By the time that Karina is on her fourth drink, she's lost count of how many times that she's looked around the convention ballroom only to find Winter-unnie already staring at her.
What is happening?
Karina never imagined what it would feel like to have Winter open the floodgates to such old heated emotions. She wonders if she's imagining it, but something about Winter's eyes looks so…fixated as she continues to stare at the younger girl.
Anything about the two of them being involved together was just a teenage fantasy. Karina had snuffed those thoughts out a long time ago. The fact that the two of them even had any type of an intimate relationship was already a godsend and Karina will always cherish that experience and the memories. But that's exactly how Karina had gotten over Winter, by packing the woman up into a memory and filing it away as part of her past.
But seeing Winter tonight is making it nearly impossible for Karina to contain her unnie in the past though.
Because Winter's right here.
And she's practically inviting Karina into her bed with those eyes right now.
Karina sighs and averts her gaze from the older woman. While she watches her two friends mingle on the dance floor with some guys that they had been flirting with all night, Karina wonders if she should just go do the same thing. Instead of seeking someone else out though, Karina naturally finds herself looking for Winter again.
However, Winter-unnie is doing that exact same thing she did all those years ago. She might be stealing glances too, but she hasn't tried to approach Karina all night. She's trying to keep an arm's length away.
And Karina is growing impatient.
She clinks the ice cubes in her glass before finally sipping up the last puddles of her drink. She should really contemplate on approaching Winter-unnie and what may even come from their engagement, but Karina can't think properly anymore outside of her anticipation. She drops her empty glass on a nearby table before she finally decides to cross the room where Winter is standing alone and staring at her phone.
Halfway across the room, Karina watches Winter look up from her phone, only to panic and look back down once she realizes that Karina's on her way over. Only a few strides away, Karina feels her heart start to race a little faster as her thoughts go into overdrive.
What does she even want from Winter? Just some friendly chat? Maybe some fun flirting for old times' sake? A one-night stand? Are the two of them even capable of something like that considering their strange, desperate history with each other? What if they—
Karina sharply huffs as she finally steps right in front of the woman and causes Winter's head to jerk up in surprise.
"Unnie," she sternly addresses, "You can't keep looking at me like that."
Winter blinks. "What?"
"You keep staring at me," Karina boldly accuses. "How do you expect me to ignore you?"
"I-I wasn't—"
"You are. You're staring," Karina keeps pushing. "Like a lot."
"You…just look different blonde."
Karina almost barks out laughing at the shallow response. She pauses while briefly wondering just how far she should push. "Is that really the only reason why you keep looking at me?"
Winter noticeably clenches her jaw for a moment as she considers the younger woman's question. Eventually she ducks her gaze away. "Sorry. I didn't mean to."
"So why do you keep looking at me then?"
"I just…haven't seen you in a while," Winter sighs. "You…look nice dressed up like this. You look good, Karina."
Karina takes a sharp inhale as her heart starts to beat a little faster, pumping her full of adrenaline. "Winter-unnie?"
"Hm?"
Karina opens her mouth, but pauses. What if she's reading this all wrong? And even if she's not, should she really—
Fuck it.
Karina swallows her nerves and tells herself to just go for it.
Fortune only favors the brave.
"Do you…want to take me somewhere?"
She waits for a beat, watching the stun linger on Winter's face for what feels like minutes before Winter eventually softly laughs out of disbelief. "Are you really sure you should be asking me that?"
"So is that a yes?" Karina questions with a sly smile.
She watches Winter briefly chew on her lower lip as her eyes drift down the length of Karina's body, shamelessly checking the younger girl out.
"We…shouldn't. We really shouldn't, Karina."
"Why?" Karina scoffs. "I'm not a kid anymore."
"You're always going to be a kid to me," Winter mutters. Just like nearly a decade ago, her words are implying the exact opposite as her eyes continue to devour Karina. "And your mom—"
"Isn't here," Karina challenges.
In Karina's first year, she had occasionally found herself in bed with Winter on her visits back to her hometown, but they had ceased all intimate contact since. So seeing the waver in Winter's face and voice is starting to electrify Karina. She loves the challenge, so she steps in closer to eradicate the polite distance between them, and then reaches out to ghost the touch of her fingers against the flat of Winter's stomach.
"Unnie," Karina whispers, "Take me somewhere."
A shiver cascades through Winter's body and Karina doesn't miss the sharp inhale that the older woman takes. After a few nervous seconds, Winter eventually replies, "Karina—"
"What?" Karina interrupts before glancing up through her thick lashes. Winter's taller, but practically able to see the woman's resolve crumble in her dark gaze makes Karina feel so powerful. "Are you scared that you can't handle me now?"
Winter chews on her lower lip, obviously bothered by the girl's words. "You…make it really difficult to say no to you," she mutters.
Karina shivers when she hears the drop in Winter's voice.
It's so sexy.
"Then don't," she replies, now gently tugging on the front of Winter's dress, drawing her in closer. The smell of the woman's perfume starts to fill Karina's nose. If Winter doesn't hurry up and take her somewhere, Karina decides that she might have to settle for some random consolation in this room—or worst yet, her vibrator at home. "Unnie, please take me somewhere."
After another thoughtful pause, Winter suddenly leans in and dips her head down so that her heated breath splashes over Karina's ear. "I have a room here for the night," she whispers. "Do you want to come upstairs?"
This is not how Winter had envisioned her evening.
Free from parental duties for the weekend, Winter had high hopes of drinking a bit too much and, even though she's not a one-night-stand kind of person, she fantasized about the possibility of meeting someone tonight that she could invite back up to her hotel room.
She definitely didn't imagine that someone to be Kim Karina, who's moaning into her mouth right now.
The two haven't even made it to Winter's hotel room yet, but instead find themselves mashed into the corner of the hotel elevator. While the heat between their bodies and lips continues to grow warmer and warmer, Karina softly gasps as Winter presses her against the cool mirrors of the elevator's walls.
"Fuck…what're we doing?" Winter manages to gasp out between frenzied kisses.
"You tell me what you want to do to me tonight," Karina purrs as she lifts a slender leg up to wrap around Winter's thigh, drawing her in closer.
Winter groans into Karina's mouth as the girl's spread thighs allow them to grind together at a better angle. She licks the taste of citrus and vodka from Karina's tongue. "God, you make me so fucking crazy," Winter growls, truly irritated at how wild her lust currently is.
Karina whimpers at such a raw admission, especially when it's punctuated by the feeling of Winter's hard-on grinding up against her. "Good," Karina says as she gently bites down on Winter's plush lower lip. "I like it when you're crazy for me."
Fuck. Winter involuntarily moans as Karina's words turn her on just as much as her writhing body. Winter's definitely had too many glasses of wine and it's definitely impairing her judgment as a little 'ding' signals the both of them that they've arrived to their floor. The elevator doors open and Winter knows it's probably the last chance she has to turn down Karina and send the girl home.
But there's no way that she can refuse the sexy, hooded stare that Karina is casting her right now as she lightly pants for air. Grabbing the younger woman's hand in her own, Winter pulls Karina from the elevator walls, seeing the slight fog that's left on the glassy surface from heat of their bodies.
While Winter fumbles to get her hotel card key into its slot, Karina wraps her arms around the older woman's waist and starts to lick and kiss Winter's exposed back. Winter softly gasps as the girl's hand reaches down to rub the clothed bulge straining through her dress.
"Whoa. You're so hard," Karina purrs. "Did I do that?"
"What do you think?" Winter snaps back, throwing the door open and dragging Karina in.
Impatient, the two swiftly kick their heels off and toss their clutches to the floor before getting to bed. Even with the lights all off in the room, the outer curtains are partially drawn open, allowing the downtown city lights to bleed through the sheer inner curtains. Even in the dark, there's more than enough ambient light in the room for Winter to see Karina's devilish smirk as she pushes Winter back. Winter takes a seat on the mattress and Karina practically leaps right onto her lap, cupping her unnie's face in her hands before roughly kissing her again.
"God," Winter moans, hands rubbing and caressing Karina's tight body before eventually settling on the girl's bare thighs. After stroking the soft skin there, Winter's hands slide up and under the girl's dress before squeezing Karina's ass. "You're so sexy," she wheezes.
"Is that why you've been staring at me all night?" Karina asks, smiling through her kisses.
"Maybe."
Winter's always thought that Karina's been pretty and cute since she was young. Over time, Karina has only gotten prettier and prettier as she matured, but Winter has most definitely never seen Karina dressed up like this. Her eyes were simply curious. Maybe they were a little greedy in the amount of glances that she stole of the young woman, but Winter had never fathomed that it would lead to the feeling of Karina's hands wrapped in her hair again as she hungrily kisses her.
"How could I not stare?" Winter growls, squeezing Karina's soft posterior. "You, in this little dress is just…."
Karina shivers when she hears the low groan Winter emits before the woman's ravenous mouth begins to wander. "I forgot—ah—how good you are at—mm—this," Karina softly gasps, squirming as Winter starts to lick and kiss at her neck.
"Tell me what you want."
"I-I—" Karina wheezes as Winter's hands continue to fondle her ass under her dress, squeezing and kneading the soft flesh with her greedy hands. "I want your cock in my mouth," she finally manages to get out.
Winter gasps as Karina suddenly dismounts her and settles onto her knees in front of the mattress.
"Hey," Winter wheezes, not fighting Karina's hands as she bunches the navy fabric up to Winter's waist, exposing the woman's compression briefs. "You're gonna make me finish way too fast if you do that," she warns, dragging her fingers through wavy, blonde locks.
From under her thick lashes, Karina peers up with those same dark, mischievous eyes that had crumbled Winter's resolve time and time over again all those years ago. She smirks before kissing the top of Winter's knee. "I'll give you time to recover before the next one. Don't worry," Karina sweetly giggles. She slowly draws her tongue against the inside of Winter's thigh before gently tugging on the waistband of the woman's briefs. "I plan on being here for a while."
Damn.
Winter doesn't argue. She swallows hard as she lifts her butt from bed, allowing Karina to fully remove her underwear.
Karina takes a moment to drink in the sight of Winter's flushed erection before suddenly looking up at the older woman. "Are you…clean?"
"What?"
"Are you clean?" Karina repeats.
Once the surprise of the question wears off, Winter clears her throat before answering. "I'm clean." Part of her also wonders just how promiscuous Karina must be to be practicing such safe sex. "I think the bigger question is…are you?"
Karina scoffs. "Of course. I'm not stupid. I'm a good girl, I get tested every month," she assures, now leaning forward to kiss the bead of precum from the tip of Winter's cock.
Winter shivers, but she also tries not to frown when she thinks about why Karina goes to get tested every month. She doesn't dwell on the uncomfortable thought for long though as Karina drags her tongue along the woman's shaft. "You are anything but a good girl," Winter softly grumbles while watching Karina's tongue gradually grow bolder in its movements and pressure with every teasing lick.
The torturous pace doesn't last for long though. As soon as Karina has Winter's cock covered with enough saliva, she suddenly swallows Winter whole, pushing down as far as she can go. "F-fuck," Winter curses. One of her hands flies up to the back of Karina's head while the other grips the sheets at her side. Karina quickly picks up the pace, eagerly bobbing her head up and down and sucking Winter with incredible vigor. The sound of her mouth is so lewd and wet with a distinct click each time she goes down deep enough to allow Winter's tip to reach the tight ring of the back of her throat.
The brief horrible thought of, 'How did Karina learn to give such blowjobs so well?' fleets through Winter's mind and she hates the horrible flash of jealousy that suddenly rushes through her. There is no reason for her to be mad at all, but still, her grip tightens in Karina's hair a bit as she starts to gently buck her hips, pressing her cock deeper into the younger woman's throat.
"Fuck, that feels so good," Winter moans. Using both of her hands, she pulls Karina's golden locks back. She doesn't want to miss any detail of Karina's lips stretched around her cock and the way that she skillfully hollows her cheeks each time she draws back, making Winter tremble. "Baby, you look so sexy."
Winter wants to watch Karina so badly, but as time passes, it's getting harder and harder to keep her focus. Her eyelids flutter with the overwhelming pleasure and, eventually, Winter can feel an intense tingling beginning to build inside of her. She rapidly taps on the back of Karina's head.
"I-I'm gonna come," she warns.
Karina detaches her mouth from her unnie's cock, but her hand continues to pump Winter's slick shaft. Without breaking eye contact, Karina rests the tip of the woman's cock along her tongue while she keeps her gaping mouth open.
Oh fuck.
Winter's never received such a sexy invitation to come into a lover's mouth before.
Karina's eyes are so dark and intense that it instantly sends Winter right over the edge. Her body stiffens as sticky globs of semen squirt and dribble out of her dick, painting Karina's tongue in creamy fluids. Still holding eye contact, Karina smirks as she continues to milk Winter into her awaiting mouth before she eventually closes her lips over her unnie's cock to clean it off before swallowing the load.
Fuck.
It really shouldn't be a surprise, but Karina has only gotten even bolder over the years.
"How was that?" Karina sweetly asks, licking her lips.
Winter wants to melt into nothingness as she slumps forward, holding onto Karina for support. "H-holy shit," she whispers, observing the proud grin that spreads over Karina's lips. "I-I…don't remember the last time that I," Winter pauses to gasp, "Came that hard."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah."
"I'm better than I used to be, right?" Karina giggles, now rising up to kiss Winter's panting mouth.
Those horrible, jealous thoughts start to swim through Winter's mind again. Just how many other people has Karina sucked off?
"Do I get to return the favor?" Winter asks through strained breaths.
"Y-you want to…?"
"Eat that tasty pussy of yours, yeah," Winter swiftly replies, causing the girl to giggle and shyly duck her head away. Winter licks her lips, enamored by how cute Karina can appear after doing something so lewd. "Unless you don't like it?"
"I like it," Karina replies, smiling softly.
"You know," Winter pauses as she reaches to pull Karina off of the floor. "I still remember when you didn't want me to eat you out," she recalls as Karina straddles over her lap.
"You still…remember that?" Karina asks, winding her arms around Winter's neck.
"Of course I remember."
"H-hey, I was shy back then," she explains, sighing as Winter tenderly kisses her cheek.
"Shy?" Winter snorts before sprinkling a row of kisses down Karina's neck. "Shy is the last word that I would use to describe you back then."
Karina starts to laugh, but it soon morphs into a soft wheeze as hands disappear under her dress and dip into her panties. "Back then, I—ohh—w-was nervous about you doing this," she wheezes, feeling Winter's hand skate over her bare ass.
"And now?" Winter purrs, hands dipping further south to discover the younger woman's sopping cunt. "Have times changed?"
Softly groaning, Karina's hand tightens in Winter's silky ebony hair before she pulls them apart. She looks Winter dead in the eyes before slyly smiling. With deliberation, she turns her voice soft and breathy as she begs, "Please eat my pussy, unnie."
Winter licks her lips. "Take off your dress," she demands, pulling her fingers out of Karina's panties. She quickly sucks her fingers clean, eyes briefly closing from the taste before she helps unzip the back on Karina's dress. "You're wearing too much."
"So are you."
Karina really hopes that the room is vacant next door because there's no way that she can control the volume of her moaning right now as Winter eagerly eats her pussy like a starved animal. Karina grips the headboard even tighter when she can feel the strength being sapped from her, like Winter is drinking it right out of her. She tries really hard to hold herself up though so that she doesn't actually sit right onto the older woman's face.
Winter suddenly switches pace. Rather than softly sucking on the girl's clit, she begins to rapidly flick the flexed tip of her tongue back and forth over the stiff nub, causing Karina's thighs to start trembling at the relentless assault.
"O-oh!" Karina gasps, feeling her hands slip on the headboard. "C-close!" she manages to gasp out. Her hips continue to rock in time with the way that Winter's playing with her clit and soon, she reaches down to claw her fingers through Winter's hair as her thighs suddenly tighten and convulse.
Winter hums in satisfaction when she hears Karina's voice break and feels the girl's body tense and shake. She squeezes the blonde's ass while softly licking her pussy, prolonging her climax for as long as possible.
"Oh f-fuck," Karina gasps. "I f-forgot about that thing that you do with your tongue," she wheezes.
Winter smirks, thoroughly satisfied with Karina's spent state. She kisses the girl's sensitive pussy once more, enjoying the tiny shiver that it coaxes out. "Yeah? You like?" she asks, wiping the mess from her mouth.
"Mmm," Karina softly purrs, now rearranging her body to lie down over top of Winter's. "Love your tongue," she sighs as she settles against the heat of Winter's body and kisses the older woman, tasting herself on Winter's lips. "You're even better than I remember."
Winter groans into their heated kiss. She runs her hands all over the smooth expanse of Karina's bare back, loving the feeling of their naked bodies pressed together like this. Her hands eventually make their way south where her palms settle against the younger woman's firm ass. "Fuck," Winter gasps into Karina's mouth. She squeezes the girl's ass while humping against her. "Tasting you made me so hard already."
Karina pants into their open-mouth kisses while she spreads her thighs open, allowing Winter's cock to rub against her wetness better. To check the truth of Winter's statement, she reaches down between their bodies to stroke Winter's cock. "Wow," she says, smiling into their kiss. "You really are hard already." As Karina guides Winter's dick against the silky, wet skin of her pussy, she leans in to rasp into Winter's ear, "Do you want to fuck me?"
Winter wheezes. "God yes," she shamelessly replies. Before Karina can drive her any crazier with the way that she's rubbing their sexes together, Winter sits upright, pushing Karina up in the process as well.
"My clutch," Winter says, smacking one more kiss onto Karina's lips before continuing to say, "I need to grab a condom."
The blonde smirks as she wraps her arms around Winter's neck. "I don't want one."
"Karina."
"We don't need one," she giggles.
"Karina, hey!"
"I'm on birth control," she reasons, now settling the tip of Winter's cock at her entrance. "I'm clean, so if you're clean too, then we really don't need one."
"I'm c-clean," Winter gasps, obviously very distracted by the enticing feeling against the head of her cock right now. "But still, we shouldn't—a-ah God, Karina!" she gasps.
"Fuck," Karina curses, sliding herself down onto Winter's length. "I can't believe this is the cock that I lost my virginity to."
It takes a moment for Winter to even process Karina's words while silky pussy walls slowly swallow her cock. "W-why?" she wheezes.
"Unnie, you're, like," Karina softly gasps as she gets another inch in her. "You're pretty big."
Even in the dark, Karina can practically hear the proud smile that spreads over Winter's lips. "Am I?"
"Oh yeah," Karina laughs. "I don't know how I got this into my virgin pussy."
Winter laughs, but it warps into a frail wheeze. "You were pretty crazy," she states. Her hands hold onto Karina's slim waist, guiding her down.
Once Karina manages to sit all the way down, they stay still for a moment, relishing the feeling of being completely joined like this as Karina's slick walls flutter around Winter's throbbing length.
"Baby, you feel so good," Winter whispers.
Karina softly whines. "…S-say it again."
"You feel so good."
"Not that," she sighs, gently swirling her hips to feel Winter's cock inside of her better.
"…Baby?"
"Yeah," Karina gasps as Winter starts moving too. "I—ahh—always loved hearing you call me that."
"You okay?" Winter sweetly asks as she gently rocks her hips, getting a feel for the way the younger girl's pussy clamps around her cock so perfectly. "You feel pretty tight."
"I'm good," Karina replies, licking her lips as she settles her hands onto Winter's shoulders. She begins to rock her hips in tandem with Winter, but the older woman suddenly moves in an attempt to roll them over. But Karina doesn't allow it. "No," Karina says. "I wanna ride you."
Even in the dim light, Winter's face looks visibly surprised, but she doesn't deny the girl's order. Winter's eyes look pitch-black as she allows Karina to shove her back down onto the mattress. Enticed, she slides her hands up Karina's slim waist as the blonde leans back slightly, settling her hands on Winter's thighs for support before she begins to roll her hip forward.
Karina's a top.
She's definitely a top.
As Karina gradually works up the speed of her hips, she loves drinking up the lust-drunk gaze that's beginning to cloud Winter's features. Her unnie's chest is starting to heave as her breathing speeds up, obviously consumed by the feeling of Karina's bare pussy sucking on her cock with audible slurps with every pump of the girl's hips. Karina knows that she's putting on a show for the older woman. In this position, Winter can really admire Karina's lean and toned figure, and her perky bouncing breasts as she tortuously grinds her hips back and forth over Winter's cock.
But as much as Karina wants to tease, the pacing is starting to bother her too. She rearranges, leans forward to brace herself, and starts to pull herself up Winter's length before dropping herself back down.
They simultaneously moan as Karina starts to bounce on Winter's lap and her slick pussy walls make it easy for her to ride her unnie. It's been so long since Karina has taken anyone raw, but Winter's cock in particular feels so good when it's reaching so deep inside of her and hitting all of her sweet spots, which just makes Karina want to ride the woman even harder.
Though that already has the blonde moaning with pleasure, Winter suddenly plants her feet flat against the mattress, grabs a hold of Karina's hips, and starts to thrust upwards. The sound of their smacking hips doubles in volume along with the sound of Karina's shrill whining.
"F-fuck, un-unnie!" Karina gasps, starting to lose her rhythm.
Karina's whole body is so warm, but she can see how Winter's broken out into a visible sweat from the slight sheen on her nose. Her unnie looks so sexy like this while she continues to rapidly thrust up into the girl's welcoming pussy. Karina's throat is starting to feel hoarse with all of the gasping and moaning, and she can feel her body growing tense as she's getting closer and closer with this pace. It doesn't take long before her eyes slam shut and she suddenly freezes and loudly gasps. Her nails dig into Winter's shoulders as her pussy convulses and gushes around Winter's length.
"Oh God, baby," Winter moans. She grabs Karina and pulls her down against her own warm body. She holds her close as the girl crashes through her high, but Winter is right on the brink too. With her feet still planted on the mattress, she tightens her hold on Karina as she keeps thrusting upwards, hearing the girl choke on her own spit as she gasps from the overstimulation.
"F-fuck! W-Winter—haa!"
"Ah…ah—I'm gonna come," Winter warns, suddenly pushing Karina up.
Karina doesn't dismount her though. "Then come," she groans, still catching her breath.
"Karina!"
"Come on, come for me," Karina goads, weakly rolling her hips forward in undulating motions, not giving Winter a chance.
"Karina!"
"Come in me, unnie."
Winter's voice breaks as she reaches her limit. She grabs Karina's thighs and squeezes them tight as her hips tense. Karina is so soft and wet, and Winter empties right into that inviting warmth. Her cock throbs as she squirts inside of the other girl and Karina deliberately flexes her pussy walls to help milk Winter's orgasm.
"F-fuck," Winter weakly moans, feeling pleasure overtake her whole body as her cock continues to pulse inside of the comfort of Karina's body.
While Winter rides through her high, Karina reaches down and tenderly runs her fingers through the woman's dark hair. Winter-unnie's been so pretty, no matter what state that she's in. Karina leans down to kiss those ridiculously luscious lips. She kisses Winter soft and slow, savoring every moment.
They stay like that for a bit, slowly hugging and kissing as they both descend into their afterglow buzz. When Karina's body has finally cooled down, she suddenly shivers and Winter notices. They eventually move and rearrange themselves so that they're both under the comfort and warmth of the blanket.
With her eyes closed, Karina lies on her back, on the pillow next to Winter as her whole body is still humming with endorphins.
"So," Winter suddenly says, breaking the silence between them. "You're moving back?"
Karina softly laughs between her heavy breaths. "Possibly." She eventually rolls onto her side to look at Winter. "Why? Do you find that interesting?" she teases, smirking as she does.
Winter pokes her tongue out to lick her chapped lips before pressing them together in thought. "Yeah," she whispers. "It's very interesting."
Karina chews on Winter's flirt for a bit before she eventually rolls back over and lets her gaze fall to the ceiling instead. She hesitates for a moment before she allows old insecurities and hurt to vocally surface. "You…didn't find it interesting when I wanted to be with you before."
Winter jerks at that and sits up onto an elbow to seriously look at the younger woman. "Karina, you were—"
"A kid, I know, I know," the blonde sighs.
"…I'm…I'm really sorry, Karina," Winter suddenly says. "I don't remember if I ever properly apologized to you before, but…I'm sorry for what I did."
"You don't have to be sorry," Karina sighs. "It was probably a good thing that you broke up with me so that I—"
"No, Karina, I…I meant that I'm sorry that I ever let things happen between us back then," Winter whispers. Her eyes cast downwards, picking a random spot on the sheets as obvious guilt taints her features. "I should've known better, but I just…I don't know."
Karina stares at the seriousness on Winter's face for a moment before she finally replies. "Well, I was rather persistent and made it hard for you to say no to me," she giggles.
Winter doesn't laugh, but that makes her smile slightly. "I knew it was wrong…I still do. I never thought I could do something like that with you. It just…happened." Winter chews on her lower lip before nervously asking, "Do you regret it?"
Without hesitation, Karina reaches up and gently takes a hold on Winter's chin to turn her gaze to meet her own. "Never," Karina seriously replies. "I had the craziest crush on you for so long. I couldn't believe that you could want me like that. I know this is going to sound really stupid," Karina laughs with a bit of embarrassment. "It might've been just a fling for you…but you were my first love. It meant a lot to me and it still does. I don't regret it," she sweetly tells her unnie.
Winter stares at the younger girl for a moment, drinking in every drop of affection in Karina's eyes. "You still don't get it, do you?" she eventually sighs.
"What?"
"You meant a lot to me back then too. Back then, after Yeji and I split, I…I was pretty sure I was never going to find someone else again."
"What?" Karina laughs, dumbfounded by such an absurd statement.
"Yeah, after my divorce, I just…didn't think anyone would want me."
"Are you stupid?" Karina snorts, pretending to punch Winter. "Have you seen yourself? People would line up around the block to sleep with you."
"I don't mean just sex," Winter seriously says. "I meant that I didn't think anyone could ever…care about me like that again."
Karina grows still as Winter's words slowly seep into her. "You mean love?" she asks.
"Y-yeah," Winter bashfully admits, turning her gaze down.
"Unnie, how could you even think that?" Karina asks, fingers now absentmindedly tracing shapes along Winter's cheeks and jaw.
Winter seriously looks at Karina. "I was with Yeji for so long. It felt like lightning in a bottle at the time and I just didn't believe that anyone could…love me the same way. Until…you, actually."
Karina blushes. "B-but, you had dates."
"I did. None that made me feel the way that you did when you looked at me," Winter says, now grabbing a hold of Karina's wandering hand and kissing her palm. "So if I didn't say it before, thank you."
Karina feels her heartbeat double its pace. She skates her hand up into Winter's long, dark hair and gently pulls the older woman down for a tender kiss. When they pull slightly apart, Karina softly smacks her lips together before saying, "So, hypothetically speaking…say I do move back home. What…would you say if I wanted to ask you out? Like…for real."
Winter naturally smiles at such a sweet question. She kisses Karina once more before gently leaning her forehead against the other girl's. "Well, hypothetically speaking, I'd say that you have to be the one to break the news to your mom about us."