From morning to night, I spend the most time with you...

And yet, I still want just one more minute, one more second with you

"What's your opinion?" Taeyeon asked Tiffany who's walking right beside her.

"About that?" Tiffany looked back, "A lot was discussed so I have learned a lot from the session."

The reason for this conversation, this morning, Kangin came over to their office, "Taeyeon. We're having a meeting with the bookstore side about the exhibition sales. We need you to come sit in the meeting too." He said.

"There is a bookstore that is keen on doing a promotion activity?" Tiffany asked.

"Yes. Previously they talked about the possibility of holding a joint magazine and comic promotional activity." Taeyeon Said.

"I see..."

Tiffany nodded and couldn't help it but feel conscious from Taeyeon's stare.

"W- What?" She asked.

"Do you want to come too?" Taeyeon asked.

"What?"

"I guess sitting in the meeting is another kind of learning too." She shrugged, "It's fine if you have something else on."

"No. I want to come!" Tiffany was quick to answer, "Please let me go with you!"

Because of that, I went to sit in on a meeting that spanned for almost two hours, and now that we're out, I feel a bit mentally exhausted.

"This bookstore always holds many promotional activities, huh?" Tiffany said after pressing their floor button in the elevator.

"Of course. It's a good way to increase their sales." Taeyeon said.

That's true.

"But if the authors saw how the bookstores were trying to promote their work, they would feel very happy indeed." Tiffany smiled, "I have learned a lot today, thank you very much." When she turned to Taeyeon, Tiffany realized just how close Taeyeon was standing to her, "What? What's up with you?" She asked, taken aback a little.

Her question was ignored when Taeyeon grabbed her wrist and pulled her inside the goddamn coffee room as soon as they exited the elevator, "Hold on!" Tiffany was quick to put the reports they just used in the meeting in front of her face to not allow Taeyeon to close the distance between them.

Taeyeon leaned back and looked visibly upset that she couldn't do what she wanted, "Yah, normal people wouldn't be so defensive normally right? Are you stupid?" Taeyeon huffed and crossed her arms.

"You-...You're the stupid one! Anyways! Please stop doing such things at work! I really hate this!" Tiffany yelled.

"I can't stand how wishy-washy you are! How long do you intend on being stubborn like this? You should at least let me do this much!" Taeyeon glared but Tiffany didn't help it but think that Taeyeon looked like a cute puppy because she was unconsciously slightly, just doing a slight pout.

"I'm not being wishy-washy at all!" Tiffany argued.

"I have been doing what you want from me and not rushing things at all. It's time that we took things to the next level!"

"What?! Have you been listening to what I have been saying?!"

The room fell into silence, the two stood there with crossed arms glaring at each other, but the silence did not last that long and was interrupted with Taeyeon letting out a deep sigh.

"There is a solution to all of our problems," She said.

Tiffany raised an eyebrow and waited for Taeyeon to continue.

"And that is for you to admit your love for me as soon as possible!"

Tiffany let out a chuckle and face palmed.

Why is she giving me this look of condescension?!

Tiffany, however, instead of answering, was saved by the ringtone of her phone ringing from the back pocket of her jeans. She immediately turned around while pulling it out of there and answered it as she made her way out of the room. Leaving Taeyeon all alone.

"Yes, Tiffany speaking...Shindong? What's wrong?...You hardly call at this odd hour...ah, no. It's alright. Let me find a better place to talk. " Tiffany decided to stand in front of the huge glass wall and watch the cars and people pass by each other on the side walk.

"Remember when I told you that I took your book by accident?" Shindong asked.

"Yes, but it's alright because I have no use for those books anymore. So do what you like with them. I replied to your text if I'm not wrong."

"About that book..." Shindong said nervously, "Donghae will go over there and return it to you today."

"..."

"..."

"What?!" Tiffany's heart dropped to her stomach.

"I was talking to him earlier and he said, Let me pass the book back to Tiffany then. I have some business over at Im's publishing anyway. I will just pass it to her on the way."

"Oh god..." Tiffany face palmed, "I'm rather bothered by that...or rather why are you telling me this, Shindong?! I thought he has my number!" She yelled, feeling frustrated with this situation.

"I think he said he deleted your contact by accident..." Shindong's voice clearly sounded uncomfortable "He says for you to wait for him at the bus stop closest to your work building at 7 PM tonight"

"But even if it's so...I already have plans tonight."

And what's more...I don't want to have anything to do with that person anymore.

"I know and I'm very sorry for that but I have already passed the book to Donghae and I don't want to cause him any more troubles! Please! You have got to help me out! Just this time!" Shindong was desperate at this point.

Tiffany sighed and face palmed, "You know...this is really..." She shook her head and sighed in a stressful manner, "I got it. 7 PM at the bus stop, right?"

"I'm really very sorry about this! I own you one!"

"It's alright. Just don't do it again."

Tiffany sighed for the nth time that day after hanging up her phone.

Never mind. If I just take it at the bus stop and leave immediately everything should be alright, because indeed we've caused a lot of trouble to him because of what happened last time. He even accompanied me home in the taxi.

"Who are you going to meet up with?"

Tiffany almost jumped when she heard Taeyeon's voice right behind her. When she turned around, Taeyeon was standing there with her arms crossed, wearing her everyday resting bitch face.

"Stop eavesdropping on other people conversations!" Tiffany glared.

"So, who are you going to meet up with?" Taeyeon ignored what Tiffany said and repeated her question.

"Ugh...well..."

If I-...If I changed the topic now things will become even messier.

"Shindong...my colleague from last time. The other day he took my book by accident. So he wants to return it to me today." Tiffany hesitated to continue, but she did nonetheless, "Then Donghae-ssi said that he's coming here for some business too so he will be able to pass it to me on the way. That's all."

"What?!" Taeyeon clearly did not look pleased "Are you going to get the book then?"

Tiffany nodded, "Yes. At 7 PM."

"So tell me, why did he need another guy to tell you what time to met him?"

"He said that he had accidentally deleted my number."

"Bullshit! Are you an idiot?" Taeyeon yelled.

"What?" Tiffany glared, clearly pissed off.

"Even if he deleted your contact by accident he could have called the company directly. What are the phones on our desks for?"

"..."

"It's obviously because he doesn't know if you're going to pick up or not if he called you directly that's why he made your friend call you up instead!"

Tiffany then realized, everything Taeyeon is saying might just be true.

"I'm going too," Taeyeon said already turning around and walking away.

"What?!" Tiffany followed.

"It's at 7, right?"

"Wait! Wait! It's really alright! I'm just grabbing a book! I can go alone! It's really alright!" Tiffany panicked, "Besides, Taeyeon, can you even finish your work before 7?!"

"Of course I can, idiot," Taeyeon said to her face before walking away, leaving Tiffany standing alone in the middle of the hallway.

Oh my god...

It's because I didn't want to get Taeyeon involved why I decided to tell her the truth. Did I just manage to make things more complicated?!

"I'm taking my leave first," Tiffany announced as she got up.

"Ahh, lucky you. I still have loads of shit to do." Sunny stretched on her chair, hanging her head on the edge and looking at Tiffany upside down

Tiffany felt sorry for Sunny, one of her authors decided to change up their storyboard last minute and now the whole schedule is messed up because of that. Poor Sunny have to stay overtime now, "Haha...good luck." Tiffany said.

Just in case, just in case, before leaving, Tiffany took the time to glance at Taeyeon who's apparently yelling on the phone with a manuscript and a sharpie in hand. Seeing that Taeyeon was busy, Tiffany took the chance to leave quickly before she notices her.

Did something happen?

I will try to resolve the issue before she tags along. She's been in a bad mood for the whole day already. I should solve this problem as soon as possible...

"Hey!" Donghae waved to Tiffany as soon as he spotted her.

"Hi." Tiffany pulled off a smile as she approached Donghae in the bus stop.

"I'm sorry about this. To have just insisted on asking out, even though I did think about if you would be free or not." He smiled apologetically.

"It's alright. Thanks for coming over, and I'm very sorry for the trouble I have caused you last time." Tiffany bowed politely, "And you had to accompany me home to boot..."

Donghae smiled, "You don't have to be so harsh on yourself! You're such an earnest person Tiffany-ssi."

"No, it's the truth that we caused you so much trouble. And yes, my book..."

Donghae opened his bag. It took him a few seconds to find Tiffany's book. He handed it over to her as soon as he got a hold of it.

"Thank you very much." Tiffany nodded at Donghae as she received her book.

"Do you want to have dinner together? If you are free that is." Donghae asked.

I knew it!

I must decline and get away as soon as possible!

"I'm sorry. It's just that I have some matter to attend to later." Tiffany looked at Donghae apologetically.

"That's a shame."

"I'm sorry."

"What should I do then? I still have something that I would like to say to you..."

Tiffany looked at Donghae's face when he suddenly stopped talking and looked at a completely different direction.

"What is it?" She asked.

She had to take a step back when she saw that Donghae was getting closer to her.

"Tiffany-ssi..." He started inching his face closer, "Do you want to go out with me?" He whispered.

"Sorry?" Tiffany took a step away from him with a confused look on her face, "Wait...what?" Her eyes widened, "Where do you want to go?"

What Donghae meant, a date. What Tiffany thought, literally go out somewhere.

"Woah, that seems like a reply straight out of a romance comic!" Donghae laughed, "But I don't mean that. I'm asking if you want to date me." He pointed at himself with a smile.

"..."

"..."

"What?" Tiffany tilted her head to the side, the thought of being in a relationship with Donghae not sinking in nor making any sense to her at all.

"Do you hate me?" Donghae asked.

"What? No, I don't hate you...it's not like that..." Her eyes widened.

"Then you can think about it before you give a reply."

"No...that's not it...I can't go out with you, Donghae-ssi." She chuckled nervously before looking down with a slight blush, "You see...I..."

"Yah!"

Both Donghae and Tiffany flinched. When they looked up to see who just yelled. It was none other than Taeyeon. Tiffany's eyes widened as she looked beside her and there was Taeyeon with a hand on her shoulder, panting as if she was running.

"Ta- Taeyeon!" Tiffany immediately got a hold of Taeyeon who was panting so heavily with a red face, almost passing out.

"Hey, Taeyeon." Donghae smiled. As if he knows the sight of his face makes Taeyeon wants to punch him but she could never do so.

"What did you just say to this girl?" Taeyeon spat, ignoring Donghae's greeting, "It must be something worthless anyway."

"A confession."

Taeyeon froze in her place.

"I just confessed to Tiffany-ssi."

Taeyeon gritted her teeth at the sight of Donghae's shit eating grin, "I don't know what you're trying to do. But if you laid your hands on her, I swear I will never forgive you."

"Ta- Taeyeon..." Tiffany called softly.

"Huh? What right do you have to say that?" Donghae smirked.

"It's none of your business. You- "

"Tiffany-ssi doesn't belong to you anyway."

Taeyeon did not have a reply to that.

He was right.

Tiffany did not belong to her.

Not yet.

"Let's go, Tiffany." Taeyeon grabbed Tiffany's wrist and pulled her away from that place.

"Tiffany-ssi, you don't have to give me a reply straight away. Think about it carefully."

Tiffany looked back at Donghae who was waving to her.

"I'm serious about you!" He smiled.

"Wait! Taeyeon!"

Tiffany wasn't able to even walk properly. Taeyeon had just forced her inside of her apartment and pulled her inside in a hurry

"Wait! My shoes!"

"Shut up!"

Tiffany did what Taeyeon told her because the tone Taeyeon used terrified her. She looked down at her feet and tried to step around too much because she still had her shoes on and she's standing on Taeyeon's carpet.

"Say...Tiffany..." Taeyeon said calmly, "Hurry up and admit that you're in love with me already." She hugged Tiffany tightly, just to get a bit of reassurance, "Then...I will be able to say that you're my lover outright."

"I...this kind of thing..." Tiffany looked down feeling guilty for making Taeyeon go through this, "How could I do just what you tell me to do?"

"If that's impossible, then just reject me completely. Let me give up on you."

Tiffany's eyes widened upon hearing that. Does she really want Taeyeon to give up?

Furthermore, Taeyeon leaned out of the hug and put some distance between them.

It's like that.

Tiffany grabbed her bag from the floor and made her way out of Taeyeon's apartment silently.

To say that. That's so sly because...because for me...at that moment when Donghae asked me out...if Taeyeon had not come over, I would have told him...I already have someone that I love.

That's why I say...you're so sly, Taeyeon.

Taeyeon who was still standing in the same place, looking down at the floor, felt those familiar emotions that wrecked her after Tiffany suddenly disappeared back in high school.

She felt empty, nothingness. There is this slow pain in her chest and she's holding her breath. She didn't want to breathe because she knew that if she did, everything will be over and she will break down. Again.

However, she was forced to breathe when she felt sudden warmth envelope her.

"What...?" She looked over her shoulder and there was Tiffany, hugging her tightly and hiding her face on her shoulder. She didn't want to breathe earlier, but now her breath was taken away from her by this woman here.

"You're so sly..." Tiffany mumbled.

Taeyeon smiled, "Fany-ah..."

Tiffany finally looked up at Taeyeon's eyes with a flushed face and pulled her in for a kiss that Taeyeon soon took control of.

You're always putting on a proud cover.

The way you talk is so harsh, too

But...only at times like this do you show me this side of you.

"Fany-ah, tell me that you love me, tell me already," Taeyeon said desperately after breaking the kiss and hugged her back.

Tiffany couldn't reply to Taeyeon. She's so frustrated with herself that tears started to gather at the corner of her eyes.

I don't hate you at all. but...we cannot go back to the past. I'm sure that you, Taeyeon know that very well too.

The what should I do?

Even though I so clearly know how I feel

Tiffany opened her eyes slowly. It took her a couple of minutes to adjust to the brightness and sit up. Her body feeling refreshed and light.

This isn't my room...

She thought to herself as she scanned the room around her. A cold breeze coming in from the window made her realize that she was naked.

Damn it!

I ended up doing it again!

Quickly putting on her clothes, Tiffany stuck her head from the bedroom door to scan the living room.

Taeyeon isn't here yet, right? I better sneak home quickly.

Just when she started tip-toeing out of the apartment, "Good morning." Taeyeon greeted her.

"Good-...Good morning. Sorry for staying over again." Tiffany sighed and greeted back Taeyeon who's leaning on the kitchen counter and sipping on a cup of coffee.

"So you read this kind of magazines, too?"

"What?" She glanced at the magazine Taeyeon was reading. The magazine that Tiffany herself bought a few days ago. It was about love and was supposed to be in her bag.

"What are you doing looking at other people's belongings!" Tiffany snatched the magazine from Taeyeon, horrified that Taeyeon found that certain magazine of all things.

"It was laying on the floor in the doorway. Must have fallen out of your bag." Taeyeon said before placing the cup of coffee on the counter and walking closer to Tiffany.

"I only bought this because you told me that the previous scene where the heroine had to flirt was not lovey-dovey enough. I bought it so I could study more!"

"I see...I didn't know that you wanted to flirt with me that badly." Taeyeon said stoically.

"Not. at. all."

"You should have said so earlier." Taeyeon wrapped her arms around Tiffany's small waist, "I will make sure to make out with you passionately."

"What?! I want to go home!"

"Shut up. You're noisy."

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Let go of meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

You haven't been listening to what I have been saying at all!

Days before Tiffany falls in love (Completely): 75 days.