Taeyeon close her eyes, her fingers grasp the button on her iphone, locking the screen down. she massaged her temple in annoyance. Tiffany's being MIA is her utmost headache-makers. Where the hell are you, Fany? It has been full three days, full torturing three days, of getting no news from the latter. No greeting, no silly texts, no random call, no funny photos, just nothing... her minds buzzing. Her trip to Milan weren't that enjoyable anymore, she can't help but thinking about the moody Tiffany.

She's been texting her for days and nights, she even neglected the unnie she's been travelling with. Come to think of it...

"Hey, are you okay?" warm hand touching her temple. "Are you sick?"

"Sorry" Taeyeon shakes her head. "I'm okay"

"Well, you look pissed"

"Yeah, Fany's been ignoring me"

"I've figured, you look down the whole trip"

"Am I that readable?"

The unnie just smiles and continue to read her books. Taeyeon watched the moving trees, or rather the shades of them. The bullet train makes the hummed sounds as it jet through the countryside.

 

a faint vibration in her hand woke her up from daydreaming. Her eyes lit up in anticipation but almost immediately dim out in disappointment. Still no Tiffany.

 

--

 

"Cheer up" the unnie massage Taeyeon's shoulder in circular motion while the latter trying to put her jacket on the hanger.

"Hm?"

"You look down"

"I'm not"

"Don't try pull that on me, Tae"

Taeyeon's shoulder slumped. "Fine"

"I'm sure Fany will contact you soon"

"I.. know.. just.."

"Let's get that double decker bus off your bucket list"

"Sure"

Taeyeon eyeing her phone again. Still nothing.

 

--

 

Her phone lit up and play the special tone she set to the special person. Taeyeon hurriedly swipe up the green button, forgetting completely where she was.

"Hey, watch out, Tae" the unnie pull her elbow and guide her to the side.

"Oh? oh, yeah, sorry. It's.."

"Tiffany. Sure, answer it"

"Thanks"

 

"Hello? Fany?"

"Tae-"

"Where the hell are you?" Taeyeon hissed to her phone, slowly, barely, calmly, furiously.

"I know that tone, Taetae"

"You've been ignoring me"

"I know you're upset. Sorry"

"You know I hate it when you disappearing on me! I thought we've talk about this"

"I'm in LA"

"What"

"LA"

"What?!"

"L. A, Tae, Los Angeles"

"Wh-- What? Why? How? When?"

"I missed home, took an airplane after you've gone to your Europe Tour"

"It's been a week and you just phone me today?"

"Yeah, it's been hectic week"

"I see"

"And.. Oppa asked me on a date"

freaking oppa. freaking DJ oppa. "Well"

"Just.. I can't find the time to contact you"

"Sure you do"

"Okay then, just wanna hear your voice, Taetae. Don't be angry at me for too long"

Taeyeon gulped. The unnie has gone a few meters, looking at the sunflower at the tiny flower shop.

"Fany"

"Yeah?"

"I missed you"

"Me too, Taetae"

"Uhm"

"Gotta go, Tae. I'll call when I can"

"Sure" Taeyeon hear the disconnected beep and sigh.

 

--

 

Tiffany. Tiffany.

Taeyeon jabs her salad, absentmindedly.

"The foods great"

Taeyeon smiles. "True" The unnie has been great travel partner, she took a lot of photos of her, beautiful photos, beautiful candid photos. "The food in London's great"

"Cannot wait for tomorrow"

Taeyeon nodded, tomorrow they will leave London and go to their next planned country. "Hope the weather will fine"

Taeyeon checked her phone, after she post her trip on Instagram she's been receiving a lot of likes and comments. she's trying to reply to her members' comment but it's been hard to see past the notification. she tap her friends' instagram story on her private account, glide through them, watching the glimpse of their life in motion.

her finger twitched. the mutual friends of her and Tiffany just post a picture together. Tiffany.

Tiffany walking, laughing, eyesmiling. with someone.

that freaking oppa.

that freaking oppa.

that freaking DJ-oppa.

 

The unnie in front of her notice the change of mood and shake her head. "Tiffany?"

"Hm? Oh. Yeah, yeah"

"How are you two?"

"Fine, I guess. Fine"

"Okay"

The unnie continue eating her pasta, checking her phone as well.

 

Taeyeon immediately call Tiffany. She taps her feet, worriedly, anticipately.

 

"Hel-"

"Hey"

"Why are you so rushed"

"How's.. trip"

"Good, It's been good"

"I see"

"Uhm, why are you calling, Tae?"

"Disney sounds fun"

"What are you talking abo- Oh, yeah it's fun"

"I see you're.. enjoying it"

"I love disney"

"I know"

"And oppa's fun too"

"Right"

"How's unnie?"

"Fine"

"Uhm.. okay.. so.."

"Wait"

Taeyeon get up, covering the speaker as she locked eyes with unnie. "Sorry, I have to go to bathroom" 

The unnie just nodded and Taeyeon hurriedly walked past rows of tables.

"Fany"

"Tae"

"I don't like that oppa"

"You don't like every men in my life except my dad"

"That's not true"

"Whatever, Tae, I don't wanna argue"

"That's not true"

"Yeah, okay"

"I'm asking you, as a friend, to stop seeing him"

"Well, you know what? No"

Taeyeon sighed, deeply. "Why?"

"Why you don't like him?"

"I- I- I just know"

"You haven't even met him!"

"I know bad influencer when I see one"

"You haven't seen him, Tae... Please not this again?"

Taeyeon bit her lips. "Sorry"

"I can't talk to you if we're gonna argue every single time"

"I.. Really care about you"

Taeyeon can hear the distinct sound of deep breath from the other side.

"I care about you too, Tae. Just.. i'm tired of this.. arguing thing"

Taeyeon tapped her foot to the concrete floor. Weighting if she should speak her mind or not.

"If you don't have anything else to say, then.."

"How long will you stay there? In LA, i mean"

"I don't know, maybe until the whole thing with company settled down"

"That's.. That's long.."

"I guess.."

"I.. How about I visit you there"

"What? Why?"

"Well, I have a schedule in Canada"

"You can't, you have that new song coming up, remember?"

"I can tell manager-unnie to postpone the meeting, it's just early stage"

"Why?"

"Why what? Can't I meet my best friend I've been missing this whole week? Why it sounds like you don't want to see me?"

"I'm really not in the mood, Tae. Gotta go"

"You're being difficult, Fany"

"What? I'm being difficult?!"

"Can't we like communicate like normal people"

"I can't believe my ears. You're egoist, Tae"

"Me?!"

"Stop, just stop. I'll hang up"

"Wai-"

"Bye"

 

Taeyeon really wants to throw her phone to the ground, but she remembers that she still need it to call Tiffany again. What, Tiffany think Taeyeon being egoist? How come Tiffany say that. Tiffany's being difficult to talk to, to deal with, to.. Everything.

Taeyeon get back to her table. The unnie already finished her food.

"Sorry it took longer than I expected"

"It's okay. Do you want new food? It's kinda cold"

"Nah, let's get going. So many places to visit today"

"are you sure?"

"My appetite's gone"

 

--

 

The unnie already asleep on the bed next to her. Taeyeon choose to leave the bed and go downstairs on their hotel room. She turn off the lights as she proceed to walk down the stair.

In her hand there is her iphone, clutched tightly.

She's been texting Tiffany from angry text, regret text, sorry text, bargaining text, all kind of text but Tiffany still won't reply.

 

Fany, I'm so sorry. I know I'm too far, I didn't mean it. Please forgive me? I'll buy you your favorite perfume. Please? Text me or call me. I miss you

 

after more than ten minutes, Taeyeon decide to sleep on it but suddenly her phone ringing. Taeyeon rushed to the balcony, afraid to wake up the unnie.

 

"Hey" Taeyeon answered slowly, whispering.

"Hey" Tiffany's voice sounds a lot calmer now.

"I'm sorry for upsetting you. You're not difficult, it's just.. Me"

"I'm sorry too, Taetae. My minds so jumbled up lately"

"I wish I could do anything to help you"

"You've done plenty, beside you can't do anything since the company pretty much doing dirty, halting your album.

"If I knew the company doing these things to do, I'll scrap my album completely. I don't care"

"What have done, have done. There's nothing we can do"

"I wanna hug you so bad"

"Tae.."

"Let me visit you after Vancouver, or even better before"

"You have that photoshoot schedule, tae.."

"Please. I need to see you. This trip been so much dull without you. You're bailing on me last minutes.."

"Fine. When do you think you could come?"

"Tomorrow? I can book the ticket right now, first class might be still avaiable"

"What about unnie? You can't leave her there alone"

"Sigh. You're right"

"After the europe would be great Tae"

"Fine, Next week"

"I'll be in New York with Yuri"

"Right, Fashion week"

"Yeah"

"Okay, New York it is"

"I miss talking to you like this"

"me too fany, me too"

 

--

 

Europe trip feels like forever, but also feel like very quick gateaway. Unnie already on her way back to Korea. Taeyeon feels sorry because she suddenly change her flight to New York and left unnie alone to korea.

 

"I'm landing"

"I'll wait in the hotel then"

"Okay"

 

Taeyeon hail the taxi, she's wearing her black mask to cover her face. Although noone seems to notice her, she still paranoid about her very passionate fans at the airport.

 

Not long, she arrive at the hotel. After telling the receptionist she hurriedly go to the hotel room. She knocked on the door. Not long the door was open but Taeyeon squinted her eyes.

"Hello Taeyeon"

That freaking DJ-oppa, what is he doing here "Where's Tiffany?"

"She's inside. Please come"

"Well, technically this is my room.. So.." Taeyeon glide past the oppa, pushing the negative thought back to her deepest brain.

"Taetae" Taeyeon grin widely when she sees Tiffany get up from the bed, arms wide open, eye smiling beautifully, mermerizingly.

"Fwahney" Taeyeon hug her best friend in a tight hug, chuckled a bit.

"Ehem, well I guess I'll go now. Have fun ladies"

"Oppa, have you two introduce yourselves to each other?"

Taeyeon clears her suddenly dry throat "Well.."

The DJ-oppa initiated to shake Taeyeon's hand by offering her hand. Taeyeon nervously look at Tiffany whom shooting some daggers to her eyes. She shake the hand half-heartly while flash her professional smile.

"nice to meet you, oppa"

"nice to meet you too tae, i've heard so much about you"

"thanks"

"okay, I'll get going then"

"be safe, oppa" tiffany walk him to the door.

Taeyeon plop herself to the soft bed, eyeing Tiffany's figure who walk to her spot

"i hope you dont kiss him just now"

"no.."

"in case someone see"

"right.."

"so you're dating him"

"no.."

"planning to?"

"are you jealous?"

"what?"

"you sound jealous" tiffany plop herself down too to the bed, hair scrawled messily, head resting on Taeyeon's shoulder

"as a leader.."

"as a leader"

"i need to know who you're dating"

"to protect me"

"to protect you"

"i kinda miss your perfume"

"i miss your presence. It's killing me. That's the longest i haven't been able to see you"

"i know right"

Taeyeon close her eyes, feeling sleepy. Must be jet lagged.

"your pictures looks great by the way"

"unnie took great picture"

"do you date her?"

"no, i don't do relationship"

"so you guy buddies?"

"what?" taeyeon sit up suddenly, staring in to tiffany's eyes. "what did you say?"

"you ed each other, right? Thus making you buddies"

"i dont her, Fany. She's just nice unnie"

"then why you travel alone with her"

"wha.. I ask you first, yoh turned it down"

"i dont wanna be third wheel"

"i was planning to travel with you alone!"

"you didn't ask me to planning the trip though"

"i dont wanna burden you, you've been so busy with company and stuffs and i just dont wanna make this more harder for you"

Tiffany smiles, pull taeyeon's jacket towards her and just buried her head to taeyeon's neck.

"you never be a burden tae"

Taeyeon smiles too, felling tiffany's nose pressing her collar bones in a good way.

"so you don't her at all?"

No!"

"hmm"

"how about you? Do you guys.. Uhm.. You know.. Doing things"

"what things"

"that things.."

"by things you mean.."

"ed! Do you guys each other?"

"oh, no. Oppa has a girlfriend already, he's just being nice to his girlfriend's best friend"

"oh.. I'm glad then"

"glad for what?"

"ah, no, no. Nevermind"

 

"where's yuri?"

"at the event"

"hmmm. I'm sleepy. Jetlagged"

"let's take a nap"