Kai's house was warm and welcoming. It wasn't excessively big like my parent's house, but it was comfortable with its warm colour scheme and soft rugs.

"I never knew you had such good taste in decoration" I said to Kai as I stood looking around, noting the faint splashes of colour from the art on the walls.

"I don't. My sister did the decoration" Kai said. 

"Of course" I teased.

Suddenly two toy poodles came prancing into the room, their yaps light and frequent as the fussed around my feet and legs.

"Omo, they're so cute!" I exclaimed, bending down to their soft, curly fur.

"Omo?" Kai asked, raising an eyebrow and grinning at my rare use of Korean slang. "You really sounded Korean then" he teased.

"Shut up" I said, giving him a glare before playing with the dogs again.

"Yah, leave! You're stealing her from me" Kai said to his dogs, pushing them away. They bit playfully at his hands, and I couldn't help but laugh as he wrestled with his dogs. "Yah Meonggu, seriously!" He exclaimed as one of them bit his jumper and started pulling. I couldnt help but laugh.

But before long I realized it wasn't the scene I was smiling at, rather I was smiling along with Kai, gazing adoringly at his goofy grin that stretched his mouth and squinted his eyes, and that I loved so much. I blushed suddenly and looked away before I was staring.

"Here" Kai said ten minutes later, handing me a cup of hot green tea. I took it gratefully, its fruity aroama already fuzzing up my senses. Or maybe that was because of the painkillers.

Kai settled down besides me on the cushy sofa, pulling my legs up so that they stretched over his lap.

"Thank you for seeing me this late" I said, breaking the comfortable silence. Kai shrugged, giving me a small smile. "It's fine. You've kind of just made my day actually" he said, his tone light but still managing to give me butterflies.

I had made his day. For some reason that thought made me smile.

"Anyway, how's your birthday been?" I asked, changing the subject and poking him excitedly. "Did you eat lots of cake?"

Kai chuckled, shaking his head so that light brown stands of hair fell in front of his eyes. "Of course not. I don't want to get fat" he said jokingly.

I giggled, whacking his arm. "Yah, you need to gain weight. Look how skinny you are!"

"You sound like my grandma" Jongin remarked.

"Heol! Look at the ahjussi that's talking!" I snapped back at him.

"Yah who are you calling an ahjussi?!" Jongin yelled, his eyes widening in fake offense. I laughed at his expression, setting down my tea to pinch his cheek.

Kai's POV

"aigoo, so cute" Jess said, pinching my cheek lightly in her warm hand.

Her eyes seemed to glitter in the light, like they were filled with happy jewels. I couldn't help but smile.

"I'm not cute, I'm handsome" I said, lightly slapping her hand away.

She giggled, rolling her eyes. "What do you mean handsome? You're pretty and cute, like a little flower". She smiled widely, the young girl I knew when I was a child still in her expression. She would always be the same Jiyoon. My first love.

I pushed her legs off of my lap. "That's it. Leave"

"Nooo. I'm sorry!" She wailed, wrapping her skinny arms around my torso.

She looked up, her eyes wide and her lower lip stuck out in a small pout.

I couldn't help but smile. "To say you don't like being girly, you do aegyo really well" I remarked.

Her brow furrowed to turn her gaze into more of a glare. "All girls must have their weapons" she said, letting go of me in fake annoyance.

I chuckled, pulling her back so that she was laid against my chest. Her body was warm and comforting. "Aigoo, don't be mad at me now. After all, you are in my home."

"Whatever" she mumbled, but snuggled further against me anyways. Instinctively I wrapped my arms around her.

But just then I remembered Sehun. The last thing I wanted was to worsen our unstable relationship further, and it was obvious to me, his some what best friend, that he liked Jiyoon-ah, no matter what he said or did. So what I was doing wasn't right.

With these thoughts I let my arms slacken, so that I was no longer holding Jiyoon-ah. However I didn't have the will to completely push her away. I just wasn't strong like Sehun was in that way.

I was too selfish.

Jess' POV

When I woke up, my head was throbbing uncomfortably and for a second I had thought this had made me go blind. But as I gathered my wits I realized that it was dark because it was nighttime, and I was also in a mysterious bed I had never seen before.

It was extremely comfortable and super modern, its frame giving off a faint blue glow that illuminated the surrounding floor. Fighting my inner demon who wanted to go back to sleep in this strange bed, I scrambled out of the blanket and onto the floor. The wood was warm beneath my feet and I just stood there for a moment.

My head seemed to cry out in pain from the sudden movement. I groaned, cursing the doctor for the drugs he had given me because now I had the worst headache ever.

Sighing I made my way to the door, half blind, and down the stairs, looking for any sign of Jongin.

The living room was alight from the garden lights outside. The room had a large glass window/wall, with pretty French doors that led out to the large garden. For a second I stood and marveled at the soft glow that flew around the plants and across the grass, creeping into the living room and making the furniture glow faI couldn't decide if I preferred my apartment's city views, or this peaceful one.

But then, as I looked around, my attention was captured by a soft mass hidden under a thick blanket on the couch.

Stepping closer I could see Kai's face peeping out from the fleece.

Smiling to myself, I leaned down so I could see him better. 

Now I wasn't a creep or anything. Its not like I regularly watched people sleep. But this time I couldn't resist. Kai's face was all peaceful, and he looked like a young boy. His expression was almost as precious as his smile.

Lightly, I reached forward and pushed back his bangs, so that his face was no longer half hidden.

I swear I had barely grazed his skin, but instantly his eyes flew open, glinting like black jewels in the faint light.

"What are you doing?" He asked, his voice quiet but still having that mischievous tone to it.

I jumped, placing my hand on my heart and grinning widely from the shock. "Yah, you scared me!" I complained.

He chuckled lightly. "How do you think I felt, waking up to an ahjumma touching my face?" 

"That's it, I'm going" I said, turning to make my dramatic exit.

His hand wove itself through mine, his skin warm and soft.

"Aigoo" he saod , pulling me backwards so I fell onto the sofa besides him. Luckily the sofa was large, like extremely so, so we weren't cramped and still had a little bit of space. 

"Yah, what are you doing?" I asked, but he didnt answer, simply tucking me in under the fleece.

I could feel his body heat envelope around me, warm and comfortable. I blamed that as to why I was suddenly blushing.

I couldn't help but note how he smelt sweet and sugary, kind of like fresh made Korean bread. 

Instantly I could already feel myself getting sleepy again. My entire body relaxed, molding into Kai's"Sleep" he instructed, his breath tickiling my ear. 

I closed my eyes, and could already feel myself drifting away.

Before I was fully asleep, I felt something warm against my cheek. It was so light that it was hard to tell whether it was real or not, but I swear Kai had kissed me goodnight. With that thought, even if it hadn't really happened, I still fell asleep with a smile on my face. I was happy, so why did my heart suddenly pang in guilt? Why did I feel like in a way, I was betraying Sehun?

Sehun's POV

I drained the last drop of coffee, throwing the cup into the nearest bin. The air was crisp and cold, electrifying my nerves. The temperature, coupled with the caffeine, made me feel hyper aware, edgy almost. I let out a big sigh of air that formed into a cloud in front of my face.

I was currently sat outside a coffee shop that was opposite my apartment complex. All night I had been unable to sleep, and I was too restless to just sit around this morning, waiting, and so I went for a run instead. Exercise helped me focus, clear my mind. It reminded me of my trainee days, when I would get up at four each morning to run. But the American mornings were a lot warmer than KoreaWhat was I waiting for?

Truthfully, I was waiting for Jess. She hasn't come home last night, and when I phoned Kyle he said she was at a friends' house. It didn't take a genius to know that she was with him. Kai.

Against my logical will, I couldn't help but stay up all night, uselessly hoping that maybe she would come back. It was safe to say that I regretted pushing her away again. But I just couldn't do it. I could let her get close. I wasn't ready to have my heart broken again, and I didn't want to give her the power to do that. But I realized now that it was too late. She was already making me hurt, but she didn't realize it, because I hadn't wanted to show her, to admit, how much I cared for her. Because like an idiot I had forced myself to have the strength to push her away, so that my relationship with Jongin couldn't get worse, so that I wouldn't be hurt again.

But why should i do so when it was a one ended thing? Clearly Jongin didnt care enough, or as much, because he wasnt trying to stop things from getting worse, at least not as far as I could tell. I wondered how long it would be before he took away Jiyoon-ah from me too, not that she was mine anyway, because she didn't know. She was oblivious as to how much I cared for her, how much I wanted to be there for her. And it was all my fault.

Maybe I should stop trying to push her away? After all, perhaps what happened before wouldn't happen again. Perhaps Jiyoon-ah was different to her.

I knew that she was, because how I felt about her was different. Perhaps what I felt was love? Real love? True love?

As if it was some twisted joke from the heavens, suddenly a girl sat down opposite me at my table, her long black hair falling over her gloved hands which held a cup of coffee.

"Well, isn't this a surprise?" She said in her smooth, velvety voice that sent shivers down my spine. Shivers that had nothing to do with the cold.

She gave me a smile. That slow, wide smile that I had once been drawn too as if it was a drug. 

Her eyes gleamed, that same alluring, innocent shine that Jiyoon has, and what made them look so alike. It was a shame that she was far from innocent.

"Victoria" I managed to force out, my breath coming out in a pant as my heart sped up, my entire body shocked at her sudden appearance.

She beamed, her face lighting up, giving her that kind of beauty that took your breath away momentarily. She leaned forward, enveloping my bare, cold hand in her warm gloved one.

"Oppa, have you missed me?"

A/N-ive updated, yay! So Sehun's finally met Victoria.I wonder what will happen between them whilst Jess and Kai are getting closer?😏😏😏 no spoilers! Dont forget to suscribe and please comment! gamsahamnida~AlviinK