The wind was too cold, but she didn’t care.

She just wanted to breathe.

“If I--I l-lay hee—re. . .”

She started to sing.

“I-- If I ju--sst la-ay her-re . . .”

Her voice trembled, but she didn’t care.

“Wo-would y-you lie wi-with me a-and just—for--get t-the w-world?”

She was out of breath, but she didn’t care.

Looking up at the dark night sky floodlit with bright stars, and she thought to herself, “Taeyeon-ah, can you see the stars over there?”

It was Christmas and Taeyeon lied flat on the ground of Jessica’s balcony.

She remembered how she held Jessica’s hand that night.

How her heart thumped out of her chest.

How looking at Jessica seemed so surreal.

How she was so scared of that moment to pass.

How she was so scared of losing Jessica.

How she was so horrified at the feeling of happiness slipping away from her hands.

Taeyeon remembered how everything felt. How she was able to feel again.

“Jessica... I’m glad I met you too.”

They both lied on their backs looking at the same sky.

Taeyeon and Jessica hoped that tomorrow, both of them will still get to open their eyes to the same sky.

FIN.