A/N: Based on the Taeyeon MAMA situation. Previously named "Lead You Home," although I always wanted the title to be "See You Again."

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Text from Jessica:
hey i know ur feeling down so i hv smt for u

Jessica has sent a video attachment: cyuagn.mp4

Text from Taeyeon:
.........................
i honestly hate you

Text from Jessica:
aww cmon
u don’t like my singing?
i even tried rapping just for u

Text from Taeyeon:
leave the rapping to fabulous
fabolous* autocorrect

Text from Jessica:
lol i can’t even bother to correct that when i type it
ur so good to me tae <3

Text from Taeyeon:
and this is what i get in return

Text from Jessica:
“this”? u mean my beautiful singing and fabulous rapping?
pun intended

Text from Taeyeon:
uh huh
how’s your day going?

Text from Jessica:
long :(

Text from Taeyeon:
aww busy??

Text from Jessica:
it’s been a long day
without you, my friend
and i’ll tell you all about it when i see you again

Text from Taeyeon:
bye

Text from Jessica:
we’ve come a long way from where we began
oh i’ll tell you all about it when i see you again

Text from Jessica:
tae?

Text from Jessica:
taeyeon?

 

The thing is, it’s actually a really good cover. Of course it is; Jessica has an amazing voice. Taeyeon is, of course, only talking about the singing parts. Rapping clearly isn’t Jessica’s forte, but Taeyeon can’t exactly talk given she had failed miserably when given the rap for Stay.

Taeyeon finds herself humming the song without even realizing.

“I didn’t expect to hear you singing that song after the whole mess,” Sunkyu says.

“I’m not singing it.”

Sunkyu rolls her eyes. “Humming it, then. And how can your humming be so off-tune, Taeyeon? I’m disappointed in you.”

“Sorry, I’ll tell them to use autocorrect next time,” Taeyeon says. “Auto-tune,” she amends. “Oops. I was in texting mode.”

“You have been texting someone a lot lately.”

Taeyeon grins. “Jealous it’s not you?”

“I get enough of your lame puns in person, thanks, I don’t need to see them in text too.”

“My puns aren’t lame,” Taeyeon protests. And she hasn’t even been making many puns lately; it seems that Jessica’s taken over from her in that department.

“Sure, Taeyeon,” Sunkyu says indulgently. “You keep telling yourself that.”

And then Sunkyu goes on her phone and completely ignores Taeyeon. She has the greatest friends.

 

Text from Taeyeon:
are my puns lame?

Text from Jessica:
do u want the honest ans or the nice ans?

Text from Taeyeon:
i thought you didn’t do nice

Text from Jessica:
i usually don’t but i’ll make an exception for u

Text from Taeyeon:
wow i’m so touched

Text from Jessica:
as u shud be

Text from Taeyeon:
btw your cover was nice

Text from Jessica:
ty ty
(btw the 2nd ty is ur name)

Text from Taeyeon:
…yeah i got that
i’ve missed your voice

Text from Jessica:
same
i mean i missed ur voice, not that i missed mine too
i listened to rain at mama. it was
sorry about what happened. i know i joked about it but you deserve better

Text from Taeyeon:
wow proper spelling i’m really touched

Text from Jessica:
don’t get used to it

Text from Taeyeon:
anyway, thank you
i just wish the whole thing would blow over
it’s gone on too long already

Text from Jessica:
it will
u hv support from the ppl who matter
ignore the ones who don’t

Text from Taeyeon:
i have support from you

Text from Jessica:
u do
hey, why couldn’t the bicycle stand up on its own?

Text from Taeyeon:
umm i think i’m going to regret this but
why??

Text from Jessica:
it was two tired :D

Text from Taeyeon:
lol does that make you a bicycle

Text from Jessica:
do u wanna ride me? ;))

 

Jessica blushes after she sends the text, covering her face with her hands. Her cheeks are warm under her fingers, and she can’t even look at her phone. Taeyeon would probably have a good laugh if she saw Jessica’s reaction. This is all her fault anyway; it’s her influence that has Jessica making puns that are ranging from lame to rated.

“Unnie, what are you doing?”

She squawks and instinctively tries to cover her phone, even though it’s already gone to lock screen. Krystal gives her a weird look.

“What are you doing here?” Jessica blurts out.

“Um, you invited me over for dinner,” Krystal says in a tone that suggests Jessica is an idiot, aka how she usually talks to Jessica. “Or did you forget already?”

“No, no, I remember.” Jessica glances at the kitchen. “I even took out some chicken to defrost.”

“Oh, you’re cooking? I thought we were going to order delivery.”

“Yah, Jung Soojung, be grateful that your unnie is cooking for you.”

“I’ll be grateful when you make something edible.”

“I made fried rice last time and you said it was good!”

“I was trying to spare your feelings.” Krystal glances at Jessica’s phone. “What are you trying to hide anyway? Were you watching ?”

“Yah, Jung Soojung!”

This is what she gets for being a caring and hospitable sister. Never again.

 

Text from Jessica:
a friend of mine tried to annoy me with bird puns, but i soon realized that toucan play at that game

Text from Jessica:
i’d tell you a chemistry joke but i know i wouldn't get a reaction

Text from Jessica:
what do you do when chemists die? barium

Text from Jessica:
lol idk why there r so many chemistry puns

Text from Taeyeon:
u and i have no chemistry
god i’m picking up ur texting habits
your*

Text from Jessica:
yesssss mission success

Text from Taeyeon:
your mission is to corrupt my texting habits?

Text from Jessica:
maybe it’s to corrupt u .
that’s a period btw
also ur corrupted enough byuntaeyeon

Text from Taeyeon:
says byunsic

Text from Jessica:
the perfect byun couple!

Text from Taeyeon:
<4
oops <3*

Text from Jessica:
why is there a star behind our heart?

Text from Taeyeon:
because i’m a golden star?

Text from Jessica:
aww tae. such a sweet talker

Text from Taeyeon:
do i get a kiss?

Text from Jessica:
xxxxxxxxx

Text from Taeyeon:
lol that looks so explicit

Text from Jessica:
KIM TAEYEON

Text from Taeyeon:
hey you wrote it
i watched your vid the other day it made me crave kalbi
we should go get bbq

Text from Jessica:
the usual place?

Text from Taeyeon:
sure. you free next week?

Text from Jessica:
i’m never free i’m expensive

Text from Taeyeon:
what do i have to pay for a date?

Text from Jessica:
ur soul

Text from Taeyeon:
sorry i lost it ages ago

Text from Jessica:
fine ur heart

Text from Taeyeon:
i gave that to you a long time ago

Text from Jessica:
aww tae
ilu too

Text from Taeyeon:
<3*

 

Taeyeon is eyeing the on but empty grill and nursing a bottle of soju when Jessica slips into the booth across from her.

“Sorry I’m late. I had to shake off some particularly insistent fans.” Jessica eyes the bottle in Taeyeon’s hand. “How much have you had?”

“None. I’m just keeping my hands busy.”

Jessica grins. “I can give you something to occupy your hands with.”

Taeyeon rolls her eyes. “Why did I know you were going to say that?”

“Because you know me so well, obviously.”

“I do,” Taeyeon says with the dimpled smile Jessica loves. “I bet I can guess what you’re thinking about right now.”

“What?” Jessica asks, half-expecting a lame pun because this is Taeyeon after all.

“Meat.”

Jessica laughs. “Okay, you got one out of two.” She tilts her head to the side. “Unless you’re calling yourself meat, which I guess could also work.”

Taeyeon snorts. “I think the industry does enough of that for us.”

“Tae,” Jessica says softly, reaching over to cover Taeyeon’s hand with her own. “I’m sorry this happened.”

Taeyeon blows out a breath. “So am I.”

“Are you okay?”

“I am,” she says with a sliver of a smile. “Or at least, I’m getting there.”

“I’m glad,” Jessica says, squeezing her hand. “I don’t like seeing you upset.”

“That’s not the feeling I got when you sent me that video file,” Taeyeon says wryly, but there’s a twinkle in her eyes.

“Hey, you’re the one who said you missed my voice, okay? You should be flattered I did a song cover just for you.”

“I am so incredibly flattered,” Taeyeon deadpans. “You’re my idol, Jessica nim. Can I get your autograph?”

“Where do you want me to sign?”

Taeyeon leans in and whispers something in Jessica’s ear that makes her face feel warmer than the grill in front of them. Great, at this rate she won’t last through dinner.

“Sica?” Taeyeon asks innocently, putting some meat on the grill. “I ordered a lot of kalbi. I hope you still want to eat them.”

“You are the worst, Kim Taeyeon.”

“You mean the best.”

“I know what I said.”

Taeyeon puts a piece of cucumber kimchi on Jessica’s plate and then cringes exaggeratedly when Jessica raises the bottle of soju threateningly at her.

“The worst,” Jessica mutters, but when Taeyeon flashes that dimpled smile at her, she can’t help the way curves up in reply.

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A/N: I wrote this at like 3:30am lmao idek what was going on. Excuse me for Jessica's text slang.