As the 5 of us got in line inside the pool to start our race, suddenly Tiffany's voice was heard from the kitchen.

"HOLD ON!!"

I saw our girlfriends walking out from the kitchen. Sunny was carrying a jug of orange juice while Seohyun was carrying a tray of glasses. Yoona was carrying a plate of cut watermelon while Tiffany was carrying a plate of sandwich. Lastly, my own girlfriend walked in like a model, with nothing on her hands. I just chuckled and smiled at her as she joined the other girls at the reclining chairs.

"What are you all planning to do?" Yoona asked as she sat down while holding on to the plate of fruits.

"We're going to have a swimming competition." Yuri replied.

"There's some chairs and a table at the other end of the pool. You girls could bring them over so that you can place the food instead of holding on to it." I said as I pointed to the other end of the pool. "Or you could just leave the food and drinks at the living room."

The 5 of us were about to prepare ourselves again as we turned to face in front when a chilling voice stopped us in our tracks.

"Aren't you all going to at least eat a bit of the food that we've prepared?" Jessica asked as she folded her arms and glared at us.

Seeing her icy glare, Sooyoung, Taeyeon, Yuri and Hyoyeon quickly jumped out from the pool and grabbed the food. I laughed out loud at their dorky behaviours but I noticed that Jessica was staring at me now.

"Sicababy, feed me please." I tilted my head, pouted and gave her my puppy eyes.

Jessica shook her head before turning around to grab a glass of orange juice that Sunny had poured into the glasses earlier and also a sandwich. While waiting for Jessica to walk over, I pulled myself up and sat at the edge of the pool. Jessica joined me at the side and started to feed me. As I chewed on my food, I noticed that Jessica was looking down and there was a tint of blush on her cheeks. I followed her gaze and saw her staring at my stomach. The wet t-shirt was sticking to my body and she was able to see the outline of it. I was about to say something when I heard Tiffany's comment.

"Shirtless for 30mins?!! Oh my gosh!!" Tiffany was clapping in excitement as Yoona and Sunny started to ask for the competition to be started quickly.

Jessica was still looking lost when Tiffany explained to her slowly about the rules that Yuri had set for the swimming competition. After Tiffany finished explaining, I saw her leaning to Jessica and whispered something to her. Then Jessica started to bite her lips and her face turned red. Seohyun then suggested to add something more fun to the competition as the 5 of us stand at the edge of the pool to prepare for the race.

"Me and Yoona will stand at the other end of the pool with 5 cuts of watermelon. You have to climb up to grab one each, eat it and showed to us that it's all done before swimming back to the starting line. So are you all up for the challenge?"

"CALL!!" All 5 of us shouted in agreement.

Tiffany was given the task to give the starting signal due to her loud voice as she waited for Seohyun and Yoona to walked to the other end. She saw them placed the plate of fruits on the table and Yoona gave a thumbs up. When Tiffany told us to get ready, we line up in a straight line. I was standing in the middle with Yuri on my left and Hyoyeon on my right. Taeyeon was beside Yuri while Sooyoung was beside Hyoyeon. The moment Tiffany shouted the word 'start', the 5 of us jumped into the pool.

Competition was fierce between me and Yuri. Both of us had always been competing with each other since middle school everytime she came over for a swim. Both of us reached the other end of the pool at the same time as we climbed up to to grab the watermelon. Lucky for me, Yuri was not really a fast eater. Hyoyeon and Taeyeon were already climbing up when me and Yuri were halfway eating the watermelon. I finished the watermelon and after Yoona gave me a green light, I jumped back into the pool at the same time that Sooyoung was climbing up.

I won the race with Hyoyeon in 2nd place, Sooyoung in 3rd, Yuri in 4th and Taeyeon in last place. As the 5 of us rested by the side of the pool, our girlfriends came over to hand us a towel each. Taeyeon was nagging and complaining that it was unfair to her since she's got short legs but when I said that Hyoyeon and her were of the same height, Taeyeon just meronged at me.

"But what I'm confuse is, how come Soo managed to overtake Yul when she was the last one to climb up just now?" I asked the girls.

"Because she pratically swallowed the watermelon down . I was still eating when she jumped into the water. Yoongie, did Soo really finished up the watermelon?" Yuri asked Yoona for confirmation.

"She did. Even Seohyun was shocked to see how fast she ate it. She ate the watermelon faster than she swims." Yoona replied as the rest of us just laughed out loud.

"Enough of the talking. Time for the losers to strip." Sunny said with a smirk.

"Yah, Bunny. Are you really such a byun?" Soo asked as Sunny just smiled while doing her aegyo.

"We'll start with the last place first so Taetae, you will do the honour to start the ball rolling." Tiffany smiled as Taeyeon pouted and was just about to remove her t-shirt when Seohyun stopped her.

"Wait!! Is everyone wearing proper clothings inside?" Seohyun asked with her innocent face. All of us laughed and told her that all of us were wearing our sports bra.

When Taeyeon removed her t-shirt, everyone commented about her white milky skin and her cute abs. Tiffany was smiling brightly while looking at her Taetae's abs but Tiffany's attention diverted once Yuri started to remove her t-shirt. The girls were in awe with Yuri's trident shaped abs. Yoona had to stop Sunny from trying to touch Yuri's tummy while Taeyeon was pouting when she saw Tiffany staring at Yul's abs. Yuri even did some dance move to show off her abs.

When it was Sooyoung's turn to strip, she tried to avoid it by saying that her tummy was not great looking and that she doesn't have any abs. Sooyoung said that she's embarassed to show it to us.

"Yah, just take it off, Soo. You're just giving excuses." Taeyeon said as the rest of the girls agreed with her.

After Sooyoung removed her t-shirt, Sunny instantly rubbed it causing Sooyoung to blush hard. Sunny hugged Sooyoung and asked her what happened to all the food that Sooyoung had been consuming, making all of us burst into another round of laughter.

Lastly, it was Hyoyeon's turn as she purposely stood in front of Seohyun before removing her t-shirt.

"Yeonnie, you don't have to stand so near to me." Seohyun covered her eyes as Hyoyeon started to dance ily in front of her as the rest of us cheered her on.

"Seohyun, you need to open your eyes to enjoy it." Sunny tried to remove Seohyun's hands from her face.

"It's okay. I've seen it before." Seohyun replied behind those hands, shocking the rest of us as Hyoyeon stopped dancing.

All of us then started to tease them by asking weird questions that made Seohyun hide behind Hyoyeon's back in embarassment. Hyoyeon explained that Seohyun probably had seen it before when she accompanied Hyoyeon to the dancing school and watched her dance. We continued to enjoy the food and chatted with each other for the next 30mins. During that time, Taeyeon took the effort to explain to those who were still unaware with regards to the house ownership that has been transferred from Jae's family to Taeyeon's family.

Just when the girls were about to put on their t-shirts back, it started to drizzle. We were about to go up to the 2nd floor when I saw Uncle Kim walking in from the gates, carrying a few plastic bags. Since I was the only one still decently dresses, I went out to help him.

"Uncle Kim, let me help you out. Did you go to the market?" I asked him when I saw the stuff that was in the plastic bag as Uncle Kim nodded his head. "Why didn't you use the car, Uncle Kim?"

"It's just nearby only, Jae. Don't have to use the car."

"Nearby? The nearest market to us is about 20mins of walking. Next time, just use the car. No one else is going to use if you don't and Appa already allowed you to use it anyway." I replied, knowing that the real reason Uncle Kim didn't the use the car was because it doesn't belong to him.

I brought the stuff to the kitchen as Aunt Kim started to nag at Uncle Kim for allowing me to carry the stuff. Uncle Kim looked at me with his pitiful expression as I helped him out by explaining to Aunt Kim that I was the one who insisted to help him out. Aunt Kim then told me that dinner should be ready at around 7pm. After telling her to take her time and there's of no need to rush, I went up to meet the girls.

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I saw Yoona, Tiffany, Sunny and Jessica sitting at the couch while Seohyun was playing the grand piano. I stood by the piano and listened to the song before walking up to Jessica. I asked her where the others were and she said that they had went to my room. I nodded my head and told her that I'm going off to join them.

When I reached my room, the 4 of them were gathered in the bathroom. I walked in and told them to use any of my clothes since I knew that they didn't have any spare clothes. I then took some change of clothes and went to my parent's room. After 15mins, I joined all of them who had gathered near the grand piano. I sat on the arm rest of the couch, beside Jessica since all the seats were taken.

"Seohyun, beside that song that you played earlier, is there any other songs that you can play?" I asked Seohyun who was still seated at the piano with Hyoyeon beside her.

"I can play a few songs. Why don't you pick a song and I see if I could play it?" Seohyun replied.

"Sicababy, is there any songs that you want to listen to?"

Before Jessica could reply me, there were protests around. Yuri and Taeyeon started teasing me by saying that I only take care of Jessica and no longer bothered about the rest of them. Sooyoung and Sunny then re-enacted the scene that I did earlier except that it was more mushy this time round.

"Aisshh.. stop teasing us." I gritted my teeth as I turned to Seohyun and asked her to play any songs that she feel like playing. The girls then started to laugh at my pouting expression as Jessica just leaned on my arms.

While Seohyun was playing the music, all the girls just kept quiet to listen to the song. We all clapped loudly for Seohyun after she ended the song.

"If this house belongs to Taeng's family now, does that mean Jae will have to look for a new place to stay?" Jessica suddenly asked out of the blue, causing the girls to look at Taeyeon before turning to look at me.

"This is still Jae's house. Nothing will change. I'm not going to change anything and will still be staying in my room below." Taeyeon quickly answered as she explained that there's two guest rooms behind the kitchen, one used by Taeyeon and the other by her parents.

"But what if there are guests coming over? And how about your Oppa? He can't be staying with your parents after he graduates, right?' Yuri asked as Taeyeon just blinked her eyes repeatedly.

"Taeng, sooner or later, you'll have to make changes to the house. Frankly speaking, I am planning to move out soon. This is already your house, Taeng. Yours and your parents. Appa already talked tou Uncle Kim with regards to the changes that was needed to be done to the house. Just like you, Uncle Kim doesn't want to make changes to the house too. But Appa said that his only request was for Uncle Kim to leave Appa's room untouched. So Taeng, you can use my room and I'll use my Appa's room from now on until I moved out." I said as everyone just listened quietly.

"But I don't want you to move out. This is our house. We grew up in here together. You promised that we'll stick together. Bestfriends forever." Taeyeon frowned as I could see her eyes turned a little watery.

I walked up to Taeyeon and squated in front of her. "Taeyeon-ah, you're not only my bestfriend. You're like a sister to me. Even if we're not staying in the same house, I'll always be there for you. You'll be there for me too, right?" I asked as Taeyeon suddenly jumped from her seat and gave me a hug but since I was not prepared for it, both of us ended lying on the floor with Taeyeon on top of me.

The atmosphere suddenly became quiet as everyone just watched the both of us. Suddenly, I saw Yuri smirking at me as she shouted 'group hug'. Before I culd react, Yuri jumped on top of Taeyeon, followed by Sooyoung and Hyoyeon. Lucky for me, our girlfriends did not participate in our childish play.

"Yah!!! Get off me. You guys weigh a tonne." I said as I struggled to escape.

"I won't be able to grow any taller if you guys continue doing this." Taeyeon said as it brought laughter to everyone.

"That was dangerous, Yul. You could have injured Jae who was right at the bottom. All your weights added up together will be too heavy for her body to sustain." Yoona nagged at Yuri the moment the pile of bodies earlier broke apart.

"Don't worry. Jae can handle it. She's got muscles in her that you've not seen before." Yuri smirked at me as I just meronged at her.

"I agree. I managed to see Jae's abs earlier and it was awesome." Tiffany grinned at me causing all the girls to look at me.

"Wae?" I asked as I saw all of them starting to grin at me. "Anni, anni.. I'm not going to strip. I won the race earlier remember."

"Sica, do you want to see Jae's abs?" Sooyoung asked as everyone shifted their attention to Jessica who nodded her head slowly while blushing. "Jae, your Sicababy wants to see it." Sooyoung said to me in a teasing tone.

I sighed and made a sad face as Jessica just giggled at me. I stood up and held the ends of my t-shirt. "I'll let you guys see but only for a short while, understand." The moment I removed my t-shirt, I could hear gasps coming from the girls. I put my hand on my hips and posed for a while. I saw Jessica staring at my tummy with opened while Sunny was trying to come nearer to me but Sooyoung managed to stop her.

"Okay. That's enough." I said as I quickly bend down to grab my t-shirt on the floor but Hyoyeon was faster. She took my t-shirt and  threw it to Tiffany who was sitting at the far end of the couch, away from where I was standing. "Yah!! Jebal."

Suddenly, Jessica stood in front of me as she blocked the view of my body from the rest of the girls, causing them to protest. "No more oogling at my Jaegi's body. Give her back her t-shirt." Seeing her icy glare, Tiffany threw the t-shirt at Jessica while saying 'wet blanket'. Jessica grabbed the t-shirt and turned around. I was expecting her to give me the t-shirt but instead, she helped me to put it on. I felt her hands rubbing my tummy when she pulled my t-shirt down.

"Nice abs, Jaegi but this will be the last time you're going to show it to others. Understand?"

Subconsciously, I nodded my head when I heard Jessica's comment. Her tone was firm yet soft-spoken. When Jessica turned around to face the girls, I gave her a backhug and whispered in her ears. "From now on, I'll only show it to you." I kissed her on her right temple before gesturing for everyone to go down for dinner since it's almost 7pm.

Jessica's POV:

I was shocked to see Jae's abs. Like what Tiff told me at the pool earlier, her abs was really daebak. I've seen and felt her biceps before when I held her arms but I've not seen her tummy before. No wonder she was able to carry me around with ease. Her body is well-toned. I wanted to touch her abs and I did so when I purposely put on her t-shirt for her. It was really firm but her skin was smooth. When she hugged and kissed me on my right temple, I felt butterflies in my stomach. I was about to follow them downstairs, when Tiff came up to me and said that I was lucky since Jae will be able to carry me around anytime I'm feeling tired. I bite my lips unintentionally and Tiff teased me by saying that I was having dirty thoughts. I managed to kick her in her before running off to join the rest at the dining table.

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Since there was only seats for 8 person at the dining area, Sunny and HyoyHyun couple volunteered to eat their dinner at the living room. Sooyoung had no choie but to accompany Sunny but she complained that the food will be too far away and it'll be a hassle to keep going back to the dining table.

"That's the reason why I volunteered for us to eat at the living room. I don't want you to finish up the food later." Sunny said as Sooyoung pouted.

"Don't worry. I've already made two sets of each dish so you can bring one set to the living room." Aunt Kim said.

"Yeah!! Aunt Kim, Jjang!!" Sooyoung said as she started to dance around while the rest of us just shook our heads.

During dinner, we chatted a lot with Uncle Kim kept thanking me about the change of ownership of the house. When Taeyeon told him that I had planned to move out one day, Uncle and Aunt Kim looked upset. I assured them that I'll come back once a while to visit them and also joked that if ever they need to renovate their house, they can always find me. Taeyeon then said that until I moved out, I've to continue using my room since she's more comfortable using her own room at the moment. I tried to argue with her and said that I've got no problem using my parent's room but when Uncle and Aunt Kim also agreed to Taeyeon's suggestions, I had no choice but to give in.

After dinner, I suggested to the girls to stay overnight and they all agreed. The girls who had not been to the house before, wanted to have a tour around so we went up to the 2nd floor. I showed them my parents room before showing them my room. True to what was said before, Jessica didn't realise that there was a walk-in closet behind those white walls. Once they were done, we went up to the 3rd floor. Walking pass the study room, we showed them the soundproof music room before finally going up to the attic where we decided to watch a movie.

 

SooSun and TaeNy choose to lie down on the bean bags while the rest of us sat on the couch. I took the corner seat so that I can straightened my legs while Jessica sat in between them and leaned her back on to me.YoonYul took the centre portion of the couch while HyoHyun took the other corner.

"After touring the whole house, I fully understand how rich Jae is." Yoona said while Seohyun and Hyoyeon were choosing what movie to watch.

"You should see her house in the States. It's twice the size of this house and even has it's own gym." Taeyeon said.

"Have you been to her house there, Taetae?" Tiffany asked as she rested her head on Taeyeon's shoulders.

"Only once but that was in middle school. During that time, Jae's Omma was still around. Me and Yuri followed them back to celebrate Christmas there." Taeyeon replied as Yuri nodded in agreement.

"Own gym? No wonder Jae's got such an awesome body." Sunny smirked as Sooyung pinched her cheeks.

"Actually, I only started to have a well-toned body when I learn boxing. It helps to strengthen my muscles." I replied as Jessica turned to look at me.

"You know how to box?" I nodded my head. "Just like my dad. It's been 4yrs since I last celebarated Christmas with him. It'll be 5yrs soon this coming Christmas." Jessica said as she sighed and turned to look in front.

I hugged her waist and kissed her on the shoulders as I tried to comfort her. I was about to say something to her when I was interrupted by Seohyun's voice as they finalised on the movie that they wanted to watch.

The movie has just ended but most of them were already asleep except for TaeNy and SooSun. I asked Taeyeon to bring Tiffany back to her room to rest while I asked SooSun to use my parents room to sleep. Jessica was already asleep as I lifted her up. I kicked Yuri softly at her ankle to inform her that we're going down. She nodded her head while being half-asleep. HyoHyun were sound asleep so I didn't want to disturb them.

When I reached my room, I put Jessica down slowly on the bed before switching on the aircon. After tucking her in, I went out of my room to check on SooSun. Both of them were just about to climb on to the bed when I walked in, giving them a shock.

"Shouldn't you knock first before you come in?" Sooyoung asked.

"The door was not locked so I just walked in. Mianhae. Were you guys planning to do something intimate that renders me to knock the door?" I said with a cheeky grin as Sooyoung threw a pillow at me. "Please remember that this is my parent's room so no hanky panky." I giggled at them as I threw back the pillow at Sooyoung.

"You shouldn't worry about us. You should go and check on ByunTaeng and ByunFany. They are together in their own room." Sunny said.

"That's a good idea. I'll go and check on them now. Good night to both of you. See you tomorrow."

I left the room and made my way down to the 1st floor. Since it was almost midnight, the house was pretty quiet. Uncle and Aunt Kim should be sleeping by now. As I walked past the kitchen, I stopped for a while to get myself a drink before continuing my walk to Taeyeon's room. Just when I was about to turn the knob, I heard weird sounds coming from their room. I put my head nearer to the door and listened.

"Aaaahhhh... Fany-ah, not so hard please."

I chuckled by myself and turned the knob, barging into the room. Both of them were shocked to see me standing there, smirking to myself. They were on the bed with Taeyeon lying down and Tiffany holding on to her leg.

"What are you both doing?" I asked.

"I should be asking you that. What are you doing in my room?" Taeyeon asked as she looked at me with skeptical eyes.

"I went down to grab a drink and heard weird noises coming from your room so I came in to check." I replied with a half-true story.

"The kitchen is a distance away. There's no way you could hear us from there unless you purposely stand at our door." Taeyeon said as she showed her fist at me while I just grinned dorkily.

"Fine. I came down to spy on you guys since both of you are well-known for your erted minds." I laughed at my own comment.

"Aishhh.. I was just helping Taetae to massage her legs since she said that it was sore after all that swimming." Tiffany finally voiced out.

I nodded my head and apologised for disturbing them. Before I left their room, I teased them one last time. "Taeng, if you really want to do it, keep it low. Your parents are only next door." I quickly closed the door to avoid the pillow that was flying towards my direction.

As I lie down beside Jessica, I stared at her sleeping face and smiled at myself. She was hugging the bolster with half of her face covered by her hair. I brushed the strands of hair aside and kissed her on the forehead.

"Goodnight, my Sicababy. Are you dreaming of me right now? Sweet dreams then. Saranghae."