Morning at TaeNy’s apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

I was so tired. I must have slept 4 hours only last night; all because of Taeyeon and her keroro pajamas. I should have taken a picture. Why didn’t I take a picture of her in her cute pajamas? With much difficulty, I dragged my sleepy body to the bathroom.

15 minutes later, I was fully changed and ready for this new day.

As I walked out of my room, I bumped into my roommate. “Oh…good morning Taeyeon” I offered her a smile.

“…” She simply stared at me then left for school without a single word.

I stand there and looked at her. At that moment, I wanted to scream and tell her how I saw her wearing a keroro pajamas but I held it in. It was better to not to make it worse.

When I went to the kitchen, I had the great surprise of see food on the table. Taeyeon cooked breakfast.For me. That little kid was definitely surprising. I sat down and enjoyed my breakfast.

S1 High School,

Yuri’s POV

“Ah…I made it in time, today!” I congratulated myself.

I parked my car and walked to the school. On my way there, I saw one of Jessica’s friends arguing at a food stand. I could hear her explaining how she didn’t have enough money or something. I walked to them.

“Ahjussi! I told you I have to go to school now but I will come back and pay you later. I have to borrow money from my friends; I don’t have enough money on me now.” Sooyoung explained

“What are you saying? You have to pay me now!!!” He screamed at her.

I walked to her. ”Hey, is everything ok?” I asked.

She looked at me and her eyes went wide, then she stuttered. “O…o…o…h…K…w…on…Yu…ri???”

I didn’t understand why she was so shocked, like scared of me. “Yeah I’m Yuri, are you okay?” I asked her again.

She seemed to have calm down a bit. “No…I don’t have enough money to pay for the food and this ahjussi doesn’t want to let me go”

“This little kid kept on eating for the last 30 minutes and now she says she doesn’t have enough money!” he said then grabbed Sooyoung’s wrist to stop her from leaving.

“I told you! I’ll ask some money from my friends then I’ll pay you after school!” she was trying to get away from the man’s grip.

“Let her go, I’ll pay you” I finally said.

After paying the guy, Sooyoung thanked me and we both walked to school together.

“Ah thank you so much Yuri! I will pay you back tomorrow, promise!” she told me.

“It’s okay, don’t bother about it. I’m happy that I could help you” she is Jessica’s friend after all. It’s like I was helping Jessica indirectly. That thought made me smiled.

Ah…Jessica…Jessica’s eyes, Jessica’s mouth, Jessica’s little nose, Jessica’s small hands…Jessica…

This time, it wasn’t Taeyeon’s voice but Sooyoung’s that broke my wonderful day-dreaming, especially after I heard Jessica’s name. “...I don’t understand why Jessica doesn’t believe you’re a nice girl” I heard her.

“OMG Jessica talked about me?!?!?! Wow…phew…I have to calm to down…play it cool…” I muttered to myself. I tried to act naturally and like I didn’t care at all then asked Sooyoung, as calmly as possible. “What did you say?”

“It’s just Jessica! I…I know you’re very nice” She smiled at me, at little too much though.

“Oh..okay…” Gosh, I was too scared to ask her more about Jessica.

Then out of nowhere, Sooyoung made my day.

“Yuri…why don’t you hang out with us?” She asked me “I mean, you’re often alone when Taeyeon isn’t around”

“OF COURSE!” I couldn’t hide my excitement. Sooyoung! My new hero!

“Oh really? You wouldn’t mind hanging out with us?” She looked really surprised. I guess she didn’t expect me to say yes.

“Sure! You and your friends look really nice!” I said. Especially Jessica…ahh…Jessica…

“Great! We can eat lunch today then! I’m sure they’ll be happy if you join us” She happily said.

I smiled like an idiot. “Believe me, I’m the one who’s really REALLY happy” I told her.

Today was such a beautiful day…

Later at lunch time,

I was so excited when the bell rang. It was FINALLY lunch time! I was waiting since this morning. I was going to eat with Jessica! Even in my dream I didn’t think of that. The only problem was Taengoo.I knew she wouldn’t come with us. Aish, the problem when you had a loner for a friend.

I walked to Taeyeon with our lunchboxes. “Taeyeon what if we eat with Sooyoung and her friends today?” I tried to make it sound fun, not that it would change anything.

She stared at me. “Why would I do that?”

“There are millions of reasons but I’ll only give you one” I looked at her. “To make friends” It was a bad reason actually, at least for Taeyeon.

“Whatever…” she said. She then stood up and left with her lunchbox.

Sooyoung was waiting for me. She told me that the others were already out, near the soccer field. The weather was nice so they wanted to eat outside. We left the class with Sooyoung and went to join her friends.

5 min later, we arrived at their lunch place. It was just next to the soccer field, on the grass. They put a blanket there and were sitting in a circle with their lunches. I could see Jessica as we walked toward them. She had a sleepy expression on her face as she was eating her food. She was so beautiful and with the shiny sun, her whole body was glowing.

“Hey everyone! Yuri is going to eat with us today!” Sooyoung told her friends once we approached them.

They all looked at me. Jessica with an annoyed face, Hyoyeon curious and Tiffany surprised.

“Hi! Nice to meet you all. I’m Kwon Yuri!” I cheerfully introduced myself.

Tiffany was the first one to greet me. “Nice to meet you Yuri! I’m Hwang Mi Young but please call me Tiffany!” she smiled. I knew we’ll get along with Tiffany. She really seemed like a nice girl.

Hyoyeon also introduced herself, only Jessica remained quiet.

“Please excuse our Ice Princess there, she’s too lazy to talk” Tiffany laughed. That reminded me of my friendship with Taeyeon, how I will often speak on her behalf.

“It’s okay, we already know each other” I bluntly said.

“What? You two know each other?” a shocked Sooyoung asked.

“I don’t know her” Jessica answered as soon as the question was asked.

Okay…that was harsh…and cold…but gosh, she was still so HOT looking.

We then happily ate our lunch and talked about trivial things. I really had a great time with them.

As we were packing up, Tiffany suddenly asked me. “Oh Yuri, where is Taeyeon?”

“Hmm…Taeyeon? I don’t know where she went. She likes being alone sometimes so…” I made out an excuse. I knew exactly where Taeyeon was but I couldn’t tell her. “Are you looking for Taeyeon?” I asked her.

“No! I was just wondering since you’re always together. Ha ha ” she laughed nervously before changing the topic.

Weird…

As the others were walking back to class, Jessica was lagging behind. I took this opportunity to stay with her.

“So Jessica, what are you going to do this weekend?” I asked her…gosh, I sound like a stalker.

“Nothing” she replied coldly.

“Why not? Wanna hang out? It can be fun!”

She looked at me and rolled her eyes. “In your dreams” she said. She then walked faster but stopped immediately. She turned back at me. “You! Walk in front of me. Quick!” She shouted.

I did as she asked even though I didn’t understand. “And don’t look back! Just walk!” She ordered.

Ah~ I could listen to Jessica ordering me every single day…What a cutie.

After school at Honey Dessert,

Tiffany’s POV

Sooyoung and Jessica have been arguing with each other about Yuri since we arrived. I didn’t really pay attention to them as I had my own problems. Today, I had a hard time understanding during our math lesson. Last year, I barely passed with my grade; Math was my biggest weakness in school.

“Hey guys...” I called them but of course, they were too busy arguing that they didn’t hear me.

“You’re really annoying, if you want to hang out with her so much, do it when I’m not around!!!” Jessica scolded Sooyoung.

“What’s your problem? You should be grateful that Yuri saved my life!” Sooyoung replied back.

“She just paid for you, not a big deal! You didn’t need to ask her to hang out with us!” Jessica rolled her eyes.

“Why you don’t like her? Yuri is so nice and friendly…and she’s rich and pretty. So perfect…Yuri-ah…” Sooyoung started day-dreaming; again, she hadn’t stopped since this morning. A pissed off Jessica took her bag and left, she didn’t forget to hit Sooyoung on the head as she walked away.

After exaggerating for a couple of minutes on how much Jessica hurt her, Sooyoung ordered another chocolate smoothie to cheer her up. I tried to get their attention to my problem again. “Guys, what should I do with my Math lessons? I really can’t follow in class” I told them.

Sooyoung got her smoothie so she was of course still not paying any attention to me so I looked at Hyoyeon, waiting for her to help me a little bit. “Too bad we’re not any better than you Fany-ah” Hyoyeon said. They’re really not helping at all.

“I was thinking of getting a tutor but I don’t know who and I don’t really want to pay…” I sighed, I could probably ask another student but they would probably ask for something in return.

Sooyoung then blurted out. “Too bad that you can’t ask Kim Taeyeon.”

“Huh? Why would I ask her?” I was confused.

“Ah Fany-ah, you really know nothing about this school” Hyoyeon spoke. “Kim Taeyeon is our school number one student”

“What? Since when?” I was shocked. “She never listens in class” I pointed out.

Hyoyeon rolled her eyes and continued. “She has always been the top student since she entered high school. As for Yuri, she is most of the time in the Top3 “ journalist Hyoyeon told us.

Interesting. I thought. So Taeyeon was a smart kid?

The 3 of us left shortly after Jessica, Sooyoung still wanted to eat ice cream but we persuaded her not to. I had to fake taking my usual bus to my old apartment to fool the two of them. I didn’t want them to know about me living with Taeyeon, not now.

Kwon’s Residence,

Yuri’s POV

“Ah what a great day, it could have been better if Jessica actually talked to me but I still have many opportunities in the future. Every day we will eat together, I’m so happy!”I talked to myself not noticing that someone has entered my room.

Suddenly, I got hit by a pillow. I turned and looked at her, my beloved little sister. “Ya! That’s how you treat your older sister?” I screamed at her.

She stuck out her tongue at me. “You deserve it, babo!” she said before running away.

“YA! Yoona! Come back here you rude little thing!” I shouted as I chased after her until the kitchen. My mom was cooking and my daddy reading newspapers.

Yoona stopped behind my father and whined. “Appa! Yul wants to hit me!!!” she acted scared. What a good actress, I thought.

I sighed and sat down at the table. “She threw a pillow at me while I was studying…” I pouted.

My sister then made fun of me. “She wasn’t studying. She was mumbling something about a certain Jessica. And her face looked stupid” she laughed.

“Can one of you say something please?" I asked my parents.

My dad spoke up. “Yoona stop teasing your elder sister!” but then he whispered to her “Who is this Jessica?”

Yoona smiled and whispered back “I don’t know but I guess Yul really likes her because she’s always day-dreaming about that girl. Ha ha” then they laughed together.

They really thought I wouldn’t hear it? Sighed~

That little game continued through dinner and until I went to bed. Like with my sister only it wasn’t enough, my parents had to act like little kids as well.

Poor me…

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

When I came back today after school, I found Taeyeon sleeping on the couch. I couldn’t help but studied her sleeping face. Her face was like a baby face, it was a little bit creepy when I saw her eyes though. It looked like they weren’t fully closed. Of course, I had the smart idea of wanting to check whether her eyes were closed or not. So I went closer…closer to her face…

“What are you doing?” she asked me, now her eyes were opened.

I literally jumped away from her and shook my head. “I…I…didn’t do anything! I dropped my phone so I was just…ha ha” I laughed nervously.

Taeyeon was probably still sleepy so she didn’t really think about it, she put on her I-don’t-care-face and went to the kitchen. She took an envelope from the table and gave it to me. “From my parents” she simply said then went back to the kitchen.

I opened the envelope; it was a letter from Taeyeon’s parents. They apologized for not saying goodbye before leaving for New York. They promised to come back as often as possible and wished me good luck with Taeyeon. They also wrote down their phone numbers in case of an emergency. I felt really sad that they left. I was starting to get really comfortable around Taeyeon’s mother and I didn’t really thank them either, that made me feel bad.

Then I thought about Taeyeon. She didn’t really spend time with her parents since they came back. Most of the time, I was around when she saw them, which wasn’t a lot.

“Taeyeon! Do your parents only stay a few days when they are back?” I asked her. I’ve been wondering how much she actually sees her parents.

She didn’t expect my question. I could feel it wasn’t her favorite topic. “A few days is enough…” she said. I didn’t understand what she meant by that but I felt as if, I shouldn’t ask her more.

“Hmm…Taeyeon-ah, can I ask for a favor?” I sweetly said while facing her at the table.

“No” she immediately answered. She didn’t even think about it.

“What? Wait I didn’t even tell you what it was!” I quickly said “I just need you to help me with mathematics. I don’t want to fail for my last year! PLEASE!!!!” I begged her.

“…No…”

“Aish…why?” I asked angrily.

“Find someone else, I’m busy” she found a stupid excuse.

“Just a few hours per day, I’ll cook for you!” I traded.

She rolled her eyes “You can’t cook…” she told me.

“YA! Who said I can’t cook???” I screamed at her.

“It’s obvious that you can’t…anyway, I said NO” she said annoyed.

She was about to leave when I blurted out. “You’re too busy waking up during the night in your keroro pajamas???” Hehe she had to help me now.

She turned around and looked at me with a shock expression. “What did you say???”

“I saw you sleepwalking in your keroro pajamas last night. It was very cute!!! I even took some pictures for souvenirs!” I said with my brightest smile.

“You’re lying…” she tried to convince herself.

“You’ll see tomorrow if I’m lying. Don’t say I didn’t warn you when the whole school sees it!”

“You…” she sighed…I knew I won this battle.

“YEAH! So it’s settled! You’re my new math tutor Taeyeon! Congratulations!!” I shout happily while dancing around. I happily waved at her as she closed the door to her room.

“You’re the best Fany!” I praised myself.

If Taeyeon was the smartest student, I shouldn’t have any problem studying with her. I was confident I would definitely improve with her tutoring. And of course, I was hopeful that maybe, through these tutoring sessions, we might get more comfortable around each other and maybe, even become friends.

That night, I slept extremely well; things were starting to get a little better every day. I couldn’t ask for more.