Later that day, Yuri and Jessica found out the little block on the other side of the house was a small garage which, unfortunately but expectably, didn't have a car in it. However, they found several outdoor-sport equipments like a football, rollerblades and most interestingly two bikes.

"Won't help much" Yuri stated. "I remember we drove more than four hours and for almost three the car was passing through... sort of... a desert."

Jessica chuckled upon her statement.

"You're either lying or remembering wrong. I bet for the latter though. You most likely read some documents on the way and didn't know anything about your surroundings."

"No! I mean, okay, the desert part might be not correct. But Sooyoung kept complaining she was hungry and forced me to take a look at the watch every ten minutes."

"You were probably driving on an expressway or something."

The weather was simply jolly. It wasn't too cool, nor was it too hot. A refreshing breeze eddied around them time to time, the sun still shining brightly without a single sight of clouds. The sky was colored in a perfect blue, making it pretty much impossible to stay inside. Yuri had suggested them to ride the bikes, but not to simply have fun and spend time together - no, she said they should try finding someone living nearby to hopefully get some help.

Having only one car-sized road leading to the house, they didn't have much choice. But much to their disappointment, even after almost an hour cycling, the neighborhood was still nothing but trees.

Jessica and Yuri returned home totally exhausted. Turned out, even if the weather wasn't hot, not bringing water along wasn't a wise choice. They had a simple dinner together and took turns showering. Jessica was the first one to finish and climbed onto the bed tiredly, sighing at their useless effort to escape or at least to get to know more about their location today.

Taeyeon and Tiffany had well-planned this beforehand. There's no way to get out until they come, Jessica thought bitterly.

Just then, Yuri came in and both froze seeing that they had accidentally picked matching couple pajamas. Jessica blushed lightly and slid quickly under the blanket, hiding her pink Minnie Mouse pajama.

"I-- er, didn't know you like Minnie." Yuri said scratching her head.

"I like Minnie more than Daisy." Jessica said barely audible, thinking hard of how to change the subject as fast as possible.

"I only like Mickey and Donald. I don't like Minnie. I don't even like people who like Minnie."

"Really?" A worried expression was shown on Jessica's face.

"No! You're still as silly as the first day." Yuri grinned widely. "I love Minnie."

Jessica faked an angry glare at Yuri as she sighed inwardly, feeling helpless for being so silly in front of Yuri. She didn't know why she believed in everything Yuri told her. And the worst thing was that the girl even dared to make fun of her in every possible way.

"You don't work till night today?"

Jessica asked as Yuri sat down onto the edge of the bed.

"No," she heard Yuri sighing and slid away to make place for her. "I'm so exhausted today. Plus, I was counting on internet access so half of my stuff isn't really doable right now."

The bed shifted as Yuri lied down next to Jessica. They remained silent for a while and Jessica felt herself slowly falling asleep when suddenly, Yuri's very conspicuous stirring prevented her from doing so.

"Jessica..." she heard the girl saying and her eyes shot open.

"Yes?" she turned aside facing Yuri.

"Can I ask you a question?" Yuri propped her elbow onto her pillow and rested her head on her palm.

Jessica gave the girl a nod to make her continue.

"I..." Yuri hesitated. "I saw you smiling sadly while sleeping several times. And once you even cried. Are-are you having bad dreams or something these days?"

She cares about me, was the first thing Jessica thought. She looked into Yuri's eyes and got lost in them for a moment.

"Umm, if you don't want to tell, it's okay. I don't ca-- I mean, I'm just curious."

"No, I was just thinking how to explain it to you." Jessica quickly said, not wanting to ruin the start. "I often dream about my past, like flashback in slumber you know. Do you really want to know the whole story?"

As Yuri gave her a nod and a sign that she was all ears, Jessica took a deep breath and began telling her story.

"You might have not notice but I'm daughter of a wealthy family as well. My grandparents started business in their young years and successfully built up an enterprise that is still existing now. They educated my dad to a talented man and gave him the best opportunities to pursue his dream - that was to become as successful as them in business. He started his own company, gained a lot of experiences, but in the end, he realized nothing was better than helping out with my grandparent's business, which my grandparents of course were very happy about. They gave him room to choose and eventually, he chose them.

He fell in love with my mother and when I and my sister were born, we were taken care of better than anyone could imagine. In other words, we were the perfect happy family anyone could imagine.

I was going to an elite school with my sister and met a guy from another wealthy family there. We got to know each other better and I eventually fell in love with him. As I found out he was the son of my family's business rival, we decided to keep our relationship a secret.

I'm not gonna lie and admit that the five months with him were probably the happiest time in my life. I was so in love and could never imagine parting him ever in the future. We even talked about how many kids we wanted to have, how we would name them, how--"

"Can you skip that part?"

"Be quiet, Yuri."

Jessica couldn't help but to chuckle at Yuri's frowning face. It was as if the girl was jealous.

"However, that happiness didn't last long. One day, I came home from my secret date with him and found my dad and grandpa fighting fiercefully over some business matter. I thought it wasn't something too serious until I found my mother crying silently in the room.

I asked, but no one wanted to tell me what happened. Then, everything happened too fast. Some random people came into our residence and my mother told me we had to move out. Still, no one wanted to explain to me why. We moved in a tiny apartment and I and my sister even had to change schools. The first time in my life I had to experience how it was like when money was in need.

Misfortune happened to our family, we lost our social status and all our friends were not friends anymore. My old school mates ignored me completely and even people at the new school tried to avoid me - everyone except for Taeyeon and Tiffany. They came visiting me often and cheered me up all the time. I was longing to meet him as well, but never did he once come visiting me."

"Jerk..."

"But the biggest misfortune for our family was the breakdown of my grandfather. He was hospitalized not too long after he lost his business and got weaker day by day. The doctors couldn't do much and neither could my parents with our now limited financial means.

He left us after a month. And my grandma couldn't stand it and followed him two weeks later.

But I'm lucky to have a father like my dad. He's a determined person and with the support of my mother, he regained the business of my grandparents after three years again. This was all good and such, but... to get back the persons we loved was impossible."

"...I'm sorry..." Yuri said quietly as she watched Jessica trying to hold back her tears. "What- what about that guy?"

Jessica inhaled deeply and squinted her eyes as if she had to try to refresh her memory before continuing.

"Later, I found out the one destroying my family's business was his family. I became suspicious and with the help of Taeyeon and Tiffany, I investigated the case. He-- he used me. He never loved me. He was like a spy, using my feelings to inconspicuously gather information about my family's business to report it to his parents.

And I didn't know anything, I was fully trusting him, sharing with him everything I caught from the conversations of my dad and grandpa at the dining table. It wasn't much I thought, but obviously it was enough to make us loose everything to them.

Knowing the truth, I hated him. But I couldn't come up with the courage to tell my parents the truth. My conscience was giving me a scarily hard time.

"It's not your fault" Taeyeon and Tiffany would constantly tell me. They were with me the entire time, fighting beside me ever since. And they were also the only one that I could ever trust beside my parents and sister.

Eventually, I learnt how to live with it. But never was I really over it. Not him but the fact that my naivety indirectly killed my grandfather. I didn't only hate him. I hated myself too. I killed my grandfather. I- I hid the right-from-the-start wrong relationship and thus killed my grandfather..."

Yuri felt a sharp pain in her heart as see saw a tear rolling from Jessica's left eye. For the second time since they met, she wiped it off with her thumb.

"It's not your fault..." she whispered as her quickly left Jessica's cheek. The girl shook her head sadly.

"It happened almost six years ago. What scares me most was that I was just seventeen back then - he too. Still was he able to be so... devious and--"

Jessica's voice cracked. The other girl looked at her worriedly but she gave her an assuring smile, saying that she was fine.

"Last week my parents told me they want me to marry soon. They didn't force me to marry any certain someone, but I still disagreed. Of course they didn't know about my aversion against relationships, not to mention marriage."

Yuri shuddered at Jessica's bitter chuckle.

"I couldn't explain my denial to them and I fought with my dad. I run away and rent a small apartment, Taeyeon and Tiffany helping me to cover everything." Jessica gave a sigh. "My life is complicated, especially in the last few weeks."

"You know what?" Yuri tried to lift the mood. "Your whole story actually sounds pretty familiar. As if I have watched it in a drama before."

Jessica gave the latter an offended look before showing her her back. Yuri shook Jessica's shoulder, try to turn her back again.

"Hey... Was that a bad joke? I'm sorry."

With a stronger pull, Jessica finally faced her again.

"That was the most stupid joke ever."

The brown-haired girl frowned at her.

"I'm sorry. I just... don't want you to be sad. I mean, dramas always have happy endings."

Yuri said as she pulled Jessica's bangs to the side. She froze as she realized too late what she was doing. It became a habit of hers after seeing Jessica sleeping everyday - it's just now, the other girl wasn't sleeping.

Her heart raced as Jessica grabbed her bold hand, but then not moving either. They stared in each other's eyes and Yuri felt as if someone was pushing her towards Jessica's lips. Before she knew it, their lips already met.

Yuri didn't know what happened or what to do next, but Jessica had already tilted her head, moving her lips against Yuri's. Yuri couldn't think properly when all she was aware of were Jessica's soft lips and the strawberry scent engulfing her.

Forgetting completely about the story Jessica had just shared with her, Yuri returned the kiss as tenderly as she could. Their lips brushed against each other while their eyes were closed, their hands either propping against the bed for support or holding tightly onto each other.

It wasn't until Jessica slid her hands behind Yuri's head, pulling the girl closer and slightly licked her lips with her wet tongue that Yuri was able to think properly again. She pulled back abruptly and panted hard as Jessica, still having her hands wrapped around her neck, gave her confused look.

"I--"

Yuri stammered as her face went crimson red.

"Good night!"

She shouted before turning around hastily, pulling the blanket over her head to prevent Jessica from seeing her redder becoming face.

Jessica at first thought Yuri had changed her mind in the midst of them making out, but soon realized the real reason. She propped her head up, poking the heap that was hiding Yuri's body.

"You're gonna suffocate Yuri." She chuckled even though the other girl remained motionless.

She joggled Yuri's shoulder but Yuri, being the stubborn girl that she was, showed no sign of coming out of her 'tent'.

"Do you know pretending to sleep after kissing means you enjoyed the kiss but are just too shy to admit it?"

"I'm not!" shouted it from under the blanket, causing Jessica to giggle.

However, the tiredness of the cycling tour today took over again and Jessica decided to stop mocking the girl. She bent over Yuri's side and pressed her lips against where Yuri's cheek was supposed to be before lying down again, staring at the blanket and imagined to see Yuri's back of head right there.

"I'm cold..." Jessica whispered. She let out a disappointed sigh as Yuri remained frozen and turned to the other side so that their backs were facing each other.

A little while later, when Jessica was still not able to fall asleep even if she was dead tired - blame it on the kiss that was replayed continuously in her mind - she felt the bed shift. The next second, a warm arm slipped into her blanket, sliding around her waist and a body moved close to hers.

The smile that was already worn on her face grew wider as they kept their positions. Jessica definitely wouldn't have a bad dream tonight.