"I really can't believe we're doing this, Sooyoung"

"Oh come on, unnie. Life is always funnier with a little adventure"

"Yeah, of course. My is freezing right now and that's the only real adventure"

Kang Seulgi wasn't​ a girl who enjoyed​ getting into trouble or experiencing 'strong emotions' but her loyalty to her best friend, Park Sooyoung, made her get into trouble and deal with 'strong emotions' such as the anxiety she felt for what they were about to do...

Sooyoung took out her phone from one of her jacket pockets, her hands froze with the icy breeze of the autumn night that crossed the city, she should be sleeping or probably preparing for the exam that she had first thing in the morning but it was a thousand times better to be here, outside the house of her girlfriend, right next to the window facing her room, waiting for her to come out.

She carried the phone to her ear after dialing a number and waiting​ for it to ring on the other side. Soon an angelic voice answered her call

"Sooyoung...?" She sounded sleepy, probably because she was exhausted after the thousand and one activities she did in her day which ranged from being the first place in her class to being the president of the student council.

"Unnie~" Sooyoung spoke in a sing-song voice, something she always used to annoy her favorite unnie "Look at your window and if you can call Seungwan-unnie too I have something for her"

The line at the other side died and all was silent with the exception of the broken '' that Seulgi let out when a shiver ran through her body and the squats she'd been doing for hours were no longer enough to stop the cold and pump blood to her whole body. The window opened after minutes and from it, Joohyun emerged with a thick jacket and a hat with rabbit ears that Sooyoung remembered having given her a couple of months ago during her birthday.

Sooyoung smiled as soon as she saw her in the window and Joohyun copied her smile, tucking a strand of unruly hair behind her ear. The heart of the rebellious red-haired girl gave a strong jump inside her chest and, if she didn't​ sigh, it was because she managed to contain herself.

Oh god, she is so beautiful

"Are you coming down, unnie? We have a date"

At the same moment that Sooyoung and Joohyun were talking, Seungwan appeared from behind Joohyun with her hair messed up by the pillow, a sleepy expression and a big yawn that she tried to hide behind her jacket. Seulgi, who had remained silent while doing squats for her own good, let out an excited scream and ran to just below the window.

"Seungwanie!"

"Oh! Hi, Seul!" Despite how sleepy she was, Seungwan still could smile at her girlfriend in the sweetest way

"Come on, jump! I'll wait for you right here!"

Just when Seungwan was about to lift her leg over the window frame and jump (not considering that they were on a second floor and physics would definitely not give her much of an advantage) Joohyun stopped her by pulling her arm and scolding her through closed teeth. Sooyoung almost does the same with Seulgi who had a pout on her face for the feat she hadn't​ accomplished

"Wait a minute" Joohyun said as she fixed her rabbit hat "We'll go down right away"

Seulgi jumped excitedly from one side to the other as she completely forgot about the cold and chanted that she would soon see her beloved girlfriend. Sooyoung just looked at the window with a face full of love... that woman would be her downfall

Bae Joohyun and Bae Seungwan are sisters three years apart from each other. They go to the same college although they study different careers. Praised at school for their impressive grades and great academic performance in general, but even that doesn't​ mean they are completely different opposites: Seungwan loves to bake while Joohyun prefers to cook, Seungwan loves video games and Joohyun would rather watch a film a thousand times. Seungwan loves Kang Seulgi and Joohyun loves Park Sooyoung.

Seulgi and Sooyoung are best friends since life provided them with consciousness. They have always been there for each other and they are always partners in crime. If the school has something similar to a detention room then probably Seulgi and Sooyoung are there: they are problematic, mocking, sarcastic and pure pranksters. Seulgi is usually only involved in following Sooyoung while the latter is the mastermind behind every evil plan

No one would think for a moment that the public enemies number one and the two best students of the entire college were involved in a romantic relationship. But fate was like that sometimes: selfish and capricious about the way it does things and, therefore, it didn't​ even care who ended up getting tangled in its mythical red thread. They had to sneak in the sisters parents were already sleeping soundly. Seulgi had parents who pushed her to 'runaway' with Seungwan even if it was forbidden meanwhile Sooyoung...

Joohyun and Seungwan finally got out and left the house, both with thick jackets to try to protect themselves from the cold. As soon as Seulgi spotted Seungwan, she ran to her and hugged her tightly, taking her feet off the ground and spinning her around before kissing her lips repeatedly. Seungwan could only laugh as she circled her arms behind Seulgi's neck and answered every kiss. If those two had something in special it was that they loved each other with madness, in a ridiculously cheesy way. It was as if they were always living their honeymoon

"Hey," Seulgi greeted her with a smile as she looked at her through crescent eyes. "Did you miss me?"

"Of course I did!" Seungwan pouted and closed her eyes as she received another kiss from Seulgi but this time on her cheek "Do you think that six hours away from you isn't hell?"

Seulgi wrapped her arms around her waist and kissed her cheek again

"Aww honey .. I promise that next time I'll come earlier, is that okay?"

"You two are gross" Joohyun said as she approached Sooyoung and let the redheaded girl wrap her in a tight hug from behind that calmed the cold she felt since leaving the comfort of her home.

"You're not one to talk, unnie!" Seulgi shouted as Seungwan clung more to their embrace

Joohyun felt a pair of lips trailing her neck and, thanks to the temperature, they didn't​ feel as warm as usual. Even so, the feeling of protection couldn't​ be compared to anything she felt before: her place was in Sooyoung's arms and she wasn't​ going to question it for a single moment.

"You're shaking, unnie," Sooyoung whispered against her neck and began rubbing her arms to try and give her some warmth "I'm sorry"

"Hey, hey, it's okay. I accepted this, ok? Don't​ apologize."

Joohyun turned her body so she could face Sooyoung and it was there when she found an image that she hadn't​ noticed minutes ago, perhaps because of the lack of light and the height she was at: a busted lip still with blood, a scratch just above her eyebrow, a reddened cheek (almost turning purple) that the cold couldn't​ hide

There was Sooyoung with those marks again

Joohyun traced her girlfriend's features with her fingertips, going from her forehead to her lips as Sooyoung closed her eyes and frowned at the pain she must surely feel. Joohyun copied her gesture but not for pain... at least not physical

"Did he hit you again, Sooyoung?"

The girl just shook her head

"Is nothing"

Shee pulled away from Joohyun's embrace and took her by the hand. Seulgi and Seungwan had remained silent while looking at the other couple

"Let's go now" Sooyoung spoke after a few moments "We are losing time"

***

The couples had driven to Seulgi's house. Her parents had decided to go on a trip and they gave her permission to use the house for a full week on the condition that she kept it clean and held responsible for anything else that happened. For Seulgi that was no problem, she'd​ always been disciplined with the limits that her parents established

Just now she was sitting in the backyard of her house with the frozen grass melting into her bones but being able to ignore it just for the fact that she was accompanied, Seungwan had sat in the middle of her legs with her back hitting her chest. A huge pink blanket with patterns of brown bears protected them from the autumn breeze and kept the heat from leaving their bodies. Joohyun and Sooyoung had decided to stay inside after dinner and clean all the dirty dishes.

"Look at that one!" Seulgi pointed enthusiastically to a star that could barely be seen above the cloudy sky "I think it's the only one I saw today"

"We chose a bad day to count stars, Seul." Seungwan let out a giggle and took Seulgi's hands between hers, kissing her knuckles again and again. A strong breeze made Seulgi wrap her arms more tightly around Seungwan's body and the girl snuggled closer to her chest.

The silence was present between them but it was something they were used to and it didn't​ bother them. Their relationship was so full of confidence that they could spend hours without saying a word and it was the best way to say they loved each other, silence was only a way to reaffirm their deepest feelings. Seulgi leaned her head against Seungwan's shoulder and let out a long sigh. Seungwan brought one of her hands back and Seulgi's hair several times.

"Are you worried about something, Seul?"

Seulgi nodded a couple of times before speaking

"I'm​ worried about us... I mean, we're fine and everything is perfect, I really can't​ ask for anyone but you but I don't​ like to see you in secret. It's only a matter of time before your parents find us and what will happen then? Will I have to stop seeing you forever? I...I couldn't​ stand it"

Seungwan turned her body so she could take her girlfriend's face between her hands

"I don't​ want you to think about that"

"I can't​ help it... I'm really afraid of losing you"

Seungwan left a kiss on the nose of her beloved while she closed her eyes and gave herself up to the sensations

"You're not going to lose me, I'm willing to face my parents as long as I stay by your side, Seul..."

Seungwan and Joohyun's parents weren't​ bad, much less two ogres without sense of understanding. But their daughters future was what mattered most to them, even over their happiness. They always 'looked for the best for them' no matter the means to get to it.

According to her parents, Seulgi didn't​ have the future that Seungwan deserved even though she was an excellent girl with lots of values ​​and education. Sooyoung was no different... she already had the rank of a 'nobody' who was only interested in the economic part of a relationship and nothing else. Seulgi and Sooyoung didn't​ belong to the future that said parents had ready for their daughters

But both Seungwan and Joohyun were willing to die on the line defending their lovers

Seulgi felt a lump in as she heard Seungwan's words. They didn't​ surprise her because she was sure that Seungwan would defend her from the very flames of hell but that didn't​ take away that she felt terribly wrong to see her girlfriend in secret, as if it was something they should be ashamed of. How could she be ashamed of something that made her immensely happy?

Seulgi could never be ashamed of Seungwan. Especially when she was such a smart and rational woman. Always thinking about every one of her choices and calculating each step.

Seungwan leaned to catch Seulgi's lips in a deep kiss and didn't​ let her say another word. Seulgi hid her tears between the lipstick flavor of her beloved and let the uncontrolled breeze erase all the doubts she had about it, hoping it will take away all that she doubted in her life

In the guest room of the house, Joohyun was sitting on the edge of the bed while Sooyoung stared at her with her arms crossed standing in front of her. With the artificial light of the room it was almost impossible to hide the blows and marks on her face and her entire body. There was no part of her being that wasn't​ marked by some kind of wound and Joohyun felt that her heart was breaking with each new mark she found

"Are you going to explain me what happened?" Joohyun said while crossing her arms "You can't​ fool me"

"I'm​ not trying to fool you, I just want you to be calm. Nothing happened" the redhead girl was still in her same pose and only changed her weight from one foot to another

"Nothing, Sooyoung?" Joohyun raised her voice without becoming a shout "Do you think nothing of that blow on your cheek? And that busted lip? Is that nothing?"

Sooyoung kept silent

"I just want you to tell me something: he hit you again, right?"

The redhead girl let out a sigh of frustration and her arms fell to both sides​ of her body

"Yes, yes unnie. Happy now?" Donwoo beat the out of me again"

Park Donwoo. The name that Joohyun never forgot even though she heard it very rarely. The man who physically abused Sooyoung every time he lost consciousness in the middle of his drunkenness. The man who was supposed to act as Sooyoung's father after her biological father left her more than 20 years ago

Joohyun knew that Sooyoung didn't​ have a very good family. Her mother loved and respected her, she was always understanding and caring but she was busy all day working to earn at least enough income to bring food to the table. Donwoo was the alcoholic who took everything away, owner of a bar where Sooyoung worked occasionally serving drinks to customers. It wasn't​ the right life for someone like Sooyoung but she refused to be helped

Donwoo was disgusting but they had no choice but to endure it. The profits from the bar were good and helped to live decently. Even if her mother got rid of Donwoo, Sooyoung knew that they wouldn't​ last long living independently. The money made them stay together with that abusive bastard. Sooyoung just looked forward to the end of her college career to be able to find a decent job and get her mother out of that hell.

Because if something mattered to the girl in this world, that was her mother and she rather have Donwoo tear her to pieces before he even thinks about putting a hand on her mother.

And Joohyun knew that

The older girl got up from the bed and walked to Sooyoung, caressing her cheek and leaving a light kiss on her lips before looking into her eyes. There was an awful lot of soul in those dark colored orbs but Joohyun couldn't​ find a way to get that suffering out of her eyes

"What happened this time?"

"He insists that I do a dance show for the clients next week ... when I refused, he gave me a good one on the cheek, I tried to tell him that my face is my strongest feature but he refused to hear" Sooyoung smiled softly and Joohyun sighed. How could she joke in the middle of all this? Surely it was a defense mechanism of her own body to ignore the potential trauma she was developing

"Don't​ shut me out" Joohyun returned to kiss her lips briefly "Let me help you get away from him"

"We can't​, unnie... we can't​, we need his money now. Mom can't​ work that much and I'm a damn nuisance"

"You're not, okay?" Joohyun said while holding the girl's face with both hands "You're​ strong and you're beautiful. You are... you are the person I love the most"

Sooyoung grinned widely as she closed her eyes. If she had those words then everything was okay, those words gave her life and desire to keep fighting. Even if nothing was going well in her life, Joohyun was what gave her strength

"Say it again, unnie"

"I love you, Sooyoung"

Joohyun kissed the younger girl again now more intensely, more passionately. Their lips clashed in a constant game of dominance without an apparent winner. Joohyun ran her hands under the blouse that Sooyoung wore and delighted in the way the girl's skin reacted under her fingertips and the coldness of her hands.

"Make love to me" Sooyoung said in a whisper against the lips of the older "Show me how much you love me"

With a slight nod from her head, Joohyun pushed her slowly towards the bed and crossed her arms across her body to get rid of the first garment of the night, throwing it to the side of the room and stalking Sooyoung with a heavy look full of lust. A look that filled the emptiness inside Sooyoung's heart while she was shedding her blouse

In the other room, Seulgi and Seungwan were loving each other in the same way

***

The morning shine brightly on the two bodies on the bed. The sun's rays were very weak but strong enough to sneak through the corners of the window and land directly on the face of Seulgi who hugged Seungwan from behind, their legs entwined and her arm resting on her girlfriend's toned abdomen

The digital clock in shape of a bear right next to her bed told her that it was past ten in the morning. It was a school day so Seungwan's parents would surely believe that she was in classes early and wouldn't​ see her until late. At least Seulgi had one less thing to worry about now.

She took time to admire the sleeping features of her girlfriend​

She's so beautiful

She kissed her bare shoulder and then snuggled against her back trying to bring her a little more warmth. The cold outside had only intensified

"Seul...?" Seungwan's sleepy voice took her out of her thoughts

"I'm here Wannie... don't​ worry about the time, sleep a little more"

Seungwan obeyed her without a question and went back to sleep deeply. Seulgi kissed her shoulder again and covered both of their bodies with the thin sheet that covered the bed. It was mornings like these ones that made her think about how much she loved Seungwan, how willing she was to give everything for her no matter how much it will cost. It was these kinds of mornings that gave her the energy to continue

"I promise I'll​ make you happy" Seulgi whispered to no one "We are going to build our own little future and no one is going to stop me from loving you"

Seungwan couldn't​ hear the words but for Seulgi it was enough to have her by her side

In the other room, Joohyun promised the same to a sleeping Sooyoung

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A/N: So this is part of a story that I planned a long time ago but my computer blew the up and I missed all of my files :( I'm planing to continue this in a near future so I hope everything goes just fine~