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Idk what it is but I'm incapable of not alternating Rosé's name from Chaeyoung to Rosie in any of my stories depending on the scene, especially in this story.

Anyone not in the fandom would be very confused but I'm not sorry because in my mind its like Jennie switching from Nini to Ruby Jane and Lisa to Limario lol. It has to be appropriate for the setting so sorry not sorry. Jisoo is always unapologetically Jisoo no matter what so our turtle rabbit really doesn't need an alter ego lol.

Anyways, emotional chapter with fluffy feels, carry on baby brats and drop me some commentssss cus I'm bored and they entertain me.

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Jennie didn't question why they suddenly changed their plans to go to Thailand already instead of Jeju island. She figured maybe Lisa had gotten emotional about Jennie's own mother dying too just like hers and that's why they skipped their plans in Jeju to go visit Lisa's hometown of Buri Ram.

Lisa showed Jennie around. She had been little the last time she lived there but she visited her mother often after moving in with the Parks when they took her in so she could study in Korea so Lisa was still very much familiar with everything. Even after her mother passed, Lisa made at least a bi yearly trip on her mother's birthdays and on the day she passed to go visit her grave.

Even Rosie was familiar with Buri Ram because she'd traveled back with Lisa many times ever since she turned sixteen because her parents trusted her enough to let her go on her own with her best friend.

They only spent a day there. Jennie and Lisa spent a few hours at Lisa's mother's grave after seeing the sights and Lisa's old home. The other girls had visited too but let them have some privacy after a while.

"Hey mommy. This is my girlfriend, Jennie. The girl that I've been raving to you about every night. She's so pretty isn't she? Thanks for giving me good genes or I wouldn't have pulled her because she's way out of my league." Lisa said as she laid her mother's favorite flowers down and Jennie blushed at the compliment.

"She's crazy talented too mom. She's so so smart, you already know about all of her accomplishments but I know the one you'd be most in awe of is the fact she actually managed to make me get my grades up and to actually like school. So much that I graduated with honors because of her." Lisa giggled.

"That was a way more impressive feat than handling a nonprofit all while juggling school with one of the hardest majors isn't it?" Lisa continued, pausing for a second. "Yeah, I think so too. She's pretty much a genius and she knows me too well, I think you'd encourage her to play me and manipulate me into being good if you were still here."

Jennie hugged Lisa as she watched her talk to her mom. Lisa told her mom all about her life and Jennie watched in silence, enveloping herself around Lisa.

Usually Lisa was the one to hold her but this time Jennie wanted to be the one to do it. It just felt right. Lisa eventually said all she needed to say and they sat there in quiet silence for a while. Jennie finally spoke up once it was getting a little dark.

"Lili?"

"Yes baby?"

"Do you think I could talk to her alone for a bit? There's some things I really want to say to her."

Lisa smiled warmly, her chest blooming at the fact Jennie actually wanted to talk to her mom, even though she wasn't really there.

"I'll be by Marco's grave, it's over there. Come get me when you're done love."

Jennie pecked her on the lips and watched her go. She turned to Chitthip's grave, taking a deep breath and started speaking.

"I just wanted to say thank you, for making her and for sacrificing your time with her and your entire savings to send her to Korea. I know how much you loved her because there's not a single day she doesn't talk about you and if it wasn't for you sacrificing your time with her I would have never met her and my life would be empty, like I'm sure yours was once she left.

Believe it or not, I know exactly what it's like to sacrifice someone so precious as Lisa just so she could have what was best for her. I think my soul died a little bit when I had to do it. I broke your daughter's heart and I could never apologize to you enough for making her suffer for that long.

I hope you forgive me for hurting her. If I was a mother I'd never trust me again probably but I hope you could see that I just wanted what was best for her and that I truly did just do it for her and not out of any kind of selfishness for myself.

I'll never hurt her again, I promise that on my life. I'd rather die than make her cry again and I hope you accept that. I hope you know I love her unconditionally and for as long as she'll have me I'll try to prove to you that even though I probably don't deserve her, who would really, when she's so perfect. Still, I promise that I'll spend every waking moment making sure I do deserve the love that I'm so lucky to receive from her.

Jisoo, my cousin, told me a while back that Lisa wanted to marry me, can you believe it? Because I can't. Honestly, I think it's one of my troublemaking cousin's schemes to try to get me to propose to her or something. I know Jisoo is well aware of how much I want to be her wife, even way before this.

I would propose. I really would right now, but I have lots to atone for with her and I have her anyway and that's all I need right now, I don't need the title and I would wait forever but here it is anyway.

I bought her a ring and I thought I'd leave it here for you so you know I'm serious about her and so you take it as a promise that I'll be devoted to her. So much so that I spent this much money on a perfect ring for her just to leave it at her mother's grave, who she loved so dearly.

If she ever does ask me, when you talk to her in her dreams whenever she dreams about you, I hope you remind her that technically I asked first. I just didn't think I had the right to just yet after everything I was forced to do to hurt her and all the mistakes I made so I left it with you instead and I'll wait forever for her."

Jennie looped the necklace with the ring over the spire of Chitthip's gravestone then walked to go find Lisa.

"Go now chipmunk, I'll make sure they won't look." Jisoo said once they noticed Jennie walk away.

Chaeyoung skipped to Chitthip's grave and grabbed the necklace with the ring. Chaeyoung had noticed Jennie fiddling with a necklace around her neck ever since they landed in Thailand and she had an inkling of what was on it and while they didn't hear her little speech because they wanted to give Jennie privacy, they both knew exactly what Jennie was probably saying.

"I'll make sure Lisa gets this oma, and don't worry. My sister is in great hands. Jennie is everything you would have wanted for her, she pushes her to be better in the gentlest way and loves her and sacrifices herself for Lisa without question. She loves her even harder than I do, and I think you know how improbable that would normally be but it's true.

Lisa's proposing to her tomorrow, Jennie doesn't know yet. I wish you could be there to see it because it's going to be the happiest day of Lisa's life to date but don't worry, I'll cry the happy tears for you once she does and Jennie says yes for the fact our Lis is finally getting her happy beginning because I know she and Jennie are going to be happy for a very long time.

Oh gosh, I forgot to tell you, I'm getting married too! I'm leaving an empty seat for you at our wedding so you can come too. I know you'll be there in spirit somehow.

We really do miss you dearly. I know I only got a few moments with you during those trips but I felt like you adopted me too like my parents eventually did with Lisa. You were truly my second oma, I love you. We love you." Chaeyoung finished as she set a picture of herself and Lisa on her grave before leaving.

Jisoo immediately held her because Chaeyoung was crying as she felt the ache of the loss.

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They took a flight to go to Chiang Rai the next day. Jennie knew Lisa wanted to visit a Buddhist temple there, the white temple, it was one of their major stops.

Jennie realized just why Lisa wanted to go and why Chaeyoung was so excited to see it too despite not being Buddhist herself as soon as they got there.

The place was beautiful and Jennie learned from Lisa that every single piece in the intricate architecture of the temple and its statues had meaning and Jennie found it fascinating how even the smallest statue was intentional and not merely for decoration. Jennie was in awe of it all.

"Hey baby brat." Lisa said, grinning hard.

Jennie had been using one of Lisa's cameras to take a picture of the temple. Lisa had stepped away for a moment, saying she needed to find Jisoo for something real quick.

The girls had gone off to explore on their own at some point and Jennie was so fascinated with everything she didn't stop to ask why Lisa needed Jisoo right now.

"Lili, look! I think I got a good shot!" Jennie said, showing Lisa. "What do you think? Is it okay?"

"You're a already pro." Lisa said honestly. "I'm putting this up in my studio if you let me."

Jennie beamed, feeling shy because she knew Lisa meant it. She felt happy that her insanely talented photographer girlfriend thought her amateur picture was good enough to be displayed in her precious studio.

"Baby brat, come with me?"

Jennie took another picture and let the camera hang around her neck, taking Lisa's hand to get up because she had been sitting cross legged on the ground.

"Let me get that." Lisa said, grabbing the camera.

She handed the camera to Rosie, who had followed her once Lisa found them, knowing what Lisa was about to do. She'd already been trained for her task.

"We'll be right back." Lisa said to Rosie, and Rosie discreetly winked to Lisa to give her a little courage. She'd already hugged her tight and whispered words of encouragement a minute ago but she could tell Lisa was still nervous. She watched Lisa take a deep breath and nod back, relaxing a bit.

"Where are we going Lili?" Jennie asked, missing the whole exchange.

"You see that bridge there?" Lisa asked Jennie. "The one you cross to get to the main part of the temple."

"Mhmm."

"The architect built it so it would be symbolic, like everything else here. You know how I told you every piece has a meaning? I'm about to ramble on like I usually do so I'm sorry in advance." Lisa said as they started walking towards the bridge.

"I love it when you ramble." Jennie said honestly. "It's pretty cute."

Lisa grinned nervously.

"Well, you see those hands reaching up under the bridge?"

"Yeah, they look a little scary." Jennie said as they started crossing and she looked over the bridge to look at them. "Like they're trying to grab my ankles and take me down or something."

"I know they do, but they're really not. They're supposed to symbolize the people trying to escape greed and desire and worldly temptations. They're reaching up to get away from those things and get to the bridge so they can go to heaven instead of hell or samsara, which in buddhism basically means hell on earth.

Not in the literal sense obviously, but more like if you don't pursue the true meaning of life and succumb to shallow things you'll wander aimlessly throughout life without a purpose and to us it's kind of just as bad to be doomed to that kind of fate during every reincarnation cycle, feeling unfulfilled and apathetic and empty and always wanting more because we sought worldly treasures instead of deeper ones. That's hell on earth.

So as we cross the bridge and get past them it's like we're leaving those worldly temptations behind. We're leaving the corruption of a bleak and bland life full of emptiness behind to cross to a better life and we'll reincarnate and do it over and over again until we make it to a true heaven once we've earned it."

"I love that." Jennie answered looking over the bridge again as she took in the detail of the many sculptures of hands reaching up.

If there was anything she hated, it was greed and corruption. Her father was greedy, so was her fake mother. She'd suffered so much because of it, because of those worldly temptations, because they didn't love or care about anyone but themselves. Because of the money and power they both coveted rather than choosing to just love.

Lisa smiled, taking her farther down the bridge. "Those two statues at the end there are basically symbolically guarding the gates of heaven." Lisa continued. "We only get through to heaven if they allow us to."

"You know so much Lili, this is so fascinating. Really, I knew you were Buddhist but wow. I love it. I love learning about it. No wonder you wanted to come here so bad. The temple and the grounds and all the details are not only just beautiful, the meaning behind everything is too."

Lisa held her hand out and Jennie immediately laced their fingers together.

"It's not often, but sometimes I pay attention in class." Lisa joked and her heart beat even faster than it already was from her nerves when Jennie giggled. She was so nervous but those giggles would always be worth it. Even if Jennie said no to her after all of this.

Lisa had to clear her throat before continuing, she was incredibly shocked that she wasn't trembling right now.

"This bridge we're on symbolizes the cycle of rebirth. I thought this might be the perfect place, because I believe that in every lifetime I'd ever have, you'd be there. You'd be the one to help straighten me out and set me on the better path, just like you did for me in this one."

Jennie giggled again. "What do you mean? I'm your baby brat remember? If anything, you set me right, not the other way around. You humbled me Lili."

Lisa grinned.

"Not true. You weren't ever really a brat and we both know it. You just loved to act spoiled and have attitude." Lisa winked playfully. "You set me straight. Of course, you weren't the only one. I owe a lot to Chaengie and even Jisoo for that matter but I owe you the most. You helped make my dreams come true. You even helped me with the things I didn't want help with, at school. I even aced my psych class because of you."

"You just needed motivation." Jennie shrugged.

"Yes. And that motivation has always been you. You're my motivation. You always will be." Lisa said, bringing Jennie in closer.

Lisa's heart was hammering so hard she figured Jennie could probably feel it when Lisa hugged her. She took deep calming breaths before stepping back one step, she would have giggled when Jennie pouted because Lisa wasn't close anymore but she didn't simply because of the nerves.

"Baby brat, you're kind of my reason for everything now, do you know that?"

Jennie blushed and shook her head, rolling her eyes playfully but Lisa could tell she was flattered.

"I mean it. This whole trip we all forced you to help organize was for you. For many reasons. I started thinking about how important helping people was to you, that helping people was even more important than school for you, I gathered that. You'd rather help one kid than be the successful surgeon I know you're going to be.

I also know we missed out on so much that year I went away on my fellowship, and all we both wanted was to be together, helping people. You made me want to be better.

I always wanted to be better but I didn't think it was possible until I saw all the things you were able to do so young, juggling school, shitty parents, making genius investments, and still running a nonprofit that literally saved dozens and dozens of kids.

Like, who does that? Who could do all of that? Only my baby brat but it motivated me, and then you get me that fellowship funding and at that point to me it was like, what can't you do? I'm going off on a bit of a tangent because I'm completely in awe of you but it needs to be said."

"You tell me that every day Lili." Jennie said shyly.

"And I'll never stop. My point is, part of the reason I wanted to do this trip with you was because I wanted to make up for that year, that awful year we were forced apart. That year I wanted nothing more than to share with you."

Jennie grinned her gummy smile and pecked Lisa on the lips.

"You erased that awful year with this trip Lis. Thank you. You say I'm the genius but really it's you for having this perfect idea and letting all of us share the trip of our lives together. I haven't stopped smiling since we left, even though I had to get up at five in the morning to catch flights sometimes."

Lisa couldn't help but grin. Jennie really, really was never going to be a morning person. She had always been so pouty about having to be woken up but Lisa made sure to wake her up right, just like she promised her when Jennie asked her to be her human alarm clock. Lisa never missed a day of waking Jennie up like that.

Jennie stopped being pouty about being woken up, she was however pouty when they had to stop cuddling after their morning session to get up and leave.

Lisa took another deep breath. She finally looked behind her, knowing their friends had been watching and nodded towards them. Jennie hadn't realized they were still there, she was too engrossed in Lisa.

Jisoo and Chaeyoung ran up to them and Chaeyoung snapped thousands of photos of them immediately, partly to distract Jennie, but also to document the moment for Lisa.

"Hubby stop it!" Jennie said giggling, feeling self conscious when Chaeyoung kept putting the camera close to her face as she snapped another photo and they both laughed.

Jisoo discreetly handed Lisa the ring box. She hadn't been lying about the fact she would carry it everywhere and only give it to Lisa when it was time. Only when Lisa finally plugged up the courage to ask. She'd been carrying it for her every single day during their trip.

Jisoo tapped Lisa on the cheek twice in affection before speaking, "make her dreams come true too, Limario, like she did yours." Jisoo winked at her and then tapped Chaeyoung on the shoulder. "Come on chipmunk, I think something cheesy is about to happen and I don't want to witness it. Lisa has her lovey dovey whipped look on and I don't like it."

Lisa sent her a tiny playful glare.

Jennie was used to their banter so she didn't think anything of it when Lisa got down on one knee. She thought Lisa was playing around. She didn't think Lisa would propose considering it had been half a year since Jisoo had supposedly overheard Chaeyoung and Lisa's conversation and since Jisoo teased Lisa about being cheesy just now Jennie thought Lisa was just playing along.

She had absolutely chalked it up to Jisoo scheming at some point so Jennie left it at that. Lisa was still with her at least so it wasn't like it really mattered anyway despite the butterflies she would always get if she ever thought about being Lisa's wife.

"Hey baby brat?"

"Hmm?" Jennie giggled. "What are you up to now?"

"Just finishing what I started." Lisa said.

"And what is that?" Jennie giggled, kneeling next to Lisa.

"Telling my soulmate that she's my soulmate." Lisa said honestly.

"Oh, you have a soulmate now? I'm breaking up with you then so you can go to her since clearly I'm not enough." Jennie teased her, grinning hard.

"Always the brat." Lisa said, rolling her eyes playfully. "For once though, your idiot is being serious."

"Oh, that's new." Jennie said seriously and giggled even more.

Lisa fiddled with the box in her hand that Jennie hadn't even noticed yet.

"Baby brat, listen to me okay?"

Jennie stopped giggling because Lisa actually looked serious for real now so she nodded, smiling softly.

"Okay baby, what is it?"

"I chose coming to this place for a reason. I chose to have us end our trip here for a reason but I couldn't wait anymore, that's why we changed plans and came here early.

I kind of got impatient so it's happening sooner than I meant it to because I had wanted it to be perfect but after getting to know your real mother through those letters and her best friend and the letter to you, I didn't think it could be more perfect than this. Do you want to know why I wanted to end it here?"

"I do now." Jennie said honestly. She had thought they'd only come here for its beauty but Lisa's demeanor had completely changed and she was dying to know why now.

"I spent half of the time I've known you battling my feelings for you, pretending to hate you for supposedly being some spoiled rich brat. I spent an entire year pretending to be over you after you were forced to have to break my heart just to protect me and my dreams."

Lisa noticed Jennie's eyes started welling up after that, Jennie held Lisa's face in her hands.

"I'm so sorry Lili."

Lisa shook her head and smiled, leaning over to kiss Jennie on the lips before continuing.

"You don't ever have to apologize for that ever again. You did nothing wrong, you were putting me first over yourself and although I hate how much it hurt you in the long run, what you did for me tells me how willing you've always been to love me the way I love you.

How much you loved me even though I had to pretend to not love you just as hard because I was hurt since I didn't know everything just yet.

You sacrificed your happiness for me, for a girl you fake dated for only a few months that you thought you hated for years. For a girl you were only official with for a few days before we were forced to break our happily ever after because the universe seemed to be against us.

I thought it was. Sometimes I wondered if the universe was hell bent on keeping us apart but you know what this tells me, the fact that we're still here, together and blissfully in love even after all the bullshit we've had to go through tells me?

It tells me that you and I are meant to be Jennie. It tells me that we're stronger than anything the goddamn universe could ever throw at us because I know nothing, literally nothing could ever keep me away from you. No one, no circumstance, no hardship could ever get in the way of me loving you.

I should have hated you. For many reasons I should have truly hated you instead of just pretending considering who I was.

I should have hated you for being the smartest, most beautiful spoiled brat on the planet because I was biased and thought that's all you were, an entitled brat but even then I really didn't think that. I should have never let you in because of that prejudice I always had against rich people yet I still did because how couldn't I? How couldn't I jump at the chance to fake date that perfect brat.

I had no chance. I really had no chance fighting my attraction and my love for you after that, after slowly getting to know you and realizing you were even more perfect than I thought because not only were you gorgeous and smart but you were also thoughtful and caring despite being so rich and had attitude and that little jealousy streak you had going on just made you that much hotter.

Not to mention the fact that when you're finally comfortable enough to get vulnerable with someone you're literally the cutest little mandu and my heart has literally been in a puddle ever since the first time I heard you do aegyo even though I pretended to hate you for doing it at the time.

I was only an asshole to you afterwards because I didn't like the way my heart was racing for a girl I was supposed to hate for cutting me off and stealing my parking spot.

Being the proud person I always was, I should have never spoken to you again after that miserable year of being apart and thinking you really thought I cheated. I should have never given you a chance and moved out as soon as I knew we'd been tricked into living together. Instead I let us get stuck in a bunker together despite knowing we could get out because I literally never stopped loving you.

Not since the first moment I met you. I keep saying 'I should have never,' because Lisa Manoban would have never done any of those things for any normal girl out on the street. The Lisa I have always been gave a significant other one chance and if you weren't up to my standards and broke my sacred rules I would have been done forever.

I wouldn't have ever let you explain why you did everything you did for me but you're not any normal girl on the street. You've always been special and precious to me so how could I not listen to my heart that always screamed that you would never intentionally hurt me.

You were the standard even when I misunderstood your intentions. You were the standard even when I was heartbroken and thought you didn't love me and despite all of our misunderstandings my soul never stopped craving yours.

My soul always fought the intrusive thoughts that my brain had that you might not actually be good for me because after all we were forced to go through, it seemed like you weren't, when in reality you were exactly what I needed. You were perfect and despite your actions being forced to say otherwise, it's like I still knew.

I still knew you loved me. I still knew I would always love you.

That's how I know this is real. When we met, I spent years pretending to hate you over a stupid parking spot. I'm seriously such an idiot, your idiot. I could have had years with you if I had just listened to that deep ache in my chest that always craves you.

I didn't have a peaceful day back then if I didn't get to have my little fights with you and at the time your stupid idiot thought it was because I was happy when I put you in your place but that was never the case was it? You always won our little arguments anyway and your idiot didn't realize I just craved your attention.

I fought with myself that year I was away because you didn't call me yet still, I couldn't stop loving you even if I tried. I didn't try very hard Jennie. To be honest, I didn't really try at all. I wanted to be angry at you but all I could manage was to be sad because I felt like I had lost the love of my life forever.

I shouldn't have worried. I should have trusted that feeling I always had that we just fit. That you'd never do anything to hurt me intentionally just like I wouldn't. Even then, though we hadn't dated for long I always had that feeling that I belonged with you, that I belonged to you.

Jennie, I love you so much that if I didn't get to meet you in my next lifetime I know for a fact my soul would literally cease to exist because why would it want to carry on without you?

I love you so much that I know this can't have been our first time. I know I've asked you this exact question countless times before, if you believe in soulmates, and you always giggle cutely at me and get all shy and think I'm just simply flirting with you. I am of course, I'm always flirting with you but I'm also serious. Do you? Because I do, and I know you're mine.

I know I've fallen for you in hundreds of ways in hundreds of lifetimes. Every single time. I know me falling for you in any world would never fail. If Lisa met her Jennie, how could she not fall in love?

It's impossible for me not to.

I feel it in my very soul baby, how many lifetimes I've loved you and how many more I'll continue to love you in because this love I feel for you is a little too big for one life. It's a little too strong.

So I'll ask for the millionth time in our millionth life together, and I'll ask a million times more in every life after this because years with you will never be enough, honestly, forever would never be enough, marry me baby brat?

I should have asked you that the first day you cut me off and flipped your hair at me at our disaster dinner that ended up being the best day of my life because I finally got to meet you. I should have ran out of my car and stopped you and gotten down on one knee because even since then I felt a pull to you.

It was meant to be wasn't it? The most important people in our lives got together and we met because of it. It's like the universe was trying to tell us something, even when it was pretending to pry us apart. It was trying to tell us that nothing ever can, nothing ever will, in any lifetime because I was made for you and you were made for me.

Will you marry me Jennie Ruby Jane? In this life and the next and every single life after that because I want forever with you. One measly lifetime with you will always be everything to me but simultaneously never be enough because you're too big to me not to want forever with you."

Lisa didn't even get a chance to open the box to show Jennie the ring. Jennie was already smothering her with kisses as she cried happy tears and they were both on the ground on that bridge making out and Lisa accidentally dropped the ring box and it rolled into the lake under the bridge.

"Called it." Jisoo said, shaking her head as she watched the engagement ring box float away while her own fiancée was taking pictures of the whole thing.

"You say I'm the fortune teller but really it's you." Chaeyoung said, giggling and giving Jisoo a kiss on the cheek and then going back to take pictures of the girls.

Jisoo sighed heavily. "It's hard knowing everything chipmunk. I'd rather be ignorant so I don't have to babysit the kids all of the time." She finished teasingly as she pulled out the very expensive thirty thousand dollar Chanel ring from her pocket and looked at it.

She had taken it out of the box because she figured Jennie would do that same exact thing and tackle Lisa once she proposed and she knew Lisa was clumsy unless it came to her dancing and she just had an inkling something would happen to it.

"I'm glad I'm already loaded or I'd probably pretend like it actually fell in the water and pawn this ring." Jisoo said as she watched them kiss. Jennie was crying and basically choking Lisa with how hard she was hugging her and she really didn't know how either of them were breathing because they hadn't come up for air yet they were making out so hard.

"You're going to pretend anyway." Chaeyoung giggled as she kept taking pictures of their friends.

Jisoo shrugged, knowing that was true, she had to fuck with her Limario, it's what she did.

"They're literally going to fuck in public at this rate. In a literal Buddhist temple." Jisoo said, shaking her head. "Come on chipmunk, I can't let them defile a temple like they defiled my bunker."

Chaeyoung giggled again, taking one last picture and following her.

"When's the wedding?" Jisoo asked dryly once she got to them.

Jennie pulled back for a second and looked up at her cousin to answer. "Tomorrow!" She said giddily, then she dove back in to kiss Lisa, who happily obliged despite being on the ground. They started gathering quite a crowd.

"They're going to get arrested at this point." Jisoo deadpanned.

"Wifey, let's go to the hotel before you jump each other's bones in public." Chaeyoung said giggling.

Jennie finally snapped out of it.

Lisa was still in a daze because Jennie had actually said yes to her. She picked herself up and immediately started panicking once she realized the box wasn't in her hands anymore. She had been too preoccupied kissing Jennie.

"Oh fuck!" Lisa said immediately, irrationally panicking for a moment that Jennie would change her mind and say no to her proposal now if she didn't get the ring to her in the next minute.

Jisoo rolled her eyes but let Lisa sweat it out as she watched her frantically look around the bridge for the ring box.

"Chaengie help!" Lisa said frantically. "I dropped it! You were watching, where did I drop it?! I don't see it!"

Jennie looked on in confusion but immediately noticed Jisoo's signature smirk and she stopped being so confused.

"What did you do?" Jennie asked her.

"Saved her proposal. You're welcome Jendeukie." Jisoo said, pulling out the ring Lisa had bought for Jennie. "Your idiot dropped the ring box in the water when you tackled her so I kept it safe for her because I knew she'd fumble it somehow."

Jennie squealed as she looked at it. The ring was beautiful, it was perfect. Lisa knew her taste so well.

"This is it?" She said, not waiting for Jisoo to answer and immediately snatching it from her so she could put it on to admire it. "Ohmygoshhubby! Lookattheringlookatthering!" Jennie said in a rush, flashing Rosie the ring who stopped taking pictures of a panicked Lisa trying to look for it and went over to Jennie.

Lisa was so panicked it took her a second to realize Jennie already had the ring on. She walked up to Jisoo after that because Chaeyoung and Jennie were giggling and whispering as they admired the engagement ring.

"The box is at the bottom of the lake. You dropped it when Jendeukie tackled you." Jisoo offered before Lisa could even ask. "The box was empty. I had the ring in my pocket because knowing you and Jendeukie it was a disaster waiting to happen and as always, I was right."

Lisa wasn't even able to answer and thank Jisoo for that because a flying kitten accosted her with kisses after that telling her the ring was beautiful and that she shouldn't have spent so much money on it but that it was perfect and Jisoo had to grab the back of Lisa's shirt to drag her off of her baby cousin before she stripped her on that bridge because they were getting carried away again.

They walked back to the car they had rented and Jennie and Lisa were in their own world the entire time. They could have gotten murdered and not noticed because they were so focused on each other.

"Tomorrow?" Lisa asked Jennie, grinning hard, her head was still in the clouds at the fact Jennie had actually said yes to her. They were both in the backseat of the car, clutching each other as Jisoo drove them back to the hotel. The other two were talking in the front, not paying them any mind either, knowing they were in a love bubble.

"Yes." Jennie said adamantly.

"You really want to get married tomorrow?" Lisa asked incredulously.

"I've been waiting forever for you to propose Lili, it has to be tomorrow." Jennie answered immediately.

"But we don't have rings, or dresses, or suits, or any of that stuff. Honestly I'd marry you right now but I want you to have the perfect wedding."

"Tomorrow Lili." Jennie said sternly. "And we're doing it in that other Buddhist temple in the mountains that you wanted to visit."

"Baby you're not even Buddhist, it doesn't have to be there. We can have it anywhere. However you like. You can plan your dream wedding and I'll pay for everything."

"I know I'm not but you are, and I know you always downplay how important it is to you but you're fooling no one my love, at least not me.

Don't think I don't know that the only time you're ever able to sit still for longer than five minutes is when you meditate. I've caught you Lili. You've even managed to literally sit still for an hour once, I just didn't want to interrupt you and I didn't say anything because this is personal for you.

So we're having a Buddhist wedding and that's final and I'll do whatever I need to do to make it special and to learn more about it from now on. What's important to you is important to me.

We're in you're home country, with beautiful temples you love to visit, I want to marry you that way. In the country you love with the temples you love surrounded by the people you love. So, tomorrow. I want to marry my soulmate tomorrow."

"I love you for that but I also know that's not the wedding you envisioned either, I want you to have what you want too."

"Lili, all I would have cared about was how good I looked for you the day of. So the dress I wore would literally be the only thing I would have stressed about." Jennie shrugged. "Other than that, nothing else matters other than the fact you'll be the one across from me, marrying me."

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"I need a favor." Lisa said immediately as the line clicked.

"You haven't called me in like a week! I was getting worried you jerk. You said at least once a week Lisa!"

"I'm sorry, I was getting nervous about the proposal. I didn't really have time to think about much else."

"She said yes obviously, now I need the deets!" Kai said excitedly, forgetting the fact he was supposed to be annoyed that Lisa hadn't called him like she promised and had skipped a whole week that time.

"We're getting married tomorrow Kai, and I really need your help for it."

"Tomorrow? Really? You just asked her, is this a prank?" Kai said, pouting into the phone. "Jennie is like the most organized person I know, you're the impulsive one. There's no way your wedding is tomorrow."

"No it's not a prank. She wants it to be tomorrow and honestly so do I. It's really hard to wait once your soulmate says yes to you but I know what you mean, she isn't really impulsive and she's really detail oriented so I need it to be perfect and I really need your help for that."

"You're serious?"

"I'd let you shoot me too when I get back if I'm lying right now."

"Oh my god!" Kai practically squealed, knowing Lisa was serious about the wedding now. "Whatever you need bestie, I'm your slave."

"I kind of asked Taehyung to look for wedding dresses for her as soon as I decided to propose to Jennie in case she said yes. They have the same taste so I figured he could find some for her to try since he's her go to for anything fashion.

Can you go to him and have him pick out the one he thinks is best? I know he already found a few. There's no time and I want it to be a surprise for her. She said all she cared about was her wedding dress so I want to do this for her.

I'll book a flight out for you to bring it by tomorrow."

"No need. I got this. See you tomorrow bestie!" Kai said before unceremoniously hanging up.

Lisa looked at her phone curiously. Normally, Kai would never have hung up on her like that.

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Kai almost skipped up the mountain steps with his entourage. The girls were staying in the mountains under the floating temples and had basically had to hike miles to get there but Kai was so giddy he wasn't even tired or sweaty like the rest of them were.

Felix was holding three dresses, he was in charge of bringing up all of Jennie's potential options for wedding dresses. Taehyung didn't want to make the final decision, he figured Jennie should get to do that so he brought the top three options anyway. Bambam had several tailored suits in his hand and so did Jessi and Mrs. Kim.

Kai called Lisa.

"Hey bestie, I'm here. We're outside! Sorry it took me so long. Mommy's private jet that she got from that alimony from my father had to be cleared before we could fly because we haven't used it since he went to jail so the paperwork took way too long and anyway she let me borrow it but since she wasn't with me it took even longer and—"

Lisa opened the door, her phone in her hand.

"Hi!" Kai said brightly, hanging up the phone. "I brought company."

Lisa's mouth dropped when she saw who he was with.

"Thought it'd be a nice wedding gift if I brought your guys' favorite people for the wedding too." Kai shrugged. "I know Jennie has a small circle of friends and she prefers intimacy rather than big parties so I didn't bring everyone you knew, just the important ones but if I missed someone just tell me, the jet is ready to go and I can have my mommy's pilot pick them up.

Anyway, Felix has the options for Jennie's dresses. Taehyung brought some suits for you too if you want them, I thought you'd prefer that rather than a dress.

I did take the liberty of getting the rest of us black outfits too for the theme. I remember Jennie's favorite color is black so I thought it would work. I know you like yellow but I don't know bestie, yellow for a wedding didn't seem very tasteful on such short notice. I'm sure we could have made it work but not in twenty four hours.

So there's some black dresses for the girls and some suits for the boys but I bought extras in case someone wanted to switch it up and not go by gender norms.

Oh, also, Taehyung and Jimin are with Rosie getting the food and Seulgi's getting alcohol for the reception right now so don't worry about that. Irene and Jisoo already found a cute little spot on the mountains we can rent out and the weather is supposed to be really nice today so we should be fine.

Alice and your adoptive parents are flying in too and they should land here in a few hours. I offered to pick them up but since Alice was already visiting them in Australia and we were all strapped for time they said they'd just fly commercial.

Anyway, this is Chungha, she'll be doing your hair and make up. I already sent Somi to do Jennie's, her Auntie Kim went with her to break the ice cus I know how Jennie gets with new people so don't worry, and I brought Gong Yoo just in case too, he's setting up right now cus I don't want to ruin your wedding pictures so he's going to do them for you instead since he's a professional."

Lisa looked like a fish out of water.

"Oh, wait, I forgot the best part. Look!" Kai took out a box with two matching wedding rings. "I know you're Buddhist and traditionally you guys don't exchange rings but I wanted to get them for you anyway just in case.

I read that Buddhist weddings aren't really always the same and they take on other traditions and I didn't want you guys not to have rings if you were planning on it considering you didn't have time to go find some.

I can take them back if you don't want them but they can be a wedding gift if you want to take them. I saw the ring you got for Jennie and this matches it pretty perfectly so I thought you guys might like them."

Lisa was left dumbfounded.

"You did all of this in less than twenty four hours?" Lisa asked him incredulously.

"Of course. You're my best friend. You're getting married to the love of your life. Jennie used to be my best friend too. I wanted to help make this day more special for you both, I had to do what I could." Kai shrugged like it wasn't a big deal and Lisa couldn't help but reach out and pull Kai into a hug.

Obviously Kai was loaded and had the resources to do this but it went beyond that. The fact he was thoughtful enough to bring their people, even going so far as to get them outfits, buying them rings, just to try to make their wedding special made Lisa want to protect him from any kind of harm because he truly was precious.

Kai was the one left dumbfounded after that because it wasn't a short hug either, it was a deep, long hug from his best friend.

Lisa whispered into his ear as she hugged him hard.

"You're seriously amazing pretty boy. I can't believe you did all of this for us. Though honestly, I should take that back because I can. What else should I have expected from a best friend like you?

I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I can't officially name you as my best man because Rosie is practically my literal sister and she's been there for me through thick and thin and everything in between for most of my life and is part of the reason I am who I am so of course she's who I asked already from the moment I told her I was going to propose to Jennie.

It has to be her because she's everything to me just as much as Jennie is but trust me when I say it would have been you if Rosie didn't exist. I swear Kai.

I know since it's such a small wedding it was technically just a position of honor to show our love for the people that have always been there for us and that's why Jennie picked Jisoo as her maid of honor too but just know it's also you okay? For both of us. I think Jennie would agree after all of this."

Kai simply grinned and hugged her back. "I know. It's okay, I know I could never replace Rosie. She's your platonic soulmate, like you've always said. I just wanted to make your day perfect. I know I begged to be your best man before and of course I would have loved to but she's the one that deserves that place."

"Well since you can't be my best man, you could be the flower boy." Lisa joked with him, trying to lighten up the mood because she was close to crying right now.

Kai perked up. "Really?"

"Uh— yeah? If you want." Lisa said in confusion, not sure if he was serious or not because Lisa had only been joking.

"Yes!" Kai shouted, fist bumping the air. "I gotta call my mom. Guys, help Lisa!" Kai said as he dialed a number and immediately shouted into it. "Mommy guess what! I'm going to be the flower boy for my bestie's wedding!"

Felix looked at him with heart eyes, Bambam snorted at Kai's excitement at getting to be the flower boy and walked up to Lisa afterwards.

"Congrats. Can't believe you were really going to get married without me. How dare you not invite me to your wedding, I had to hear it from your future wife's ex."

Lisa scowled at that term but she didn't even get a chance to respond and taunt Bambam back like she wanted to.

"Thought I'd never see the day that you would actually settle down." Jessi teased her. "Just kidding, I knew as soon as I saw you chasing her with a clown cake in the quad that you'd end up dating."

"You saw that?" Lisa asked incredulously.

"Mhmm. That girl has had a chokehold on you ever since." Jessi said, cackling, then walked into the room too, raising her voice to someone behind her. "Jackson baby, where's the champagne? I'm thirsty."

Lisa hadn't even noticed Bambam's best friend Jackson was with them too. She looked at Bambam, perplexed. Baby? Lisa mouthed at him.

Bambam chuckled and walked up to Lisa to whisper in her ear, "They've been dating ever since that huge party you threw for Jennie when they put her dad away."

"Huh." Lisa said in amusement as she watched Jackson literally produce a bottle of champagne out of nowhere like he usually did with alcohol and give some to Jessi. "Yeah no, I see it actually."

"Alright darling, let's get you dolled up for your wedding." Chungha said to Lisa. "I don't think I'll have to try very hard though, you have impeccable bone structure." Chungha said as she observed Lisa. "Don't tell your fiancée I said that though, I hear she's the jealous type and I really don't feel like dying today. It was just an objective observation."

"Trust me, I don't want to die either." Lisa giggled. "Especially not today of all days now that I'm finally going to get to snag my girl. Your objective observation is safe with me."

Lisa suddenly remembered something.

"Can you wait a second before you start though."

"Sure. I have to set up anyway." Chungha said as she started laying out the make up.

Lisa called Kai over now that he was done with his phone call.

"Hey, I hate to ask this but, there actually is someone missing."

"Tell me who I missed and where they're at and I'll make sure to get them here." Kai said immediately. "Sorry bestie, I really thought I had everyone."

Lisa shook her head at the guilty look on his face.

"You did perfect Kai, you didn't know about her. We actually just met her a few days ago. Her name is Mikyung, she lives in Busan. She's Jennie's real mother's best friend." Lisa said as she wrote down her address.

"Easy. Consider it done. He can get to her in about three hours. The jet is pretty fast. Should make it back just in time for the evening for your wedding. Might have to push it back an hour bestie but I think we can make it work."

"Best flower boy ever." Lisa said grinning.

Kai bowed to her, grinning giddily and went to make the call.

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A/N

First of all, as always, I want to know if you'd say yes to that proposal.

Second of all, there were a lot of speeches in this one and I know which one was your favorite or gave you the most feels!