"Need some help?"

Joohyun spun around almost stumbling out, startled when she heard that familiar voice. Her eyes were narrowed, adjusting her line of vision for a moment. Until, she couldn't stop the smile from creeping out of her face seeing the most beautiful woman she had ever laid eyes on leaning against the doorframe with both arms folded infront of her chest.

She already change up into a casual comfy clothes which makes her looks tenth times fluffier that it was almost tempting Joohyun to lunged forward to give the woman a big warm hug. 

She has this fond look on her face though mirroring her wife's smiling face.

"You look great," she tease which only got an eye roll from the other woman.

An unintentional giggle left before she turn back to resume with her previous work before Seungwan had interrupted her awhile ago.

"It's fine. You don't need to. In fact, I'm almost done. Just take a seat and I'll serve you..." then something just click off which force her to abruptly stop her ramblings. She swallowed uneasily, trembling hands grasp the counter for support when she feels like it was almost difficult for her to breath. 

Joohyun takes her time to think, although it wasn't visible on her face, she was nervous. She really tried her best to act normal. To show nothing that will makes her wife suspect anything. But as the times passes, she could already felt like it was starting to felt heavy inside her chest. The thought of telling Seungwan about the things that had happened within those months she was far from the latter was something she wasn't prepared of. Would it be considered as the best decision to involve her wife with all of this chaos that's currently happening in her family right now. To tell Wendy everything. To open up the topic about Seulgi's accident or about the fact that Sehun was suspected to be the person behind all of this? 

Apart of her was telling her to do it but there's still a remaining part that was stopping her not to.

However, her inner monologue had been cut short when she felt someone's presence behind before two pairs of warm hands snakes it's way around her petite waist eventually pulling her closer into a back hug. She closes her eyes, back leaning naturally against the latter's chest. This familiar warmth coming from Seungwan's body spreads throughout Joohyun's whole being makes her felt cozy inside.

"Aren't you tired?" the blonde whispered next to her ears. Her warmth breath tickling every sensitive part of it. Before giving her temple a chaste kiss then burying her nose deeper through her long wavy locks. 

"Shouldn't I be the one to asked you the same question?" 

There's a paused as she felt her wife's body pulling back a little, if not for the arms that was still wrap protectively around her waist, Joohyun would surely thought she already left. 

Upon noticing the lack of words coming from her wife, Joohyun place the spatula in her hand on the counter as she spun around to face her wife. 

Her face scrunched up disapprovingly noticing two dark circles below the latter's eyes. With a frown still on her face, she reach out using her finger and trailing it through the disturbing sight trying to ease it off of her face(if that's even possible).

"You seem more exhausted than I am," she mumbled out with a frown, cupping Wendy's face with her cold hands. Gently caressing it. Wendy shut her eyes and leaned in to the touch in reflex. 

"Seungwan?"

"I'm fine," was the quick response. The blonde flutters her eyes open to meet her concern gaze. Staring right through her brown one, as if sending a silent message that she don't need to worry about her. 

Joohyun pursed her lips. She wanted to argue, telling her stubborn wife that it wasn't just a small thing because she's worried and she wanted them to talked about it further like a grown up adults but she knows better enough than to push it, most especially not on situation like this wherein Wendy was showing that determined look in her eyes.

At the end she defeatedly nodded her head and Wendy gave her a grateful smile in return before pulling her in for a warm embrace.

"You don't really know how much I miss you, Hyun"

Joohyun smile upon hearing the sudden confession as she slowly pulled away from the hug. It's quiet disappointing to say the least missing Wendy's warmth against her own but when she stared right back on the latter's dark brown orbs everything seems to fade away. All those negatives thoughts and feelings. She suddenly felt the comfort, the warmth and the love. Just by staring at Wendy's eyes was enough to make her felt even more better again.

"I love you," she blurted out without even giving thoughts to it, it only occurred to her when she saw how Wendy's lips stretch into a wide goofy grin. Her eyes widen upon the realization, a sudden blush creeping across her face, she felt suddenly embarrased. 

It's not like she didn't mean it. 

She really did. The issue was she's never been the one to say something as cheesy as that, it was always Wendy. 

And now she just proved it wrong.

There's a soft chuckled before she heard her wife's half- teasing voice.

"And I love you, too"

A small frown escape from her face as she gave the laughing woman a glare.

"Shut it!"

A light jab came in contact with Wendy's stomach but instead of complaining about it, it only cause her to laugh even more. Huffing, Joohyun buried her now redden face on the crook of her wife's neck, muttering silent complaints under her breath. She could feel the vibration of Wendy's throat against her forehead as she continue with her laughter before it came to a stop and the only sound that she could hear was Wendy's soft yet uneven breathing. Then she felt protective arms wrapping back around her petite form.

And just like that the frown on her face were long gone and was quickly replace of nothing but a huge radiant smile.

"I'll never ever let you go again, Hyun. That's a promise."

This time Joohyun choose not to voice out her thoughts. For her this is enough. Being around the one you love. Feeling Seungwan's mint breath against her forehead. Her soft breathing and intoxicating vanilla smell. Her warmth. Her body pressed against her own. Her protective arms wrapped around her. And her soothing voice that almost lull Joohyun to sleep.

She missed this. 

She missed everything about Seungwan.

She finally feels the contentment. She don't want to think of anything. For now, this is all that matter for her. 

Seungwan...

******

"So, you saw her again?" 

Joohyun lifted her head up from her phone after sending a reply to Wendy's text asking if she was already at the hospital, glancing towards her sister sitting in the middle of the hospital bed across from her whose wearing a smile on her face. 

Joohyun couldn't anymore contained her own happiness. Today was such a special day and there are lots of things to celebrate about. Other than being able to finally see her wife for almost a month of being apart and to be with her again, this is also the exact day of her sister's release from the hospital.

She's more than glad that everything seems in a good hand now which includes Seulgi's fast recovery. 

"Yeah," she nodded her head, biting on her bottom lips to stop the smile from growing too wide. 

Seulgi stared at her warmly before she broke into one of her smile, this time a much wider one.

"I'm happy for you, unnie"

She smiled back,

"Thank you, Seul"

Seulgi nodded her head in response before she averted her gaze towards the huge glass window next to her bed, mindlessly staring at the vicinity outside.

Upon noticing the sudden changes on her sister's demeanor, Joohyun's smile slowly disappeared. 

It was obvious that Seulgi's in her deep thoughts again. It's keeps happening nowadays, Joohyun notice. And suddenly it's worry her.

With furrowed brows she carefully asked, "Seul, are you okay?"

Seulgi nod her head once, almost curtly like she was distracted of something. She didn't spare her sister a glance and it makes the worries in Joohyun's chest heightened. She has this inkling feelings that something was pretty off and she sure doesn't like it.

She knows her sister well enough to think that she wasn't okay, judging by the sudden change of her behavior. It wasn't the typical immature and playful Seulgi that she knew. Joohyun could sense it, even from a distance, that there's something bothering her sister. 

The reason why she's hiding it from her remains a mystery.

Chewing on her bottom lips and heaving a sigh, she slowly stand from the couch and approached her sister. Taking the empty spot by the foot of the bed next to her sister, Joohyun reached out for her sister's hands, giving it a light squeeze to get her attention.

"Tell me what's wrong?" she asked softly. As if snapping out of her thoughts, Seulgi slowly turn her head to face her sister. This time Joohyun finally concluded her observation, there's really something wrong going on and her sister's troubled face prove it all.

"What's wrong?" She repeated the question, gaze bored on her sister.

"I don't know. I...I just felt kinda strange lately,"

"What do you mean?"

Seulgi shake her head, gaze drop onto her lap, staring at it for a moment as though pondering how to respond to her sister's probing question. She keep mum for like a minute but Joohyun waited patiently, the uneasiness in her chest were becoming heavy as she waited for her sister to say something again. Until, Seulgi finally lifted her face up staring right through her eyes. Her brows creases and frustration were evident on her face.

"That day before I lost my consciousness after the car accident. I had smell something." there's a stiff pause before she continues. "I don't know how to put it in words unnie. My head were jumbled  but that smell... it's like a tattoo...I mean it's suddenly been there that I couldn't forget about it, it's seems like it'd been imprinted in my head forever," then she stop right there.

Joohyun face creases in worry seeing as her sister having trouble telling her what's bothering her but still somehow a bit relieve that Seulgi still keep the trust telling all of this to her even if it was obviously hard on her part to do so.  So in return, she did the only thing that she knows that will somehow comfort her sister. She reach out a hand, taking both of her sister's hand with her own and gave it a gentle squeeze to assured her that everything will be fine and that no matter what happened she will always be there for her.

Seulgi take in a long deep breath as she continue.

"Then...lately. I don't know if it just me or It's really been there all this time but...I think I could still smell it somewhere in here. It feels like it was here all this time..." she trailed off, scared eyes staring back at her sister's brown one.

"I think he's here, unnie..."

*****

Joohyun throw the remaining pieces of her sister's clothing's inside the purple suitcase before quickly zipping it up. Gently placing it down the floor, she grasped the handle between her hands before dragging it with her towards the door only to stop dead track when someone block her way.

"Hyun..."

"She's coming with me. I'm not going to explain to you why because I know that you already have the answer, dad"

"Joohyun honey, just think about this first, okay. You'll be all safe if you stay in the mansion,"

Joohyun lifted her head up to face her father directly, a look of disbelief was plastered on her face.

"There's no safer place, dad. Wherever we go I'm sure whoever that person is he will still going to find us!"

"That's the point. You and your sister are in danger. I'll not going to risk both of your life without even doing anything!"

The brunette bit on her trembling lips. 

The memories of the conversation she'd heard few weeks ago between her dad and the rest flashes back to her. She couldn't still believe that Sehun would do it to her sister. I mean, him of all people. Joohyun trusted him, for pete's sake. All this time she thought he's a friend but now, she proved it wrong. Although, there's still a remaining part of her that wanted to believe that it was all a lie. That Sehun was not the guilty person here.  But thinking about the evidences. The story behind the real reason why Sehun did all of those things. It's still a strong asset to prove that he was guilty. And Joohyun would not going to sacrifice her and her family's safety just for the sake of friendship.

"We'll be fine," she breath out, provoking herself not to say anything. She choose to hide it for the meantime to avoid any distressing confrontation that will only result to a much bigger problem. 

"Please just this one. Trust me dad,"

Her father shut his eyes out of frustration. Face burying between his hands as he helplessly slumped his body towards the foot of the bed.

Joohyun watch her dad silently.

The truth is, it really hurt her seeing her own father like this but she couldn't do anything about it, atleast for now.

It was an uncomfortable silence after that before she feels like she couldn't bear it anymore. Hurting and disappointing her own father never once crossed her mind, not until today.

Inhaling deeply,  she walked towards the man. A comforting hand on both of his shoulder causing him to look up.

"I just... you know it wasn't easy for me, Hyun. You're the only remaining treasure that I have and... I...I don't know what will going to happen to me if something bad happens to the both of you," he confesses, hopeful eyes staring back at her. "Do you really need to do this? I mean this, rejecting my offer? Leaving me behind?" he asked in disbelief, exasperation were already clear in his voice.

Joohyun shook her head. She kneeled down infront of him, reaching out to hold both of his hands with her own.