1Yet again I found myself thinking...I definitely don't understand romance comics.
"What? You mean you don't even get that?" Taeyeon crossed her legs on the table as she sipped her coffee. They were currently in a conference room going over the files Taeyeon gave Tiffany.
"What? Of course I get it! Something like this is easy! hahaha!" Tiffany flipped the pages of one of the files Taeyeon gave her.
"I see."
I have once again been forced to learn about romance comics from Taeyeon. It's a moot point now, but why must they feel the need to cut across the panel sideways, anyway?
"If you don't understand it, at least memorize the patterns for now."
Tiffany huffed and clench her hair
"Can you do it, or not?" Taeyeon asked sternly.
"I can!"
*sigh*
I know Taeyeon is right. I know that, but...in front of someone who does their job over-perfectly like Taeyeon...I get unnecessarily impatient with myself.
"While I'm at it...how's your old lady doing?" Taeyeon stared at empty space as she sipped her coffee.
"Oh, right. Sorry for causing you trouble before. She's out of the hospital and is resting at home now." Tiffany looked at Taeyeon apologetically.
"Is that so?" Taeyeon nodded, "Oh, also..."
"Yes?"
"..."
"..."
"Ah, never mind."
"What is it?" Tiffany frowned.
"No, nothing." Taeyeon shook her head and continued sipping her coffee.
What was that? Don't just stop talking in the middle.
Could it...have been about Kanggun? Kanggun has been worried about mom...and he has said he has even stopped in to check on her since that ordeal. I'm guessing he hasn't talked about...me, yet, but I suppose it's not really his place to do so. Maybe because at the time I was in such a state that I didn't get the chance to explain things well. Should I be talking about this with my parents, I wonder...?
"Your birthday."
"Huh?" Tiffany looked up at Taeyeon as the two walked out of the conference room to the elevator.
"Your birthday party." Taeyeon was looking down as the two got in the elevator, "I will be running around in meetings all day tomorrow, so I'm not sure when I will get done. You can head home first."
"No, thank you. I'm fine!" Tiffany looked away with a grimace, "It's thoughtful of you, but..."
"That's an order."
"What?!" Tiffany exclaimed
"Then, what? Are you that against spending time with me?" Taeyeon raised a challenging eyebrow.
"Th- That's not the issue!" Tiffany blushed.
"Then what is it?"
"I just..."
The elevator arrived at their floor and as the two came out, they saw Yoona standing in the middle of their office.
"Atte~ntion! Tomorrow evening we're having a flower viewing party and you're all coming!"
Taeyeon's and Tiffany's eyes widened upon hearing that.
"Wait, what?" Taeyeon frowned.
"Oh, Unnie! Great timing!" Yoona waved at Taeyeon, as hyper as usual, "There will be compulsory attendance for all the Emerald editing division. The people from general affairs and other divisions will be there too, so be nice!" Yoona smiled.
"Excuse me, Yoona, but are you organizing this?" Taeyeon asked.
"Yep! All me! Oh, feel free to pick the place you want! Make it for about 50 people, yeah?" Yoona grinned as she patted Taeyeon's arm.
"..."
"A flower viewing party...you mean the kind where everyone sits around on a tarp?" Tiffany asked.
"Nah, this will just be a drinking party, but, since Yoona is organizing it, attendance is mandatory. It's not power or sexual harassment, just another part of work." Taeyeon crossed her arms as the two of them watched Yoona walk away.
"What? but, if you're busy, then surely you don't have to..." Tiffany said.
"True. She won't force you." Taeyeon had an incredibly bothered look on her face, "But be prepared to kiss your career goodbye."
Tiffany got cold sweat just by hearing that.
Just then, Yuri and Hyoyeon were approached by two girls from another department.
"Sorry, but could Emerald handle the restaurant reservations? We're just at the end of our cycle!" One of the girls said.
"Understood. We're just at the begging stages so we can take care of it," Yuri nodded.
"So if you wouldn't mind..." Yuri patted Hyoyeon's shoulder.
"Got it! Leave it to me!" Hyoyeon patted Sunny's shoulder.
"Okie dokie! easy peasy!" Sunny held on to Tiffany's shoulder who looked back, noting knowing what's going on, "All you gotta do is find a place that fits Yoongie's taste!"
"...Excuse me?" Only then did Tiffany realized that the three were entrusting her with what they're supposed to be doing, "Umm, actually, I..." She immediately tried to run away but was surrounded by her three co-workers preventing her from doing so.
"No sweat! There's no way Tiffany can't handle this" Yuri said, nodding at Tiffany.
"Err, I'm bad at this sort of thing..." Tiffany grimaced and tried to run away again but was grabbed one more time.
"You're fine! You're fine!" Hyoyeon nodded at her with a smile.
"You probably know some happenin' spots that young people like. That would be fine for this." Sunny said as she patted Tiffany's back roughly.
"Thanks a bunch Tiff!" And so...the three fled.
"But-...But Taeyeon!" Tiffany looked at Taeyeon, clearly upset by what just happened.
"Tomorrow is...gonna be a waste of a day...well, good luck newbie." And so...Taeyeon also fled.
"Wait-! wha...whaaat?!"
Tiffany looked at her only to see that all the co-workers who were watching the scene scattered around also fleeing the scene.
What the hell is up with this company?! A reservation for 50 people now? And at this point, I'm supposed to find a place that the company director, Yoona, whom I don't know well, will like?
What...?
This is supposed to be a part of an editor's job too?
And on my birthday of all days!
This sucks...
"Sup daddy girl?"
Tiffany looked to her right only to see Yoona take a seat right next to her. They're already in the restaurant Tiffany had reserved for the company last night and everyone seems to like it.
"This is a great place! Good choice!" Yoona grinned.
Tiffany sighed in relief, "I'm extremely relieved that you like it. It was very difficult to accomplish. Also, my name is Tiffany."
"What's up? Your face is bright red!" Yoona pointed at her laughing.
"Please excuse me! People just keep pouring me drinks, so..." Tiffany put a hand on her red, hot cheek.
"Spoken like a true newbie! Here, have some more!"
Tiffany nodded and took a sip from the glass Yoona offered her.
Crap. I'm getting pretty drunk. My good sense is...
"Ah! Sunny-ssi. Yuri-ssi, Hyoyeon-ssi! Please fill my glass!"
"No fair~!"
Hearing the squeals, looked behind her where the table the others were sitting at is, Tiffany almost spat her drink out at the scene. There was Sunny, Yuri, and Hyoyeon surrounded by people. Guys tried to pour them drinks while the girls tried to score a drink from them.
Is this a host club?
"Tiff! Come keep these girls from the sales department company!" Sunny waved at her from afar.
"Aw, don't be like that, Sunny-ssi!" One of the girls pouted when she saw Sunny walk over to Tiffany.
"Oh, I'm sitting over here." Tiffany smiled, a bit confused.
Sunny suddenly put on a serious face and leaned closer towards Tiffany, "For now hurry up and finish up over here and then come over to where we are."
"Why?" Tiffany whispered back.
"Taeyeon's orders, pay attention to the sales department no matter what," Sunny said with a dark expression on her face. The opposite of her usual cuteness.
"Umm...isn't this a simple drinking party?" Tiffany asked with a grimace
"Tiff, this is what it means to be a working adult! Boozing time is kissing ass time!" Sunny smirked.
"Oh, and you're being targeted, so watch out!"
"Huh?" Tiffany raised an eyebrow.
"You might not have realized it, but there are quite a few people that are only here today because they've got their eyes on you."
Tiffany's eyes widened, "What?...but...why me?"
"Why? Isn't it obvious? You're the attractive only daughter of a major publishing company. Why wouldn't they be after you?"
A blush slowly crept on Tiffany's face, "Wh- What's that supposed to mean?!"
Sunny chuckled, "Figure that out yourself."
Is...Is that so?! I had no clue!
"Sunny-yah~"
"Be right there!" Sunny looked back at the crowd with the cutest smile before grabbing Tiffany's hand and dragging her to their table.
Tiffany gulped as she sat to Sunny's right.
When is Taeyeon going to be here? She said she would have meetings all day today since morning, so I haven't seen her at all. Though she said she would come when she's finished with work.
Even though she went ahead and made such a big deal about my birthday...but she's still not here.
"..."
Ah...
Wait wait wait! Not that I wanted her to celebrate it or anything!
"Tiffany-ssi! Is this seat free?"
Tiffany looked up in a dazed manner. There were three girls waiting for her reply, "Hm? Ah, well, sure..." She examined the girls' faces as they surrounded her and only then did she realize, she did not know any of them, "And...you are...?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"Hana from general affairs!"
"I'm Yin!"
"I'm Nari! I think this is the first time we have spoken!"
Tiffany nodded at them awkwardly.
"Ahaha! Are you okay? You look quite tipsy!"
Tiffany cleared her throat, "B-...Beg pardon. Shall I get you something to drink? Your glasses look empty." She said after clearing her throat.
"Oh, thank you!"
Tiffany poured each of them a drink out of courtesy.
"Tiffany-ssi, you can't hold your liquor. It's kind of cute!" One of them giggled when she saw Tiffany red-faced staring at her own glass with blank eyes and her mouth slightly open.
Tiffany frowned, "What?"
"Good work today! First, let's toast to getting to know each other!" The girls clinked their glasses with Tiffany's and started drinking right away while Tiffany continued staring at her drink in a daze.
The guys were watching the girls interact with Tiffany in jealousy because the girls outran them to interacting with her.
This is bad...my eyes are getting blurry. But it would be rude not to drink a glass with them...
"Right, right! Come to think of it...is it true that you're the heir to Hwang publishing empire?!"
"Huh?...oh...yes." Tiffany nodded, "But that's- "
"I knew it was true! Wow!"
Crap...the alcohol is really getting to me...
"Do you happen to have a lover?"
"Hang on, that's too sudden!"
"Aww, but Tiffany-ssi is just soooo pretty!"
It's no use...I can't...
"What do you do on your days off?"
"How big is your house?"
I'm really gonna...pass out...
Tiffany's vision was suddenly going upwards as she felt her body give out. But instead of falling on the floor, her back landed on something soft and warm. She could see the surprised look on the girl's faces as they all looked behind her.
"Sorry. I just here to collect her."
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Tiffany realized whom the arm wrapped around her belonged to. When she looked back, Tiffany saw the face that she had been waiting to see for the whole day.
Ah...Taeyeon...
Taeyeon sighed and glanced back at Tiffany as they walked down the street, "Hey. Can't you even walk straight?"
"That'sh rude! Anyone can see I'm walkin' straight!" Tiffany was completely drunk and has completely gone into rant mode.
"You are completely hopeless when you're drunk, you know that?" Drunk Tiffany kind of gets on Taeyeon's nerves. Especially now that she's bumping into her every now and then, "Wanna get a taxi ?" She asked.
Tiffany smiled at her cutely, "Is it okay if I throw up?"
"Cut it out!" Taeyeon yelled and sighed again before continuing walking, "Let's walk a bit until you sober up. If we cut through this park, we will come out near the subway." Taeyeon led the way to a nearby park.
"Suuuuuure!" Tiffany ran behind Taeyeon
After walking for a little bit, Taeyeon suddenly stopped and took a deep breath. This was Ilsan lake park. It's the most beautiful at this time of the year when the cherry blossom trees are in their best glory and the wind only helped it look prettier as the leaves danced around in the air.
"Wow...the cherry blossoms are..." Tiffany stared in awe.
"I think this place is famous for them. But I guess when it's this late, no one is around..." Taeyeon closed her eyes and felt the wind tackle her hair.
Tiffany stared at Taeyeon's back. For a moment she sees black haired Taeyeon, her boss at work. For another moment she sees blonde, short-haired Taeyeon-Sunbae, her lover from 10 years ago, "Reminds me of our school days..." She muttered.
"Hm?" Taeyeon glanced back at her.
"The school that we went to...it had cherry blossoms all over like this and they bloomed so pretty every year. It was sooooo so beautiful..."
Taeyeon smiled, "I know."
One day...I thought it would be great to walk through cherry blossoms together.
Tiffany looked at Taeyeon who was looking back at her with that same unexplainable expression she wears on her face sometimes. Taeyeon walked closer and took her hand, interlocking their fingers together.
"Whaddya think you're doing?!" Tiffany yelled as Taeyeon started pulling her to walk with their hands like.
"You're definitely in danger of falling on your ass," Taeyeon said in annoyance.
"SHADDAP! Don' make funna me you asshole!"
"Geez, cut it out already!"
In the end, Tiffany gave up and walked alongside Taeyeon with their fingers interlocked.
"That reminds me...I mentioned the other day that today was moss balls day..." Taeyeon stared straight at the ground where the cherry blossoms were scattered on their way
"But...I was wrong. March 27th is actually cherry blossom day."
Tiffany's breath hitched. She couldn't help it but secretly stare at the side of Taeyeon's face. Taeyeon was so beautiful in the middle of pink flowers like this. At that moment...Tiffany wished she could just look at Taeyeon forever.
"Geez!" Taeyeon screamed as she placed Tiffany on the bed.
"Why the hell did you have to pass out in the middle of the street?! You're damn heavy!" Taeyeon huffed as rubbed her arms in pain. They're definitely going to be sore tomorrow, "Geez, take off your coat! You're sleeping here tonight!" Taeyeon angrily pulled Tiffany's coat off of her.
"Petals...ngh...the cherry blossoms...are soooo pretty huh..."
Taeyeon crossed her arms and sighed. Listening to Tiffany's drunken sleep talk somehow calmed her down. Taeyeon frowned. A weird switch inside of her was flipped when she heard Tiffany's next words...smiling.
"...Sunbae..."
Taeyeon immediately started coughing when she heard what Tiffany used to call her 10 years ago come out of between her lips with a smile on her peaceful sleeping face.
"Sunbae..."
"Hm?" Taeyeon hummed as an answer and sat on the bed right next to Tiffany. She started ruffling her hair gently like she always does.
What a beautiful sight Tiffany is.
Tiffany's eyes slowly fluttered open. She was in a room dimly lit but she could feel the soft bed sheets under her.
Hm?
I made it home?
When did I manage to do that?
Jesus, I feel so heavy.
She felt an unusual comforting warmth around her and when she looked at her side...Taeyeon's cute sleeping face was there, right in front of her own.
Wait, what?!
Why is Taeyeon here?!
Huh...wait...this isn't my apartment!
Just then she realized that She's in Taeyeon's apartment, in her bedroom, sleeping on her bed with Taeyeon's arm over her protectively.
What happened with the party?!
Ugh, forget that. I have gotta get outta here before she notices.
Tiffany proceeded to slowly remove Taeyeon's arm off her and leave the bed without waking Taeyeon up but in the end, she managed to only escape Taeyeon grip but she stayed still on the bed when she saw something sticking out of her bag that was on the bedside table.
Huh...?
Wait, is this mine...?
It was a fancy looking paper bag.
"It's a present,"
Tiffany's eyes widened when she felt Taeyeon's arms go around her lower abdomen in a back hug as Taeyeon was still laying. Tiffany immediately tried to get up but Taeyeon's arms got in the way of her doing so successfully.
"No. Don't leave," Taeyeon said softly.
"Wha- !" Tiffany blushed furiously as she tried to remove Taeyeon's arms off her abdomen, "What are you doing?! If you're awake then say something!"
"Geez, shut up already..." Taeyeon buried her face in Tiffany's back.
"I-...I apologize! It seems I got a little tipsy and did something again, didn't I?" Tiffany looked down at her lap.
"You passed out in the middle of the street,"
"Is-...Is that so? then I'm very sorry!" Tiffany said in a panicked manner, "You brought me home then, I see? Thank you very much! I will just be on my way now, so please let go-"
Taeyeon, however, did not let go, "What were you dreaming about...?" She asked.
"What?" Tiffany frowned.
"You were talking in your sleep...you said...Sunbae."
Tiffany couldn't say anything and just looked down with her face beet red.
"Were you dreaming of me?"
"N- No! I wasn't dreaming of anyone. Anyways, I apologize for the inconvenience! I will be going now!" Tiffany finally managed to get out of Taeyeon's hold as she stood up from the bed only to get back hugged by Taeyeon who sat on the edge.
Tiffany paused as she felt Taeyeon's breath on her back.
"If you're going to dream of something...don't dream about me in the past. Dream about the present me."
Next thing Tiffany knew, she was pulled back to the bed and hugged tightly by Taeyeon, "U-...Um, Taeyeon...I really..." Tiffany sighed, "Anyway! We already see each other every day as it is! Please don't come to my dreams on top of it all!"
"Why not? I don't mind it." Taeyeon held on to Tiffany tighter to prevent her from running away.
There was a moment of silence that passed between them
"You know, this day kind of turned out to be a wash...but at least I still made it in time." Taeyeon's fingers played with Tiffany's hair. It was 5 minutes before midnight, "I have wanted to say this to you for the past 10 years..." Taeyeon back and pushed Tiffany's her behind her ear as she stared at her lovingly with a gentle smile, "Happy birthday."
Tiffany's breath hitched. She looked away to the side nervously, not being able to handle looking at Taeyeon's face right now, "Ah...umm...th- thank you..."
"Hey...I would really like to have a proper birthday party with you..." Taeyeon said. Not quite pleased with how the day turned out.
"Huh?"
"But you don't want to, do you?" Taeyeon said in a disappointed tone.
"I-...I never said that! that's not it at all!" Taeyeon inhaled a sharp breath when she felt Tiffany snuggle closer to her body and hold on to her sweater and actually hug back, "I just...hate how you never ask me anything, always just deciding things on your own...I have my own circumstances after all...!"
"So you're saying I should just make sure I ask you before doing things?"
Tiffany tensed up, "Wh...Why are you so worked up about my birthday anyway?" She looked up at Taeyeon with a red face.
"Because I love you, of course." Seeing Tiffany's adorable embarrassed expression, Taeyeon squeezed her under her chin and gulped, "...Can I kiss you?"
"Wh- Wh- Wh- Why on earth would you ask something like that?!" Tiffany pulled back in surprise.
"Because you said to." Taeyeon was annoyed by that and pulled Tiffany back so now they're facing each other again.
"..."
"..."
"Th- That sort of thing...you don't have to go out of your way to ask before doing it."
"Really ?" Taeyeon chuckled and ruffled Tiffany's hair, "I understand, then..."
Taeyeon...is so unfair. Just like this, she always hems me in...and traps me, so that I can't escape.
Tiffany gulped when Taeyeon laid her on the pillow and put her hands on her cheeks. Taeyeon smiled a little and placed a soft kiss on her forehead. Her nose. Her cheeks. Her lips. And Tiffany accepted everything. Her breath started to quicken as Taeyeon's hands roamed around her body and her own hands itched to touch Taeyeon back.
"Here...touch me too."
Tiffany was surprised when Taeyeon grabbed her hands and put them on her waist. As if Taeyeon was reading her mind. Or it might just what Taeyeon wanted.
"Tiffany...?"
Tiffany opened her eyes to look at Taeyeon.
"Can we hold hands?"
"What?"
Seeing Taeyeon's cute expression as she asked her, Tiffany gulped and held Taeyeon's hand herself.
Taeyeon responded by kissing her again and rested their foreheads together, "Tiffany...I love you." She said as she kissed Tiffany's hand.
"S- Stop saying that!" Tiffany blushed hard and looked away.
"Why?"
"It- It's way too embarrassing!"
"What's with that response? We have been doing all these embarrassing stuff this long and now you get shy?" Taeyeon's lips curved in almost a pout, but not quite there.
"N- No, It's just..."
Taeyeon did not let her continue because she already wanted to kiss her again.
*Chuckle*
Tiffany opened her eyes when she heard Taeyeon chuckle and she pulled back. Another kiss was placed on her forehead, Taeyeon smiled that little gentle smile that proofed how happy she is. Tiffany was hugged tightly.
"I'm so glad... I got to spend tonight with you."
Hearing that...Tiffany couldn't help it but get a little teary.
Taeyeon...is so unfair. It's unbelievable. Absolutely ridicules...
And yet...when I see her so happy...I can't help feeling boundlessly happy myself.
Tiffany sighed as she stepped out of the elevator to the office. Her body was still a little sore from last night's action but she doesn't have another choice but to bear with it.
Well, first I will need to apologize about the party yesterday, and then I need to ask Taeyeon about the present...
"Ah! Good morning!"
The three girls from the party approached Tiffany with big smiles and loud voices.
"Great work yesterday!"
"It was such a pity you had to leave in the middle of the party!"
"Ah...right, I'm sorry. I really did intend to stay until the end." Tiffany smiled awkwardly and apologized.
Umm, these girls were at the party last night, right?
"Oh, actually, if you're free...would you like to go out for drinks again this weekend?"
"What?" Tiffany was confused.
"We didn't get to chat much yesterday, so we were thinking we wanted to have a proper outing with you, soooo..."
"Umm, ah...ah, yeah, well you see..." Tiffany chuckled awkwardly not knowing what to say.
"Hey. Wait just a minute."
Tiffany looked to her side to see who just passed by her. And as excepted...it was Taeyeon.
"Rather than this girl...why not grab a drink with me?" Taeyeon let out her most charming smile to the girls who were immediately struck by infatuation before walking away.
Some girls had bad intentions. Especially ones who approach someone rich and sheltered like Tiffany. Taeyeon knew that. Besides, Tiffany was hers in the first.
"Wai- Taeyeon!" Tiffany followed Taeyeon angrily, "What are you saying?! You have got no such intentions! You're supposed to support me dammit!"
"You know, I have thought about this for a while...but you really tend to overdo the pure girl bit around people," Taeyeon said.
"What?!" Tiffany frowned in shock. She doesn't think of herself as pure and she never intended to look that way. Apparently, the front she puts up in front of people so they don't find out how jaded and horrible her personality is ended up being a pure one.
"All right, I will take this moment to make it clear." Taeyeon stopped and looked back at Tiffany, "You could stand to be a little more jealous every now and then."
"..."
"..."
"What?" Tiffany grimaced.
What's that supposed to mean?
Wait, does she mean...she did that because she was jealous?
Are you a kid or something?!
Are you some idiot?!
Are you some idiot?!
Are you some idiot?!
Are you seriously supposed to be older than me?!
Days until Tiffany falls (completely) in love: 130
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I'm Tiffany Hwang.
I work in the emerald editing department.
Ever since being assigned here, every single day had been a sad repeat of this.
My meals are always instant from the convenience store, take-out, or just plain junk.
I only do dishes and laundry when the ones I use get dirty.
Sometimes, I wake up in the morning and realize that I have fallen asleep in the doorway floor.
"I just think there is something wrong if your life is nothing but work work work! I just want my life to have something special." Tiffany sighted.
"Why not get a lover?" Sunny suggested.
Tiffany grimaced, "Ah, well, that's..."
"Or get a pet?" Hyoyeon said.
Tiffany shook her head, "I'm...really not home that much..."
"Then how about you try growing a plant? It's actually pretty fun." Yuri suggested, stoically as usual.
"Oh yeah! If you got a little cactus or something, it wouldn't need much care." Sunny crossed her arms and caressed her invisible goatee.
"Ooh, I might be able to handle that!" Tiffany smiled happily.
"I even killed a fucking cactus! I'm so, so...!" Tiffany sobbed.
"It's fine, It's fine! You're still a beginner!" Hyoyeon patted her back, trying to comfort her.
"Guess you will have to work on that lover!" Sunny shrugged.
Tiffany shook her head, "I told you that's..."
At that same moment...Taeyeon who was in a meeting sneezed.
"Another cold?" Kangin raised an eyebrow at Taeyeon who sniffed.
"Nah...guess someone is talking about me..." Taeyeon frowned
Chapter 4 Extra Scene"Yah. Tiffany." Taeyeon huffed, "Wake up. This is our stop." Her eyebrow twitched. Tiffany had fallen asleep on the train on their way back home, and now she won't wake up, "...Shit...ugh, geez..."
In the end, Taeyeon resorted to carrying Tiffany on her back.
"Why the hell won't you wake up, you asshole?! Dammit, where's a taxi one you need one?!" Taeyeon mumbled.
"Seosang-niiiiiiiim...thish ish amaaaajing...looooook we made id in dime!"
"Huh?" Taeyeon frowned.
What gibberish was Tiffany spouting now?
"Evr'thing's allride now...don' worry~"
Judging from Tiffany's steady breath, she was still asleep.
Talking in her sleep?
After barely managing to get that manuscript in on time...I suppose this means that all that pressure has just melted away? Fuck, this girl is heavy...not that my arms are strong in the first place.
Truthfully, I never expected her to fly all the way to Jeju-do. Though once she has said something, she's the type to see it through, I guess.
"..."
Seriously...the way she just dives right in when she's concerned...some things never change. Just like back then...
"...on..."
"Huh ?" Taeyeon glanced at Tiffany ho was mumbling again.
"...eon..."
"You know, you talk too much in your sleep..."
"Taeyeon..."
"..."
A taxi is too much trouble. I will just carry her home like this I guess.
The body heat radiating from you through me...I want to feel it always...
And that's how they ended up sleeping in the same bed that night.
Chapter 15 Extra Scene*Achoo*
Taeyeon...still hadn't gotten over her cold yet.
"U- Umm...are you alright? Hurry up and get better already!" Tiffany frowned as she watched Taeyeon sniff while checking the manuscript she just gave her, "This is what you get for not taking proper care of yourself in your daily life, see?"
"Like you're one to talk" Taeyeon threw her a glare before looking back at the manuscript.
*cough* *cough*
Taeyeon paused for a moment and sniffed again, "Cook me something," She said as she handed Tiffany a paper.
"...Excuse me?" Tiffany frowned.
"Like porridge or something."
"And why should I?"
"I want to eat sundaeguk." Tiffany couldn't help it but raise a questioning eyebrow.
"Huh?!"
"And haejangguk."
"Wha- ?!"
"Also cold noodles."
"Umm, I'm sorry, but I really..." Tiffany paused when she saw Taeyeon looking at her weird.
"You can't cook something as simple as that?"
That, of course, ticked Tiffany off...
Therefore...
She went to the supermarket that night.
You have gotta be fucking kidding me. Anyone can make Porridge!
Tiffany rolled up her sleeves and got into war mode.
Just you watch Taeyeon, I'm going to make something amazing!
Taeyeon got a text from Tiffany
[Tiffany Hwang - 7:26 PM] I'm sorry, It's no use.
In the end, Taeyeon called Tiffany to her apartment and supervised every step Tiffany made.
"So...why exactly is it that I have to be the one to teach you all this?" Taeyeon frowned as the both of them ate on her small dining table.
"If you can cook it, then why not do it yourself?" Tiffany looked down, apparently feeling gloomy because of her big fail on her first try.
"You should at least learn to cook at an average level," Taeyeon said.
"I don't need your advice. When you're done, wrap up warmly and get to sleep!"
Taeyeon chuckled as she got up, "Thanks for the meal. It was tasty." She ruffled Tiffany's hair as she passed by. Leaving her in flustered state.
"Uh, umm...If you would just...give me some advance notice...I mean, I...I could always look up online how to make a dish, so..." Tiffany looked down, embarrassed that all this is coming out of her mouth.
Taeyeon who was about to wash the dishes looked back at Tiffany, "Okay then...I wanna eat some roast lamb with stewed tomatoes, smoked salmon and scallop gateau."
"What the hell Taeyeon?!"
Tiffany regretted ever saying that.
And Taeyeon mercilessly raises the bar again...
It was when Tiffany woke up after her birthday sex at 5 in the morning.
Taeyeon held me for a long time...
Clothes...clothes...where are they?
I had better leave before she realizes...
Tiffany touched right and left on the bed as she struggled to find her clothes that Taeyeon threw to god knows where.
"What are you doing? Trying to leave...?" Taeyeon interlocked their fingers together and trapped Tiffany between her arms.
"Wh- What the heck?! That's low, pretending to be asleep!" Tiffany removed Taeyeon's arms and sat up.
Taeyeon hugged her pillow as she watched flustered Tiffany struggle to find something to put on her hickey covered body, "Stay 'til morning. I will make you breakfast" She said in the middle of a yawn.
"Oh, uhh..." Tiffany looked away awkwardly, "Thank you very much...but I'm gonna he- "
Getting annoyed, Taeyeon pulled Tiffany back to bed, "I'm telling you to stay."
"Wha-!"
Taeyeon laid over Tiffany and hugged her again after missing her warmth, "The 27th is a special day for me. Be a little considerate, would you?" She placed a kiss on Tiffany's red cheek.
"Considerate? You know it's already the 28th, right? Ngh!" Tiffany flinched when Taeyeon laid back on her pillow but was still hugging her, "That's why..." Taeyeon sighed and looked Tiffany in the eyes, "Today...tomorrow...and the day after that...I want every day to be a special day...so stay by my side."
Tiffany looked back at Taeyeon, clearly moved by what she just said, "Wha-...What the heck is that supposed to mean?" Despite Tiffany's upset tone...she hugged Taeyeon back just as tightly and went back to sleep.
"What the-?!" Tiffany's eyes widened and her jaw fell open. She's currently sitting with Taeyeon on the dining table eating breakfast the next morning, "Taeyeon! Do you always eat such an amazing breakfast first thing in the morning?! The rice is so warm!"
Taeyeon stared at Tiffany who was almost in tears, then at the dining table that had a normal Korean style breakfast on it, then back at Tiffany who was stuffing her cheeks with food like she hadn't eaten in years.
"...Just what the hell have you been eating?!"