The last class of Monday, the most hated day for students.  It was almost 2 o’clock not long for the day to end so people could go home do nothing. The teacher had been talking too much today of the importance of decision and positions in life and eve body looked bored

There were to students passing notes at each other

When did you cut your hair o_o

Yesterday :P

You went alone o_O

Of course, do I need company to get a haircut lol

Don’t be silly you know what I mean ;)

Stop.  Teacher is look at us

 

There was another student, blonde hair covering the side of the face like a curtain, seemed to be sleeping, given by the way her head was resting on the table.

 

• “Alright guys, who read the news this weekend?”

“There should be an award for being the most eager teacher on a Monday” thought Taeyeon

No hands were raised, the teacher looked at the back of the classroom, and some seemed to want to talk however none spoke, only inaudible murmurs and whispers were heard

 

• Okay, so nobody? Very well, In light of the approval for legal same- marriage in America I have decided we are going to organize a debate,

Collective groans filled the classroom

• Yes, yes. You’ll have week to prepare for it. I’ll divide you into teams. So I’ll give you a list of topics, I’ll pair you with some else and both of you should choose which topic you want

The teacher sat up from her chair and began to write on the white board the list of topics

1. School uniforms should be required.
2. All students should be required to perform one year of community service.
3. Students should be held legally responsible for bullying in schools.
4. Grades should be abolished.
5. The driving age should be raised.
6. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) should be banned.
7. Same marriage should be legal.
8. Androids are better than iPhones.
9. Democracy is the best form of government
10. All people should be vegetarians.

The teacher put her marker down took the list

• When you hear your names, meet up and tell me which topic you want to do. 
• Tiffany and YoonA, Taeyeon and Jessica, Jonghyun and Changmin, Amber and Victoria, Chen and Wendy, Irene and Heechul, Baekhyun and Siwon, …

The teacher kept naming the students and when she was over the sounds of chairs moving and scrapping the floor along with the chatter, filled the classroom.

Taeyeon approached Jessica’s desk, she noticed she was already writing something along the lines of debate and partner, her blonde hair falling on the side of her neck, the light entering the window at her side made her hair shine, as if she had a crown of light. “Beautiful” she thought

• “Hey Jessica” Jessica looked at her with a small smile
• “Hi Taeyeon. Ready for this” Taeyeon grinned
• “Sure, which topic do you want to do” She said as she sat down next to Jessica and moved her chair to be a little bit closer
• “Hmmm well Androids are better than iPhones sounds like a fun argument but I think we should do same marriage should be legal, what do you think?” There was a note of seriousness in her smile
• “Oh, I don’t know, Android and iPhone sound so important…” They both chuckled.

The teacher suddenly called their names

• “Taeyeon which topic did you two choose?” They looked at the whiteboard there was a topic already chosen, “all people should be vegetarian by Tiffany and YoonA, well that should be fun, both them like meat too much” Taeyeon thought. She looked at the teacher
• “Same marriage should be legal”

Some no’s were heard at the back of the class, looks like someone else wanted to do this one too, oops.

The teacher wrote their names in front of the topic and kept on calling students in the order she first had called them, funnily enough Jonghyun’s team chose Androids are better than iPhones, Taeyeon though they would chose the government topic.

When the teacher finished the only topics on the board were: All students should be required to perform one year of community service. Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) should be banned and Democracy is the best form of government.

 

• “So which side do you want to be, for it or against it” Taeyeon asked while she played with Jessica’s pen, twirling it on her fingers.
• “I want to go against it” Jessica said taking the pen from Taeyeon hands and drawing hearts on her notebook

Taeyeon seemed a little surprised, quickly she took Jessica’s note book and wrote on it “Taeyeon in for same marriage should be legal”

• “I can’t meet up today after class  but I’ll call you and we can arrange something
• “Okay, don’t worry” a lazy smile curving on Jessica’s face “ by the way, I really like your haircut, the blonde tips suit you”
• “Thank you, again” Taeyeon said smiling. They looked at each other like this for a while and then away. A sense of secrecy about them.

The teacher spoke one last time before the class was over

• The remaining 8 students, will formulate the impromptu question for the topics chosen, you all have one week for this. Remember to be respectful and to focus on the side you are no matter your actual position on the subject. I want you all to be objective and respectful.

The bell rang and everybody left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The day of the debate was here

Taeyeon and Jessica decided not to meet to study for the debate, they wanted to be surprised of each other’s arguments.

When they entered the classroom everybody seemed to be with their partner, and other students were arranging two tables in the front of the room. When the teacher arrived they all took a seat.

The teacher made a brief introduction of time and how many rounds (3 minutes each persons and 6 rounds) the team by team started their debate.

Tiffany and YoonA had chosen all people should be vegetarians. Tiffany for it, YoonA against it. When it was over YoonA took her phone and actually looked for vegetarian meals.

Before it was Taeyeon and Jessica’s turn, Taeyeon would look at her notes and steal glances at Jessica at the other side of the room. She heard some kids behind her

• “God, look at Taeyeon, do you think she dislikes Jessica?”
• “I know right, she’s always avoiding her at school”
• “I know I heard they didn’t event meet to study for this. Poor Jessica why didn’t she change partner?”
• “She must think she’s so cool, I heard they were close last year”
• “I heard that too. Apparently Taeyeon tried to steal Jessica’s boyfriend”
• “Really? What a b..!” this person said snickering

 

Taeyeon cleared , and the kids quieted down. She actually didn’t mind the things they said about them, only they knew the truth of what had actually happened.

When their turn came Jessica passed by her side, her hand touching hers for a brief second. They introduced themselves and their debate began.

• It should be legal for same marriage to happen, it is a right of people. The government nor the religion should negate it. It is a contract between two people only.
• Same marriage according to religion is a sacred union between man and women, allowing same marriage is an offense to this principal.

This went back and forth a couple of times and the tension in the classroom kept intensifying. The students were sure they would start to increase their voice and open their eye so wide as if asking for eye drops, however they didn’t know that Taeyeon and Jessica would never do that to each other.

When the bell rang and their debate was over Jessica flew the classroom ready to go home. Other students were with her

 

• “Sica is it true that Taeyeon never met you for this assignment”
• “Oh yeah, I don’t care though, I don’t need her to study ” Jessica was busy thinking of wanting to get to the bus stop already, she didn’t want to hear or to pay attention to others
• “Why didn’t you change partner, though well you did slammed her in the debate, you were really good with your arguments, did you see her face” the girl talking laughed
• “I know, her arguments were somewhat good though. Whatever, I am just glad I don’t have to be with her anymore” a forced laugh escaped her lips. Why do they have to be so annoying and such a ups

When she turned the corner away from school, the other classmates left to the opposite direction. She walked for a few minutes until she reached her bus stop and sat on the bench waiting. Suddenly someone moved at her side and gave her a kiss in the cheek

• “So, you wanted to change partner?”
• “Why would I want that?” Jessica smiled, sincerely this time, and looked at Taeyeon, sitting next to her
• “Maybe it would have saved you the hassle of pretending?” Taeyeon said and reached her hand to touch Jessica’s hair.
• “Have I told you how beautiful you look when you are sitting next to the window, the sun hits your hair so perfectly, it looks like you have a crown”

Jessica laughed and touched the tips of Taeyeon’s hair

• “Oh really, have I told you how cute you look with the new haircut?”
• “Only many times, including that day at the hairdresser” she smiled
• “So what did we learn today?” Taeyeon said again
• “That I hate this subject and people talking about us as if they know us”
• “Hmm right, well I learned that I would like to marry you one day.”

Jessica hit her shoulder while laughing and almost stuttering she said

• “Why would you want that silly”
• “Because I love you” the softest of eyes looking at Jessica
• “Yeah, alright but why else” Jessica tried to laugh it off but her heart was beating uncontrollably
• “I don’t need another reason, it’s because it’s you” Taeyeon felt Jessica’s finger on her arm writing something and she didn’t need to look to know what it said

They looked at each other for a while, their smiles broadening.

The bus came and they went home, their hands intertwined the whole ride, Taeyeon thumb caressing the side of Jessica’s hand.

When they reached Jessica’s house the light was behind her, and the crown of light appeared again, Taeyeon moved closer to Jessica and kissed her, a long but slow kiss, and whispered “Queen of light” when they stopped. When they parted, both of them dazed, Jessica in her room took out her journal, and wrote the entry

Diary

Taeyeon kissed me today after school again, and I feel as if I may die of all this emotions. She said she would like to marry me one day because she loves me and when I asked to be given other reason she said she didn’t need another, and I was so convinced by it. She is truly Queen of debate.

 

 

 

 

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When Taeyeon arrived home she had a huge grin on her face, she couldn’t believe she had actually told Jessica she would like to marry her. She remember the first she saw Jessica, all the weird things she did, the silliness of them, and when they got together that had been unbelievable too

 

 

The first time Taeyeon saw her, she was fascinated. Of course she would not call it love at first sight, more like aesthetic at first sight, because her external appearance was beautiful in her eyes. However that instant attraction would not be the driving force of her wanting to talk her, to get to know this girl of short blonde hair.

It would be this…

The moment Taeyeon put her ear-phones on, Halo by Beyoncé blasting on her ears, and walked out of the cafeteria, the blonde sitting with her 2 friends laughed. Her hand covering with the manner of royalty, her eyes closed for a moment, and the instant she opened them again she looked at Taeyeon, and in a forever second, their gazes trapped; it marked the beginning of them.

 

They were not in the same classroom, however, they were from the same year. After 2 days of trying to come up with a way of approaching her without seem like a creep Taeyeon decided that maybe a bit of creepiness would not be bad and so, she started to appear in the places she used to be.

She would seat near her table at lunch.

She would walk past her classroom when going to her own class to see if maybe she could catch a glimpse of the blonde though the door’s window, even though this was a hassle because this was not her hallway.

She would walk across the street where she sometimes would see the blonde waiting for the bus and again this was inconvenient because her house was in the opposite direction of the bus stop, so she would walk along that street and go around the block so she could get back to her original path.

 

And, she knew all of it was too creepy.

 

 

After a month of weird stalking, while sitting on the cafeteria, her ear phones on, she saw the girl again at her usual table facing her and then the girl stood up,  walking up to her table, a gentle smile on her face and Taeyeon could not believe it

• “Hi, want to sit with us? I’m Jessica by the way.”

Taeyeon let out an awkward sound of before she could speak properly

• “Aarhh, sure, I am Taeyeon”
• “Nice name”
• “Thank you, your name is nice too”. And Jessica only smiled back and lead her to the other table with her friends

Taeyeon finally knew her name, Jessica, she thought of it fondly.

They sat together. There was this girl with gorgeous jet black hair, her face looked welcoming and more so her voice, she was holding a pink phone on her hand, and then there was this girl, she was eating some sort of candy but she looked friendly

• “Hi I’m Tiffany”
• “I’m YoonA”
• “Hi I am Taeyeon, nice to meet you”
• “Want some”, YoonA asked offering some candy
• “Thanks.” YoonA smiled and Taeyeon felt a reassurance about her, she knew then that they could become friends
• “Which year are you from?” Jessica asked
• “Second year”
• “Oh we are too, different class though because I don’t think I have seen you before” YoonA said
• “Are you knew?” Tiffany asked
• “Oh yes, I transferred schools”
• “Why?" Jessica asked again and suddenly seemed too eager
• “My mom got a new job  so this high school is near my new neighborhood”
• “Oh where do you live?”

When Taeyeon mentioned her neighborhood she noticed the smirk on Jessica’s mouth, which she was trying to hide by looking at her lap.

“What’s with that?”

They talked some more, and laughed about some silly texts Tiffany was reading, and it seemed as if they had always been friends.

When the bell rang, they walked to their classrooms. Jessica, Tiffany and YoonA were in the same class. Jessica noticed Taeyeon going in the opposite direction

• “Hey, Taeyeon, I thought your class was in this hallway”  she had a knowing smirk on her lips

 

Taeyeon froze for in the spot

• “Ah, no…it… it’s in the other hallway” Taeyeon was panicking inside. Had Jessica noticed her stalking?
• “Okay, see you later” the smirk still on her lips

Taeyeon ran to her classroom

 

They would all meet during the flowing days, they would joke, they would talk, sometimes about grades and teachers, sometimes about YoonA’s family and how her father wanting her to help at the bakery, or about Tiffany and the silly texts of the boy at church that she did not know how to reject, or about Jessica and her love for fashion. Sometimes Taeyeon would catch Jessica stealing glazes at her but she never thought much about it.

Taeyeon had stopped her stalking after that first time of speaking with Jessica. Everything was alright. Or so Taeyeon though.

• “See you at the bus stop”. The knowing smirk on her lips

Jessica entered the classroom and Taeyeon stayed rooted to the floor for minutes

• “She knows” she whispered thinking of all the times Jessica had made a remark about what Taeyeon thought to be a secret

The late bell rang and Taeyeon ran to her classroom

 

When it was time to leave school Taeyeon decided to no go to the bus stop and just directly go home.

 

 

 

 

The next day she avoided Jessica, she didn’t show up at the cafeteria or went past her classroom, Jessica didn’t try to find her either.

The weekend came and went.

On Monday Taeyeon planned to avoid Jessica again. She stayed most of recess in the bathroom, hiding, when she went out of the stool, the bathroom was empty. She washed her hands and stared at her reflection for a while and then the door opened and Jessica was there.

Jessica looked at Taeyeon for less than a second and went in the cubicle, Taeyeon didn’t know if to run or stay and talk. Too late, Jessica came out again, an impassive look on her face, she washed her hands and looked at Taeyeon though her reflection

• “Where have you been” Taeyeon thought her voice had a note of disappointment
• “Ah… around?”
• “I didn’t see you at the bus stop”

A sighed escaped Taeyeon’s lips, a look of shame on her face

• “Look, I’m really sorry about that”
• “Why are you apologizing?” Jessica seemed genuinely surprised
• “Uh, for making you feel uncomfortable?” now Taeyeon was unsure what this was about
• “I never said that, Taeyeon. I’m just worried you are avoiding me”
• “No! I am… I just… I thought you saw me at the bus stop all those days and thought me weird”

Jessica snorted

• “I don’t think you are weird, I like you. I want us to be close, and I did saw you at the bus stop many times but I don’t mind, you were probably too shy”

Jessica smile returned

• “I like you too... and Yes, that was it… shy” But for Taeyeon it was a different kind of liking and it wasn’t because she was shy either

 

They would meet at school, outside of it. They would go to amusement parks. To the movies. To eat ice cream, spend afternoons together watching shows, or talking about the weird reams they had. They grew close and soon they were inseparable. They sometimes would hang out with Tiffany and YoonA but Taeyeon noticed that Jessica’s attitude towards her was different, less clingy, and less affectionate.

 

 

Another day of school ended

Taeyeon was walking to her home when she felt hands about her eyes

• “Guess who?”

Taeyeon snorted, how many times had they done this

• “I don’t know whom could this be? An angel?”

Jessica retracted her hand immediately, she was blushing and Taeyeon saw it

• “Dork.” Jessica said slapping her shoulder and walking ahead of her
• “I am the dork?, you covered my eyes... like this” Taeyeon repeated the action
• “Because I wanted to surprise you!” Jessica Taeyeon hold and stayed there, now walking backwards
• “Well I was surprised!”
• “Right by an angel?” Jessica said playfully  in disbelief
• “I meant that”. Taeyeon said, with a soft smile and Jessica only nodded and turned around walking to the bus stop

They had gotten to the stage of flirting, they had been like this for over a month, the light touch of hands, the bumping of the shoulders, the sweeping of her hair across the face, the pats on the head, the long hugs, and the affectionate words that only couples would say. Taeyeon didn’t have any idea at what point this had started, but it felt natural to do it, and Jessica always seemed comfortable with it, always reciprocating.   

When they reached the street where Taeyeon had to turn the other way Jessica grabbed her hand, they had already passed her bus stop. She only looked at Taeyeon, with a shy smile, trying to convey a message with her eyes and then she said bye and walked back to the bus stop.

 

The next day, at lunch in the cafeteria Jessica was nowhere to be seen. It wasn’t ‘till next day that Taeyeon saw Jessica again, this time she was alone, no tiffany or YoonA.

Jessica sat next to Taeyeon on the table silently and Taeyeon started to worry, was Jessica sick?

• “Hi there” Said Taeyeon smiling

Jessica only looked at her, no words spoken, so Taeyeon stared into her eyes. Eye contact always made her feel anxious with Jessica but Jessica always ended up laughing, she wanted to see her laugh,  They held their gazes for a while but it was too much, suddenly Jessica seemed determined so Taeyeon looked down, a bag of the same candy YoonA had offered when they first met was in the table. Taeyeon fiddled with it and then felt Jessica moving just an inch and whispered something that Taeyeon never thought she would hear

• “Do you want to go on a date with me?

Goosebumps rose on Taeyeon arms

• “What?”
• “Let’s go on a date” it was a low mumble

Taeyeon stayed silent, it was not that she didn’t want to, but at the moment it didn’t make sense to her that Jessica was actually asking her out.

When she didn’t say anything and Jessica must have thought it meant no. She got up from the seat and left the cafeteria leaving a stunted Taeyeon at the table. The bag of candy gone.

 

When the classes ended Taeyeon didn’t see Jessica so she ran to the bus stop. She saw the short blonde hair waving in the wind, she approached Jessica from behind and covered her eyes. Jessica’s hand immediately shut up with force but when she touched the hand covering her eyes she relaxed, she knew who it belonged to

• “Let’s go on a date”. Taeyeon whispered and felt Jessica smiling into her hands, the gold on her hand tighter.  

 

 

 

That had been only last year. That long Taeyeon thought fondly. She remembered the faces of Tiffany and YoonA when they told them

 

• “You are dating?” Tiffany sounded absolutely bewildered.

YoonA on the other hand bounced off the walls with excitement

• “I knew it, oh my god, I can predict the future!”

They were gathered at YoonA’s backyard, seating on the grass, playing a game of Uno, Taeyeon didn’t know why Jessica chose this time, of all, to tell her friends this

• “If this is uncomfortable for you guys we can….” Jessica started to talk but she was quickly interrupted.

 She wanted by all means save her friendship with Tiffany, she knew YoonA was alright with this, so that was one less friend to worry

• “No! It’s not that, I just, I mean I never saw this coming”. Tiffany had her brows furrowed as if struggling with herself

YoonA however didn’t seem to notice the sudden sadness about them  

• “What! Jessica was always giving heart eyes at  Taeyeon” she accused playfully
• “I was not!”

Jessica got defensive but couldn’t hide the blush rising in her cheeks

• “You can’t deny it now, you are together!”
• “By the way, not a word about this in school, we don’t want attention for this”

While YoonA teased Jessica some more, Taeyeon looked at Tiffany, she wanted her to stay in their lives, in Jessica’s life overall

• “Tiffany, it’s alright if you need time”
• “Taeyeon is not that, I just I don’t what to say, I am happy for you two?” the uncertainty in her voice didn’t go unnoticed

They left their game of Uno unfinished and decided to watch something else to break the tension

The next day when they arrived, Taeyeon saw Tiffany hugging Jessica near the classroom and she knew they were alright

 

Of course after that they decided it would be better if they weren’t seen as couple in school, some rumors had started, and some people called them “Queens of the cafeteria”.  They didn’t want any kind of attention on them, it may seem weird but this was actually good. This allowed them to miss each other and also it was thrilling. The sense of a secret romance.

So they wouldn’t talk much and would try to avoid each other.

When the New Year began all of them where in the same class but their classmates thought they hated each other now, because they always saw Taeyeon and Jessica giving the cold shoulder to each other.  Hence rumors started to occur, maybe the most irksome of them was that Taeyeon had tried to steal the boyfriend Jessica had, and the most hilarious one was that they had dated but their families had not allow it and forced them to hate each other by brainwashing them.

High school was ridiculous  

She was thankful for assignments where they had to work together, because this allowed her to be near Jessica, to be playful and flirt and be caring towards her and still remain a secret, a thrilling one.

Taeyeon’s phone rang bringing her back from her memories. It was Jessica

• “Hey, want to go out tonight? ♥”
• “Where do you want to go? ;) “
• “First date place, 7pm J”
• “I’ll see you there ♥”

It was funny how things work out.