Chapter 16
The Exiled Ice Princess“Stop it!” Taeyeon yelled then walked past Yuri. Yuri’s eyes unconsciously got bigger and rounder, slowly absorbing
what just happened. Taeyeon sighed and stopped walking, her back facing Yuri’s front.
“I’m sorry, Yuri-ah. I shouldn’t have yelled at you, it’s just that I’m really tired right now.” Taeyeon turned her back and
met Yuri’s eyes. Her eyes mirrored Yuri’s: both bloodshot from crying.
“All of us are tired, Taeyeon. And I’m sick of it. I’m sick of all this! Why don’t you just tell me what happened with your
conversation with Sica earlier? Huh!” Yuri’s voice increased quite a bit, and this made Taeyeon feel more irritated.
She fisted her hands to keep her emotions at bay. Too tired to fight right now.
“We just had a small talk. That’s it.” Taeyeon answered in the most noncommittal way.
“Small talk? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!” Yuri’s voice echoed at the now tensed room. Yuri’s emotional
outburst garnered the attention of the remaining members.
Taeyeon’s eyes widened at Yuri’s reaction. Something definitely happened while I was crying myself out earlier.
She thought to herself.
“Yuri-ah, what are you talking about?” Taeyeon roamed around and scanned each of their faces. Bloodshot and puffy
eyes greeted her back.
“HOW CAN YOU MAKE HER SO MISERABLE, HUH? I should’ve known better earlier and stopped her from talking to you.”
Tears are then again started to flow on Yuri’s face.
“Who? What? Miserable? How can you say that? What happened?” confusion splashed her. She asked the question to
everybody looking for an answer to satisfy her lack of information.
“Unnie cried.” Yoona muttered heartbreakingly.
“And she confessed her painful feelings, her misery, to us.” Sunny added as tears fell out of her eyes.
“What? Jessica cried? How..why.. I just talked to her....about my feelings toward her...” her puzzled look ignited fury to Yuri’s eyes.
“Argh! Kim Taeyeon, can you please be serious? Why are you taking all these lightly?”
Yuri’s hasty and thoughtless comment hurt Taeyeon. And it is now her turn to burst out her emotions.
“HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY SAY THAT? YOU DON’T KNOW HOW I FEEL! I AM DEAD SERIOUS HERE!
AND FYI, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO IS DEEPLY HURT ABOUT THIS SITUATION SO JUST PLEASE...”
Taeyeon displayed both her palms on Yuri expressing ‘back off’ in action. Then Yuri also fired away.
“HUH! DEEPLY HURT IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? IF YOU ARE DEEPLY HURT THEN WHY DO YOU HAVE TO
MAKE THINGS MORE COMPLICATED AND MUCH MORE PAINFUL TO JESSICA? DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO
MAKE HER CRY LIKE THAT? IS IT YOUR WAY OF EASING HER PAIN? Ugh! I just want to punch your face right now!”
Yuri fisted both of her hands on her side. And with this action, Sooyoung stood behind Yuri, preparing herself to hold
Yuri later if ever she would physically assault Taeyeon. Tiffany also went beside Taeyeon when Sooyoung instructed
her through telepathy.
“I DID NOT INTEND TO MAKE HER CRY IN THE FIRST PLACE. I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY FEELINGS TOWARD
HER. I NEEDED TO, YURI-AH. It’s killing me...” Taeyeon’s voice faltered as she broke down into tears.
“..seeing her happy because of you. Seeing both of you happy, smiling and laughing every single time
when you’re together. Do you know how that hurts?” Tiffany was not shocked by Taeyeon’s indirect confession
since she knew already, instead she patted Taeyeon’s back to comfort her. On the other hand, everyone darted
their gazes on Taeyeon. Not believing the words she just confessed. They did not know that she have those kind
of feelings toward Jessica since she have successfully delivered her hate on Jessica before. They wanted to ask
but they knew what’s best for this moment. Just go with the flow, since clearly only the five of them were not aware of this.
“Happy? Haha..” Yuri bitterly chuckled. “Am I really that good of an actress huh, Kim Taeyeon?” Yuri painfully praised
herself. Taeyeon was taken aback by Yuri’s response. “What are you talking about?” it was now Taeyeon’s turn to ask Yuri that.
“And you’re talking about how bad and hurt you felt when I’m with her, right? Haha...” Yuri trailed when a sob came out.
Taeyeon opened her mouth to ask her again but then stopped herself when Yuri continued.
“What you felt Kim Taeyeon is nothing compared to my misery. Do you even know how painful it is to know and accept the
fact that the one you love is just using you in order to get back on someone she loved? Seriously now, Kim Taeyeon.”
Yuri fell down. Tears falling, sobs increasing.
“When she laughs, smiles or even show worry towards me, I look around and then boom there’s you. Every. Single. Time.
It hurts. But I have to endure all of that just to be with her. For me to be able to talk to her, to smile and even freely look at
her in the eyes. Now, do you understand how low and painful I must feel for myself whenever she showed interest towards
me and then suddenly realizing that there you are in the corner and she’s just faking it?” Sooyoung embraced Yuri from
the back. She must’ve felt the agony that the girl is suffering.
“Unnie...” Seohyun addressed to Yuri, worry highly evident on her voice.
And just like that, the exchange of confessions that were straight from the heart ended. By sharing a big embrace, the other
members comforted the two miserable girls.
The pain and suffering that Taeyeon and Yuri are experiencing are far more deep and agonizing than what the other
members initially thought.
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