Royal Suite, Lotte Hotel

Tiffany opened the curtain window as she looked down the mesmerizing view of the enchanting seawater below. She felt at peace just by looking at it. She turned her back on the window and walked back towards the bed.

She sat down beside the sleeping Taeyeon and gently brushed away a few strands of her hair.

When she left for States when she was 7 years old, she admits to having forgotten about the friend she left behind. She immediately gained new friends back at the States. She had a fun and carefree life. Everything was provided for her. She wasn't really a spoiled child. She still knows her limitations. But life back at the States was all about having fun with friends, getting good grades at school, knowing the latest trends in fashion and other worldly pursuits.

Tiffany leaned down and kissed Taeyeon's forehead.

Taeyeon has been through a lot. At a time when kids are supposed to enjoy their youth and discover themselves, Taeyeon on the other hand has been struggling to get her life back. True, when she saw Taeyeon again at the meeting, she felt physically attracted to her. But right now, what she felt was beyond physical attraction. It was much deeper than that. It was that intense feeling of wanting to protect Taeyeon, that burning desire to take care of her and make her happy.

"I'm sorry if all you could remember is that peanut butter sandwich. I'm sorry... I should've given you better and happier memories to remember..." Tiffany stroked Taeyeon's cheeks as she turned her back on her. She felt her own tears falling too.

Suddenly she felt the bed move. Warm hands sneaked behind her waist and pulled her down the bed.

"T-tae? You're awake..." Tiffany lay down facing Taeyeon.

"Don't cry. It's not your fault." Taeyeon stared at Tiffany's teary-eyed face.

"Please... Just let me love you... Just give me a chance..." Tiffany softly asked as she held Taeyeon's hands.

Taeyeon did not answer but smiled instead.

Tiffany smiled back.

"Your smile... There's something about your smile..." Taeyeon thought as both of them just stared deep into each other's soul.

Villa Suite, Lotte Hotel

The spacious suite was like a resort within a resort. The 7 of them including Secretary Choi were assigned to stay there for the rest of their 1 week vacation.

"Oh... Add one more Maknae! One more!" Yoona cheered on Seohyun who tiptoed on the sleeping Secretary Choi who was wearing her favourite polka dots pajamas on and taking her beauty rest.

"Just don't touch the freaking cucumber!" Jessica said disgustingly as Seohyun got table napkins to get the cucumbers away from Secretary Choi's closed eyes and replaced them with triangle shaped watermelons.

"Duh. Which is why we're having watermelons instead. Just take the dang picture Jess." Yoona said irritatingly. Her arms are now starting to get sore from holding the large porcelain jar with sticks of Chinese incense popping out.

Jessica snapped the pictures of Secretary Choi with her white facial mask and watermelons in her eyes.

Click.

The door knob twisted open as Sunny, Yuri and Hyoyeon got back from the Royal Suite.

"What in the world?!" Hyoyeon muttered.

"Quick! Yuri, the fire extinguisher!" Sunny yelled as Yuri scrambled to look for one.

The room was filled with smoke. The lights looked like fog lamps. There was zero visibility around the room as Sunny, Hyoyeon and Yuri stumbled on the chairs and coffee table.

"Hey! Shhhhhh! You'll wake Secretary Choi up!" Jessica angrily glared at the 3 newcomers.

"And duh. There's no fire here, or else we would no longer be here." Yoona sarcastically addressed the 3 panicked girls.

"If there's no fire. Explain all this smoke?! And what in the world happened to Secretary Choi?!" Sunny asked as she walked over the recliner where Secretary Choi is sleeping.

"They are called Chinese incense. To ward of the evil spirit off in place of our great bonfire. The Great Spirit of the Unstoppable Bonfire is here with us. Secretary Choi is meeting the holy one at this moment." Seohyun spoke like a narrator in a religion documentary.

"She's just sleeping." Jessica clarified.

"And we're bored." Yoona added.

Cough. Cough.

Yuri was now coughing at all the smoke from the incense sticks propped into 6 jars, all strategically placed inside every corner of the room.

"Are you from a cult or something?! All you need is a black hooded cape." Yuri said.

"Ohh... We haven't thought of that. What do you think of rainbow capes with glitters on them Jess?" Yoona asked.

"Hmn. can we have capes with small bells stitched on them?" Jessica thought.

"What are we ice cream vendors?" Yoona answered back.

"Enough!" Sunny shushed them.

When it seems that Sunny finally gained the attention of the 3 smoke-loving trio and potential cult leaders, she finally spoke again.

"We want to propose something. Our Boss, and your boss are having a difficult time right now. Our Boss is quite unstable. But the wedding will still push through. But the problem is, our Boss still needs a bit of pushing-" Sunny spoke but was interrupted.

"Pushing? Just do it like this." Yoona demonstrated as she let go of her incense jar and shoved Jessica hard on the back. Jessica toppled over Yuri who happens to be standing a few feet from her.

"Ouch!" Yuri and Jessica both yelped as they fell on the floor.

"No! Not literally push, as in shove her push. What I mean is that... How do I explain this... Let's make sure Boss Taeyeon falls in love with your boss, then the wedding could go on as planned... Get it?" Sunny face palmed herself as she struggled to explain their plans.

"Oh. Sorry." Yoona gave out a peace sign and went back to lift her incense jar up and down.

"Okay. We're in. When do we start?" Seohyun asked while putting more watermelons on Secretary Choi's face who by now is almost covered by the red watery fruit.

"I say tonight." Hyoyeon suggested as she helped out Seohyun and placed more watermelons on Secretary Choi. The two of them looked like playing jigsaw puzzles and Secretary Choi's face is the puzzle board.

"OPERATION TAENY: Day 1 commence." Sunny grinned.

"Duh. It's OPERATION TAENY: Night 1 commence." Yoona answered.

"Duh." Sunny anwered back.

"Duh." Yoona shot back.

"Whatever! Shut up!" Sunny walked away and went to the bathroom.

"Duh." Yoona smiled. Victory is hers.