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Yi Jung woke up that morning before the alarm clock even went off. Last night was a late night for them and Ji Hoo agreed that they could wake up until eight that morning. He strictly said that they wouldn't skip breakfast. Well, it was more for Ji Hoo's advantage than anyone else's. He loves breakfast.

Slowly opening his eyes, Yi Jung stretched his arms and legs while yawning. Now remembering what happened last night, he looked at the alarm clock perched on the coffee table beside him. It says, 4:00am.

Woah, he wouldn't be too surprised if he was the only one awake. He slowly brought his body up so that he was sitting on his comfy mattress. He smiled. Somehow, he felt that this day would be a lot better than the past few days he spent in that house.

His mind wandered from the events the previous night. That game… Ga Eul had kissed him on the cheek when she said, "someone I love." And he managed to do it too before that. Finally, he indirectly confessed her how he felt. He felt heat rush to his cheeks and he could swear he was blushing right that moment. He couldn't go back to sleep now.

Hmm, maybe that's why I woke up early… Aha, crazy brain. Still thinking about that. He thought.

He gazed around the others and he softly chuckled when he heard Jun Pyo snore. He always found it amusing to see his friends sleeping. Ji Hoo always sleeps with a book on his face and Woo Bin always sleeps with his mouth hanging open. Of course it wasn't the first time he saw them sleeping, they always had impromptu sleepovers when they were kids.

Aaaah, the good times. He smiled. Again, he was unusually in a good mood today.

Now looking around the girls, who were sleeping on the couches right above them, he saw all of them sleeping peacefully… Well, except…

Yi Jung widened his eyes. Where was Ga Eul? He abruptly and went looking for a sign of her. Where could she have gone? He swore she was there last night when all of them slept. She was the first one to sleep! And he found her rather cuter when she was sleeping, he must say.

Shaking his head about the thought, his eyes suddenly wandered to the stairs. Maybe… she can't sleep too well and went to her room?

But somehow, Yi Jung felt that Ga Eul wasn't sleeping. Grabbing his orange blanket, he looked around. Suddenly, he noticed the back door leading to the soccer field behind the house was slightly ajar. He sighed and walked towards it.

Peeking through, he saw a glimpse of Ga Eul. He was right. She wasn't sleeping. In fact, she was wide-awake, a cup of coffee in her hands. She had a faraway look in her eyes as she sat there on the porch and Yi Jung had a feeling that even if he opened the door noisily, she still wouldn't notice that he was there.

Cautiously, though, just to make sure, he gradually opened the door and leaned against the doorway. He stared at her.

She was looking really lovely in her pink pajamas and fuzzy bunny slippers, Yi Jung thought. Her hair was tied up in a messy updo and some of her stray hair was softly being blown away by the cool breeze. She was clutching her pink pillow as she slowly took sips of her coffee.

After a few more minutes of staring at her, Yi Jung decided to make his presence known. Slowly, he took a few quiet steps forward until he was just a foot away from where she was sitting.

"Penny for your thoughts, Ga Eul-yang?" Yi Jung began which caused her to jump a little. She turned to him, surprised that he was there.

Yi Jung smoothly sat beside her, ignoring her shocked face. He turned to face her and smiled. He put the blanket he was holding over her and putting it behind him too. "It's cold out here, you know." He simply said before turning to stare at the huge soccer field before them.

A few minutes passed and they still shared the silence that engulfed them. Finally, Ga Eul found her voice and asked him, "sunbae, what are you doing here?" She didn't turn to look at him but just continued to stare at the field.

Yi Jung, however, faced her and flashed a smile. "Well, I should ask you the same question actually."

Ga Eul slowly nodded before turning to look at him. She met Yi Jung's eyes and she didn't look away. They weren't giving each other cold looks. In fact, it was the opposite. Both of them felt the same queasy feeling inside them.

"Well, I couldn't sleep." Ga Eul answered, still looking into his eyes.

"Where you here long?" Yi Jung softly asked as he eyed the cup in her hands which was halfway through.

Ga Eul eyed her cup too and let out a small laugh. She gently nodded. "I don't know. I just wanted to go outside and think about things."

"What…" Yi Jung hesitated for a moment. "What were you thinking about?"

It took some time before Ga Eul responded. "I was just thinking about the past few days." Ga Eul looked at him from the corner of her eye and she could see that he was waiting to hear more. She didn't give him that, though. Instead, she questioned him. "Sunbae, what really happened to you and Eun Jae-ah?"

Yi Jung put his hand under her chin as he sighed. "Nothing. We just really wanted to call the wedding off. We talked about it and we agreed to tell grandfather our decision after this stuck in a house thing. We're going to explain everything to him."

"Why?" Ga Eul urged on. "Why are you really calling the wedding off?"

Yi Jung shrugged as they looked at each other. "At the very beginning, we know that our hearts belong to someone else. We just agreed because grandfather wanted to see us wed before he dies. We wanted to see him happy, you know. But…" Yi Jung looked away from her. "I don't know. If his happiness means depriving us from our happiness, well, he should understand that, right? I mean… I know grandfather is not that selfish…" But his tone wasn't that confident and Ga Eul knew that he, too, didn't know if his grandfather will agree to call the engagement off.

"It must be sad… to not have a say on your own happiness." Ga Eul murmured.

Yi Jung didn't say anything. He gazed up the stars which were slowly fading as the sun rises. The sky was slowly revealing yellow, orange and red blended rays.

"You know, Ga Eul-yang." Yi Jung said, startling Ga Eul. She thought he wouldn't talk anymore. "I miss you." He said bluntly.

Ga Eul, really surprised, stared at him, thoughts rushing into her mind. He misses me? What? She thought as she waited for him to continue.

"I mean… Ever since my engagement party… you became distant. Well, I couldn't really blame you about that. But well, there, you weren't speaking to me as much as before and then, when you and Woo Bin began to be a couple, you became even more distant until I couldn't have a conversation with you anymore." He sighed as he turned to look at her again. This time, staring straight into her eyes, every bit of his emotions was showing on his glassy brown orbs. "And I missed you. I missed spending time with you." He told her honestly.

Ga Eul looked away instantly, not knowing what to say to all of this. She felt ashamed that she hurt Yi Jung in the process of her trying to heal. It was true. She wanted to ignore him because she just couldn't bare the pain. Seeing him engaged with someone else, it hurt her.

Ga Eul could feel her heart, thumping. Now was the time she was going to ask him how he really felt about her. If last night was really true. If he wasn't bluffing…

"Sunbae…" She started, taking a deep breath. "Last night—"

Ga Eul was immediately cut off by Yi Jung. He knew what she was going to ask. Hell, he wanted to ask her the very same thing. Without hesitation, he said. "Yes."

She stared at him, not quite believing her own ears. So he does…

Yi Jung's intense eyes met hers once again. His eyes were now intently staring at her. He hadn't realize now that he was slowly closing his eyes and slowly inching towards her. Ga Eul too, closed her eyes without reluctance. Both of them felt their lips meet and they could feel sparks all over their body. Yi Jung felt light and his mind was swimming with joy.

Yi Jung gently caressed Ga Eul's cheek as Ga Eul put both her hands on his chest. They kissed, pouring all the feelings they kept bottled inside them.

Oblivious to the both of them, the sun's rays were now brighter and lighter as it moves to rise upon the sky.

Ga Eul broke the kiss as she opened her eyes to stare at his. "I love you too, Yi Jung-sunbae." She whispered.

Yi Jung's hand found their way to hers. He intertwined it and squeezed gently. It fitted perfectly into his…like they were meant for each other.

Yi Jung smiled. "Let's go."

Ga Eul's face showed confusion but Yi Jung ignored it. He suddenly stood up, pulling her with him. Ga Eul quickly put her cup on the porch.

Yi Jung grinned mischievously at her which instantly tells Ga Eul that he was planning something and it wasn't good.

Ga Eul blinked at him as he let go of her hand. "What are you trying to do sunbae?" Ga Eul playfully punched his arm.

"Well, I just thought…" Yi Jung inched away from her, "that maybe we could…" and another inch away, "practice for the activity today!" He laughed as he bolted into a run to the field. "Catch me if you can Ga Eul-yang!"

"SUNBAEEEE!" She shouted as she laughingly ran after him.