Dragging her feet back to her apartment....

Jonghyun wanted to see her home but Taeyeon rejected.

She wanted to be alone.

 
"he doesn't just treat you as a noona. You should know it..."

"that's why I have to do this..."

"don't you think it's abit too harsh on him?"

"besides, I don't think he's giving up that easily. I hate to say this..... but I do admire how firm and upright that boy is..."

"Pabo ...."

"what's there to be firm about...?"

"You are just as stubborn as usual...."

Taeyeon thought to herself  as she walked up to her apartment.

Stubborn..... one of the many common traits Baekhyun and Taeyeon shared.

Both of them are stubborn and stick to things once they have decided on.

Perhaps even so for love matters.

Approaching her apartment, she found someone sitting at her doorstep.

He has been waiting for her...

Seeing Taeyeon appearing along the aisle, he stood up.

Without hesitation, he go straight to the point...
 

Baekhyun: Why didn't you turn up?

Taeyeon was caught off-guard.

She didn't expect Baekhyun to be here, and she couldn't instantly find words to answer him.

Baekhyun: It's noona who wanted me to finish what I want to say to you...

Taeyeon: ... yes, I did. (answered softly)

Baekhyun: Then why didn't you come?

Taeyeon: (bit her lips and look away)

Baekhyun: Don't you want to know it anymore?? 

Taeyeon: ....

Baekhyun: Or.... you already figured it out..... that's why you ask him to come instead?
 

Taeyeon: ... mianhae

Baekhyun: (let out a laugh) What do you mean by sorry?

Taeyeon: i guess Jonghyun has already said what I want to say, so....

Baekhyun: So you knew. You already know what I want to tell you..... and it's your idea to ask him to talk to me...? 

Taeyeon nodded.

Seeing the nod, Baekhyun close his eyes and sigh with disappointment.

Taeyeon: Baekhy...

Baekhyun: What do you take me for? How can you simply just send someone to turn up on your behalf? How can you take it so lightly?? 

Taeyeon: (closed her eyes).... I'm sorry, really.

Baekhyun: You know that's not what I want to hear from you. I want to know what he said to me.... are those things true?? .... Is it true that noona was just using me all these while? Is it true that things are not as simple as I thought?? Is it true that I am just a fool who naively think that noona is good to me because I mean something to you?? Be it as a dongsaeng, be it as a friend ... be it as a....
 

He couldn't finish his sentence, and he feels like his heart is being ripped apart.

Yet, he refuse to believe whatever Jonghyun told him.

Unless Taeyeon said it herself.
 

Looking at Baek...

The CEO words are still clear in her mind.

She knows she has no other option, but to do this.

Taeyeon: (nods) Deh, whatever he said is true. I looked for you because I was lonely. Jonghyun was busy with his work while I was filled with troubled. I need an accompany badly to help me get away from my sorrows. I couldn't find anyone until I came across you. That "gift".... it was nothing but a huge lie. The fact is, I already knew from Seohyun about your feelings for me. I chose to leave it aside until it occurred to me that I can make use of it and seek for your accompany. I knew all I need to do.... is to be nice to you once or twice, and I can have you wrapped around my fingers... 

".... ....."

Baekhyun's heart sank.

Those words came right through and pierced his heart.
 

Taeyeon: In fact, I already sensed it a long time ago.... that you have fancies for me. But I acted oblivious. And when you got more obvious, I decided to stay away from you. I had to do that because your attention on me was getting bothersome. To me, you are just a hoobae. I have never look at you more than a dongsaeng. I never look at you as a man...

Baekhyun: (shook his head slightly) You are lying.

Taeyeon: Believe it or not, it's the truth. If you insist to interpret it your own way. Then there's nothing I can say.

Taeyeon turned away to leave...

But Baek held onto her wrist and stopped her.
 

Baekhyun: That's not how you said it on Strong Heart

Taeyeon: .... ...

Baekhyun: I watched it many times. I listened to your story again and again for umpteen times. I am certain. I know you were refering to me. I can relate every single thing you shared without a single gap to what happened three years ago.

Taeyeon: It wasn't like that....

Baekhyun: (cuts tae's words) Let me finish! ..... the woman whom you saw me with. Yes, we dated. We dated for a short while.

Taeyeon:  (look away) That's between the both of you. I'm not interested to .....

Baekhyun: (cuts her words again) But do you know why I dated her??  It's all because of you!! ....I thought I'd never get a chance with you. You were cold to me and we weren't even on proper talking terms. Everything seemed so far-fetched to me back then. So I foolishly chose the worst method to get over you. I chose to date someone who resembles you. Dorky, funny, cute, pretty, sings well....I thought I can forget you by doing that. But I was wrong. I ended up hurting myself, hurting Yura. I felt bad for taking her as your substitute. That night at Gayo Daejun, it was a month after I broke up with her. She asked me to get back together but I rejected. She cried and pleaded me. I felt so awful and bad. If only I didn't started it in the wrong way... All these just because of my foollish devotion for one person.....

".....and that person is you...."

Finally, he let out what has been keeping in his heart for three years.

And hearing that, Taeyeon could fight against her own tears no more...

Tears just went falling down on her porcelain face.
 

Baekhyun wasn't sure what those tears means, but it hurts him watching the woman he loved cried so badly.

He raise his hands and wipe the tears on her cheek with his fingers.

Taeyeon lifts her head up.... looking at the man she just hurt terribly with her words.

"Why... why is he still so gentle to me even after what I said to him..?"

She felt a pair of arms wrapping around her as he pulled her into a hug.

Taeyeon tried to escape, but Baek tightened his arms.

She subsided eventually, and let herself cry out in there.

His chest is warm and his arms feel secured.

Taeyeon wished she could stay in there like this forever, but she knows she can't.

"If only you said these to me earlier... if only this happens yesterday..."

She thought.

Taeyeon sniffed in her last tears. 

She then breaks herself free from Baekhyun's arms.

Taeyeon: It wasn't you...

Baekhyun: ... ... (looking at tae as she release herself from his hug)

Taeyeon: It wasn't you who I was talking about on the TV show. I apologized  if I did anything or said anything that gave you the wrong idea. But no, I had never treat you anything more than a little brother. You are always a dongsaeng to me.  Be it in the past, be it now or in future. That will never change. And whatever happened yesterday, it was a mistake. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have make use of your feelings to fill up my loneliness. And yes, your devotion for me is giving me burden. So please, from now on........ stay away from me...
 

"Forget about me. Forget about everything."

Taeyeon - ‘And One' (New OST Release)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=DAi6wIilOWQ

쉽게 상처 받고 쉽게 눈물나고 
Getting hurt easily, shedding tears easily
쉽게 아프던 날 기억하나요
Being in pain easily – do you still remember those days?
지금도 그래요 여전히 같아요 
I still do now, unchanged
이런 날 보면 어떨까요
What if you look at me now?

쉽게 돌아서도 쉽게 멀어져도
Even if you turn around easily, even if you fade away from me easily,
쉽게 잊지 못할 그댈 알아요
I know you well, you who cannot forget me easily
여전히 이런 날 아직도 이런 나를 본다면
If you are still looking at me, unchanged
바로라 하겠죠
You would have called me a fool

원하고 원해요 그리고 하나
I want it, I want it, and just one
아프고 아파도 그래도 한번
I’m in pain, even if I’m in pain, just once
닳고 닳아진대도 눈물이 마르지 않아도 
Even if it’s worn out and torn down, even if my tears never dry up,
처음으로 돌아갈 수 있다면
I just wish to go back to the beginning

처음 마주쳤던 그때 그 시간이 
That day, that time when we first met
원망스러워질 때도 있어요
Sometimes I do resent them
가끔은 이래요 
I do, once in a while
그리움조차 허락 안되면
I do, if I’m not even granted the right to miss you
숨도 못 쉬면서
I do, when I can’t even breathe

원하고 원해요 그리고 하나
I want it, I want it, and just one
아프고 아파도 그래도 한번
I’m in pain, even if I’m in pain, just once
닳고 닳아진대도 눈물이 마르지 않아도 
Even if it’s worn out and torn down, even if my tears never dry up
처음으로 돌아갈 수 있다면
I just wish to go back to the beginning

혹시나 혹시나 그대도 한번 
Even though it only happens by chance, by any chance, you could just once
살다가 살다가 적어도 한번
In my life, in my life, at least once
가끔은 내 생각에 가슴 시린 날이 있나요 
Is there a day when your heart turns cold thinking of me once in a while
혹시나 살다가 적어도 한번
By any chance, at least once, in my life
그리고 하나 이것만 기억해요
And just one, just remember this
그대만이라도 제대로 살아줘요
Even if I only have you, I can live my life well

혹시나 혹시나 그대도 한번 
Even though it only happens by chance, by any chance, you could just once
살다가 살다가 적어도 한번
In my life, in my life, at least once
가끔은 내 생각에 가슴 시린 날이 있나요 
Is there a day when your heart turns cold thinking of me once in a while
혹시나 살다가 적어도 한번쯤은 
By any chance, just once, in my life

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Trans: @imwhywhy,

source: http://www.facebook.com/9Goddessessnsd

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I'm sorry to seperate them........ :(

I know you guys hate how the story goes, but I'm sticking to what I have in mind.

I'm planning for another 2-3 more episodes before it ends, so I hope you can hold on to this....

even if you didn't like how it progress so far.

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