The few interviews we had that day went smoothly… for the most part. My Japanese skills didn’t fail me once until they started asking me about Tiffany. I knew how to talk about our group and our music and whatnot, but I had no idea where to even begin with her. I guess they didn’t really teach me how to praise my girlfriend to the highest degree possible.

I did as best as I could though by just answering small parts of the questions, like yes we’re doing great and yes, she is very cute. I was really sorry, but thankfully Soo was able to cut in and ease the awkwardness.

“Thank you. Again,” I added as we left the sound booth of that radio show. At least our first two interviews we did earlier weren’t live, so I don’t think it went as badly on my part. This one however…

“No problem. You really need to start going to more Japanese lessons though,” he laughed.

“I’ve been going to the English ones instead,” I admitted. Partly because my English was pretty, well… rough, but mainly it was for Tiffany. I knew if I had to speak a foreign language 24/7 I would want a break from it sometimes too, so I figured I’d learn it. Well, try to at least. Soo teased me for my ‘cuteness’ just as Yuri spoke up.

“Is there another one hyung?”

“Ani Yul. That was our last one.” I was of bummed out about that.

I wanted to do more so our international fans got to see and hear us too. Since we don’t come here really ever this was our first chance to get to interact with them. On the other hand however, I was glad. I don’t know how anxious our Japanese fans were to hear me butcher their language nor I was I happy about having to do it in the first place.

Yeah maybe I should take more Japanese lessons…

We soon arrived at the hotel where I quickly learned from a wandering Amber and Krystal that SNSD was not back yet. Ugh. Sooyoung was a little upset too.  Hmm. I checked my watch.

“Hey Soo, since its almost nine do you want to go wait in the lobby with me? They should be back soon right?” I mean our curfew was eleven, so they’d obviously be back before then.

“Is that safe?” I made a face at him. What the hell of course it’s safe. “I mean with all the fans?”

“Ahh,” I voiced. That was a good question. “I don’t-.”

“Yeah. Earlier hyung said security had this place pretty locked up. They’re only letting people in with reservations.”

“Oh jinjja,” Soo asked surprisingly. I was a little shocked too, but with BoA, TVXQ, and SNSD all here I definitely understood why. Yuri hummed. “Then yeah let’s go,” he laughed.

“Yul, you wanna come too?”

“Nah, I’ll stay here. I don’t need to see your girlfriends,” he laughed. “Oh! If you find any snacks bring some back okay?” I chuckled.

“Arasso. Let’s go Soo.”

On the way down we passed hyung who told us to be careful. Blah, blah. Whatever, I just wanted to hurry. I didn’t want to miss them.

Soon we found ourselves in the lobby. It was actually really nicely decorated, so we decided to take a quick look around. I’m sure we would hear them come in anyway. Tiffany’s voice wasn’t very quiet...ever.

After we explored the first floor thoroughly we located a sofa that was pretty close to the door. We decided to take it so we’d be able to see them right when they got here. We thought we were out of sight from the fans too, but once we saw a few camera flashes we knew we’d been spotted.

“Should we move?” I looked around. There were other seats open, but none where we could clearly see the front door, except for one. That one however was also occupied by a Chinese looking businessman that I wasn’t really sure we should disrupt.

“Ani, there isn’t anywhere to go.”

“But the fans,” he said quietly.

“We’re not doing anything weird though,” I laughed. “Let them take our pictures. The headlines tomorrow, ‘TYS’s Sooyoung and Taeyeon sit on a sofa!’” He chuckled.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right, I just don’t want Sunny and I to get caught.” Omo! That’s right!

“How’s everything going with her by the way,” I asked curiously. He hasn’t said much about it surprisingly. I figured he’d be going on and on about it, I mean we cant get him to shut up any other day of the week. I watched him grin and grinned myself. I knew that feeling all too well.

“Great,” he said shyly. I nudged him and ‘aww’d. “Shut up.”

“How long has it been?”

“Uh, omo! Exactly two weeks.” I laughed. Aigo! He was so cute about it too!

“I’m happy for you two,” I said softly. This conversation definitely couldn’t be too loud. “You two are perfect for each other.”

“Ahh~,” he voiced happily. “Aren’t we?”

“Yah,” I laughed. “Don’t get too ahead of yourself there.” I heard him laugh as I took a glance toward the door. Ugh, no sign.

“I know, I’m just kidding. She actually makes me really nervous, like always.” I turned toward him again.

“You’re gonna have to get used to that. Fany-ah still makes me nervous,” I laughed.

“What? How? It’s been like two years!” I laughed.

“It’s only been a year and a few months pabo,” I corrected. “And she just does.” I laughed. “Maybe it’s not nerves. I don’t know,” I laughed. “I just don’t want to mess it up.” I heard him scoff. “What?”

“Oh come on Taeyeon, you two are annoyingly perfect,” he laughed. “Seriously, why don’t you two just get married?” My eyes widened. Omo… I knew he was teasing, but maybe I should tell him. The only people that knew my plan so far were Hyung, the president, and Sunny. However none of them knew my exact plan. I exhaled. It would feel good to tell someone. I wanted to see if it was a good enough idea anyway…

“Soo.” He hummed. “I’m asking Tiffany to marry me.” I heard him start choking. I don’t even know how though. He wasn’t eating or drinking anything. “Yah! Are you okay,” I asked as I turned to him. He held up his hand.

“Are you- are you serious?” I nodded. “When? Oh my god. How?” I laughed now. “Does the president know,” he said quieter.

“Yeah, yeah,” I responded. “He gave me the OK. Hyung knows too.”

“What the hell! Am I the last one?” I shook my head.

“No, you were actually going to be the first one I told the whole plan too,” I explained. “If you calm down. Jesus Soo, everyone is staring now.” I’m sure his coughing/choking attack was to blame.

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“I still can’t believe how happy the waiter was to see you four,” Sungmin oppa said excitedly. We all laughed.

“I think he almost cried when he saw Tiffany,” Donghae teased. I shook my head.

So maybe the waiter we had was a little zealous earlier, but I didn’t think it was too bad?

“Who could blame him?”

“Yah,” I said as I shoved Siwon oppa. “All of you be quiet.” I checked my phone as I hopped out of the van, even though we couldn’t use it, it really made for a great keeper of time. I sighed once I saw how late it was.

“What’s wrong Tiff?”

“It’s nothing oppa. I just hope Taeyeon is still awake,” I said sadly.

I hadn’t got to see or even talk to him since the airport this morning. Ugh, I just wanted to see how his first day in Japan went. I know Sooyoung and Yuri had already been here before for other promotions, but not my Taeyeon.

Also a hug and a few kisses would be nice too. I grinned just thinking about it.

“Oh come on! You’re always with him,” Siwon said loudly. “You need to spend some time with your friends too.” I heard a few of the other boys agree, but I didn’t even know what to think.

I do spend time with my friends though? I’m with Jessica, Sunny and Seohyun almost every day of the week and if they didn’t count as friends who did? I guess if they were referring to themselves, yeah I didn’t see them much, but they’ve been busy touring and with their promotions so they were equally to blame!

About Taeyeon I disagreed even more so.

I might have been around his most of the time recently, but in the past I got to see him at the most one day a week. I remember going weeks without seeing him sometimes.

I wanted to make up for lost time. No, I needed to make up for lost time.

“So,” I said defensively. “He’s my boyfriend of course I’m going to spend time with him.” Especially now, I thought, right now. “Sunny-ah, do you know what room they’re in?” I heard her laugh.

“No, why would I know?” Uhm…

“Because Soo-.”

“No need,” Shindong cut in. “He’s right there.” I looked to where he nodded and omo. There he was, with Sooyoung?

 “Taeyeon?” I watched his head quickly turn to face me. His smile grew wide. Wah!  I picked up my pace and swiftly went in to his awaiting arms. I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed as hard as I could. When I heard him cough I decided to let up… a little.

“How were your schedules,” he asked with his arms tightly wrapped around me. I couldn’t hold back anymore, so I quickly pecked his lips before answering.

“They were awesome Tae,” I paused. Trying to think back, another thing popped in my head. “Oh my god Tae we met Avril Lavigne!”

“Really?” I nodded. She was here to promote one of her newest songs as well. She was so big in America, gah. It was awesome. “That’s really cool Fany-ah! I’m jealous,” he said cutely. I giggled at his little pouty lips before taking them with my own once more.

“Don’t be.” I heard everyone finally catch up to me

“Annyeonghaseyo hyungnims,” he half bowed with an arm still around me. They greeted him back as I saw Sunny move to take a seat beside Sooyoung.

Wow... Why was this so awkward? No one was saying anything. “Fany-ah did you eat,” Taeyeon finally spoke, thankfully. I opened my mouth to respond but someone else did for me.

“Yeah she did. We just came back from a restaurant actually,” Siwon spoke up.

“Oh,” Taeyeon voiced. I hummed.

“After our last schedule finished they took us out for food,” I explained.

“Wait, were you two waiting on us,” Sunny asked. Sooyoung quickly hummed. Wait a minute. What?!

“Jinjja?” I looked up to him. I hope they didn’t wait long. Omo, I’d feel so bad.

“Yeah,” he softly responded. “Don’t worry about it babe. I just wanted to see you.” That did it. I felt the smile on my face grow as I pulled him in for another kiss.

“I wanted to see you too,” I expressed. “I said we should’ve invited you but Siwon oppa said you all still had a schedule.”

“Nope, we got back here around eight thirty,” Sooyoung responded. Oh my god.

“Really?” He hummed. “That’s the time we left too,” I whined. “See pabo! I told you we should have invited them,” I shouted at Siwon. Ugh! What an idiot!

“I’m sorry Fany-ah,” he said back. I felt Taeyeon’s grip around my waist tighten. Argh! Even though I’m still angry, I’m sure he didn’t know any better. It was partially my fault too, I mean I could have had my manager check or something I don’t know.

 “It’s fine oppa. Next time we have to check though. I’m sorry Taetae,” I said as I wrapped my arms around him. I really was. Aish…

“Don’t worry babe,” he said before I felt him kiss the top of my head.

 “Alright, well I’m gonna head up,” Donghae called out. I heard a few more speak up in agreement.

“Me too unnie,” our maknae said.

“I’ll see you tomorrow Fany-ah,” Siwon called as he walked away. I waved and then finally turned back to Taeyeon after everyone but the four of us had left, Sunny stayed too. However the grin on his face had disappeared.  

 “Tae… Taeyeon. Ugh. Taeyeon~” I whined and shook him a little.

“Wha- oh. Sorry Fany,” he smiled as his arms came around me even tighter. Hmm.

“What are you thinking about?” He was acting off, right?

“You,” He grinned back down at me. No matter how hard that made me smile, I wasn’t buying it. There had to be something else he was thinking about. I heard Sooyoung fake a vomiting noise followed by Sunny smacking him in the arm.

“Thank you,” I said as I released from him. “Let’s go for a walk.”

“A walk?” I nodded. “Where,” he chuckled. Ugh, sometimes I really wonder about him.

“Around the hotel obviously Tae. Come on,” I held my hand out. He exhaled and grabbed on to it. “If oppa asks, I’ll be in the room by 11,” I called back to the couple still on the sofa. Aigo, they did look pretty cute together though.

“Uh, me too Sooyoung-ah.”

A minute or so later I wrapped my arms around his. I really did love this. Leaning my head on his shoulder, I began to look at all the paintings that were hung on the wall. “Fany-ah, if you like that come here. This is the coolest thing ever.” He turned around and started leading me down a hall.

Soon we made it to the end of a hall, where I’d have to admit that this was pretty cool. The whole wall at the end of the hall was a fountain. The water came down so quietly you wouldn’t have even known if you weren’t looking for something, which didn’t really make sense to me. Aren’t you supposed to listen to fountains? With the water sounding all tranquil and everything?

“Isn’t it awesome?” I hummed.

“Very cool babe.” I watched him grin, but I was still curious about earlier.

“What’s on your mind Fany-ah?” His eyes never left mine.

“I was just about to ask you the same thing Taetae.” He laughed.

“Me?” I hummed. “Why me?”

“Because you still didn’t tell me what you were spacing out for,” I responded boldly. I wanted to get straight to the point. I heard him sigh.

“Fany it really wasn’t anything.”

“Then tell me,” I said quickly. “If it’s not important why can’t you tell me? I thought we were supposed to tell each other everything Kim Taeyeon?” He looked into my eyes, but still wasn’t saying anything.

“We are,” he trailed off.

“Ugh,” I voiced. “So the next time I get worried or mad or whatever and you ask about it, you can forget about me sharing.” His eyes widened.

“No, you have to tell me,” he responded immediately. “I’m your boyfriend, that’s what I’m here for.” My arms wrapped around his neck.

“And I’m your girlfriend Taeyeon. What are you worried about,” I asked again. “Did you mess up your Japanese?” He shook his head. Hmm, what else could it be. Ah! “Did you-.”

“It’s Siwon.”

“Wait…what?” I didn’t hear him correctly did I?

“I think Siwon has a thing for you.”

Okay now I know I wasn’t hearing him right.

“You think Siwon, Choi Siwon, has a thing for me?” He nodded as he looked away. “Oh my god,” I laughed. “You can’t be serious.” I brought my hands to cover my mouth.

That was seriously the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.

“See, this is why I didn’t want to tell you,” he said just before walking away. Well trying to that is. I grabbed his wrist and pulled him back to me.

“I’m sorry,” I laughed. He gave me another disheartening  look. Omo. He really was serious. I tried to regain composure before taking his hands in mine. “I’m sorry Taeyeon, but that is just silly,” I said. “Siwon is like my big brother, my big annoying brother,” I added.

“You didn’t see how he was looking at you earlier.” I chuckled. ! I really was trying to keep it all in, but it was so hard. Siwon oppa? Liking me, or anyone really was weird to even think about. If I didn’t know better I’d say he was a robot, especially in the romance area. I don’t think I’ve ever heard him admit an ideal type.

“And how was he looking at me?”

“The same way Soo looks at Sunny, the same way I probably look at you,” he paused. Oh gosh, he sounded so sincere too. Alright Tiffany. No laughing. “And the way he called your name earlier. ‘I’ll see you tomorrow Fany-ah.’ Ugh! I wanted to hit him so bad.” Okay.

I really couldn’t help myself after that. I busted out in laughter.

“Taeyeon-ah,” I chuckled. “I can’t even imagine you hurting a fly.” I saw his pout.

“Tiffany, I’m serious about this. I really do think he likes you.” I stopped laughing and smiled warmly after seeing his worried expression.

His furrowed brows and pursed lips just made me feel even warmer. I found his worriedness rather endearing. I cupped his face in my hands.

“Taeyeon and I’m serious about this,” I started. “I don’t care if he likes me.”

“What,” he said loudly, moving away from my hands. “How can you not care?”

“Because I only want one person to like me,” I said pulling him back in my arms. “And he is right in front of me.” His sour expression sweetened up as he started smiling.

“You’re getting better at being cheesy, you know that?” I laughed.

“I pay really good attention in class because my teacher is super y,” I teased. Watching his eyes bulge out a little I couldn’t help but grin.

“y?” I nodded as his face started turning pink. Taking his lips in mine briefly I could feel his smile grow larger.

“Very. Now,” I started. “Quit worrying about other boys. I want you and only you. Got it?” I heard him exhale exaggeratingly.

“Fine. Just be careful.” I rolled my eyes. “I’m serious,” he whined. “I don’t want his gross hands touching my baby.” My breath hitched.

Not from his very husky voice, although I’m sure that played a part. It was what his hands did that made me almost jump his bones right here and now.

They ran from my bottom, which was their usual resting place, slowly up my sides and back down giving me a final tiny squeeze.

“Next time we need to get our own room,” I said softly. He chuckled.

“You know we can’t do that.” I groaned.

“I know,” I whined.

“We’ll just have to continue this,” he said before kissing me slowly as he gave my bottom another squeeze. “When we get home.”

Oh my god Kim Taeyeon.

“Mhm,” I voiced, for I didn’t think I could say proper words right now. He kissed my neck a few times before telling me it was time to go.

Ugh! Why does he think he can always tease me like this and get away with it?

I swear when we get home he will definitely regret this.

He walked me to my room and gave me a kiss goodnight, which was adorable by the way. It made me feel all giddy. It still blew my mind that he could go from the iest guy in the world to the cutest just like that, but I did not mind it at all. It actually kept me even more entertained.

Which side of my Taetae will pop out next? I was crossing my fingers for y.

That though was the last time we had a semi-full conversation during the next two days.

However I was informed right after our second concert ended that Taeyeon, the TVXQ oppas and I would all be leaving tonight instead of tomorrow. I was confused at first but then I remembered why.

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“Taeyeon-ah,” the smiling girl next to me called out. I only hummed. “Aren’t you excited?” I turned to see her looking right at me with a pout.

“Of course I’m excited Fany-ah.” I watched her lips turn in to the most beautiful smile. “When are we on?”

“Fifteen minutes,” she practically shouted. I laughed again. Gah she was too cute.

Today we were going to perform our duet for the first time on a music show and Tiffany couldn’t be more excited. I was excited too of course, but I was also a bit worried.

We didn’t have choreography or anything. We were just supposed to stand there while singing and being cute!

I was horrible at aegyo.

I also wasn’t sure if I’d be able to stand up there with Tiffany looking as good as she did today and sing properly! Jeesh! I was getting nervous just thinking about it. A pair of arms came across my chest just as Tiffany’s chin rested on my shoulder.

“We’ll be fine Taetae.” I grinned.

“How’d you know?”

“I always know. You look handsome today by the way.” I laughed.

“Are you saying that I don’t the other days,” I asked teasingly.

“Yah~,” she whined. “You know what I mean!” I grabbed her hands that were resting on my chest.

“I know. You look beautiful too Fany-ah.” 

“Ahem.” Tiffany let go on me and we both looked in the direction of the door. “If you two would come with me we’ll get your mics ready to go.” Tiffany and I exchanged knowing glances at each other before agreeing and following the younger lady hand in hand.

That was when we met both of our managers too.

“Taeyeon there’s been a change.” Uh…

“What do you mean a change?” What in the hell could this be?

“Instead of going on stage together, Tiffany will be going out by herself and you’ll come in at your part.”

“What,” Tiffany an I said in unison, although mine sounded a bit happier. Now I wouldn’t have to stand out there awkwardly as she sang by herself…. but she would have to be out there alone for a bit.

Aish!

“I’m sorry Fany-ah.” She squeezed my hand.

“Don’t be. It’s not your fault,” she smiled. “Let’s just hope everything else works out.”

It did too. Actually it went great.

Better than great!

The audience seriously went crazy. I was really surprised, I had no idea people would get that excited. They were exceptionally excited when we decided to hold hands once I got on stage.

“Kim Taeyeon,” Tiffany shouted as soon as we got off stage. “I can’t believe you almost kissed me.” I laughed.

I might have done that as well…

“Wae? The fans loved it!” She looked at me with wide eyes.

“You’ve gotta warn me before you do that kind of thing!” I guess it was kind of random, but it was in the slower part of the song and neither of us were singing for a second or so, so I just put my hand to her face and got a tiny bit closer.

Her expression was really cute though. Her eye smile completely dropped as her eyes almost popped out of her skull. I started laughing to myself just thinking about it.

After the TVXQ hyungs performed their song everyone was called out on stage to announce the winner, which was obviously going to be them, right?

Wrong.

The MCs announced our names and I just stood there. We won?

We actually won? Over TVXQ? I had to be hallucinating…

 That was when Changmin patted me on the back and woke me up from my mini-dream though.

Holy . This was real!

An MC handed me a microphone just as Tiffany’s hand clamped down on my free one.

“Uhm wow. We really, really didn’t think this would happen.”

“Ne, we thank all our fans out there! Please continue to give us love and support,” Tiffany rounded off the speech. We stayed up there for our encore, along with a few other groups that were coming to congratulate us.

It was a little weird to me though. Most of the groups here were rookie groups I assumed, for I didn’t know who many of them were, but they all knew who I was. It felt odd to be the sunbae that everyone wanted to talk with, I mean it just felt like yesterday that I was one of them.

Once we left the stage I was quickly pulled away from my thoughts again when Tiffany practically jumped on me, throwing her arms around my neck.

“Taeyeon, we won. We actually won!” I quickly wrapped my arms around her.

“I know Fany-ah,” I said before pecking her lips.

“We should go celebrate!” Omo! That was a good idea!

“Jinjja?” She nodded. “Where should we-.”

“You cant.” I quickly turned to hyung.

“Uh wh-what? Why not?” I noticed Tiffany pouting.

“You’re going back to Japan in a few hours.” UHM.

“What? Since when?”

“Since awhile. I didn’t tell you so you wouldn’t get all whiney and everything before your performance.” I still didn’t understand.

“Why am I going? Are Yul and Soo coming too?”

“Ani,” he stated. What!? NO?

“Why am I going alone?” Oh god. I’d have to talk in Japanese. Often.

“You’re going to promote for your song on the Athena OST and they can’t go anyway. They have their own schedules.” I groaned.

“How long is he going to be gone?” Omo, that was a good question. I looked back at hyung.

“A few days.” A few days??! Oh god. A few days of nothing but me failing at Japanese? “Don’t worry, you won’t miss your WAD filming. You’re coming back the night before.”

The filming! I had totally forgotten about that. Oh god… It was going to be an important day too.

“Oppa can I go with him?”

“Tiffany don’t be ridiculous. You can’t do that,” he manager said quickly. “Just imagine the rumors about you two staying together.”  Aish, he was right…

“But oppa-.” I wrapped an arm around her.

“Don’t worry Tiffany. I’ll be okay,” I smiled.

“I just don’t want you to be alone,” she pouted.

“He’s not. BoA-ssi, TVXQ and Super Junior are all going to be there as well,” my manager explained.

Wait seriously? Ah! I guess BoA and TVXQ were on the soundtrack as well, and Siwon was actually in it so I guess it did make sense.

“See, I won’t be alone.” I rubbed her back. “I’ll just follow Boa noona around,” I laughed. “Isn’t she really good at Japanese?” She grinned.

“Mhm. TVXQ oppas are too,” she smiled up at me. “You promise you’ll be fine?”

“Of course Fany-ah,” I said, well more like hoped.

“Tae we have to get going. You still need to pack.”

“Aish, I shouldn’t have even unpacked from last time.” Tiffany laughed as she wrapped her arms around me snugly.

“I’ll miss you.”

“I’ll miss you too,” I cooed.

“I’ll call you,” she said. Wait…

“Won’t you get in trouble?” I knew we weren’t supposed to make international calls, I don’t know. It was something about the roaming fees, but I wasn’t a hundred percent sure.

“I don’t care. I-.”

“Tiffany,” her manager warned.

“Oppa, if I get in trouble I’ll just pay the extra fees. I don’t care. I will talk to Taeyeon.” I grinned. It was so cute when she gets all serious like this, even though she would say she gets ‘scary’ when she’s serious. To me however, it was cute.

“Alright Tiffany, whatever you say.” Omo, was it scary?

“Taeng, we have to get going.” Oh!

“Right, I forgot. Mianhae hyung.” I turned to Tiffany and gave her a long kiss, to me it didn’t seem that long but I guess when our managers broke us off I was a little out of breath…

She gave me one last peck before I really had to leave.

The trip itself wasn’t too bad. I brought my peas to keep me company along with Dobin hyung. Changmin and Yunho were on the same flight as me, apparently Boa and Super Junior never even left Japan. I probably wouldn’t have either if it wasn’t for our Music Bank performance.

The few days seemed to pass rather quickly too. I was thankful.

I did just as I said I was going to too. I was just glad Boa noona wasn’t too annoyed with me tagging along with her.

The only odd thing about the trip was that the Super Junior hyungs almost completely ignored me. It was a complete turnaround from just a few days ago, especially with Siwon. I accidently bumped in to him in the elevator one day and he called me ‘Kim Taeyeon-ssi.’

That was odd right? Just a few days ago he was laughing with me and calling me by my nickname.

This however just furthered my belief that he really did like Tiffany. Why else would he be friendly to me in front of her, but then completely cold when she wasn’t around?

It all seemed pretty sketchy to me.

I wanted to tell her about my most recent findings in person, but then I remembered what we would be doing today. I definitely couldn’t bring it up while we were filming. Oh god, I couldn’t even imagine the rumors after that. No, I’d have to wait until afterward.

“We’re here.”

“What? Oh. Already?” My manager hummed.

I had already received the first mission card today, but I wasn’t supposed to read it until I met Tiffany. It was kind of pointless anyway since I knew what was going to happen today. Every other day of filming too actually. I knew it all. Well, the first two times were a surprise, but the rest were all old news to me.

I hopped out of the van. One of the crew members checked my mic one last time before they gave me the go ahead to go in.

I saw her as soon as I walked in, I mean she was hard to miss. Her beautiful dark brown hair caught the light coming in through the window perfectly as she sipped on her coffee. Omo, I had to stop for a second because she literately took my breath away. That was when she noticed me though.

I watched her smile spread magically across her face as she stood up. I picked up my pace and let my arms wrap quickly around her.

“You look beautiful Fany-ah,” I whispered in her ear. I heard her hum in excitement.

“I missed you Taeyeon.”  I laughed.

“I was only gone for two days. We go longer than that like… always.” She punched my arm.

“Yah, can’t I miss you?” I laughed even harder.

“Yes, yes you can, I was just saying!” She put on one of her little fake pouts. Aigo, this girl. “I missed you too babe.” I started to see her grin come back just as she turned away from me.

“Did you get the mission card?” Omo! Right. I hummed. “Let’s read it!”

“Alright, alright. Let’s sit.” I sat down beside her as a camera man sat across from us in the booth. “You read it.” She groaned.

“Why don’t you ever read them?” I chuckled again.

“Because your voice is prettier,” I said earning a nudge from her. “I’m serious Fany-ah. You read it.”

“Fine,” she sighed. “Let me see it.” Assa!

Since I already knew what it was going to say, I wanted to watch her face as she finally learned. Fans say that my reactions are funny and whatever, but Tiffany’s were adorable. I wasn’t quite sure how’d she react to this card, but I felt like it would be a good one, right? I guess I’ll see.

“Alright,” she started.

“To: Taeny couple;

Today spend time with other couples as you learn more about them and yourselves.

-We Are Dating Staff.”

She looked at me angrily. Uh oh…

“W-what?”

“Kim Taeyeon I swear if we have to babysit again I will really ki-.” I noticed people walking toward us now. Omo!

“Ah they’re here,” I interrupted. Her head turned violently.

“Omo.” I heard her say under her breath. She hurried to stand and I did the same. I heard the newly arriving female gasp.

“Why is he so handsome?” I think she meant to say it quietly, but I heard. The male pushed her a little.

“I knew you’d say that,” he laughed. “Annyeonghaseyo!”

“Ah, n-ne annyeonghaseyo,” Tiffany said shyly. Aish! I almost forgot that she said she was a big fan of this guy in the past. I greeted them quickly and asked them to have a seat with us.

“Ah,” I said before I took my seat. “Do either of you want anything to drink?” Since they were guests on our show, I thought I should offer.

“Aniyo, Gain noona do you?”

“I’ll take a cappuccino!” I smiled.

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“Yah, why can’t you look like that,” Gain said to Jokwon once Taeyeon walked away. “You’re so lucky.” I smiled and bowed a little again.

“Thank you. I’m a fan,” I blurted out. Wow Tiffany, way to sound lame.

“Really? I’m a fan too. I watch your show all the time,” she laughed. I smiled.

“Jinjja? We watch yours too!”

“You guys really match each other,” she complimented. “Congratulations.” I grinned and thanked her again. This was so unlike the Gain that ive watched on television. It was actually kind of weird. She’s always sassy and confident, but she actually looked a little nervous… Omo!

Is it because of my Taeyeon?

“Here noona,” he said as he came back to the booth. I looked at him. Since when is he calling her noona?

She took the drink without hesitation. “Thanks Taeyeon-ah.” Omo, and no –ssi? Well I guess she was older… but still. They weren’t close were they?

“I got strawberry so we can share.”

“Uh, what?” I heard Gain ‘ooh’ and then I noticed what was going on.

Taeyeon had bought the strawberry Frappuccino and was now holding it up for me to take a drink. I smiled and gladly took a sip.

“Thank you Taetae.” I heard another ‘ooh’ from the girl across from me.

“Learn from him,” she said next. We all started laughing, me a little bit more than the others. I’m sorry, but no one would be able to match Taeyeon’s cuteness… ever.

“Aish,” he fired back. “That’s what you call him though?” I looked at Jokwon and hummed. What is he talking about?

“What?”

“What do you call each other? Like nicknames?” Ahh!

“Ne, that’s what I call him. Taetae,” I repeated.

“What about you Taeyeon-ah?”

“Uhh, usually its either Fany-ah or…or b-baby,” he said shyly. The two across from us loved it. I could see Taeyeon getting embarrassed so I tried to change the subject.

“How long have you two been married?”

“Uh, around eleven months I think,” Jokwon answered.

“Wow, jinjja?” He nodded. “That’s a long time.”

“How long have you too been dating,” Gain asked curiously.

“Fifteen months,” Taeyeon responded.

“Ahh, that’s so cute!”

We chatted for another five minutes or so before another voice interrupted us.

“Annyeonghaseyo! Sorry we’re late!” I quickly turned to see a familiar blonde girl followed by her giant of a boyfriend.

No way! They’re joining us too?

“Sooyoung-ah! What are you doing here?”

“Duh pabo, we were invited too,” he laughed. “The traffic got really bad though. I think there was a wreck or something.” I saw him nod.

“Ah! Well sit down. Taeyeon go get them drinks.” He agreed and went quickly back up to the counter after getting their orders.

“Wow, you’ve got him trained well,” Gain teased.

“I guess you could say that,” I joked. Everyone else did too. Omo! “I’m just kidding. He’s usually nice like that anyway,” I said quickly. I didn’t want them to get the wrong idea from us. “He probably would have asked if I didn’t say anything anyway. He takes good care of his dongsaeng,” I said as I pushed Soo a little.

Gain criticized Jokwon again and then turned her attention toward the couple next to me.

“How long have you two been married?”

“I think this is going to be our…” Sooyoung started counting on his fingers. “Going on our eight months.”

“Omo, so have you kissed yet,” Jokwon asked eagerly. I almost choked on my coffee. This was going to be interesting. “Oh Tiffany, are you okay?”

“Ne,” I replied quickly. “I’m just curious too. She never talks about it.”

“Oooh! So have you?”

“You know a girl never kisses and tells,” Sunny responded.

“Aye,” we all said.

“Arasso. We haven’t,” Sooyoung replied with a laugh. I internally scoffed.

On the show that is, I wanted to say, but I knew I couldn’t. I only grinned.

“Haven’t what?” I looked to see a smiling Taeyeon. Gah, he really was attractive. No wonder Gain unnie is so nervous. I smiled back.

“We’re talking about how Sunny and Sooyoung haven’t kissed yet.” He laughed.

“I don’t believe that.” Oh god. I quickly kicked his leg under the table. “Ani, I just mean that they seem so genuine,” he laughed again. “I think they're tricking us Fany-ah.”

“You two should know,” Jokwon accused. Oh god what? Were we seriously about to oust them? I honestly wasn’t trying to but.- “You tricked everyone for like a year!” I let out a deep breath. Oh thank god. Sunny looked relieved too.

I was seriously going to have to make that up to her.

“Honestly,” Gain started. “Was it easier before or after you confirmed your relationship?” I hummed pensively. That was a good question.

“I’d say it was equally as hard,” Taeyeon responded quickly. “Before we got to be more private, which was nice, but we couldn’t meet often because we were worried about getting caught. Then afterward it was way easier to meet, obviously, but we can’t be private anymore.” Hmm. Those were good points.

“I like it better afterward though.” All the eyes turned to me. “I didn’t like hiding, we had to be all sneaky, and I couldn’t see him often.”

“Jinjja?” I hummed again.

“Sometimes it was weeks before we could meet again,” I explained. “Now I can see him whenever I want,” I said as I grabbed his hand. That got a big reaction from the two across from us as well. I could only grin.

We sat there chatting for a few more minutes until Sunny asked a question.

“Is this all we’re doing today?” I shrugged as I heard Taeyeon say he didn’t know. Just then a crew member handed Jokwon a mission card. Everyone groaned.

“I really hate these things.”

“Me too unnie,” I said. “Last time we had to babysit.”

“Oh! I know how that is. We had to work in a daycare once.” Oh my god. I probably would have died.

“Okay let me read it.

To: Couples,

Take a stroll to Namsan Tower. Don’t forget to pick up locks on your way so you can leave a token of your love for everyone to see.

- Staff”

“Jinjja,” I asked loudly. This was something that I’ve always wanted to do! Oh my god.

“Ne, see,” Jokwon said as he handed me the card.

“Oh my god, Tae! I wanted to do this for so long.” He laughed.

“I know.” He knew?

“You knew?” He hummed.

“That’s why I put it on my list too.” Omo.

“You did?” He nodded. Oh my god.

“Yep. You said something about it a while ago, so I knew I had to put it on my list too.” I was smiling so big that my cheeks were starting to hurt.

“I love you,” I said as I quickly sat up to kiss his lips. I heard everyone freaking out right afterward. “Omo, mianhae.” I had totally forgot about them, I was so caught up in this excitement.

“Uh, er…Should we get going,” Taeyeon hesitatingly announced.

“Ne…Wait a second. Did it say we had to walk there?” I hummed. “It’s like 10 degrees outside,” Sooyoung pointed out.

“Oh my god. How far away is it,” I asked while looking at the PD.

“It’s not too far. Plus you have to stop to pick up locks.” Crap, that’s right.

“Is there a store on the way?” The PD nodded. Aish, this was going to be one long walk.

“It’ll be fine Fany-ah. Here.” I looked over to see him holding up my jacket for me. He helped me put it on and then continued to zip me up. “Where is your scarf?” I told him I didn’t bring one. “Gloves?”

“Nope.”

“Aish Fany-ah! What are we going to do then,” he laughed. “Take mine.” I started to protest but the scarf was already being wrapped around my neck. I was going to take it off, but…but it smelled so good. I had to keep it. Sorry Taetae! I thanked him as he proceeded to put his coat on. “Take this too,” he said. Ugh, what now? I saw what it was and immediately rejected it.

“Ani, I can’t take your gloves.” I didn’t want him to get cold because of me. He laughed. Wait…

“It’s only one of them.” I looked down to see that it was indeed only the left hand glove. What the hell? I looked back up to see his grin. “See if you wear that one, I’ll wear this one and then I’ll keep your other hand warm like this.” He grabbed my hand in his and then placed it in his jacket pocket.

Oh my god. I had to look away.

I think I went weak in the knees for a second there. He was literately the most perfect guy in the world.

“Or not. Whatever you want to do.” Wait what? I looked back to his face to see a concerned expression. Omo, was I making a weird face too? I quickly smiled.

“Ani, I want to! It’s perfect.”

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had just got done finding the hand warmers when I found Taeyeon near the front of the store.

“Taeyeon-ah, did you get a lock?” He hummed.

“Did you get the hand warmers?” I hummed. “Good, let’s check out. I think Jokwon and Gain are still picking theirs.” I laughed. More like bickering over which to get, I could hear them from here. The store we were in was pretty close to the tower, so they did have a wide variety of different kinds of locks to pick from. That’s why I let Taeyeon pick ours out, I was curious to see which one he would choose.

“Alright,” I said as I followed him to the front of the store we stopped in. Something caught my eye. “Oh! Taetae, should we get snacks…” What the hell?  “Why did you get three?” I looked on the counter and saw the pack of hand warmers and three different lock boxes.

“Ah, ne. Thank you ahjumma,” he cheered completely ignoring my question. He took the bag and we went to wait by the door. What the hell!

“Tae,” I whined. “Why did you get three locks? You plan on doing this with someone else too,”  I teased. He grinned.

“Aniyo, Fany-ah. Look.” He pulled out one of the smaller boxes and took out a blue heart shaped lock. “Hold this.” I hummed and took it from him. He did the same thing with a pink heart shaped lock. I held them both while he continued with the last one, which was at least four times bigger than the other two. He held it in front of him and looked at me. Uhhh…

“If I’m supposed to be catching on to something, I’m not.” He laughed.

“Okay. This one is you,” he said while touching the pink one. “This is me,” now the blue one. “We can write our messages on them and then lock them together on this bad boy,” he said while holding up the large silver one. “So we’re stuck together… forever.”

Oh my god.

“Tae,” I said softly. I didn’t even know how to describe this feeling.

I felt warm and wanted, giddy and all kinds of happy. To sum it up I think the phrase ‘totally amazing’, might work. If you take that and multiply it by a billion that is...

“I love you,” I said quietly as I wrapped my arms around him. I think I would really have to put ice packs on my cheeks when I got home. I was smiling so big as I pressed myself into him.

“I love you too Fany-ah,” he said back. I felt him kiss the top of my head. I smiled bigger, if that was even possible.

“You’re the best Kim Taetae,” I complimented as I moved off of him. He playfully scoffed.

“You’re just figuring that out?” I pushed him.

“Yah~, just because you say something cute every now and then doesn’t mean you get to be a jerk,” I teased back. He was grinning now.

“I know baby. I’m just teasing.” He quickly pecked my lips and then put the locks back in their boxes. “Omo.” His face completely dropped.

“What, what is it?”

“Sooyoung-ah,” he called out as he turned to the guy checking out. “Buy a permanent marker. I forgot one.”

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