Sooyoung drove the car to the front of the hotel entrance. She saw Sunny patiently waiting for her. The girl must have had bidden goodbye to Taeyeon, Tiffany and Jessica already, and was now waiting to say goodbye to her. Sooyoung wished Sunny could stay, especially now that Kwon Yuri was constantly around, she really needed someone who could make her smile. But Sunny, unlike Tiffany, couldn't and didn't want to give up on her photographer job. As much as the opposite would have made her happy, Sooyoung understood and didn't blame Sunny.

Sooyoung put the car to a halt and stepped out. The first thing she saw was Sunny's smile, and her lips couldn't help but to curve up into a smile as well. Oh how she would miss this.

"I will… miss you," Sunny softly said.

Sooyoung didn't reply. She scooted the girl into her arms instead, wrapping Sunny into a gentle hug. Sooyoung felt Sunny's arms sneaking around her body as the girl hugged her back, head resting against her shoulder.

"Sunny…" Sooyoung sighed. "I'll be having a hard time here, without you."

Sunny looked up into Sooyoung's eyes, smiling. She reached out for the taller girl's face and took it into her warm hands.

"I'll come here every once in a while, don't worry."

Sooyoung nodded like a little kid. The next thing she knew, Sunny had already tiptoed and pressed her lips gently against hers. She closed her eyes, savoring the moment for a little while.

"Try to control your hot temper, Sooyoungie," Sunny whispered against her lips. "By the time I'm back, I want to see Kwon Yuri alive. And alive not as in crippled, okay?"

Sooyoung chuckled.

"Now, I'm not that bad, am I?" She laughed. But then, her face turned serious. "I'll do what I have to do to protect Sica."

Sunny shook her head, knowing there was no point in discussing this anymore.

"I love you," the short girl said instead. It slipped out of her along a small sigh, as if it was something as normal as breathing – a reflex her body had learnt and unconsciously did since when she didn't know.

"I love you, too."

Sooyoung leaned in and captured Sunny's lips once again. She kissed Sunny with more passion this time, telling her without words how much she wished the girl could stay. Sunny broke the kiss first, panting against Sooyoung's face. The short girl stroked her cheek once more before getting in the car. Sunny fastened her belt and smiled at Sooyoung through the window. Sooyoung weakly waved as the car began to move. She remained motionless, following the car as it left the hotel's parking lot with wistful eyes.

Sooyoung waited until Sunny's car was completely out of sight and heaved a sigh. She already missed her.

Sooyoung returned inside the hotel, rubbing her stomach. The best medicine for illnesses caused by love was Hyoyeon's food. In fact, Hyoyeon's food could heal everything, not just lovesick fools.

"Cheer up, Soo," Tiffany smiled at Sooyoung from behind the reception counter. "Sunny'll be back to visit us soon."

"I know. I still miss her, though."

"Me too."

Tiffany wanted to say something more, but the reception phone rang. She gestured Sooyoung to wait and picked up.

Sooyoung watched as Tiffany flashed an eye-smile to the invisible guest on the phone. She chuckled. It was hard to break a habit. She wondered if Taeyeon was still mad at Tiffany.

"I gotta shower now," she mouthed to Tiffany. "Work hard, Taeng will come and replace you later."

Tiffany nodded and gave her another encouraging smile before turning her full attention back to the phone call again. Sooyoung made her way towards her room and had a hard time pulling herself together as she passed the canteen. Dinner was ready, the smell was tempting. Sooyoung inhaled a chunk of the heavenly smell in the air and held her breath, running to her room.

At the same time, Yuri swung her room door open.

"Whoa!"

Sooyoung stumbled back. The door had missed her by a fraction of an inch.

"Sorry, didn't see you," Yuri mumbled. She closed the door and was about to leave.

"Kwon Yuri!"

Yuri stopped, turning around to face Sooyoung, only to see a look of disgust on Sooyoung's face. Sooyoung took a few steps towards Yuri and stopped. The hallway went silent; but Yuri still patiently waited for whatever would be coming from Sooyoung now.

"Tell the truth," Sooyoung demanded. "Why are you here?"

"I missed Sica."

"Liar!" Sooyoung snapped. "I have known you for ten years, Kwon Yuri. I know when you're lying."

"That I'm not so sure," Yuri replied. "You couldn't tell months ago."

Sooyoung looked like she was hit in the face. What Yuri said was true, but it bothered Sooyoung to hear how easy Yuri was dealing with this fact. It was as if Kwon Yuri was proud she had successfully tricked Sooyoung and everyone else.

"You… are a jerk."

Sooyoung hated how sore she sounded. It was no bit hurtful to Yuri as she had hoped. To save herself from further failures in communication with Yuri, Sooyoung angrily stomped into her room and banged the door shut.

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Yuri entered the canteen with a growling stomach. It was already 9PM, and because she wasn't sitting in front of her laptop being a workaholic, Yuri was starving. But that was how life was when you ran a hotel on-site; guests always had precedence. Luckily, time had no effect on Hyoyeon's food's quality.

"Oh, hey Yuri," Hyoyeon called from the counter as she spotted Yuri. "Help setting the table, will you?"

"Sure thing," Yuri replied with a polite smile. Inside, she grinned the biggest grin. It was just too funny how Tiffany had introduced them to each other earlier, and Yuri and Hyoyeon had shaken hands in the most awkward way they could ever fake. Truth was, no one here had known Hyoyeon longer that Yuri.

"What can I do?" Yuri asked as she joined Taeyeon and Jessica standing around the table in the corner. Taeyeon was cleaning the table and looked up, glaring as Yuri came. The shortie gripped the cloth she used to wipe the table and walked away with an exaggerated ignorance that Yuri started to find amusing instead of irritating.

"Here," Jessica pressed the bunch of chopsticks into Yuri's hand. "Place them on the bowls." She then turned around to leave, but Yuri had held her back by the arm.

"Where do you sit?" Yuri asked softly. "I want to sit next to you."

Instead of answering, Jessica angrily yanked her arm away. "Don't touch me!" she hissed and walked away. Yuri wanted to do something, but Taeyeon came back just then with two plates of food in her hands and another glare for the tanned girl on her face.

Having no other choice, Yuri returned to the table and did what Jessica told her. She raised an eyebrow as Taeyeon was already stomping away again, after practically throwing the plates on the table. The girl couldn't get anymore hostile.

Yuri heaved a small sigh as she placed the last pair of chopsticks on the table. She should think positive. At least Jessica was talking and not just running away from her, even though their conversations didn't exactly consist of many proper sentences from Jessica. If there was a whole sentence for once, it was something along the lines of "Don't touch me!"

Yuri looked up and caught the sight of Jessica walking quickly towards her, a huge bowl of steaming hot soup between her hands. Yuri could tell by Jessica's tightly pressed lips and the almost tearing eyes that the girl's fingers were burning. She quickly stepped aside as Jessica almost collapsed onto the table, however still managing to not lose a drop of the precious soup.

"Ahhh!" Jessica shrieked the moment the bowl was on the table, and her fingers shot to her earlaps.

Yuri laughed out loud, delighted by the cuteness. But she shut up as soon as she realized Jessica was angrily glaring at her.

"I hurt myself and you laugh?!" the girl nearly yelled.

Well, what am I supposed to do? Yuri wanted to defend herself, but her mouth froze before she could bring out a word. What did Jessica want her to do?

Without giving it much thought anymore, Yuri grabbed Jessica's fingers and brought them briefly between her lips. This time it was Jessica's turn to freeze, her eyes widened.

"Better?" Yuri cheekily grinned while massaging the ends of Jessica's index fingers with her thumbs.

Jessica took back her hands just in time before Taeyeon came in. Taeyeon was bringing the last dish on the table while throwing Yuri and Jessica a suspicious look. She did not like how Yuri was facing Jessica, not to mention how close they stood next to each other. But Taeyeon was interrupted before she could question the two.

"I'm starving!"

The canteen door flung open and entering was an extremely hungry Sooyoung. Hyoyeon came out from the kitchen, laughing.

"Just in time. Everything's ready, boss Shikshin."

They approached the table where Yuri, Jessica and Taeyeon were waiting. Everyone settled down and Yuri couldn't help but to feel somehow annoyed that she didn't have more time with Jessica. She wanted to see the girl's reaction so much. Now with everyone here, Yuri wasn't even able to sit next to Jessica during dinner.

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After dinner, Taeyeon hurried outside to take over Tiffany's shift. Sooyoung and Jessica left too, after Yuri had volunteered to help Hyoyeon out in the kitchen.

"Your cooking skills are amazing," Yuri praised as she followed Hyoyeon into the kitchen, carrying all the empty plates.

"Told you I can only get better at it," Hyoyeon laughed, satisfied that everyone was enjoying the meal. Yuri shushed her as they heard the canteen door open and someone tiredly walking in.

"Hey Fany," Hyoyeon called through the opening into the canteen. "Your dinner's on the table over there."

"Thanks Hyo," Tiffany's face lit up as she saw the food. "I'm starving."

"Why is that pretty much the only thing I hear in the evening?" Hyoyeon asked with a happy laugh.

"Because you're the most awesome person alive, Hyo," Tiffany answered before digging into her food.

Hyoyeon giggled and turned back into the kitchen to Yuri. "They are lovely people," she said to her friend seriously.

"I know," Yuri said smiling, but equally serious.

They went to the sink and started wiping the food off the plates and bowls to put them into the dishwasher. The two worked in silence for a while, listening to Tiffany slurping her food and occasionally letting out a happy moan outside.

"Yuri, why are you really here?" Hyoyeon asked then, lowering her voice.

Yuri didn't answer right away. "Well, what do you think?" she whispered back.

"I don't know. If I could read your master mind, I wouldn't ask, right?"

Yuri chuckled.

"But…" Hyoyeon hesitated. "I hope you do have a good plan."

"What do you mean?" Yuri asked as she opened the dishwasher. Hyoyeon started giving her the dishes, and Yuri put them in.

"Yuri, you aren't seriously here just for Jessica, are you?"

Yuri fixed her gaze on her moving hands instead of Hyoyeon. "Why do you think that, Hyo?"

Hyoyeon stopped. The flow of process was interrupted, and Yuri reluctantly looked up.

"Because you have feelings for her. Real feelings."

Yuri gulped, feeling nervous. That wasn't even a question anymore.

"You're just avoiding the question, Yuri."

Yuri shook her head. "Just trust me, okay?" she sighed, sounding not very convincing.

"I still am," Hyoyeon smiled. "But don't let feelings drive you, Yuri. You know you and Jessica can't—"

"Trust me, Hyo," Yuri repeated, more determined this time. She looked into Hyoyeon's eyes, putting a hand on Hyoyeon's arm.

Hyoyeon stared at Yuri, searching for the truth in the taller girl's eyes. Her gaze softened slowly, and she finally gave a small nod. "Just… don't disappoint—"

"Hey guys," Tiffany's head popped in through the window to the canteen. "You want my empty bowl?"

"Wow, that was fast," Yuri backed off from Hyoyeon, even though Tiffany didn't seem like she had noticed anything.

"Oh thank God, here it is! I totally forgot," Hyoyeon rolled her eyes heavenwards, acting as if she was greatly relieved. "I was already scared to death when I couldn't find the ninety-ninth bowl. I tell you, if it went missing for real, Jessica would have chopped my hands off."

"Oh Hyo, Sooyoung wouldn't let that happen," Tiffany giggled. "You're too precious for that." She patted her tummy and flashed a smile.

"I know," Hyoyeon grinned and waved as Tiffany wandered off. Turning around, she saw Yuri smiling at her.

"You seem to get along well with everyone."

"Much to our advantage, no?" Hyoyeon laughed. "Yul, I don't need you here anymore. Can deal with the rest on my own. You can go and take a shower or something."

"That's great. Thanks," Yuri walked toward the exit. But before she went through the door, she turned back and added "For always being supportive and trusting me."

"That's what I'm here for, friend," Hyoyeon smiled.

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Yuri closed the canteen door quietly and approached her room at the end of the hallway. She quickened up as she saw the figure standing in front of the door next to hers was none other than Jessica. For a moment, she thought Jessica had noticed and purposely hurried to avoid her. But to the contrary, Jessica opened the door to her room but didn't enter. She turned around and waited till Yuri stood in front of her.

There was a silence between them. Yuri already began to sweet bullets; she knew that if she wasn't going to say something, Jessica would leave. And who knows when she'd have another chance with just the two of them together like this.

"Are you… felling better?" Yuri finally asked, tilting her head downwards, indicating Jessica's fingers.

"I'm fine," Jessica replied so fast, Yuri had the feeling the girl was just waiting for her to talk about the lightly injured fingers. Or maybe the incident that occurred after Jessica burnt her fingers.

"But not thanks to you," Jessica added as though she could read Yuri's mind and crushed all the tanner girl's hopes.

Yuri wanted to protest, but just shut her mouth instead.

"That was stupid," Jessica concluded, her voice angry. As Yuri didn't seem to be able to come up with a smart counter, Jessica continued. "At first I was thinking you watched too many cheesy romantic movies. But then I remember you don't watch movies at all! How did you get the idea that that silly action would make me feel better? That's just stupid!"

Stupid? I kissed your fingers and you rant about how 'stupid' it was? Not 'bold', not 'shameless', not 'pervy', but 'stupid'?

And, you still remember I don't watch movies without you?

Well, I didn't watch the movies, but you told me everything romantic from those cheesy books you read. That's how I know.

Why are you so worked up anyway?

And… you were actually thinking about that the whole time? About me, the whole time?

Yuri said none of these things. All she did was smiling. She couldn't help it.

"Why are you laughing? Don't you hear me? That's just plain stupid! Don't copy those lame clichés if you have no idea how it works! You don't suck on a girl's finger when it's burnt! You suck on it if it's cut! Stop taking—"

"But Sica, I wasn't sucking—"

"—Advantage of the situation and—"

"I was kissing it better!"

"—And—"

Jessica paused. Yuri's smile faded as she realized Jessica's eyes were watery again.

"…And make me… feel like… this," the blonde trembled. She pulled herself together, clutching her fists tightly. "Kwon Yuri, I—" Jessica shook her head. "Leave me alone. Just leave me alone, you hear me?!" she yelled and dashed into the room she shared with Sooyoung, throwing the door in.

Yuri was left alone in the hallway, her face darkened.

"I'm sorry," she mumbled, more to herself than Jessica. "I can't."