Tiffany followed the running girl inside the hospital. She now know why the girl looked so lost when they were in her car. She felt bad towards the girl knowing exactly how the latter feel right now. She remembered being in the same situation when she was still young the moment her sister told her that her mom was sent to the hospital.
She sighed and looked at the girl talking to the clerical staff at the reception. After what it seems like getting the information she need, Taeyeon proceeded with Tiffany still following.
"Unnie!"
Tiffany saw the girl she saw the last time. She frowned when Taeyeon hugged the girl but quickly hid it when the latter turned to her. The girl bowed to her lightly and she returned it reluctantly. The girl's eyes were puffy that she can't help but hate herself for her out-of-place jealousy.
Irene and Taeyeon was about to walk towards Tiffany but both stopped in their tracks when they saw two men running towards them. Irene looked at Taeyeon worriedly but the latter only smiled softly at the girl and patted her head.
"Excuse me. I'll just go get coffee."
Taeyeon bowed at the older man and smiled at Irene and to the other boy.
"Let's go." She told Tiffany while walking away. The girl immediately followed.
"You can go now you know," Taeyeon said after minutes of silent. She and Tiffany went to the hospital's garden after buying coffees. They haven't said anything since then. "I'm already thankful of you driving me here and I know how tired you are so I suggest you go home and get some rest." Taeyeon was referring to the fight between the girl and her now-ex boyfriend.
"How are you going to go home?" Tiffany looked at the girl who was looking at the stars with a smile on her face.
"I can manage."
Tiffany hummed only in response.
In truth, Tiffany wanted to talk to the girl about what happened to them earlier in her condo but she didn't want to sound like she's bothered by what happened. She just wanted to talk about it casually like it's nothing so she wouldn't sound too eager. She was trying to fix her sentence in her mind but the girl broke her thoughts, asking her to go home.
She sighed and decided to ask the girl on another day. Now is not the time, she realized, since the girl is currently facing a hardship.
She was about to stand up but a voice stopped her in doing so.
"Unnie!"
Both Taeyeon and Tiffany looked at the girl running towards them.
"Don't run," Taeyeon stood up and waited for the girl. "How's umma?"
"The doctor said she's gonna be okay." Irene beamed happily. "She only fainted because of exhaustion and stress."
Taeyeon exhaled in relief. "That's good." She smiled at the girl.
Irene noticed the other girl, playing with her phone.
"You can go home." She told Taeyeon. "I was trying to call you to tell you the news, but you're phone's off so I went to find you. And now that you know it, you can go and sleep peacefully."
"Uhm…" Taeyeon hesitated for a moment, but continued anyway. "Is appa still there?"
"Yeah," Irene smiled apologetically at the girl. "But I think you can still stay, if you want that is." She quickly added.
Taeyeon sighed. "I'll just come back tomorrow." She then smiled at the girl. "We'll go now. Bye."
She hugged the girl and the latter bided goodbye to Tiffany.
"I guess we'll be going home together then." Taeyeon smiled at Tiffany after the other girl left. "Let's go."
Both girls stayed quiet 'till they reached the parking lot. Tiffany went inside her car and raised her eyebrows at the girl standing beside her car.
She roll down her car windows and looked Taeyeon confusingly. "What are you doing?"
"Eh? Waiting for you to go?"
"I thought you're going to hitch a ride?"
"Oh," Taeyeon smiled at the girl. "It's okay. I'll take cab on my way home. I don't want to be a bother."
"Where do you live?" Taeyeon told Tiffany her address. "It's on the way to my condo anyway. C'mon."
Tiffany closed the car's windows, indirectly saying that that's the end of conversation.
Taeyeon laughed quietly at the girl on her way to the other side of the car. "Stubborn."
"This is me." Taeyeon said as smiled at the girl. She looked at the window of her apartment and furrowed her eyebrows. "Why is it dark?" She muttered.
Tiffany heard it and peeked. "Do you have a roommate?" She asked.
"Yeah," Taeyeon said absent-mindedly and stepped out of the car. "Thank you for the ride, Ms. Hwang." She smiled at the girl sitting in the driver's seat. "And also, we'll talk about what happened tonight some other time. My mind's really messy right now."
"S-sure." Tiffany coughed.
Tiffany saw the girl's smirk and rolled her eyes, trying to put up a whatever-I-don't-care face.
Taeyeon laughed at the girl's red face. "Goodnight and Good Evening, Ms. Hwang." She winked before closing the door.
She then proceeded to her apartment's door, ringing the bell. She sighed after ringing the bell for about multiple times. She mentally kicked her best friend for not being at home that time and also herself for losing her key to the apartment. She took her phone out and dialed her friend's number, turning around in the process.
She raised her eyebrows when she saw Tiffany's car still there. She was about to walk towards the car when she heard her best friend's voice on the other line.
"Yah! Where are you right now?!" She yelled.
The person at the other line flinch. "Why are you yelling at me?!" She yelled back.
Taeyeon exhaled. "Sorry. It's just that- never mind. Where are you right now? What time are you going home?"
"I'll be back after three days. Why? Miss me already?" The person grinned at the other line but once again, was met by a loud shout. "Again, why are you shouting? What's the problem? You're being weird right now. You never cared whenever I disappear for days before." She asked.
Taeyeon groaned. "I lost my key to the apartment." She sat at the sidewalk with her palm on her face.
"Ouch," The cute voice said. "You could've told me earlier."
"I didn't know you were going away," Taeyeon reasoned. "Where are you going anyway?"
"Daegu. My cousins suddenly appeared at the restaurant this afternoon and dragged me there." The person at the other line explained. "Sorry Taeng. I'll try to go back tomorrow as soon as I can."
"No it's okay. I'll just stay with Yul or Soo."
"Are you sure? I can go back there, you know. Then I'll just travel back to Daegu. My cousins will stay for a week anyway."
"No, it's too hassle. Just have fun there."
"If you say so. Text or call me if you there's an emergency or something, okay?"
"Don't worry, mother. I'll be fine."
"I'm serious, Kim Taeyeon"
"So am I, Lee Sunkyu." She said in a teasing voice.
"You little- Whatever."
Taeyeon laughed. "Wow, you called me little… you're smaller than me you know."
"Whatever, byuntae."
The term reminded Taeyeon of the girl that's still there. "Hey, I gotta go now. Talk to you later. Have a safe trip. Take care."
"Okay. You too."
Taeyeon stood up and pocketed her phone and walked towards the car and the window automatically rolled down. She crouched a little and looked at Tiffany. "Why are you still here?" She asked.
"I felt that you're gonna be homeless tonight so I stayed just in case my hunch is right and it turned out that I'm correct." Tiffany smiled, feeling proud of herself.
Taeyeon smiled at the sight. "O-kay. Now that your hunch's right… what will happen?"
"Uh," Tiffany's face redden. "Y-you can s-stay with me."
Taeyeon tilted her head at the girl and smirked. She entered the car and face the girl. "Thank you for the kind intention but I don't think that's a good idea," she moved her eyes downwards and stopped at the girls cleavage. She licked her lips at the sight. "Especially with what happened at the condo few hours ago."
Tiffany immediately closed her jacket and coughed. "We're not gonna do anything anyway," She mentally kicked herself when she heard her shaking voice. "I'm going straight to my room and sleep and you can stay in the guest room."
"Again, thank you. But I really don't think that's a good idea. But," Taeyeon immediately said when she saw the girl's ready to protest. "If none of my friends can let me stay tonight, I'll stay with you and will pay you."
"What?! No need to pay."
Taeyeon ignored her and started dialing one of her friend's number. She furrowed her eyebrows when her friend isn't answering her phone. She gave up after trying for the fifth time and dialed another friend's number.
"What?"
Taeyeon moved her phone from her ears and looked at the screen to check if she have dialed the right number. She saw the correct contact info and quickly put the phone back to her ears. "Hello?"
"Who's this?"
"Who's this? Where's Yul?
"Sleeping."
"Oh."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
Taeyeon put her phone down and stared at it weirdly after the girl at the other line ended the call. She thought of calling back again but figured that her friend is with someone and it's impossible for her to stay with her friend since the girl only have one room in her apartment.
She dismissed the thought and scrolled through her contacts again but none of them answered.
"No one's going to answer you," Taeyeon turned to the voice's owner. "It's almost three in the morning."
Taeyeon looked at her watch and saw that the girl's right. She sighed and pocketed her phone. "Alright. I'll stay with you tonight, but remember, I'll pay."
Tiffany kept quiet since she's too sleepy right now to argue with the girl. She'll just think of something tomorrow. She started driving and not long after, both reached her condo.
The guard at the desk of the lobby greeted Tiffany and looked at Taeyeon curiously. Taeyeon only smiled at him and followed Tiffany up to the girl's unit.
Just like what Tiffany said, Tiffany went straight to her room after showing Taeyeon the guest room.
Taeyeon wasn't feeling tired at all since she's used to being awake at night, and sleeping from morning till afternoon. She played with her phone when she heard sounds from the outside. She went out from the guest room and peeked at the peephole and saw Tiffany's ex outside.
She opened the door and the boy looked at him weirdly.
"You're not Tiff. Where is she?! Tell her we need to talk!"
Taeyeon winced when the man shouted. "I suggest you go home sir. You're drunk."
"I'M NOT DRUNK! WHERE'S TIFF! WE NEED TO TALK!"
"Okay okay." Taeyeon pushed the man. "Sit down on the floor first sir, I'll call Ms. Hwang."
The boy muttered but obeyed anyway, he sat down and not even a minute after sitting down, the man fell asleep.
Taeyeon looked at the man and sighed. She decided to tell Tiffany about the man since she's sure that this guy will make a scene once he woke up.
Taeyeon went inside the unit, closing the door but not even bothering to lock it since Tiffany's going out anyway... or so she thought.