Chapter 07

Utterly dark silence…only sting pain enveloped her senses as she slowly woke up from her long forgotten slumber. As she tried to move her limb, it was throbbing horribly. However, it was more than enough relief to tell that she was alive… Slowly opening her eyes, the vision was blurred for a second before everything became clearer. She slowly diverted her eyes around and saw the unconscious raven-haired girl beside her…that was Officer Hwang. Flashed back to the time they jumped into the water to escape the explosion…they were blown off from the water and got up onto the pavement sides of the tunnel.

“U-Ugh…!”

She tried to move and realized the throbbing calf and arm. It was the places she got shot…but was even worse was the bleeding wound on her head. It’s making her lightheaded and she wasn’t so sure how long she had been in here. She took the hidden knife from her pocket, and cut her shirt into strips to tie around her wound to prevent anymore blood loss…after she had treated herself roughly, she slowly scooted over to Tiffany and checked whether she got any injuries or not.

“…Phew. She’s alright…”

She didn’t have any, but she got multiple burn and scratches on her body due to the explosion. She did cover herself for Taeyeon after all… in the end, she decided to take her outer jacket out and wore it on the unconscious officer instead. She checked her pockets and thankfully she had some painkillers and antibiotics for bacterial infection…but it was enough for one person to take. Taeyeon stared at her pills and took the painkillers for herself, she always needed it after all…it’s her mandatory pill. She took in the antibiotic pills into to manually turning it into viscous fluid before she moved in and enclosed her lips against Tiffany’s…in order to force her to take the antibiotics easily since she automatically swallowed it down. The injured thief wiped her lips and decided to make a plan from now. She didn’t pay much attention about kissing the sleeping beauty since she was in a serious situation right now, but she had to admit that those lips were soft. Since they managed to escape that explosion, Taeyeon hoped that the officers wouldn’t follow them. But things like couldn’t be so sure though…they needed to get moving before the worse case scenario would happen.

“U-Ugh…!”

Taeyeon carried Tiffany onto her back but her leg got shot. But this pain wouldn’t stop her from moving on forward though. If they were to get caught here then her effort to risk kidnapping Tiffany out would be in vain, and Taeyeon would hate that so badly. There was a reason why she gave the antibiotics to her after all…she wouldn’t want Tiffany to die anytime soon yet. She still needed to make use of her…for her revenge. In that darkness in the drainage…the only thing that was Taeyeon’s friend was the sound of the water flowing softly. The only thing she could think was to get out from here and arrive back at the hideout…hoping that everything would be okay on Moonbyul’s side.

As they she kept walking down the path, the painkillers finally kicked in and she no longer felt any pain. But she knew that her body wasn’t that pleased with it since it’s about to breakdown any moment. At least the pain wouldn’t bother her for the time being as she headed back to the hideout…but she would suffer a lot afterwards.

“If you die this is going to be ty pointless…! You better not die…”

“…”

“Tch, obviously you can’t respond…well, it makes things easier for me.”

Tiffany was still dead unconscious while the short thief carried her along the pavement…it the dark stinky place, Taeyeon sure knew where she was heading and how to get out from here. In that deep silence she did had the chance to think through a lot of things though…about Tiffany, and her revenge. Taeyeon’s hatred towards Hwang did not change at the slightest…maybe it did, by Tiffany’s influence. Never once Taeyeon would’ve expected a crazy officer like this woman to trust a criminal like her. She was willingly to bet her life on it to trust her, as Irene’s kind and gentle older sister. Taeyeon still couldn't believe that until now…and didn’t understand why Tiffany would put her life on this. This officer, risked herself being caught by her own father for to learn about Watanabe family’s tragic truth…and for her to be captured in the cell it meant that she didn’t agree to work with her father. Just too many questions and doubts running inside her head…and Taeyeon wanted an answer. But it seem only Tiffany could give her that answer and the thief had a vibe she knew what the officer would say.

“Because I trust you…I trust Irene’s sister.”

“Tch…that pathetic woman…W-Woa—”

Taeyeon fell onto the floor as her knee went weak all of the sudden. With Tiffany’s weight on her back and her injured calf, she couldn’t gain her balance like she would normally do…the weight from Tiffany’s body just added more crush against Taeyeon’s fragile body.

“Oof—! Ugh dammit…!”

Tiffany didn’t wake up from that, which at least it was a good thing for Taeyeon. She would hate to have any conversation with that woman right now…she was mad, annoyed, confused, and frustrated. The mouse carried the officer on her back once again and then kept on walking. She finally turned at the corner and realized how she was getting closer to the exit. In this huge drain…only the dark alley people would know their way around here. Taeyeon kept on walking in that silence why hoping that Tiffany would be alive and good or else the antibiotics she gave would be worthless.

 

-

Turning at another corner…she finally ended up at this dead end. But that made Taeyeon smirked even more. Nothing could be seen in this darkness. She bent down and bit on something on the wall, it seemed to be like a cloth. She pulled it back and revealed the wooden floor that was leaning against the wall…it was her exit. She nudged it to the side and saw the path that kept leading on. She walked through and just few minutes later…she saw the light at the end. However, it was right above her head, she needed to get out from here with this stair ladders in front of her. It would be hard to manage this with an unconscious woman on her back. At least the stairs seemed to be stable and strong enough… Taeyeon gave it a try and climbed up the stairs with the officer on her back. So much energy, so much effort, so much pain started to tackle her back, the painkillers were about to wear off. Slowly taking each step up the stairs…the pain haunted her. Successfully, she managed to get out from the drainage with the officer, she came into this abandoned room that had broken windows…the light shone through it and Taeyeon remembered this smell very well…the smell of her home. She was nearly there already. She gathered her strength once again and marched out through the old door…to find her way back home.

 

-

After Yoona had taken care of Yuri, she sat in the living room worrying about the two girls. The older one didn’t know what was going on with Taeyeon and Moonbyul, so the squirrel hoped that those two girls would come back quickly before Yuri got curious about their disappearance.
 

~THUD~THUD~

Yoona could hear the sound of something against the door, before she realized it, it flew open and revealed the young girl…carrying this woman on her back. The trail of blood was all over her face and Yoona recognized that girl immediately. It was her girl, Taeyeon. Without further ado, she rushed to her immediately as soon as she saw her losing her balance.

“T-Taeyeon unnie!?”

She came right on time and caught Taeyeon before the girl would fell onto the floor. Yoona could see the nasty wound on the girl’s head…and she knew how Taeyeon do had concussion every now and then, and this could just make things worse for her. Before she could say anything, Taeyeon whispered weakly against her body…

“H-Hurry…”

“I’ll treat your wounds immediately don’t worry—!”

“…Save her…before she…help her…please.”

Taeyeon was not asking Yoona to take care of her, but the injured officer on her back. This woman must be the person that Taeyeon and Moonbyul tried to kidnap…she was Taeyeon’s princess. She nodded firmly and it made the mouse rest assured…and that was when she finally let herself went into some long sleep.

“What the hell is going on…! You crazy kid…”

Yoona couldn’t bring herself to be mad at Taeyeon right now. She needed to focus on treating their wounds before it would get worse that this. However, what grabbed her attention was that Moonbyul wasn’t with Taeyeon…where did she go? Worries started to consume over Yoona, but she needed to remain calm in Yuri’s place, and stay strong for Taeyeon. Since she would be so busy taking care of these two girls for a time being…

 

~XXX~

The warm and comfy feeling surrounded her body. The moment she slowly regained her conscious was when she felt such burning pain on her limbs. Her eyes slowly opened and realize she was on a bed, covered with the warm blanket. In this quiet silence…she didn’t know where she was and slowly sat up with confusion. She was still trying to process what was going on and slowly remembered…she protected Taeyeon from the explosion, and everything seemed to back out after that.

“Glad you’re awake now.”

A mysterious voice talked to her and that’s when she saw the woman crossing her arms while leaning against the side of the door. She seemed to be waiting for Tiffany to wake up before she approached to her side to check on her condition. Amazingly she didn’t have any fever at all despite being in the drainage for quite a long while with injures all over her body. The antibiotics did played its role to protect the officer.

“I-I ah…”

“Don’t worry, I’m Taeyeon unnie’s friend…she brought you here.”

Yoona pointed towards the bed beside her, and that was when Tiffany saw the young thief being covered with bandages and still unconscious on bed. She seemed to be in a much worse condition than her. The officer didn’t know what happened and how she was brought here…but for sure she knew that Taeyeon was already injured before the explosion in the drainage.

“She needs a lot of rest, she’s injected by the bacteria in the drainage. It’s quite filthy in there…which made me surprise that you’re not infected at all.”

“I…I don’t know.”

“…I guess that kid gave you the meds for your protection.”

“Huh??”

“Usually we would carry antibiotic pills if in cases we were to go through that filthy drainage. Someone alert like Taeyeon would always have one, but I don’t see she carrying it. She must’ve eaten it, or gave it to you.”

Yoona went to Taeyeon’s side while she explained the rough situation she predicted, no one knew how much accurate she was. However, that guess was more than enough to make Tiffany’s heart skipped a beat…no matter what’s the truth for that medicine matter, the fact that Taeyeon kidnapped and carried her here was more than enough to prove her kindness. As she stared at that listless body on the bed…she couldn’t help but to have the throbbing pain growing inside her chest. To see Taeyeon hurt because of her was just painful than her wounds and things regarding her father.

“…Will Taeyeon be alright?”

“She will, she’s a tough kid…and you must be?”

“Ah, I’m sorry I didn’t introduce myself…my name is Hwang Tiffany.”

“Hwang??”

Yoona recognized that name very well. It was the surname of the man that was responsible for Kim’s tragic massacre. The one that changed the warmhearted girl into a ruthless killer…it was the Hwang family. Yoona couldn’t help but to ask in order to clarify her doubts.

“Are you…Hwang Steve’s daughter?”

“…Yes. It was my dad responsible for everything that happened to Taeyeon.”

This girl knew the truth. Yoona was in shocked to learn that this raven-haired woman in front of her was the daughter of the one that killed Taeyeon’s family. What surprised her even more was that why did Taeyeon risked her life to save the daughter of the man she wanted to revenge the most? What was her motive? And unfortunately the only thing that Yoona could’ve think of was that Taeyeon was planning to use this woman…for revenge.

“I guess you knew about me too… so yeah, just hate me as much as you want. I won’t deny what my father did to—”

“I don’t hate you. You didn’t do it. I’m not idiot enough to blame an innocent girl like you.”

“…”

Tiffany was slightly surprised with the young woman’s speech. But that didn’t help reduce the guilt for Taeyeon’s family at all. After all, her father robbed everything from Taeyeon, and not even an apology would make up for it. Yoona didn’t speak anything further and went out for a short while before she came back with a bowl of porridge she cooked. Yoona was well prepared and had it on the tray so that Tiffany could eat it on bed.

“It’s hot, just make sure you don’t burn yourself okay?”

“E-Eh…?”

“I believe you think that Taeyeon saved you for revenge right?”

“…!”

“I know her long enough, and I still don’t understand why would she risk so much for revenge. I don’t think that’s her real motive.”

“Huh??”

“…But well, no one will know what this chump is thinking. She never shows her true self, like a sneaky little mouse.”

Yoona changed Taeyeon’s bandage to a new one to replace the bloodstained ones. For the officer…she was still in surprise that this woman she didn’t know was being so kind to her. She seemed to know Taeyeon so well and must’ve been her friend. She felt the warm welcome from Yoona and did take a spoon of the hot porridge. It caught her off guard that it taste so good. For some reason Tiffany was literally starving and she finished the whole bowl without leaving any single grain of rice at all. It made Yuko surprised with such appetite Tiffany had and realized the officer must be hungry.

“Hehe, do you want some more?”

“U-Uh…if that’s okay?”

“We need someone to help finish it. Please eat as much as you need. You have been sleeping ever since yesterday.”

“W-Whoa…no wonder I feel like I’m starving…”

“Eat as much as you need, you need to recover.”

“Thank you…uh…”

“Im Yoona, just call me Yoona.”

“…Thank you Yoona-shi.”

That word filled with sincere feelings. Yoona could feel in and she knew it wasn’t just about food. Seeing from the Hwang’s eyes, she could tell that the woman was trying to thank her more than just the porridge she prepared. Those words were meaningful and it touched the girl’s heart. Finally, it allowed Yoona to smile with much relief before she left the room to refill the porridge for Tiffany.

“That woman…if it’s her…maybe she could.”

Yoona remembered the feeling when she saw Tiffany’s eyes. It was filled with sincerity and such genuine feeling. If it was her, Yoona believed that she would be able to open the door to Taeyeon’s heart. What the heartless mouse needed was a person that was truly sincere to her, and Yoona had a feeling that Tiffany would only be the one to do so. If anyone could, then Taeyeon would’ve opened herself to people already. Little by little, the squirrel started to have a little hope that Tiffany could heal Taeyeon’s wounded scar…but the downfall to that was that she was the daughter of the bastard that destroyed Taeyeon’s family. Would the mouse be able to forget the revenge? Was she that desperate for revenge? Even Yoona couldn’t answer that…

“I hope for the best for her …I wish she will open her heart.”

 

-

After Tiffany had waked up, on that same day, she drastically got better since she received antibiotics to fight the infection earlier. She helped Yoona with watching over Taeyeon and always changed the bandages every now and then for time. Almost every time that Yoona went to check on Taeyeon’s condition…she would see Tiffany sitting by her side with that worried face on her. This woman never left the room at all. Either way, Yoona still gave her the antibiotic pills to her whenever it was the time for both Taeyeon and Tiffany to take.

“Any change?”

“Nothing at all…she’s still sleeping.”

“I see, don’t forget to take care of yourself too.”

“I will.”

Tiffany just sat there, and didn’t complain anything. Yoona could see from her eyes…it was filled with such worries and love. However, that eyes Tiffany had for Taeyeon caught her attention badly. The more times she observed the officer, the more her guts gave her a stronger vibe…the feeling that Tiffany was in love.

“Heh.”

“Hm? What is it Yoona-shi?”

“…I’m just glad that this kid found someone for her.”

“Eh? I’m not sure that I get that or not…”

“Tiffany, you love Taeyeon unnie didn’t you?”

“E-Ehhh!?”

Tiffany was shocked and her blush was just so obvious to Yoona. The young thief just watched the embarrassed officer trying to make bluffs to cover herself. Just seeing her panicking so much with this was more than enough reason to prove to her that Tiffany had feeling for Taeyeon. This was actually heading towards the direction she wanted, but it made her curious with how did this ruthless girl managed to capture the officer’s heart.

“W-What made you think like that…?”

“Isn’t so obvious? The way you look and treat her, as if you’re in love with her.”

“N-No way…I-I ahh…”

“Hmm…But I guess you started to realize it too didn’t you? Those feelings you have.”

Yoona hit on the bull’s eye and Tiffany’s reaction showed it all. She decided to remain in silence since she did her role to trigger Tiffany’s feelings for Taeyeon. Yoona was actually looking forward to this, but at the same time she was worried what Taeyeon was planning to do from here on. She was hoping that Taeyeon wouldn’t do something rash that would make her regret for the rest of her life…Yoona wanted to teach that stubborn arrogant girl that revenge was not the key to heal her wounded heart…only love cure her.

“A wounded animal is very hard to approach…just like her.”

“Huh?”

“If she means something to you…please take care of her for me.”

“Y-Yoona-shi??”

“I bet you’re quite some special person in Taeyeon unnie’s heart as well.”

Tiffany shook her head vigorously immediately with misbelieve. Such things like this she couldn’t believe it. All these past moments she had with Taeyeon, this theif would always treat her like a toy, to be specific, tool for revenge. There would be no way that Tiffany would have a spot in Taeyeon’s heart as Yoona was talking right now.

“She treated me like I’m her toy…well to be exact, her tool for revenge.”

“Maybe you’re right. But what you need to know is that I never saw her risk for anyone this much aside from our family…you’re definitely not just a toy to her. Even you are, I doubt Taeyeon unnie would realize it, she’s a stubborn chump.”

“…”

“That kid needs someone that can comfort her, I have a feeling that you can reach her heart…that was locked for over 15 years.”

“Y-Yoona-shi…aren’t you putting so much hope on me?”

“Well I guess I am, putting some hope for once in 15 years wouldn’t be a problem right?”

“Pftt…Hehe.”

Yoona just broke that tension in the air and made Tiffany felt more relaxed. But at the same time she could tell that Yoona was serious with what she said, Tiffany could sense the weight on each word uttered. Despite she didn’t have any confidence that she would be able to reach Taeyeon’s heart or not, she wouldn’t know unless she gave it a shot and put her effort into it.

“What do you think of Taeyeon unnie though? A son of a ?”

“Wow, that’s how you’re describing her?”

“Haha! Sometimes she is…so what’s your answer?”

“…She’s ruthless, evil, and heartless. But at times…if I’m not deceiving myself, she’s a warm and kind person.”

“…I see, thank you.”

Tiffany didn’t understand why Yoona would’ve thanked her. However, she just nodded softly. At the very least…Tiffany believed in the kindness lingering inside that coldblooded heart. That was probably the only thing she could do, to believe in Taeyeon. Yoona left the room and allowed Tiffany to be alone with the listless thief on the bed. Slowly, the officer her cheek and felt that warmth against her hand…while another hand held onto her palm gently. It was plainly rough and thick, but it was the hand that held her tightly when they were escaping. It was the hand that protected her from danger…it was this hand that made her felt safe.

“Taeyeon…”

She prayed for the thief to wake up. She hoped that Taeyeon would be fine and woke up to yell at her, insult her, just anything…she just wanted this girl to wake up already. Even though Taeyeon treated her as a tool for revenge, and as her toy…she couldn’t bring herself to detest this girl at all. Likely it wasn’t out of sympathy either, since she had this feeling even before she knew the truth behind Taeyeon’s family. Her heart started to open to Taeyeon because she witnessed and was touched with Taeyeon’s kindness. Even it was just a blink of second, she could feel it, the warmth and tenderness sure wasn’t a lie. That’s what Tiffany wanted to believe…that it was real, and that she fell in love with Taeyeon because of that.

“…Taeyeon, please wake up.”

 

~XXX~

Time flew by fast and it was the 3rd day already. Taeyeon was still lying down on bed, sleeping, unconscious, and had no sign of waking up at the slightest. However, this gave Tiffany the big time to think through things much more after Yoona pointed out her feelings for her. She noticed as time passed by her heart raced with worries, she never felt this way before for anyone at all… Taeyeon was the only one that made her felt that way. Just more time to remember old times she had with this thief.

Their first encounter was at the dark alley when they were pointing guns at each other. Taeyeon stabbed her and stole her first kiss. They went on a date at the park and she was kissed again. She treating Taeyeon’s wound that was given by an officer. Learning about Taeyeon’s history and the cruel truth of what her father did. Taeyeon kidnapped her and protected her…every moment made her heart throbbed in pain along with happiness. She had to admit that she was happy to be with Taeyeon despite all the bad talks they always had. Tiffany actually felt at ease when she was with her. She never got bored at all sitting here and watch over Taeyeon until she woke up from her sleep. She wanted to be there to make sure that the thief would be fine when she gained her conscious back… but she was sitting too long that she forgot to have some water.

“Now I’m getting thirsty…”

She got up and went to the table to have a glass of water, but that moment was when she heard a mumble of another individual. It immediately caught her attention and she diverted her eyes back to the bed, and saw the listless figure moving once again.

“U-Ugh…Ow…”

“T-Taeyeon!?”

Tiffany rushed to her side immediately and her heart started to pound so fast with worries. She held onto Taeyeon’s hand tightly while the younger one groaned and grumbled in pain. At least Tiffany’s yell was loud enough to catch Yoona’s attention whom was downstairs to the room where they were in.

“Wha…huh…?”

“Taeyeon…thank goodness you’re finally awake.”

That familiar voice caught Taeyeon’s attention, and she slowly diverted to this woman who was beside her holding her hand…her eyes grew wide with surprise. Those teary eyes with genuine worries totally captivated Taeyeon’s attention. That smile on Tiffany’s face made her heart paused a minute. It was an expression she would never expected from anyone, and especially from Tiffany. Little by little…Tiffany’s genuine feelings slowly dug through the wall Taeyeon made to cover and protect her heart.

“You…”

“Taeyeon does it hurt anywhere? Are you feeling okay?”

“…Don’t touch me.”

Yoona just managed to come on time to see Taeyeon coldly pulled her hand away. That created the awkward moment between the two as Tiffany didn’t know how to respond to that. Before things would be more awkward, Yoona came in to break the tension and went to Taeyeon’s side immediately.

“Finally you woke up, idiot.”

“Yoona…thanks.”

“You better thank Tiffany-shi as well, she looked after you for 3 whole days after since she woke up.”

Yoona forced the arrogant mouse to at least thank Tiffany for helping her. It was that awkward moment again that the young girl diverted her coldblooded eyes to the raven-haired woman with a sigh. They stared at each other’s eye and the moment Taeyeon gave a huge sigh while diverting her eyes away.

“…I didn’t ask you to look after me—OWWW!!”

Yoona literally knocked Taeyeon’s head with her iron fist and caused the mouse the startled with pain. The officer watched the whole scene with surprise and Taeyeon glared back at Yoona immediately with anger.

“Is this how you treat an injured person!?”

“If you’re going to have such a foul mouth, maybe later when you can RUN. Now apologize to Tiffany-shi.”

“Grr…why?”

“Because she looked after you. Do it now or you’re getting more.”

“OKAY! OKAY!”

Taeyeon sighed again before she turned to Tiffany…that moment of awkward eye contact. She looked away again but this time, the officer swore she saw the young mouse had that shaded pink cheeks while she finally brought out enough courage to do what Yoona ordered her to do.

“…Sorry, and thanks.”

Just two simple words… It made Tiffany’s heart skipped a beat and Yoona could tell from her expression. At least she was helping these two getting together. That was when Yoona decided to leave the check-up to Tiffany instead and she went to prepare some food for Taeyeon, this girl would have a huge appetite after she hadn’t eat for the past 4 days. As Tiffany checked her body temperature and changed the bandages, Taeyeon sat there without a word, but it was bloody obvious she was annoyed.

“…Why are you doing this?”

“Is it wrong to worry about you?”

“Yes. Because I’m a criminal.”

“You saved me, and its more than enough reason for me to care for you.”

“When I also plan to kill your father?”

Tiffany froze for a second and turned her eyes to Taeyeon. She could see that seriousness, and that heartlessness. It was the moment she knew that Taeyeon wasn’t playing around with her. Since she knew what her father did to Kim’s family, she wouldn’t be surprise that she showed so much sign of hatred towards Hwang.

“…You still have the fever.”

“Where is Moonbyul? If I have been sleeping for 4 days, then she must be back.”

“Moonbyul?”

“…What?”

“Is it that girl that we separated while escaping…?”

“Are you telling me that Moonbyul isn’t back here!?”

Taeyeon roared out loud and caused Tiffany to stun. Watanabe bit her lips before she threw herself off from bed and headed towards the door. But then getting up so forcefully just gave her a lightheaded moment, Taeyeon eventually fell onto the floor with her knees. She hadn’t eaten anything for the past 4 days and obviously she wouldn’t have any energy to even run at all.

“T-Taeyeon!!”

Tiffany rushed over to her to support her, but then she was pushed away immediately by the ruthless mouse. Taeyeon could feel her fever attacking her again and it just increased her headache, but it wouldn’t stop her from getting out from here to find Moonbyul. Taeyeon was sure a smart kid; she could tell that if Moonbyul returned, Tiffany would definitely know her since she’s a loud girl. She slowly got up but then she felt that arms wrapped around her body, preventing her from escaping.

“Let me go!”

“Calm down! Maybe Moonbyul is back!! You need to rest! You can’t move like that!”

“I know that girl too well, if she is then she would be here already!!”

No one could beat Taeyeon’s valid argument. Tiffany hoped that it could stop the raging mouse but it failed in vain. Taeyeon struggled even more and usually she would be able to escape from that weak grip…but she had no energy to even fight back this officer. This situation was forcing her to use all her strength to shove this annoying woman away from her.

“Let me go now or else I—!”

“I told you that you CAN’T!!!”

Tiffany raised her voice and caused Taeyeon to stun for a second. It all happened so fast, the hug disappeared but she felt a big pain across her cheeks, making her face flicked to the side with surprise. The officer slapped her, very hard, and she did fell back on her bum. In that silence…Taeyeon slowly diverted her face to Tiffany and that moment of shock…she saw tears. That tough officer was breaking into tears in front of her and she couldn’t understand the slightest thing that was going on. She usually was immune to see people crying, but not tears of sadness like this…but seeing the officer crying just made her so annoyed, and felt this disturbing thing stirring inside her heart.

“Y-You…”

“Please…I beg you…don’t go!”

“…”

“I don’t want to see you in pain again, no…please Taeyeon…”

“Why? Its none of your business at all.”

“…”

Tiffany didn’t respond, or its more of she couldn’t. She didn’t know what to say back to this stubborn girl and all and wondered how would she deal with this. She couldn’t possibly let this girl run off to look for Moonbyul without knowing where she was, and with that current condition. However, she took too long to be in silence that it made Taeyeon lost her patience to wait.

“If you’re not going to say anything, I’m in a hurry right now—”

“Stop it please! Don’t go! Just don’t go…!”

“…What the heck is wrong with you??”

“Why are you always like this…treating me like a toy, abused me, you even stabbed me before, yet I could tell that you’re not a heartless person at all…you’re kind and gentle.”

“…!”

Taeyeon was stunned. Something she would never expect to hear from an officer, to call a criminal like her a gentle person. Also, since when was the last time someone said like this to her…she couldn’t remember at all. Her old self that she hated so much was locked deep down inside her…that girl filled with kindness and justice. That was the side Taeyeon hated about herself; it would only make her weak. However, this officer saw through her and gently held her hand.

“…Taeyeon, why did you went in, risking your life, to save me out from that headquarters?”

“None of your business to know—”

“It is, because it’s my life that you saved and protected.”

Tiffany was on a roll to argue back at Taeyeon in an equally matched level. Before she realized it, the thief wasn’t pulling her hand away from Tiffany’s. Her attention was totally captivated by this officer’s sincere eyes. She could tell this woman was just so stubborn that she wouldn’t let her go that easily if she didn’t give an answer to her properly. Slowly, little by little, Taeyeon’s heart was softening up, as the more she got involved with Tiffany. She remained in silence, without an answer.

“…”

“…Taeyeon, please.”

“…”

“Is that it? Is that the reason you pushed yourself that far to take me out from there? Especially when I’m a daughter of the man that’s responsible for—”

“Stop RIGHT there.”

Taeyeon roared back and this time, she was mad. Tiffany really did hit on the bull’s eye and she could see hatred returning back to those beautiful eyes. However, Tiffany wasn’t planning to back down from a fight either. If she wanted to save this girl from the mindset of revenging, she needed to be strong for herself, and for Taeyeon.

“…You knew it didn’t you?”

“…”

“And you planned to use me as a tool for revenge, right?”

“What if I am?”

“Is revenge the only thing you seek?”

“That’s the whole purpose of my living. Without it, I don’t have a reason to even live in this world—”
 

~SLAP!!!~

A big slap on the same spot that Taeyeon still had that sting pain. Tiffany just added another one and it still startled her again. She was completely dumbfounded from another slap and she felt Tiffany pulling her collar shirt towards her with that anger in her eyes. However, Taeyeon could see so much sadness in it. No matter how smart she was, she could never understand why this woman was so affected with Taeyeon’s actions when it was none of her business.

“Please don’t say something like that…that’s just too painful.”

“What do you understand? Have you ever see your parents being killed in front of you!? Seeing a brink of death!? Then tell me, WHAT do you EXPECT me to do!? Huh!?”

Taeyeon yelled out with pure anger, it was the first time she lost control of herself, but that didn’t stop Tiffany…it wasn’t as hurtful as it used to be. This time, she could feel Taeyeon’s real feelings coming out from those words. Tiffany simply just shook her head and embraced that wounded girl tightly in her arms without further ado. Taeyeon tried to struggle but Tiffany just hugged her tighter in silence. Before the mouse could say anything further, she was interrupted first.

“Thank you for saving me…”

“…It is for Joohyun.”

Taeyeon seemed to be losing some touch with her cold-hearted argument and that was when Tiffany was able to reply back to her so easily without having to think. She remained hugging that wounded girl in her arms without planning to let go at all. She didn’t wish to risk of letting this arrogant girl go…she just wanted to hold her tightly like this, and made sure she would be all good.

“Whatever you say…thank you.”

“Why are you doing this? What would you gain for it??”

“Nothing, I care for you…I’m worried about you, and I hate to admit it…”

“Huh? What now?”

“…I love you.”

Finally, that word was uttered from Tiffany’s lips. She finally had enough courage to admit it after she had days thinking about her feelings for the thief. The more she hid it away, the more her feelings grew. As she finally confessed her real feelings, she didn’t know how would Taeyeon respond to it. As for Taeyeon, she was stunned, completely in shock. The woman she despised said she loved her, and maybe she didn’t hate her at all…she hated Hwang Steve…but did she hate Hwang Tiffany as well? It was one of the things Taeyeon had been doubting in herself whether she hated Tiffany to the guts or not, because deep down she knew that none of this is Tiffany’s fault at all…she’s complete innocent. What the mouse was doing was to drag this innocent woman into the cycle of her vengeance.

“…”

A deep silence between the two and Taeyeon was no longer resisting the hug. Before Tiffany would have the time to believe that the girl gave up…she felt a strong push out and a crash against her lips. She wasn’t expecting this coming and her tongue invaded and deepened up the kiss even more. Taeyeon held her shoulder tightly while she kept on kissing the officer. The thief pushed her onto the floor and the kiss started to drain all of Tiffany’s energy away.

“T-Taeyeon…! Stop!”

“Isn’t this what you wanted?”

“…I don’t hate you as much as you toying with my feelings like this.”

“Aren’t you trying to trick me to give a heart for you? You deserve a medal…”

“No! I will never lie to you. My feelings are real…and I really did fall for you.”

“…”

“Now you’re doubting in my words? Since when you care what I said is true or not?”

“…Right now.”

Before Tiffany could argue back, Taeyeon resumed the kiss and made sure she pushed her body on top of the officer so she couldn’t escape. She wanted to resist, but all her energy was drained away from that kiss. However, they had to break off to get some air, breathing against each other’s lips…Taeyeon could see Tiffany’s face turning bright red like a tomato.

“Then I’ll take it seriously. You don’t want me to leave right? Then give me something in return.”

“…What?”

“I’ll do anything you ask for one thing…in exchange for giving your body to me.”

“…!?”

“I’m deadly serious. I’ll do as you ask…aren’t we partners for benefits to begin with? I give you something, as you gave me something in return. So there’s no reason for you to feel any guilt for doing this anyway…”

“…Best way to hurt someone is to hurt their precious people. So to hurt my father, you chose me. If I reminded you so much of him, why don’t you just kill me?”

“Death is just too easy to be granted. I want you to fall for me, and belong to me. How humiliated will it be when he learned out his only daughter is screwing up with a criminal?”

Taeyeon expected some hatred from Tiffany, but not at all. That woman just stared back with such sadness in her eyes. It wasn’t eyes of sympathy either. She couldn’t interpret what was hidden inside Tiffany’s eyes at all…that second moment, she was pulled down and her lips crashed against the officer’s once again…it was a soft gentle kiss from Tiffany.

“Then screw me up. Do what ever you want with me…I won’t leave you.”

“…”

“I won’t be able to understand your pain, but it doesn’t mean I will leave you. I want to understand you, and help shouldering that burden with you.”

“…”

“Please, believe me.”

“…I’ll do as what you ask. I’ll believe you, but you know you need to fulfill the deal.”

Taeyeon was still not over with this, as well as Tiffany, she wasn’t planning to give up either, she pulled Taeyeon down again and whispered against her ear. She’s playing such a risky game with this cunning criminal. However, she had nothing to lose. At least, Tiffany  was willingly to risk her whole life for Taeyeon. For some reason, she wondered why she could do that despite their circumstances.

“I really do care about you, that’s the truth…and I do hate to admit it, but I do love you…Taeyeon.”

“…”

“If that’s what it takes to protect you and make you do as I said…my body, and my heart, it’s all yours.”

“…I wonder how long will you be able to keep up with such deceiving words?”

“For as long as I’m breathing.”

“…”

She was annoyed. Despite everything went according to her plan that she made officer Hwang fell in love with her, but she couldn’t explain why it was just so annoying and disturbing like this. Seeing Tiffany giving everything to her just for her sake was just…unfathomable. They resumed the kiss, a rougher one, as Taeyeon slowly s her hands through the shirt and touched that perfect body…slowly undressing her and making her feel humiliated. Taeyeon should be enjoying messing and screwing with the daughter of the man that killed her family…why wasn’t she happy at all? She kept wondering while she tried to enjoy the body that the officer offered, but she wasn’t at the slightest. She did everything to make Tiffany regret the decision for taking the deal…yet, those eyes filled with caring and love didn’t fade away. What was this feeling growing inside her heart…for some reason; it made her wanting to cry…

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