HERSHE - SEULRENE

SR - Quiz

It was midweek, two days before the trip, when Seulgi received a chat message from Irene.

"Seulgi, I realized this just now. Have you booked our room yet?"

Seulgi giggled. The term 'our room' is too much for her to take. Just imagining that she'll be alone with Irene in a room sends her into a frenzy.

Seulgi typed in her reply. "Joy took care of it for us."

"Wow. Your ex is very generous, huh?"

"She said it's her late graduation gift for me. And she's not my ex."

"Oh, really (•_•)"

Seulgi chuckled. "Btw, our check-in date is on Friday night. We'll check out Sunday noon."

"So, we'll drive straight there after office on Friday?"

"Something like that. Travel time would take 3 to 5 hours."

"That means you must pick me up on Friday before going here to the office. I don't want to carry my things up here."

Seulgi still can't believe that this is happening: a trip with Irene alone. This is way better than a date. Plus, the fact that they need to pretend as a couple really makes it the best trip she'd sign up for.

"Seulgi, could you come with me later?"

"Where to?"

"Shopping. I still have to buy some things for the trip. I'm sure Krystal will just annoy me with too many questions if I take her."

"I understand. I think it's a perfect idea. We still need to talk about some details concerning the questions that Joy might throw at us. A little practice or rehearsal would help."

"Oh yeah. Let's talk about that over dinner?"

An idea popped into Seulgi's mind. "Is it okay if we'll drop by a flower shop before we go to dinner? I'm making a reservation for Joy."

"Sure. I'll see you later at the parking area after five o'clock."

"Got it."

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"Hey, Seulgi. Look at this!" Irene tugged the taller woman when she saw a stand featuring the cherry-flavored edible lipstick they worked on before.

"This was our first project together, right?" Irene picked one item and raised it between their faces.

Seulgi looked speechless. It was when the blush was evident on Seulgi's face when Irene realized what the other woman could be thinking. Irene's eyes automatically landed on Seulgi's lips, remembering what happened last Friday in the latter's car.

They never talked about it when they met in the office after the weekend.

Unknown to Seulgi, Irene's face was burning red that night when she went out of the car. There's no better way she could think of to get back at Joy who had surely pushed Irene almost on the edge.

That night, after getting inside her house and finally closing the door, Irene slowly slid down the wall into a sitting position. She was glad that her mom was upstairs because she doesn't know how to handle her heart beating wildly against her chest.

"Look, that's the tagline you've thought of, right?" said Seulgi this time.

Irene looked at where Seulgi was pointing. "Make him crave for more."

"Cool, huh?" Seulgi nudged her. "I told you, you've done a great job on that."

Irene raised again the lipstick on her hand to observe it.