"Where's DongHae?" Rattling my keys out of the door knob, TaeYeon hit the light switch to the front entrance right behind me as we entered the abandoned dorm. The lights flickered once. Twice. Three times before turning on completely.

"He went out with friends." I kicked my sneakers off and hung my coat. Making my way towards the kitchen, I opened the fridge and grabbed a cold beer. "Make yourself comfortable, it might take a while for me to find it." She simply nodded at me and took a seat on the couch in the dark living room. Walking out, I watched her cross her legs gracefully, which caused her skirt to hike up her petite legs slightly. The moonlight from the window bounced off TaeYeon's white skin and caused me to gulp loudly.  I sped past her without making eye contact and entered KangIn's room. I had been alone with her in my dorm before. But every time, we'd always be loud and doing something that'd distract me from my thoughts. It was dark, quiet, and it definitely didn't have the same mood as usual. I shook my head and the switch in KangIn's room.

There was clothes on every inch of the floor, as if a tornado had flown by. "Oh my, God. Does he ever clean?" I was surprised TaeYeon had never scolded him for his messy room. I kicked three pairs of jeans and a load of jackets out of the way as I made my way towards his desk - which, might I add, was the only clean surface in this whole room. "Now, where could you be?" Rummaging through three drawers, I finally found something that could pass off as a gift. It had a very torn up ribbon wrapped messily around a purple box. "KangIn, you could at least try to make it look presentable." I unraveled the ribbon and retied it, trying my best to make it look better. "This is as good as it's going to get, I suppose." As I went to close the drawer, I noticed a small pink note felt at the bottom of the cabinet. Was it a part of his gift? I reached in and my fingers grabbed ahold of it. On the front, it wrote in his incoherent handwriting: TaeYeon. I didn't mean to snoop, but I just wanted to make sure I'd give her the whole gift. I found myself unfolding the note and skimming through.

'TaeYeon: 

Hey baby. It's been how long since we been together? More than a year? Time flies, hey? Haha. I know I'm no good with words, and I can't treat you like a normal boyfriend, but I just want to say thanks for being there for me and trusting me.

Love you,
KangIn"

My breathing stopped. Something tugged in my heart and a faint pain shot through my chest.  I should have just given her the note with the gift. Folding it back to the way it was, I took both the gift and note in one hand and shut the drawer, then walked back to the door and shut the lights off. TaeYeon was still sitting in the same spot as before, staring off into space. Slowly walking closer to her, I took a seat right next to her and handed her both the gift and note. She glanced at them for a few seconds before taking them in her own frail hands. Our skin touched for a brief second which caused a shudder that ran down my spine. It's been more than a year and she's still leaving this effect on me. Get over her, LeeTeuk... 

"Should I..." I took a sip from the bottle, "Should I open it now? Or can it wait for later?" I shrugged. TaeYeon bit her bottom lip unconsciously which caught my eye every time. "I guess I'll just read the note." TaeYeon opened up the pink sheet and stared at it intently. After a few seconds, a small smile formed on her lips, showing her irresistible dimple that I loved to see. I almost said something about it, but she looked back at me, "Why couldn't KangIn give me this himself?"

"He was too embarrassed," was all I could say, "I don't know what he got you though. You can open it now, I don't really mind." Her quiet laugh echoed in the silent room. She threw both items in her side bag and tossed her hair to the side. I always thought she looked cute with all of her curled hair to one side. Plus, every time she did move it, the scent of her shampoo would become more noticeable. 

"It's okay, I'll just open it later. Thanks, Oppa." I nodded my head and let my back touch the couch. "So, what was it you were going to say...?" Damn. She still remembered. My arm propped me back up just as she leaned back. I leaned my elbows on my knees as I held the bottle between my fingers.

"Yeah, about that. It's really nothing, I don't know what I was saying." Honestly, one of the worst lies ever. She scoffed loudly. "Honest to God."

"Right, did anyone ever tell you that you at lying?" Couldn't help but grin. She had always tried to make a tense situation comfortable. "If you don't want to tell me, that's alright. I'm just... Worried?"

"Why would you be?" The words slipped from my lips before I could think, "Besides, I'm nothing important." I dropped the beer onto the table and put my hands together. I felt her small hand against my back so I craned my neck to look at her. Her eyebrows were pulled together again and her lips formed another adorable pout.

"Don't ever say that... You're one of the most important people to me right now." My heart jumped out of my chest. "I can't imagine you not in my life." Should I say it? She removed her hand as I leaned back. Our arms grazed each other as we sat quietly for a moment. Her soft perfume was driving me insane as I took a deep breath in. Turning my head, she was staring right at me when I looked at her. I had to say it. It's now or never. You two are alone, she confessed something, I had to now. Just say it. Three simple words, LeeTeuk. What's the worst that could happen? She could say no, and you guys will be normal again.

"I like you."

The three simple words escaped my mouth. The three words I've been dreading yet waiting to say for almost a year. The words that made me nervous to actually believe was true. I had gone against my brother and admitted the fact. As selfish as it sounded, I wanted her to be mine, not KangIn's.  I waited for her response. Any response. All TaeYeon did was stare into my eyes and grin shyly like a child, "I like you too. I thought at first KangIn's brothers would hate me but thank God!"

The blood from my face drained. She had taken it the wrong way. Of course she did. She thought I meant it in a different way. How stupid of me. "No, I mean... Never mind." Suddenly her facial expression changed. She made a slight 'o'  with .

"Wait... What?" Oh my, God she figured it out. What do I do?

Out of nowhere, I felt a wave of courage erupt. I exhaled and thought, just do it. I took her hand in mine and noticed how cold it was as usual. Her eyes traveled down to look at them before glancing up again, she didn't try to struggle out of my grasp. "TaeYeon, look." I heard my heartbeat beating harder and harder. Then I realized the look of nervousness in TaeYeon's doll eyes. "I know you're dating my brother, and I'm so happy for you."

"But?" She whispered just loud enough for me to hear. The clock's ticks were loud in the ominous room as I tried to collect my thoughts. Our faces were merely inches apart but I tried my best to concentrate on anything but her lips.

"But... I've honestly been thinking about you every night since you guys started dating. From the start when he came home late on your first date, until now. There's not a day where I have a thought of telling you how I felt. But I saw how happy you made KangIn and I couldn't do that to him." I took a deep breath in and shut my eyes for a few seconds, "Every time he made you cry, I was so close to telling you, you have no idea. Then you guys would always make up. It was selfish of me, but I always wished you two wouldn't." I opened my eyes again to look at her response. 
 

TaeYeon had a blank expression. I couldn't read it at all. She wasn't even looking at me anymore. "I don't..." Her face turned to look up at me, making our faces even closer. I gulped for the second time. "Does KangIn know?"

"No," I shook my head, "No one knows, I didn't want anyone to. And that's why I was really mean to you the other night. I was so scared I'd do something and ruin everything." She shut and stayed silent. I let go one of her hands and brushed her hair back, "I know you don't like me that way, so can you just say that you don't feel the same? I don't want it to be awkward, I just need to hear you say it." I knew she'd say it, I prepared for it every single time I thought about confessing. Her lost eyes reached mine again, this time I couldn't help but glance at her lips. Her perfect lips. TaeYeon noticed my stare and her eyes became wide. I felt terrible, that probably made her feel extremely uncomfortable. "Sorry, I didn't mean-"

"It's okay." She muttered before staring down at mine then back at my eyes, "I don't mind..." My eyebrow rose slightly. Was she...? I took my free hand and lifted her chin softly.  

"You don't?" My voice came out hoarse. TaeYeon shook her head with little force. My heart was now pounding, could she hear it? I started to lean my head in, "Is this okay?" I asked her,  just inches from her beautiful mouth.

"Hm..." Her nose brushed mine softly. She smelt like heaven. "LeeTeuk..." Our lips were centimeters apart. I felt the warmth from them even before I touched her sweet lips. Then suddenly, I heard keys jingle from the other side of the door. Right as I pulled back, the door open and DongHae was standing with his hand on the door knob and eyes wide open at the scene in front of him.

"TaeYeon? LeeTuk? What's going on?"