Chapter 32: Too Soon For Peace To End     6 months later     Time flew past so quickly that 6 months have already gone within a flash. At the last few months, nothing much really happened. There was no trouble for them, no enemies and most importantly no sight of Donghae or his assistant, Taecyeon.     The royal family have already loosened up a bit but still had some of their guards at Donghae's palace just in case he comes back all of a sudden.     It was just peace and quietness for all of them.     After all that happened, this was what they needed - just some time without any trouble, and indeed that's what they've gotten.     Everything still remains the same, with Tiffany and Jessica there with them. Their relationships between the four have also become so much closer after all that have happened.     Yeah, pretty much that...     Gagging sounds came from Sooyoung when she saw how Tiffany fed Taeyeon just right across her. "Don't you have hands, you midget?" She rolled her eyes and continued with her own lunch.     "Whatever, shikshin. You're just jealous of us." Taeyeon retorted back before she welcomed the spoon that was facing her. She swallowed down the content and smiled at Tiffany.     Sooyoung saw all that happened and immediately regretted having to have lunch at the same time with the other couple. But of course, how could she have resisted that delicious aroma of lunch that is luring her into the kitchen earlier? She sighed and turned her head to look at Jessica who was minding her own business while eating, and there she sighed again.     Jessica heard it and she looked at Sooyoung with an eyebrow cocked up. "What?"     Sooyoung looked at her, hoping that her girlfriend could actually get the clue that she is jealous of the couple opposite and wants to be treated that way too, but with the blank look on Jessica's face, she knew that it's useless. "Nothing. Nothing..."     Jessica shrugged her shoulders and went back to typing on her phone.     Opposite of them was two snickering couple who saw the whole process. Taeyeon wondered how Jessica could actually be that dense and well, Tiffany knew that Jessica could be so dumb at times.     Jessi, sometimes you have to be more observant about one's expression. Tiffany thought to herself and shook her head.     Taeyeon continued to watch on with an amused expression when she saw how Sooyoung's face dropped more and more until she totally lost her appetite and started poking her own food. The shikshin is actually not eating but playing with food? She laughed at her own thoughts.     Hearing the sudden laughter from Taeyeon, Jessica then lifted up her head. "What's wrong?" She asked.     Taeyeon shook her head and cleared . "Nothing. It's just that someone here is being sulky now." She nodded her head towards Sooyoung who still had her head down.     "Hmm?" Jessica turned to look at Sooyoung. "What's the matter with you?"     Sooyoung lifted up her head slowly with a pout evident on her face. She blinked her eyes at Jessica and the latter frowned before she did the same. The two continued this little blinking game with Taeyeon and Tiffany watching them with curiosity until Sooyoung stopped and looked at the other side of the room. "Like I've said, it's nothing." She got up from her seat. "I'm going to my room. I've no appetite."     With that, she left the dining room with three pairs of curious eyes staring at her back.     Wow... I didn't expect this. Taeyeon thought to herself.      All of a sudden, Tiffany hit the table with both of her hands, making the utensils hit the table with a clang and also the other two to jump out of shock.     "Oh god, you scared the--"     "Go after her, you idiot!" Tiffany cut Jessica's words and waved her hands in the air randomly.     "Eh?"     "Don't eh me, you dumbo. Can't you see that your girlfriend is upset right now?"     "Is she?" Jessica asked with her head tilted.     Taeyeon immediately palmed her own forehead at how oblivious Jessica was for not paying attention to her lover.     "I-I mean she is! And I should go after her! Like right now!" Jessica said in a fast pace manner before she sprinted out of the room, following Sooyoung's steps.     "Oh my goodness. I can't believe how stupid my best friend is." Tiffany sat down and slouched against the seat.     Taeyeon chuckled. "Well, at least you lent a helping hand and told her about it."     "Right." She sat up and pecked Taeyeon's cheeks. "I hope we're not like them." She giggled.     "We are so not like them."     The laughter from the couple soon filled up the emptiness of the room.     =     When she got near to the door of someone's room, Jessica began to take lighter steps. She timidly knocked onto the door but there was no answer. She concluded that Sooyoung could actually not be inside but she could also be very upset now which answered why there was no answer.     To be honest, she still didn't know what was going on and why was she going into Sooyoung's room to pacify her. But with the tone from Tiffany earlier, she knew that she indeed did something wrong. But what was it?     She shook her head and threw away all the thoughts before knocking the door again and opened it.     Immediately, her eyes went to Sooyoung who was sitting on the floor, with her back against the bed. Their eyes held contact with one another before it broke when Jessica turned to shut the door.     She took small steps towards the other girl and sat down beside her.     The two didn't talk. The room was so quiet that they could hear one another's breathing sound.     Oh great. Now what should I do? Jessica thought to herself. She didn't have the courage to speak up because she hasn’t seen this side of Sooyoung's before.     Because none of them were willing to speak, Sooyoung then stood up and was about to walk away until she felt a pair of arms around her waist, and then a warm body enveloped her. She stood on her ground.     Just with the touch of Jessica and she was frozen.     "Sooyoung-ah..." Jessica mumbled against her back and she immediately felt the hair at the back of her neck standing. "What's wrong?"     Sooyoung closed her eyes and sighed. "Nothing. Nothing is wrong." She felt Jessica's arms left her body before she was turned around to face the latter. She couldn't look into Jessica's eyes; she didn't have the courage to do so.     Jessica tried to tilt Sooyoung's head down so that they could look at one another but the other girl kept her eyes on the floor. "Syoung-ah, please. Just talk to me?"     "What do you want, Jessica?" The shorter girl flinched at the sudden coldness in the tone. She was taken aback by Sooyoung that her hands that was on the t