I hold on to Taeyeon-oppa's hand. Umm... I mean I have nothing to be scared of, right? Me and James' relationship is purely platonic! Oppa has nothing to be worried of! By the way this tall boy over here is my cousin, his name is James Jung. He's like two years older than me. When I used to live in America, we were the closest of friends! James and I grew up together; even living in the same household but we had to separate. He and his family moved to Seattle when he entered junior high. This is first time I've seen him again since then. Wow, he's looking good! He looks manlier. Did he die his hair blonde? Looks nice on him! Wait! Oppa's not looking too happy though.
"Yeah, long time no see! By the way, this is my boy friend, Taeyeon." I pull oppa and introduce him. James offers a handshake; oppa just stares at his hand. I pull oppa's hand, trying to signal him that he should respond.
"And oppa, this is James, he's my cousin, please be nice to him~" I gave my best smile. Thankfully, oppa grabs and shakes James' hand. He smiles awkwardly. I felt a bit relieved!
"Sorry." Oppa rubs the back of his neck as he lets go. He looks away. I think he felt embarrassed for being a little too overprotective a while ago. Waaaa~ Oppa apologized! Thank God he wasn't too aggressive. I guess he's more understanding of the situations now.
"It's okay. Oh, Aunt Mimi sent me here to fetch you. But she didn't mention that you were with your boy friend." James then looks at me. Then he looks at oppa and runs his finger over his ear, fixing his hair. Oppa furrowed his eye brows all of a sudden. I think he's uncomfortable with James for some reason.
"Yeah, me and Taeyeon were suppose to have dinner with mommy. What a surprise! I guess you'll be eating with us then!" I said excitedly. Oppa suddenly pulls me.
"Umm, James, wait a sec 'kay?" James just nods.
"What are you two talking about?" Oppa whispers.
"He's coming to dinner with us."
"But why?"
"I guess mom wanted to him to come with us..."
"Well... I don't like him..." He looks down.
"Huh? Why?"
"I don't like other guys touching you..."
"But he's my cousin oppa... Nothing to be worried about!" I gave him a kiss on the cheek and my oppa pouts. How cute! I pulled him back to James.
"Done? My car's over there! Let's go!" James goes in between us and wraps an arm on each of us. He happily leads us to his car.
Me and oppa decided to sit at the back although James insisted to have me sit beside him. I told him that I prefer to sit with oppa, so he won't feel left out. James starts the car and we head to our place.
"So Tiff, how's Aunt Mimi and Leo?" He asks while driving. Oppa has a confused look. I lean on his shoulder. Somehow his hand made its way on my thigh. He caresses it. My eyes widened; I glared at him! How can he be pervy at a time like this?!
"Oppa not now!" I hissed, soft enough so James wouldn't hear. Oppa just pouts at me... This is the wrong place to be touchy!
"Mimi had her baby last two months ago? I think~ Mom's always busy and Leo... Still is Leo I guess..." Oppa's hand continued to make its way underneath my skirt. I sit up a bit. What on earth?! OPPA NOT THERE!
"Hahaha! I bet he's still a big pervert!" James laughs hard. I glared at oppa.
"Yeah totally a pervert..." I slapped oppa's hand away while glaring at him!
"Why are you being like this oppa?" I whispered. He pouts again and bats his eyes at me.
"I was just trying to get your attention. I feel so stupid listening to you two..." He tries to hug me. I shook my head.
"Hmph! Maybe I should've sat beside James after all..." He whined.
"What about you and your boy friend Tiff? How'd you two hook up? " My cousin asks again. Oh gosh, he just had to bring that up... But you know, it was really a nice story. There was a bit of hatred before we realized that we did like each other and it turned out to be a sweet story~ I feel warm just thinking about it... But then the horrible memories of byuntaeng-oppa show up... It cancelled all the happiness I was feeling! Calm down Tiff! Oppa is sweet. Oppa is nice...
"Long story... As in, a long and winding story." I sighed. James just laughs again.
"Longeu?" Oppa mumbles. I guess he was trying to decode our conversation. He was cute though!
"Come on, don't be shy tell me. I think it's some love story!" James keeps his eyes on the road. Well should I tell him that oppa did save me from a bunch of scary boys, after that... How did we end up like this?! He calls me dumb every now and then. Teases me, makes fun of my Korean. We always argue... Umm... And oh! He sent me nude photos. God only knows how we ended up like this!
"It was God's plan."
"Really now? Nice! It reminds me... If I hadn't found out that you were my cousin when I was seven years old, I could've asked you to be my girl. Too bad we're related. Haha!" I just smiled at James' statement. I mean yeah, we were really close! He was very open to me. At age ten, I was surprised when he told me he had a crush on me! But I didn't make a big deal out of it. I mean he always says he wants to be my boy friend ever since when were kids. I knew that he was always joking... Because I knew he was something else... I knew he was attracted not only to girls... He keeps on saying he likes me to cover up his secret... Oh well, it's different now! We're adolescents...
I think oppa noticed me smiling, he frowns and his moods changes. Great. Why did we have to get pissed at each other now?! At the most crucial moment of our relationship! How are we supposed to face mommy later...
"Jems. Do you like Tippani?" oppa leans forward and asks James. I was surprised and tried to pull oppa back. He resists!
"Me? Of course! A little crush on your girl friend wouldn't hurt right? She's really pretty now. Her baby fat has disappeared!" I felt really embarrassed! Why is oppa asking that? And why is my cousin answering oppa that way?!
"Heurt? Yoo?" I pull oppa before he thinks of anything violent. He struggles to lean forward again.
"Oh where do I turn now Tiff?" James still has his eyes on the road.
"Ah left. We're almost there!" I tried to sound excited.
"Aish... This must be a fucking joke Pani... Is he really your cousin?" Oppa finally sits back and crosses his arm.
"Is everything going okay?" James looks at us. Oppa was still frowning. AHHHH! What should I do?! Think Tiff! Leo said... Kiss. It will decrease a guy's anger level! Yes kiss oppa!I cupped oppa's face and pecked his lips. I can feel oppa smile against my lips. I pulled away.
"Oh we're fine! Haha!" I said with a smile, I was blushing so hard though! I felt oppa pull me closer.
"Wow, you're grown up now Tiff. I can't imagine you doing that kind of stuff. You were always shy and all... I'm jealous!" He giggles... Now... I am beginning to remember how... How James was teased to be gay... Actually, I don't think he's gay... I think he's bisexual... But then again you really can't tell when you're all toddlers playing dollhouse. Well, come to think of it... He loved playing those kinds of games with me... But now? I don't think he's gay... Maybe feminine?
"Are yoo gey?" Oppa suddenly asks out of the blue. I guess oppa noticed James' spazzing over our kiss.
"Excuse me?" James replies in a rather nervous tone.
"ARE. YOU. GAY?" He asks again. AHHHHHH! Oppa! Why are you so insensitive?!
"Ahahaha! What Taeyeon meant was, are you okay... Are you okay?" I quickly butt in. Oppa smiles like a crazy person. It was as if he just discovered something extraordinary. I shot him an angry look.
"Oh! Yes, I'm okay! Thanks for asking. Haha! Oh Tiff... I think we're here!" James pressed on the break. We got out of the car. Oppa still has his arm around my waist. We all went to the gate. Whew. This is it... I nervously press the door bell button.
"Coming! Honey is that you?" Mommy opens the door.
"Oh come in you kids.
Wait. Boy, hands off my daughter. And...
Wait a minute... I think I know you.
You're Principal Kim's Son...
The snatcher from the other day... Yes! I remember!
How could I forget?"
What? What did mommy say? Oppa snatching?! OH GOSH! That's impossible! There must be some kind of mistake here-
I look at oppa, he just nods. OH GOSH! THIS IS BAD. I haven't even introduced oppa formally yet and it looks like he already has a bad reputation on my mom's record!
