"Oh my god! What the hell was that?!" I screamed, Taeyeon jumped up, a hand on her heart looking at me with a surprised expression.

"Yah! What's the matter with you? It was a leaf that flew across the screen Tiffany!"

A...leaf? "Pfft. I knew that" I replied, putting on a terrible tough guy persona. She rolled her eyes and then settled down again. I grabbed a spare pillow and held it against my chest, my eyes barely peeking out from the top of it.

When it came to the actual jump scare, I was afraid I had deafened Taeyeon for she paused the movie and sat up, rubbing her ear. I stayed where I was and watched her as she turned around. A smile came up on her face, confusing me to no end.

"You don't watch horror movies do you?" She asked, poking me.

I sighed and shook my head.

"Are we watching this because I like them?"

I nodded and averted my gaze only to gasp when she lay back down and pulled me towards her, my head now resting on her chest listening to that heart I love.

"That's really sweet, thank you" she said whilst stroking my hair. It was so comforting, it's something my mother used to do and I loved it.

"No problem, I replied, closing my eyes at the sensation of her running her hand through my locks and then bunching it up to squeeze it slightly before starting again. So relaxing... She then leaned down and kissed the crown of my head and rested her chin on top.

We stayed there for a while until she got up causing my heart physical pain from the abruptness of her disappearance and went over to her overnight bag. She opened up the zip and rummaged around for a while until she got out a romantic comedy type movie.

"Maybe this is more your style"

"Taeyeon, no you've wanted to see the horror movie for ages, I'm fine."

"Alright...if you're sure". She placed the DVD aside before laying back down and resuming her position, me snuggled up to her. As long as she's here I'll be fine.

I was right, I squeaked a little at the jump scares but with her arm tightening around me...it made them as scary as a puppy.

"Woah, that was good." Taeyeon said after the movie finished. She felt me nodding my head and then kissed it again before getting up and going back to her bag. "Can I use the bathroom?" she asked. I couldn't help but laugh. "What?"

"My teacher is asking me to use the bathroom, sorry but that tickled me" Taeyeon rolled her eyes at that and then I pointed to the en-suite I had in the corner of my room. She thanked me and then took her pyjamas inside to get changed I presumed. I followed her lead and started to undress. Thankfully the moment she opened the door I had finished pulling down my top and crawled into bed, under the covers.

She looked adorable, she didn't look her age, not one bit. I smiled when she approached and she plonked herself down beside me.

"What?" She asked

"You look cute" I smiled and hid my blushing face.

"You can't call me cute, I'm older. You're cute though" she chuckled and ruffled my hair.

We stared at each other for a while until she broke it.

"Am I sleeping here? Or in a spare room?"

"Like hell you're sleeping in the spare room after that movie" I replied, dragging her down and into the covers beside me as she laughed at my childishness.

We turned over and faced eachother, eyes studying one another's facial features. Her hand then came up and cupped my face lovingly, I couldn't help but close my eyes. I felt her shift and then the next thing I felt was her lips on mine. God...I had forgotten how good it felt. When I started to get more into it, she leaned back and stared back at me again.

"I want to know you" she sighed, playing with my hair

"What would you like to know?" I replied, caressing her hip.

"Everything"

I took a minute to think...

"My name is Tiffany Hwang, I'm 19, I was born on August 1st in San Fransisco, I have 2 siblings, I'm a Leo, my blood type is O, I love pink, I can play the flute...hmm"

"That's fine" Taeyeon smiled "for now anyway. What are your sibling's names?"

"I have an older sister called Michelle and an older brother called Leo"

"Ah okay, I have a younger sister and an older brother. Hayeon and Jiwoong."

"Cute" I smiled

There was a slight silence before I took the initiative to reveal something else about my life.

"I kinda wanna tell you about my mom, I trust you enough..."

She leaned forward, kissed my forehead and held my hand. "You don't have to but thank you, for trusting me like that" she smiled.

I nodded and began. "My family and I moved over here when I was little and lived happily for years, until one day when I was eleven..." I took a shaky breath and tried to stop the tears that threatened to fall from my eyes. "It was just me and mom home alone at night, dad was in work and there was like a shuffling noise behind the front door. She was upstairs and I was trying to watch a movie but the noise kept disturbing me, so I went to see what it was and then this guy burst through the door and tried..." I choked on my words as I remembered that night.

"It's okay" Taeyeon cooed, wrapping her arm around me tightly and wiping a tear from my face. Her legs entwined with mine, her skin contact calmed me instantly.

"He saw me and tried to drag me out with him. I was screaming and he was trying to shut me up but then my mom flew down the stairs and I couldn't help but think she was this superhero" I chuckled sadly. "She charged at the guy and tried to get him to lose his grip on me but as soon as he did..." I closed my eyes and Taeyeon squeezed my hand. "He stabbed her. He stabbed her and then ran away, he left me to deal with it."

"Jesus" Taeyeon frowned, I saw her own eyes were teary so I gave her a reassuring smile.

"Like she had told me before, I immediately called the ambulance and then I lay with her on the ground, door still wide open. Our house was a while away from any other people so I couldn't just run for help. I watched her die and I can't help but think I could have done something, why didn't I apply pressure to her wound?" I asked, myself more than Taeyeon.

"You were eleven Tiff, you didn't know to do that" Tae said.

"She died after she told me she loved me and told me to tell the others she loved them too. She died before the ambulance arrived, I stayed with her." I cried.

I was then enveloped into the tightest hug I had ever had, not tight in a bad way though. It was so comforting, I'd be happy if I just got hugs from this woman for our entire relationship. "It's the reason I lock the door every single time, even if my dad is popping out for five minutes...I still lock the door"

"Thank you for trusting me with that Tiff" she smiled, I nodded and squeezed her hand."I guess it's my turn." She said with a small smile. "My last boyfriend was...well he was a monster. He didn't use to be though, he used to be sweet and caring but the moment he moved into my apartment, he changed."

I didn't know whether I wanted to hear this. About Taeyeon getting abused and hurt but she listened to me so I had to do the same for her.

"He started to control me. He wouldn't let me go out without him unless it was for work. If there was traffic on the way home making me late, he'd interrogate me on where I was at that specific time and who I was with. In the beginning I told him he was stupid and paranoid which was a bad move"

Here it comes, I clenched my teeth in pure hate for this man.

"He slapped me." She said, lowering her head in shame. "He slapped me so hard that I fell. He immediately apologised and I stupidly forgave him. After that, it started to happen more and more frequently. It got to the point where he didn't want me going to work, just to stay at home all day and wait for him to get back from his own job"

"What an asshole" I seethed and she chuckled before agreeing.

"Yup."

"How did you get free?" I asked, hoping I wasn't being too forward

"It was uh, one day I fought back against him. I told him to stop hitting me and that if he did, it meant he didn't love me. He caught his hand in mid air and then walked away, I thought I had finally gotten through to him so started to get ready for a night out with my girl friends after so long... but he came back with a rope and proceeded to tie me up before going out himself to get drunk and leaving me there for hours."

I wiped my tears away and squeezed her hand tighter. How could anyone put her through that?

"After a long while I managed to get loose, packed my bags, and left. Now I'm here and finally free." She looked at me and could probably see I was angry, livid even. "It's okay..." She smiled.

"No it's not, it's sick. I would love nothing more than to rip his fucking head off" I growled. "I would never hurt you like that Tae, I hope you know that" I said nuzzling into her neck before giving it a light kiss.

"I do." She replied. "You're helping me to be able to trust again and for that I'm really grateful. I'm just sorry that we can't be a proper couple until you leave school." She exhaled. "I've even been thinking about.."

"No." I knew what she was going to say and I was having none of it. "No way, you're not leaving my school. You are pretty much the only reason I go, I hated it before and my attendance was shocking but now I come in everyday just to see you."

"But we could be together..."

"We are together and I'm happy being this way until I leave. Please don't think you aren't doing enough or being enough for me because you're more than enough and I like where we are" I smiled. "I admit that first I was frustrated at the hiding aspect but I'm happy if we get to hang out like this more often. I feel like I finally know you and it's not just a fling."

"It was never a fling Tiff but I guess it seemed that way when we were just kissing and hardly taking the time to actually sit down and get to know each other. I know there's much more to find out but that'll come in time" she smiled.