Incheon airport,

Taeyeon’s POV

Like I told Tiffany, I’d be waiting for her at the airport until she comes. And here I am, standing there and waiting for her. I told her to come before 1pm and it is already 11am…only 2 hours before it’s too late to board the plane. I came quite early today; I was already there at 9 in the morning. Of course, I knew she wouldn’t come this early, if she was to come but I wanted to be there, just in case.

Honestly, my mind wasn’t only thinking about Tiffany…I was also thinking about Sungmin. I’m not scared of him but I’m scared of the consequences. Soon, I’ll have to pay for my mistakes. When that day comes, I hope Fany will be by my side. I can’t win without her.

12pm…no Tiffany. I knew that if she doesn’t arrive on time then she won’t come at all. I’ve been standing for hours now and I admit that I’m tired. When I was starting to lose hope, I saw Tiffany. I haven’t seen her for a day only and I forgot how beautiful she was. Unfortunately, by looking at her demeanor, I didn’t know if I should be happy or not. Did she come just to break up with me? She wouldn’t do that right?

Every step that made her closer to me made me more nervous. I was scared that it might be the end. Tiffany was walking slowly and her face didn’t show any emotion at all. That was confusing and irritating not being able to guess what she was thinking or how she was feeling. Now I understand how Fany feels when I put on a blank face.

I took a deep breath when she stopped right in front of me. “Tiffany, I’m happy to see you” I said. Immediately, I thought my words were lame but I didn’t know what else to say.

Her face remained serious until she finally spoke. “First, let’s be clear about something” she started. “I’m going with you to Greece BUT it doesn’t mean that I’m not angry anymore”

For no reason, I couldn’t help but smile. “Okay and I’m still happy that you’re here”

“I’m serious Taeyeon, I’m still angry at you for lying to me!” she said but once again, I couldn’t help but smile.

“I know and I totally understand”

“So why are you smiling?” she said irritated.

“I’m just happy to see you again. I missed you” I said sincerely.

Tiffany didn’t smile but I knew she wanted to. She was just acting cold and weirdly, I found it amusing.

“Whatever. What about our luggage?” she asked me.

“Don’t worry about it. Do you have your passport?”

“Of course, so are we going?” she asked in an impatient voice.

The situation wasn’t funny but I couldn’t erase the smile on my face. I knew she was still angry but the fact that she acted cold was kinda cute.

We were walking to our gate when I tried to take her hand…and I totally didn’t expect her to reject me.

“What are you doing?” she asked.

“I…”

“I’m serious Taeng, still angry!”

“Fine”

“So no hand-holding”

“No hand-holding”

“And no hug” she added.

“No hug” I repeated with a smile.

Then we sat down and looked at the plane we were going to take soon. None of us talked but it felt nice…having her by my side.

Kwon Residence,

Yuri’s POV

Yesterday morning, I got a phone call from Gyuri. Needless to say, it was not only a surprise but also a nightmare. Up until now, I was able to keep her away from me, especially outside of school. But it seems like this girl is getting closer and closer to me.

And this morning, I had another surprise. I didn’t know it was possible to have a nightmare when you were awake…but I had one.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” I screamed and jumped off my bed. “Wh…what the hell are you doing here?” I looked at the girl sitting on the floor, beside my bed and who was watching me sleeping.

“I came to visit you of course!”

“How did you get in???”

“Your mom let me in”

Of course, she was Park Gyuri, my worst nightmare.

“Get out of my room NOW” I shouted at her.

“But Yuri, I just wanted to see you since its vacation” she pled while getting closer to me.

At the same moment, my mom got in the room. “What’s going on here? Why are you shouting Yuri?” she asked me.

“Why did you let her in?”

“Isn’t she your friend?”

“No she’s just a classmate”

“Kwon Yuri don’t be rude and treat your friend properly” she scolded me. “Here Gyuri, I brought you a cold drink” my mom offered her a drink.

“Thank you auntie”

My mother left us alone in the room. Gyuri was already getting herself comfortable at my place, she sat down on the couch and drank her soda. I tried to remain calm while looking at her.

“I’m going to change clothes so just stay there…and don’t touch anything in this room” I said before disappearing in the bathroom.

I took a cold very cold shower and prayed that once I got out of the bathroom, Gyuri will be gone. It was only wishful thinking though. When I got out, she was still there…and looking at my pictures.

“You look so hot on these pictures Yuri” she complimented me.

Funny how her compliment doesn’t make me particularly happy. “Thank you but you should leave Gyuri”

“Why? Can’t we spend some time together?”

“Honestly? I don’t want to. Gyuri are you stalking me? How did you get my number and how did you find my address?”

“I didn’t stalk you, I swear! I simply asked some people…”

“Listen, I’m really touched that you like me but you can’t do that. It makes me angry and scares me more than it makes me happy Gyuri”

“But there is only Jessica! You ignore everyone when she is around!”

“And that is none of your business!”

The conversation was heating up when my phone rang. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the name on the screen. It was Jessica. Immediately, I forgot that Gyuri was there and simply answered the call with a happy smile.

“Alo Sica?!”

“Hey hi, how are you?”

Her voice was kind of shaky, like she hesitated before calling me.

“I’m fine, what about you? It’s pretty early, you’re awake already?” It was surprising indeed; Jessica always sleeps until noon when there is no school.

“Yes, my sister’s music woke me up”

“So what can I do for you today?”

“Well…I was thinking that…” Jessica started.

I kind of guessed she wanted to ask me out. If only…

“Yuri can we play video games?” Gyuri suddenly spoke up and her voice was…loud.

“Oh…hmmm…are you busy?” Jessica asked me, she obviously heard Gyuri’s voice but I don’t know if she recognized it.

“Nono I’m not busy at all. What were you saying?” I tried to ignore the other girl in my room.

“OH I love this game!” Gyuri shouted again. Obviously, she was doing it on purpose.

“Hmmm forget about it, I have something to do today. Bye” Jessica quickly hung up.

I took a deep breath and tried to control my anger. I was close to get a date with Jessica and this crazy girl ruined everything again.

“Get out” I said calmly.

“You don’t want to play?” she continued to act like there was nothing wrong in what she was doing.

“Get out Gyuri. I’m really serious, get out of my house” my voice was slowly rising.

“Yuri…” she pled.

“GET OUT!” I finally screamed.

Gyuri didn’t say anything and took her bag before angrily leaving my room. This is the first time that something like that happen to me. I did meet some crazy girls before that tried to be friends with me and Taeng but a real stalker…never.

I wanted to call Jessica again but then I thought about that plan that I’m trying to execute right now. I’m supposed to make her jealous so…it isn’t that bad if she thinks that I’m spending time with some other girl. So for today, I’ll let her believe that I’m busy with some unknown girl…with the hope that it will make her jealous, just a little bit.

2nd day in Japan,

No POV

It was already evening in Japan and Yoona and Seohyun have just finished with their dinner, in a sushi restaurant. Because the nights in Tokyo are always animated and fun, the young couple walked around the streets for some window shopping.

Yoona stopped in front of a clothing store and took a look. Meanwhile, she hasn’t realized that her girlfriend Seohyun was lured to another shop, not too far from there.

“Seohyun don’t you think this shirt is nice?” Yoona asked while turning to look at her girlfriend. “Seohyun? Seohyun?” Yoona looked around but no sight of her girlfriend.

“SEOHYUN?” a panicked Yoona ran down the street, looking for her girlfriend.

“Yoona!!!” Seohyun suddenly ran out of an anime shop with a doll in her hand.

“Seohyun! Where were you?” the older girl asked worried.

But Seohyun was too excited about her toy. “Look look what I found! A keroro doll!!!” she showed the doll that she has just bought from the shop.

“Aish…you scared me! I thought someone kidnapped you!!!!”

“Kidnapped me?”

“Anyway you’re fine” Yoong took her girlfriend’s hand. “You bought another doll? You already bought 3 dolls yesterday”

“But I don’t have this one” Seohyun pouted. “It’s the last one, I promise”

“It’s fine, buy as much as you want to” Yoona smiled.

“Oh now let’s go take some pictures!”

“It’s getting late already, we should go back to the apartment”

“Just a picture” the younger girl begged.

“Didn’t you tell me you have to sleep at 10pm every night? So we better go back and sleep before your skin cells stop growing” Yoong teased her girlfriend.

“Are you making fun of me?”

“I won’t dare. Come on, let’s go” she said.

The two girls went back to the apartment. It was their second day in Tokyo. They arrived on Sunday morning in Japan and had already visited the city. Seohyun and Yoona were staying at Yoona’s family apartment. It was their first vacation together as a couple and everything was just perfect.

1st day in Athens,

Taeyeon’s POV

The flight to Athens was calm and relaxed, Tiffany was quite excited, like the time we went to Bali. In my case, every time I step on a plane, it makes me sleepy and I always end up sleeping as soon as the plane take off. But I made an effort this time and tried to give Tiffany some company…especially since she was still angry with me.

When we arrived in Greece, the weather was simply beautiful and it was like…all our problems were gone. Tiffany smiled again and she was even happier when she saw our suite. The thing is, when I booked this room, we were still a happy couple…which is not really the case anymore.

And Tiffany didn’t wait to make it clear. “I hope that you know where you’re going to sleep tonight” she told me after we dropped our luggage.

“What?”

“You take the couch Taengoo” it was an order. I knew there was no need to negotiate with her.

I let out a sigh but didn’t complain. During this vacation, Tiffany was the boss.

We didn’t stay long in our suite; we only dropped our luggage and immediately went out. Tiffany bought a guide and there were already some places that she wanted to visit. I was kind of hungry but once again, Tiffany was the one in charge. I was following her everywhere and taking pictures. Speaking of pictures, I’m really happy that I bought a new camera for this trip. Yuri told me it was a good camera and she took very nice pictures of Jessica in Bali. So I believed her.

Even though we weren’t a happy couple like before, I was really happy that she gave me another chance and went with me to Greece. We mostly spent the day visiting museums and touristic places. Tiffany even made a schedule for our vacation. I was quite amazed by that.

It was quite funny because she wanted to act angry with me but as time goes by, she started to forget about that and was like the old time Tiffany. Cheerful and bubbly. We even laughed and smiled at each other, without any awkwardness.

So that’s how our first day in Athens went by. I had nothing to complain since it went well. A few hugs or kisses wouldn’t have been that bad but I could wait.

I’m confident that this vacation will only make us closer. We’ve been through a lot and we really need that to understand each other more and solve some issue.

3rd day in Tokyo, Japan

No POV

It was morning in Tokyo and the sun was rising in the room. Yoona and Seohyun were lying on the bed, wrapping in each others’ arms. The older girl was the first to wake up. She looked at the clock and thought to herself that she should surprise her girlfriend by preparing breakfast. Yoona was about to get off of the bed when Seohyun hugged her tighter. This small action convinced the girl to stay in bed. Within a second, Yoona closed her eyes and went back to sleep.

One hour later, Yoona woke up to the great smell of food. She walked to the kitchen to find Seohyun cooking breakfast.

“Morning” Yoona said while sitting at the table.

“Morning” The younger girl turned to look at Yoona and smiled. “Breakfast is ready” she said.

Yoong felt bad because she wanted to do it earlier, if only she hadn’t fall asleep. Seohyun served the food and sat down in front of her girlfriend. The two of them started eating and chatting randomly.

While they are the youngest, Yoona and Seohyun are known to have the best relationship compared to their unnies. Since they met a few months ago, they became inseparable and it’s with a lot of maturity that they work on this relationship.

“This is really tasty Seohyunie” Yoona complimented the food.

“Thank you. I’m glad that you enjoy it” she smiled.

“I wanted to cook for you today…” Yoong said disappointed.

“You can do it tomorrow morning”

“Actually I would have waken up if you hadn’t had hug me during your sleep” she teased.

Seohyun blushed a little at Yoong’s comment. “I didn’t hug you…you hugged me!”

Yoona laughed at her girlfriend’s shyness. “Let’s pack our stuff after breakfast, we have to go to the train station”

“I wonder how the weather’s like in Kyoto. Should I bring warm clothes?”

“I don’t think there is much difference, but just in case take a warm sweater”

Yoona and Seohyun finished their breakfast and went to pack their bags. After spending 2 days in Tokyo, the young couple has planned to visit Kyoto before coming back to Seoul. After packing their bags, the two left for the train station.

Seohyun being thoughtful as always, thought about their little trip. “It’s going to take a little more than 2 hours to reach Kyoto. I’ll go buy some sandwiches and some drinks before we board the train” she told Yoona.

“What about you go buy the food and I’ll buy some magazines for us to read on the train” Yoona suggested.

“Good idea.”

Yoona and Seohyun went their separate ways. The younger girl went to a small market and bought sandwiches, drinks and chips. She wanted to buy watermelon as well but she knew Yoong will scold her because this wasn’t convenient to eat on a train.

While Seohyun was buying food, her girlfriend Yoona was buying some magazines. At the counter, before paying, something caught her attention. It was the newspapers. She noticed that on the front page of every newspaper, there was the same picture. She thought it was just some new scandal but because of her curiosity, she still picked one up. And that’s when she paid attention to the headline. Quickly, she took another look at the other newspapers on the stall and realized that one name appears on every one of them.

<<Kim Tae Yeon>>

“That’s impossible…it can’t be…” she thought to herself as she read the article.

2nd day in Athens,

Taeyeon’s POV

Our second day in Greece and I’m sure things will only get better with Tiffany. Of course, I wasn’t too happy with sleeping on the couch, especially since I made sure to book an awesome room for us…but I deserved it. And besides, I knew my sleeping habit would kick in pretty fast and in no time, I was already sleeping on the bed, next to her.

This morning, we had a nice breakfast on our room’s balcony. There is nothing better than good food and nice scenery to start a day. It was funny how Fany ordered me to sleep on the couch last night but this morning, she was perfectly fine having me by her side.

“Where do you want to go today?” I asked her.

“There are some places in the guide book that I want to visit if you don’t mind” she said while eating a croissant.

“Of course not, we’ll go wherever you want to Fany.” Since our first day vacation, I’m doing my best to do anything she wants.

“Don’t act nice, you’ll still sleep on the couch tonight” she said.

“Please, you know I won’t stay long on it anyway. You know…my sleeping habit” I reminded her of my little problem that she enjoyed so much.

“Now I’m thinking that you didn’t really sleep-walk last night. Did you act it up?” she asked suspiciously.

“I wouldn’t dare. Come on eat your food” I changed the topic.

“This is so nice” she suddenly said. “Everything is so perfect once again…”

“Once again?” I didn’t quite understand what she meant, but suddenly, the mood went down a bit.

“Every time I found our situation perfect, something happens and turns our world upside down. Right now, it looks perfect again but until when?” she asked.

“Why are you expecting things to go bad? Since when are you so pessimist?”

“I’m not being pessimist…I just don’t want to be too optimist” she explained.

I realized that my mistake changed something between us. “Because you don’t trust me anymore…”

“We both made a mistake Taeng…” she admitted.

“Yeah and maybe it’s time that we talk about the recent events” I said.

Tiffany nodded and I guess we were going to talk about what happened but my cell phone rang. I thought I should turn it off before coming to Greece but I didn’t…in case there was an emergency. I should have though…I should have…

I looked at my phone and saw that the person calling was Mr. Henney, our company’s lawyer. Whenever he calls me, it’s always bad news. I was looking at my phone’s screen without answering. For a reason, I knew that I wouldn’t want to hear what he had to say. I was scared.

“Taeyeon? Taeyeon?”  Fany’s voice broke my little daydreaming.

“Sorry…hmm…I have to take this” I said quickly before leaving the balcony.

I walked back to the living room and answered the call. “What’s going on?” I directly asked.

“Miss Taeyeon, I think you have to come back. Now” his voice was very deep and serious. It reminds me of my father’s.

“I’m on vacation right now. I’ll be back next week…no matter what is going on” I explained.

“Miss, this time it’s pretty serious and I wish that you would take the right decision. Your picture is on every newspapers and news websites. Things are heating up as we speak” he added in a more than serious tone.

I didn’t ask him what exactly was going on because I had my idea. “I’ll deal with it once I come back. Until then, please take care of it. I know you can” I said before hanging up.

I didn’t expect things to go this fast…Sungmin took action already. I tried to hide my worries and went back to where Fany was. But as I was walking back to the balcony, my