Jihyo pulls her into an empty waiting room down the hallway. She could hear the noise coming from the hustle at the other side of the closed door, but once she looks into the younger girl’s eyes, everything becomes white noise, background music.

“Why did you bring me into here?” Sana asks innocently. She bats her eyelashes, unintentionally, and for some reason, Jihyo’s cheeks heat up. But Jihyo is a leader, and such a move shouldn’t work on her, if only Sana didn’t look at her like she hangs the stars up her night sky. If only Sana weren’t her girlfriend.

Jihyo leans closer, tiptoes, and presses a kiss against Sana’s lips. It’s chaste and gentle, but Sana still feels every emotion that runs in Jihyo’s blood for her.

“ Happy birthday , love. I’ll give you your gift when we go back to Korea.” Jihyo smiles tenderly at her, and Sana thinks, that despite the busy schedule and the mess they are in, she wouldn’t have it any other way.