Taeyeon was the last to come out from the photo shoot session, she drags her feet lazily through the carpeted studio and made her way to where her manager, her manager's assistant and duet partner was at. Plopping herself next to Jessica on the couch, Taeyeon reaches out to ruffles Jessica's hair with her fingers, the two smile at each other, after that, it seems like it was just natural enough, Taeyeon just rest her hand on Jessica's thigh who wasn't even bothered or surprised by the move, while for the other girl who was witnessing the whole situation, felt a little bit awkward.
"Can we just go back to the hotel now?" Taeyeon ask with frustration, it was obvious, she looks kind of haggard, tired from the continuous of 5 hours photo shoot and right now, all she wants was to lay her tired body on the comfy bed in the hotel and get herself some few hours of good sleep.
"We still have one more fansign event in the mall, Gwiza Mall" Yuri look through her file folder, when she looks at Taeyeon, she gives an apologetic expression to the singer who just slam her head all the way back onto the couch, sighing out tiredly.
Suddenly, Taeyeon slams both her hands on each side of the couch, making a loud thud echoes the studio causing the three people around her to jump up a little bit by her action. Taeyeon groans unhappily and got up onto her feet, walking away. Tiffany watches how Yuri was shaking her head at Taeyeon's rude action. Tiffany got up as well, it's obvious her moves were going after Taeyeon.
"Are you trying to get yourself into trouble?"
Tiffany look at Jessica who is looking back at her with a small smile on her face, seemingly it was a small smirk which looks a little bit like a sarcasm, "You're going after Taengoo? Haven't you worked long enough to study enough about her attitude?"
But before Tiffany can reply Jessica anything, Taeyeon came back out, her hand scratching the back of her head as she yawns, she stops in her tracks, looking at Tiffany who has already got up from her seat, seemingly like she was going somewhere.
"Wae?" she looks at Tiffany.
Quickly, Yuri gets up from her seat, "I think we shall make a move…let's not be late"
When the rest start making their way to their private van, Tiffany had a chance to stand right behind of Taeyeon, "You shouldn't have~" her voice whisper, but loud enough for the girl in front of her hear so, Taeyeon halt in her tracks.
"What"
"Nothing" Tiffany sighs and reply in an unhappy tone, she taps Taeyeon's shoulders and pointed to the front, ahead of them, igniting that they should continue walking instead of stopping half way.
"What have I should not have done, Miyoung?" Taeyeon ask, urging to know.
"Answered Yuri so rudely, no matter what she is still your manager" her voice becoming softer than a whisper she knew she was getting in trouble for saying so, she knows Taeyeon will not accept bad comments from her, she realizes, especially if it was her siding somebody else.
"You don't even know me" Taeyeon growls unhappily and rushes away, showing that she was completely unhappy with Tiffany right now. But the girl was surprised how she wasn't screamed in the face, but she's not very happy that she has made Taeyeon's mood down. Shaking her head, hoping it helps shaking her frustrated thoughts off, Tiffany continued making her way to the van.
Climbing into the front passenger seat, Tiffany manage to catch a glimpse of the idols sitting behind them, she was a bit more surprise to find Taeyeon completely resting her head comfortably on Jessica's lap, uncomfortable with the sight, Tiffany tries her best to avoid herself from looking at the side of the mirror to look at what is going on behind her.
"Drive more slowly, Yul…since we are still early and not in a hurry, Taengoo here is not feeling very well, you wouldn't want her to throw up right" Jessica said quietly as she looks out of the car window, while her hand softly strokes from Taeyeon's forehead to the crown of her head. And this hits Tiffany to realization, yesterday afternoon when they were shopping around the streets for the cap that Taeyeon wanted, first, Taeyeon ran under the rain when she reaches the shop and secondly after that, due to the reason she does not want Tiffany to get wet by the rain, she only used half the umbrella to shed herself. Tiffany bites the bottom of her lips guiltily, after what she has said not long ago, misunderstanding Taeyeon in the situation, it suddenly triggers her mind how she has never seen Taeyeon being rude towards Yuri before, ever.
Arriving at their destination, Yuri parked at a VIP parking basement, Yuri remove her seatbelt, so she was able to turn her body around and have a good look at the passenger seats behind, "How is she now?" and this question made Tiffany wonders as well, so she too, did the same as Yuri done, though Taeyeon had one arm shielding half her face and still is resting on Jessica's lap, but Tiffany felt even guiltier witnessing the sight right now.
"Taeng…" Jessica gently shakes the girl's body a little bit, as if she is afraid to wake the tiger up, "Taeng…we're here…" Jessica's right hand accidentally brushes against Taeyeon's forehead, "Damn! Taeng! You're literally boiling" she stated worriedly. Causing worries for the people in the car as well.
"Kim Tae Yeon…do you need to go to the clinic?" Yuri ask in alarm.
Instead of an answer or reply, a smirk was coming from the unwell girl, "It doesn't matter, let's get this done…or else, I will be said otherwise" once Taeyeon said so, she remove her arm at the same time, her eyes making a contact with Tiffany's briefly, the other young girl immediately felt those words are directed to her and yes, close enough, it's like knife penetrating through her heart, but she guess she deserved it since she has actually made a misunderstanding situation. Taeyeon sighs as she gets up.
"Taeng…I didn't know you were feeling unwell today…and-" Yuri was being cut off.
"It's alright. We're here. Let's get this done"
Yuri and Jessica hesitated for a moment, but it's their last fansign of the day for this tour and they wouldn't want to disappoint their new fans, is so, they all get out from the car. Taeyeon stumbles out from the car weakly, Tiffany had her hands reaching out towards it but she quickly retreats it when Taeyeon manage to balance herself, although she retreated quick enough but the other girl was quick enough to caught the situation.
Things were being unexpected, fans were already gathering the entrance and the whole ground floor is flooded with their fans, waiting for their arrival. Tiffany was the last to go, while securities are doing their best to block the crazy flocks of fans, who reach out to touch the idols. Yuri had an arm around Jessica as if to protect her, while Taeyeon was just closely right behind them, the fans were squashing one another to get a closer look of the singers, just when Taeyeon turned around, Tiffany was soon disappearing among the crowds, she could see the assistant was having a hard time to keep up, with no doubt, Taeyeon reaches out, grabbing Tiffany by her hand and pulled her out from the suffocating crowd. It made Tiffany gasp, she was surprise of Taeyeon's bold move and secondly, she felt all guilty all over again, the heat coming from Taeyeon's hand that was holding hers, it indicates that Taeyeon was seriously really sick.
After sending the two idols on stage to begin with their signing, Tiffany and Yuri stood backstage, watching every single thing, making sure things won't get out of hand.
"Yuri…I'll be back"
"Oh? Where are you going?" Yuri looks at Tiffany.
"Around the mall, there are a few stuffs that I would like to get from the mall" Tiffany smiles.
"Like? Tiff, this is a fashion mall, unless you were talking about clothes, then yes" Yuri answers with a gentle smile.
"Oh…yeah, I'll go take a look around" Tiffany answers.
"Okay, be back in half an hour alright?"
Answering Yuri with a nod, off she goes, heading to the mall main entrance where she believe she can find an enquiry desk there. Lucky for her, she walks to the enquiry counter, "Hi…do you know any sundry marts around here?" Tiffany ask politely.
"Well, there is one, but it will be 5 minutes walk from here, just go straight out from here, and then turn to your right once you exit this mall, go all the way straight, and on your right, you will see a 7-11" the receptionist answers politely.
"Thanks" Tiffany bids with her beautiful smile and headed out to how she was directed. After picking out the stuffs that she was looking for, bringing it to the counter to make a payment, she leaves and quickly make her way out, but before she knows it, thunder growls and rain start pouring like buckets of water. She's drenched. As she walks into the mall, she can feel herself shivering like as if she was literally being put in a refrigerator, to her worries, Taeyeon was no longer on stage by Jessica's side, Jessica is all alone and this starts to panic Tiffany on the inside, she runs to the backstage after showing her passes to the security, Tiffany look around.
"She's in the resting room, she can't continue sitting" Yuri said calmly and based on her calm voice, Tiffany take note that nothing very serious has happened to Taeyeon, the poor singer is just probably too weak to continue on, "We told the fans that she needs some rest for her shoot tomorrow, thank God…they buy it"
"I'll….I'll go check on her-" Tiffany hurriedly turn around, ready to head to the resting room.
"Better still….look after her for me" Yuri said with a smile, "Wait, why are you…." Tiffany already rushes off, "….wet?"
Tiffany rushes to the resting room where they kept their belongings. There, resting on the couch, was Taeyeon, again, with an arm over half her face, perhaps, this was her habit, her style of sleeping. The sound of the door closing causes Taeyeon to take a peek, her eyes was telling Tiffany, she was surprise to see her in the room.
"I am…so sorry…that I misunderstood you" Tiffany's hangs low.
"It's not the first time" Taeyeon just mumbles.
Tiffany's shoulders slums downwards, but the plastic bag in her hand reminded her what's the reason she is going to do next, she bravely makes her way to where Taeyeon is at, "Taeyeon…I-"
"Why are you wet?" Taeyeon looks at Tiffany, shock indeed.
"I…"
"What the hell" Taeyeon gets up, she looks around, but seems like she can't find what she needs, in the end, she takes off her own jacket and start wrapping it around Tiffany's head, wiping the wet hair, hoping it may dry at least some or most out of it, "What happened to you?"
Tiffany stayed quiet, shock with Taeyeon's action and doings right now. With Tiffany not answering her, Taeyeon slowly comes to sense what is going on actually, she slower down her actions, looking at Tiffany calmly, "I er…"
Tiffany smiles, trying to brush off the awkwardness as she pulls the jacket off and kneeled, so she was almost eye leveled with Taeyeon who is on the couch, she pull out a bottle of Perrier water, "This one helps on reducing hot body heat, it will helps cooling your fever off" she smiles. Then she pulls out a box of Bye-Bye Fever.
"So..the reason you got wet like this…was because you went out to get me these?"
Tiffany remained silent, knowing she has no reason to reason herself out of this. Taeyeon was once again, smiling to herself.
"Is this a way for you to repay for what you have said earlier on?" she teases, trying to enlighten the situation right now. Tiffany nods finally. "Okay" and before she knows it, Taeyeon already snatches the bottle of Perrier water away from her grip, "But…you'll have to help me put on the bye-bye fever patch…"
"Araso" Tiffany agrees, smiling in relief that Taeyeon was no longer angry or holding any grudge on her. She kneels higher, lifting her butt off from her calf, she un-box it and pulled out a patch, pulling the film off to reveal the sticky side of the patch, leaning closer towards Taeyeon, she slowly use her other free hand to brush the fringe up so she could stick the patch on Taeyeon's burning forehead.
Her doings was making her leaning so close to the sick girl, but she hasn't realize, the closeness of their lips were, Taeyeon lick her own lips as she has her eyelids slowly closing, her heart was pulling her, stopping her from leaning forward while her mind is telling her to do it.
But in the end, she manage to refrain herself from doing what her mind was telling her.
"There, all done" Tiffany stated as she is done sticking the patch on.
Taeyeon force herself to break the eyes contact from Tiffany, she return lying on her back on the couch as she lets out a bothered sigh, "2 more days…back to Korea" she mumbles and took a peek of Tiffany.
"Yeah" she smiles.
Taeyeon looks at her with curiosity, she frowned seeing Tiffany smiling, "And, you're happy bout it?"
"Aren't you?"
Taeyeon rolls her eyes, shaking her head and did not bother to answer the other girl's question.
"Wae, Taeyeon-ahh?" Tiffany ask, her turn to be curious.
"Tell you later, I need some rest" avoiding the question.
After checking into the departure hall, they have almost an hour more to spend in the airport, while Jessica and some of the crew decide to get some coffee, Taeyeon and the rest hangs out around the checking in hall.
Casually, Tiffany joins Taeyeon's seat right next to the singer, she looks at Taeyeon carefully, "How do you feel? Better?" Taeyeon just nods her head, unzipping her bag that was sitting on her lap.
"You've been acting weirder these few days" Tiffany sighs, indeed, Taeyeon has been quieter, emotionless whenever she is around and no matter how many times Tiffany tries to get an answer of reason to why she is acting that way, Taeyeon always ignore her indirectly.
Taeyeon pulls her ipod out, untying her knotted earphones.
"I'll get some latte from the quick mart, do you want anything?" Tiffany offers, but to her dismay, Taeyeon shakes her head, not even looking at her as she is fully focus on the knotted earphones. Tiffany sighs quietly on the inside, but she gets onto her feet and headed straight to the mart not far away from them.
Going into the mart, Tiffany look through all the delicious looking packaging of all type of latte sitting on the cold shelves, she didn't know what she should pick and Japanese stuffs are always prettier and cuter in packaging which made it harder for her to decide. She tilt her head from left to right, straining her stiff neck a little bit as she did so, she realize how tired she is from all the travelling done and looking out at the mart, seeing Taeyeon sitting there alone on the bench, quiet with earphone on, she believe the latter is three times more tired than she is, smiling contently, Tiffany pick up two Red Bulls blue and silver tin can from the fridge she heads to the counter to make her payment.
After thanking the counter staffs, she took the plastic bag that contains her drink with Taeyeon that she purchased, while making her way there, small little flash back flashes into her mind abruptly, she remembers how and when she first met the idol herself. All alone and she even remembers how she felt how ignorant and cocky Taeyeon is but definitely a new experience for her, meeting an idol so up close and personal. Never has she ever imagine to actually work with one. Can life be any better?
"Here you go" she pulls out one tin can of Red Bull for Taeyeon, offering it to the girl who pulls the left piece of her earphone out from her ear, "I think you'll need it" she smiles as brightly as she could, in hope to see one more small from the latter, after this, she doesn't know when will she ever be able to see this idol so up close anymore.
Taeyeon briefly snaps away from looking at the offering that Tiffany made and return putting the earphone back into her left ear, Tiffany sighs loudly, seeing it was only her and Taeyeon alone right now, she was sad at the reaction she given in return.
"You are so hard to understand, Taeyeon…after a month, you are still a mysterious person, your moods are changing faster than I can type on each key on a keyboard and I will never know when or where or what could make you feel good, still…" Tiffany look at Taeyeon who is looking at her ipod, staring blankly at it.
"But…all of these, are still good memories for me to remember, even after I leave, though you are more of a moody kind of person, but at times, you are sweeter than anyone I have ever met in my entire life and that often makes me wonder, which one is the real side of yours…mystery personality, you are special, Taeyeon…" Tiffany looks at Taeyeon as if she is admiring the beauty jaw structure in front of her, "Weirdly, it makes me wants to know more about you…I know, weird isn't it? It seems like I was hating you previously, like we will never get along, but your care makes me crave to be taken care of once again…I know I shouldn't be saying this…but since you're so busy with your music right now and no one is here and this is probably the very last time we can be together so personal ever again, I guess is fine…since no one will ever kno-"
Yuri and Jessica walks to them, causes Tiffany to stop blabbering immediately, "Yes, Fany?" Yuri look at Tiffany who is watching them with wide eyes, but the youngest girl shakes her head politely, "Alright, we should make a move already…is time"
Taeyeon immediately gets up onto her feet and head straight to the check in hall. Jessica was already dragging Taeyeon to the VIP area once they were in the plane, while Tiffany quietly finds a deserted seats, trying her best with all her strength to put her bag pack up on the locker above her seat, she failed to- Within seconds, Yuri was by her side, helping her with the bag, they smile to one another, "Care to join us in the VIP lounge?" Yuri ask.
"…."
"It might be the last time we are ever hanging out together…" Yuri pouts slightly, making Tiffany to giggle a little bit, "What do you plan to do after this?"
"Continue my studies of course" Tiffany stated as in a matter of fact, laughing, "Why.."
"Oh nothing, we'll be missing you…"
"Is making your staff cry on their last day a ritual?" Tiffany jokes.
Yuri laughs off a bit, "You've change a lot after this job, in a good way though-"
"In what sense…"
"You jokes, remember how serious you are-"
"Am i?" she didn't know so.
Yuri nod her head, "A bit…look at how close and comfortable we feel for each other, we are talking like we know each other forever"
"Yuri-ahh, I don't know if it's just me or what, but you are being pretty dramatic here…" Tiffany kids.
"And if I continue talking like this, someone might think I have a thing for you" Yuri winks, "The VIP lounge, come join us.." Yuri said so as she leaves.
Shaking her head with a small smile, Tiffany settle herself on the seat she has chosen, true so, she already felt heavy in the heart that once they touch down in Korea, it means she has to continue her study life again, she already started to miss the colleagues she has, the boss she has and-
"Here" Taeyeon is offering her a glass of orange juice, standing in front of her, "Is better than those Red Bulls you offered earlier.."
"And you ignored it" Tiffany crosses her arms, looking out at the window, at the blue skies, showing a clear sign that she was insulted and upset of what happened.
Taeyeon smirks out loud and place the glass of orange juice in between the two seats holder, she leans so closely to Tiffany, enough to cause a shock short gasp coming from Tiffany, who seems like she is holding her breath when Taeyeon did so.
"Charge this for me, it hasn't been charge the past 2 days and the battery has died"
Taeyeon then leans away, smirking even wider at Tiffany, at first, the girl was curious but before she can ask what does she meant, Taeyeon threw her ipod onto Tiffany's lap, her eyes widen, she can practically guess what does Taeyeon meant by that.
This perfectly explains why Taeyeon automatically got up on her feet and walk to the check in hall department even when she had her earphones on when Yuri gave the command, speechless, Tiffany stood up, grasping the ipod tightly in her hand, she took a step forward, reaching out for Taeyeon, wanting to return the ipod and ask for a clear explanation.
Even with her mouth open, no words came out, Taeyeon turn around so quickly, quick enough to wrap her arms around Tiffany, hugging her tightly.
Taeyeon rest her chin right on top of Tiffany's shoulders, "Yes, I will miss you" she said out breathlessly, "…quit or not, working with us or not, I will let you know who I really am once we are in Korea…"
Tiffany blinks her eyes rapidly, trying to absorb every single detail in and try to come up with an answer herself with all these things that Taeyeon is blabbering about. And thankfully enough, it was just them two right now, the staffs must've went to the VIP lounge to celebrate their success for debuting in Japan.
Taeyeon bravely pulls away and she already miss having Tiffany in her arms the moment she did so, they look at each other, shy and embarrassed. But Taeyeon was glad Tiffany was just standing there quietly, she was half expecting a big slap from the girl. But no, meaning it shows a great sign.
"Wanted"
"Huh?"
Taeyeon just smile, leaving the girl even more clueless.