Chapter 08

Slowly awaken from a deep slumber. The raven-haired woman opened her eyes and felt the chill against her body. When she realized again she was actually on the bed and at least the blankets kept her warm last night…yes, last night that the most intimate relationship she ever had with anyone, and with Taeyeon. She remembered that touch and kiss on her body very well, and just thinking about it made her blushed heavily with embarrassment. She curled her knees in and buried her face onto her knees. She just sighed in silence while taking her time thinking through many things…if she recalled correct, during that last night she realized something. For the blink of second, she felt that she finally did touched with something inside Taeyeon’s heart…

Suddenly, a pair of brand new clothes was thrown onto bed and caught her attention immediately. She turned her eyes to see Taeyeon standing there with those pair of heartless eyes as usual, as if nothing happened last night at all.

“Breakfast is ready, wear something and come done.”

“A-Ah…okay.”

Tiffany finally picked the clothes and wore it before she came out from the room for the first time. Looking around she saw the stairs and walked down with curiosity whether she came down the right stairs or not…eventually, she smelled the cooking porridge and saw Yoona preparing the food and Taeyeon sitting on the couch eating her hot porridge. The room was warm and the couch was cozy as well. It was like living in a warm cottage in the woods, it wasn’t fancy, but it gave Tiffany a comfortable welcoming feeling. Furthermore, it had such a ‘family’ feel and scent overflowing too.

“Morning Tiffany-shi! Come have your breakfast.”

“O-Okay.”

Yoona handed a bowl of porridge to her and then she sat down at the table. It was the same one the squirrel made and she slowly diverted her eyes to the heartless mouse. She was eating her meal silently without and far away from both of them. Tiffany just stared at her in silence without saying a word until Yoona came sitting down at the table with her.

“Do you like it?”

“It’s great…it taste so good.”

“Hehe! Glad you do, you need to take your time resting, and you too idiot over there!”

“Who are you calling an idiot. Shut up Yoona.”

“If you act anything recklessly, I’ll make sure to report this to Yuri . She does know about Moonbyul absences already, and so about your crazy actions.”

Taeyeon just remained in silence since Yoona seemed to carry the secrets of what the young reckless mouse did, but gratefully Yuri didn’t punish her for it since Yoona asked for it. However, Tiffany and her would be under Yoona’s responsibility. Yoona turned to the officer and asked her a favor as well.

“Can you look after Taeyeon unnie for me? Making sure she’s not acting reckless again.”

“Don’t you dare let that woman supervise me—”

“You’re no in the position to say, Taeyeon.”

The girl grumbled and was terribly annoyed, however she had no choice but to listen to what Yoona ordered. Yuri-sama was her absolute leader; therefore if it were her words, she would obey it unconditionally. She had no choice but to obey and sighed out of dissatisfaction. Taeyeon didn’t say anything and only her actions told how annoyed she was. She went to refill the bowl for more food after she had been starving herself for several days. She needed to recover her energy back once more to speed up her recovery as soon as possible.
 

-

After the morning meal, Yoona had to go out for some duty that was assigned by Yuri. Only Tiffany was with Taeyeon in that living room…they didn’t utter a single word at all until she suddenly stood up from her seat. She suddenly walked to the cupboard to get her black jacket and wore it immediately. Tiffany kept watching her as if she was about to leave the house. She didn’t have the choice but to ask Taeyeon what she was possibly be doing right now.

“U-Uh, where are you going—”

“Follow me if you want, I’m not going to sit around doing nothing.”

“…Alright.”

Tiffany got up from her seat and followed the younger girl after her. The moment the door opened it was the first time she saw the dark alley she always heard. She always had an idea of the scariest place she ever wanted to come…but she could see people walking around chitchatting like it was in a town. Kids running around and everyone was smiling. The only thing that was different was that lights of the sun blocked and only dimmed light was given to this dark place. Tiffany expected to be dirtier than this…but this was unexpectedly cleaner than the city’s street.

“Where are we going?”

“…”

Taeyeon didn’t respond anything and Tiffany just followed her along the path. Turning at so many corners that it made everything so hard and complicated to remember the path back. The moment they turned at another corner and finally arrived at this old building with the lights on. Taeyeon stopped at the front of the door and opened through it without any knocking. The moment they went in, the lights shone onto Tiffany’s eyes as the sudden change of light made her blind temporarily.

“Hey.”

“Oh hey Taeyeon! Glad to see you around again.”

The lady came to welcome the two of them as she was carrying a baby in her arms. It was a young baby girl sleeping soundly after she had her meal already. Tiffany could see her warm welcoming smile for the two of them, and observed her surroundings. The inside was completely different from her expectation since the appearance of the old abandoned building. At the entrance looked so clean and tidy as if it was an actual house entrance in the city. She followed the older woman and Taeyeon deep along the corridor to see bunch of children playing with each other, it was like one huge playground room where toys were everywhere along with the kids. The moment the kids saw Taeyeon they ran up to her immediately with such enthusiasm.

“Taeyeon unnie !! It’s Taeyeon unnie!”

“Hey, how are you guys? Being a good kid?”

“Of course! Moonbyul noona isn’t here too?”

“Who’s that unnie?”

“Wow she’s so pretty~”

The kids didn’t give the chance for Taeyeon or Tiffany to say any word and the officer slowly kneeled down and smiled at them with contentment. She loved kids and she genuinely welcomed them and was very friendly to them too. She introduced herself to the bunch of boys and girls who were excited to know whom she was.

“I’m Tiffany unnie. Nice to meet you all.”

“Are you Taeyeon noona’s friend?”

“Well…”

The girl asked out of curiosity, but it really did hit on the bull’s eye. Could Tiffany really call herself as a friend to Taeyeon? She doubted it at this stage since they were just partners for benefits. Obviously, the young thief could tell that the officer was hesitating to say anything and so she replied back to the kids instead.

“My guest at home, you kids are asking too much.”

“Wah~ Taeyeon noona scary~”

The kids joked with the thief before they went in to hug around the gentler officer instead. It made Tiffany chuckled with how the kids were not scared of Taeyeon at all, but instead they all loved her, very dearly too. She couldn’t help but to tease the heartless mouse and agreed with the children.

“Don’t worry, this unnie is kind. Taeyeon unnie is scary isn’t she?”

“Oi.”

Taeyeon shot a glare at Tiffany, but she wasn’t afraid at all. Somehow she giggled along with the kids. Its either she’s getting used to it or the love she had was blinding her from feeling intimidated by that glare. Either way, she loved the fact that Taeyeon brought her over. However, there was a question why did they come to this place to begin with.
 

-

Tiffany had been playing with the kids for quite a time being, while Taeyeon sat down at the side instead. Since she was still injured from breaking into the enemy’s main base, she rather stepped out from this or else she would reopen her wounds again. However, they had to go have their lunch already and so the two ladies finally had their time to chitchat in the playground room, just only the two of them.

“Enjoying?”

“Yeah, I did…these kids are lovely. Where are their parents?”

“This is an orphanage.”

Taeyeon’s answer silenced her immediately and she started to have a taste of the real world in the dark alley. That was when Taeyeon started to tell the story of this place. The adult woman they met at the entrance, her name was Jihyo, as she was the mother and teacher of this orphanage and took care of these kids for the whole time. This orphanage was protected and supervised by Kwon Yuri, the dark alley’s boss as well as Taeyeon’s leader. This place was a place for a homeless child.

“These kids, either abandoned, sold, or thrashed by society. Just like Yoona, Moonbyul, and me…that’s why we’re here.”

“…!”

“Yoona was thrashed as an unneeded child. Moonbyul was sold to a human-experimenting lab since she’s a baby. As for myself, I’m not needed to explain further.”

Everyone had a cruel past, however these people had worse that what Tiffany could’ve imagined. Her worse would be her sister died in mission, and her mother…she died by her heart disease. Taeyeon had far worse past that she did and she had no position to complain anything about her life. The young Kim kept on going and explained everything about what happened that night she was taken into custody before transferring her to the laboratory to make use of her as the test subject.

“That was 20  years ago, if it wasn’t for Yuri, I would be and became a test subject for the SuperSoldier project along with Moonbyul.”

“…”

“I was given a pill before that, and it gave me hell. It’s like a pool of acid is melting my inside, I thought I’m going to die. Learning it later that it's a testing drug for SuperSoldier subjects…they wanted to test my compatibility with the meds.”

Taeyeon kept going on telling what truly happened on that day, the same man that killed her parents kidnapped her was transferring her to the laboratory for to add another test subject. However, they tested her compatibility with the pills first and it literally tortured Taeyeon’s mind and body into pieces. Coughing blood and screaming hysterically in pain, even worse she had that oozing nasty cut on her head. At least she survived a day which meant that she’s eligible to be part of the experiment…however before she was taken there she was taken to this abandoned building to be first. She obviously had no strength to fight back…she was about to be by the man that killed her parents…she was already losing hope with living in this world. But at least the god had mercy on her. She heard the gunshot and the second thing was that that man collapsed onto the floor, listless, on his own pool of blood. That was when she saw a light of hope shining in front of her…and extended her hand towards Taeyeon. As for Tiffany, she remained in silence and kept listening to Taeyeon’s story without interrupting her at the slightest.

“Yuri saved me, and took me to my new home, the dark alley. In the end those pills left some goods for me, an abnormal leg power that grants me speed.”

“…”

“I lost faith in humanity and cursed everyone, there are just so much kids suffering the same as I do, but none need to taint their hands with blood, and be called a murderer.”

“Taeyeon…”

“I picked up the gun and knife, learning how to hunt and kill, so these kids won’t have to do it and pick the same path as me.”

“…Why are you telling me this?”

Tiffany finally asked a question, as she believed Taeyeon had finished her part for the talk. The thief didn’t utter a world and picked up the toy beside her and played it on her palm. She took her time remaining in silence before she uttered her reply back, without being a or an .

“Isn’t that what you wanted?”

“Eh?”

“If I don’t kill, I will be killed, and these kids will have to taint their hands with blood…I will kill everyone in their way, in their place. That’s the burden I carry.”

“T-Taeyeon…”

After hearing that burden. Tiffany started to understand where Taeyeon was coming from. She took the role as a murderer, a thief, a monster, in order to protect the innocent children from picking the same path as her. She did everything for them, which made Tiffany realized that deep kindness Taeyeon had. It was just the same as what Irene always said, about her older twin being the most warming and kind person she ever met in her whole life. That flame of gentleness still existed in the coldblooded criminal after all. One more step, she was getting closer to Taeyeon’s heart. She truly admired how strong the young girl was and also made her realize how wounded her heart was as well.

“You got what you wanted, you know what you have to pay back to me in return.”

“…”

The deal wasn’t over, and Taeyeon would still bring up the game no matter what. Tiffany didn’t have the choice…but to play with this game along with the cunning thief. She nodded firmly knowing what would happen again tonight and she could see that cold emotionless eyes staring back at her without saying a word. Only but silence between the two of them and that was when Taeyeon got bored and wanted to head back to rest, on her bed. However after Tiffany heard the story, she remembered about Moonbyul… the girl that came to help her on that night of the escape.

“…Is there any news regarding Moonbyul?”

“Yoona said Yuri is looking into it, so it's a matter of waiting.”

“Ah I see…”

She got up from where she was sitting and headed towards the entrance, expecting Tiffany to follow her without a word since the officer supervised her due to Yoona’s orders after all. She did went after her and walking after her from behind without saying anything further. It seemed Tiffany learned how to adapt with the young ruthless girl.

“…I had enough being out now.”

“Alright, let’s go back. I’ll change your bandage okay? Its about time for replacement…”

“…”

“Don’t refuse, because I’m going to do it.”

“…Tch, what ever you want.”

Taeyeon didn’t bother to reply and just leaded the way. Tiffany seemed to be able to deal with the thief quite well since their deal was that Taeyeon would have to do anything that Tiffany said in return for sleeping with her. Maybe this deal wasn’t so bad after all…just to keep the young reckless girl safety was likely to be her main priority, not her ity nor body. By the time they arrived back home, they had the porridge that Yoona made from this morning again before Taeyeon went straight to her room with Tiffany. Soon after Tiffany followed in, the thief closed the door immediately to create privacy between the two of them…and she knew where this was leading. The young girl collapsed onto the bed and sighed with exhaustion before Tiffany went to get the first aid box kit and came to sit by Taeyeon’s side…changing the bandage on her leg, arm, and head. She didn’t resist it either, only but silence was between them and nothing was uttered.

“…”

As Tiffany finally finished what she wanted to do, just right when she was about to get up, Taeyeon pulled her down onto the bed and closed her lips against hers immediately. It was a short passion kiss…and Tiffany wasn’t expecting that coming at all. The next thing that happened was that the thief threw her down onto the bed so she was on top this time.

“…Take your reward.”

“Tch…your face annoys me so much. Didn’t you enjoy this?”

“…”

“I can tell from your body…you like it.”

“Shut up.”

“Tch, how pathetic…love does make people blind.”

She shut Tiffany up with a deep kiss and their tongues tangled with each other. Only kissing and moans echoed in the silence in Taeyeon’s room. She did not care whether it was still late afternoon, the room was dark enough to manipulate one’s mind to believe that it was dark. The curtains were closed from last night and they didn’t open it yet. Taeyeon seemed to have fun mutilating the officer on bed, but at the same time she did it out of irritation towards Tiffany. Those eyes filled with hope and love just made her angry so much. She didn’t understand why but it just pissed her off so much…
 

-

It was a very long night, and a silence one as well. Taeyeon didn’t take her reward after she came back though, and only slept for the whole time. The young heartless girl ordered the officer to lie still on bed as she used her as a pillow for the long sleep. Taeyeon was still recovering from her infection and fever after all…she had been sleeping since the late afternoon until now, which was late evening. Using Tiffany’s chest to sleep…at least she was able to sit on the bed and leaned against the wall. Taeyeon made sure she warned her woman to not wake her up or else she would punish her harshly. In that silence, nothing was uttered, in that darkness…it was so long that Tiffany had been sitting there with the young wounded girl in her arms. She could hear her every breath against her chest…she kept watching the thief sleeping soundly and hugged her gently with love. She did pulled the blankets over so to keep Taeyeon warm while she was sleeping. Tiffany had long forgotten the time and how long had it been since she was staying on this bed with Taeyeon until Yoona came over with a mug of hot beef stew for the officer.

“Yoona-shi…?”

“Here’s the stew for you, it’s quite late already and I doubt you had anything ever since you got back?”

“…Yeah. She’s still sleeping.”

“Heh, such a baby.”

Yoona passed the mug to her while Tiffany had some food in her stomach without trying to wake the young ruthless girl on her body. It was such a convenience to have the stew for food in a mug. After she had some food in her stomach it made her realize that she was hungry…but she forgotten about it after she had kept watching Taeyeon in her arms. She finished all the stew in the mug before Yoona took it from her hands and sat on the chair next too the bed. They spoke quietly as they could so that they wouldn’t make up the girl.

“What did you guys do today?”

“She took me to the orphanage…and told me stories.”

“Hm? About?”

Yoona got curious and she could see the uneasiness from Tiffany’s face. That was when she slowly told Yoona about the story of the orphanage, and the story how Yuri saved her on the night that her parents died. Yoona just sat down and listened quietly without further questions and couldn’t help but to be surprise with how Taeyeon actually told a lot of things to this officer. She also seemed to know about Moonbyul and Yoona’s story briefly too.

“I…I heard that you’re an orphan…”

“Everyone is technically an orphan here. What separate us all is the story of how we became one… As for me, my parents just decided to not have daughter anymore.”

“…I’m sorry to hear that.”

“I bet you have your story too, everyone does.”

“But not as worse as you and Taeyeon.”

“I don’t believe in such things like that. It depends on how people interpret it.”

Yoona was just so mature; despite she was actually younger than Tiffany. The officer truly enjoyed her accompany and talk every now and then. The raven-haired lady could tell how much Yoona cared for Taeyeon…maybe more than she had for her too. However, Yoona seemed to be too mature for her age, she was able to read through Tiffany completely and tell that the woman had some past that was yet to be told as well.

“I’ll tell you my story, as you tell me yours? How about that?”

“Oh dear, another deal again…you two are really similar.”

“We’re the people of the dark alley, that’s how we compromise things with each other. You get something, and you pay me in return. At least it will keep you accompany for the long night?”

“…Sure, Yoona-shi.”

The young squirrel smiled before she told Tiffany her story. How she was abandoned when she was a kid by 8. She was left at school, on just one simple normal day…she stayed there until morning of the next day and her parents weren’t there to pick her up. How unfortunate that the next day was Saturday. She just sat there, crying with fear and hunger, waiting for her parents, but none of them came at all. On Monday, the teachers found her there sitting at the front of the school covered with dirt. They tried to contact her parents but none of them picked it up…she was truly disowned out of blue, with an unknown reason. Then the teachers called the orphanage to take Yoona into custody so she had a place to stay, but it wasn’t that long before she ran away. It was just a few days of staying at the orphanage and she hated it. Everyone was being discriminated against her and she ran away, hoping to find for her parents. She remembered the path back home, but by the time she arrived there…they were just about to leave the house.

“Y-You met them…?”

“Haha, yes I did, as well as having my final conversation with them.”

Yoona continued her story; she did meet her parents, as they were about to move out from the house. She ran up to them but then she was pushed away by the father immediately, with disgust. She didn’t know what and why her father despised her so much…until he yelled at her and told her the horrified truth. She was a bastard daughter from her mother as she secretly had an affair with her father’s best friend…that’s why they were divorced and left her all alone in school. None of them wanted her, so she was left behind. Yoona was a disgrace to her father. The mother didn’t want anyone to know how she had an affair and known as a single-mother due she had a high reputation in her business. As for her biological father…he had a family, he got his wife and children, no one was suppose to know how he had an affair with his best friend’s wife. All these years the father that raised her for her whole life just disowned her with disgust just because she’s not his blood-related daughter. So Yoona lived in the streets ever since…and struggled through each day with hunger, fear and hatred. Her fear of death transformed into hatred towards humanity and society…she hated everything, and that was the source of her motivation to live on.

“…Not a nice story, but at least I have a good life now.”

“Wow…that’s just…”

“Can sound horrible, everyone sure have their horrible moments. What about yours?”

“…My father is the only member I have. My older sister and mom are dead.”

Her mother died when Tiffany was just 15. She had this chronic heart condition for a long while. It didn’t kill her instantly; everyone had to watch her slowly dying on the bed until father couldn’t hold it anymore. Tiffany remembered she would always go to the hospital to visit her mother with her older sister, Michelle. Watching her getting weaker every single day…watching her in pain every single day…for so long that she lost count of days. Maybe for half a year perhaps? It went on until her father decided to give her a peaceful death. They called for euthanasia and put her mother in eternal slumber…at least, she was able to say her farewells to her. For the very least, which she wondered that her mother did have enough sense to understand her words or not. Before she was put into sleep, she was like a living corpse…that was breathing, but not interpreting anything around her at all.

“Hm…I see.”

“It wasn’t such a dramatic tragedy like yours…so please don’t expect anything much.”

“I would be suffering, if I have to watch my love one suffering for half a year, every single day. I feel you.”

Yoona’s words were just so kind to her, and so Tiffany took another deep breathe before she continued where she left off, regarding her sister’s death. She was working with father as an officer just like herself, but back then Tiffany was still in training to join the Crime Investigation Department. It was quite several years after their mother’s death. Yumi was tracking down this serial killer that was on the top blacklist of the city…many victims, both men and women, were slain by him and their bodies were mutilated. The 9th victim…it was a young kid, she was about to be killed but Yumi successfully found her first, at this abandoned building at the outskirt of the city. She protected that child while buying time, waiting for other officers to arrive…but if they arrived just a little earlier than that, Yumi wouldn’t die. Thankfully Tiffany wasn’t there to see what actually happened, because what she heard was just completely horrified. She was taken away into one of the rooms in the abandoned building, she was tortured before she lost her breath, she screamed and made the officers know where she was…but the door was locked. Her father was the front line officer and heard every scream until the very last one. By the time they arrived, she was nearly dead and was held as a hostage…she was bleeding on her wrist and legs, multiple stabbing wounds everywhere on her body. That man smiled and giggled hysterically at them before he slit right in front of them… right before he was shot to death. Her father didn’t tell her this, but Tiffany learned the truth from coincidently seeing the autopsy paper at home…it was a detailed death of Hwang Michelle. After she learned the truth, her father had one of the officers tell Tiffany what happened, it was too much for the father to describe how his daughter died right in front of his eyes.

“…I guess that’s why I’m just so determined to capture every criminal in my way, because I don’t want that to happen again.”

“I’m sorry to hear that, I won’t judge you for wanting to arrest everyone one of us—”

“No.”

“…?”

Tiffany shook her head. She would have that determination if she didn’t meet with Taeyeon, and Yoona. Everyone had their story, and had their own way of survival as well. They were not to blame, and she knew that everyone was a goodhearted person, but to whom. They fought to protect someone dearly in return of doing all the dirtied work…just like Taeyeon. Just as much worse things Taeyeon had committed, she knew that this heartless mouse had that kind heart inside her.

“It changed…ever since I know you two. I wished I could so something for you two…something for those kids as well.”

“…Hehe, thank you, I’m really happy to hear that from you. It means a lot.”

Tiffany smiled with relief and knew what Yoona meant with what she said. She put her sincerity in each word she said and it did reached the officer’s heart. They were both smiling to each other in silence before the raven-haired continued where she left out after the short silence between the two.

“I’m glad to talk to you, Yoona-shi.”

“Same here, Tiffany-shi.”

The young squirrel just smiled at her before she used the silence between the conversations to change the topic. There was something she wanted to discuss further, regarding that girl sleeping soundly in Tiffany’s arms. Yoona stared at Taeyeon whom was sleeping with that peaceful face, which was quite some rare sight to see. That wasn’t a kind of face one were to see when Taeyeon sleeps…which made things much more clearer to Yoona even more.

“How much do you love her? I mean…that chump there.”

Yoona pointed to Taeyeon whom was sleeping and it made Tiffany blushed slightly. Obviously the young thief seemed to know it well, but she wanted that confirmation for her dedication for the scarred Kim.

“…I admit it, I love her.”

“Taeyeon unnie is no ordinary girl. She’s a scarred wolf; the deeper you reach her heart the more you’re going to be bound to her. I’m asking how much commitment you have for her.”

“…”

“I don’t want to see Taeyeon unnie being hurt again. I plead you.”

“I never intend to hurt her, and never will. ”

Tiffany argued back immediately without further ado. Which that caught Yoona’s interest even more. She could see that strong silent determination in her eyes, she was actually serious about the scarred mouse. The officer sighed before she looked back to the girl in her arms…she’s just so mature, just as much she’s still a child inside. She must be so deadly exhausted to not overhearing the conversation at all.

“I wonder I did understand my feelings well or not. I want her to be happy…that’s all I can think and feel. I can remain protect her as long as my body belongs to hers.”

“…Wow, you sure know how to control that kid well. I’m glad she met you.”

“I guess I’ll take that as a compliment?”

“How was last night? Did she make you feel good?”

“W-Wha—!?”

“Shhhh…”

Yoona asked such a blunt question that made Tiffany’s face burned immediately. She was shocked with the question and wondered how did Yoona knew about this. She was still in shock and looked away to avoid any sort of eye contact immediately. As for Yoona, she couldn’t help but to giggle softly and enjoy Tiffany’s embarrassment when her intimate night with Taeyeon was revealed.

“Obviously I just went to get the food for Taeyeon and well…I heard something and so I decided not to go in.”

“Oh god…this is so embarrassing.”

“Hehe, I admire your courage to take that deal…and thank you.”

“Eh?”

“…Thank you.”

“Yoona-shi…”

She thanked her again. This time it caught Tiffany off guard and it gave her a feeling that Yoona was supporting the officer’s feelings for the arrogant mouse. She seemed to have so much hope and faith in Tiffany to be reaching for Taeyeon’s locked heart. She was touched and it gave her some encouragement, at least for Tiffany to know that someone supported and sided with her made her felt relief. Then that was when Yoona had the chance to glance at the girl’s sleeping face.

“…I never see that peaceful sleeping face of hers for so long that I can’t remember the last time, and she had that, with you.”

“…?”

Yoona gave her hint and finally decided to take her leave. It was getting late that she would allow Tiffany and Taeyeon to sleep, but before that she got a blanket to cover on top of her shoulder so to keep her warm. She wouldn’t be able to cover her upper half with the blanket since Taeyeon was sleeping. That dark silence once again, Tiffany sighed softly before she could feel Taeyeon fidgeting in her arms as she tried to move her position to another comfortable one, at least she didn’t wake up. The officer just smiled out of love while she made sure she was in a comfortable position for the Taeyeon to sleep through the night. She must be so exhausted and tired. It was already 11pm and there was no sign of waking up at all. She slowly closed her eyes and let herself drifted off to sleep…

 

~XXX~

Having a deep good sleep, Tiffany finally woke up from her deep slumber and started to gain control of her body. However the position she remembered she was in was different this time, she was lying down on bed and Taeyeon’s face was right in front of her. They were sleeping by each other’s side. She was caught off guard and her face turned pink instantly seeing that peaceful sleeping face. Her heart skipped a beat but it calmed down after she regained her control. Tiffany just stared at that peaceful face and remembered what Yoona told her, about how rare to see that peaceful sleeping face. But then that was when she saw that old scar across her right corner of her temple. That huge nasty scar…she recalled not being the wound she treated though, she only stared at it and touched it gently. Thinking to herself…how painful must it be when the Taeyeon received this huge wound across her head.

“Don’t touch it.”

“W-Whoa!?”

Tiffany was shocked when Taeyeon suddenly replied back to her. She flinched back and slowly saw those eyes opened and stared straight right at her. She stared with that annoyed glare once again right after she woke from her long sleep, she really did had her long hibernation for full recovery. Taeyeon seemed to look much better and her body wasn’t as hot as yesterday, her fever seemed to go down after having that long sleep. However, Tiffany couldn’t shake out her curiosity for that old nasty scar on Taeyeon’s side of the head.

“Where did you get that scar…?”

“First thing you asked me when I got up?”

“...Yes.”

The officer became more demanding and was making an order with Taeyeon. However, the thief had recovered most of her strength back and she swiftly got on top of Tiffany. She pinned both her wrists onto the bed and glared at her with such ferocious eyes. The untamed mouse wouldn’t like anyone that she didn’t acknowledge to be commanding over like this.

“Don’t you dare make an order with me.”

“Isn’t this according to our deal? You can have everything from me…in exchange of listening to me. Aren’t we on the deal?”

“…”

“But I should be softer…can you tell me how you get that?”

“…”

Taeyeon sighed and got off from Tiffany’s body. She sat on the bed and touched her own scar, reminiscing about her past on how she got the scars. At least she told Tiffany a little of her past as well as she knew about Kim’s massacre, just a little extensive explanation shouldn't be much of a bother to her.

“The mark that will always remind me of the night my parents were killed, and the revenge that never fade away.”

“Is that…the scar you got from the…”

“From the killer, yes. He slashed me deep with that same blade that killed my parents.”

“…Taeyeon.”

“What—Huh!?”

Tiffany suddenly pulled her down and pinned her against the bed and stared at her eyes calmly and strongly. Taeyeon was completely caught off guard and couldn’t help but to hissed back at her with dissatisfaction. She did not like anyone to take the aggressive role against her, since she had too much pride to let Tiffany do anything for her.

“What are you doing?!”

“…”

She didn’t reply and she slowly her hand and brushed off that front hair from Taeyeon’s face. Slowly, revealing that scar across the side of her forehead. They didn’t utter a word, and only silence between the two. She touched it gently and Taeyeon didn’t respond to anything, only but staring back at the officer with those emotionless eyes. Afterwards, Taeyeon just started to relax on the bed, and began diverting her eyes up towards the ceiling.

“…It was one of the high ranked officers himself, from the Crime Investigation Department.”

“Huh?”

“The man that killed everyone. To make sure everyone is dead, they sent an elite officer to clean up.”

“I see…”

“Heh, starting to pity me? Going to reveal your true motive now?”

“…No.”

Tiffany shook her head before she her cheek gently with care. Taeyeon was surprised a little and then she felt that gentle kiss on her forehead, on that very old scar she had. Taeyeon was shocked; her eyes grew widely and couldn’t respond to anything. She couldn’t understand why Tiffany did this to her and what was her motive behind it…but it made her mind blown away. Tiffany sighed before she finally answered back to the rude officer beside her.

“I never felt pity for you, but I finally have the chance to get to know you more.”

“…So?”

“Just as much as I won’t be able to fully understand your pain, you won’t understand my feelings for you too.”

“…”

“I do what I want to do, just like what you want to do.”

“…Heh, doing what you want huh? Doesn’t sound like what an officer of justice would say.”

“Hehe, I wonder.”

Taeyeon only sneered before she pulled Tiffany’s head down for a passion kiss. Her tongue pushed through her lips and deepened it up. They rolled and so Taeyeon was on top of the officer once again and her lips lustfully. She s and touched her bare skin underneath that shirt and made the older raven-haired flinched with a blush. Then before Taeyeon could enjoy her reward from the deal, the officer cupped her face to kiss her forehead tenderly. Taeyeon was caught off guard. It seemed today, the raven-haired officer did so many things that made her mind blown. However, she couldn’t let herself lose to Tiffany, she still fight hard and believed that this officer was working hard to deceiving her.

“Now you’re enjoying it this huh? How you are.”

“I do what I want to do, and it is to hold you…and be with you.”

“…It’s either you a stupid , or you’re putting so much effort to deceive me.”

Taeyeon had not give up on that matter and still did not believe in Tiffany’s actions at the slightest. She observed her for the whole time, and allowed the officer to do what she wanted… but Taeyeon did not have trust on her at all. She could still never be convinced that Tiffany would truly love her, without a reason behind her scheme. She was not planning to lose this psychological game with her; she will win it, and take her revenge with Hwang Steve. She would continue this game on and see the ending, to strip off Tiffany’s mask to reveal her dark scheme.

“Love…makes people do things, that makes you look utterly stupid.”

“…Tch, you just annoyed me so much to the guts.”

“I know, you do everything you could to hurt me, yet I still love you.”

“…”

“Taeyeon, I love y—”

“Shut up already.”

Taeyeon silenced her with a passion kiss that made Tiffany lost to her, in a blink of an instance. The kiss was so mesmerizing and unconsciously she moaned out through the gap between their kisses. Feeling that cold touch against her bare skin, she was slowly being under Taeyeon’s control once again…and knew what was going to happen after that. The aggressive girl didn’t bother that its morning, at least she would have her ‘breakfast’ on bed. She was much stronger than the two days ago and there was no way she could fight back against that strength. She did not care about what she had to sacrifice for to be with Taeyeon…the deeper she approach the thief, the harder she wouldn’t be able to escape this. Tiffany didn’t plan to back off and only held onto her body tightly…allowing the darkness to consume over her body, mind, and heart…as well as making sure she doesn’t lose grip on her no matter how hectic things are. She must not lose her clutch on Taeyeon, because if she let go of her…it will be the biggest regret she ever done in her life.

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