Jen had felt some semblance of normalcy after she cried two days ago. Now she was sitting in the library being busy with her studies after talking to Lucas. She was fully immersed in her books she had lost track of time. When she finally came to, it was already 8 pm.

With a sigh, she packed up her belongings and left the library. She had to eat, but she was now feeling too lazy to cook. As she walked to the parking lot, her phone vibrated in her bag.

She fumbled in her bag as she looked for her phone and was able to find it in a couple of seconds. When she checked the caller, she saw that it was Alex. She felt a bit disappointed, but she still took the call.

"Hello?" Jen said once she picked it up.

"Sis, where are you?" Alex asked immediately without even greeting her.

"I'm still on campus, I'm coming back home right now," Jen said with a small smile. If Alex hadn't been around, then her life would have probably been too quiet.

"Oh, hurry up and come back. I'll fix us something to eat," Alex said, and Jen felt her heart warm up. Her sister was still willing to cook and not propose going to eat at the hotel's restaurant as she did the previous night.

"Mmmh," Jen answered.

"Drive safely, don't be too hasty," Alex reminded, and Jen chuckled when she heard this.

"I know, I'm in my car now, I have to drive," Jen said as she closed the car door.

"Okay, see you later," Alex said and cut the call.

Jen put her phone back in her bag and drove out of the school campus. Alex, who had just gotten out of her shower, went to her kitchen to make something to eat. She had only brought back ingredients today since she started staying at the hotel. Why would she cook while there were people around to cook her decent food?

But with her sister's current mood over the past few days, she felt that if she put in some effort, she might eat a few more bites of food. She had watched Jen's decreasing appetite, and she was feeling quite worried.

She bounced around the kitchen as she hummed a tune and got carried away in her cooking. About an hour later, she heard her front door open and went to check who it was.

"Oh, you've returned?" Alex said as she went back to the kitchen.

"Mmmh," Jen said as she closed the door behind her. She had already gone home and even took a shower before coming over for dinner.

"Gove me ten minutes, I'm almost done here," Alex yelled from the kitchen.

"Do you need any help?" Jen asked as she walked to see what she was doing.

"Yes," Alex answered honestly. Jen looked at the dishes on the sick and pulled up the sleeves of her light sweater.

"Didn't mom tell you to wash as you go?" Jen asked her as she washed the dishes.

"I'm making so much, I don't have time for that," Alex said with a pout. As if she was asking for some understanding.

"It doesn't matter anyway, I'm still the one doing the dishes, aren't I?" Jen mumbled and Alex laughed in response.

"Yes, so don't complain," Alex said in the middle of her laughter. Five minutes later she was already serving up the food in two plates as Jen was finishing up with the dishes.

"There're drinks in the fridge, you can pick whichever you want," Alex said to Jen, who was now drying her hands with a kitchen towel.

"Okay," Jen answered as she looked the food that had been plated beautifully.

Alex took the two plates and went to place them on the dining table while Jen followed behind her with a bottle of wine.

As the two sat down, Alex could finally look at her sister properly and noticed the dark circles under her eyes.

"What's wrong? You couldn't sleep last night?" she asked as she took a bite of her food.

"I'm still adjusting to sleeping alone," Jen said as she took a picture of her food.

"You have to take care of yourself, otherwise everyone will worry," Alex reprimanded as she looked at Jen.

"I know, but what can I do if I can't sleep?" Jen asked her as she placed her phone on the table and took a small bite of her food.

"Then at least eat. I've spent so much time cooking, there better be no leftovers," Alex said, and Jen smiled as she nodded at her.

"And it tastes nice too," Jen complimented as she ate a few more bites of food. Soon enough, her fork was still on her plate as her chin rested on her hand with a faraway look in her eyes.

"What are you thinking about? Letting such delicious go cold?" Alex asked her and Jen came back to the present.

"It's nothing," Jen said, and Alex didn't really want to prod and ruin the mood.

"Hurry and eat, I even made dessert," Alex said, and only continued eating once she saw Jen eat again. She felt like she was taking care of a child. When has she ever needed to urge someone to eat so persistently before?

This time, Jen ate all her food as Alex refused to leave the table until she was done. She poured herself a glass of wine as she watched her young sister take the dishes back to the kitchen and come out with the cake.

She had placed medium-sized pieces on the plates and brought them back to the table.

"Here, go on and eat," she said as she gave her sister her share. She had wanted to stop herself from buying the cake, but it had looked too appetizing, so she ended up buying it, anyway.

Jen looked at her sister who looked like she could not wait to eat the cake and a small smile appeared on her face. Jen took a small bite of the cake and her eyes widened in surprise.

"It's good right?" Alex, who was already on her third bite, asked her and Jen nodded. If she didn't need to take care of her sister, she would have probably just eaten cake for dinner. Even though she had felt full, the cake tasted too good, so she enjoyed it.

The two sisters chatted as they ate and shared the bottle of wine, even though Jen was the one who drank most of it before they bid each other goodnight. They would eat both breakfast and dinner together, so they were expecting to see each other the next morning.

Jen was slightly tipsy as she left Alex's suite to go back to her own place. She stood in the elevator with a bored expression before she reached her floor in no time. She opened the door and changed into her slippers as she went inside.

She started turning off the lights one by one as she went to her room. The house was too silent, and she remembered this task had always fallen on Lucas.

Sometimes if they got carried away in the bedroom, he would end up doing it after she fell asleep. How was she reminded of him with everything she did during the day? She wondered as she went up the stairs.

When she got to her room, she changed into one of his t-shirts and climbed onto the bed before picking up her phone to video call him.

Lucas had just gotten out of the shower when his phone rang. While still towel drying his hair, he picked up the phone and looked at the screen.

"Hello there," Lucas said with a charming smile, and Jen couldn't help but smile back at him.

"HI, just got out of the shower?" Jen asked when she saw the exposed clavicles and half of a bare chest.

"Mmmh," Lucas said, and Jen looked at the water dripping down his neck and disappearing to where she can't see. She couldn't stop herself from swallowing her saliva.

"You have to shower at this time every day," Jen said after checking the time. She felt like her melancholic feeling had gotten cured.

"So you can see me like this?" Lucas asked her as he sat down on his bed and chuckled when he saw her nod.

"I'll do my best," Lucas said in agreement and looked at Jen, who was staring at him quietly.

"Do you want to see the rest or?" he teased and laughed when he saw her face turn red from her obviously conflicting thoughts.

"Let's not talk about that now," Jen mumbled, and Lucas looked at her with his amused eyes.

"Oh, then we can come back to the topic later?" he asked and Jen pursed her lips together, refusing to answer.

"Why do you have such dark circles? Aren't you sleeping well?" Lucas asked her so suddenly it took her a few seconds to register what he was talking about.

"Mmmh, I've gotten used to being hugged to sleep," Jen said as she looked at her furnace on the screen. She suddenly remembered that she had to adjust the temperature of the air conditioning.

"You must sleep well. You'll make me worry," Lucas said as he carefully studied her face. Jen nodded in response with a small smile on her lips.

"How was work?" she asked him, and Lucas started telling her about her day. The two ended up talking for more than an hour before Lucas cut the call short so she could get some sleep and also so he could have his dinner.