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Second Winter at Fire Lodge
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Jihyo and Tzuyu were the first ones out of their room that afternoon. After confirming the time for dinner with Sunmi, they hit the slopes again. About half an hour later, Jeongyeon, Mina, and Chaeyoung came out.   "Do you need me to exchange your towels?" Sunmi asked them.   "Yes, please," Chaeyoung said. Mina just blushed.   "We'd like to go snowshoeing this afternoon," Jeongyeon said. "Can you get the equipment ready for us?"   "I don't know about the snowshoeing equipment, but I can get Lisa out here to set it up for you." Sunmi had just picked up the phone to call Lisa when Lisa came up the hall.   "Did I hear you wanted snowshoeing?" Lisa asked.   Jeongyeon nodded.   "Right this way," Lisa said. "Sunmi, you'd better come to, so you can be ready to handle this yourself next time.   In the equipment room, Lisa fitted all the guests with snowshoes and poles, then gave them an emergency pack to carry and a laminated map showing the trails around the lodge. While she was reviewing the map with them, she sent Sunmi to request a thermos of coffee from the kitchen.   "Have any of you ever snowshoed before?" Lisa asked. All 3 guests shook their heads no. "I'd recommend the yellow circle trail then - it's mostly flat, and it should have you back here right around dinnertime."   After collecting the thermos of coffee from Jisoo, Lisa took the guests out back and gave them a quick snowshoeing lesson. They were all experienced skiers, so they were able to get the hang of snoeshowing fairly quickly. She got them pointed in the right direction, waved good-bye, and then went back inside. Sunmi was carrying an armload of towels down to the laundry room.   "Once you get those on to wash," Lisa said, "meet me at the front desk, please."   "Sure thing!" Sunmi replied with a smile.   When Sunmi came back to the front desk, Lisa said "Jennie told me you got your restraining order this morning. Is there any thing else we can do to help?"   Sunmi shrugged. "I don't think so. Right now the thing to do is wait and see if Ji-Hoon violates the order."   Lisa nodded. "Hopefully knowing that his uncle is the judge will help keep him in line."   "I hope so," Sunmi said.   "Tell you what," Lisa said, "how about I change over the towels and you can take a break until the dryer's done in about an hour?"   "Great, thank you!"   "You want to go snowshoeing or something?" Lisa asked.   Sunmi seemed to draw in on herself. "If you don't mind, I'd rather stay here, maybe sit by the fire for a while."   Lisa put her hand on Sunmi's shoulder. "You can't let him make you afraid to go out."   Sunmi nodded. "I'm not. I just - after her showed up here last night banging on the door like that, I don't feel safe going out just yet."   "Okay, but don't wait too long - the longer you wait, the harder it'll be. If you want me to go with you, I can."   Sunmi smiled weakly. "I don't think that'll be necessary, but if I need it, I'll be sure to ask. Thank you."   "Okay, well, go enjoy your break."   ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^   Chaeyoung came into the kitchen to see Jisoo stirring a pot of tteokbokki. She laughed. "I see you remembered Jeongyeon's favorite food."   Jisoo nodded. "It's also one of my favorite things to cook."   "That seems like a good start to dinner. We'll fix some rice and some side dishes and that should be plenty." Chaeyoung started gathering items from around the kitchen and laying them out on the prep table.   "Before we start that," Jisoo said, "I need to show you something in the pantry."   "Oh?"   Chaeyoung followed Jisoo into the pantry. As soon
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Much to my surprise, I'm back to writing Second Winter at Fire Lodge! A lot happens this chapter, but mainly centered around the minor characters.

And I promise all you Chaesoo shippers I'll have something good for you next time - there just wasn't room for it this time around!

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Astraea21 #1
Chapter 1: Starting this story now. :)
Craazy_hippo
#2
Chapter 1: ohh this is going to be good
Soshi1590
#3
Chapter 43: A mini Asia tour lol
Soshi1590
#4
Chapter 42: That a beautiful wedding. My chaesoo babies finally
iph1318
#5
Chapter 41: I enjoy how domestic they are lol.
Soshi1590
#6
Chapter 41: Don’t mess with Chaeyoung’s kitchen lol
Nice update
Soshi1590
#7
Chapter 40: Sunmi and hansol are cute
Jennie and Lisa are cuter
Chaeng and Jisoo are the cutest
Soshi1590
#8
Chapter 39: Saida reliving the memories lol
Soshi1590
#9
Chapter 38: Lisa is some kind of genius, isnt she? Planning ahead, saving money. She is the good luck charm of the place it seems

Chaesoo are the cutest