A/N: Double update, so kindly go back to previous chapter if you didn't know.  

 

Chapter 33: For a Lifetime Long   Panting sounds.   Footsteps.   Helpless calls.   So many noises at the same time.   She lifted up her head and saw Tiffany running towards her. Tiffany had her hand extended out with a helpless look. She wanted to move her hand to hold onto Tiffany, but found herself not able to do so. She tried to move, but still failed.   She heard the cries, the calls but she wasn’t able to do anything.   There, she saw Tiffany being dragged away. Slowly...away from her.   She heard her calls, but can’t help her.   “Taeyeon!” The last scream from Tiffany before she finally disappeared from her sight.   Taeyeon jolted up awake with sweat dripping down the side of her face. She immediately looked to her right and heaved a sigh of relief when the sight of Tiffany sleeping with a peaceful look welcomed her.   She didn’t know what happened. She didn’t know why did she even dream of such things, but she hoped it wouldn’t come true.   Her hands from underneath the cover went to find Tiffany’s and held onto it tightly. She wouldn't want to lose her, not anymore.   Stay with me forever, Fany-ah. I promise I’ll protect you, I won’t let anyone hurt you ever again.   She closed her eyes, but opened it the next moment as she found herself staring at Tiffany's sleeping face.   Then again, she spent another sleepless night after knowing that someone is back to get them.   --   “Didn’t you get any sleep? You have some eyebags forming here.” Tiffany traced the layer of bags underneath Taeyeon’s eyes gently.   She smiled. “Vampires do not have to sleep much.”   “Nonsense.” Sooyoung walked out of the kitchen while holding onto a bowl of popcorn. She threw one popcorn into before sitting down beside Taeyeon who was at the living room area. “We are pretty much the same as humans so we do need sleep. We aren’t like those bats that transforms into vampire and need not sleep, you know? This isn't Twilight, little girl.”   “You know Twilight?” Jessica asked before sitting beside Sooyoung.   “Why yes, of course. Edward and Jacob are just so hot!”   “Are you being real now?” Jessica commented with a dull look.   “Why, yes. Yes, I am.” Sooyoung turned to look at Jessica with a challenging look. “Perhaps is there any problem with me watching Twilight?”   “Of course not.” Jessica replied. “It's just that it's hard to imagine vampires watching other... vampires movie, you know?”   “We do have a life too, ya know?” Sooyoung copied her tone before laughing at herself.   Tiffany gave them a look before ignoring them. She casted her attention onto her Taetae and continued to trace those dark layers of bags under her eyes.   TaeYeon looked at her tenderly before heaving a sigh. “What's wrong, Fany-ah?”   Tiffany withdrew her hands to place it onto her lap. “I... Are you worried? That's why you aren't able to sleep last night?”   “W–what?” TaeYeon let out a nervous laugh.   “I heard you mumbling some words this morning. You were saying something like... not to hurt the people that I love.”   TaeYeon’s face immediately dropped and Tiffany knew that she was right at the moment. She quickly grabbed onto TaeYeon’s hand and placed a soft kiss onto the back of her hand. “Is okay, TaeYeon-ah. It's okay.” She continued saying out while her thumb was rubbing on TaeYeon's hand, hoping that it could help her relax and get things off her mind.   “It's... It's not like that. I just– I can't– I can't lose you anymore. I've lost you once and I can't... not anymore.”   “Shhh.” A finger was placed softly onto her lips. “Let's go for a walk, shall we?” She nodded.   Tiffany stood up first before putting her hand out for TaeYeon to hold. “Come on.”   TaeYeon grabbed her hand and stood up as the both of them walked away, leaving behind a still arguing couple on the couch.   --   They held onto each other’s hand tightly, like as if one of them was going to leave.   They walked side by side, so close to one other that their arm kept on brushing against the other’s.   They smiled to themselves, happy to have one another by their side.   “Why are you so quiet?” TaeYeon asked when she noticed that Tiffany began to quieten down after they left the living area to the garden.   They went to a nearby bench and took a seat. TaeYeon was swinging her legs above the ground until Tiffany opened .   “Why are you so quiet?”   TaeYeon blinked her eyes a few times, trying to get what Tiffany was trying to say.   “You're keeping things from me again, Taetae, and I don't like it. You made me so worried about you that I couldn't help but think about what's in your mind every minute. I want to know what you're thinking of, but you just wouldn't tell me.”   “We aren't going to go back to that again, are we?” Taeyeon rubbed her face.   “Right. If you don't want to, then maybe I should leave.” Tiffany was about to stand up when a pair of arms wrapped around her waist and a weight was added to her shoulder.   “No. Don't leave me. Please.” TaeYeon whispered out, almost like she's hurting right now. She nuzzled her nose against the side of Tiffany's neck.   Tiffany breathed out, her hands finding those around her waist as she held onto it securely. “I'm not leaving you.” She said it softly too, like a whisper. “I'm never leaving you.”   “Promise?” TaeYeon mumbled against her neck.   “Yes. I promise.” A pause. “So, can you tell me what's wrong now?”   She heard a sigh near her ear before TaeYeon's arms lossened and she sat straight. “It's nothing, really. I just had a dream of you being pulled away from me by Donghae and I just stood there like a frozen statue, watching you scream for me helplessly but I still couldn't move my feets.”   “I promised that I'll never leave you, didn't I?” Tiffany kissed her forehead.   “Yeah. That I know.”   “How long have this dream been going on for?”   TaeYeon paused for a while, hesitating if she should tell Tiffany the truth.   “And do not lie to me. You know I hate it when people lie to me.” Tiffany warned.   She gulped and bit onto her tongue. “Since... the day of the fire?”   “WHAT?!” Tiffany's loudness caused TaeYeon to wince as she swore that there was a ringing sound in her ear earlier on. “For five days already? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!”   “I– I didn't want to worry you.”   “This isn't the problem anymore, Taetae. So you've not been sleeping well for five days in a row now?”   “Yes...”   A soft hand cupped her cheek as she leaned against it wi