Jessica's POV

 

 

"Is it perhaps that you were the one who saved me yesterday?" Tiffany asked.

 

Huh?! I thought I already gave her an excuse.

Did she not believe me? I thought she was dense.
I don't know if I should be glad or not that she remembered what Yuri told her.

 

"I'll go outside for a moment." Yuri said, mouthing an 'I'm sorry' to me before leaving the two of us alone.

 

Way to go, Yuri. What a great friend you are.

 

"Well?" Tiffany asked, getting rather impatient at waiting for my answer.

 

I wanted for her to know personally and in due time. I guess I have no choice but to say it.

 

"Yes, I did save you from the fire yesterday." Tiffany didn't look too shocked when she heard it.

 

"Thank you," she said. "I guessed as much since there really wasn't much people around the area during that time anyway."

 

"But why?" she questioned, giving me a piercing gaze. "Why would you do that for me?"

 

"BECAUSE I LOVE YOU!" I blurted out before I could even process what I had just said.

 

Oh sh*t.

Did I just confess?

What happened to being friends first?

Aisshh... me and my big mouth.

 

Tiffany froze in her spot, gaping at me. A few seconds that seemed like eternity to me passed by and still, she didn't utter any word.

 

OMG! I think I broke her!

 

"Hey Tiffany!" I held her shoulders and shook her. "Are you alright? Say something!"

 

"Hmmm…" Tiffany muttered, still in a daze.

 

Well, since I already confessed, might as well continue.

 

Taking the initiative, I took her hands and held it. I looked at her, pouring all of my love into that gaze. I started to speak out everything that was bottling up inside me.

 

"I don't know when or how I fell for you. Ever since you came into my life, you changed me. Everything turned brighter; the dull and lonely life that I knew went away. When you went back to America, I almost crumbled, thinking that you left for good. I became a total wreck from missing you too much. And then you came back, I was so happy in seeing you again. I thought you were just an illusion, created by my troubled mind. I wanted to hug you, to welcome you back, but Taeyeon beat me to it." I sighed, remembering that time.

 

"Seeing the two of you so close, I didn't know what I was feeling; my chest felt like it's being ripped apart. For the first time in my life, I was jealous. I, Jessica Jung, the crowned princess of this kingdom, is jealous of an ordinary girl. Isn't it funny?" I laughed dryly. "If it wasn't for Yuri's nagging, I wouldn't realize all of this. She made me understand what I was truly feeling for you."

 

"When yesterday's event happened, I didn't know what to do. It took me a while to snap out of my pathetic state. I wanted to save you. I don't want anything bad to happen to you nor do I want to lose you just like that. It pains me to think that you might die at that moment just when I had found out that I like you. Imagine my relief when you woke up at the infirmary. I was so glad that you were alive! I wanted to confess right there and then, but I couldn't, it would be too awkward, so I decided to become friends with you first." I peered down at the floor and took a deep breath. I looked at her again, my stare fixed at her eyes, as I slowly cupped her cheeks.

 

"I know I'm not the best in words nor in showing my emotions but what I say is true. I love you, Tiffany. I know that it's too sudden but, will you please be my girlfriend? I would gladly exchange everything that I have just to be with you."

 

I removed my hands from her face as I wait for her reply. After a minute of not responding, Tiffany started to speak again.

 

"You know, I think I also like a friend of mine. I don't know if it is already love or not, but I always think of her everytime. I'm sorry, Jessi..."

 

My heart shattered into pieces with what she said. I removed my hands from my wrinkled clothes.  I didn't realize that I was holding unto it tightly. I stood up from my seat and trudged away from her, my shoulders slumped.

 

She already likes somebody else.

It's Taeyeon isn't it?

 

I don't want to force her in reciprocating my feelings so I left. I felt my tears flowing down my cheeks as I walked away.

 

I was near the door when I felt a pair of arms snake its way on my waist, enveloping me in a warm backhug.

 

“Why are you walking away from me? Are you really going to let a fear of rejection keep you from getting what you really want?" Tiffany whispered to me, her chin resting on my shoulder, her breath tickling my neck.

 

"You didn't even let me finish what I was saying." She complained as she nuzzled closer.

 

I turned around, facing her, her arms still wrapped around my waist. "Why are you doing this? Didn't you like someone else already?"

 

"Silly you," she lightly chuckled as she wiped my tears using her thumb. "For a princess, you don't have much confidence in yourself."

 

"As I was saying before you decided to walk out on me, I'm sorry, Jessi but..." she repeated. "...that friend of mine is you. I know I'm not good enough for you and there would be many who will oppose us but I'll try to strive to do my best to make you happy."

 

I was taken aback when she gave me a chaste kiss on my lips. It was short but sweet. My first kiss. We both blushed when we pulled out from each other.

 

"So, will you be my girlfriend?" I asked her again just to be sure. I still can't believe that all of this is happening right now.

 

"Of course, silly." she replied. I pouted at her for calling me silly twice.

 

"I would be honored to be your girlfriend. Now stop pouting or else I'll kiss you again."

 

Hearing that, I pouted even more.

 

"Where's my kiss?" I asked her, seeing that she won't kiss me again. "Were you just joking with me?"

 

"Aigoo... my ice princess is too whiny." Tiffany caressed both of my cheeks and kissed me again, this time longer.

 

I'm no longer an ice princess.

You already melted me a long time ago.

 

 

 

Tiffany's POV

 

 

I was back on my room, changing my clothes. The class has already ended. I couldn't help but sigh happily at the events that happened ever since I transferred here leading up to this day.

 

My relationship with Jessica had been one crazy rollercoaster ride. Who would have thought that she and I would be girlfriends? No one. Not in a million years. A princess and a mere commoner. It feels like I'm one of the main characters in some clichéd fairy tale that was written by some hopeless romantic out there. I couldn't help but feel worried that something bad will happen. All fairy tales do have at least one antagonist in it.

 

Since yesterday night, I felt that my mind was slowly starting to get clearer. Like it was so clouded before and now, everything is crystal clear. I could grasp things faster and better. One of them is my feelings for Jessica. It feels as if I'm back to my old self, before my parents died in that horrible shootout.

 

I had been pondering about those images that I had before I out.

 

I still couldn't figure out who the smiling man was, but I felt a certain type of longing whenever I think of him.

 

Those two people in agony, I knew them very well. They were a part of my past that I wished never happened. Everything had gone downhill ever since I saw them.

 

I think that the car left burning on the side of the road was my real parents' after the car accident that killed them. My parents told me when I was a child that they saw me crying at the sidewalk. How I ended up out there, they didn't know. I was still a baby back then, barely two years of age. They didn't want to leave me so they decided to adopt me and I am really grateful for that.

 

As I was thinking about a lot of things that didn't made sense before but now it was as if everything fitted perfectly, I noticed something on my back through the mirror when I removed my uniform. I was only in my underwear when I saw it, a red splotch with a greyish black mark on the middle on my right shoulder blade.It was faint but I knew it would get darker as time passed by.

 

No... this can't be happening.

Not again...

 

I immediately put on my clothes and ran towards Sunny and Taeyeon's room.

 

 

 

Taeyeon's POV

 

 

Sunny and I were watching some dramas on TV when someone pounded violently at our door.

 

"HOLD YOUR SIWONS! I'M COMING!" Sunny yelled as she got up from the sofa, annoyed at whoever disturbed her from watching IRIS 2.

 

"I'm sorry Sunny but may I talk to Taeyeon for a moment? It's an emergency" I heard the mad person say to Sunny as she opened the door.

 

I know that voice. It's Tiffany's.

 

Before Sunny could answer back, Tiffany already went inside and dragged me towards my room. She locked the door and pulled her shirt up, revealing her milky white abs.

 

"Oh my God! Pany-ah! As much as I would like to see you in your glory, I have my own Sunbuns to look at." I said to her as I held my hands up, blocking my eyes. Well, not really since I can still see through the gaps in my fingers. I don't want to miss a great opportunity such as this.

 

"Shut up Taeyeon! And look!" Tiffany said.

 

Obeying her order, I removed my hands from my eyes. Tiffany's back was facing towards me. I could see something on her right shoulder blade.

 

"I-isn't t-that..." I stuttered as I saw the brand on her.

 

"The death mark is appearing once again." Tiffany said nervously.

 

 

 

 

A/N: I could say that it's a pretty long chapter compared to the earlier ones.

 

Here it is! The moment you have all been waiting for!

Jeti's together! i think I made it too fast. Enemies for weeks, friends for a day, lovers for eternity? Well, whatever. The sooner the better, right? :3

 

Some of Tiffany's past are revealed. Taeny is too mysterious. Just who are they?

What is the death mark? Is it like the dark mark in Harry Potter? Will Voldemort appear in this fic? Tune in and find out.

 

Dun... DUUNN... DUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!

 

Thank you to those who read, subscribed, and commented on this pretty random fic of mine.

 

and THANKS to nizcasimiro for the upvote! ^^