On the Beach, Bali

Tiffany’s POV

The last thing that I saw was that huge wave, and then everything went black. When I opened my eyes again, I saw Yuri and Sica with worried faces, it took me a moment to realize what had happened. Yuri was apologizing and Sica asking if I wanted to go to the hospital, their faces were so worried. Was I that close to death? It took me a lot of energy to smile, to reassure my friends. I wasn’t feeling well, I was still shocked but I didn’t want to scare them so I did was I do best, I smiled.

“Why are you smiling…?” It was Taeyeon, her voice was so cold and distant. I didn’t see her immediately, even though she was standing just in front of me. I noticed that she was completely wet. She didn’t go in the water though or did she?

She was looking directly into my eyes. “DO YOU REALIZE YOU COULD HAVE DIED??? WHY AREN’T YOU MORE CAREFUL? YOU CAN’T SWIM BUT STILL WENT INTO THE WATER! ARE YOU CRAZY???” she shouted at me. Her voice was so cold but her eyes, they were warm and sad? Right there, I wished I could be the one to ease her pain, take away all the sadness,

She didn’t say anything else; she broke our eyes contact and left. I stayed there looking at her back, moving farther and farther away from me. Again, I felt something in my stomach…an uneasy feeling; it hurt to see her walking away from me.

“She cares about you.” I heard Yuri said. She was also looking at Taeyeon.

I looked at Yuri, waiting for her to continue. “Every time she scolds you, argues with you, teases you…every time that she just, say something. It shows that she cares.” Yuri explained. She then offered me a smile. “I’ve never seen Taeyeon run so fast, swim so fast and react so quickly. She’s always so slow.” she laughed.

I didn’t understand what she was saying, Taeyeon ran, swam?

“I’m not a Kim Taeyeon’s fan but I must admit she really impressed me this time.” Jessica said. “I didn’t expect her to put so much effort into saving you.”

“What are you two talking about?” I finally asked. The more they were saying, the more confused I became.

“I’m sorry Tiffany. I didn’t pay attention when you got into the water. I didn’t see when you…” Yuri started apologizing.

I cut her off. “Stop apologizing Yuri, it’s not your fault, really!” I pat her back. It was only my fault for being careless. “Then what happened?” I asked her. I wanted to know.

“All I could do was calling your name. Taeyeon arrived and I explained it to her but before I could finished, she was already in the water, swimming and looking for you. I would have never forgiven myself if Taeyeon wasn’t there…if she didn’t react so quickly.” Yuri explained.

“So…Taeyeon…saved me?” I asked.

She saved me…again…

“She reanimated you as well. I was relieved that Taeyeon knew how to do CPR.” Jessica said. “She was really perfect.”

She did CPR on me? Taeyeon? I shouldn’t have bene thinking about those things, not after being so close to death, but at that moment, the only thing that was on my mind, the only picture that I was seeing was Taeyeon’s lips on mine.

“Tiffany, let’s go back to your room. You need some rest” Jessica told me.

My eyes were still on Taeyeon, she was sitting on a rock far away from us but I could still see her figure. “Hmm…no, you two go first, I want to talk to Taeyeon.” I told both of them.

“Can’t you talk to her later?” Sica insisted but then Yuri pulled her away.

“Come on Jessica, I’m sure Tiffany will be okay. She’s with Taeyeon” Yuri told Jessica as she pushed her toward the hotel.

I watched the two of them leave; Sica was hitting Yuri for forcing her to leave. I couldn’t help but smile at the two. They were cute together; it was obvious that Yuri had more than friendly feelings toward our Ice Princess.

I breathed deeply as I walked in Taeyeon’s direction. As I came closer to her, I could see her face, her eyes looking at the vast ocean. She was thinking about something, something important for her I guessed since she didn’t even notice my presence.

I tried to climb on the rock but didn’t really know how to. “What are you doing?” I heard her voice. I looked up and saw her looking down at me; her face was once again, emotionless.

“I’m trying to climb on…” I answered her. “It’s okay, don’t bother about me, I’ll figure it out alone” I told her.

Taeyeon stood up. I thought she was going to walk away again but she simply offered me her hand. She helped me get on the rock and went back to where she was sitting. I sat beside her. None of us talked, but compare to the first time we were left alone, the silence this time was…comfortable. I didn’t feel awkward or nervous, just relaxed, being there by her side.

After a long silence, I took my courage and spoke up. “I..I’m sorry” I told her.

We were both looking at the beautiful ocean in front of us.

“For what?” she simply replied.

“For being careless, for worrying everyone. I’m sorry”

“…”

I finally turned and looked at her. “And thank you…for everything” I said. It came out as a whisper.

After a long silence, she finally spoke. “Babo” was all she said. But it was enough, because I knew she care.

We sat there silently, enjoying this beautiful view and as I took a look at Taeyeon, I could see she was more relaxed. Her expression was softer and I could almost see her smiling. I took a deep breath then smiled. Although we only sat there, not talking, I will always cherish this moment.


YulSic’s Side, Bali

Yuri’s POV

I let Tiffany and Taeyeon alone, these two probably needed some time together, especially after what happened. I was surprised that Taeyeon showed her emotions this time, she is always calm and hide her feelings so well but I didn’t expect her to care so much about Tiffany, after such a short time together. I had to pull Jessica away though, if not this clueless girl wouldn’t let them alone.

We were walking back to the hotel with Jessica; it was still early afternoon so I wanted to do something with her. “What do you want to do now?” I asked her when we reached the hotel.

“Sleep”

“Again? Jessica we’re in Bali! You can sleep tonight, let’s go somewhere” I tried to convince her.

She thought for a moment. “Fine…I’ll grab my bag and we can go” she told me before walking to the elevator.

While waiting for Jessica, I looked at some touristic brochures to find something for us to do. I must admit I was a little scared that Jessica would dump me there and sleep in the room, but 5 minutes later, she came down, with her handbag and a light sweatshirt.

“We are we going?” she asked me. Her face wasn’t showing any enthusiasm but I was getting used to that.

“I heard that you like art and museums so I thought we could visit some and then go shopping?” I proposed. “There are some other nice places but we might want to go with Taeyeon and Fany some other day”

“That’s fine with me, let’s go” she agreed. I didn’t expect her to agree with me so easily, usually I have to beg her before she agrees.

We took a cab and visit some nice museums; I knew nothing about art, whereas Jessica looked really interested in what she was looking at. Fortunately, we also went to an archeology museum which was much more interesting for me.
The museum visits weren’t that fun but I found myself another activity. Taking pictures…of Jessica! Her face was so pretty when she was looking at paintings so I took a bunch of pictures. Whenever she would turn around and caught me, I’d give a lame excuse like; I was taking picture of the painting instead and it worked. I did that the whole time; Jessica would walk around and looked at things, while I took pictures of her. Even though she was quiet most of the time, she would smile from time to time and even laughed at me when I tried to guess what was on some paintings.

After the museums, we went shopping downtown. Jessica once again was browsing around while I took pictures of her; I wanted to make a photo album, Jessica in museums, Jessica shopping. She bought a couple of things, some small souvenirs. It was totally random stuff but she seemed happy.

Until she stopped in front of a jewelry shop and looked through the window. She was looking intensely at a silver ring, I wondered if it was her dream ring or something. But I didn’t ask her.

“Jessica, wanna have dinner” I asked as I approached her.

I startled her at bit. “…I’m tired…I want to go home” she answered without looking at me. Her eyes were still on that ring.

I didn’t want to insist since I knew something was bothering her, she looked sad and was spacing out all the way back to the hotel. We went to our room and she immediately changed her clothes, putting on her pajama and went to bed. I tried to ask her if she wanted to eat something but she refused to answer me. Then my phone rang and I didn’t want to bother her so I went outside to answer my call.

“Alo?” I answered.

I heard Tiffany’s voice. “Yuri? Where are you guys? Wanna come and eat with us? We’re downtown” she sounded happy. I guessed her little talk with Taeyeon went well.

“Hmm…no. We’re at the hotel and Jessica went to bed already…I’ll just eat something here” I told her.

“Are you sure? It’s boring if you stay alone!”

“No, I’m fine, we went downtown this afternoon too so I’m a bit tired as well. You two have fun, don’t worry about me” I said.

“Okay then. Oh by the way, Taeyeon want me to tell you that you’re a lazy fish. See you tomorrow Yuri!” I could picture Tiffany’s bright smile as she talked to me.

As much as I wanted to smile, I couldn’t, my mind was filled with Jessica’s sad face.


Downtown Bali with Taeyeon and Tiffany,

Tiffany’s POV

I successfully convinced Taeyeon to go shopping with me after our little moment on the beach, she wasn’t really excited about it but she still accompanied me. She was probably scared to leave me alone since I tend to put myself in some dangerous situations. Taeyeon wanted to call Yuri and asked her to come with us, but I stopped her. I wanted to let Yuri have some quality time with Jessica.

I had a really nice time with Taeyeon. That kid was still really quiet but the atmosphere between us was different. We walked around the shops and I would try on some hats and clothes. Taeyeon would either laugh or make a blank face. That was her way of telling me whether I looked bad or not. After the shopping, we decided to eat in a local restaurant. We were about to enter the restaurant when someone called Taeyeon’s name.

I looked at my left and saw 1 guy and 1 girl; I’ve never seen them before. Both of them looked really arrogant.

“Oh My! Look who is there! The popular Kim Taeyeon!” the guy said in a mocking tone.

I looked at Taeyeon; she was slightly behind me and was looking elsewhere. I could feel she was controlling her temper right now.

“So what are you doing here Taeyeon?” he continued. “Daddy’s little girl is having a nice vacation?”

Then the girl spoke up. “She’s probably here to avoid all the business dinner”, she smirked. “Hiding here and spending daddy’s money”

“Oh…is it too much hard work for you little Taeyeon? To act as a perfect kid?” he provoked her again.

I looked at Taeyeon again, she hasn’t moved and her face was extremely calm…too calm maybe.

She startled me when she grabbed my hand. “Let’s go eat Tiffany” She said as she was about to pull me in the restaurant. Wasn’t it the first time that she called me Tiffany? It made me feel something…

“What? You’re already leaving us?” The guy talked again. “You’re not even introducing your little toy to us?” he said…talking about me.

Taeyeon stopped on track. She let go of my hand and turned to face the two people.

“How much did you pay her to hang out with you?” the girl asked. What was wrong with these people?

Taeyeon clenched her fists; I knew what it meant…Fortunately, I stopped her before she moved.

“Don’t…do it, Taeyeon-ah” I whispered to her. I was in front of her, stopping her from walking toward them.

“Step aside…” she told me without looking away from the guy.

I held her right hand with both my hands, to calm her down. “They’re not worth it…please?” I looked at her. Her eyes seemed to have calm down a bit when we looked at each other. I gave her a smile, proud that she hasn’t lost control.

“Little girl, don’t be naïve” the boy then spoke to me. “Don’t fall into her trap; the whole mature and cool concept is tricky. She is just a rich kid acting cold and smart to attract poor girls like you”

I couldn’t take it anymore; I turned around and looked at them, my right hand still holding Taeyeon’s. “Who said I was naïve?” I told them. “It’s obvious you two are jealous of her. You can try as hard as you want, you’ll never come close to Taeyeon!” I blurted out.

“Oh my…are you already in love with that fake kid?” he asked me.

I stared at him…confused, his question surprised me…I couldn’t have fallen for her…right?

I didn’t have to answer his question, Taeyeon pulled me in the restaurant and this time, we didn’t look back.

The dinner was extremely calm; I tried to talk to her and lived up the atmosphere but it wasn’t easy. Even I kept thinking about what happened.

“You…shouldn’t hang out with me” I heard her say. Her voice was soft, so soft that I wondered if I heard it right.

“Excuse me?” I looked at her confused.

“What happened earlier, it’s gonna happen again” she told me. Her eyes were fixed on her food.

“I don’t care about what people say…as long as…” I didn’t finish my sentence. I didn’t know how I felt about Taeyeon but one thing I knew was…I wanted to be with her, I wanted us to have more vacation together, I wanted us to hang out after school, to do things that friends do.

“Silly girl” she said while looking at me. Then she continued to eat with a little smile on her face.

“Who are you calling silly? Little kid” I teased her. My voice came out too loud though. Some other customers turned and looked at us.

Taeyeon rolled her eyes. “Be quiet and eat” she ordered me.

I couldn’t help but smile. Behind her cool face, Taeyeon was actually very shy and get embarrassed easily. I noticed how she doesn’t like being the centre of attention. I wondered what these two crazy people meant when they said Taeyeon was hiding from business dinners. Did she need to attend business dinners for her parents?
I decided to push these thought aside and enjoy my dinner.


Later that night, Taeyeon and Tiffany’s Room, Bali

I was looking back and forth between the empty bed and Taeyeon lying on the couch. I was thinking of last night…when we shared a bed, accidently. I thought that maybe Taeyeon should just sleep on the bed with me since she was going to sleep-walk anyway. Not that I enjoyed sleeping with her…

“Hmm…Taeyeon-ah…” I called her.

She looked at me. “Why…why don’t sleep on the bed? With me…” I dared to ask.

“Huh?” her mouth was wide opened. Obviously, my question shocked her.

“I mean…there is enough space on the bed, it’s more comfortable as well” I told her.

“I’m fine on the couch, just go to bed” she said.

I knew she would be stubborn so I had no other choice than raise my voice. “YA Kim Taeyeon! Why don’t you just do like I asked you?” I scolded her.

I was waiting for her to fight back or scold me but she only sighed. Then she stood up, took her pillow and went on the bed. She looked like a little girl whose mother has just scolded.

As I lay down next to Taeyeon, I could feel her body tensed. I knew what she was thinking about, I was thinking about it as well.

I turned off the lights. “Don’t try to take advantage” I joked.

“Not even if you asked me” she teased me back.

“Ya! Don’t be so mean” I hit her.

“Hmm…Taeyeon-ah…thank you” I said before closing my eyes.

I smiled even before I heard her response. “Babo” she whispered.

I knew immediately when she fell asleep, because I felt Taeyeon’s arms hugging me again, like she did last night. I wondered if she was dreaming…if yes, was I in her dream? I smiled as I, too fell asleep.


Around the same time, Yuri and Jessica’s Room, Bali

Yuri’s POV

I woke up at the sound of Jessica’s voice. Immediately, I ran to the bed and sat beside her. She was having a nightmare.

“No…no…t..tell…me…it’s not true…” I heard her say. “Please…please…don’t…leave me…” she said as she reached out her hand, searching for someone.

My heart broke at the sight of her beautiful face crying. I gave her my hand. She held it tightly. I couldn’t help but gently stroke her hair, trying to reassure her as best as I could. Slowly, Jessica moved a little bit as her head went to rest on my laps, her hand still holding mine.

“Don’t worry…” I whispered to her. “Even if I’m not the one you’re looking for…I’ll always be by your side” I finally fell asleep with Jessica on my laps.


Next morning, Yuri and Jessica’s room, Bali

I woke up earlier than usual, Sica hasn’t moved during the night. I slowly let go of her hand, then gently put her head on the pillow. I was lucky that Jessica is a heavy sleeper, even if jumped on the bed, she wouldn’t wake up. I made sure that she was sleeping comfortably before going back on the couch. It was better if Jessica didn’t know what happened last night…I wouldn’t know what to explain to her and now that Jessica seemed to be friendlier with me, I didn’t want to hurt our relationship.

That’s how I acted the whole week, like nothing happened, like I didn’t know that she called for someone in her dreams, like I didn’t know she shed tears because of that person…I acted like the Kwon Yuri that everyone knows, happy and cheerful.

However, my heart was bleeding on the inside…


Rest of the week from Yuri’s POV

I tried to forget about my feelings for the rest of the week, as expected, Jessica didn’t know about what happened…she was asleep after all. It was easier this way, in no time, Jessica was back to her old-self, no more nightmares, no more sad face; she was really enjoying her vacation with us…with me.

On Tiffany and Taengoo’s side, these two were still the same. Fany was always excited and wanted to do every single activities; from diving (even though she can’t swim) to kayaking, she wanted to do them all. Of course, Taengoo would always scold her and acted annoyed, but at the end, she would do as Fany asked. Taeyeon was just too weak against Tiffany’s aegyo.

We did every single thing there was to do in Bali and I went back home with thousand and thousand of pictures, only half of them were of Jessica only. In one of this picture, there was Jessica in front of the window shop, looking at that ring.

My heart hurt again…

I brushed these sad thoughts aside. I should forget about this 2nd night in Bali, I should only keep the happy memories. After all, I did spend a whole week with Jessica. I was able to see her smiled, teased me, played with Tiffany, being lazy and sleepy. All these were enough to make me feel happy. A whole week by her side was enough.

I didn’t care about the identity of the person who broke her heart; from now on, I would make sure that she always smiles.