Monday, S1 High School,

Tiffany’s POV

This morning was like every other morning, I woke up, ate breakfast with Taeyeon and we went to school. I was still thinking about Sunday when Sungmin asked me to be his partner at Saturday’s dinner party. I planned on talking with Taeyeon about it but I couldn’t find the words. Everything was fine until we arrived at school…There she was, waiting in front of the school’s gate, a smile on her face, like in some romantic high school drama.

I was walking behind Taeyeon like I always do, because the school still didn’t know about us and we didn’t want them to know.

As Taeyeon approached, Sunye’s smile grew even bigger. “Morning Taeyeon-ah!” she greeted before walking with Taeyeon to class.

I admit I’m jealous of her…jealous of her closeness with Taeyeon, jealous of their history together, jealous that she can walk and talk freely with Tae in school, without caring about what the other students say. I wish that one day, I could do the same…showing the whole world my relationship with Taeyeon…no matter what kind of relationship it is.

As if it wasn’t enough that Sunye transferred to our school and was of course, in our class, she has to be seated next to Taeyeon. Sure, it was the only seat left but her happiness just made me angry. They spent the whole day together; break-time, lunch…Taeyeon was always with her and she wasn’t the cold type…she was actually talking and smiling as well. This just pissed me off even more.

The gossip started quickly in our school; many students were already spreading rumors about Taeyeon and Sunye, acting like they knew everything…

“No I tell you! They’re engaged! They will get married within next year!” a noisy girl was talking to a group of other girls.

“Really? I heard they were dating but broke up a few years ago” another girl added.

“No doubt they’re together. They suit each other well, pretty and rich” they all concluded.

It hurts me that people match Taeyeon with another girl…I’m engaged to her…I’m the one living with her…not this girl.

After school, I wasn’t even surprised to see Sunye in Taeyeon’s car…I knew Taeng will drive her home. Nobody talked in the car and the silence was a torture. I felt as if…they were communicating between themselves…I don’t know how…I just felt like an outsider.

Taeyeon dropped me off before driving Sunye back. There is no need to say that Taeyeon didn’t come home for dinner…

S1 High School,

Yuri’s POV

It’s already Wednesday…I haven’t seen much of Jessica this week. Every day at school, she would disappear during lunch because she doesn’t want to see me. Even though she doesn’t talk or look at me anymore, I have still have hope that she will come with me to the charity dinner…I told Donghae we’ll be there and for Sica’s sake, we have to be.

Today for economics, I was seating next to Gyuri, to help her like I promised. It was more than awkward with Jessica sitting in front of us. My eyes were fixed on her back instead of the white board and I was listening to her breathing instead of the teacher…This girl has such a power on me.

“Yuri-ahhhhh…I don’t understand this exercise, can you explain it to me?” Gyuri in a more than high pitch voice, asked. I felt the whole class turning to look at us…some of them laughed at my embarrassing situation. I even saw that little Taeyeon laughed like an idiot.

“Huh…sure but can you please lower your voice a tiny bit?”

She looked at me and smiled. “Sure Yuri-ah! I’ll do anything for you” once again, her voice was louder than needed.

“…Ok…anyway…”

“Yuri-ah, do you want to go eat ice cream with me after school? I know this place, it’s the best!” she said before I could start explaining to her.

“I’m sorry but I’m busy after school” I gently declined the offer.

“Another time? I can go with you whenever you want Yuri-ah!”

I was about to scold her when Jessica turned around. “Hey can you two go somewhere else and flirt?” she coldly said.

I was frozen by her cold glare and couldn’t find anything to say…

Jessica didn’t move during the rest of the lesson, when the bell rang, she quickly left the class. I wanted to run after her but Gyuri, once again, stopped me.

“Please Gyuri, I don’t have time right now” I tried to get away.

I didn’t expect her to turn serious and tightened her grip on my arm. “Why are you still running after her?”

I looked at her…I wanted to say why I was still running after Jessica, why I haven’t given up yet but…these words…I wanted to express them to Jessica only.

“Because she’s worth it…” I look one last time at Gyuri before running away.

I couldn’t find Sica outside of the school; once again, she was faster than I thought. Saturday is coming close and I have yet to convince her to come with me…maybe I should ask Fany for help but it seems that she, herself, has more problems than I have…

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

This week has been particularly tiring…emotionally tiring. These days, I barely see Taeyeon. We go to school together but once there, she simply disappears with Sunye then after school, she will drive her home but most of the time, she doesn’t even come back right after. I wonder where they always go…

Today Taeyeon had to go to work and I know she will come home late and be very tired. I want to prepare a nice dinner for her and just spend some time together. I really miss talking and arguing with Taeyeon…

I took the phone and called her, to make sure she come home on time.

“Alo?” a quite tired voice answered on the phone.

“Taengoo-ah!” I said happily.

“Aish. Don’t scream on the phone, babo” I could see the smile on her face as she said that. She always smiles when she calls me “babo”

“Taengoo are you coming home for dinner?”

It took her a couple seconds to reply. “Depends…”

I started to lose my temper already. “YA! Kim Tae Yeon! Just come home and eat! Do you understand me?” sometimes I wonder if she does it on purpose…

“Hey I didn’t say I wasn’t coming! Don’t scream!” she sighed. “I’ll be back in 1 hour or so…”

“Really? Are you sure? Promise me!!!!” It’s not that I don’t want to believe her…the thing is…nowadays, Taeyeon always has some last minute plan…and it was always with the same person…

“Yeah yeah…I’ll try…” she softly said on the phone. She probably knew she might not keep the promise…

There was a silence between us. “Just come home Taengoo-ah…I…I will wait for you…” This was my promise…I’ll always be the one waiting…until the end.

“Babo…” It became a habit…when she doesn’t know how to respond…she says “babo”.

After hanging up, I felt it again. The feeling that I was slowly losing her…

I tried to forget about my sadness and went on to cook for Taeyeon. I still pretty suck at cooking but at least, Taeng never get sick when she eats my food. It was around 8 pm when I finished cooking. I set the table nicely and sat on the couch, waiting for Taeyeon. She should be home pretty soon.

1 hour…2 hours…3 hours…time was flying as I wait for her. I know that by 11pm, I should have understood…that she wasn’t coming home…but I promised…I told her I was going to wait…

I don’t know when I fell asleep…my alarm clock woke me up on this Friday morning. I didn’t need to check in Taeyeon’s room, I knew she wasn’t there…again. I looked at the clock, I had 1 hour before school starts. I quickly cleaned the food before changing and leaving for class.

Taeyeon wasn’t there so I had to take the bus to go to school. I didn’t have much time to think about last night as I was in a rush this morning, but in the bus…as I was seating beside the window, I couldn’t help but looked outside and felt the pain again. I was definitely losing Taeyeon…and what I saw next only reminded me of how real it was…

Just next to the bus I was on, there was Taeyeon’s car…of course she was in it…with Sunye…As if it wasn’t painful enough to know they were probably together…I had to see it for myself…I didn’t know it can be so painful to see them together…to realize they spent the night together…Taeyeon barely comes home because of this girl…

After school,

Jessica’s POV

I noticed that Fany wasn’t feeling well today, her eyes were red like she had cried the whole night. Of course, she didn’t want to say anything but I still convinced her to spend some time with me after school. Both of us were pretty busy these days…with our own problems to solve. We went in a park nearby and sat on the grass. The weather was good, not too hot, just what we needed.

“Fany-ah! Stop hiding your feelings! Just tell me what’s wrong already!” I playfully hit her back.

Tiffany was looking afar…lost in her thoughts. “There…there is nothing to say. I’m fine”

I know she can be so stubborn when she wanted to so I had to sacrifice myself first. ”Yuri knows…about me and Donghae” I blurted out.

As expected, Fany turned and looked at me, now interested. “What? You told her?”

I sighed. “They met…we all met…”

Fany put her arm around my shoulder, to comfort me. “Are you okay? What did Yuri say?”

I went on and told the whole story to Tiffany. She listened silently before looking at me with a serious face. “You have to go”

“What? Why?”

“Yuri helped you…you can’t let her down like this! Go and support her!”

“Are you crazy? It’s being reckless if I go there” I stood up and faced Fany. “It’s Yuri’s fault not mine! Nothing would have happened if she wasn’t so noisy!” I complained.

Fany stood up and came closer to me, her eyes were cold. “Why are you so cold with her? Do you know how lucky you are?” I saw her eyes turned red. “To have someone care for you like she does…why don’t you cherish her Jessica?” she whispered…

“Fany-ah…”

“You will regret it…if you let her go…” These were her last words…she didn’t look at me before leaving and I didn’t follow her…both of us knew we need some time alone…

I stayed in the park for a few hours before going home. On the bus, I thought about what Fany said…She was right…I might regret it if I lose a friend like Yuri…But I’m scare of the future…I’m scare of what might happen if I get too close to her…I don’t want to get hurt anymore.

Once I reached home, Yuri coincidentally called me on my phone. I hesitated a bit…but this time, I decided to not run away anymore. I had to face these problems…these people.

“Alo?” I answered soflty.

I could picture her surprised face as she heard my voice. “Sica??? You really answered? Where are you??” Ah Yuri...she'll always be so loud and curious.

“I’m at home…” I wanted to talk to her about the dinner but I knew the topic would eventually come up.

“Hmmm…Jessica…I know it might make you angry but…I want to ask…”

I quickly cut her off. “I’ll go with you tomorrow…just come and pick me up”

“HUH? REALLY?” she shouted on the phone like a little kid.

“I told you!!! Don’t make me repeat myself if not, I’m not going!” I scolded her. No matter how nice I want to be, I always end up scolding her…

“No no no sorry Jessica!! I’ll pick you up at 7pm, is it ok?” I must admit that Yuri is kind of cute…like a kid but I know that she can be serious when she needs to be.

“Don’t be late!” I said before hanging up.

I felt good after talking to Yuri, I might regret it tomorrow but for now, it felt like it’s the best decision. I have to face them…I can’t hide forever after all. It’s about time I finally move on with my life…

Taeny’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

I’m jealous of Jessica…I’m jealous of the love Yuri has for her and I’m angry that she can’t see or accept it. I’ll do anything for Taeyeon to love me…but right now, the only one she is seeing is Sunye.

Maybe I should move on too…try to forget about this one side love…I was only hurting myself…

I walked in the living room and found Taeyeon lying there, watching TV. I don’t know how but seeing her there, made me forget about all my misery. “Taengoo! You’re home!” I ran and sat down on the small table, facing her.

“Aigoo! I was having a nice dream! Why did you have to be so noisy??” she lightly hit me on the head.

“I’m happy to see you!” I said happily.

Taeyeon’s face changed a little when I said that…she couldn’t not have realize that we don’t see each other anymore…

“Where were you? School ended an hour ago…” she looked at me suspiciously. “Did you go out with someone? Sungmin?”

I was surprised that she mentioned Sungmin. “Huh no…why would I be with Sungmin? I was with Sica…she had some trouble with Yuri…”

“Okay…” she turned her attention back to the TV. “Go do your homework now”

“Ya! You don’t want to talk to me? We barely see each other this week…” I pouted.

“We’ll talk after you’re done with your homework”

“If I do them without your help, can we go somewhere tomorrow?” I tried to trade with her.

“No”

“KIM TAE YEON!”

“I can’t tomorrow…I have other plans” she gave me one of her serious look.

Could it be…

“Where are you going? Do you have some charity dinner?”

“How do you know?”

“Yuri is going…” I quickly said.

She sighed. “Yes…unfortunately for me, this one is pretty important so I have to go…”

“Oh…” I wanted to ask her if she was going with Sunye but I didn’t dare to…

“Now go do your homework” she ordered me again.

I made sure to hit Taeyeon before I went into my room. I then closed the door, took my phone and composed a newly registered number.

“Oh hi Sungmin! It’s Tiffany!” I didn’t want to use him but he was my only way to get into that dinner…

“It’s about the dinner…do you still need a partner?” I might regret it later but for now, all I want was to check on Taeyeon during this charity party.

“Yes sure at 7pm? No problem, I’ll be ready! Ok see you tomorrow” I hung up and smiled to myself.

I can’t wait to see Taeyeon’s face tomorrow when she’ll see me. I bet she’ll be surprise.