CHAPTER 27

       “태... 무슨 생각하고있어?" Tiffany asked when she noticed Taeyeon seemed like daydreaming again.

       "티파니... 고향에 가고싶어...,” Taeyeon replied carefully as she realized she’d hadn’t seen her mother for few months. And besides it… she felt like sharing many things with the woman. Many things had already tangled together in her mind, really agitated her thought after the truth about Tiffany’s father had been revealed.

       “왜?” Tiffany asked briefly while frowning. Actually, she didn’t really like Taeyeon to be far away from her. She knew she had already touched phase “not seeing her in a day like not seeing her for four seasons.” She felt she had already been addicted to the petite one.

       “엄마를 보고싶어... 할수있어?” Taeyeon asked her permission.

       “그럼... 우리는 안만나잖?” she asked sadly, making Taeyeon heaved a huge sigh.

       “엄마를 안마난지 6 개 월 됐네요...,” Taeyeon replied feebly.

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       “Tae... what’re you thinking about?" Tiffany asked when she noticed Taeyeon seemed like daydreaming again.

     “Tiffany… I wanna go to my hometown,” Taeyeon replied carefully as she realized she already hadn’t seen her mother for few months. And besides it… she felt like sharing many things with the woman. Many things had already tangled together in her mind, really agitated her thought after the truth about Tiffany’s father had been revealed.

       “Why?” Tiffany asked briefly while frowning. Actually, she didn’t really like Taeyeon to be far away from her. She knew she had already touched phase “not seeing her in a day like not seeing her for four seasons.” She felt she had already been addicted to the petite one.

       “I miss Omma... May I?” Taeyeon asked her permission.

       “So... we won’t meet for few days, rite?” she asked sadly, making Taeyeon heaved a huge sigh.

       “I just realized it’d already been 6 months since I worked here and I never had a chance to see her afterward, Fanny~aaa,” Taeyeon replied feebly.

       “Moreover… I’d just back home for 1-2 days only. I’ll be back soon… You know you’re not the only one who gets the feeling,” she added again; her hand now caressing Tiffany’s hair who already leaned on her tamely.

       “I know it, Taetae,” she mumbled, finally displayed a thin smile on her face while peering up her lover. “Just go, see your mom, and back to me as soon as possible. I couldn’t hold you to see your mom or if I might call – my future mother in law,” Tiffany grinned when mentioned the last phrase; making Taeyeon widened her smile as well.

       “Omma will have no idea how lucky she’s to have daughter in law like you,” Taeyeon said; however suddenly Tiffany’s expression just turned into confusing one.

       “Wae?” Taeyeon asked.

       “You thought your mother would accept me?”

       “Don’t be stupid,” Taeyeon shook her head. “My mother is a great and wise woman. All the things she wants are only to see me happy. Once I state that you’re my happiness, what can she say?”

       “But… what if… what if this time she doesn’t grant your wish? We’d already known, Tae, things don’t always work out as we want…,” Tiffany asked in sad tone again; making Taeyeon finally crouched and get her face closer to her.

       She dropped a gentle kiss on her forehead and whispered afterward.

       “You’d already known that you’re my oxygen,” she murmured and smiled. “I don’t think my mother will let her beloved daughter die by taking away my oxygen,” she added and grinned; making Tiffany finally plastered up smile as well.

       “Just go now,” she said playfully. “So you can back to me faster as well,” with that she jutted her lips and brushed Taeyeon’s one, again, playfully.

AT HOMETOWN

       “Omma!!! I’m home!!!” Taeyeon yelled excitedly when she finally reached her home. Her mother seemed taken aback as Taeyeon told her anything before; she did it for surprise, actually.

       “Tae? Omooo… You want me get heart attack? Why didn’t you tell Omma before???” her mother widened her eyes, still trying to manage herself.

       “Surprise,” she grinned like a horse and jumped into her mother hug. Her mother hugged her tightly and rubbed her head. Only in front of her mother, Taeyeon could act like a child again.

       “What bring you here?” her mother asked while pouring black bean milk, one of her favorite beverages, then handed it to her.

       “Why you asked so?” Taeyeon pretended to pout. “You aren’t happy to see me back home?”

       “Aigooo…,” her mother shook her head. “Stupid kid,” she giggled witnessing her 23 years old daughter already acted like a kindergarten children again.

       “How are you doing, Tae? And oh yeah… how’s your boss, Tiffany? Did she treat you well? And did you really work hard for her?” her mother suddenly peppered her with many questions, making Taeyeon had no idea which question she had to answer first.

       After taking some gulp of drink, she dramatically hit her head.

       “One by one, Omma. Which one I should ask first?” Her mother giggled again witnessing her dork action.

       “It’s up to you. I just wanna hear more from you, Tae,” she replied.

       “I’m fine, like you see,” she grinned again. “And Tiffany…,” she trailed off, pondering for some moment before finally she decided it’s time to tell all the truth to the wise woman.

       “Omma… I’d like to tell you something,” she said carefully. Smile on her mother’s face suddenly faded away, replaced by a puzzled expression.

       “I know you must be disappointed hearing this,” she said again. “I know… this news absolutely not sort of things you’d like to hear…,” she continued sadly. Her mother just leaned forward and gently reached her into her hug. She patted Taeyeon’s back for a moment before piping up.

       “Anything you are going to tell me, Tae… Will never change anything between us. I’d never be disappointed of you, Tae. So don’t you worry about anything. Just tell me,” her mother said wisely; making the latter’s eyes began slightly teary.

       “Omma… I finally found the one who was in charge of Appa’s lost,” she said while pulled away from her hug, to face her mother. Her mother seemed slightly startled hearing it, but she remained silence, giving her chance to explain more.

       “He has to pay for what he’d done, Omma!” Taeyeon suddenly raised her voice as she’d already drifted into emotion again.

       “Tae,” her mother shook her head while staring at her sadly. “I didn’t raise you up to grow up any revenge,” she said softly. “What happened to your father was a destiny. We’re all human and we couldn’t change it all. Why just you didn’t forgive him and life your life, Tae? Why you let your heart been engulfed by the grudge?”

      “Omma! The man even didn’t show any bit of guilty!”

      “How could you know that?”

      “Because…,” she paused momentarily. “He’s Tiffany’s father,” she said feebly.

      “Tiffany… your boss?”

      Now Taeyeon was shaking her head, making her mother threw her a baffled look.

      “Tiffany… is my girlfriend, Omma… Mianhae…,” now Taeyeon couldn’t bear her tears again as she knew she’d made her mother really disappointed. She sobbed and covered her face with her palm, while kneeling in front of her mother.

       “Mianhae, Omma…,” she kept mumbling the words, until finally she felt a pair of hand hugged her gently and lifted her up to stand again.

       “My daughter,” she said calmly. “Though I never expected it, I already seen it coming,” she said while still embracing her daughter. “That night, when Tiffany answered my call that originally directed to you, I’d already felt the way she talked about you was not like just an ordinary boss. And even she felt like so exciting when I let her call me “Omma” as well… I caught something more than boss-assistant relationship, but I didn’t even dare to guess it… But I’d already anticipated it and prepared myself for today…”

       “Love will never fail, Tae,” her mother said again. “Though your relationship with her wasn’t kind of thing that would be acceptable in this country, I as your mom wouldn’t make it harder for you two… If she’s really your happiness, so I’d surely give my blessing to you… Because you know what? One day if you have become a mother, you’d got this knowledge… That for a mother, there’s nothing above in this world unless seeing her child reaches their happiness…”

       “Nine months you lived inside me… Inside your blood, there’re mine as well. When you’re getting happiness, I’d happy even more. And when you’re getting hurt, I’d hurt even more. Even, if I can, I’d ask God to take away your sadness and let me bear them, because I love you, my daughter… Until this point, I really have no reason to not giving my blessing to you… Someday, you’d got all this knowledge, Tae,” her mother smiled warmly, making Taeyeon sobbed even more.

       “Omma… Omma… How lucky I’m to have such a mother like you… Gomawo, Omma…,” she murmured.

       “But, Tae… I worry about something…,” her mother said dubiously. “You really love Tiffany, rite?”

       Taeyeon nodded. “I can’t live without her, Omma,” she admitted bluntly.

       “And about her father…?”

       “Omma…,” Taeyeon said weakly. “Do you think I still want to take the revenge after I just told you that I really love Tiffany and even can’t live without her?”

       A relieving smile gradually spread on her mother face.

       “I’m so proud of you, Kim Taeyeon. Your father must be felt the same and now staring at us happily in Heaven.”

       Tiffany smiled like a creep; staring at the Dookong doll in front of her for a moment before finally she jotted down some letters in a pink note with heart background.

To my beloved Tae,

Taetae… It’s just one night you’re not with me, but I felt like going crazy.

Tae… How could you’ve been so addictive to me? Call me crazy, whatever…

But I really really couldn’t bear it any longer.

Tae… I love you so much. I know I tell you everyday…

Don’t blame me because when I told you so, I really really felt so as well…

Look at me now, Tae. I wrote this letter just like a desperate person, but yes, I’m indeed desperate one… I’m just a desperate girl who is always starving about your love…

Taetae, my dear, after all the fuss and the row, I really hope we will never hurt each other again…

I know we hurt each other because we dreadfully love each other…

But what if in the next time we fulfill our days just by love, love, love, love, and only love?

I’m sure we’d make it. And I promise I’d be better girl for you!!

This dookong will be the witness! Hehehe.

Forever yours <3,

Tiffany

         Again, Tiffany still smiled like a creep when she folded the note and put it in the envelope, then sticking it on the doll.

       “She must be excited receiving this gift!” Tiffany said to herself while holding the doll and walking toward Taeyeon’s room. She’d already imagined Taeyeon’s surprising and touched expression once she found it. She’d also imagined, Taeyeon would pepper her with kiss and pamper her all the night after all. Imagining all the thought just making Tiffany widened her creepy smile just like a crazy.

       Tiffany opened Taeyeon’s room and just searched around, looking for a strategic spot to put the doll. After sweeping around the room for a moment, her eyes suddenly pinned on the photograph lying on Taeyeon’s desk.

       Urging by the huge curiosity, she took the photograph and frowned as she didn’t recognize the man who’s in the picture; but as her sight shifted to the child carried on his back, she just noticed that it was little Taeyeon. She unconsciously smiled again witnessing how cute she was.

(So… hmmmh… Is it her father… that had already passed away? Poor kid…

You must be passed through the tough days, Tae…

But don’t worry, Tae… You will never run another dark day again…

Now you have me… And I promise… I’d always give you the happiness…)

       “Fanny~aaa?? Fanny~aaa??? I’m back!!!” Taeyeon yelled cheerfully once she touched Tiffany’s house. She impatiently run upstairs but slightly disappointed when she didn’t find her in her room.

(Hmmm… where’s she?)

       Suddenly, her knowledge just already told her something.

(Ah! Probably she’s in my room now!)

       Excitingly Taeyeon run downstairs again and quietly opened up the door, in order to surprise her. She grinned like a donkey when she caught the girl was indeed at her room. Her back was facing the door and she seemed didn’t notice her presence.

       “SURPRISEEEE!” Taeyeon yelled joyfully.

       In a second, Tiffany turned back and Taeyeon caught the most dreadful face of hers she’d ever saw during this time. Tiffany’s eyes seemed red and so damn teary and Taeyeon couldn’t see any warmth inside the eyes just like usual… instead, an anger and gloom were obviously dawning in both of her eyes… Her body was miserably trembling.

       “Tiff…,” she was about to ask what’s happening to them, but suddenly something just hushed and revealed everything…

       Taeyeon caught a photograph just fell down from Tiffany’s grip.

       Taeyeon’s eyes widened once she recognized the photograph.

       When it touched the floor, the photograph just flinched backward.

       Taeyeon’d already known this time… they’re really over.

       There would never be another chapter for them anymore.

       There would never be another “mianhae” for them…

       There would never be “saranghae” again between them…

       With her watery eyes and blur sight, she still could catch her own writing behind the photograph… Thought the letters had already been strikethrough-ed… it was still clear enough to read…

Appa, I miss you… Now I found the man who killed you…

He has to pay what he’d done to us, Appa…

I think even God gives His blessing to me, Appa…

Her innocent daughter was falling into me so deeply…

I think after all he did to our family,

It doesn’t that mean to use her to destroy his father life, rite?

I wonder if he still can plaster up his arrogant smile once he knew

his beloved daughter was no other than a fool

who was really crazy about someone like me!

Rain outside my window pouring down
What now, your gone, my fault, I'm sorry
Feeling like a fool cause I let you down
Now it's, too late, to turn it around
I'm sorry for the tears I made you cry
I guess this time it really is goodbye
You made it clear when you said
I JUST DON’T LOVE YOU NO MORE…

(Don't Love You No More - Craig David)

to be continued...

Omigosh... gimme some solution, please...

This time it's really dead-end for Tae, rite??? I don't think they'd make it up again...

Really terrible!!! SOS. SOS. SOS.

Wonderful mother, sweet surprise and doll, keen promise, heart-healing...

but why still the world like to play around with their destiny?