Apologies

Forget-Me-Not (CHECK CHAPTER SIX FOR IMPORTANT MESSAGE)
XSYKOTICA
Apologies
After school, Wendy was forced to be near Taeil again. Her anger had subsided a bit, but Wendy still kept her distance. When the bus came, the two friends still sat next to one anoter, but as soon as they sat down, Wendy pulled out her earphones and plugged them into her ears. She looked out the window, biting her chappter lips. From the corner of her eyes, Wendy could see Taeil fidgeting with his phone, which he soon to a gaming app. Wendy rolled her eyes then continued to look outside. The silence continued between the two, until it was their stop to get off at. It was not the stop which led them to their house as it had become an habit for them to watch a movie afterschool, espeically on a Friday. Although no words were exchanged, they both got off the bus and headed towards the movie theater located across the street from the stop. When they headed inside, Taeil bought two tickets for the movie that came our not to long ago, while Wendy bouth large buttered popcorn for them both, as well as medium cola for Taeil and sprite for herself, with an extra cup. Having entered inside the theater, Wendy and Taeil headed towards the back, near the center. There, Wendy set the empty cup on the cupholder and poured half of her sprite into the cup, then pouring half of Taeil's cola into that same cup. She then gave the two half filled cups to Taeil, whom mixed the two as Wendy had done so. It seemed like a weird tradition for others, but for Wendy and Taeil, it was one of the best combination of drinks.

Soon the theater became pitched black, and the movie started. The movie was about a man, who had everything, yet when he loses his eye sight due to a rare disease, all the people that were around him for his money leaves, one by one, until he is left only with his childhood friend, whom he had looked down upon due to his poverty. Wendy couldn't help but wonder if Taeil would stay by her side even if she lost her eyesight and was left with nothing. Her eyes started to water a bit when she thought about not having her best friend next to her at all times. It was scary thought and she did not wanted to think about it. She could no longer focus on the movie afterwards, and during the rest of it, she wandered off to her own thoughts.

When the movie ended and they came out of the theater, it started to get dark. Taeil checked his watch, which read 6:48. He realized it was almost time for dineer and felt his stomach growl. Realizing Wendy was no longer by his side as she had left the area without telling him, Taeil ran after her, grabbing her shoulder to stop her when he reached her.

"Hey, wanna grab something to eat before we go?"

Wendy's already big eyes widened, while the corner of rised a bit.But she immediately wiped the smile off of her face.

"Follow me," Wendy chicly said.

Smiling, Taeil trotted after her, hooking his arm around Wendy.

"Hey, stop that," she yelled.

Yet, watching Taeil smile, Wendy couldn't help but smile herself.

"I'm still mad at you, you know," she said.

"I know, but I'm starving so yell at me while we eat please."

"Okay. What do you wanna eat?"

"Hm... Ddeokbokki?"

"DDEOKBOKKI!" Wendy exlcaimed.

Spicy food, like ddeokbokki, was one of food which Wendy could not eat. Her sensitive stomach reacted badly every time she tried to eat something spicy. Taeil, having been her best friend for so long, obviously knew that Wendy could not eat anything spicy.

Irritated, Wendy walked on saying, "I'm going home."

"I'm kidding," Taeil apologized, but visibly smirking. "Let's go eat kimbap. It's on me."

Flashing her teeth, Wendy nodded feverishly. They crossed the street to "Kimbap Heaven" which had many different types of kimbap. Wendy, loving meat more than anything, ordered bulgogi kimbap whereas Taeil ordered Kimbap Heaven's special, which included cheese, spinach, eggs, carrots, and kimchi. As they waited for the order, another silence swept across them, as they remembered the event from this morning.

"I'm sorry," Taeil finally said, after some time of silence. "About this morning."

"It's okay. But I do want to ask, why did you take her side? You know that it's not my fault."

"Because... Matters would have gotten worse. She's clearly mistaken and taking your side would only make matters worse."

Wendy bowed her head down. She knew Taeil was thoughtful, yet she had doubted him. And due to her anger, she acted rashly and said that she would be in the movie with Lee Taeyong.

"I have to apologize to," Wendy finally said.

"For what?"

"When I ran out, I came across Lee Taeyong. He made me decide whether I wanted to take the role or not at that moment, and because I was mad at you, I said that I will."

Wendy looked up to see how Taeil would react. To her surprise, Taeil was smiling.

"Is that okay?" Wendy carefully asked.

"Wendy, I told you already. It's okay. It would be a great opportunity for you and I'm readlly glad for you."

Wendy felt a pang of guilt in her heart. She always thought she knew Taeil the best, yet at times like this, she didn't feel like she knew him. Knowing Taeil, it was obvious that he would be happy for her, yet she kept thinking and felt bad. She felt as though she was betraying her best friend and didn't think it was the right thing to do.

"When do you start filming?" Taeil asked.

"Well, I'm not sure. But I got my script already and our read through is actually tomorrow."

"That fast?"

"Yea, because all the main actors and actresses had already been chosen. They were just looking for side characters and extras."

"Oh, what's it about?"

Wendy paused a moment, pondering whether she should tell him or not. She had promised Taeyong that she would not share the plotline with anyone.

"Make sure not to share the plot of movie with anyone. Not even your best friend"
"Why not?"
"We like to keep it a secret so that people are curious about it. Eventually the general plot will be released to the public, but until then, just keep it a secret, please."
"Okay, I will."

Biting her lips, Wendy said, "I can't say."

"Oh," Taeil said, with hint of disappointment shown in his face.

"I'm sorry," Wendy said, bowing her head down. "It's supposed to be a secret so that when it comes out, it'll be fresh and enjoyable for all."

"It's okay, no need to apolgize. I understand. It's like my art work right? How I don't want anyone looking at it until I'm absolutely sure that I'm finished."

"Well... You just simply don't show it to anyone though psh. Many of them look complete but I haven't seen it."

"But you are always the first one to see it."

"I guess..."

By then, Wendy and Taeil had finished eating their kimbap. Taeil went to the counter to pay for the kimbap and they headed out towards the bus stop.

"How are you going to the read through place?" Taeil asked.

"I asked Irene to drive me already. Or I can always take the bus."

"Right."

On the bus ride home, due to the food coma, Wendy started dozing off to sleep whereas Taeil was wide awake. Even though Wendy was still next to him, he felt as though he had lost her already. Then he thought back to the movie that they saw that day. He thought about the man who lost his eye sight, the people that had left him, and one person that stayed with him.

'Would she still stay by myself? Even if I had nothing?'

Shaking away his thought, he cluthched his backpack closed to him and closed his eyes tight. Taeil strongly believed in Wendy. No matter what, she would be by his side. Nothing would ever separate their friendship. Nothing.

 

When Taeil reached home, without changing nor washing, he laid down on his bed. It had been a long day. He realized it was the first time that he and Wendy had not talk to each other for at least few hours. Often when they fought, they made up within an hour, if not minutes, or even seconds. He decided that both him and Wendy were tired and stressed from the audition. He knew that was the reason. That was the only valid reason. That was the reason he strongly wanted to believe. That was the only reason that made him feel better.

And then he finally fell asleep, after the long day.

 

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Yellow- okno

i'm sorry for this looooong descriptive chapter with not much happening. but at least i updated fast right? xD

i also just wanted to focus on Wendy and Taeil's friendship so yea....

BUT i promise that there will be A LOT MORE happening next few chapters (i think? xD)

thanks for all the comments <3 <3

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crystal_takuya
#1
Chapter 6: My heart really broke for Taeil in recent chapters. It's like Wendy's slowly forgetting about him and Taeil seems the type to not talk about this things with her. He seems to keep it all to himself even if he's hurt or something :( I hope you could update this authornim, I reaaaally love this story.
fooooooooood
#2
Chapter 6: Wow Taeyong if you wanna be a tsudere, I think you'll have to step up your game lol why does Wendy like him anyway :P
fooooooooood
#3
Chapter 2: Ok I'm Team Taeil already
crystal_takuya
#4
Hi authornim, I hope you'll have free time to update cause I really love this story <3 thanks
Panda3093
#5
Chapter 4: "first time that he and Wendy had not talked to each other for at least a few hours"
that's the part that made my heart clench ; ;
there is some distance already slowly growing between the two aaaaaaaaaaaaaa
don't worry, taeil
wendy will always stay with you
even if you two part at one point
she will always come back

I have a feeling
that while the relationship between taeyong and wendy will slowly progress
the friendship between taeil and wendy will slowly diminish...

but I think it might be for the best..if that happens at least
cause then wendy would truly realize taeil's importance in her life
after all
even when not talking to each other for a whole day
they still follow their same routine
and without taeil
she'd realize how incomplete she feels -
it'd be like a puzzle without its last piece

anyways
thank you for the quick update, author-nim!
I'm always excited to read the new chapters and I can't wait to see what the "A LOT MORE" comes next!!
Panda3093
#6
Chapter 3: /smacks hands down onto my desks.
I.
Am.
Ready.
For.
This.
I AM READY FOR THIS DRAMA AND LOVE TRIANGLE
I AM ALSO VERY CURIOUS ON WHAT WENDY DID WITH THE PSAT
DID SHE CHEAT OR SOMETHING?
CAUSE EVEN SO
THAT DOESNT SEEM ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO HOLD A GRUDGE AGAINST HER???
AND IT'S NOT AS THOUGH THE PSAT HOLDS A HIGH SIGNIFICANCE
UNLESS LOOKING INTO A SCHOLARSHIP
AND EVEN THEN THERE IS A SLIM CHANCE OF GETTING ONE
IT'S JUST ASDGJHHGJHJYGUKJ IM CURIOUS BUT IM ALSO FURIOUS
LIKE CHILL UR BEANS ON ROUTE 17
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE
AND I CANT WAIT FOR TAEYONG AND WENDY TO START FILMING TOGETHER
Sweetie_Livia #7
Chapter 2: I can't wait for the next xhapter
fxtrash
#8
weird* not weir lol
fxtrash
#9
I tought you posted 5 more chapters bc it says that this fic have 7 chapters or is this a weir asianfanfics thing?
Anyways i love this fic.
Panda3093
#10
Chapter 2: the moment i saw you updated, i immediately clicked onto the new chapter!
and i was not disappointed at all! it's so obvious that taeil has strong feelings for wendy, and i can only imagine how much pain he must be feeling seeing wendy (still) pretty hung up over the famous taeyong
don't give up though, taeil! your love will prevail! wendy just doesn't know her mutual feelings for you yet, but it'll happen
thank you for the update, author-nim!
i look forward to the next chapters ; u ;