Karina kept thinking about Aeri's words while rolling her wheelchair towards the kitchen. She grabs a bottle of cold water from the fridge to drink it. Aeri's words stuck inside her head for hours.

"You are... falling... for Winter"

"You are falling... for Winter"

"You're falling for Winter!"

"Gosh, Aeri! Get out of my mind!", Karina said in disgust, swatting the front of her face, trying to make the thoughts disappear.

She then turns her head towards her friend on the couch, sleeping soundly, her mouth slightly agape. Gosh, that girl is supposed to care for Karina, not sleep like that.

As the tattoo artist gulped down another sip of water, the doorbell rang, and Karina automatically turned her head over the front door. Aeri, who was now sleeping, also awakened by the sound.

"Who is that?", Aeri asked in her sleepy voice towards Karina, but Karina couldn't hear it.

The sound of someone inputting the passcode for the door was heard, and soon, the front door opened, revealing Winter with her cute smile. Behind her is her friend, Ningning. Winter's eyes immediately caught Karina's, who was looking at her with a startled expression.

"Hi, Rina", the younger girl greeted with her smile, and Karina couldn't help but smile back.

"Hi", she replied with a small smile.

Winter and Ningning slowly entered the apartment after pulling out their shoes. Ningning was the one who walked past Karina first after greeting her with a friendly hand wave. She makes her way right toward her sleepy girlfriend on the couch.

Winter smiled again at the tattoo artist, who was still in her kitchen. She walked closer before slowly kneeling down right in front of Karina's wheelchair on her knees.

"Are you hungry?", the younger girl asked with a bright smile.

"Not really"

"You want me to cook something light? Even though I wasn't that good at it?", Winter asked, leaving Karina in her thoughts. She wasn't that hungry, really. The food Aeri brought this morning was too much for her and her friend to finish everything up. But the thoughts of eating Winter's homecooked food weren't that bad either.

"I'll be fine for a toast", the artist said before the younger girl nodded her head happily, getting back up from her position before leaving a soft peck on the artist's head crown.

Winter walked towards her tabletop, pulling out two pieces of bread from the packaging and later putting it inside the toaster. She then just stands beside it, and her eyes never leave Karina.

"Can you stop looking at her like you are madly in love? Karina will be extremely flustered, my friend", Ningning said with a scoff after watching her friend's actions for a while.

"I do, Ning. What can I even do?", Winter laughs lightly as she watches the tattoo artist immediately turns her head away, avoiding any possible eye contact with Winter.

"Oh, by the way, Winter", Aeri said as she finally stood up from the couch, and Winter turned her attention to the bartender.

"Yeah?"

"Rina said just now that she likes you too---"

"Aeri!", the tattoo artist shouted from her wheelchair while giving her friend her deathly glare.

"Why? I'm just saying the truth", the Japanese nonchalantly continued her words without looking at flustered Karina, now pulling her girlfriend up with her to leave the house, since Winter is already here to take care of the artist.

"Also, Winter. Thanks for the stay. I'll come back on Wednesday then. Since tomorrow you guys didn't have class, I guess you can take care of that idiot tomorrow. She hates me being here anyway", Aeri winked towards the younger girl one last time as she and Ningning made their way towards the front door.

A gentle bang was then heard. Aeri and Ningning finally left.

A dinging sound from the toaster, and Winter pulled out the two pieces of bread from it before putting it down on a tiny plate. She take a glance at the tattoo artist, and she was right. Karina still insists on looking at her.

"Rina?", the younger girl called with her chuckle, but Karina tried so hard to look somewhere else, ignoring Winter the best as she could.

"You're not going to look away forever, aren't you? The bread will be cold and it won't taste good in a few minutes", Winter continued before taking a bite of her own piece of bread.

Karina still isn't looking at her.

"I'm going to ignore whatever Aeri said just now like I've never heard it before. Now, you need to look at me and take a bite of your toast", she slowly knelt down in front of the wheelchair again, holding the plate in her hands while trying to catch a glimpse of Karina's face.

And--- Oh my god. Karina looks so hot even when she's blushing hard.

"Rina, your toast", Winter scoffed again with her tiny laughs. Finally, Karina managed to reach out her right hand slowly to the plate, just enough to hold the toast in her trembling fingers.

Winter finds Karina extremely cute in the situation.

"Did you want to go somewhere tomorrow? I want to bring you out, in case you might miss the outside world?", Winter asked as she looked at how Karina slowly taking a bite of her toast without a word. Her eyes still avoiding Winter to her fullest.

Winter had enough of it tho, even tho Karina looks cute like that. So she put the plate on the floor before cupping both Karina's cheeks with her hands. Now the view is much clearer.

"Oh, Rina. You just make it so obvious", Winter chuckled.

"W-What? Obvious--- What?", the artist stuttered as her widening eyes couldn't help but show the sign of panic.

"Nothing", Winter shakes her head with her tiny laughs. "So, do you want to go out? Even today, I can make time for you", the younger girl nods her head, assuring the tattoo artist that she would do it even tho she just came back from class.

Tired? If it's for Karina, Winter didn't mind.

****

Surprisingly enough, Karina told her that somehow she missed swimming pool, which is weird. But Winter didn't mind at all, for real, even tho the tattoo artist said she'll pay for the stay.

So here they are, at a hotel not far away from Winter's apartment. They booked a single room with a queen bed, and a private pool for themselves at the balcony. It's a bit expensive, but since Karina insists that she'll pay for everything, Winter gladly accepts her offer.

But, isn't this their first vacation together? Even tho it didn't feel much like a vacation?

"What do you want to do first?", Winter asked as she put the room card inside the holder before everything in the room lit up, including their tiny private pool.

"Bed", the artist simply said before rolling her own wheelchair towards the big bed.

"Really? You just came here for the bed? How about the pool?"

"It's noon and it's a bit hot at the balcony. I'll wait 'till the night", Karina answered as she tried to push herself up from the wheelchair. It wasn't that hard anyway, even tho Winter came running towards her when she saw the artist trying to do things herself.

"I'll help you!"

"I'm fine, Winter. My leg wasn't that hurt", Karina said before lying down on the bed carefully. Winter sigh once before she set the wheelchair aside, closing the sparse curtain shut to join Karina on the bed.

At least the bed was much squishier than her own bed at home.

"So, do you want to watch the television? I can help---", Winter offered but her words stops when she saw Karina already reaching out the remote control at the side of the bed, turning the television on. Unlucky enough, the television plays Fifty Shades of Grey, a movie that Winter didn't like much.

"Can you switch to another channel, please", Winter confessed as she squirms on the bed, not liking what she saw.

"Why? It's a good movie", Karina scoffed before giving Winter a playful smirk.

"I don't like BDSM, that's why I don't like it. Next channel please!", Winter confessed before hiding herself under the blanket. Karina scoffed once before changing the channel to sports.

Karina was too much into basketball, leaving Winter who couldn't understand a thing about the sport watching her blankly. It's going on like that for almost thirty minutes before Winter finally speaks out.

"I thought you want to see the outside world and enjoy the pool that you missed so much. But here we are, watching basketball when we can just do this at the apartment", Winter pouted annoyingly, just enough to make the tattoo artist turns her attention toward the pissed girl.

"I do. I want to enjoy it with you, and I'll have the pool at night", the artist simply said.

"By spending our time watching basketball? Seriously?", Winter rolled her eyes disagreeing.

"I want to watch Fifty Shades of Grey but since you didn't like it, I had no choice", Karina confessed.

"Then, change it back!", Winter said sarcastically.

"But I changed my mind. I don't want to", Karina said before Winter banters even more. "You said you missed the pool but you don't want to have it now since it's hot outside. Okay, I understand. But now you said you wanted to watch that movie, but suddenly change your mind. Now tell me, why is that?".

"Because you are here!", Karina shout pleadingly, wishing the topic could just stop so she can watch the sports channel in peace again.

"And why? Does that make any sense? I'm here to stay with you for the night, and why does it matter? Because I don't like the movie? That's it?", Winter continue to banter but Karina had enough of her nonsense. Winter is too clueless sometimes.

"Because I can't touch you!"

Karina's words send Winter's body buzzing. Ah... that's why. Winter forgot about it. She forgot about how they used to be. She forgot that she used to do that with Karina at least four times a week, minimum. But it's really been a while since they didn't do it that Winter forgot about it.

The movie going to trigger Karina, Winter knows. But then, in her conditions, how can the artist do much about it?

"I'm here to spend time with you, Winter. I'm not lying about that. With my legs like this, I missed going out with you, just the two of us. This is the least I can do, even tho it's just inside a hotel room", Karina sighed heavily before reaching out Winter's hand with her tender fingers.

"And you missed touching me too", Winter said.

"A lot more than you could've ever imagined", Karina answered.

"Why won't you say it sooner?", Winter asked but Karina couldn't put specific words for her answer. "I...", she paused.

"I'm embarrassed... to ask...", Karina answered with her low voice.

"And since when did you become like this? I thought the Karina Yu I knew was kind of bold and honestly straightforward with anything", Winter smirked playfully as she saw how Karina was the shy girl she is these few weeks.

Avoiding eye contact at all costs.

"I don't know. You made me like this... and I wasn't like this with anyone before...", she answered.

Winter smiled once last time before pulling out their hands, getting off the bed as she stand up right next to it. She peeled off her own denim jacket before putting it down on the chair beside her. As Karina watched her peeling off the white shirt from her body, leaving only her sports bra on top before shutting the dark curtains close, Winter crawled back up to the bed slowly, being extra careful not to hit Karina's leg.

"Will you let me help you then?", Winter asked as she pinned down the older girl between her body after switching the television back to the movie Winter tried to avoid, but since Karina likes it, she'll let it be.

Karina just answer her with a tiny smile.

"So, you need to tell me what should I do", Winter said in her tiny voice as their face was just inches from each other.

Karina circled her arms around Winter's neck, pulling her into a passionate slow kiss. After a few seconds, they pulled out to catch their breath, still so close to each other.

"Tell me what should I do to help you, Rina", Winter asked between her breath. Her eyes were glued to Karina's reddening lips before leaning in again for a peck. Then, she moved her eyes to Karina's trembling eyes that are also watching her.

"You've seen me naked once before, Winter", the artist said with her deep voice.

"Can you do that once more? I'm not stopping you", she continued.

*A/N- Sorry people, this is the only update I can do right now. I'll be actively updating my stories when this semester comes to an end. I'm honestly tired, couldn't wait for the long holiday yayy ;)) everyone pls eat a lot!