"You guys really don't have to send us off." The cousins told their friends that met them at the airport.

Sujin and Woojoo had let slip to their other friends about the four's departure for today and so, some of them wanted to send the quartet off that could meet them. Normally, the cousins were sent off by Jiwon, Minwoo, Eunmi, Seohoo, Hanjun, and Taeyoung, but the four told them not to as they already bid their farewells to them on Monday and their co-worker friends yesterday.

"We're gonna miss you."

"Come back as soon as possible."

"Make sure to message us when you land."

"Or just give us a call when you can."

"Safe travels."

"Have a good flight there and back."

There were lots of hugs, pats on the back, and ruffling of the hair all around with the cousins trying to fend off the affection of several of their friends that didn't seem to want them to leave just yet. However, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, and Sunghoon remained cordial with Serena, Kierra, Melanie, and Linna, respectively. Linna had made a beaded keychain for Sunghoon the next morning after the sleepover, knowing she'll forget and wouldn't have time to get around to it. Plus, she had a feeling that the next day her aunt would want to celebrate her engagement, too. As for Heeseung, he gave Serena her own BiHye plushie upon remembering it after going through his things before bed. Which Serena was currently holding onto before her flight as she caught sight of Heeseung and wiggled the plush in his direction for fun.

"Anyway, we really gotta go," Linna began with Melanie finishing it off, "But thanks for sending us off."

The other two followed suit

"Yes, thanks."

Soon enough, the quartet were surrounded with more hugs, pats on the back, and ruffling of hair except some of their friends shed tears which they all had to calm them down and cheer them up. However, Jake, Jay, Sunghoon, and Heeseung made sure they were the last ones to get in a final goodbye towards Melanie, Kierra, Linna, and Serena, respectively.

"I see you, Jake." Melanie teased with a chuckle as she saw Jake slowly coming over to her.

"See me what, Chaewon?"

"Wanting to be the last one to bid me a goodbye."

Jake nervously laughed with a chuckle as he opened his arms for Melanie to come hug him.

"Of course."

Melanie just shook her head and went into his embrace. She just didn't expect to feel some type of way when his arms wrapped themselves around her body.

"Be safe over there Chaewon." Jake whispered as he and Melanie shared a long hug to which she wasn't expecting either.

"Just, please come back to me safely."

His arms tightened around her and Melanie wasn't sure how to respond to the last part, but she nodded while tightening her arms around his body , too, before pulling away shortly afterwards with a small smile. Jay walked towards Kierra with his arms opened wide as Kierra accepted the said hug in good-nature. She still wasn't sure about her feelings for Jay, but she knew that she wasn't as off putting towards him than before.

"Message me when you get a chance after you land." Jay said in a soft tone, hugging Kierra longer than she expected.

"Okay?"

"Okay."

"I mean it, Yiyeon."

Kierra felt Jay's arms tightened around her and knew that he would worried if she didn't.

"I know and I will, Jay."

Kierra definitely needed to give Jay an answer because she couldn't be acting like this with him if they weren't an official couple. However, she couldn't do so right now as she pulled away first with a reassuring smile. Sunghoon casually strolled on over to Linna as she watched him make his way over to her.

"Oh, so you made yourself the last one to come over?" Linna teased with a small smile.

"Yes." Sunghoon answered, confidently, throwing Linna off-guard.

Despite how things became between the two of them these past several months, Linna was happy to have grown closer to Sunghoon as a friend and person than just a crush. However, from time to time, Sunghoon still gave her those butterfly moments and Linna found herself thinking of actually confessing to him for real. Anyway, Sunghoon laughed with a nod as he tenderly pulled her in for a long hug. She swiftly felt her heart swoon as she nuzzled into the embrace, unconsciously.

"I'm gonna miss you, Yiseul." Sunghoon whispered against her ear, while hugging Linna tightly.

"I'm gonna miss you, too, Sunghoon."

The words came out before she could process them, but Linna knew they were true and she hoped that Sunghoon wouldn't think too much about her words and just assumed them as a friendly thing. Still, after their so-called breakup, things lightened up between them and Sunghoon proved himself to still care for her despite not asking about his explanation from that day even though Sunghoon wanted to tell her. Linna let it go and just went with the flow of their friendship for now and see where that would lead them if she still had feelings for the guy to start an actual relationship.

"By the way, read this when you get home, alone." Sunghoon said as he pulled away first and placed a letter into her hand.

Her eyes furrowed, puzzled upon seeing the letter before looking up at him.

"Why?"

Sunghoon smiled before patting her hands.

"You'll understand when you do."

"Okay."

Sunghoon pulled Linna in for another hug before letting her go with a soft smile lingering on his face. Heeseung patiently waited for his turn with Serena as she eyed the male, suspiciously, when it came down to the two of them.

"You're not gonna steal back BiHye from me, are you?"

Heeseung laughed, shaking his head.

"No, Chaejin, I have my own, but I do want a goodbye hug from you though."

He opened his arms as she eyed him once more before giving into the hug. Serena only became wary in case he pulled another stunt like he did during their second round of movie night. The hand-holding could've been cute and all, but Serena was more worry about the others thinking that she and Heeseung had something going on when they really didn't.

"If you're ever feeling lonely or want someone to talk to while on your summer vacation, Chaejin, then you can talk to your BiHye and my BiHye will let me know about any worries you may have, thinking it's me on the other end." Heeseung whispered while tightening his grip around her.

Serena wasn't sure how to respond to that as she never had this time of conversation with Heeseung. Still, she never really considered herself close with him for their relationship to seem like so either. However, these past several months have proved otherwise though.

"Thanks, Heeseung. I appreciate that."

"You're welcome."

Heeseung continued to hug her a little longer before pulling away and shooting her a sweet smile.

"Take care and safe travels."

Soon enough, the cousins bid their friends goodbye, eyes lingering on him a little longer than normal, before heading on over to check-in with feelings anew. Their summer vacation were supposed to be without the thoughts of him, but each of them knew that was gonna be harder to do now as they had an almost twelve hour flight back home with nothing else to do except to sleep, eat, play on their phone, or watch a movie in a confined space, leaving them to their thoughts.

"Finally." The quartet groaned as they crashed onto their brothers' slash cousins' sofas after beign picked up from the airport.

Both sets of brothers actually lived right next door to one another which came in handy from time to time. Linna and Kierra, Serena and Melanie, still lived with their parents whenever they returned home which they, too, also lived next door to one another. Currently their parents were off visiting their mothers' side of the family up north and wouldn't be home for another few days. So, the quartet decided to stay in town for those few days before actually going home which left the eight cousins to hang out for a while.

"Yo, where's the snacks?" Oscar asked, coming from out of his room due to playing a football game with his friends online.

"In the boys' cars." The quartet answered, too tired to move.

"Oh, I see."

Oscar made his way to assist his younger brother and younger cousin with the luggage.

"Yo, Charlie texted in the chat that he and Mike wants to eat sushi when they get off work." Jackie said, entering the house with two of the four's luggages.

"The others will join us, too."

"Okay." The quartet did the OK sign, resting.

Jackie looked at them, laughing.

"Alright, y'all just sleep and we'll wake you guys up before leaving."

The four gave the OK sign, falling asleep soon afterwards.

"So, you four found a K-Pop boyfriend yet?"

"Or a Korean boyfriend or something like that?"

The large group of cousins sat around a large table, enjoying their selection of sushi, when Paul and Peter directed the question at their cousins.

"No." The quartet answered as Mike pried a little more.

"Then who was all the boys in the pictures y'all shared and in the Snapchat and Instagram stories?"

"Schoolmates."

"And y'all not even dating one of them?"

"No."

"Liar." The others disagreed.

The quartet were not gonna tell their brothers or cousins about what had occurred during the Spring semester.

"Anyway, we're gonna do a barbecue later tonight with the others." Faye informed, changing topics.

"Like who?" The four questioned.

"With Joy, Monica, Daniel, Simon, David, Lina, Nick, Patrick, Jeffrey, and Evan to name a few." Claudine answered with Linna and Melanie squealing.

"Oh, we finally get to see David and Lina's baby boy!"

"What's his name again?"

"Elijah." Hannah answered with a smile.

"He's so cute."

"Yeah! Really cute." Ally chimed in.

"Anyway," Victor interjected, "Let's decide who buys what and set things up for later tonight."

"Who's that guy with Yiyeon?"

"Wait a minute who's that guy with Chaejin?"

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