With You (1/1)

Jessica lifted her hand to caress her sleeping lover's face, it had been so long since they have been this close to each other. Their schedules always got in the way of one another and she was sick of it. She knew how hard everyone was working and to company still didn't seem to recognize their effort. The very same day she saw Tiffany crumble was the day she finally made it up with Taeyeon, and it never felt so good before. Flashback. Tiffany was in tears again, her composition had been rejected once more. You would think the girls would be used to getting rejected after so many years but it still hurt, hurt to think that they were still not good enough for the company. Yuri sat beside Tiffany and threw an arm over her, letting the older girl cry into her shoulder, "Fany, don't give up... You know we're all here for you and if the company doesn't appreciate it, they don't deserve your works." Taeyeon, Hyoyeon and Yoona nodded vigorously at Yuri's words, they couldn't agree more. The ones who would understand were more Seohyun, Yuri and Sooyoung since they were also writing their own music. "Unnie, you know I love bittersweet and crazy, don't you?" Yoona asked, patting Tiffany's leg. Tiffany nodded tearfully and let Yuri wipe away her tears while Jessica had just entered the dorm with dinner, fully taken aback by Tiffay's crying face. "Babe, what's wrong?" Jessica opened her arms as Tiffany threw herself into Jessica's embrace, "rejected again?" Jessica released a sigh when she felt the girl nod. Why was SM Entertainment turning into such an empty vessel? Back when LSM was at the helm of the company, everyone shined and worked together to promote the company but under KYM, everything was falling apart. From EXO's issue to SNSD, and then to F(x). She looked around and met eyes with her girls, all having that familiar sad gleam. It had been quite some time since the nine of them met up, she had her business to handle; they had their schedules to complete. "What's with the atmosphere?" Jessica asked, trying to lighten the mood. "Pft. What else besides missing you?" That familiar, husky mumble was enough to make Jessica smile tearfully. She missed that kid the most, especially when she was alone; the kid automatically floating into her thoughts. "You miss me but you don't even come and hug me?" Everyone laughed as they saw their very own Kwon Yuri fly to Jessica as those words left her mouth - still a lovesick puppy as always. "Seriously, Seobang..." Jessica mumbled as her hand combed through Yuri's wavy locks, an even wider smile forming when Yuri snuggled deeper into her neck. Yoona was now standing beside Tiffany, arms tightly wrapped around her waist. "Hey, Sica-unnie." Jessica waved back to her rascal before breaking the hug between her and Yuri, "Baby, my legs are tired. Please let me sit.""No." "Kwon Yuri." "Jessica Jung." "Seriously, Yul..." Hyoyeon cleared her throat playfully, rubbing her arms to get rid of the goosebumps forming after seeing their sweet behaviour. Jessica stuck her tongue out at her best friend and back-stepped Yuri towards the sofa. It only occured to Jessica that she hadn't seen Seohyun and Sooyoung just yet. "Where's maknae and Sooyoungie?" Taeyeon took a bite of her sandwich and swallowed, "Seo's practising for her musical and Soo's filming.."Jessica nearly fell off the couch when she heard Taeyeon talking to her. They had no interaction for the longest time now and for most of it, Jessica admitted she was at fault. The initial distance between them was conflicting schedules where they hardly met but it got worse when Jessica flew to China as and when she liked. Yuri held back a chuckle when she felt her girlfriend's body freeze against her own. Jessica was now even closer to them than in the past, "Y-You're not angry anymore?" Taeyeon made sure her facial muscles were all still and she turned to Jessica with a cold stone face, "Who said so?" "I-I'm sorry..." Jessica whispered, she wanted to just bury herself in a hole and never come out. "BWAHAHAHAHA!" Taeyeon couldn't hold it in any longer, she felt horrible for tricking Jessica like that. "How can I still be angry? I wasn't even angry, I was hurt because you didn't even own up to it." Tears started to well up in Jessica's eyes. Taeyeon was referring to the news about Taeyeon and Yoona clubbing in HK 2013 when it was actually Jessica and Tyler's friends. She was invited there because of Tyler and so was Hyoyeon but she decided against it, thank God for that. The guilt was killing Jessica but by God's grace, she managed to keep it in till the reports came out with the truth. Taeyeon stood up from the floor and moved in front of Jessica, opening her arms for the ice princess, "The past is the past, we'll make even better memories, right?" Jessica wailed and wailed, her heart feeling so much lighter after Taeyeon's words. Yoona, on the other hand found it easier to let go partly because she knew Jessica was too oblivious to cameras sometimes, plus she was often advised by Seohyun to let the past go. Yuri watched proudly as Jessica patched up with every single member. In the past, when Jessica came over for meals or just to hang out, the first two members to leave were Taeyeon and Sunny. Sunny didn't know how to handle the departure so suddenly and she tried to keep Jessica in her life but Jessica was the one who left first. The exchange of hurtful posts on Instagram made their relationship even harder to mend but when Jessica finally got wind of Sunny's message to her on radio, she knew how sincere Sunny was about keeping their friendship, especially when she could get in trouble for saying things like that. It was all thanks to the other members who knocked some sense into both their heads. "Stop crying, you baby." Taeyeon patted Jessica's butt, trying to calm her down. "I... I m-missed you..." Jessica continued to cry and everyone wiped their tears, why was this so hard to watch? "Oh my God, you're making all of us cry..." Hyoyeon whined and pressed her hands against her cheeks to stop her tears from overflowing. "Yoong, you're okay too, right?" Yuri asked nervously, slowly pulling Yoona from Tiffany. "With you? Of course, I am..." Yoona was puzzled at her best friend's behaviour and she hugged Yuri by the neck, "No, I mean...." And Yoona finally understood. "Ah, with Sica-unnie? Of course I am, it's been ages!" While Yuri and Yoona were busy teasing each other, Jessica's eyes focused on Yuri intently. Yuri was her rock of strength and she had been there throughout everything, God knows what would happen if Yuri wasn't there with her. Her situation was improving because of her intervention and Jessica would be forever grateful for it. Jessica stepped forward the moment Yoona entered the kitchen, leaving Yuri alone by the counter. She snaked her arms around Yuri's waist and rested her head against Yuri's shoulder, "I love you so much, Yul...." Flashback end. And she meant every single word of it. Yuri had shown her just how much love she contained through her actions and Jessica could only hope that she would be able to do the same. "Mmm.... Sicababy...." Yuri mumbled as she buried her face deeper into the covers, still very far into dreamland. Jessica felt her cheeks heat up as Yuri smiled in her sleep after unconsciously mumbling her name. There was another time, where she had a big blow-out fight with Yuri over the lack of time and dates between them. Flashback. Yuri was in the gym, running her frustrations out on the treadmill. She couldn't understand why so many problems were arising so quickly but she knew she was wrong for not making time for Jessica. That was definitely her mistake, of course but what about Jessica though? She's always with that bloody idiot and it only fueled Yuri's hatred."Yul, you be careful and don't hurt yourself..." Hyoyeon advised, watching over her gym buddy closely. She knew going to the gym helped Yuri control her emotions but it wasn't the correct way to vent since she was more injury prone that way. If Tiffany or Sooyoung ever saw Yuri behaving in this manner, saying that Yuri would be dead was an understatement. "What has Sica done this time?" Hyoyeon mumbled to herself, stopping her own treadmill to take out her phone.Hyoyeon looked back time and again to make sure Yuri was okay but her heart felt very unsettled. When Yuri was angry, which was practically never, no one could control her no matter how hard they tried. She saw a dozen messages coming in the group chat per minute and she knew she was way behind time, everyone probably knew.  YULSIC 7