After sending a message to Jessica to greet her good morning and telling her not skip meals, I messaged Taeyeon the address of the hotel that I was at and told her to bring Tiffany to the hotel's bar where the interview will be held later at 1pm. I had slept over at the hotel so right now I was waiting for my turn to shower. As I turned and rolled around the bed, I saw Jessica's sleeping face on my screen. I sat up, unlocked my phone and tapped on the gallery page. Photos of Jessica appeared all over the screen as I looked at it, one by one.

"Kyeopta."

"Aaarrgghh!!" I jumped from the bed when I heard a voice near my left ear. 'Yah!! Why the hell did... oh my god. Can you at least wear your clothes first?'' I wanted to scold the person who had given me a fright earlier but when I saw her clad in only a white towel, I quickly covered my eyes. I heard her giggling and my cheek was pinched as she walked past me.

"Always the shy one, aren't you Jae-giya. Since last time. It's your turn to shower. Do you need me to help you out?"

I ran quickly into the bathroom and locked it as I heard laughters from the outside.

After showering and eating our breakfast, we decided to head down to the bar to wait for Taeyeon and Tiffany since it's already 12.45pm. I asked her to go in first since I needed to go to the toilet.

Meanwhile at the hotel lobby

"Taetae, who are we going to meet? Why are you and Jae so secretive about it?"

"Fany-ah, you'll be able to meet her soon. I think they should already be inside. Let's go in."

Taeyeon and Tiffany entered the hotel's bar and looked around. Just when they were about to walk over to an empty table, Tiffany tapped on Taeyeon's arm.

"Oh my god. Taetae, isn't that Kwon Boa? She's one of the top models in Korea and currently doing a collaboration with a Japanese designer for a new line of clothings called QB. If only I could do an interview with her."

Both of them were now looking at a beautiful lady seated at the bar counter, holding a glass of beer. But what shocked Tiffany next was when she saw Jae coming up to the model and she instantly had her right arm wrapped around Jae's waist, pulling Jae to stand in between her legs before giving Jae a peck on the cheek. Taeyeon suddenly felt herself being dragged away by Tiffany towards Jae. Tiffany tapped Jae on her shoulder and before Jae could say anything, Tiffany gave her a tight slap. Jae who initially had her back turned against them could only cupped her left cheeks in shocked.

"Fany-ah, what are you doing?" Taeyeon panicked as she quickly grabbed Tiffany by the waist and stand in between Tiffany and Jae.

"How could you do this to Jessi? Even though things are a bit messy now between you and her with the appearance of Donghae, how could you change your feelings for her and be with another girl?" Tiffany's loud voice was attracting unwanted behaviour.

"Both of you. Follow me. NOW!!"

Both Tiffany and Taeyeon were startled to hear such a stern instruction by Jae as they automatically followed her who was walking in front towards the lift lobby. Boa also followed them into the lift that was filled with silence until it stopped. Jae walked out to the door and swipe the card, gesturing all 3 of them to enter the room.

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I was shocked when Tiffany slapped me. I admitted it was painful but what hurts me more was the accusation after it. I knew that that Tiffany's loud voice was attracting attention so with a stern voice, I asked them to follow me.

I saw the 3 of them standing in the middle of the living room as I walked in and took a seat at the red chair.

"Jae-giya, gwenchana? Your cheeks are red."

"Pfft.. Jae-giya? Wait a minute.." I heard Tiffany mocked before I saw her walking passed me towards the bedroom door and opened it. "Did you spend the night here, Jae?"

I turned my head behind to see the view of the bedroom and chuckled nervously at how messy the bed was with clothes everywhere.

"Omo omo omo... Mianhae. I have the habit of leaving my clothes around." Boa ran into the bedroom and quickly collected her clothes before dumping them  into an open luggage back near the bed.

"YOU SLEPT WITH HER?!!" Tiffany glared at me as I covered my ears from her loud voice. "That's it. We are leaving. Let's go, Taetae."

"Yah, Minion Taeng. Why is your girlfriend so loud?"

"Yah!! Stop calling me that. I'm no longer a middle school kid." Taeyeon folded her arms.

"That's enough, you two. Can all of you please sit down first?" I rubbed my temple before taking a deep breathe and let out a heavy sigh.

The two of them sat on the couch opposite me except for Tiffany who was still standing near the entrance door.

"Fany-ah, do you know who this lady is?" I asked Tiffany who had her arms folded while glaring at me.

"She's Kwon Boa. One of the top models in Korea and currently doing a collaboration with a Japanese designer for a new line of clothings called QB." Tiffany replied, not losing her eye contact with me.

"And she's also my elder cousin. Her mum and my Appa are siblings. You're suppose to do an interview on her." I saw the shocked on Tiffany's face when she realised the mistake that she had made as she covered . While she was still in a state of shock, I stood up and walked towards her and hold her shoulders. "My feelings for Sica will never change and I would never cheat on her. Trust me okay." Tiffany nodded her head as I gestured her to seat beside Boa.

"Do you want to start on the interview or do you want to get to know each other better first?" I asked.

"I'm sorry. For jumping to conclusion. I was just too shocked when I saw Jae being intimate with another lady. I've never seen her like that before with any other girls. I didn't know that you're her...." Tiffany couldn't finished her sentence as she covered her face in embarassment.

"It's okay, Tiffany. A lot of people had mistaken us as a couple before. Jae is my only baby cousin and I've always been like that with her since she came to Korea at the age of 5. But it's usually me who will initiate all the skinship and intimate gestures. Jae is too shy to do any of that. Until now, she still squirmed when we slept together." Boa explained.

"Yah!! We were not okay. I was still fully dressed. It's just you who were in your lingerie." I glared at her as I folded my arms.

Tiffany suddenly giggled as both me and Boa-unnie looked at her. "Both of you are so cute and funny."

"Not as cute your Minion Taeng. Does she still have her ?" Boa-unnie asked with a poker face while I broke into a laughter.

"Yah!!" Taeyeon threw a pillow at Boa-unnie which she easily catched.

"How come both of you never called her Unnie? If you had called her that, I won't have misunderstood in the first place." Tiffany asked as she looked at me and Taeyeon.

"She doesn't like it when we call her that. She said it made her feel old. She said that she's only 3yrs older than us. ONLY." I replied as I chuckled.

"Anniyo.. She doesn't want us to call her that because she used to tell the male students that Jae was her boyfriend when they tried to woo her. That's why she don't allow us especially Jae to call her unnie." Taeyeon replied as she meronged towards Boa-unnie.

"Jinjja? I didn't know about that." I said with a confused look. "Is that why you always give me a peck on my cheeks when there are guys around?" I asked Boa-unnie as she giggled and nodded her head. "Aiiissshhh... How can you make use of me like that?" I pouted and folded my arms.

"Both of you really sound like a couple. Sleeping together, being intimate and doing skinship with each other. Even kissing. No wonder you didn't allow me to bring Jessi along." Tiffany commented.

"It's only kisses on the cheeks. Jae doesn't allow me to kiss her on the lips even though she said that she had already lost her first kiss to an angel with leopard prints. And it's usually me who will be initiating all that. She's too uptight and shy most of the time." Boa-unnie said.

"But she's not like that when she's around Sica. She even gave Sica a kiss on her forehead." Taeyeon commented as I glared at her and showed her a fist.

"Jeongmal? Ouuhhh.. That's so sweet. I really need to meet Jessica one day. She must be very special to be able to steal my Jae-giya's heart. My baby cousin has finally grown up." Boa-unnie smiled as she hugged me tight by the sides as I struggled to get out from it.

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The interview went smoothly as Tiffany and Boa became more comfortable with each other. She was really interested hearing the stories from Boa about how Jae, Taeyeon and Yuri were during their middle school life.

"All 3 of them were really popular in school because of their talent in fustal. They were quite popular with the girls compared to the guys especially Jae since she looked and dressed very boyishly. Some of the girls even called her Oppa."

"Unnie, how were they as students or their dating life?" Tiffany asked as me and Taeyeon just shook our head.

"Dating? These 3 dorks only knew how to play with each other. Even though they have a lot of admirers, they were not interested to have a relationship. Well, maybe except for Yul. Jae, what's the name of the doe-eyed girl that Yul had a crush on?"

"Doe-eyed girl? You don't mean Yoona right?" Tiffany answered with a shocked face.

"You knew her? Yul had a crush on her in middle school but they got separated when the girl went to another high school."

"Yoona's our junior by a year at our university and is currently Yuri's girlfriend." I answered.

"Jinjja? Daebak. At last, Yul got the girl she wanted." Boa giggled.

"Unnie, earlier on you called Taetae as Minion Taeng and also mentioned about . What's all that?"

"Aissshhh.. Fany-ah. You don't have to know about it. It's..." Taeyeon couldn't finish her sentence when she saw Tiffany folding her arms and glared at her. "Arraseo, arraseo.. you can ask all you want."

"She was the smallest among the 3 of them so when they're together, Taeng looked like a minion and about her , I noticed she likes to stare at a girl's . I think that's one of the reason that she liked you, Fany. If you know what I mean." Boa wriggled her eyebrows at Tiffany who instantly blushed.

I giggled at the flabbergasted Taeyeon as I called her aside to the kitchen. Both of us decided to leave Tiffany and Boa-unnie to have their own chat while the two of us went to order room service for lunch. Boa will be flying off to Japan in 4hrs time so the 3 of us will send her off after eating lunch.

Tiffany's reactions were really cute when she entered the limousine. She was curious about almost everything. I didn't know why but I was having a spinning headache at that moment so I decided to close my eyes and rest for a while.

"Taeng, why does Jae look so lethargic? Is the school work too much to handle?" Boa asked Taeyeon who then explained everything. About the orphanage, the ongoing renovations, school work and the most importantly is the crisis between Jae and Jessica at the moment.

"Aisshh... that pabo Jae. She always prioritise others which sometimes is too much for herself to handle. Taeng, hearing aboout what is going on, please take care of Jae. She may looked strong on the outside but she's actually putting on an act. Lastly, do something about this Donghae. Hearing about him makes me feel that he's up to no good." Taeyeon nodded her head as she listened to whatever Boa had said.

I was woken up by Taeyeon when we reached the airport. It was soon time for Boa to depart as we waved her goodbye and she told Tiffany to contact her if she needed any help. We then took a cab back to the dorm.

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(Monday)

Things took a turn for the worse when Donghae made an indirect declaration about his feelings for Jessica during his radio show. Donghae also has his own radio broadcast like Sooyoung and Taeyeon except that his show was on every Monday night. Donghae dedicated Taeyang's 'I need a girl' song to someone that he said he was really close to right now and hoped that the girl will open up her heart for him. When probed by listeners as they asked who the girl was, he just replied that 'he's always seen with the girl'.

(Tuesday)

I skipped classes today as I couldn't sleep well the night before and woke up with a splitting headache and some pain in my heart. I left messages to Jessica and also tried to call her but it seems that her phone was off. The girls forced me to rest at home especially Taeyeon.

"You better go back to your room and rest. You looked like a walking zombie right now." Taeyeon nagged at me the moment I exit from my room, holding on to my school bag and portfolio. "It's either you rest today or I'm not going to allow you to take part in the charity fustsal match this Friday.'

"Jae. just listen to Taeng's advice. I'll come back later to bring food for you. For now just rest well okay." Yuri added on.

"If you need anything, just give any of us a call. There's a sandwich on the table. Eat it and then sleep." Sooyoung was the last one to leave the dorm as I walked slowly to the table.

I didn't really have the appetite to eat but thinking of how worried the girls were, I decided to just finished up the sandwich and get back to sleep. Yuri came back during lunch and bought porridge for me. My headache wasn't as bad as in the morning but I still experience some difficulty in breathing  as my chest felt a bit congested. I spend my whole day, lazing around on my bed and staring at the ceiling. It was almost 7pm when I received a message from Jessica, asking me if I was feeling better and she also apologised about the late reply. She informed me that she left her phone charging in the dorm last night and had forgotten aboout it when she went for her classes. I replied her saying that I was feeling better but I'm going off to sleep soon. I didn't know why but I wasn't really in the mood to prolong our conversation. As I stared at my phone, once again tears trickled down the sides of my cheeks.

(Wednesday)

"Otteoke? How am I suppose to handle the show alone? I can't do this by myself."

I watched as Taeyeon walked up and down the living room, trying to relieve her tension. Sooyoung was down with diarrhoea and won't be able to do their radio show. I saw Sooyoung coming out from the toilet again, looking pale and in pain. She must have eaten something bad during lunch yesterday.

"Taeng, mianhae. I wish I could do the show with you but it'll just disrupt the whole session if I keep running off to the toilet. Just give it a shot okay. I know you can do it." Sooyoung showed Taeyeon a 'hwaiting' pose before running off to the toilet again.

Taeyeon slumped down on to the couch, pouting like an upset kid. Her show will be starting in an hour's time.

"I'll accompany you for the show." Taeyeon looked at me, smiled widely and gave me a tight hug,

"Thanks, Jae. You're the best. Let's go then. Aja!!"

As Taeyeon dragged me out of the dorm, I managed to tell Yuri to take care of Sooyoung and to keep us updated about her condition. We reached the studio 15mins before time as I prepare myself for the show. Taeyeon assured me that everything will be okay and if I find any difficulties, I can always turn to her for help.

"Annyeonghaseyo to all my beloved listeners. I'm DJ Taeng. Tonight I've got some bad news and good news to tell all of you. Let me start with the bad news first. DJ Soo woud not be able to join us tonight since she's unwell but the good news is that my good friend is here to accompany me for the next 2hrs. So why don't you introduce yourself?"

"Annyeonghaseyo, Hyun Jae-imnida. It's my first time doing this so please forgive me if there's any mistake."

After an hour of hosting the show, I was able to slowly adapt to the way that Taeyeon is handling her shows. She will read out comments from the interactive system while I'll read the confessions that were send to them through emails. In between all that, Taeyeon will play songs that she deemed fit.

"There's a comment here that requested for DJ Taeng and the guest to perform a song for us." I looked at Taeyeon and shook my head vigorously as she continued reading. "The comment was send in by KkabYul and ShikshinSoo." I sighed when I realised who it was from. "Well, to the two students, we'll try to cater to your request but for now let's listen to another song.

As the song was being played, Taeyeon turned to look at me and asked my opinion about it. She tried to use her puppy eyes but it didn't work for me. I wasn't really in the mood to sing especially with all that was happening right now between me and Jessica but it was a request from Yuri and Sooyoung so in the end, I agreed to do it but Taeyeon will be the one singing. 30mins before the end of the show, Taeyeon announced that both of us will be performing an old song live.

(Imagine Jae playing the guitar with Taeyeon singing)

"I hope you all enjoyed the song earlier especially to KkabYul and ShikshinSoo. The song was actually chosen by Jae herself since she said that her mood right now fits to the lyrics of the song." Taeyeon said after we ended the song.

It was hectic for the next 10mins as lots of comments came in from listeners saying that they enjoyed listening to such an old school song and how well Jae played the guitar to give it a different kind of music arrangement. Some also commented how Taeyeon's voice sounded really good during singing.

During the last 10mins, I had just finished reading a confession when Taeyeon tapped my shoulders and pointed to the screen in front of us. Typed in Bold was a comment from someone that has requested for the guest to sing at least one song before the show ended. What attracted both of us was that the comment was send in by a 'Sicababy'. I stared at the screen, not believing what I saw. Taeyeon asked me if I wanted to do as requested and after 30sec of thinking, I agreed to do so but I asked Taeyeon not to read out the sender's name.

"To all my listeners, it's almost time for me and Jae to end the show but before we do that, Jae will be performing a solo as requested and she said that the song is dedicated to an Angel. Tha's all for tonight and hope you'll enjoy the song."

Meanwhile

"Wow, I could feel the emotions coming from that song when Jae is singing." Sunny commented as she turned to look at Tiffany and then to Jessica.

"She's not as good as my Taetae though. But I wonder who is this Angel? I remembered Taetae mentioning about it before but we still doesn't know who it is."

"I'm feeling sleepy already. I'm going off to sleep. Good night, Tiff. Nights, Sunny." Jessica left the living room as Sunny and Tiffany continued chatting.

Jessica's POV:

I felt sad when I heard Jae singing earlier. Like what Sunny said, you could actually feel the emotions put in the song. When she performed earlier with Taeng and she said that Jae was the one who chose the song because it describes her feeling at the moment, I almost burst into tears. I'm sorry, Jae. For causing you so much pain. Did you really cry because of me? I'm not worth it, Jae. I wish I could do something about it but things are not as easy as it seems. Donghae keep reminding me about the deed that he did for me and with each passing day, I felt obliged to cater to him. He's not as arrogant as Taec and he treats me much better. But... But he's not Jae. No matter how well he treats me, my heart still yearns for her. I really miss her a lot. I regret leaving my phone in the dorm yesterday. I had to accompany Donghae for dinner and was only back at 7pm. Seeing messages from Jae that she was not well really worried me and it made me feel so guilty. I remembered when I was sick. She took the effort to come down to bring me food and made sure that I was feeling better before leaving for her classes. I thought that I could spend time last night chatting with her but she informed me that she was already going off to sleep when it was only 7.30pm. Jae, I can understand if you're upset with me but the thought of you leaving me really scares me. From being indebted to Taecyeon and now to Donghae, I feel so suffocated. Especially since that indirect declaration from Donghae during his radio show. For the past two days, he seem to be making it obvious that I was the girl that he's referring to by always hanging out with me. Why is my life so miserable? Why can't I be with the one that I want to be with? Jae, will you be tired of waiting and give up on me?

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We were almost reaching the dorm when Taeyeon suddenly stopped in front of the door. Both of us had been walking in silence since we left the studio. Taeyeon had teasingly asked me to look for a girlfriend so that we could go for double dates but I had became too sensitive and just left Taeyeon at the studio. Taeyeon had to run after me for almost 5mins before she could catch up and that is the beginning of the silence.

"You know I was just joking right?" Taeyeon said before she took out her keys to open the door.

"I know but I don't think that it's the right time to joke around like that."

By then, Taeyeon had unlocked the door and both of us had entered the house. Yuri and Sooyoung were just lazing around in the living room.

"I didn't know there was a need to find the right time to joke. Since when did the both of us ever tried doing so? We always understood each other very well when it comes to joking around." Taeyeon's voice had increased a notch.

"Whatever, Taeng, I'm feeling very tired right now. I'm going off to sleep."

"Just go ahead and hide in your room. Cry your hearts out for a girl that doesn't bother about you and is only making use of your kindness."

Yuri and Sooyoung panicked the moment they saw me walking up to Taeyeon and grabbing her collar. Before anything could happen, we were pulled apart by them.

"Don't ever say that about Sica. She's not like that." I retaliated.

"Oh yeah? Where was she when you were sick yesterday? Busy spending time with her beloved 'boyfriend' I think?" Taeyeon kept on talking.

If not because of Yuri who was hodling me tight, I would have punched Taeyeon. I tried to release myself from the grip while Taeyeon was also trying to struggle away from Sooyoung.

"Both of you. Stop it. That's enough." Yuri suddenly spoke. "It's either both of you talk things through properly as adults or I'll have to inform both your Appas about it.

Both of us stopped moving as Yuri gestured us to take a seat on the couch. Sooyoung then asked us to explain what happened ealier that lead to all this. As me and Taeyeon gave our own side of the story, Yuri and Sooyoung just listened.

"Taeng, you of all people should understand Jae's state of emotion right now. That teasing was really uncalled for." Yuri said after both of us ended our stories.

"And you, Jae. You shouldn't have overreacted when you knew that Taeng was just teasing you." Sooyoung added on.

"Mianhae." Both me and Taeyeon said at the same time and we ended up giving each other a hug.

"But Jae, what if Sica really likes Donghae? Are you ready to face it then?" Taeyeon asked with a concerned look.

"Aissshhhh.. Donghae has already indirectly confessed his feelings for Sica on his radio show. Wonder how Sica would react to it." Yuri said with a frown.

"I told you to confess earlier. See what happens now. Donghae has overtaken you." Sooyoung shook her head and looked at me.

I sighed as I listened to the 3 of them talked. I leaned back to the couch and massaged my temple. I can't imagine if I was to lose Jessica and without me realising, I cried.

"I.. I did.... I've... al..ready confessed to her." I was having difficulty completing my sentence as the tears kept flowing. "Sh.. She said that.. she.. she likes me too."

"Mworago?"

All 3 of them were shocked to hear about it.  Seeing me crying was the first time for Sooyoung as she rushed to the kitchen to get me a glass of water while Yuri went to get some tissues for me. Taeyeon just patted my back to calm me down. When I felt better and the tears had stopped flowing, I told them whatever happened during our confessions to each other at the cafe.

"Daebak!!" Yuri said.

"Unbelievable." Sooyoung added on.

"We need to do something about this." Taeyeon commented as all 3 of us looked at her. "Since Sica already admitted to liking you, for her to be doing all this, it seems that there is something that is not right and that is what we need to find out. Yuri, get Hyoyeon to come down now."