FOURTEEN - At last

 

 

“J-Jess…e?” 

 

A few minutes before Tiffany’s appearance…

 

[JESSE P.O.V]

 

“Oh, hi, Hara!”

 

I said with a happy tone when I saw my dance partner coming towards my direction. I had to admit that she looked stunning tonight. Hara then smirked widely at me and pulled me into a tight hug, whispering into my ear:

 

“Hi, Jesse! Where have you been? I missed my dance partner! You disappeared after the last number!”

 

I couldn’t help but blush at her comment as I replied apologetically:

 

“Oh, I am so sorry, Hara. That night was very troubling and I had to leave. So please forgive me for kinda disappearing without talking with you.”

 

All of sudden, she waves her hands dismissively and laughed at my expression. It was then she shook her head and smiled warmly at me, saying:

 

“Ya! I couldn’t be mad at you! I was really worried and I care about you.”

 

I couldn’t help but smile genuinely at her kind words as I wiped an invisible bead of sweat off my forehead. I immediately sighed in relief and chuckled:

 

“Pheww… what a relief. Honestly, I was worried that you would be upset or something like that. Yet, I am really thankful that you are being such a comprehensive and amazing friend, Hara!”

 

“Yeah… friend…”

 

However, I noticed that her face twitched with an unreadable expression when I called her my friend. Hmm, I wonder what she was thinking. Did I do something bad? I was about to ask her in concern, but her expression changed back to the happy one again and I became relieved when she spoke with a cheerful tone:

 

“That’s all right. Oh, Jesse… can we talk in a more secluded place? I can barely hear you and the noise is deafening me.”

 

She spoke the last statement practically yelling at me and yes, she was right, this place was buzzing indeed. So I laughed and nodded at her hopeless expression as I motioned for her to lead the way. We kept walking and talking until we reached the mansion’s porch. I looked around in curiosity; I guess this is the place that Tiffany wanted to meet me. Unconsciously, I looked at my wristwatch and raised my eyebrows in surprise:

 

“Hmm… she should be here in 5 minutes, I guess. I should wait for her…”

 

“Waiting for someone?” Hara asked me playfully with a smile when she probably saw my worried expression. It was when I replied nonchalantly while looking around constantly:

 

“Yeah, Tiffany said that she wanted to talk with me.”

 

I couldn’t help constantly looking at the door, this isn’t normal. I think I am more anxious than I thought. Suddenly, I heard Hara reply in a monotonous tone:

 

“Oh…”

 

“Sorry, I think I just got carried away. So, what do you want to talk about, Hara?”

 

I said with a chuckle escaping from my mouth as she stared at me intently. Why do I feel something odd around here? It was then her expression changed into a serious one and, when I realized it, she was closing the gap between us slowly:

 

“Jesse… I wanted to talk with you for so long… Ever since we first met at the Dancing with the Stars training… I have had these feelings and I think I can’t hold them back anymore…”

 

Rapidly, my heart rate doubled in pace; I am starting to get worried due to her tone. As the gap was closing, I stared at her confusedly and asked:

 

“B-but what are you talking about Hara? What happened?”

 

“YOU happened! Jesse, can’t you see the attraction between us?! I saw this coming ever since we looked at each other! I am madly in love with you!”

 

“What?!”

 

I was surprised; I certainly DID NOT expect this confession from her. I was flattered of course, but I couldn’t help but feel worried as I replied carefully so as not to hurt her:

 

“B-but I don’t understand… I – I am not better than those other male celebrities. Why me?”

 

All of sudden, I could see a scoff coming from her as she crossed her arms with an annoyed countenance while staring at me intently:

 

“Is that all you have to say?! Look, you just have to accept! I want you and I couldn’t bear to see another person with you! I always get what I want!”

 

I couldn’t help frowning seriously at her answer; she was treating me like as if I was an object which I am not! I don’t understand her. So I earnestly warned her with my cold tone:

 

“Look, Hara. I respect you. But what do you think I am? A toy? We were supposed to be friends! That’s what I thought…”

 

“Like hell! I don’t want you as my friend! I want you! Did I make myself clear?!”

 

“Hara, I --!” Yet, my words stopped on my lips when all of sudden, she kissed me desperately and wrapped her arms around my neck. I was so shocked that I couldn’t move, my eyes were probably widened or almost falling out of their sockets. Yet, although many would doubt of my attitude right now… I felt nothing within this kiss. It was rough, cold and unresponsive. There wasn’t any feelings… there wasn’t any tenderness, no caring or warmth… not like the one I felt with … Tiffany. I suddenly broke out of my trance when I heard a faint and cracking voice behind me:

 

“J-Jess…ie?” 

 

Once I pulled away from the kiss, I already saw her running through the door away from us. My lips quivered at the sight and my heart ached, I wasn’t imagining things… I could see tears washing down her face. My heart was hurt at the sight. I was about to run to her when someone held me on the spot; when I looked around, Hara was glaring at me as she warned angrily:

 

“You better stay here or else you can say goodbye to your career.”

 

Is she blackmailing me? I can see now who the evil spoiled princess really is. Well, she has messed with wrong person. I shocked her as I yanked my arm from her grip and warned her with my ultimate cold tone and glare:

 

“Hara… I don’t give a cr@p! Get off me N.O.W!”

 

Stunned by my cold aura, she widened her eyes and stood with an agape expression. Taking this chance, I rushed off to find Tiffany. When I reached the saloon, the place was still crowded and I was really worried that I couldn’t find her. I looked everywhere, but she wasn’t in sight. Still, I didn’t give up as I kept calling her name and looking around for her familiar figure. All of sudden, I saw a familiar silhouette running towards the mansion’s entrance to leave this place. Not thinking twice, I ran towards the door. Once there, I was surprised to see that a sudden heavy downpour was in progress.

 

When I looked ahead, I saw her running to the parking lot not caring about the rain. I frowned in concern and scoffed:

 

“AISH! THIS GIRL IS SO STUBBORN!”

 

I then turned to one of the bodyguards at the door and asked rapidly:

 

“Sir, can you lend me an umbrella?”

 

The big guy was very polite and lent me his big black umbrella. Not wasting another second, I opened the umbrella and ran after her whilst calling her name desperately:

 

“TIFFANY! WAIT! COME BACK! YOU CAN BE SICK!”

 

Click here to hear the song.

 

She didn’t even listen to me as she kept running between the parked cars while letting the rain pour all over her fragile body. Oh boy, I am worried now, she sure to get sick! I frowned at her stubbornness and picked up the pace until I started running to reach her. When I was finally behind her, I spun her around carefully and yelled in frustration:

 

“What are you doing?! Do you want to get sick?! Listen here… Ti-Ti-ffany?”

 

At that moment, my heart shattered when I saw her face… even moistened with the rain, I could see her red eyes and nose, and her tears didn’t stop overflowing. She lowered her head and removed her arm from my grip slowly as she spoke very weakly:

 

“L-let me go, J-Jesse…”

 

With that, she turned around to leave again. I blinked a few times due to her reaction, so I ran to her again, holding her as I placed the umbrella over us both. Worried about her trembling figure, I quickly removed my formal jacket and wrapped it around her fragile form while rubbing her arms, hoping to make her feel warm. All of sudden, she surprised me when she snapped out with a cracking and husky voice:

 

“S-stop it! Stop acting l-like if you care about me! I – I don’t need your pity!”

 

What?! I frowned at her outburst; as she was about to flee again, I couldn’t stop myself as I snapped back in frustration and held her wrist gingerly:

 

“Why are you being like this?! I am worried about you! I don’t want you get hurt!”

 

“I already am! And i-if you are so worried… j-just go back t-to your Hara! J-just go!”

 

She yelled at me with more tears rolling down her cheeks as she fights to flee away from my arms. I can’t bear seeing her like this, suffering. I frowned sadly to see her breaking down and asked tenderly:

 

“Tiffany… w-why are you acting like this? There is nothing between me and Hara! Y-you really want me … to go? Because I don’t want to…”

 

Slowly, I felt her stopping her attempts to break free from me as she lowered her head. I could see her shoulders shaking as weak sobs escaped from her lips:

 

“I-Is it so hard t-to see… that I – I love you? Can’t you see that…? I – I fell deeply for you ever s-since the moment you scolded me. T-that’s what I – I was trying to speak to you about t-tonight… I – I wanted to confess to you o-on the porch… b-but I – I think I was too l-late…”

 

She really loves me?! My eyes widened at her confession and unconsciously, my heart fluttered and got warm like it never felt before; I certainly didn’t expect that. I always thought that she was only infatuated with me, but … how can I know that these feelings are real? This is so surreal for me. She was my crush for so long and before I knew it… I already loved her, but – but how can I give my heart to her without knowing that I will be just another one. How can I know that this will last? When I realized it, I had already sputtered those words out when the feelings had overtaken me:

 

“T-Tiffany… h-how can I know th-that I am not just another guy for your list? And what will happen when another guy shows up that is better than me and you get tired of me? I am not a toy to be tossed around… I am afraid… If I give you my heart… you might leave…”

 

I closed my eyes to prevent my own tears from spilling out as I looked away. But I could still feel her stare on me, so I had to look at her. Once our eyes met, I could see that her tears had momentarily stopped as she hesitantly cupped my cheek and stared deeply into my eyes. I swear that I felt like my heart was floating in the air with such tenderness. It was then that she frowned sadly and spoke emotionally:

 

“Jesse… If you just let me… I won’t leave you. D-do you really t-think that I would throw you away if I ever get t-tired? Do you really think that I would be capable of doing such a thing? J-Jesse… if you only knew that you mean everything for me… why – why c-can’t you let me love you?”

 

Her words touched my soul; I felt all the sincerity in her stare and voice. So, although I was also soaked due to the rain, I had never felt so warm as now. I was speechless, this was not what I had expected… in a good way. Yet, it seems that she took my silence as a bad signal; so she sighed heavily in defeat and turned around to leave without taking the umbrella. When I heard the jingling sound of her keys, as she was about to open her car’s door, I suddenly snapped out from my trance.

 

Feeling the desperation consuming my heart, I gasped when the only love of my life was about to leave. Not thinking twice, I dropped the umbrella and rushed to her, probably shocking her when I closed the car’s door and carefully stood before her, pinning her to the car. She stared at me with double sized eyes and an agape mouth. The rain poured down above us, yet I couldn’t care about it anymore; right now, I could only look at Tiffany. Even with her surprised semblance, blurred make-up and wet hair, she looked more beautiful than ever.

 

We were so close and I could listen to my own loud heartbeat, it was deafening to my ears. Unable to hide my feelings anymore, I was vulnerable when I opened my heart to her. I closed my eyes and all I could hear was the sound of the rain and our loud breathing. Opening my eyes slowly, I stared deeply into her chocolate ones, the ones I fell for ever since the first moment that I laid eyes on them, as I spoke with a soft whisper:

 

“Did-did you mean it…? I – I am afraid th-that you have s-such high expectations of me… w-what will happen i-if you get disappointed? Won’t you leave if you… get tired or discover that I am not who you think I am?”

 

Nevertheless, she surprised me when she held my face so lovingly and made me stare into her captivating eyes. With a warm whisper, she uttered caringly:

 

“I don’t care… I am willing to stay… as long as you want me to…”

 

She thumbed my cheeks affectionately and I shivered when her hot breath touched my skin. With such tiny gap between us, she placed her forehead on mine and added with her most warm and genuine tone:

 

“I only see you… and this enough for me… nothing else matters… I love you, Jesse.”

 

At that moment, my heart melted entirely before such sincerity. When she spoke those words to me, I felt like I could touch the heavens.  My heart pounded madly and I couldn’t control my body, enough of what if’s… I don’t care anymore. She stole my heart ever since the beginning, I can’t deny it. Slowly and gingerly, I raised her chin with my hand as I saw the emotions and love within her eyes; I knew her eyes were a reflection of what I felt as well. Leaning in, I closed the space between us as our lips finally met…

 

This moment was priceless, infinitely better that all those times that I had imagined. When our mouths touched, it was so precious. My heart could explode any second; I smiled in my mind when she wrapped her thin arms around my neck, pulling me close to her body. Her kisses were nothing that I had ever felt before; yes, although it was rushed, yet it was as if she wanted to show me how much I meant to her and this ravishes my soul.

 

When I realized that, I gingerly pressed her against her car and wrapped my arms around her waist tightly. I knew I was being possessive, but what the hell! I am possessive; she is mine and only mine now. I nibbled her plump lower lip slowly; afterwards I added some pressure on her upper one. I smiled again in my mind when I heard her contented sigh. Just when I thought she would just receive my kisses, she surprised me again as she stole all my breath away in one deep, slow and voluptuous kiss.

  

I was on cloud nine with this surreal moment; I am afraid that if I open my eyes now, I will wake up from this dream. Yet, to my surprise, she abruptly pulled away from the kiss and looked at me with her extremely cute glare as she spoke out, trying to look mad:

 

“Hey, wait a minute! And Hara?! What happened between you two?!”

 

I couldn’t help, but chuckle at her frightened expression and her widened/lovable eyes. My hands reached her neck as I thumbed her jaw very tenderly to make her relax, which worked. It was then that I added with an amused tone:

 

“Do you seriously think that something is going on between us?”

 

At that point, she kept staring at me like a naïve child, waiting anxiously for my answer. So I sighed and touched her cheek with my nose as I whispered honestly:

 

“Let’s just say that I told to her take a walk with her big ego and get out of my sight.”

 

“Oh my God! Did you say that?!” Her gasp and surprised expression told me that she did enjoy my actions towards the evil spoiled princess a.k.a Hara. Man, that girl really made me like a fool; tsk, like I care. When I saw Tiffany’s glimmering eyes and growing smile due my answer, I laughed out loud, yet remarked seriously while holding her left cheek:

 

“We were only friends… I swear that there is nothing more. Why would I ever want her… if I already have you? You are more than enough for me.”

 

Suddenly she looked incredibly irresistible as her face got flustered; she even dipped her head down in shyness. This is a new side of her to me and I fell even more for her. I smiled at the amazing sight when her now shy voice caught my attention:

 

“I thought I was only your friend; I mean… all the times I tried to confess… you insisted on telling me that we were just friends… what made you change your mind?”

 

Her question affected me deeply. I asked this of myself every night before going to sleep. The truth is that I only created this wall between us because I was too cowardly to admit my true feelings for her. I was fighting alone; my stubbornness only provided trouble and pain for the both of us. However, once I looked down, I saw her longing eyes as she held my hand gently, yet tightly as if I was about to disappear from her sight. I then sighed and cupped her both cheeks while admitting truthfully:

 

“I never changed my mind. I always had feelings for you… but I think I was afraid that you would get tired of me and throw me away if I gave you my heart. That’s why I told you that we were just friends, to not let you get too close to me and so steal my heart away… yet, I guess it didn’t work…”

 

“W-what? But what do you mean?”

 

She said curiously while staring deeply into my eyes and holding my hands. I could read her expression and I knew that she was anxious about my next sentence. So I expressed everything that I had held in all this time with a tender smile and without lying:

 

“As much as I tried to stay away from you, you would come back ten times stronger… when I finally realized it… I had already fallen for this eye-smiling princess in front of me and her charms…”

 

To prove my point, she finally smiled and boy, she smiled so beautifully such like I have never seen before. Her stunning smiled reached her ears and eyes for her lovely eye-smile as she wrapped her arms around my neck again, bringing me close to her body. We shared a tender and warm embrace as only the silence surrounded us; even the rain had stopped. Yet, I heard the most beautiful sound which was her fast heartbeat pounding so loud as mines, due our pressed bodies on each other. When she withdrew from me slightly, she stared deeply into my eyes and brushed my messy bangs lovingly without breaking our eye-contact:

 

“Since when?” She was asking when I fell in love with her, the answer was pretty obvious, but I could see in her eyes that she really needed to hear this from me. So, giving in, I looked down at her, caressed her left cheek with the back of my hand and whispered hoarsely with all sincerity:

 

“Ever since I can remember… actually… there wasn’t a moment… that I didn’t fall in love with you.”   

 

Even without reading her mind, I could sense what she felt because I felt the same. Her eyes got moistened again as she started to tear up, but this time, her beautiful and megawatt smile never left her face. She answered me with the most caring, loving and tender kiss that I had ever received. It was different from our desperate and rushed ones; this time, I could feel all her love within this kiss and it touched my heart. I won’t ever get tired of kissing her, it was amazing.

 

We exchanged another round of passionate and slow kisses as time passed. However, once I realized the situation that we were in, I reluctantly pulled from the kiss to speak, but she didn’t let me as she pulled me back for another kiss again:

 

“Listen, Fany *kiss* we need to *kiss* go. Someone could see *kiss* us.”

 

“I don’t care… j-just let them…”

 

We were panting as our kisses turned into breath-taking ones; I really wanted to continue with this and enjoy her, I mean MY favorite taste… which was Tiffany’s lips again. But I didn’t want to her get into more problems:

 

“B-but I don’t want you to get into trouble because of me.”

 

It was then she finally withdrew and sighed contentedly while she touched my forehead with hers. With a drowsy smile, she added breathlessly:

 

“Just let them… actually… I will be happy if someone see us… so they will know that you are mine… and I am yours…”

 

“Possessive that much?”

 

I replied cheekily when I was touched with her words. I couldn’t hide the genuine smirk in my lips due to her adorable answer. I had to kiss her softly to show that I felt grateful and loved by her words. Once I parted, I spoke with a rushed whisper, barely holding my smile:

 

“Let’s get out of here.”

 

“I thought you wouldn’t ask…”

 

She knows me very well; even her mischievous semblance was cute… and y. I reached for her hand to plant a sweet kiss on it and let our fingers intertwine.  I knew that both of us were blushing madly right now. Without wasting a second, we left the party. There was just the two of us… and I had never felt so happy after being almost brutally honest with her…

 

Tiffany Hwang… I surrender to you… I can’t resist you anymore…

 

I love you and I am happy that at least… you love me… even as only Jesse Jung…

 

~*~

 

[NO ONE P.O.V]

 

“Hmm, Yoong-oppa~~~~”

 

“*Contented sigh* Hyunnie…”

 

The dandyu couple dropped their jaws whilst witnessing the massive make out before their eyes. It seems that Yoong and Seohyun didn’t lose time to play tonsil hockey with their hot kisses. The maknae duo was completely unaware of their companions’ presence, so lost were they in their own world, as their hands touched here and there around the other’s body.

 

However, never in his whole life, would TTS’s leader Taeyeon ever imagine this scene before him. Seohyun was like his little sister or angel and no one could mess with her. Meanwhile, Sunny was equally as shocked as she stood with agape. When the danshin couple finally realized that things could get out of hand, they widened their eyes to max as they yelled at the same time:

 

“SEO JOO HYUN!!!” “IM YOONG!”

 

Now, who said that the maknae couple had halted their kisses? They just kept on kissing each other passionately like there was no tomorrow. All of sudden, the elder couple had to intervene or else… the situation would get VERY rated indeed. Steaming in frustration, Taeyeon stood before them and hastily pulled Yoong from Seohyun’s grip as he barked loudly:

 

“Hey, boy! What do you think you are doing!?” Nonetheless, the tipsy deer boy whined aloud after being removed from his beloved’s lips and spoke with a disoriented voice:

 

“Oh… *hiccup* hey, Tae hyung.”

 

Meanwhile, Sunny held tightly onto a dizzy Seohyun before she could trip on her own feet. The blonde girl asked worriedly as she watched the “weird” figure in front of her:

 

“Seohyun, are you all right?!”

 

“*Hiccup* Hi, unnie. What are *hiccup* y-you doing here?”

 

Suddenly, Taeyeon and Sunny looked at each other with eyebrows raised as they watched the maknaes attentively. With rising suspicions, both blondes sniffed the two maknaes’ breath and openly grimaced due to the strong scent. Frenetically, Taeyeon asked loudly:

 

“Have you been… drinking?!”

 

It was then that Yoong laughed drowsily from out of nowhere and tried to stay on his feet alone:

 

“I am not *hiccup* drunk!”

 

Yet, he failed miserably as he almost fell if Taeyeon hadn’t been holding him. The danshin duo then looked at a giggling Seohyun as the latter placed her hand in front . All of sudden, she added with an innocent, yet drunk tone:

 

“B-but we didn’t *hiccup* drink, oppaaaa~~~ We j-just drank the strawberry juice from the *hiccup* buffet.”

 

“Strawberry juice?!” Taeyeon and Sunny asked with a hyper voice due to their shocked reaction. Suddenly, Sunny frowned at Tae and shook her head while replying:

 

“But there isn’t any strawberry juice on the buffet table…”

 

It was then that the information finally sunk in and Taeyeon slapped his own forehead, while uttering with a harsh tone, after he took a good look at the maknaes’ flushed faces:

 

“They must have been drinking the punch!”

 

“Punch? *Hiccup* S-so i-it wasn’t j-juice?!”

 

Seohyun recovered a very small slice of her conscience and started to cry copiously:

 

“S-so… I – I did drink *hiccup* alcohol?! Wahhhh! I – am such a bad *hiccup* girl!”

 

Okay, so maybe she wasn’t sober at all. Both blondes became despaired that the maknae was breaking down and blaming herself for being drunk. All of sudden, another loud whine and cry caught their attention. When they finally realized it, Yoong was already sniffing and whimpering loudly:

 

“Wahhhhh~~~ I am not a good *hiccup* person for Hyunnie. I – thought it was *hiccup* juice. It was my *hiccup* fault.”

 

Afterwards, the danshin couple slapped their own foreheads at both the maknae duo’s emotional breakdown and whimpering as they kept blaming each other. Soon, Sunny got her phone from her bag and started pressing the buttons to call for someone. But before she could even speak, the voicemail warned that this number wasn’t able to receive a call. So she growled and ruffled her own hair in nervousness, it was then that she felt a soft touch on her shoulder, followed by a worried tone:

 

“Who are you calling?”

 

“Soo –oppa, but I can’t reach him, his phone must be turned off. Oh wait! There is a message!”

 

Sunny spoke when she realized that there was a message for her from their manager. She and Taeyeon stared the screen to read the contents:

 

From: Soo-oppa

“I have some business to deal with tonight, so I might get late. You guys can take a cab back to the dormitory. Don’t go home too late! See ya!”

 

“Great! How can we go back to the dormitory without Yoong and Jesse? Plus, we can’t let these two alone!”

 

Sunny sighed without knowing what to do. Afterwards, Taeyeon looked towards the maknae couple and replied with a deadly serious tone:

 

“Yes… I won’t take my eyes away from them, not even for a second… they might try to play at making babies! Nu-uh!”

 

“But what are we gonna do now?!”

 

A despairing Sunny threw her free hand into the air while the other one held onto a whimpering and tipsy Seohyun. Without wasting too much time, Taeyeon snapped his fingers with a confident smile and replied:

 

“You guys are going to our dormitory.” “But, Tae, what about our managers? They might not like the idea, plus we don’t know where Jesse and Tiffany are!”

 

Nevertheless, as if it was a cue, Taeyeon’s hand phone buzzed and when he realized it, it was a message from Tiffany. Once he had read the contents, he shook his head with a relieved smile and added promptly:

 

“Do not worry about Ppani, she told me that she is with Jesse and that we shouldn’t worry about them. Plus, I think she is in good hands… or if he ever tries to take advantage of her… I will skin him alive!”

 

However, Sunny widened her eyes at Taeyeon’s words, he looked so calm. It seems that Tiffany and Seohyun were his sweethearts, it was stupid, but she couldn’t help but feel a slight pang of jealously. After a brief silence, Taeyeon smirked with his usual byun smile and gestured to Sunny come along as he tried to help Yoong walk:

 

“Come, bunny. Good thing I parked my car close by. Let’s get going. These two need to go to bed urgently!”

 

“Yeah, yeah…”

 

“Aish, boy! You are eating well... you are kinda heavy!”

 

“Tae Hyungggggg~~~~

 

Taeyeon started complaining as he had a hard time helping Yoong to walk, but the latter kept almost falling on him, whining his name over and over again like a kid. It seems that their night will be long…

 

~x~

 

Once the quartet reached the TTS’s dormitory, SunYeon didn’t waste any time and quickly placed the maknaes in bed, settling them under the bed covers, but separately, of course. The dandyu couple was really tired from all this babysitting work as Taeyeon practically throws himself on the couch and, with his kid grin, patted a spot beside him, gesturing for Sunny to come along. The latter narrowed her eyes at him, but ended up chuckling at his wriggling eyebrows and cheeky smile.

 

When she was finally seated, the blonde boy wrapped his left arm around her protectively and placed her head on his shoulder. They enjoyed a warm aura while watching the maknaes sleeping peacefully and now, ‘innocently’. Secretly, Sunny stole a glance and saw that Taeyeon was looking worriedly at Seohyun. Not holding her words, she asked softly:

 

“You really care about them, don’t you?”

 

There was a moment of silence, as if the TTS’s leader was pondering his answer. So, after taking a deep breath, he added softly with a toothy smile creeping onto his lips:

 

“Yeah… Seohyun and Ppani mean a lot to me… they are like my family.”

 

Sunny then raised her head slowly as a signal that she was attentively listening to his words. His expression seemed thoughtful as he continued:

 

“You see… due to my kid-like and, well… eccentric attitude, people would misunderstood me. I had a hard time making friends at the music academy and I was treated like a loser… that was until Ppani came…”

 

His smile widened as he was reminiscing about the good memories. The blonde guy looked up and chuckled while shaking his head:

 

“She was a crazy daddy’s little girl once she came to Korea. Her dormitory was across from mine, so we were practically neighbors. She had a hard time improving her Korean due to her strong American culture. Tsk… yet, I helped her and, bit by bit, our bond got stronger… before I realized it, she was already my best friend.”

 

At that moment, Sunny knew that she was behaving like a kid; still she couldn’t help feeling a small pang of jealously arising in her heart. Yet, she kept staring at Taeyeon without say a word, with a not-so-cheerful mode anymore and just let the boy tell his stories. The TTS’s leader looked towards the ceiling and added in a soft voice:

 

“She is still a daddy’s little girl *giggles*, but Ppani really got more mature through the years. Much more so after she met Jesse, she’s changed a lot since then. And well, at the same time, there was Seohyun. She was just a kid when she came to academy. People would mock at her due to her shy attitude, yet me and Ppani were there to protect her.”

 

However, Taeyeon smiled tenderly at the sleeping maknae and replied finally:

 

“That’s why I am a worry-freak around her, I hate seeing her crying or suffering. I just don’t want to see bad people taking advantage of her or Ppani.”

 

Deep inside, Sunny felt genuinely surprised due Taeyeon’s words; although people would treat him like a reckless kid, he was very mature and thoughtful with Seohyun and Tiffany. They are a family after all. Sighing heavily, Sunny blamed herself for feeling this pang of stupid jealousy in her heart. However, the words came out from her lips before she could stop them:

 

“It seems they have an important place in your heart… they must mean a lot to you…”

 

“Yeah…” Taeyeon added absentmindedly while looking towards the maknaes. However, he suddenly realized Sunny’s monotonous tone and snapped back to his senses. Once he finally realized what she really meant, a wide and cheeky smile crept onto his face as he poked her cheek teasingly and cooed:

 

“Wait a minute… are you… JEALOUS?!”

 

“WHAT?! PFFFTTT! Do you really think that I would be jealous of you?! … Okay, I am…”

 

Sunny confessed into a defeated tone as stumbled her head to downwards. The shorty girl didn’t even try to snap back because she knew that she would fail miserably. At her confession, Taeyeon’s smile widened until it reached his ears because someone felt a genuine and cute jealousy for him. Although, the girl refused to look into his eyes due to her embarrassment, he gingerly cupped her cheeks to make her look deeply into his eyes. Once their eyes met, she could see his loving smile and couldn’t help, but blush at such skinship. It was then that he added with his most soft tone and eyes:

 

“Listen here, missy… I don’t know what it was that was passing through this silly head, but… there is nothing that you should worry. After everything that I had told you… don’t you feel the same thing for Jeshe and Yoong?”

 

Sunny pondered her thoughts and after a while, she nodded honestly while still staring at his warm eyes. He then thumbed her cheeks endearingly as he spoke gently:

 

“They are my best friends, but you… you are different.”

 

Resembling a look of a confused puppy, Sunny tumbled her head to the side as if she didn’t understand his words. Thinking that her action was the cutest in the world, Taeyeon’s smile shone as she asked uncertainly:

 

“What do you mean… different?”

 

Suddenly, a blush crept onto his cheeks as he had to look down to hide his shyness. He then cleared his throat and looked deeply into her eyes, leaving only a small gap between them. It was then that he whispered lovingly:

 

“You were always different, Sunny. You see… they are my friends ever since the start, but you… I could never see you as my friend.”

 

“But… why?” Sunny asked, still confused. He then flashed his most breath-taking smile and pressed his forehead against hers, whispering hoarsely:

 

“Because I fell for you at first sight; now, I wish for nothing more, but to stay with you. I love you, my bunny.”

 

The blonde boy didn’t know it, but his words touched Sunny’s heart deeply. The latter felt her whole being fluttering and getting warm. She flashed back a gorgeous smile and held his cheeks caringly. With her eyes closed and with a pounding heart, she added with a content sigh:

 

“You are such a cheese ball, Taengoooo~~~~”

 

She added this with her aegyo-filled tone; although the byun kid dislikes aegyo, incredibly, he finds Sunny’s the most cute thing and… so y. He was therefore astounded when she pulled him in for a sweet and long kiss. His ears got red and he couldn’t help, but smile drowsily at her touches. Once they parted, both of them gave an Eskimo kiss to each other and fell into the other’s embrace. After a short silence, Sunny smiled genuinely and whispered tenderly:

 

“I love you too, Taengoo~~”

 

The blonde guy smirked like crazy and answered with a kiss on the crown of her head. They kept hugging each other as they watched the maknaes. All of sudden, Sunny cooed cutely while staring at the view of the ‘innocent’ maknaes sleeping:

 

“They are really cute together… less the drunk incident…”

 

“Yeah…” Taeyeon added softly while nodding. However, his face got dark as he uttered earnestly:

 

“But if Yoong gets Seohyun pregnant, I swear I will kill him!”

 

“EH?!”

 

 

TBC

 

REPLIES:

@rosyanda: ahahah yup, maknaes are not so innocent anymore lol. I agree, the managers love are more dramatic than we thought. Yes, she did that because she heard Fany’s conversation with Jesse. Thanks for comment! =D

@jasminelep: Hahahaha true, I am glad that you enjoyed. I’ll try to update sooner, my friend, sorry =( Yeah, byun dandyu are really cute, hahaha don’t worry, we will know what happened between the maknaes. I agree, JeTi =Cheesiness…  lol. Yes, poor Fany, but I bet she isn’t sad anymore lol. Thanks for comment! =D

@izaTaegeangers: Welcome, new reader. Aww, I am glad that you liked hehe. Oh, so you realized hahaha yeah, ray and kay lol. I hope you enjoy this fic ^^ Thanks for comment and read this story! =D Take care and God bless!

@Shoutyea: Awww sorry for that, here I the remedy ;) Thanks for comment! =D

@BAPxHimchan: I told you that the drama would come… hahahahaha Hara did that intentionally to break Fany’s heart… yet, I guess it was worthy since we have a confession lol. Hahaha true, they always have feelings for each other. Thanks for comment! =D

@betteandtina: I’ll try my best and plus, there is drama too. Btw, welcome new reader! Thanks for comment and read this fic! Take care and God bless!

@RustySpoon: Welcome, new reader!  I know, but it was necessary. But think on this way, more obstacles, more love ;) And drama is good, trust me hahaha. Thanks for comment! =D Take care and God bless!

@FanyJess: Awww I am so sorry, my friend. I didn’t want to make you cry! *hand you a tissue* I hope that this chapter make you smile =) Thanks for comment! =D

@WoorriSsica22: Sorry for that, my friend. Hahaha me too, it was just a sweet moment and bamm! Drama hahaha! I guess the maknaes are not so innocent anymore lol yup, but lets see how they will act later… me too, but there is much more hidden in SooRi story. Hahaha a big party I must say lol don’t worry, I think your JeTi heart will survive hahaha. Thanks for comment! =D

@budhakz_marshie:  Yup, a BIG make out I must say lol. Hahaha the dandyu couple certainly didn’t expect that scene hahaha. Me too, but there is more drama for the managers. Sure, she really wanted Jessi all by herself and breaks Tiffany’s heart. I guess you got your answer now, right? Hahaha JeTi FTW! Thanks for comment! =D

@biasjessifany : There is an explanation for everything, my friend. It will be worthy, trust me. Thanks for comment! =D

@The_Looker: Yes, bittersweet indeed. Of course, the dandyu are the faster couple here lol. And there is much more from SooRi backstory… this will be revealed soon. Hahhaha true, but there is a reason for their hmmm byuness? Hahah sorry for Jeti, but the drama was necessary ;) I know, but Hara is a huge er hahaha Thanks for comment! =D

@ChoraSone: Welcome, new reader! I am so sorry for that, here is the remedy. Thanks for comment! =D Take care and God bless!

@Va_asianloverz: Welcome, new reader! I am glad that you liked ^^ Thanks for comment! =D Take care and God bless!

@JeTiHyun: Hi, chingu-ah ^^ I am glad to know you are fine =) I am recovering from a flu, so I am still sick =/ hahaha better not, that’s ok, I am happy that you passed by. Hahahah really? OMO, send me the link later, I wanna check it out lol, that’s fine, it happens ;) araria is a good chingu as well. I agree, this site its awesome for fics indeed. Dandyu are the most fast and cute couple here, I must say. The manager couple is very mysterious with their back story, this will be revealed soon. About the maknaes… hahahaha yes, it was a surprise lol hormonal teenagers hahaha.  But, there is a reason for that ;) And JeTi, hahahaha don’t worry, you don’t need to apologize, Hara was very low here lol. Yeah, poor Tiffy, she really wanted to confess… and she had her chance! Hahahaha JeTi FTW! Yup, while Fany dives fully on the love ocean, Jessi is testing the water with his foot. His feelings are real, but he is afraid to let her go and by the fact that she loves him only as Jesse…. As he thinks. Anyway, thanks for the comment, my friend. Take care! 

 

A/N: So... what do you guys think about the JeTi moment? I particulary love it ^^ FTW!  If you guys want, comment, rate or vote, so I'll know that you guys are enjoying this fanfic ;) Oh, and I want to thank to everyone who comment, rate, voted and subscribed this fic.  Oh and 28 upvotes and 191 subscribers?! Awww AWESOME! You guys are jjang! A big WELCOME for all new readers! Take care and God bless you all! See ya!