After the night that they spent in Hyde Park, nothing specifically had changed except for the fact that the two had been comfortable in touching and being clingy to each other. For an instance, the morning when they woke up after that night, instead of right away getting their breakfast, the two stayed in the bed, cuddled up together as they look through the pictures that Taeyeon took on her camera on the night that they strolled around after arriving in London. After which, the rather, sweetness did not stop there and continued later on that day as they took their breakfast inside their room and planned their itineraries for the day.

          Since they have two more free days before the day of their departure, the two decided to spend the day going around the tourists’ attractions of London that they could go in for the day. As soon as they were dressed accordingly for their trip, they immediately left the hotel and started off to finish their long list of destinations.

          With the easy access of the transportation in London, the two didn’t have a hard time going to different places in the city. They went to check out the many museums of London and admired the classical architectures of establishments on their surroundings as they toured around the city. From the British Museum, they went to the Tower of London and took a sight of the Tower Bridge beside it and snapped a lot of photos of the place and of themselves as well. From there, they went on different attractions nearby where they strolled and took a lot of pictures as well. Though they only had a day with them to tour, it seemed like it was enough already for them as long as they were seeing each other enjoying everything that they were doing together.

          Of course, the trip wouldn’t be complete without riding the famous red and double decked bus of London, where you could overlook at the many attractions in the place as you ride on the top deck of it. If there was anyone who enjoyed such thing the most, it was Taeyeon. Though they only managed to buy a bus ticket for a bus tour where they could hop on and hop off everywhere in London and didn’t really planned a whole, concrete and smooth trip for this, it pleased Baekhyun to see how Taeyeon was enjoying and indeed was happy to see and even just merely passing by the beautiful surroundings of London. Though they—he wished they could have planned the trip beforehand and better for them to enjoy everything at its finest that they could, the mere sight of Taeyeon smiling widely in adoration was enough to ease his worries out.

          It was when they went to the London Eye on the afternoon that they decided to have some lunch on a Japanese restaurant that they saw not far from the attraction before embarking on their destination for the day. As soon as Taeyeon agreed on eating on the place, Baekhyun, the one who loved Japanese food the most, couldn’t hold on his excitement as he held Taeyeon’s hand on his and tagged her along with him as they walked towards the restaurant.

          Taeyeon in return, could only just laugh and shake her head at him for his reaction. But still, she liked—loved it when Baekhyun was being careless like a little child around her. It always gave her the sense of comfort knowing that he was letting his guards down around her, maybe an indication of comfortableness as well.

          With a smile on her face, she gladly trailed behind the excited Baekhyun as they walked in inside of the restaurant.

          Finding a spot inside where they could sit on the floor with their legs placed under the low tables (basically, it looked like they were sitting on the floor and there’s a space under the table for their legs to place in), they settled their selves in and sat in front of each other before they soon made their orders after.

          Feeling a tad bit hungry from their strolling, Taeyeon ordered a large bowl of Shio ramen for herself, while Baekhyun ordered a bowl of Shoyu ramen and a few orders of California maki and tempura. “You’re a er for Japanese food aren’t you?” Taeyeon uttered to him after giving their orders to the lady who assisted them.

          In response, Baekhyun just grinned at her as he leaned his elbows on the table. “You can say that.” He answered, giving his shoulders a slight shrug after.

          The two indeed enjoyed their lunch and even made some more orders of tempura and maki for Baekhyun as they finish their bowls of ramen. Along their meal as well, the two snapped some very candid and rather not-so-pleasant photos of each other which the two greatly argued about over the table as they scolded each other in an amusing way; which made their lunch even more enjoyable for the both of them.

          As they walked out of the restaurant after dining in for about an hour or so, the two were still fighting over the pictures that they took—more specifically Taeyeon, who was forcing Baekhyun to delete everything that he took on his phone. “Yah, delete all of those!” She whined as she hit Baekhyun’s arm as they walked down to the bus stop to finally see the Big Ben as their next destination.

          Baekhyun on the other hand was having way too much fun seeing Taeyeon being pissed in that way that he decided to play more with her despite of her obvious and clear whines at him. “What pictures? I don’t know what you’re saying.” He answered back between his laughs as he let Taeyeon hit his arm.

          Being pissed off—in a nice way—with his answer, she didn’t just simply hit his arm next, but she slapped it hard which caused Baekhyun to stop walking and complain. “Ah! That one stings!” He uttered as he turned to her with a pained reaction.

          Taeyeon immediately regretted doing it as soon as she saw his reaction, but she didn’t want to back down yet, knowing that Baekhyun was having fun seeing her being like that. This man, aish. “Delete the pictures, please. I look ugly on those!” She whined once more as they stood in the middle of the sidewalk, her face was frowning at him.

          Though her slap on his arm was still stinging, Baekhyun couldn’t help but let his lips form into a grin automatically as he looked at her in adoration. She’s like a kid, goodness. “I told you, I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He uttered between his laughs again as he started to walk away, laughing.

          “Baekhyun!” Taeyeon whined loudly before he could even take some steps further away from her and he immediately turned back to her and saw her pouting her lips out as she frowned at him so hard. The cute sight of her made him laugh at his place. “What?” He asked between his chuckles.

          Instead of answering, Taeyeon just stomped her feet at her place and whined at him. She was glad that the streets were empty from people or else she knew she would be digging her grave from what she was doing at the moment. “Come here.” Baekhyun called at her, waving his hand off as he told her to come near at him.

          Hesitantly, she walked near at him by his command and stood in front of him with still the evident frown on her face. “What do you want? Tell me.” He calmly and soothingly asked Taeyeon as he pulled her by her hand, and Taeyeon could just stare at him dumbfounded. Is this guy serious? Were my whines not obvious enough? Goodness gracious, someone please help me.

          She shut her eyes closed and inhaled deeply before she brought herself to speak. “Delete the pictures, I said. If that still isn’t obvious to you, goodness.” She uttered before rolling her eyes at him.

          Baekhyun then let out a quiet laugh after, still having her hand at his. “What do you want me to delete?” He asked, obviously still teasing his wife as he was having way too much fun of her reactions. I mean, you only get to see this kind of Taeyeon once in a blue moon. Might as well enjoy the most out of it before I apologize.

          By that, Taeyeon immediately pulled her hand away from his and ran her hands through her hair before rolling her eyes once more at him. “Oh my god Byun Baekhyun, are you ing serious?” She asked, dumbfounded by his questions. Oh gosh, he’s seriously playing around with me. She thought when Baekhyun let out a laugh again.

          “Tell me! What do you want me to delete?” Baekhyun asked through his laughs as he tried to hold Taeyeon’s hand on his once more, but since Taeyeon was having enough of his teasing already, she was keeping her hand away from his with her best.

          “The goddamn photos Baekhyun!” She answered, her frown in her face was growing as Baekhyun more.

          “What photos?” He nonchalantly asked between his laughs, and Taeyeon just had enough of him and groaned at him in annoyance after.

          “You know what, you’re having way too much fun of always teasing me, I hate you!” She uttered before placing her hands on the pockets of her jacket and walking away from Baekhyun who was laughing hard on his stance as he watched Taeyeon walk away from him. Ugh! I’ll seriously hit his throat for laughing too much.

           When he noticed that Taeyeon was in no way planning to stop walking away, he immediately ran after her and kept with her pace. “You hate me really?” He asked when he found his way beside her.

          Still with the frown on her face, Taeyeon continued to walk further. “I hate you.” She answered without turning to him.

          Baekhyun chuckled. “You don’t hate me, come on.”

          “I hate you.” She answered back at him.

          He chuckled again. “You don’t like me? Really?” He asked, and as soon as the words came out of him, Taeyeon halted on her tracks and looked at him with her surprised yet confused eyes. Do I… like him? She wondered whether or not she had heard him right or clear. Did I hear that wrong or… what the Taeyeon? She could feel her heart thumping quite louder than usual inside her chest though she wasn’t sure whether is it because of nervousness or… something else. Goddammit!

          Seeing her surprised face, his lips immediately curved up into a huge grin as he halted on his tracks, facing her as well. “So you like me?” He asked, his lips still curved up into a grin after.

          Taeyeon knew his question was related to what they were just playfully arguing about and it wasn’t the serious question whether she does like him or not in reality. But she couldn’t help but to be confused at how he was asking and saying it to her as if the whole situation that they were just in was not a mere playful one for them. What does this mean? Oh goodness I hate my mind.

          Not really knowing how should she respond to it, she brought herself to frown at him again, like she was frowning earlier, and stormed off again. “I hate you.” She uttered before walking away once again. I hate you for making me so confused. She wasn’t sure if Baekhyun was being really serious earlier or not, so to be safe, she gradually jumped back to being pissed and annoyed at him so he wouldn’t take things seriously like how she pondered on her mind.

          And like she hoped, no offense was taken with her answers. Instead, Baekhyun still found her adorable after it.

          The question—at first—for him, was a mere answer back to her “I hate you” statement at him. He was simply reacting. But all of a sudden, he found himself asking the second question, not knowing where the confidence and guts of doing it actually came from. It just suddenly came out of his mouth and there was nothing he could really do about it anymore. But nevertheless, for him as well, the question seemed like it was more than what it actually meant at the moment. Yet he knew it was too soon to question those things and more so, to worry about it. So when she reacted in that way, he wasn’t disappointed or what.

          Instead, he found his way beside her once again and bugged the heck out of her until she once again got annoyed at him. “Oh my gosh Byun—” but before she could even continue, Baekhyun immediately beat her at it.

          “I know what you’re going to say.” He uttered, chuckling loudly after.

          “What?!” Taeyeon impatiently asked with the frown on her face.

          “Stop ting on me, Byun.” He answered, and Taeyeon immediately laughed at it for it was actually what she was really about to say to him. “Am I right?” Baekhyun asked between his laughs and Taeyeon only responded with a simple nod as she continued to laugh with her ahjumma laugh together with Baekhyun in the middle of the street.

          Taeyeon whined at him between her laughs and when she found herself calming down, she frowned once more at Baekhyun, who was still very much enjoying with laughing so hard at his stance. This guy is seriously having fun pissing me. She then let out a groan and spoke. “Seriously, stop ting on me Byun Baekhyun! You’re annoying me already!” After so, she started walking away from him again, crossing her arms on her front after.

          When Baekhyun caught up on her after laughing so hard on his place, he cooed her with his best and asked on what she wanted him to do in all seriousness. Though Taeyeon wasn’t buying it all for he would still chuckling out from time to time—not to mention that his chuckle was annoying her already, so with all her best as well, she kept the frown on her face and ignored him completely as they searched their way to the bus stop to catch on the bus.

          She had actually given her best at ignoring him completely—which made Baekhyun be serious all of a sudden when he noticed that she was probably already annoyed at him for real—when her eyes caught something familiar yet unexpected that she had to halt on her tracks and call Baekhyun out. “Is that…” she started as she stared at her front with her narrowed eyes.

          Baekhyun immediately halted on his tracks as well, and looked at Taeyeon with curious eyes and quirked brows. “What?” He asked.

          “Is that…” she lifted her hand. “Tiffany… with Nickhun?” She asked and Baekhyun followed her finger on their front which was pointing at the two persons, quite far from the two of them who were taking a picture together in a very close, and not to mention, sweet manner. “That’s them right?” Taeyeon asked once more.

          Baekhyun analyzed and observed the two persons and couldn’t be mistaken that the two were indeed their friends. “That’s them.” He confirmed.

          The hard frown on Taeyeon’s face earlier was suddenly replaced with a huge playful grin as she slowly nodded her head after hearing his confirmation. “Too sweet for not being back together, don’t you think?” She uttered before lifting the camera that was on her neck and taking a few snaps of her two friends in an instant.

          He then immediately let out a chuckle as he watched her take some photos of the two. “So they’re really together, huh?” He asked, chuckling again after.

          Setting down her camera, Taeyeon just simply nodded at him after. “I told you, they’re lying about not being together. This girl is so busted.” She answered before grabbing on Baekhyun’s arm and pulling their selves towards the two who were still busy taking some selfies with their backs facing them.

          The two slowly approached the other couple, and when they were standing right close behind them already, Taeyeon quietly cleared while Baekhyun grinned silently on his place. “So not back together, huh?” Taeyeon uttered loudly so the two would hear it, and it seemed like it was quite loud for the two were immediately startled by it.

          “Mother of freaking pi—Taeng?! What the ?!” Tiffany said, her eyes were circled out of the shock of seeing her friend at the place. “What the are you doing here?!” She asked, her eyes still widely piercing through her friend’s.

          Taeyeon then let out a chuckle at the couple’s reaction before she slowly nodded her head. “Yeah, nice seeing you too Tiff, really!” She sarcastically said which made her and Baekhyun—and even Nickhun who was standing slightly behind Tiffany laugh.

          Tiffany in return, rolled her eyes at her friend and placed a hand on her hips. “Why are you here Taeng? What are you doing here?” She asked.

          “Why? We’re having a tour around London, can’t we do that?” She asked and pointed at herself and Baekhyun as she answered and smiled playfully at her friend after.

          Of course, the smile didn’t go unnoticed, and Tiffany clearly saw it right away. “I didn’t say you can’t do that, okay?” She answered back before once again rolling her eyes at her friend. She couldn’t really say much at the moment, not knowing what should she do when her best friend just caught her being that sweet with, apparently, her ex-boyfriend at the moment. I mean, I’m totally screwed up.

          “Where are you love birds headed? Do you guys want to come with us?” Baekhyun asked and grinned widely at them after which Taeyeon shortly did as well after him.

          Tiffany then couldn’t help but to roll her eyes after hearing what Baekhyun had just referred to them two. “Not you as well Baek, come on.” She couldn’t believe that he was joining his wife at making fun of her, of them at the moment. These two are becoming so much like the other. They’re adapting fast huh.

          “What?” Baekhyun asked as he chuckled slightly. “You guys were so sweet earlier, really.”

          “Fany and I are naturally sweet, that’s why.” Nickhun reasoned out but the other couple just raised their brows at his answer and smiled playfully.

          “Really Nick, really?” Taeyeon asked and Nickhun knew he was doomed already with how lame his answer was to Baekhyun. Tiffany just looked at him with a “you should have kept your mouth shut” look before she sighed and looked at her friend after. “No but seriously guys, we’re about to see the Big Ben now, want to tag along with us?” Taeyeon invited after, removing the playful look on her face already for her friends’ sakes.

          “But you guys are having your trip alone.” Tiffany answered.

          The two exchanged a look before Baekhyun spoke to answer. “We don’t mind. I mean it’s more fun if we’re many, right?”

          “The more the merrier.” Taeyeon uttered and giggled like a child after which caused the three others to chuckle at her.

          Nickhun and Tiffany looked at each other first, before they finally agreed to come with them. Taeyeon immediately rejoiced at their answer and right away asked Tiffany to take a photo of them four on her phone so they could send it to the other girls later. Tiffany immediately obliged while laughing at her excited friend before taking a few snaps of them four together.

          After so, the four walked to the bus stop which was already near at the place where they all bumped together and waited for the bus to arrive.

          When it did, the four readied themselves and Baekhyun immediately searched for Taeyeon’s hand but she shook his hand off before he could even hold it. Shocked by her reaction, he looked at her with widened eyes. “What? I thought we’re good already?” He asked.

          Taeyeon quirked her brows at him. “Who said so? I’m still mad at you.” She answered and rolled her eyes before hopping inside the bus and climbing off the top deck with Baekhyun trailing behind her who only shook his head at her answer. Tiffany and Nickhun who were behind them just grinned widely at them before shaking their heads as well as they waited for their turn to hop inside the bus following behind Baekhyun.

          Finding a spot near the front, Taeyeon settled herself and stared at the window on her right as Baekhyun followed on the seat beside her. Tiffany and Nickhun sat on the seats on the opposite side and soon minded their own business as the bus started to drive off on the road.

          “Tae,” he called out when Taeyeon was still ignoring him. “Taeng,” no response. “Taengoo.”