped herself on Jennie's desk. Jennie didn't mind though.
If there is one more person in the campus that students should be afraid of aside from the Student Council President, it should be her VP, Irene.
Irene is the most law-abiding student that Jennie knows. She wants to teach lessons to everyone who disobeys the rules. Jennie even knew to herself that Irene may even enter politics in the future. Not that Irene wants power but the vice president is really into peace and order.
Jennie and Irene are close friends. They met in high school and have been part of the student org since then. If there is someone who knew Jennie really well, it would be Irene. Well, Nayeon is a close friend too but her friendship with Nayeon is quite different from what she has with Irene. Nayeon is the type of friend that is always with you wherever, whenever. Irene is the type of friend that even though you're not together most of the time, you can still pick up where you left off. The one that is always away or missing but will come running if you need her. Jennie is grateful for both girls though.
"You shouldn't be welcoming strangers in your office, Jennie.", Irene said. "That's why we have Yeri, so we can manage your appointments. Remember what happened before? Someone purposely spilled a hot coffee on you in this very room because you didn't approve her club's budget?"
"We never really know what could happen. Most people don't like following rules. And you, the president, have the biggest responsibility to make sure that rules are being followed. We are just taking precautions.", she pointed out.
"So what is your point? That someone could kill me right here, right now? Come on, bae. We both knew that would never happen.", Jennie let out a chuckle while pulling out her laptop. Jennie calls Irene 'bae' as Bae is Irene's last name but she kinda uses it as a term of endearment.
Irene sighed. "I know that. It's just that you are always getting soft-hearted outside our job. You can't even get rid of that jerk of a Kai for always following you like a lost puppy. Always getting blinded by his smiles and stupid winks."
Jennie let out another chuckle. Irene is so amusing.
"So is it true then??", Irene asked.
"Irene-sshi looks really attractive when she's angry, huh?", the president teases which earned a blush from Irene.
"Stop it, Ruby Jane.", she said, looking away. "I-I'm just concern. I really have a bad feeling about that Kai. He's way too full of himself. I don't know why your grandfather really likes him for you. And that Lisa. That Lisa looks nothing good will come out of her. Her presence is screaming bad news. I just don't want anything bad to happen to you.", the last sentence is almost a whisper.
Jennie gave her a concerned look.
"A-and to our fellow students of course.", Irene quickly added.
"Bae, I really do appreciate your concern. But there is nothing to be worried about.", she gave Irene a reassuring smile. "There is nothing going on between me and Kai. He asked me out a lot of times but I always refuse his invitations. He is pushy but I think he's harmless. If it will make you feel any good about him, he is really doing very well on his sports, which is a plus for our school's reputation."
Irene rolled her eyes.
"And about Lisa. I don't know why you have bad blood with her but I think it's inappropriate to judge her like that with just this incident. We really haven't received any reports about school fights involving her and we can't base everything on rumors."
"There are no reports because everyone is afraid to speak out.", Irene pointed out.
"Just give her a chance, okay? The girl might still be in her adjusting phase to this new environment.", Jennie pushed.
"Alright. But you have to let me handle her if anything comes up again."
Jennie nodded to her friend but didn't really want things like this to be happening again.
There was a peaceful silence between the two as Jennie began typing away on her laptop.
"So... About the job. Are there any leads?", Irene started.
"Nothing. They've been silent for several months already. Drug market seems down these days because of the new administration.", Jennie let out a deep sigh which is so unusual for her. She typed her password, giving her full-access to her top secret folders. She clicked a folder labeled as ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ then another folder named as ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐. It was never in the list 2 years ago but now, it was ranked 2 below ๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ. It annoys Jennie how these groups obviously took their precious time thinking about their stupid gang names but would not have second thoughts about ending some innocent lives. Inside The Black Parade's folder were names and aliases of members they have identified so far which are depressingly few. The investigation's progress is so damn slow because there aren't much activities involving the group these past few months.
Jennie's blood started to boil out of rage. Whoever is the leader or founder of such groups must be insane. Who's person in his right mind would kill and steal just for money? He or she must be retarded. That's why Jennie accepted this secret job. She wants to do her best to help the government in ending this madness and bring justice to those who are begging for it.
Jennie and Irene are literally partners in crime. Well scratch that. They are partners in preventing crime. Yes, it is weird that they are still students but have to work as part-time undercover agents but the government is desperate on hunting down these groups. They created a special program, a top secret one, to allow non-graduates to be part of the mission.
Jennie's grandfather, Joseph Kim is a very influential man in South Korea. He is the owner of Seoul National University which Jennie is in right now. The Kim family is well-known and very much respected in every sector may it be business or politics. All eyes on the sole heiress when Jennie was born so she was expected to inherit everything and to continue the legacy of her grandfather. Since Jennie showed excellency on her academics from a very young age, the NIS has taken an interest in her and recruited her when she was a college freshman. Her grandfather greatly disapproves of this as he wants Jennie to focus more on running the academy and she will take his place someday but Jennie managed to convince him that she can do both. He agreed but he still hates it up to this day though. There are other exceptional youths that have been recruited. The ones that can balance their normal life and being an agent at the same time cause they don't really want anyone to be suspicious. They want to gather intel and infiltrate these mobs as neatly as possible. One of them is Irene. Some are from the other universities. Most of the full time agents of the agency are focused on the bigger crimes and missions so the small ones tend to be left out and that's the job for the young agents to be done. The mission assigned to Jennie and Irene? Youth gangs. There are many of them now and it's impossible to catch every single one of them but Jennie believes that if they get to take down the top ones, the small time groups will start to cease their activities too.
Jennie stared intently at the data of The Black Parade on the screen. There are three pictures with blank faces forming a pyramid, two on the bottom are side by side. The right one was labeled as ๐๐๐ and the other one was labeled as ๐๐๐๐. Those are the aliases they have so far. It means they are the right and the left hand of the boss. Both of them are connected to the one on top of them. It was labeled as ๐๐๐๐๐, their kingpin.
This Alpha better be good at hiding. Jennie won't stop 'til she catches this bastard.
"Hey. Don't be too hard on yourself.", Irene said. "I'll be reporting to HQ later. I'll call you if there's any update. For now, go home and take a rest. You've done enough for the day.", the vice president gave her a reassuring smile.
Jennie smiled back. She is grateful that she has Irene in this.
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It's starting to get dark. Lisa lit up a cigarette and leaned her back to the wall. She is in a dark alley located just near the academy. She should be taking her pills but cigarettes are more effective than those. It makes her calm and it releases the tension building up inside her. She inhaled the smoke deeply and exhaled it together with all the stress she encountered for the day. She's planning to finish two or three sticks before meeting up with Jisoo. She was about to light up her second one when her phone suddenly rang.
She was taken aback by the name flashing on the screen: ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ข. Lisa answered the call.
"Sorry to call you so suddenly. I can't reach Jisoo.", the person on the other line said.
"Fucking spill it.", Lisa said, getting impatient.
"There is a spy caught sneaking up around the base."
๐ผ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ?
"You have to get in here ASAP, Alpha."
๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐