Chapter 30: So In Love   The two held their hands tightly together as they strolled around the forest. Occasionally, giggles would come out from their mouth as they took glances at one another. They walked and walked until a lake appeared in sight.    The brunette looked at the beautiful lake in awe before she was pulled down onto her lover's lap. A pair of strong yet gentle arms encircled her waist and brought her close with the latter's body. She lay her head onto her lover's shoulder with closed eyes as she enjoyed the peace that they were having.    "Fany-ah," Taeyeon whispered out oh so softly into the brunette's ear. A short 'hmm' was answered to her before it was replaced with giggles as Taeyeon used her nose to rub against Tiffany's neck while sniffing in her scene. So intoxicating it is to her.    "It tickles," Tiffany continued to giggle out with a pout on her face. After a few minutes, Taeyeon then pulled away with her smile as she placed her chin onto Tiffany's shoulder.    "Fany.."   "Yes, Taetae?"    "Have you ever...regretted meeting us?" A gasp was heard from Tiffany as she turned around abruptly to face Taeyeon. "I mean like--"   A finger was placed onto her lips, making her shut as she stared at her lover. "Don't ever say such thing, Taeyeon-ah." Tiffany answered with a frown.    She did not like the frown on her girlfriend's face so she used her thumb and soothed her forehead, and surely it did the trick to stop her from frowning. "But you can't go out as freely as you do in the past and will always have to stay in that boring palace."   Tiffany let out a sigh as she placed both of her hands onto Taeyeon's cheek. They held eye contact while Tiffany used her thumb to gently rub onto the blonde's cheeks. "Being able to stay with you is already more than enough. Who cares about going out anyways?"   "But--"   Tiffany leant forward and placed her lips onto Taeyeon's. She pulled away to lean her forehead against the blonde's. "No more buts. I love you and that's final, there's nothing more that I need except for you, Taeyeon-ah. I can't live without you anymore."   The blonde could only nod her head with the intense and loving stare from Tiffany, "I would say the same thing too."   Tiffany smiled at her words. She stood up but before she could do so, she was again pulled back down onto Taeyeon's lap. "Where're you going?" Taeyeon whispered out softly.    Tiffany smiled as a short chuckle left , "we can't waste this beautiful day, can we?" She then looked at her back where the lake is, "so why don't we go for a swim?"   =   Laughter filled the air as they splashed water at one another. Taeyeon ran forward and captured Tiffany in her arms. The brunette screamed in shock before she giggled and tried getting out of those arms.    Taeyeon smiled at her and refused to let go as she spun her around before throwing her into the water. She watched with bent knees while laughing as the brunette slowly emerged from the water, drenched from head to toe. Tiffany looked at Taeyeon coldly and walked towards her slowly.    Taeyeon gulped while looking at her girlfriend's angered face. I know it's not right to say this but damn...she's hot when she's angry.   "You," another step. "Are," and another one. "So," she was in front of Taeyeon now. "Dead!" With one strong push, she sent Taeyeon falling onto the back with a surprised look as she splashed into the water.    Now seeing Taeyeon sitting there looking dumbfounded, Tiffany could only laugh out while clutching her own stomach. And with the loud laughter from her lover, it snapped Taeyeon out of her thoughts as she looked at Tiffany.    A smile slowly crawled up to her face when she saw how happy Tiffany is now. She stood up from the water and was starting to plan a scheme against Tiffany while the latter was cautious as soon as Taeyeon regained her posture.    Just...I want you to smile more, Taeyeon thought to herself before she went closer, ready to act out her plan of making Tiffany laugh freely again.    =   "Huff.." The two blew out air from their mouth as they collapsed onto the ground. They had been playing in the water for three hours so naturally, they would be dead beat by now.    Taeyeon lied her back onto the ground while looking at the now darkened sky. A weight was added onto her chest as looked down to see Tiffany's head there. Instinctively, her hand went up and wrapped it against Tiffany's waist protectively while her other hand interlaced their fingers together and placed it against her abs.    Tiffany's other free hand went up and played with Taeyeon's collar. She let out a sigh. A sigh of happiness that is. She didn't know how long this peace would last because Donghae is still out there somewhere, but she wished she could stay like this forever. Forever is surely a very long time, and Tiffany didn't want to be greedy but she can't help it, she just wants to spend more time with Taeyeon, just both of them alone in their own world.    That's just my wishful thinking of course. She thought to herself of how is it even possible for them to have their time to themselves for years to come when they could not even have it for just a few days.   Sometimes, when she goes to bed, she would think what if...what if Taeyeon wasn't a vampire, but just a normal human being? Would they be a normal loving couple then? Instead of having to face dangers all the time, they could have dates almost everyday maybe?   She placed her ear onto the blonde's chest and listened to the slow and calming heartbeat. She's no different from a normal human being. Maybe just...she drinks blood and moves in a lightning speed and is super strong and also lives for more years, but at least she still has a heart that beats.   Again, another sigh left her lips. She found herself being stupid for having to reassure herself just because of this matter.    Taeyeon heard th