CHAPTER 6

TH

       I kept thinking all over the night. Yes, I meant, I thought about the kiss. I didn’t have any idea why, so don’t ask me, please. All the things I knew was every time I relived the scene, I felt my heart like getting flustered and my heartbeat like increasing its pace. More than it, I had no idea.

       So, you supposed to be able to infer something this morning. Yeah. I didn’t sleep properly last night. But I was… happy. Huh? Happy? Was it the right term? Why I supposed to be happy? I shook my head in disbelief, discovering “weird me”, but again, I couldn’t help but smiling like a creep when I was standing in front of the mirror.

       It was because I remembered the way she treated me. I meant, the way she made me allow to talk using banmal toward her. Despite of her arrogance and bossiness… I found her… cute…

       Despite of the sudden incident… I found her kiss… was sweet…

       Arghhhhhh. Focus, Tiffany. Focus. What the hell you’re thinking about????

       Suddenly I jolted in surprise as my cell-phone was buzzing, scattering my reverie.

       Who’s calling in this early morning???

       I just like got another surprise once I found the caller’s name. It’s her.

       “Yeoboseyo,” I greeted her curiously.

       “Change your clothes and quickly go down!”

       Yeah, yeah, yeah. Typical again. Not greeting back. Bossy. Not even asking my preference. I chuckled in disbelief.

       Wait. Go down???

       “Go down, huh?” I repeated confusingly.

       “Seriously I think you need to check-up to ENT department,” she said nonchalantly. “Yeah, Baby Mushroom. Go down soon. I hate to wait, you know it.”

       “W-what??” Again I jerked in surprise.

       “Are you saying you’re at my apartment now?” I quickly added. I guessed now she’s rolling her eyes.

       But don’t blame me. She’s too shocking, man.

       “No, I’m now with Jacky Chen, accompanying him shooting Rush Hour XII,” she said again, making me almost giggled but then she quickly went on. “Of course I’m now on your lobby, Fanny Fanny Tiffany.”

       I couldn’t help but giggled finding how cute she’s when she’s acting like this. Moreover, the way she called my name was… really… ah… dunno. It seemed cute for me. Nobody ever called me that way before and even though there’s I didn’t think the person could make me felt this way.

       “Hey, don’t be upset in this early,” I said calmly. “You even didn’t tell me that you’re going to come. How could I suppose to know it?”

       “Yeah, whatever. Now you’d known, so make it fast. Okay? Ppali. Ppali. Ppali!” she yelled with robotic voice and I struggled hard to suppress my giggle before finally did her request.

       I saw her crossed her arm while leaned against her car once afterward. She smirked like a dork and I couldn’t help but smirking back.

       “Get in, please!” she just said that then turned to driver side and got into the car. I shook my head and got in as well.

       “Why you came this morning? Where’re we going? What are we going to…,” I just peppered her with everything on my mind as I found her just remained silence and didn’t have any intention to tell me something when we’re in her car.

       “Don’t be fussy!” she uttered and grinned.

       WHAT? Oh crazy. Don’t be fussy? If I was fussy, so what’s about her???

       “Hey, why do you always act like this?” Finally I started to be slightly impatient. Frankly, it’s irritating.

       “Like what?” she asked innocently.

       “Bossy and arbitrary,” I said bluntly.

       “Because I’m important person,” she replied cockily. Her face was nonchalant.

       I almost dropped my jaw hearing her answer.

       “So because you felt important, you think you could do anything you want?”

       She shrugged her shoulder. “Why not?”

       “Oh Gosh,” I raised my pitch unconsciously. “Good to know you’re important. Coz though I’m not important, I think I couldn’t accept the way you treat…”

       She suddenly tilted her head, making me just hushed and didn’t continue my remarks.

       “Who said you weren’t important?”

       I frowned.

       “Who said?” she asked again.

       “I…,” I trailed off. “I think… It’s my own thought… You’d already seen… how… people around me… treated me…,” my voice began slightly crack as I remembered how Dong Hae treated me… and…

       Suddenly she knocked my forehead again. Before I had any chance to protest she’d already piped up again.

       “You’re important, Tiffany.”

       “Am I?”

       “Ye. You’re important for me,” finally she said again.

       I didn’t know whether it’s just my weird feeling or I really felt hotter around my face… but… arghhh dunno… her innocent remarks just made bunch butterflies suddenly came out from my stomach.

KTY

       Hell. What I was just talking about???? Damn… My tongue. Why I blurted out like that? I have to do something…

       I quickly cleared my throat. “Yeah, I mean… I’d considered you as one prospective actress in my company… so… I think… you’re important for me… for my company,” I quickly improvised. I didn’t dare to see her expression now. I pretended to focus on the road.

       “Anyway, let’s have breakfast. Afterward, accompany me to go to the mall,” I ordered again.

       “W-what? Hey, you even don’t ask my pref…”

       “Okay,” I chimed in impatiently again. “Would you like to accompany me to go to the mall, please?” I made “please” tone with a tame voice, earned huge laughter from her.

       And hence, made her couldn’t help but assented with me. Tamely.

       “Joahe, Taetae…,” she replied.

       GULPED. Taetae??? Taetae??? Ah… sounded so cute… It’s first time I heard someone called me that way… TaeTae?? I secretly smiled like a creep in amusement. Luckily she didn’t catch me.

       “Anyway…,” suddenly I spoke up again as I curious about her boyfriend. This time I asked her carefully.

       “How is your relationship? Did he… call you?”

       I heard her heaved a huge sigh and shook her head. I didn’t know how to react. Deep inside my heart I felt happy… but… in the other side, I felt sorry as well for her. Ah… really dilemmatic.

       “I think… your strategy didn’t work out,” she uttered, making me felt slightly guilty.

       “Mian…,” I was about to apologize but strangely she cut of my remarks and displayed warm smile to me.

       “Gwaenchana, Tae. You don’t need to be sorry. Really. It’s me, instead, who have to show my gratuitous to you… and sorry for… making you involved into my problem…”

       I smiled. “I don’t mind to be involved into it,” I said. “I… just… wanted to help…”

       “And moreover… it just already one day passed… It’s too fast to draw some conclusion,” I encouraged her, though deep inside my heart I felt so hard to release the remarks.

       “Are you trying to say… that… he still be possible to… make it up to me?” I heard her voice suddenly getting brighter. And somehow, it… argh, dunno. I felt uneasy discovering it, but I just hide my real feeling.

       “Yeah, of course. Wait for more few days and I thought… he’d make it up to you… I… could see his face that time,” I said again. And again… another “uneasiness” just stabbed my heart again… Fiuh…

       Suddenly I felt her hand touched mine.

       I cocked my head and found her displayed her eyesmile to me. I had to admit, it mesmerized me… badly.

       “Thank you, Tae…”

       Though felt bitter, I just successfully overcame it and plastered up my best smile to her.

TF

       We went to the department store afterward and suddenly I remembered I had to attend wedding party the next couple days and I wanted to buy a new dress. After thinking for some moment, I grabbed Taeyeon’s hand to stop her track. Seriously, she walked faster than me. But… after few steps ahead of me, she always stopped and tilted her head and sighed impatiently, but always… waited for me. She’s so funny, I thought.

       “Tae, I think I need to look for some dress,” I said.

       I knew she’d ask what it was for, so I hastily explained. “A friend of mine holds wedding party at the next couple day.”

       “Do you mind?” I asked again, as I didn’t get any respond from her yet, as if she’s thinking about something.

       “Oh, no,” she finally answered. “I just thought… with whom you’re coming?”

       Shoot. Suddenly I remembered… I couldn’t count on Dong Hae to accompany me. And to tell the truth, attending a wedding party on my own would be very awkward. Shoot… why I didn’t think about it???

       “Hey… I know what you’re thinking about,” suddenly Taeyeon’s voice was heard again. I looked at her seriously and I caught she nodded her head while throwing her sweet smile to me.

       “Where’s the party gonna be held?” she asked.

       “At Building X,” I mentioned a reception hall and she nodded again.

       “What time?”

       “Seven afternoon,” I replied again, but still couldn’t figure out anything.

       “So it’s no problem then.”

       “What’s no problem?”

       “I think I can accompany you if you don’t mind.”

       I gasped in surprise. I meant… I meant… why suddenly she seemed so nice. No. I meant, I knew she’s indeed nice but why she had to bother herself to accompany me? Did I really looked that poor so she felt really concern toward me???

       “I… I don’t mind, Tae… but… but… you don’t have to do…”

       “Of course I don’t have to do it!” she cut off and laughed hard, making my face blushed finding I was too cocky to think about it.

       “I have some business as well at nearly building before the reception. So I don’t think it would be a matter to accompany you afterward,” she said.

       “Owhhh,” I heaved breath in relief. Yeah, of course, Tiffany.

       Did you think… she did that much to you??? Aigooo… of course not. Who you think you are and did you think you’re that special in front of her??? Haish… Wake up!

       “I think…,” I trailed off. “It would be great, Taetae,” I smiled in the end. “Thank you!!!” I couldn’t help but hugged her tight. And I widened my smile as I knew she hugged me back. Tough, her style was cool, still.

KTY

       It’s 4 pm on the Saturday. I was about to go to the salon when suddenly my cell-phone rang. I smiled once found it’s her who’s calling. To tell the truth, during these two days I felt so excited, waiting for today. But, still, I was not sure with my own feeling. All the things I knew were… I would always be happy to be along with her.

       “Yeah?” I greeted her.

       “Taetae… Sorry… Do I disturb your business?” she asked.

       Oh yeah, I forgot to tell, I lie about the business. Today I had nothing to do. I just built a lie when I told her… it was so coincident I had some business before… I did it because I didn’t want her to sense any weirdness on me…

       “Oh, no… We’re almost done,” I lied again.

       “What’s up?” I asked. “Do you need some help?”

       “Ummm, no…,” she answered and paused momentarily. “Otherwise… I have a good news to share with you!”

       “Good news?” I repeated dubiously.

       “Huuh,” she said. “You’re right, Taetae. Thank you…”

       “Right? Right about what? And thank you for what?” I asked confusingly.

       “It worked out,” Tiffany said again. Suddenly I felt like getting hammer on my chest.

       I didn’t dare to hear her next remarks as I had already expected what she was going to tell. God please don’t… don’t…

       “Dong Hae Oppa called me, Taetae…. He felt so sorry and promised me wouldn’t let me down again… This time I guessed he’s really serious…”

       I wanted to spill out “congrats, I’m glad to hear it” but strangely…. Really… these words couldn’t be released from my mouth. I remained silence and bit my bottom lips hard.

       “Taetae?” I heard she called out me again.

       “Oh, yeah, yeah, hahaha,” I forced a laughed. “Now you have to admit that I could foresee future, rite? Hahaha. Ah, congrats, Tiffany. Now you no need to be sad again! Congrats!”

       “Ah… and Tae…,” Tiffany uttered dubiously again. I looked my face through the mirror and recognized the sad one looked back at me now.

       “I think you… also… no need to… accompany me… “

       “Huh?”

       “Yes…,” she trailed off. “Dong Hae Oppa would pick me up and accompany me,” she explained.

       “So… you don’t need to be hurry with your business… Just take your time.”

       I put myself together again to release another fake happiness.

       “Aihhh… of course! I’m glad… such a coincidence, I just got a message that told me that there’s something I have to fix... And yeah… I really have no idea what to do if Dong Hae didn’t appear in time to accompany you… Fiuh… really such a relief,” I said.

       “Oh yeah?” she seemed surprise and heaved a relief sigh as well. She bought my lie.

       “What so coincidence,” she commented. “Anyway, thank you Taetae and… have a great Saturday!”

       “Yeah, I will! And you too!”

       With that we ended the conversation. All the things she hadn’t known was today would gonna be the worst and the most bitter Saturday I ever had in my life.

       Was it breaking my heart? I thought you could tell me. Please tell me, Readers… What was happened to me?

to be continued...