16

2 years later

A figure walked around the mall in her bright yellow raincoat and a ducky backpack. She looked young, and naively cute. She was looking at the peas soft toy in her hands, "Should I get you guys? Or Should I not? Sunny will smack me, if she sees these cutesy items in my hands, wouldn't she? Stupid Sunny, always forbidding me from getting cute stuff. What's wrong with them?"

The figure sighed and lamented her sorry life. Why, oh why, was she caught under the strict guidance of Sunny?

Sunny who always looked so sad when she saw her. Sunny, who she loved to tease and play tricks on because she was just too darn serious.

The way she see it, life was pretty fun -

"Hey, you." She stopped a guy who was stealing candy off the shelves. She had thrown her shoe at him without thinking, and she really wanted to smack herself for her reckless act.

If only, she thought things through carefully.

The guy walked towards her. He was buffed and strong. She smiled sheepishly, "Sorry, my hand slipped."

He laughed dryly at her, his expression far from looking humorous, "Oh, your hand slipped?"

"Yea, it did. I'm sorry. Aigoo, you must have gotten a shock, didn't you?" She wiped the dust away from the guy's face, and the guy looked at her fuming still.

"Stop touching me!"

"I am helping you. Helping. Do you understand?" The figure said, as she patted the guy as she would a good friend.

The guy narrowed his eyes at her. Normally, normal people know that this is a very good time to keep one's mouth shut, but the girl smiled, "Eh? Why do you look so flustered? Is anything the matter?"

"Yes. You. How many times, do I have to tell you that I'm the boss of this shop? And that I'm not a candy thief?"

"You're not?" The figure rubbed her head, puzzled when Sunny suddenly appeared.

"I'm sorry, Mister. I'll pay for your injuries. My friend has a problem with remembering names and faces."

The guy looked at the two figures and sighed, "This is the 101th time already. Count my luck. Why does she keep coming to my shop, anyway?"

The guy asked and pointed at the yellow figure.

Sunny smiled apologetically, and then, she heard the song that was playing on loop in his shop. This voice.....

It sounded so, so familiar. Was it her?

Was that why you're attracted to this shop unconsciously, Taeyeon? Was that it? Sunny glanced at the figure beside her.

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