POV — Taeyeon

One hour and a half had already gone by since Tiffany sat down with me, or something like that, I didn't really care. We had already finished our food and we were having a great time and, just like that day at her house, we would never run out of things to talk about. 

"So you mean you're a native Korean girl who doesn't know how to speak Korean properly?" she asked and smirked, lifting an eyebrow.

"Don't put it like that! I can speak Korean, I still use it when I go visit my family," I chuckled at her trying to tease me. "But I was too young when I moved in to the US, I was around 5 or something, I naturally started to use English way more than Korean and I ended up forgetting most of it slowly. Pretty sad, depending on your point of view, I guess. You know, forgetting your mother tongue."

"I see. So your parents went back to Korea? Don't you miss them?"

"I do miss them, sometimes... But we were never the kind of family that felt the need to stick together all the time, you know, we're all very independent and have our own ways to show love and affection. And I try to visit them at least once a year, sometimes when I have some vacations I spend something like one or two weeks there," I smiled. "But how about your family?"

"Oh... My dad and my siblings live in San Francisco, my hometown," she answered and smiled weakly. I thought I might've crossed the line a little.

"And, hey, you are Korean too and you can't speak Korean! Who are you to judge me?" I asked, trying to light up the mood. I think it worked, she chuckled.

"Indeed. But I know a few words and expressions. And I'm half Korean and half American, okay? I was born here and... I didn't get the change of learning how to speak Korean."

"Okay, I'll step back this time," I lifted my eyebrows twice and chuckled. 

It was nice how we were in such a good mood, without worrying about anything. We were just there, doing nothing, talking to each other about the most random topics ever. It was very, very comfortable. I couldn't be any happier, though, I was praying for some company, I was alone since the last day I went to the studio. I hadn't even seen Sooyoung since then.

I let go of my thoughts and looked at Tiffany, she was staring out of the window and furrowed her eyebrows a little. "Looks like it's going to rain," she said, "Rain very hard."

"I like the rain, don't you?"

She turned to me.

"Well, it can be relaxing. But not when you're in a situation like mine," she chuckled. "I didn't bring an umbrella, and I have my car parked across this huge street, so if it rains, I'll probably get soaking wet. Plus, I have to leave my car outside at my house because I have a problem with my garage, so I'll get soaking wet again when I'm coming home."

"That's really..."

"Bad?" she asked.

"Dramatic."

She stayed there looking at me for a few seconds before laughing.

"Oh, come on! I thought you were serious. It is bad, I don't like being caught in a downpour."

"Well, I have an umbrella in my car. You can borrow it, if you want to," I smiled.

"R... Really? But, no, I can't. You'll have none then, you need it too. Don't worry, I'll be fine."

"I insist, please."

I heard the first thunder and then, suddenly, the heavy rain finally falling. Typical of summer. Dear Lord, did I hate summer.

Tiffany chuckled ironically.

"I think we should get going?" she looked at me.

I just nodded and saw her pick up her purse and get up. I stayed ther for some seconds and then got up too, making my way to the cashier with her. Once we got there and started to pay for our respective orders, an old, sweet lady approached us from the other side of the huge counter.

"Well, Meg," the lady looked at the girl attending us, "Look who we have here," she smiled. "Two Hollywood stars! Isn't that wonderful?"

"It is, Mrs. Mary," the girl shyly agreed and smiled at us. We both happily smiled back.

"Wait, Mrs., are you Mary? Aunt Mary? And you know us?" Tiffany asked eagerly.

"Yes, my dear, I am Aunt Mary and of course I know you two!" she smiled brightly. "You are Tiffany, that gorgeous blonde spy and this little one here," the lady pointed at me, "is Taeyeon Kim. Oh, I love your movies, girls! It's such a pleasure to have you here!" she said as she intertwined her own hands, bringing it close to her chest.

"Well, and we love your pastries," I said and chuckled.

"Yeah, we are crazy about them," Tiffany agreed and smiled.

The girl gave us our respective bills and thanked us. We thanked her back and looked at Mary again.

"Thank you for coming, girls, feel free to come back whenever you want to! Think of this place as granny's house," she said proudly, smiling. We couldn't help but smiling back.

"We will," we said together.

"Thank you, Mrs. Mary. It was  a pleasure to meet you, congratulations on your wonderful work here," Tiffany shook the lady's hand, smiling even more.

We said our farewells and left the bakery, still smiling. I could feel we both felt completely warm and happy. But, reality striked and I remembered it was raining. Thankfully, my car was parked right in front of us, and we were under the bakery's sunblind. I would just get wet by, well... Taking a few steps.

"Stay here and I'll get the umbrella, okay?" I looked at Tiffany and said, and before she could protest, I was already making my way to my car and opening the back door the get the umbrella I had left there. I came back in much less than a minute. Almost soaked, but at least I had gotten the umbrella.

"Taeyeon! I told you you didn't need to do that. I feel so embarrassed..." Tiffany murmured. Silly.

"Now that I'm here with the umbrella, what are you going to do? Tell me to put it away?"

"No, of course not!" she widened her eyes, I think I scared her. "I just-"

"I'm just kidding, Tiffany," I chuckled. "And... Can I suggest you something?"

"Yeah, sure," she nodded.

I hesitated.

"Why don't you let me take you home?"

POV — Tiffany

"Why don't you let me take you home?"

Did she... What?

"Taeyeon, I... If I knew you'd get so worried, I would never had said anything about not wanting to get wet because of the rain," I chuckled, trying to hide how surprised I was.

"No, seriously," she said. "I... Geez. I'm sorry if I scared you. It's just that, you know, I have the umbrella you want and I don't mind driving on the rain, I enjoy it. Drive to your house and I'll follow you, then I'll lend you my umbrella again there and then I'll just go home and leave you alone," she smiled nicely.

You know what? You really know what? That didn't sound like a bad idea at all. Yeah. Not at all.

"You know, yeah. Come with me. I'm not going to lie, I've been craving some company since the last day I was at the studio, and you were a great one today..." I chuckled and lowed my face a little before turning to her again and smiling. "Thank you. And..." I said as I looked at the open umbrella above us, "Will we fit under it?"

"Yeah. I mean... I think so..." she said. She seemed a little hesitant. I got closer to her and looked at the umbrella again, nodding slightly. "I think it will do," I said. "Let's go?"

She just nodded and we started to take small steps to cross the street to reach my car. It was literally raining so hard. When I felt my arm getting wet, I instantly turner to it and wiped it. Taeyeon noticed it and suddently hugged my waist with her free arm, pulling my body closer to hers in order to protect me better from the rain. That was... Damn it. I could feel my cheeks burning and my body getting warm despite the temperature's decline because of the heavy rain. Something was wrong, very wrong. Something about me and her in that moment... It was very wrong. But I didn't want to spoil anything. The day was flowing so naturally and nicely. 

We finally reached my car and she let go of me in the same second. I looked at her and smiled, despite the hurricane of thoughts in my mind.

"Thank you. See you, then? I will wait until you get back in your car," I said. She just smiled back weakly and nodded, holding the umbrella still for me to get in my car without getting get. She then made her way back to hers as soon as I closed my door, and I waited for her to get in her car securely before starting mine and driving back home.

When we got to my place, it was raining even harder than before. It was unbelievable how the summer weather could be crazy at times. I was a little scared, it was thundering so loud that I could hear from inside my car and the lightnings were no joke. I parked my car outside the garage and waited for Taeyeon. She did the same and was quickly out of hers, coming to me holding the umbrella. When she got close to my door, I opened it and got off the car. I got scared with the extremely loud thunder and looked at Taeyeon, I saw her flinching a little.

"Gee," she said, her eyes a little widened, "And to think it was so hot during the morning. That's why I dislike summer so much," she shook her head.

I chuckled. "I understand," I said as we both started to make our way to my house's door. "But it's been a while since LA saw such a hard rain, I think. It's really scary, it's even so loud and-" I squealed when I heard another loud thunder that was followed by a strong lightning and ran to my door, unlocking it quickly and skillfully and entering the house. I saw Taeyeon standing there with this terrified look on her face, her hand on her chest.

"Taeyeon! Come in!" I called her. No way I would let her drive in such weather.

"Uh? No, no, don't worry, I don't want to bother you," she said, before grabbing the umbrella's handle with both hands and shrinking her body in shock when another loud thunder took place. "," she muttered.

Freaking stubborn stupid girl. 

"Ge the hell in, Taeyeon!" I told her as I grabbed her shirt and pulled her inside. "Would you rather stay there or drive during this storm? You could get yourself killed, you know," I said as I closed the door and locked it.

"I didn't want to bother you, Tiffany," Taeyeon said as she closed her umbrella. 

"You are not bothering me. I would be bothered if something happened to you because your stubborn self decided to bring me home just because of an umbrella," I responded. She just chuckled.

"I'm sorry?"

"Don't be," I smiled at her. "What time is it?"

She checked her phone. "6:30PM."

"Good," I nodded, "I will prepare something for us to eat later."

"Last time you cooked you splatted an egg on the s-.... Uh..." Taeyeon began, but stopped when she realized what she was saying.

"I splatted an egg on the stove, yeah. And when did we become close enough for you to make fun of me? Huh?" I tried to sound serious, but I couldn't help but chuckling when I finished my sentence. Taeyeon laughed with me.

"Sorry."

"That's okay, Sunny makes fun of me too," I smiled at her. I really wasn't bothered at all. "But, you're right. Let's order something?"

"Tiffany, I... I really don't want to be inconvenient. You already let me stay here the other day and took care of me... I will go when the storm is over, you know how this summer storms are... What if you order something and it arrives when it's already over?" she asked. Why was she so bothered?

"It is very impolite to refuse food when you go to someone's house," I said as I stared at my phone, looking for restaurant numbers.

"Hey!"

"Plus, it doesn't really seem like it's going to stop any time soon," I looked at her.

She frowned. "What am I supposed to do? What's your point?"

"Stay the night, then."

Hey everyone! ^-^ I know this chapter is shorter than the usual, but I have a good reason for that. I NEED YOU ALL TO READ THIS! So, I wanted to publish this chapter soon because I want to write the next one soon, this is why it is shorter than the others. My point is: I promised you TaeNy wouldn't get together for real that fast, and they really won't, because I don't think the story would be fun that way (yes, I'm giving you spoilers). But I need to make things start to happen, y'know. We're already heading to the 8th chapter and I don't want to make this fic very long... But, on the other hand, I want you to "participate" in the story, I want to listen to your opinions and wishes and see if they match my ideas for the story. If they don't, I think I can find a way to please everyone and myself at the same time. :) So, for this chapter, I need your comments more than ever. Thanks in advance and I hope you like this chapter despite its poor length!

P.s: Thank you all for all the amazing and flattering comments! I wanted to answer all of you, but if I did so my responses would be very repetitive, so I took some time and replied those who made some kind of a question or the biggest comments. But I cherish them all very much, thanks! :]