“Stupid… annoying… butlers…” The young heiress was muttering in her sleep. She was starting to stir when the sound of her washing machine and the smell of freshly baked pastry were filling her room. The young butler outside the room was busy finishing off the breakfast muffins for his master, topping it off with a light dusting of icing powder.

As he proceeded to washing the dishes, the young heiress woke up inside her room with the sound of the dishes rattling around each other.

“What is he doing so early in the morning?” Tiffany dug her head in deeper into the pillow and gave a long tired groan. She lifted her head again and could detect the smell of her breakfast wafting into her room. Wondering what the smell could be, she lifted her head up and stared at the door. She was debating with herself whether she should get up or stay in bed to sleep longer.

Eventually, her hungry side took over and she forced herself to get out of bed and check what the smell that was disturbing her sleep was. As she opened her bedroom door, the smell got stronger and even more appealing.

“Oh, you’re awake my lady. I prepared breakfast already. Would you like an iced coffee or a hot coffee this morning?” a voice asked Tiffany. Tiffany turned her head towards the kitchen to see the blonde butler looking at her expectantly. Her eyes then wandered off to the source of her disturbed sleep and saw six perfect muffins presented on two plates on her table.

“My lady?” Taeyeon urged again. Tiffany snapped out of her daze and looked back at the butler with a slight confused expression.

“Oh right. I’ll have… whatever I had with my doughnuts yesterday.” She waved her hand carelessly. It was too early in the morning for her to be thinking of ways to torture her butler for the moment.

“Of course. But… ah… my lady?” Taeyeon called out hesitantly. Tiffany rubbed her eyes and turned towards her butler’s direction.

“Do you… want to clean up before breakfast is served?” he asked hesitantly. Tiffany noticed that he gestured his head towards her direction and followed his gesture. As she followed the gaze down to her stomach, she noticed that her top was hitched up, exposing her bare stomach for all eyes to see. Tiffany then smiled to herself and decided to toy with the butler slightly

“You like what you see?” she asked flirtatiously whilst teasingly pulling her shirt down into place. She watched the blonde’s reaction carefully and noted that there was no sign of amusement or excitement in his eyes.

“I don’t understand.” He replied calmly. Tiffany felt her jaw drop slightly at the reply and couldn’t help but feel as though her ego had drop along with it.

“Fine.” She then huffed arrogantly as she turned and stormed off to her bathroom. Taeyeon watched her from the kitchen with a confused expression, wondering what he might’ve done wrong. He then just shrugged and continued to make Tiffany’s coffee.

Taeyeon filled the kettle up with water and turned it on and proceeded to get a cup to hold the coffee in. Whilst he was waiting for the water to boil, he reached into his right pocket of his tailcoat and took out a packet of instant coffee.

“I wonder what she would say when she realised that it was just a regular doughnut and instant coffee I gave her yesterday.” Taeyeon mumbled quietly. He then just shrugged and continued to make the simple coffee. Just as he had finished making the coffee and throwing the packaging away, his master had returned into the kitchen and was examining the muffins he had just made on the table.

“Your coffee?” Taeyeon smiled politely and gently placed the cup onto the table. He then proceeded to pull the chair out for Tiffany and allowed her to sit down.

“Breakfast is served.” Taeyeon beamed proudly. Tiffany hesitantly looked at the muffins and slowly reached out to grab one. She turned it around to check if there was anything suspicious about the muffin. Taeyeon took a step back to chuckle quietly without being caught.
Tiffany then hesitantly took a bite from the muffin and chewed on it, hoping to find something that she could reprimand her butler on. To her dismay, the muffin was perfect. Just the right amount of sweetness and flavour was in each bite and the crisp exterior of the muffin made it even more enjoyable to bite into.

“I take it that you enjoy the food I prepared?” Taeyeon commented. Tiffany stopped eating her breakfast and shot her butler a cold glare but was caught short when she saw Taeyeon smiling at her. Before she could say anything to wipe the smile off his face, he bowed and excused himself to the laundry, leaving her to her breakfast alone.

“He had better thank his parents for his cooking and looks otherwise I would have mangled him into a ball already.” Tiffany cussed under her breath and took a spiteful bite from the muffin in her hand. Whilst she continued to eat, she could hear her dyer stop.
There was then a low humming sound followed by the sound of fabric being rustled around. Tiffany sat down and wondered what her butler could possibly be doing as she finished off her muffin and took a sip of her ‘expensive’ coffee.

‘Must be doing the laundry…’ Tiffany thought indifferently to herself. She then reached her hand out for her second muffin when it stopped abruptly. A slow thought began burning into her head concerning her butler and her laundry. Before she could think any further, there was a whistling coming from the laundry room.

‘My underwear!’ Tiffany panicked. She then immediately pushed her chair out and dashed to the small laundry room at the corner of her house.

“Hey! Don’t even think about doing anything erted to my underwear!” she yelled whist she ran. Once she reached the entry of the laundry she saw Taeyeon ironing her clothing calmly. On one side was her ironed clothing and on the other were her clean clothes yet to be ironed. She spotted her underwear on top of the pile of the ironed pile. Her eyes opened wide immediately before she shot piercing daggers to the calm blonde still ironing her blouse.

“Was there something you needed?” Taeyeon calmly asked once he put the iron safely aside. As he looked up, he met Tiffany’s piercing eyes.

“And here I thought you were a normal one… sick ert” She accused with disgust. Taeyeon raised both his eyebrows high with confusion. Tiffany’s eyes then shifted to her pile of lingerie and other underwear and Taeyeon’s eyes followed. Realising what Tiffany was referring to, Taeyeon let out an audible laugh.

“Wait until father here’s about what you did.” Tiffany threatened and narrowed her eyes even further. Taeyeon just continued to laugh and had to turn off the iron just in case he knocked it over accidently.

“What?” Tiffany finally interrupted Taeyeon’s laughing and crossed her arms. Taeyeon slowly calmed down and was able to breathe evenly enough to answer his master.

“Don’t worry about those things. They’re probably the last thing I would ever do.” Taeyeon explained through the short chuckles. Tiffany raised her left eyebrow at him, urging him to further explain why she should trust him.

“Mr Hwang hired me for a reason. I’m not interested in the female species, nor am I into what an average male would be.” Taeyeon finally stopped laughing and was now steadily returning to his calm state.

“How can I trust you?” Tiffany was still not convinced. Taeyeon just shrugged and folded the blouse that had just been ironed and placed it in the neat pile.

“So let me get this straight then. You’re… gay?” Tiffany challenged. Taeyeon’s eyes popped open at Tiffany’s question before he relaxed again. He then walked up to Tiffany and stood right in front of her with a serious expression.

“No, actually I’m pretty sure I’m straight… but then again… I guess I am gay in some ways.” Taeyeon answered vaguely. Tiffany frowned at Taeyeon’s response and elbowed the blonde in the rib with annoyance.

“Tsk. Whatever. Freak.” Tiffany muttered under her breath. She then turned around harshly, making sure her hair whipped across Taeyeon’s face before storming off to her breakfast again.

“Oh, by the way… my lady?” Taeyeon called out again.

“What?” Tiffany called back bluntly, not bothering to look back at the blonde.

“Your father arranged to meet with you today at eleven in his office.” Taeyeon said confidently. Tiffany hummed slightly to herself and then let out a long sigh.
She loved her father very much, but she didn’t feel like doing anything that day, especially with the new butler that her father apparently trusted.

“Yeah… Whatever…” Tiffany responded half-heartedly.

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“Excuse me Mr Hwang, but your daughter is here to see you.” The secretary opened the door and bowed respectfully. Mr Hwang looked up at the door to see his daughter storm straight through the secretary and into his office.

“Daddy!” Tiffany greeted happily as she ran up and hugged her father. Mr Hwang hugged her back with a low chuckle.

“Dad, what is with your secretary these days? She asked me whether I had an appointment with you or not, and when I said I didn’t she told me I had to wait.” Tiffany complained about the nervous female standing at the door. Just as Tiffany had mentioned the secretary, Taeyeon came in. Instead of walking straight into the office, he offered the female to go out first with a charming smile. The secretary smiled shyly back at Taeyeon and excused herself from the room.

“Calm down dear. She’s new and she’s just trying to do her job.” Mr Hwang laughed. Tiffany gave an annoyed huff and glared at her butler who was calmly walking into the office now.

“Good morning Mr Hwang.” Taeyeon greeted cheerfully.

“Ah, Taeyeon. There you are. I was scared my daughter ran you over by a bus or something.” Mr Hwang laughed as he stood up and gave Taeyeon a welcoming hug. Tiffany blinked at the scene of the two men hugging and couldn’t help but find it a little uncomfortable to watch.

“Please. You’re acting like he’s a son that disappeared for a decade or two.” Tiffany mumbled under her breath. Taeyeon, who was still in the hug, heard Tiffany loud and clear and broke the hug with a soft chuckle as Mr Hwang smiled at the butler. Taeyeon then used his finger and pointed towards the annoyed Tiffany’s direction.

“Tiffany. What’s with the gloomy expression?” Mr Hwang asked curiously. Tiffany glanced over at her butler and quickly turned her head away once again.

“It’s him. He’s annoying and weird. I thought you said he was going to suit my tastes.” Tiffany complained without hesitation. Her father gave Taeyeon a glance as Taeyeon shrugged back at him. He then walked back to his seat and continued on with his paperwork.

“Tiffany, I’m going to need a proper reason. I can’t just get rid of him because his annoying and weird.” Mr Hwang calmly explained. Tiffany got up from her seat and walked up to her father’s table with a pout.

“But Daddy…” She whined. Taeyeon, who was standing behind Tiffany confidently, decided that it would be best to get some drinks for Tiffany and her father. Once Taeyeon was gone, Tiffany started pleading to her father again.

“You fired everyone else as soon as I said I didn’t like them.” Tiffany reasoned. Her father ignored her and finished off another deal with a company by signing off his name at the bottom.

“That’s because you had a perfectly good reason to dislike them. You called them erted old creeps.” He answered back again calmly. Tiffany crossed her arms and was scanning through her list of excuses to find a way to get rid of her current annoying butler.

“Well… This one is the worst. He’s beyond erted. If I didn’t threaten him to go home yesterday, I don’t know what would have happened.” Tiffany lied dramatically. This time, her father was chuckling loudly.

“Dear, I think you have your butlers mixed up. Taeyeon is probably the last person who would prey on you. I called him yesterday to check how things were going and I have confirmed he has absolutely no interest in you.” Mr Hwang shrugged his shoulders and stopped his work for a moment. Tiffany pouted even more and was about to argue back when the door opened again and in came Taeyeon with two cups in his hands. He calmly handed Tiffany hers and gave Mr Hwang his.

“Thank you Taeyeon.” Mr Hwang thanked gratefully. Taeyeon just nodded in acknowledgement and returned to his secluded corner away from Tiffany. Tiffany took a sip of her drink and walked over to sit back down in her seat.

“Well… At least he makes good coffees.” Tiffany sighed as she took another drink. Mr Hwang took a sip from his and immediately looked over to Taeyeon. Taeyeon gave him a smile and pulled out a packet of instant coffee in his pockets to show the father. Mr Hwang couldn’t help but laugh, knowing that his ‘high class’ daughter was drinking instant coffee.

 “I see you’re starting to warm up to your new butler. That’s nice.” Mr Hwang chuckled. Tiffany set down her cup and raised her eyebrow at her father in disbelief.

“Him? You have got to be kidding me. He’s the so…” Tiffany paused as she tried to find the right words to describe what she thought of Taeyeon.

“Annoying?” Taeyeon finished off.

“Yeah. Annoying.” Tiffany agreed. She stopped after agreeing and stared at the butler who was still calm in the corner.

“So you do it purposely?” Tiffany asked sceptically. Taeyeon stoped smiling and looked back at Tiffany with a questioning expression. Tiffany narrowed her eyebrows at the butler.

“You know you’re annoying, yet you still annoy me.” Tiffany muttered. Taeyeon just smiled slightly and shrugged. Tiffany gave an annoyed huff and turned around in her seat to face away from the annoying butler. Mr Hwang chuckled at his daughter and slowly set down his cup of coffee. Tiffany then suddenly sat straight up in her seat and looked eagerly at her father.

“Hey, daddy. Let’s go get some ice cream. For some strange reason I feel like eating ice cream at the moment.” Tiffany said eagerly. Mr Hwang opened his eyes wide at his daughter’s request. He still had a few more papers to sign and a meeting with other companies later that day.

“I’m sorry Tiffany, but I have a lot of work to do here.” Mr Hwang apologised sincerely. Tiffany lowered her shoulders and pouted when her father declined her request. Taeyeon then suddenly stepped up from corner and bowed at Mr Hwang.

“I’m sorry Mr Hwang, but I shall excuse Tiffany and myself for today.” Taeyeon said politely. Tiffany raised her eyebrow at her butler as her father mirrored her same actions. Taeyeon then got up and walked over to Tiffany and held out his hand in front of her.

“My lady?” Taeyeon offered. Tiffany stared at the hand with confusion, but nevertheless, she took his hand as she stood up from her seat.

“Might I ask where you are going?” Mr Hwang found Taeyeon’s actions quite amusing.

“Lady Tiffany wishes to have some ice cream. We shall be going to the ice cream parlour to get what she wishes.” Taeyeon said sincerely. Tiffany blinked a few times in surprise until her father started to laugh loudly.

“My, you really are a unique one Taeyeon. You dare take your employer’s daughter away and lessen our quality time together?” Mr Hwang chuckled. Taeyeon just lowered her head in apology before he went to open the door for Tiffany.

“My job is to serve Lady Tiffany, Mr Hwang. Whatever she wishes, I shall comply.” Taeyeon answered confidently. Tiffany, in that moment, couldn’t help but stare at the daring butler in front of her.

“Alright. Go on.” Mr Hwang gave up and waved his hand off at the two. Taeyeon then turned his attention back to Tiffany and gestured for Tiffany to exit the door first. Tiffany turned around and bid farewell to her father before she walked out of the office.

“Ah, Taeyeon, wait one moment.” Mr Hwang stopped Taeyeon before she could walk out. Taeyeon hesitated and stared back at Tiffany before he walked back to her employer.

“Yes Mr Hwang?” Taeyeon asked calmly. Mr Hwang just smiled softly as he interlocked his hands and rested his chin on top of his knuckles.

“Does my daughter know that you’re not a male yet?” Mr Hwang asked quietly. Taeyeon instantly smiled upon the question and nodded.

“Lady Tiffany does not have any information on my real gender.” Taeyeon reassured. Mr Hwang laughed lowly and nodded in approval.

“Needless to say, my daughter is a little puzzled at why you aren’t interested in her. At least show a little interest so she doesn’t get too suspicious… or you can just say you play for the same team as her, I don’t mind.” He continued. Taeyeon laughed softly and nodded.

“I’ll be sure to keep that in mind next time.” Taeyeon smiled.

“Alright. Go on before my daughter starts complaining again. Be a good girl now, won’t we? As much as I love my daughter I don’t like listening to her complaints.” Mr Hwang waved Taeyeon off. Taeyeon bowed at Mr Hwang and headed back out to where Tiffany was.

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“May I please get a strawberry swirl in a wafer cone and a simple soft serve?” Taeyeon asked the seller calmly. The man behind the counter of the ice cream just nodded dumbly as he kept his eyes onto the heiress standing not too far from them. Taeyeon followed the gaze and smirked before she turned back and cleared .

“Right. Ice creams. Coming right up.” The man snapped out of his daze quickly and started preparing the ice cream. Taeyeon turned around towards where Tiffany was standing to make sure she was safe. When everything was all clear, she turned around and took the ice creams from the man’s hands and gave him the money.

Just as she turned around, there was a loud piercing scream heard throughout the street. Taeyeon quickly turned around to see Tiffany with a distraught look in her face with a man running away from her. She then saw that Tiffany’s handbag was missing and the man running off had a similar handbag. Piecing together that Tiffany had just been robbed, Taeyeon quickly handed Tiffany the two ice creams and gave her a reassuring nod before she ran after the man.
Tiffany stood there dumbfounded with two ice creams in her hands as she watched her butler run after the thief. She continued to watch as Taeyeon slowly caught up to the thief down the street. Not wanting to miss out on anything, she ran after them as best as she could with the ice creams slowly melting away in her hands.

Whilst the man was running off, he looked back to see a butler right on his trail. He then sped up faster and in between more people to try and shake the butler off his tracks. As he turned his head to the front to focus on running, there was a gush of wind past him before a butler stood before him with a stern expression. He stopped as fast as he could but he still slid forward towards Taeyeon a few feet. Taeyeon took one threatening step towards him and held out her hand for Tiffany’s handbag.

“I’m not giving up so easily” the man muttered harshly as he took out a knife from his worn out jacket and slashed it towards Taeyeon’s hand. Taeyeon reacted and moved her hand back but the knife just barely grazed her finger. She then held her hand up and examined the small cut before lowering it again, taking another calm step towards the thief.

“Give up the bag, and no one gets hurt.” Taeyeon said seriously. The man backed up a few steps as the witnesses moved away from the dangerous knife. Taeyeon continued advancing towards him with a calm expression.

“I’m not going to be the one that’s hurt!” the man then lunged towards Taeyeon with the knife. Taeyeon easily dodged the knife by taking a side step but the man reacted fast. He turned his body towards Taeyeon and pulled his hand back, making a deep cut into the butler’s uniform and flesh. Taeyeon was however, unfazed. Taking the advantage of the opening the thief had just created, she ducked under his arm and elbows him in the back. She then grabbed the hand with the knife and pulled it behind his back all the way, making the man cry in pain and drop the sharp object.

“I warned you.” Taeyeon said through the man’s ear. She then pressed herself against his back and forced him onto the floor, still mercilessly holding onto his arm. Whilst Taeyeon’s chest was pressed against his back, he could feel something odd about the butler.

“You’re a…!” before the man could finish his accusation, Taeyeon pulled his arm back further to make him yell out in pain.

“Just give up the bag and stay quiet.” Taeyeon growled again.

“Take it! Just take it! No amount of money is worth this!” the man yelled as he held up his other hand with Tiffany’s handbag in surrender. Taeyeon used her other injured arm to grab onto the purse before she let go of the man’s arm. The thief quickly hurried to his feet and ran off away from the butler.

“You’re never going to find a husband!” he yelled as he ran off. Just as he was running off, Tiffany had reached the scene. She stared at the man who was running with his tail in between his legs and wondered what his comment had actually meant.

‘Taeyeon must have harassed him’ Tiffany thought casually with a shrug. Taeyeon then appeared in front of Tiffany with a calm expression and held out her handbag for her.

“I believe this is yours?” Taeyeon gestured towards the bag. The butler then saved the heiress by taking one of the ice creams with her hand and placed the handbag in its place.

“Thanks… I guess?” Tiffany said hesitantly. She wasn’t really expecting the small petite butler to get her handbag bag and was quite shocked at it too. She then looked down at her returned item and noticed there was a red stain on it. Her eyes opened wide again and lifted it to examine what it was. Tiffany then realised that the stain was still very fresh and it was oddly familiar to blood.

“Is that…” Tiffany started off slowly. She then lowered her bag down and looked at Taeyeon. Taeyeon had her back to Tiffany and was eating the ice cream casually until, Tiffany noticed that Taeyeon’s left arm was not moving so much. Not only that, but there was a deep gash in the arm of the uniform and red droplets were falling from the fingers of her butler.

“Taeyeon! You’re bleeding!” Tiffany exclaimed as she pointed to the injured arm with her bag. Taeyeon stopped eating her ice cream for a moment and looked down at her hand to see it bloodied and red. She then traced it back up to the source of the blood and was surprised to see her ruined uniform.

“Oh.” Taeyeon uttered.

“Oh? Is that all you can say? You’re bleeding!” Tiffany yelled as she pointed at the arm again. Taeyeon then just gave a shrug and used the tissue of her ice cream to dab onto the cut. Once the tissue was damp with blood, the butler just walked to the nearest bin and chucked it away before returning to the master.

“Where shall we go next?” Taeyeon asked curiously. Tiffany’s jaw dropped in disbelief at her butler. She then put her handbag into the pocket of Taeyeon’s blazer and grabbed onto the butler’s uninjured arm. The heiress then dragged the confused butler down the street and dumped the melted ice cream into the first bin they passed.

“Where to Lady Tiffany?” Taeyeon asked from the back.

“To bandage that arm of yours of course.” Tiffany answered back arrogantly as they walked into the nearest café. Tiffany walked Taeyeon in to the café and placed her down into one of the seats. She then walked to the counter and asked for a first aid kit before returning with some disinfectant and bandages.

“Take off your shirt” Tiffany ordered as she dumped all the equipment onto the table. Taeyeon’s eyes opened wide at Tiffany’s request.

“You’re a guy. It doesn’t matter. Hurry up so I can fix that cut.” Tiffany huffed. Taeyeon took off her blazer hesitantly and stared down at her top. She didn’t want to risk her secret being revealed. Not so early on anyway. She then looked back at her cut to see her sleeve half cut. Finding a way to improvise, Taeyeon used her other arm and tugged at the sleeve, making it rip off fully and revealing the bloodied arm.

“Honestly.” Tiffany commented as she turned to the cut. She had to have a moment of disgust at the cut. It was not a shallow one but it wasn’t life threatening. She then dabbed some cotton balls into the disinfectant before dabbing it onto the cut. Taeyeon quickly stopped her before she could get any further and took the cotton buds out of her hands.

“I can manage.” Taeyeon said casually. Tiffany took back the cotton ball and gave Taeyeon a stern look.

“You remain still.” Tiffany said sternly as she started cleaning Taeyeon’s cut. Taeyeon clenched her teeth at the stinging pain in her arm every time Tiffany touched it.

“You don’t find pain in getting the cut but you wince when there’s a small stinging pain?” Tiffany remarked sarcastically. Taeyeon let out a low chuckle and remained still as Tiffany continued to clean the cut.

“Why did you do that?” Tiffany then asked quietly as she stared at the cut. To her, a butler was just someone who serves her food and drives her around. They had no duty to act as her bodyguard or as someone who would risk their lives to bring her back a handbag.

“Did what?” Taeyeon asked back bluntly. Tiffany then pushed hard against the cut one last time in annoyance before putting it away with the other dirtied ones. Taeyeon winced at the pain in her arm and was about to move away when Tiffany held her down again.

“Well for one, why do you always ruin the atmosphere?” Tiffany said with annoyance. Taeyeon let out a sheepish laugh and rubbed the back of her neck.

“And two… Why did you chase after him? It was just a bag.” Tiffany’s voice automatically lowered into a whisper. Taeyeon was able to catch every word with her sensitive hearing.

“Because… it’s my duty to serve you.” Taeyeon answered back with a shrug. Tiffany then proceeded to wrapping the bandage around Taeyeon’s arm. The blood was seeping through with the first few layers so she kept wrapping until there was enough bandage to keep the blood in.

“Yeah to serve me food and drive me around and maybe occasionally do my laundry. But you didn’t have to go after the guy just for a handbag.” Tiffany cut the remaining bandage and placed the clip into place. Taeyeon then just shrugged and moved her arm slightly to examine her arm. Once everything was in check, Tiffany was cleaning up the rest of the equipment whilst Taeyeon was putting back her ruined blazer. The butler then took over and cleaned the rest of the first aid kit off the table; allowing Tiffany to go was her hands.

“I’ll return this to the counter” Taeyeon informed Tiffany as she took the spare equipment to the counter. Tiffany sat down in the chair to rest and waited for her butler to come. When she saw Taeyeon approaching her she raised her eyebrow up high in question.

“Well? Your duty is to only serve me. No strings attached.” Tiffany repeated. Taeyeon then let out a small smile and nodded.

“To me, to serve someone well, I am to serve to their daily needs, their own protection and to their own wellbeing. My duty is to serve you and protect you, Lady Tiffany. I have no other purpose besides that.” Taeyeon answered with a smirk. Tiffany stared at her butler for a few moments as she could have sworn she heard her heart stop for a moment.

“Whatever.” Tiffany waved it off carelessly and stared out of the window.

“Shall we get going, my lady?” Taeyeon offered her uninjured hand to Tiffany to take and lowered herself to a semi bow. Tiffany rolled her eyes at her butler and took the hand as the two exited the small café.