Those Days I Met You
Written by: JonL
 

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Taeyeon looks down at the petite figure dressed in pink leaning back against her chest as they stand leaning against a wall in her room. The figure in her arms is slightly slouched to make up for the minimal difference in height that is somewhat lessened by the insoles in her shoes, but she seems to be comfortable.

Taeyeon rests her cheek against the side of Tiffany’s tilted back head which is lying partly on her shoulder. Feeling her soft hair and inhaling the strong yet fragrant scent of shampoo emitting from it, she briefly wonders how someone’s hair can smell so heavenly. She slowly loses focus as she traces the lines, curves, and angles of Tiffany’s face.

Taeyeon sighs in satisfaction and runs her fingers through Tiffany’s hair, loosening up knots on her way and marveling at the soft silky hair between her fingers. She presses it against her own face and feels the coolness of Tiffany’s hair, each wayward strand tickling her skin.

“Yah~ Stop doing that Tae Tae~” says Tiffany with her eyes closed, a pout already forming on . Stretching her hands backwards, she playfully tugs Taeyeon’s earlobes then proceeds to trace random patterns blindly on Taeyeon’s cheeks.

“Aish! You should go to sleep already. And besides...” says Taeyeon pausing to straighten her back and causing Tiffany’s hands to fall from her face. She angles her head down to kiss the pout off of Tiffany’s lips then presses her own cheek against Tiffany’s now reddening and warm one. She grabs Tiffany’s shoulder and turns her gently towards her. “You know you’re far too irresistible to me. And you know my weakness!” Taeyeon teases as her hands glide down Tiffany’s back and to her …“favorite weakness”. Taeyeon playfully squeezes it and then proceeds to pat it affectionately.

Tiffany grabs Taeyeon’s patting hand and opens her eyes. Her eyes gentle as she looks at Taeyeon, she lifts the hand to and places a small peck on it. As if it’s not enough for her, her lips play a game of touch and retreat against Taeyeon’s cheek, her forehead, and the tip of her nose before hovering over lips.

Taeyeon contracts slightly at the random kisses but soon relaxes as they continue. She had closed her eyes in anticipation when she saw Tiffany’s lips approach her own, but Tiffany’s lips never came.

“Tae Tae ah~ If you want it you better ask for it. Plus you know you can’t resist my lips,” Tiffany says while pointing at her lips, a childish pout and puffed out cheeks on her face.

She coyly looks up at Taeyeon and winks at her before opening her arms invitingly. Taeyeon rushes into Tiffany’s embrace and presses her lips against hers. Taeyeon’s mumbled words are almost incoherent as they are interrupted by heavy breaths between kisses.

“You...know how I...hate...aegyo but...I’m a er only for...for your...aegyo. You...shouldn’t tease me like...that.”

Taeyeon savors the taste and feel of Tiffany on her lips. hungrily on Tiffany’s bottom lip, she feels Tiffany weakening and is rewarded. She eagerly explores every corner of Tiffany’s mouth and Taeyeon finally draws away when the burning sensation from lack of air becomes unbearable.

Their foreheads connect as they take a breather, no words spoken in the moment as the kiss conveyed all of the strong feelings between them. She gazes into Tiffany’s brown eyes her own shining warmly. The silence is broken when Tiffany speaks.

“Tae Tae I love you. Do you know that?” Tiffany blushes slightly and looks Taeyeon in the eye, seemingly eager to probe a confession from her.

“No I never knew Fany. Wasn’t Sica your favorite? I should look for Sunny shouldn’t I?” Taeyeon teased hoping it would spark some aegyo reactions from her girlfriend and she isn’t disappointed.

“Yah Kim Tae Tae! Sica’s just a friend! Don’t you know I only have you in my heart? And what’s this talk about Sunny? I’m getting angry Tae Tae! Hmph!” Tiffany pouts cutely and hammers Taeyeon’s chest. She stops and turns away from Taeyeon with her arms crossed pretending she is really angry.

“Yah Fany! I was just kidding. Don’t be angry. Yah Fany ah~” Taeyeon says with a worried expression on her face.

Taeyeon wonders if she has taken the joke too far. She knows Tiffany is one that treasures relationships a lot and she shouldn’t joke about it. She cuddles to Tiffany from behind and gingerly kisses the hair covering her ears. She then whispers quietly directly into Tiffany’s ears knowing that her breath tickles when Tiffany trembles slightly.

“Fany ah~ Forgive me. I won’t do it again. I love you too Fany ah.”

Apparently satisfied with her spouse’s answer, Tiffany smiles to herself and turns back around. Still, she keeps the pout on her lips as she deliberately mispronounces some words saying, “Pwomise not to do that agwain Tae Tae ah.”

Taeyeon can’t help but grin at her girlfriend’s cuteness. She lightly pinches Tiffany’s cheeks and exclaims, “Aigoo~ You’re too cute Fany ah!”

She then kisses Tiffany’s forehead and pulls her to the bed as her back is hurting and Tiffany really shouldn’t be going to sleep standing up. She wonders how they started that way in the first place but then with Tiffany she never knows what will happen.

She lies down first and pulls Tiffany down by the hand. Tiffany automatically settles herself halfway on top of her and Taeyeon wraps her arms securely around her. She deepens the embrace wanting to be as close to her Tiffany as possible. Tiffany is her other half after all. Her one and only soul mate.

Both of them lie there while enjoying the others presence in the quiet that descends over the room. A wet sensation slowly forms on Taeyeon’s shirt informing her that her spouse has fallen asleep and that she will have a damp shirt by the time she awakes. Taeyeon somehow draws Tiffany even closer without waking her and comfortably rests her chin atop Tiffany’s head. She doesn’t sleep but instead recounts how she met this pink angel in the first place...


Those days starting 6 months ago...


It’s just a typical day in Taeyeon’s life. She rises from bed at 8 o’ clock sharp as her own body clock has become accustomed to over the recent years and stretches her body with one hand up high and the other hand over while she yawns lightly. Her pajama top rises as her blanket falls and reveals a strip of milky white tummy underneath. Yawning again she climbs out of bed with slightly disheveled hair and half opened eyes.

She steps into the bathroom and s around the basin for her toothbrush. Finding it she applies toothpaste blindly and shoves the toothbrush into . She brushes until foam starts to form and soon enough her whole mouth is covered with toothpaste. Taeyeon looks at the mirror and bursts out laughing at the white mustache and almost beard-like arrangement of foam on her face.

She shakes her head at her own childishness and rinses . After a quick bath, Taeyeon dresses and walks into the kitchen deciding on her breakfast for the day. She misses the breakfast her mum used to make for her and she sighs sadly as she remembers that her entire family is back in JeonJu while she is now in Seoul to pursue her singing dream. Shaking her head, she tells herself to stop brooding on it.

“Yah Kim Taeyeon! You can do it! It’s another new day. Hwaiting!!!” Taeyeon calls out. After a quick breakfast of bread and hot chocolate, Taeyeon packs her stuff and puts on her sneakers. She walks past the mirror but pauses and turns around. She looks into the mirror and fixes the flaws she finds in her attire believing it to be etiquette to be looking her best to the public.

Suddenly a random thought appears in her head and she decides to follow it, opening the door and locking it behind her. She turns around and unhooks her bike from the corridor, pushing it towards the lift. As Taeyeon presses the button and waits patiently for the lift, she lightly hums a song and taps her feet to the beat. The lift arrives and Taeyeon stretches over to hit the right button before the doors close.

She briefly greets the security ajusshi before hopping on her bike and cycling down the street. Taeyeon was glad that she decided to bike to the company today since the weather’s great and she enjoys the cool wind blowing against her face. She turns a corner and suddenly she’s desperately trying to brake as another bike heads straight for her. Both of the riders fall off their bikes and Taeyeon yelps in pain as she lands on her precious behind .

She spent a few moments rubbing the aching location before remembering the other rider was also thrown off her bike. She looked up and saw a sight that struck her and made her heart flutter. The most beautiful girl she had ever seen in her life was right in front of her eyes.

The girl had milky white skin and the nicest complexion she had ever seen. She had eye bags under her eyes that rather than diminish her beauty instead enhanced it. Her cheeks weren’t too puffy and had a rosy red glow to it but what really caught Taeyeon’s attention were those lips. Thick and pinkish with a hint of red among the lines and those lips were pulled back into a pout.

A frown creases the girl’s forehead as she massages her own sore behind with one hand and another hand rests behind her head. A soft groan escapes her and she looks up at Taeyeon dazed and confused. She tilts her head sideways before brushing her hair behind her ear as she tries to make sense of the pretty girl in front of her. Failing to do so, she prefers the conventional way of doing things and chooses to ignore her by looking away. At the same time she tres to stand up while holding on to her fallen bike.

Taeyeon sees the girl standing up and follows suit already trying to look for an opening to speak and to -well apologize- she hastens her steps towards the already leaving girl and gingerly taps her shoulder. Perhaps it is the fact that Taeyeon is really attracted to her, because she feels strangely nervous as she anticipates the girl turning around.

She nervously kneads her hands together and mentally rehearses what she is going to say to the tall figure dressed in pink…

“Umm hello? I should’ve been more careful! Are you hurt? My name’s Taeyeon by the way...” Taeyeon trails off seeing that the girl did not turn around thus not acknowledging it as an official conversation.

She is disappointed and sighs mentally wondering if she had offended her in any way or if it was as simple as the girl not being a bit interested. At least not as much as she found herself wanting her to be.

The girl turns her head slightly and glances at Taeyeon. She nods before hopping on to her bike which teeters before she manages to plant her feet enough to start pedaling. She’s still shaky but she has enough balance to stay on and she rides away leaving behind a disappointed and dazed Taeyeon from a four minute interlude.


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Taeyeon wasn’t sure how she reached SM entertainment’s building because her head was so full of thoughts that it blocked out every other thing leaving her to ponder freely. She recalled the girl dressed in pink. The way she pushed her hair behind her ear, the adorable pout which normally Taeyeon wouldn’t have even noticed, and most importantly the way she made Taeyeon feel as she set Taeyeon’s heart aflutter even though they were two complete strangers.

Taeyeon longed to see her again so bad that it could physically hurt, but she knew it was one obsession she had to let go. Even though Taeyeon stopped thinking about her, the girl in pink held a special place in her heart. It was weird seeing how affected Taeyeon was because of a stranger…

And so one week passed without incident and Taeyeon found herself going back to the same lifestyle routine as per normal. It was almost as if the girl had never existed except for the occasional remembrances that caused her to sigh.

One day Taeyeon decides not to ride the bike home through the city, but instead through the countryside. It might take longer but Taeyeon likes it there. Taeyeon had ridden her bike to training every day after that particular incident occurred thinking that she might have a higher chance of spotting the girl again but to her dismay she couldn’t find the girl no matter how hard she tried.

“Annyeong ajusshi!” Taeyeon bids farewell to the security ajusshi of SM entertainment as she exits the building. Pushing her bike at first, she hops on a little later and cycles down a slope. She enjoys the wind rushing to meet her face and makes a deliberate left turn at one of the junctions. Soon she finds herself cycling through piles of red leaves with nature encirclings her and she feels relaxed, breathing in the fresh air and appreciating the sights around her.

She cycles to the edge of a beach hidden by the shrubbery that Taeyeon is certain no one knows about except herself. Ever since the day she accidentally stumbled over a bush and found the beach , she has always come here whenever she needs a breather or some private time alone. In a way it’s her private beach. It’s her own private sanctuary, a place that she can do whatever she wants and a place where her private space is unable to be violated by anyone.

After pushing down the kickstand on her bike and making sure it wouldn’t fall, she walks towards the sea with her hands outstretched. Feeling the cool wind on her arms, she sticks out her tongue and tastes the salty air. She listens to the sound of waves crashing to the shore and looking down at the sand she can see the fragments of shells that may once have been part of some organisms home. Strangely it’s all the simple details that relax Taeyeon and ease her mind.

She leans against a palm tree and sits underneath it, shielding her eyes from the glaring sunlight and scanning the view in front of her. Suddenly she sees someone sitting by the breakwaters, dipping her bare feet in the sea. Taeyeon is shocked at actually seeing someone occupy this private sanctuary that she assumed only she knew about and her body stiffens as she tries to not make big actions so she doesn’t alert the person.

Taeyeon slowly creeps under the trees towards the person and stays low to get a better look at the intruder that “trespassed” her property. The “girl” was dressed in pink and her bike was beside her. There is a familiarity about her that makes Taeyeon think she knows her, but she isn’t able to fit a name to the person no matter how hard she tries. She stands up and tiptoes towards the figure.

Taeyeon was just about to tap her shoulder when the girl in pink turned around and stared at Taeyeon who froze with her hand outstretched. Taeyeon stood there stunned. No words could form in because it was as if the girl in pink wiped her mind blank. Taeyeon her dry lips and tried to think of something to say but nothing would come out.

She wasn’t shocked by the fact that the girl in pink caught her red-handed but she was shocked at the sight that greeted her when the girl turned her head , SHE was the one that Taeyeon had bumped into earlier this week...the one that Taeyeon longed to see. It was as if fate answered Taeyeon’s secret request in her heart to run into HER again.

SHE doesn’t recognize Taeyeon and stares at her with a puzzled expression on her face before saying, “Umm pardon me but do I know you?” Taeyeon snaps back into present upon hearing that and kneads her hands nervously behind her back .

“Err you might not remember me but I was the girl that banged into you on the bike earlier this week?” Taeyeon replies.

“Hmmm? Oh yeah the Taeyeon girl right? Ahhh I know! I remember you!” the girl replies. Taeyeon is pleased with the fact that the girl still remembers her name and unknowingly smiles .

“Uhhh...why are you smiling like that? But anyway my name’s Tiffany Hwang! Nice to meet you!” Tiffany says with her hand extended.

Taeyeon stares at Tiffany’s hand for a couple of seconds before remembering that she was supposed to shake it. She wipes her palms on her jeans and grips the hand extended towards her. The feeling of Tiffany’s hand in hers is so warm and she feels the softness of Tiffany’s hands. A wave of pleasure courses through her at the fact that her hand is entwined with Tiffany’s even if it is for a short while.

“Uhhh nice to meet you Tiffany! My name’s Kim Tae Yeon!” Taeyeon blurts out forgettin