TaeNy’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

I almost forgot how it feels sleeping in Taeyeon’s arms. It is warm and cozy. I always feel like the world belongs to me when she hugs me, when I can feel her heart beats against her chest.

Somehow, even asleep, I can feel whether she is sleeping next to me or not, that is probably the reason why I woke up so early this morning, when I didn’t need to.

I could feel something was missing and I was right. When I opened my eyes, the spot next to me was empty. “Taeng?” I called out, expecting her to pop out from the bathroom.

But no response.

I stretched out and got off bed, half awake. “Taeyeon?” I called again.

Still nothing.

There was no reason Taeyeon would be out this morning, since she wasn’t working anymore. I wondered why she would be up so early and tried to remember whether she had noticed me she would be away this morning, but I was pretty sure Taeng had nothing to do today.

And even if she had to go somewhere, Taeyeon would always notify me so I wouldn’t worry. I was starting to worry that something might have happened again and rushed out of the room to check on my phone.

But as I stepped out of the room, the front door opened and Taeyeon entered, her hand holding some paper bag. I stood there and watched her. It was funny how she didn’t even notice me.

“Where were you?” I suddenly asked while she was taking out her shoes.

Taeng almost fell over by surprise. She let out a sigh before walking toward me. “Do you want to give me a heart attack so early in the morning?” she said with a smile.

“You scared me first!” I complained. “Why did you go out so early in the morning?” I asked again.

She gave me a kiss. “You’re so pretty when you’re worried” she smiled. Then she showed me the paper bag, I read the logo on it and recognized it. It was from a nearby bakery.

“I bought us some breakfast, of course” she said, before walking to the kitchen.

I knew there was no reason to doubt her, but I just felt like something was off with Taeyeon. Was she hiding something from me? Again?

Taeyeon’s POV

I didn’t expect Tiffany to be awake when I came back. She usually sleeps until noon when we don’t have school. I had to hide my surprise when I came back and saw her standing there, looking at me. Fortunately, I was well prepared as I stopped by the bakery and bought some croissants for breakfast.

“You woke up so early just to buy breakfast?” she didn’t look convinced.

“I couldn’t go back to sleep earlier so I took the opportunity to surprise my girlfriend with tasty food” I was definitely getting better at sweet talking, I even surprised myself sometimes.

“Yes right, you are the best Taeyeon” she gave me a huge peck before walking away. “I’m going to shower”

I felt bad for lying to her, but I just knew she would disapprove of my actions and would that lead to an argument, and I didn’t want that.

20 minutes later, Tiffany came out of the room all smiling. Clapping her hands enthusiastically, she sat down at the table. “What is our schedule for today?” she asked me, while taking a croissant.

“I don’t know, what do you want to do?” I poured her a glass of milk.

“Do you think we can go out without being chase after?”

If it was yesterday, I’d have said no, but since I had no problem going out this morning, we could be lucky this afternoon. “We can try. Is there a place you want to go?”

Flipping through the newspaper, she stopped at the movie section. “Hmmm we can go see a movie? It’s dark in the theaters so people won’t bother us” she suggested.

I thought about it and indeed, it was a great idea. “Sure, but we are not going to watch some dramatic movie that make you cry your eyes out!” I warned her.

“And why not?” she pouted, there was obviously a movie that she was already interested in.

“Because I don’t like them and it will be tiring”

“How is watching a sad movie tiring?”

“Tiring because you will end up crying at the end and I will have to comfort you” I said playfully.

To my surprise, she ignored my comment and continued to check the newspaper. “So let’s see which movie we can watch today…”

I observed Tiffany as she forgot about me and was totally focused on the newspaper in front of her. “And don’t pick a movie because there is some hot actor that you like in it” I reminded her.

She lifted her head and smiled. “Why you jealous?” she teased me.

“What? Jealous? Me? Never”

“Taengoo is jealous Taengoo is jealous!” she started chanting and clapping.

“Ya stop it or I’m not going”

“Of course you’ll be going”

“And how can you be so sure?”

“Because I know Taengoo will do everything I want” Tiffany’s eyes smile killed me on the spot.

I wanted to argue back just for the sake of it, but said nothing. She was right. I couldn’t refuse her anything. There was nothing in this world that I wouldn’t give her. That sounds extremely exaggerated and cheesy, but that’s how I really feel.

I simply smiled and let her choose her movie in peace. I already knew the movie she would pick wouldn’t suit me, but who cares? If the movie is bad, I could still look at her face.

S1 High School,

Yuri’s POV

This morning, I went to pick up Jessica for school. The unpleasant event from yesterday was still fresh in my mind. It ended well and I was glad I was able to comfort and reassure Jessica but I was still extremely mad at what Gyuri did once again.

“I can’t believe Taeyeon and Fany are still at home sleeping” Jessica complained. “That’s not fair! Why aren’t we skipping school too?”

“Because we care about our grades”

“You don’t have to care about your grades, you are one of the best students already”

“But I care about YOUR grades. There is no way we are not going to college together”

Since we got together, there were so many ups and downs that we never found time to talk about our future together. We were in our senior year and after graduation, there might be a chance that we don’t end up in the same college.

“Aren’t you going abroad to further your studies?” she asked me, like it was already decided.

“No”

“Why not?”

“Because I don’t want to”

Jessica stared at me but didn’t say anything. I felt like there was something she wanted to ask me but didn’t dare to. The atmosphere in the car was a little bit weird after this topic.

Once we arrived at school, we noticed that people weren’t caring about us anymore. The students were living their lives and not paying attention to neither of us, which didn’t surprise me that much. People love gossips, and every day, there is a new one to talk about. Ours was outdated already.

“Taeyeon and Tiffany are going to the theater this afternoon” Sica told me, reading her phone.

“They are already awake?”

“Yes, she said Taeng woke up really early this morning because she couldn’t sleep”

“These two are weird”

“You mean crazy! They woke up so early instead of sleeping the whole day!”

Jessica and her sleeping time will always make me laugh. “Don’t worry, we won’t be spending too much time at the library today, I’ll drive you home early”

“What library?”

“We have a test this week, you have to study”

“What? Why can’t we do this at your place? The library is so boring and quiet that just thinking about it makes me sleepy”

“Because we NEVER study when we are at my place. It’s not my fault if you can’t focus when you are alone in a room with me” I teased.

“Excuse me? Who is the one who can’t control herself? Because last time I checked, you lost the challenge yesterday”

“It doesn’t count!!! I did it on purpose!”

“Yeah right” Jessica

“I don’t care it’s still on! I’m gonna win!!”

We were walking hands in hands and bickering through the hallway when I spotted Gyuri entering the restroom. “I have to go to the restroom, can you take my bag to the class, please?” I asked Jessica.

“Sure but be quick, class starts soon” she said.

I handed her my bag and was going to give her a quick kiss when I realized my mistake and backed away. “HAHA! See! I can control myself” I exclaimed proudly.

“Silly” Sica laughed. “Go quick quick!”

In the restroom, I found Gyuri standing in front of the mirror, checking herself out like she loves to do. Without turning away from the mirror, she smiled and looked at me. “Kwon Yuri, did you follow me in there?” she smirked.

“Of course I did”

Her smiled grew bigger at my reply and she finally turned around to look at me. “I knew this day would come”

I took a few steps closer to her. “So you know why I’m here?”

“You want some alone time with me, of course” She grabbed my shirt to pull me close to her but I stopped her.

While grabbing her hand tightly, I looked straight into her eyes and with a firm but calm voice, warned her. “Let me get this straight, you and I will never ever happen. All the things you did to break Jessica and I up didn’t work and it’s not going to work. Ever. So let it go”

“And if I don’t?” she challenged me.

“I’m a nice girl, you know it, I know it, and everyone knows it. If I was Taeyeon, you would be crying right now or out of the country already. But since I’m not Taeyeon, I’m telling you one last time to stop your nonsense because if I want to and believe me, these days I really really want to, I can be a Taeyeon, or even worse, I can be your nightmare”

But instead of being afraid or nervous, Gyuri’s smile grew even bigger. “Are you trying to scare me Yuri? Because besides finding you extremely hot right now, it’s not scary”

“Then I will apalogize beforehand for what I’m about to do” I said, letting go of her hand. I searched into my pocket and took out a USB key. “Here take this” I handed it to her.

“And what’s this? Your first present to me?” she flirted even more.

I smiled at her and walked away. “It’s one of your nightmares coming true” I said before leaving the restroom.

I’m not the kind of person who blackmail others, but with a certain type of people, you just don’t have a choice.

Outside in Seoul,

Tiffany’s POV

Weirdly enough, there were almost no reporters outside of the house today. Maybe calling the police last night worked after all. Even at the theater is was calm and quiet; most people were either at school, or at their jobs.

“I knew it would be a good idea to come here. We will have the whole place for ourselves!” I exclaimed, clapping my hands.

Taeyeon quickly grabbed my hands to stop me from making any more noises. “I know you’re happy but let’s stay calm” she looked around, making sure I didn’t draw too much attention on us.

“I know I know”

We walked to the counter and bought our tickets for Robert Pattinson’s new movie Water for Elephants. It was between this movie and Scream 4 that Taeng chose. Of course, I was smart enough to not tell Taeng that my vampire crush Robert was in the movie.

As we walked to the food counter to buy some popcorn and drinks, Taeng spotted the movie’s poster. “What? That Edward dude is in the movie?” she pointed at the poster.

I faked a shock expression like I didn’t know. “Ooh I didn’t know…it’s weird I didn’t see his name” I lied and dragged Taeng away. “Come on let’s go buy popcorn!”

“Argh now my interest for that movie is even lower than before”

“Come on, I’m sure you will enjoy it”

“YOU will enjoy it! Even if the movie is bad, you will drool over the vampire guy”

“Haha look at you, all jealous over him. You want me to drool over you, don’t you?” I teased her, poking her cheek.

“No comment”

“I have to go to the restroom, can you order Ice Tea for me, please?”

“Ok, I’ll wait for you here”

I gave her a quick peck and quickly went to the restroom, leaving Taeyeon to order for us. I didn’t take more than 5 minutes but I was still surprise to see that Taeyeon was still at the counter when I came back. She was standing there, talking with the seller. I didn’t know what they were talking about but the girl was smiling shyly.

I walked up to them and instantly grabbed Taeng’s arm tightly. “Are you done?” I asked her without looking at the girl.

Taeng nodded and picked up the drinks while I grabbed the popcorn. She quickly greeted the girl before we walked away. I realized how Taeyeon had changed since I met her. I remember how unsocial she was, being cold and scary to everyone who dare to talk to her. But now, she is like a teddy bear.

“Are you sure you want to see this movie? Because we can still leave” Taeyeon tried to avoid the movie.

“Let’s go” I dragged her inside.

It wasn’t easy these past few weeks, but those little moments between us were so worth the pain and struggles. If we had to go through all this to become closer and stronger as a couple then I wouldn’t mind going through it all over again.

At the theather, after the movie,

Taeyeon’s POV

I actually survived through this movie. Of course, Fany loved it since her crush was acting in it while I nearly fell asleep a couple of times. It was really not the genre of movie I like, especially in a theather where it’s dark and the aircon is on. The whole setting always make me a little sleepy.

Once outside, Fany had to go to the restroom so I told her to wait for me in front of the theater once she was done, so I could go take the car. There were a few curious stares here and there when I went out, but nobody dared to come up to me.

I only had the time to sit in the car that my phone started ringing. Without looking, I answered it, thinking it was Tiffany asking me to be faster. “I’m coming right now” I said.

“Excuse me Miss?” asked a confused voice.

It was my lawyer Daniel. “Oh hi Daniel, sorry I thought it was someone else”

“That’s what I thought”

“Is there something wrong?” I asked, because while we get along very well, we don’t call each other for no reason.

“I’m calling you about Min Sungmin” his voice took that serious tone reminded me of my father.

“Did you find something?”

“It’s quite serious actually”

“Serious as in you can’t tell me on the phone?”

“I already sent you the documents by fax, read it and tell me if you want to expose it or not”

I was confused at how important it sounded.“You are sounding too serious for my liking Daniel”

“Call me once you have read the documents or if you prefer, we can meet up”

“No, I will call you” I said. There was no way I could go out tonight without telling Tiffany where I was going.

“I will wait for you call then. Later Miss” he then hung up.

The conversation was short but it got me confused and kind of freaked out. I wondered what kind of scandal or mistake he found about Sungmin, because it really sounded serious.

I tried my best to not think about it as I picked up Fany in front of the theater. “The movie was awesome, don’t you think?” she told me as soon as she got in the car.

“Well, I’m still alive so it’s all good” I joked, even though I didn’t like that movie one bit.

“You’re exaggerating”

“I’m not. Anyway, let’s go eat something before we go home!” I suggested.

“Fine, I’ll let you choose the restaurant then” she smiled.

“Miss Tiffany you’re so nice” I teased,

“That’s why you love me”

I looked at her and didn’t know what to do. There were so many things I wanted to tell her, like how much I love her, how thankful I was that she stood by me all this time, but all I was able to do was smiling at her. “Yes, that’s why I love you Hwang Miyoung”

Maybe the way I said it was too intense, because it made Tiffany blushed. She then gently stroke my cheek and with her sweet voice, told me “I love you too Kim Taeyeon”

Yuri’s car,

Jessica’s POV

Finally! We were finally going home. I thought this day would never end. School and then study at the library, Yuri didn’t go easy on me. She was driving me home early as she promised. Usually, we always go to her house after school and stayed there until evening. I was actually spending more time at her house than mine.

“Oh I almost forgot” Yuri started talking. “We should look at some college applications when we have time”

She was talking about college again. “I don’t think we can find a good one for both of us, your grades are much better than mine”

I know Yuri wants us to stay together, but I feel like it would be selfish of me to make her attend a college that doesn’t fit her smartness. “Don’t underestimate yourself Sica”

“I’m not, you are” I told her. “Why aren’t you studying abroad? It’s a great experience and you can even enter the best college in the world!”

“Why do you want me to go so badly?”

“Then why are you so against it?”

We both raised our voices.

Yuri took a deep breath. “What’s going on?” she asked calmly.

“Nothing” I lied.

“Jessica, I know there is something bothering you. You were already weird this morning when we talked about that”

Turning my head away from her, I looked through the window and let it out. “I don’t want to be the chains that hold you down”

Surprised at my confession, Yuri pulled the car over. “What? What are you talking about?”

“Let’s face it, we are not on the same level. I’m just average when you’re way up there. You can go abroad and study in the most prestigious places instead of trying to find some normal colleges that would suit me. Why can’t you think for yourself Yuri?”

“Why do you sound like it is already decided? That I will go abroad”

“Because it’s the best for you”

“There are great colleges here as well, you know”

“You’re right, are you considering any of them then?”

The point was not about studying overseas or within the country, it was about Yuri never thinking for herself.

At my last question, Yuri remained silent. “We are not going to be together every day and night Yuri, as much as I want to. But us not seeing each other all the time doesn’t mean that we can’t make it work”

“I just want us to do things together”

“And I want you to not freak out or be afraid of losing me whenever we are away from each other. I will love you even if we are not in the same school”

“So does it mean we can’t look for colleges together?”

“No, it means we are going to look for colleges that fit our interests, individually”

Yuri sighed and seemed to have understood my point of view. “I get it” she finally said.

I kissed Yuri softly on the cheek. “Trust me, it will be okay”

Actually, I was worried as well. I was afraid that she will meet someone prettier, smarter and more interesting than me, someone that wouldn’t give her so much trouble, but I just couldn’t let her continue to do things my way.

We can do a lot of things for love, things that seem normal on the moment but that we end up regretting in the future. And I don’t want that to happen to us.

As Yuri drove away, I quickly reminded her. “Oh by the way, this kiss doesn’t count” I winked.

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Taeyeon’s POV

As soon as we got home, I went straight to the fax to pick the documents Daniel sent me. Tiffany wasn’t paying attention to me since she went right into the bathroom to wash her face. I sat down on the couch and read them attentively.

I had to re-read the documents many times because I couldn’t believe what I was reading. I knew Sungmin was a shady guy but I’ve never expected Daniel to find out what he did. I just wanted to torture him a bit for revenge, but the information that I had right there could simply destroy his company.

I heard Tiffany in the bathroom taking a shower so I took the opportunity to call Daniel. I really had no idea on what I was going to do. “Hello Miss” I heard his always so calm voice.

“What am I supposed to do with that?” I said nervously, this was a huge responsibility.

“That’s your decision”

“Yeah right! I didn’t want that! It was supposed to be some minor scandal, not that huge bomb”

“If you want, we can forget about all this and I will search for something else”

“I can’t now! It’s too late! It will be irresponsible if we ignore this”

“I’m not going to tell you what to do, but this is indeed too important for us to let it go”

I sat there, loss for words. It was a big decision and I didn’t know if I was ready to take responsibility for it. This could go far, very far.

After a while, I just went for it. “Do it”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, do it”

“Fine, I’ll send the documents tonight. I will call you if anything new shows up”

“Thanks”

I hung up the phone and stayed there, thinking about what I just did. I knew it was the wisest decision, but I also knew that by exposing it, I was going to hurt a lot of people.

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

This morning, I woke up once again by myself as Taeng was nowhere to be seen. Like yesterday, she woke up early and went out. For an unknown reason, I felt like she was hiding something from me. Something was definitely wrong.

Since I didn’t want to go back to sleep, I lay down on the couch and turned the TV on. I skipped through the multiple channels just to realize that it was all the same.

<<Breaking news: M-Manufacturer suspected to be falsifying their security and control reports over the past 5 years>>

Without caring much about the news, I took my phone to text Jessica. I told her about Taeyeon being away early in the morning yesterday and she also thought it was fishy. So naturally, I had to tell her about Taeng’s early disappearance today as well. Of course, I knew Sica probably knew nothing, but I just had to share these little troubles with my bestfriend.

I was writing to Sica when I heard a familiar name being mentioned on the news.

<<Vice-president and heir of the company, Min Sungmin, 23 years old is being held responsible for the falsification of his company’s reports. As of now, we haven’t been able to reach any of the company’s officials directly>>

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing, nor seeing. Sungmin’s picture was attached to the breaking news title on TV. And it was the same thing on all other big news channels. That was just crazy.

<<Early this morning, several anonymous envelopes were sent to KBS, SBS and MBC buildings, each of them containing documents accusing the Korean branch  of M-Manufacturer of falsifying their reports. For now, no one knows who are behind the leaking but an insider informed us that more shocking news might come out soon>>

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t notice Taeng was back.

“Hey you up already?” her voice startled me.

I turned around and saw her walking to the kitchen, putting a breakfast bag on the table without noticing the TV. “Where were you?” I asked, though I already knew the answer.

She laughed a little before answering me. “I bought breakfast, of course”

I sat there and stared at her, waiting for the moment she will finally notice what was on TV.

And when she did look at the screen, what I feared became true. She didn’t even pretend to be shocked.

“Did you know about that?” I pointed at the screen.

Taeyeon sat down on a chair uncomfortably; I could see she was trying to come up with a believable lie. “I saw it this morning on the newspaper”

“You went out to read the newspaper?”

She looked at me, confused with all the questions I was throwing at her. “What’s going on Fany?”

“I want to know if you knew about this” I reiterated my question.

“Yeah I read-“

“No Taeyeon, what I want to know is; are you behind this?” I asked her directly, my voice showing some anger.

She immediately avoided my gaze. “Is this the reason why you disappeared these last 2 mornings? To plan this?” I didn’t want to stop asking until she admits it.

“I didn’t know it would be that bad” she let it slipped.

“What? Your lie?” I raised my voice.

Taeyeon was taken aback by my sudden anger. “No, the scandal. I didn’t want that, I wasn’t looking for something that big” she responded calmly.

“I don’t care about the scandal and Sungmin, Taeng. You lied to me. AGAIN!” now I was shouting.

“I didn’t really lie to you, I just didn’t tell you”

“You hide it from me, you did this behind my back and came up with the stupid breakfast excuse. You lied Taeng!”

“I knew you wouldn’t approve of my actions and I didn’t want us to argue” she defended herself.

“Congratulations then, your plan worked perfectly” I said, clapping angrily. Furious, I left the living room.

“Tiffany…” she tried to call me but I ignored her.

I couldn’t believe she lied to me again. I was so angry that I went into my room, get changed and left the apartment.

Seohyun’s School,

Yoona’s POV

Since Taeyeon’s scandal died down, Seohyun and I haven’t been able to spend much time together because she was busy studying for her various tests coming this week. I knew she had one today and wanted to give her a little surprise by coming to her school to pick her up.

I was waiting patiently in front of her school when I saw a bunch of her classmates walking out together, but no sign of Seohyun. “Hello! Seohyun is not with you guys?” I asked the group.

For whatever reasons, they all started giggling. “She is with her fanboy” said one of the girls.

I couldn’t even ask them what they meant, because as soon as the girl answered me, they left me standing there alone and confused.

Fortunately, I wasn’t left in my confusion for long. From afar, I spotted Seohyun coming out from the school.

But she wasn’t alone. I started to understand what her friends meant by fanboy. Some guy was walking with her, his eyes were glued on her face and his smile just made me want to punch him in the face.

I tried to suppress my displeasure as Seohyun was coming closer. I did my best to put on a smile, even though all I really wanted was to ask who the hell that guy was.

“Oh! Yoona?! What are you doing here?”

I smiled at her and pulled her in for a hug. I didn’t care that the guy was standing there, looking at us. It was a way to show him that we were together.

“I knew you had a test today so I thought you might want to relieve the pressure by going out with me?”

“Ooh Yoong, I’d love to but I can’t” she said disappointed.

“Why not?”

“We have a school showcase at the end of this week and we have to practice” she explained.

Confused, I looked at the guy then back at her. “We?”

“Oh sorry. This is Jung Yonghwa” she introduced him. “We are going to do a song together for the showcase”

“Ah ok. Sorry I should have called you” I was so disappointed.

“No, I’m happy to see you” she smiled at me, but somehow, it didn’t make me feel better.

Though I didn’t want to let her go, I had to. “Call me when you get home” I took the initiative to give her a kiss, which is something we don’t usually do in public, especially in front of her school.

I took a last look at the guy before walking away. It was really hard not to look back and see what they were doing. I knew Seohyun would be popular at school, the girl is an angel, but it was the first time I saw her with some flower dude and I couldn’t help but be jealous.

Kim’s Residence,

Taeyeon’s POV

I tried to call Tiffany every hour since she left this morning, but she ignored all of my calls. I knew what I did was bad, but I really didn’t expect her to be so angry over this. I was waiting for her to get home when my father called. He told me to come home because he wanted to talk to me. I didn’t ask him what it was about since I knew already.

When I arrived at the house, the first thing I saw was Daniel’s car. My dad summoned him too. That last minute meeting hasn’t even started that it already annoyed me.

I quickly got inside the house and went straight to my dad’s office. Daniel was already in there, talking with my father.

“Hello everyone!” I said, entering the room.

Daniel smiled and nodded at me while my father kept his always so serious face and simply pointed at the empty chair next to Daniel’s. He will never change, that’s for sure.

“So what am I doing here?” I started the conversation.

“Don’t act like you don’t know” my father replied, coldly.

“Your father knows about the Sungmin issue” Daniel said.

“Of course, he knows everything”

“Do you two realize what you just did?” he asked both of us.

“A good deed?” I joked.

But my father was definitely not in a good mood. “This is a serious issue and a serious accusation. The documents you sent out are not officials, it can backfire at you”

“Of course it’s not officials documents, the official ones are fakes. It’s obvious he falsify them to save his company some bucks”

“If your documents are not officials, it’s not real proofs Taeyeon. Everyone can put some numbers on a sheet of paper and use it as an accusation”

“I will find witnesses” Daniel said, though he didn’t sound convinced.

“And what if you don’t?”

“Sungmin knows what he did, we just have to push him a little so he admits it” I said.

“And did you, just for a second, think about our company? We have a partnership with them Taeyeon”

“Yeah and they’re crappy! We can’t continue working with them knowing that”

“But by exposing them like that, you exposed us as well. Their company built our first hotel in the country, don’t you think people will stop coming knowing it’s not safe anymore?”

It’s true that I didn’t think about that. I had to take the decision so quickly that I didn’t think about all the issues.

“I talked to his father earlier and he was as shocked as I was. I believe he didn’t know about Sungmin’s actions and I will try to solve this issue with him behind-the-scene”

“And what do you want me to do?”

“You started this so you handle it until the end. But if it ends bad, don’t tell me I didn’t warn you”

Daniel and I looked at each other. The situation was quite funny because we looked like two teenagers being scolded.

“You too Daniel” my father added.

“Yes Sir”

The meeting ended there. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I expected some heated arguments like always, but my dad actually told me to do whatever I wanted, which is unusual. Maybe the way I handled my own scandal showed him that I don’t always take the wrong decisions.

He also asked me to stay for dinner but since Fany was still angry at me, it was better to go home.

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Taeyeon’s POV

I slept alone in my room last night. Tiffany didn’t come home. She was still angry so she spent the night at Sica’s place. Yuri also called me to know what happened and gave me a good scolding when I told her the story.

This was the second day since Daniel and I exposed Sungmin’s wrongdoings to the media. All big channels were still reporting on this scandal from morning until night. The latest news was on the stock market where their company’s shares were falling to the ground. And yet, still nothing from Sungmin himself or his lawyer. It was quite weird that nobody stepped out to calm down the situation.

I was drinking my coffee when Tiffany came back home. A part of me was quite angry that she didn’t come home last night but I didn’t act on it. It was my fault after all.

I sat on the couch and studied the situation. I wanted to see whether Tiffany would ignore me and lock herself in her room or actually be more open to discussion.

So naturally, I was very happy when after dropping her bags in her room, she came and sat next to me.

“I think we should talk”

“I’m sorry” we both spoke at the same time.

There was nothing funny but we both smiled a little. “I shouldn’t have lie, I know and I apologize Tiffany”

She didn’t say anything and let me talk. “I keep making those stupid mistakes and keep on lying to you because I don’t want us to fight, but that’s how it ends up every time. And I’m sorry, for not thinking before doing things”

“I just want you to understand that while we might not agree on everything, and I might disagree with things that you do, or just did, all I care about is us being honest with each other.” she explained.

I kept my head down. “I know”

“So, why did your father wanted to see you?” her tone changed, and she wasn’t looking angry anymore.

I thought to myself that, we were really like any couple out there. We quarrel, we get angry at each other, but at the end of the day, if we are willing to apologize and accept our mistakes, things can get back to normal.

I lifted up my head and looked at her. “To scold me about Sungmin of course” I said.

“He knows?”

“It was too obvious I think”

“Did you two argue again?”

“Weirldy no, it went very well. Basically, he told me it was a stupid move but that I could do whatever I want”

“See, he is not that bad” I rolled my eyes, not wanting to agree with her. “So what are you going to do now?” she asked.

“There is nothing I can do but sit here and watch”

“Do you think he really did that?”

“Yes I do. Did I suspect anything like this? No, but after what I saw, there is no doubt he is guilty”

“How bad can it go?”

“It will depend on how he handles it. It’s better if he admits it and promises to repair his mistakes. The worse scenario is losing everything which I hope not because our families are friends and I have nothing against his parents”

“Or his sister…” she mumbled.

I was going to ask her to repeat it again when my phone started ringing. “Don’t forget what you just said, I’m gonna ask you again” I told Tiffany before answering my call.

It was Daniel and his detective skills. He found something else on Sungmin. He asked me if I wanted to reveal this new secret, but I told him to keep it for him. I hate Sungmin but the poor guy was probably losing his mind already.

“So apparently, Sungmin doesn’t only like falsifying documents, he also likes gambling. And from what I heard, he has some debts as well” I announced, after hanging up.

Fany looked shock and confused at the same time. “But he doesn’t look like a bad guy!”

“I told you already, those who look all perfect are the worse!”

“And you decided not to reveal this?”

“I think he has enough worries for now. And honestly, at this point, there is nothing satisfying in all this. I’m worried too” I admitted.

I felt bad that this issue went this far, not for Sungmin of course, but for his family and the people working for their company. I also felt guilty toward Sunye, I was hurting her indirectly.

S1 High School,

Jessica’s POV

Another boring day at school, but thankfully, Yuri had other plans than studying at the library. Surprisingly, her plans didn’t involve any skinship, which was really really weird.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

“Yoona needs our help with something”

“Since when does she ask you for help?”

“Whenever it involves doing something stupid, of course”

“And what’s the stupid plan today?”

“Nothing hard, some stalking to do”

“Oh ok” I nodded, without realizing what she just said.

A minute or two passed by and I finally got what she meant. “What???” It was one of my late reactions again

Yuri jumped on her seat. “What what?”

“Who are we going to stalk?”

“I don’t really know. She texted me 3 words earlier: Please, Seohyun, Stalk”

“What kind of language is that?”

“Don’t bother, it’s a sister thing” she explained, with a proud smile.

These two fight all the time but it was obvious they love each other more than anyone in this world.

So after our little drive, Yuri parked her car near Seohyun’s high school. As soon as we got there, I noticed someone who was wearing a long coat, a hat and sunglasses hiding behind a car.  

“What the?” I was poking Yuri so she could see it too.

“Pssss Yoona!! Come here!” Yuri waved.

So it was Yoona, I don’t even know why I was surprised. So the weird looking girl turned around and rushed toward us.

“Ah you two are here! What took you so long??” Yoona complained, fanning herself with her hands. The poor girl was probably suffocating under her coat.

“Please tell me, why are you dressed like this?” I dared to ask.

“Duh! For stalking of course!” the two sisters responded at the same time. They actually made me feel stupid for asking this.

So I supposed that’s how we were going to spend the rest of the day. Stalking. Who? Seohyun. Why? I had no idea.

But I was going to understand of all this soon enough.

Seohyun’s School,

Yoona’s POV

Today was another unlucky day for me. I wanted to spend some time with Seohyun so I called her beforehand to know her schedule, unlike yesterday. But it was useless because she was busy…with that Yonghwa dude! They had to practice for her showcase. Of course, I understand that it was important for her and knowing Seohyun, she wants to do her best, but I don’t like that guy. I just want to punch him really hard.

And like always, whenever I freak out or there is something that doesn’t go like I planned, I do stupid things, like stalking my girlfriend.

“Before I play your little game, can you give me some explanation Yoona?” Jessica asked.

“Seohyun is spending time with that guy for some music practice and he is basically eating her with his eyes and I want to make sure he doesn’t make a move on her” I lain out the situation.

“Do you really think it’s a good idea? Shouldn’t you trust her?” Sica definitely didn’t like my plan.

“Listen, as my future sister-in-law, you have to support me. I’m telling you, this guy has ulterior motives”

“I would have done the same” my sister blurted out.

Jessica immediately stared at her unhappily. “Excuse me?”

I thought Yuri was going to melt under Jessica’s stare, poor her, she didn’t know where to look at.

“Anyway!” I tried to save my sister. “Let’s focus on our mission!”

“Hmm Yoona” Yuri poked me. “I think Seohyun just got in a car”

Yuri pointed at a black convertible car. I could spot Seohyun in the passenger seat and my number one enemy next to her. I stood there in shock as it wasn’t planned. I didn’t know they would be leaving in a car. Where were they going???

“What are we doing now?” Yuri asked.

“We follow them!!” I took out my hat and sunglasses and ran to my sister’s car. “Come on!”

But Yuri and Jessica stood there, unsure. “They left already Yoona” Sica tried to reasoned me.

“But we can chase after them! Yuri is not so bad for a driver”

“No we are not going to. It’s dangerous”

“So you mean we are not going to do anything? My girlfriend is going I don’t know where with some creepy guy and I shouldn’t do anything?” I got angry.

“Yoona calm down! Seohyun is a big girl, she can take care of herself” Jessica tried to reassure me.

“It’s not that I don’t trust her, I don’t trust him”

Yuri and Jessica walked up to me and each of them grabbed my arms. “You’re jealous, it’s understandable, but face it, it’s not the first time and it won’t be the last time you feel this way. So learn to control your jealousy” my sister advised me.

“It’s fine to be jealous, actually, I think it’s healthy, but there are some limits and stalking your girlfriend is one of them” Sica added.

Defeated, I gave up. Maybe this was for the better. I couldn’t imagine how Seohyun would react if I had followed her and got caught.

“Come on, don’t be sad, I’ll treat you for dinner” Yuri tried to cheer me up.

I was really not in the mood for anything, but then, I received an unexpected message from Seohyun.

<<I’m sorry that we can’t see each other today but please be patient. I’ll definitely make up for it next week! I miss you! Kiss>>

I can’t even explain how I felt at that moment. My face still hurts from all the smiling.

“It’s Seohyun, isn’t it?” Yuri guessed.

“She said she Mrs me” I smiled.

“See, you have nothing to worry about” Sica patted my head. “Feel like getting a treat from Yuri now?”

“Of course!! But can we go to Goobne Chicken? They are giving out posters from Girls’ Generation this week!”

Jessica and Yuri laughed. “What a fangirl. Fine, let’s go”

I decided to reply to Seohyun. Not to ask her where she was or what she was doing, just to tell her that I miss her too and that I couldn’t wait to see her performance. That jealousy thing was really not me, it was actually the first time that I felt something like this. I’ve dated in the past, but I’ve never felt this way toward anyone. Seohyun is really the first girl I have such strong feelings for, and in a way, that is scary.

TaeNy’s Apartment,

Taeyeon’s POV,

I couldn’t believe Yuri picked shopping over games. They all had a day off today and instead of staying at home playing with me, she followed Sica and Fany on their shopping spree. It’s been 4 hours already and I’m seriously getting bored.

The TV was on, but of course, there was nothing interesting. I reached out for my cellphone on the table and scrolled through it. All my text messages were from Tiffany. She literally crashed my inbox by texting me after every single of her purchase, and I always replied using an annoyed emoticon and telling her to come back quickly.

I was going to text her again, reminding her that it has been 4 hours already when I got a message from Daniel.

<<I have found officials documents on Sungmin’s company falsification and a witness willing to talk, we can release the documents tomorrow, after my meeting with the witness. What do you think?>>

This little revenge on Sungmin was looking more and more like a movie. I was like the powerful and evil leader sitting on her throne watching her opponent falling deeper and deeper everyday. But unlike in most movies, I wasn’t sitting there smiling, a cup of wine in my hand. It all started because I was too proud, and now, it just went too far for me to stop it.

<<Breaking News: The vice-president of M-Manufacturer Min Sungmin will give a press conference tomorrow at noon. It has been 3 days since the scandal of M-Manufacturer falsifying their official reports broke out and the company’s shares are still going downhill as we speak. According to sources, Min Sungmin is ready to fight back the accusations by releasing all the company’s official reports from the last 5 years. While the final outcome might still be a mystery, economists are divided on the company’s future>>

The sudden news on TV caught my attention, Sungmin was finally ready to step out and defend himself. But unlike me a couple of weeks ago, it seems like he won’t be admitting his wrongdoings but instead spill even more lies.

This latest bit of news convinced me that after all, I wasn’t doing such a bad thing. Revealing his dirty secrets was actually helping the community, wasn’t it? It wasn’t all about my revenge now, but about people safety as well.

I was about to reply to Daniel’s message, telling him to go on with the plan when the doorbell rang. I thought it was Tiffany coming back from her shopping spree so I quickly put my phone down and ran to open the door.

As the door opened, I was ready to scold her for taking so long. “Ya! Do you…”

But the person on the other side wasn’t the one I was expecting to see…

At all.

“Sun Ye?”