[One Shot] Sweet Crazy Love [English ver.] {LipSoul}

Title: Sweet Crazy Love [English ver.]

Author: Riz Aino

Pairing: LipSoul (JinSoul + Kim Lip) (LOONA)

Rating: PG–13

Genres: AU, summer holidays, romance, fluff

Number of words: 3,3k

Summary: Jungeun thought that those vacations with her friends were not going to be very different from the previous year… until she met Jinsol.

Notes: story written for the 2022 MV Fest through April's “Now or Never” MV.

Author's comment: Of all the mvs that were left to me as a prompt, I decided to use a summer one because the delivery date was in summer and I had wanted to do something of this style for a long time, although it has not been particularly good for me. I hope you like it.

 

"Turn off your cell phones and put them in here," Haseul said, pointing to an open chest on the living room table. “No buts,” she added as Yeojin opened her mouth to reply. “We are supposed to be here to have a good time and to disconnect and we have brought a lot of cameras, analogical and polaroids, you don't need mobile phones at all.”

 

Jungeun heard some protests in the group, but in the end, one by one they turned off their phones and left it inside the chest until the last one —Yeojin who did it very reluctantly— released hers and the chest was locked, a key that Haseul hung by the neck. Other protests, this time from Hyejoo, were heard about a game that she had to enter every day or she would lose her rewards, but Jungeun paid no attention to these and simply went to the kitchen to pour herself a glass of cold water from the tap. She didn't particularly like having to leave her phone behind because she was sure she was going to have a mono or be bored to death on those days when they were going to be at Haseul's family's beach house, but she knew perfectly well that if she had asked them to release them, it was because she had prepared a lot of things for them. As she poured herself the water, Jungeun thought that the vacation that she had thought would not be very different from the previous year was probably going to be a little different. Lost in her thoughts, she hadn't realized that one of the girls had followed her to the place, so when she saw Jinsol, one of Haseul's classmates, with whom she didn't have much contact, just a few steps from her, she was scared to death and almost knocked the glass to the ground. At the last millisecond she pulled herself together and gripped the glass tighter, bringing her other hand to her chest, feeling her heart beat rapidly inside it in shock.

 

"My goodness, Jinsol, you almost scared me to death," she told her, causing the oldest of her to crack a smile.

"You're too young to be scared to death," she replied, sitting down on the counter across from her.

 

Jungeun wrinkled her nose in a grimace directed at the oldest that caused her to smile again, this time more broadly, causing her heart to skip a beat on that occasion. Confused, but not wanting to know what that meant, she began to drink water to quench her thirst and not have to think about anything else, especially not to have to think about Jinsol and that beautiful smile of hers.

 

~

 

"What strangest combination is this?" Yerim commented, seeing who her roommates were. She had taken the question out of Jungeun's mouth. In the place, in addition to the two of them, there were also Jinsol and Kahei, two people whom neither of them knew particularly well, moreover, Jungeun did not even know Yerim that well. The group that had gone on vacation to Haseul's summer house had increased in size that year and, although they were all related because they had seen each other several times before, they really weren't that close that they could be in smaller groups and not feel a little nervous and uncomfortable.

"An enchantress so we can all get to know each other better," Jinsol said in response to Yerim, however, her gaze was fixed on Jungeun.

 

She couldn't do anything but look away from her and pretend she was looking at the room they had to share. It had four small beds in it and a huge closet where they could store all the clothes they had brought for the days they were going to be there. They didn't need much else either, it's not like they were going to spend much time inside because Haseul's family's beach house was literally the beach house, because it had access to a small private cove that couldn't be accessed from no other place than the path that led to that huge house that also had a swimming pool in the garden, in case one day there were too many waves and they couldn't get into the sea. For all that and because surely Haseul had planned a thousand more things to do, she did not think they were going to spend so much time in the room that their stay in the place would be uncomfortable because they did not know each other too well or know if they had things in common or not.

 

~

 

Although Jungeun was lying in a hammock below a shade provided by a small roof that had been placed with some fabrics and supports, quietly reading a book while the others played beach volleyball or bathed in the sea, the heat and the the sun's flame reflecting on the white sand at her feet, made the girl feel that her skin burned as if the sun was hitting her directly, causing burns and turning her completely red, as if it were the shell of a crab. Knowing that even if the sun wasn't hitting her directly, the heat of the environment could also cause her to burn that way, she had no choice but to put the book down and apply sunscreen for the third time that morning. First the face, with a special cream for the area, and then the arms, the chest, the stomach, the legs, distributing the cream well over all the areas, leaving only the back, which was the only place where she had to juggling to be able to put the cream on and still probably not put it on properly. That morning, Jiwoo had put it on her so she wouldn't have any problems and then she had run to get under the sun, playing in the water with Sooyoung, later, Jungeun had lost sight of both of them and, from experience, she knew that when those two they disappeared, it was much better not to look for them —she still had nightmares from the time she had made the mistake of doing it, finding Jiwoo naked and Sooyoung with her face between her legs—. Jungeun was about to get up to ask Chaewon, who was in the shade with her under her roof, to put the cream on her back when Jinsol suddenly appeared before her, grinning from ear to ear.

 

"Do you want me to help you put the cream on your back and then you help me?" She asked her. “The sun is starting to sting while I play volleyball with the others and I don't want to get burned.”

 

Jungeun opened her mouth to reply that there was no need, but ended up closing it because she couldn't reject her in that plain and simple way either because she felt a little nervous being around the eldest and didn't know if she was going to be able to stand the session of applying cream at each other. She finally agreed to what Jinsol had told her and Jinsol took the tube of cream from her hands and stood behind her, beginning to delicately rub the skin of her back with her fingertips, causing Jungeun to feel a shiver run through her entire body, traveling her spine from top to bottom. She had to clench her teeth for the scant minute that it lasted because Jinsol's fingers were long and burned against her skin even though the cream was rather cold and she had to hold her own hands from doing anything unnecessary when Jinsol finished, she sat in front of her, on the sand, with her back to her, so that she would return the favor because what her intrepid hands wanted most was to touch more and more of that white and fine skin.

 

Jinsol thanked her for the help and then applied cream to the rest of her body herself before going back into the sun to continue playing volleyball with the others and Jungeun picked up her book and tried to pick up the thread of what she had been reading up until the moment… however, a certain figure playing beach volleyball in front of her didn't let her concentrate on the damn book again.

 

~

 

"Okay, lovely friends," Haseul said, clapping her hands in the air to get everyone's attention. “As those of you who have been here before know well, it is tradition to have a water gun fight in the pool and today is the day”.

 

Her friend said that with great excitement, an excitement that only infected half of those present. Jungeun had gone to that house other years and they had had that water gun fight to hang out and have fun and the reality is that the hours flew by while they played in the water, but the girl preferred not to have to be sharing the space with Jinsol more than necessary —since the cream incident she had only been in the same space as her to eat and sleep because it was inevitable— and, in the water gun fight they would be in the same place, in the pool, and most likely they would have to interact even if they hadn't fallen on the same team. A while before, while the sun was still too hot to go out under it, they had made time at home after lunch to split into two teams of six and by the grace of fate, Heejin had chosen her for her team while Hyunjin had chosen Jinsol, so at least they wouldn't have to strategize together. However, Jungeun had a feeling that even though she tried to avoid getting close to Jinsol as much as possible, the other was going to do her best to do the opposite. Getting away wasn’t an option, the only thing she had to do was endure the downpour and try to enjoy the game and forget about the strange way she made her feel.

 

Air-inflating the pizza slice-shaped mats that would be used as barricades in the game was an arduous task that flew by as everyone helped and took turns not running out of air and preparing the water guns to have them loaded for the firs round of the game was fun because there was always one of the girls who would get mischief and start wetting the others with the excuse of “keeping them cool” because it was so hot. It was fun, both the preparations and the water gun war, Jungeun had a really good time despite the fact that on several occasions she ended up swallowing water due to Jinsol's too accurate attacks and despite the fact that maybe and just maybe, these had been so accurate because she hadn't been able to concentrate on the game, just gawking at the eldest shimmering in the sun every time she laughed heartily.

 

~

 

Wanting peace and quietness so that she could put her thoughts and feelings in order in a house where she was living with eleven other people was something that Jungeun knew was impossible to achieve, but even going to the beach at night to observe the blackness of the sea ​​only illuminated by the dim light emitted by the crescent moon and only listening to the sound of the waves breaking against the shore didn’t have the peace and tranquillity that she was looking for. It had only been a couple of minutes since she had sat down on the dry sand when she heard footsteps behind her and saw the figure of her best friend approaching her. Jungeun sighed heavily because her moment of peace was over now that Jiwoo was there.

 

"What are you doing here in the lonely solitude of the beach?" Asked the girl as soon as she arrived, sitting next to her.

“To think.”

"In Jinsol?"

“Yes.”

 

Jungeun took a moment to answer the second question, but she answered truthfully because she knew perfectly well that Jiwoo must have noticed something was up, so there was no point in hiding it. Her friend gave her a smile that Jungeun easily translated as “tell me everything” and in the end she ended up talking to her. She told her how whenever she had met Jinsol because she was with Haseul she had seemed like a beautiful and fun girl, but she had never thought anything beyond that, but since they had started that vacation all together, she hadn’t been able to help it and realize that perhaps what she thought and felt went much further. She hadn't wanted to admit it to herself in those days, but probably the best thing she could do was say it out loud and wait for Jiwoo to help her understand, because it was clear that she was in a mess and needed that help.

 

"I thought it must be something like that," Jiwoo replied as soon as she finished telling her everything. “I think you don't need me to tell you what you have to do because you know perfectly well” she commented, “but what you should know is that it's not only you who is interested in Jinsol, she is also interested in you”.

 

Jungeun wanted to reply that this couldn't be possible, but the way Jiwoo had said it, so convinced, made her stay silent and just go back to her thoughts, thoughts that told her to stop running and to face what was in front of her because it was the only way in which everything she felt when Jinsol was around her would be resolved, although it was not an easy thing and she had to think about it and get used to the idea that everything was going to be change, for better or for worse.

 

~

 

The few days they spent at Haseul's house on vacation were too short for Jungeun that time and the last night had already arrived, the next day they would return to Seoul again and the time on the beach would remain as one more memory in their busy lives. It had been only two days since she had spoken with Jiwoo, but now she was at the crossroads of what she should do, whether to talk to Jinsol on that last night or leave it as impossible... at least she would have alcohol to help her decide. The room had been decorated with some streamers and balloons, with loud music blasting through the room, and they had sat in the huge chaise longue with their drinks on the low table across from it and, finally, they had their phones after Haseul had taken them out of the chest moments before and returned them, some had missed them more than others, Jungeun had hardly even thought about not having it because her mind had been much more focused on Jinsol, on observing her and avoiding her, than in anything else, Jinsol, who was currently sitting next to her, their knees and arms brushing each time they moved and causing Jungeun to not know how to behave, what to do, simply filling out a and again his red plastic cup with alcohol and soda. Around her everything began to flow as if at a different time after several glasses, much faster than it should and the girl began to feel a little dizzy after a while, too hot to be able to stand being in that room with so much people and finally decided to get up and leave the house, towards the garden, where the pool was, to get some fresh air. She walked to the pool and decided to put her legs in the water a little so that the freshness of it would help her.

 

“Are you okay?” a familiar voice asked her a few moments later. Jungeun turned towards the house, seeing Jinsol walk out of it and walk to the edge of the pool.

"I feel better," she answered, being out there in the open air and with her legs in the water had made her feel better. “I think the alcohol had gone to my head too quickly.”

"I've seen you drink one glass after another very quickly," the older commented, sitting down next to her in the pool. “Is there something that worries you or that does not let you be comfortable?” She asked her. “I know that we are not exactly friends, that we only know each other because Haseul is friends with both of us, but if you have something you want to get out of your head, here I am… sometimes it is much easier to do it with someone you don't know than with a friend.”

 

Jungeun couldn't help but go blank, just looking at Jinsol's face next to her for a few moments, not knowing what to do and not knowing what to say... until the too drunk part of her brain took control of her body's actions and made her do crazy. Jinsol was sitting very close to hers, so she didn't have to try too hard to lean towards her and plant a kiss on her lips that left the elder paralyzed, even after Jungeun moved away from her.

 

"I've been thinking about you too much these days and I think I like you, but I didn't know if I should tell you or not... since you told me I could tell you what was on my mind... I..." she murmured, the damage It was already done because he had just kissed her, so saying it was the only option left to her. “I don't expect any answer, I just wanted to tell you.”

 

Jinsol seemed to come out of her reverie after that and gave Jungeun a smile, a completely charming smile that made the girl feel more nervous than she had ever felt in her entire life. However, that nervousness ended as soon as it began because Jinsol leaned towards her, bridging the small distance that remained between their bodies, giving her a short, soft, sweet kiss, thus responding to the kiss that Jungeun had given her before.

 

"I've been interested in you for a long time," Jinsol confessed, still so close to her face that she could feel her breath against her lips. “So… my answer is this… I want to get to know you more, Jungeun.”

 

Jungeun couldn't help but smile at that and, for the first time since she had come to that house, she relaxed in Jinsol's presence. They still had many things to talk about, they still had to see what was going on between them, get to know each other better and see if something could work... but at least now her mind had stopped denying what she felt being with the older and had accepted all that jumble of thoughts and sensations when she was around, although the way she had done it had been a little crazy and when she got over the drunkenness she was sure she would die of shame for what had just happened; however, she was happy and excited about the next thing that would happen between them.