TaeNy’s Apartment,

Tiffany’s POV

The day was finally here. I’ve never been more excited on a Saturday morning, but this time, it was different. In about two hours, I was going to board a plane with my friends. Our destination?

“YEAH!!! I’m going to Bali!!!” I was screaming and jumping around like a little kid.

Taeyeon who was in the living room, scolded me “YA! Can’t you keep quiet? I can still change my mind if you keep on annoying me!”

I was packing in my room since early this morning because I didn’t know what to bring with me, I have a lot of clothes and I couldn’t bare not to bring some of them. Taeyeon, on the other hand, had done packing the night before. She was so fast at packing; I bet she had vacation clothes for every time she went abroad.

Our plane was at 1.30pm, we could have got one earlier but Sica didn’t want to wake up too early so Yuri booked a later flight. After our little bet last time, resulting in Sica and me winning a free week vacation, Taeyeon forced Yuri to be in charge of the organization. Yuri is fun so I believe it would be a real success!

1 hour before leaving the apartment, I came out of my room with my luggage. At first, Taeyeon didn’t pay any attention to me, until she heard me struggling me with bags.

“What’s that?” she asked me.

“What’s what?”

“What are all these stuffs” she pointed at my bags.

“My luggage” I answered honestly.

“You’re not taking all these” she told me.

“And why?”

“We’re leaving for 1 week, you don’t need 3 suitcases. 1 is enough” she rolled her eyes before looking back at the TV screen.

“But I only took my favorite summer clothes!” I whined.

“I don’t care, it’s one suitcase or you stay at home” she said.

Finally I put as much clothes as possible in the biggest suitcase that I had then showed it to Taeyeon. She wasn’t really happy because she probably knew what I did but she didn’t say anything either. After checking once again that we didn’t forget our passports, we left the apartment. We decided to meet at the airport with Sica and Yuri. I hope Sica woke up on time…

30 minutes later, we arrived at Incheon Airport and waited for Sica and Yuri before checking in. Well we didn’t have a choice since Yuri had all our tickets confirmation. Thankfully, they arrived 10 minutes after us. Sica had her typical morning face while Yuri was smiling so much that I wondered if her mouth was hurting her. And probably because our Ice Princess is lazy, Yuri was not only pulling her own suitcase, but Sica’s as well. Would Taeyeon do that for me? Nah…

“Hey everyone? Ready for vacation?” Yuri asked us, her smile was SOOOO bright!

“YES! YES!” I shouted again.

Sica and Taeyeon were like two dead fishes. If I didn’t know them, I would have blamed it on the morning but we all know the truth.

We then proceeded to check in. Our timing was right perfect as we only had to wait about 20 minutes before boarding the plane. And for the first time in my life, I was seating in first class! Once the plane took off, Sica immediately fell asleep. I knew Jessica could sleep whenever and wherever she wanted but I thought that she might be faking it…because Yuri was being too excited and kept asking her how she felt. Once again, I saw the contrast between Taeyeon and Yuri. Once she sat on her seat, Taeyeon was completely focused on the TV screen in front of her. She would sometimes scold Yuri for being too noisy or complaining that I talked way too much but that was it. I was glad that Yuri was there because between the silent Taeyeon and sleepy Sica, there was no one else to share my happiness and excitement with.

Hotel resort, Bali

After a long flight, we finally landed on the beautiful island of Bali. It didn’t take us long to pass the customs and retrieve our luggage. To get to our 5-stars resort, we took a cab. On the way to the hotel, we were all looking at the scenery, all of us were amazed at how beautiful the island was, even Taeyeon. Unfortunately once we reached the resort, a problem was awaiting us.

“So Miss Kwon, you have the rooms 703 and 704, both with a single king-size bed…” the receptionist was saying while giving out the key cards.

Taeyeon’s eyes went big. “Huh wait, we wanted two shared-rooms” she said to the lady.

The receptionist looked at her computer and apologized “I’m sorry but your reservation is for 2 single rooms. We don’t have any shared-room left.”

“What?” Taeyeon asked. “What do you mean by no more shared-rooms left?”

“We’re really sorry but we only have 2 single rooms available for the week.”

“Its fine, we’ll take it” Yuri finally said as she took the keys.

“Ya Kwon Yuri! What did you do?” Taeyeon scolded Yuri once we were away from the lobby.

“It’s not my fault! We booked too late that’s why!” Yuri explained as she walked toward the elevator.

“You could have chosen another hotel then!” Taeyeon continued. “I don’t want to share a bed!” she complained.

Yuri then shouted “NO! I don’t want to sleep with you either!” her face was really unhappy. “I can’t sleep with Taeyeon!!! She sleep-talk so much that it is horrible!” she said.

Taeyeon gave her a I’ll-kill-you-later look then sighed. “So she sleep-talk and sleep-walk as well…” I said to myself.

“What did you say?” Taeyeon suddenly asked me.

“HUH? NO! Nothing…I…said it doesn’t matter with who I sleep” I found an excuse.

“Really??? OKAY! So Tiffany you can share the room with Taengoo!” decided Yuri, her smile then grew big. “Oh!! Jessica! We’re sharing the other room!”

I think Sica was too sleepy to even care with whom she was sharing a room, the girl probably only wanted to crash on a bed and visit Dreamland. I looked at Taeyeon but she didn’t show any sign of objection, maybe annoyance but then, Taeyeon was often annoyed.

We were all pretty tired from the trip so we decided to eat dinner at the hotel’s restaurant before rejoining our rooms.

TaeNy’s Room, Bali

I was a little nervous when we entered our room, it was the first time that I shared my room with someone I’ve known for about a month. Our room was quite spacious, no surprise for a 5-stars hotel. The bed was huge and there was even a couch.

Taeyeon and I took turn for the bathroom. When Taeyeon came out of the bathroom, she was wearing a dark blue pajama’s pant with a white shirt. This reminded me of the time I saw her with her keroro pajama.

I started to giggle at that thought. “What’s so funny?” she asked me.

“Where is your keroro pajama???” I teased her. “I think its suit you better” I said while laughing.

“You…whatever…” Taeyeon said as she walked to the bed, took one of the pillows and threw it on the couch.

I looked curiously at her. “What are you doing?” Taeyeon was already lying on the couch.

“I’m sleeping on the couch, you can take the bed” she simply answered without looking at me.

“What? No I’ll take the couch” I said. I haven’t thought about the bed problem yet…

She sighed as she turned on the TV. “Either you sleep on that bed or you go sleep outside” she then looked at me, her eyes were telling me to do what she asked me to.

We then watched TV for a while before going to sleep. I don’t know exactly when we both fell asleep but I woke up around 3 am with Taeyeon on the bed…She was lying next to me, in a very awkward position, like she was doing yoga. I didn’t know what to do, being so close to Taeyeon made me nervous for some reason. I thought that I could wake her up and then she will go back to sleep on the couch, but then, Taeyeon suddenly moved from her initial position and was now facing me. Her baby face was so close to mine that I could feel her breathing. My heart stopped beating for several minutes as I looked closely at her. Taeyeon’s sleeping face was so peaceful and angel-like that I couldn’t wake her up. I wondered for awhile on what to do then decide to go and sleep on the couch instead.

As I turned my back to Taeyeon and started to move away, I suddenly felt her right arm hugging me, like she was hugging a pillow. Then slowly, I felt myself being pulled closed to her body. I could felt the heat of her body, her regular breathing on my neck… My heart was beating so fast that it could have jumped out. And although it was awkward, I couldn’t deny that I felt extremely comfortable sleeping in her arms.

Same night, YulSic’s room, Bali

Yuri’s POV

OMG! I was going to sleep in the same room as my Princess Jessica, same room and maybe same bed??? She didn’t really react when we planned the room, maybe she also wanted to be with me??? We dropped our luggage and Jessica went to take her shower first.

I was lying on the bed when she came out. “Jessica! Which side of the bed do you want???” I asked.

“What are you talking about?” Jessica said as she threw herself on the bed. “You’re sleeping on the couch.”

My jaw dropped. “WHAT? We’re not sharing a bed???” I asked in disbelief.

“For the last time Kwon Yuri, IN YOUR DREAMS!” she told me before kicking me off the bed.

I fell on the floor and stayed there for awhile, when I realized that Jessica wouldn’t change her mind and that she had fallen asleep already, I went to take my shower, put on my pajama and went sleeping on the couch, my best friend for this week.

Morning, TaeNy’s Room, Bali

Tiffany’s POV

The next morning, I woke up exactly in the same position as I fell asleep. With Taeyeon hugging me. I was about to sleep again when I felt Taeyeon moving behind me. It didn’t take long for her to wake up and realize what was going on.

In less than 1 second, Taeyeon woke up, realized she was hugging me then jumped off the bed. I didn’t know what to do so I didn’t move, acted like I was still sleeping. It was funny, I could hear Taeyeon pacing around the room and repeating to herself. “It’s nothing, it’s nothing, I didn’t do anything bad, she won’t even know about it” she kept saying then she went to the bathroom. Even after she came out, she was still mumbling to herself. “Calm down Taengoo, nothing happened, forget it, forget it”. I really had to hold my laughter, too bad I couldn’t look at her, her face at that time was probably priceless.

I “woke” up 15 minutes later and had to act like I didn’t know anything. Taeyeon told me that we were going to meet with Yuri and Sica and have breakfast but she avoided looking at me when we talked. I wasn’t sure but she looked like she was blushing a bit. Cute Taengoo.

On the beach, Bali

The weather was so perfect in this afternoon. The four of us didn’t really want to do anything besides resting on the beach. There weren’t that much people either. We brought some food and drinks and sat down on these long comfortable chairs. Taeyeon and Jessica were being lazy and boring as they only lay on their chairs.

“Don’t bother me” Jessica told us. “Go and swim”

“I can’t swim!”

“I can’t swim” Yuri and I shouted at the same time. We then looked at each other surprised. “Yuri? You can’t swim???” I asked her.

“She wanted to be a fish when she was a kid so she tried to breathe underwater but failed miserably and nearly drown. Since then, baby Yul is scared of deep water” Taeyeon revealed the story before Yuri could say anything.

“Ya Taengoo! Why did you tell my story?” Yuri scolded Taeyeon.

Jessica who I thought was already sleeping, burst into laughter. “HAHA you wanted to be a fish? How weird!!” Sica made fun of Yuri.

Yuri simply ignored Sica’s comments and grabbed my hand. “Come on Fany, we’ll play together. Let’s not stay with these mean girls” she said as we walked away.

We played with the sand for a while, building castle and digging holes everywhere like little kids. After we got bored playing with the sand, we played soccer, passing the ball to each other. From time to time, I would take a glimpse at Taeyeon and I’m sure that she smiled and laughed at our behaviors sometimes. I wished she would stop caring about her image and joined us, I know she would have a great time.

While I was looking at Taeyeon, I didn’t pay attention to Yuri who kicked the ball at me. I couldn’t catch the ball and it landed on the water. I ran to pick it up but I didn’t realize that I was going deeper and deeper into the water as the waves kept on pushing the ball away from me. Before I knew it, my feet weren’t touching the ground anymore and the last thing I saw was a wave hitting me.

Taeyeon’s POV

I’ve been watching these two kiddies played with the sand for a while now, I didn’t know what was so fun about it but they were having a great time. Why wasn’t I playing with them? I was far away from Seoul, from people that might know who Kim Taeyeon is but still…I couldn’t get away from this mature, calm image that characterized me.

As I watched Yuri and Tiffany played with each other, I couldn’t help but smiled at their antics. These two are really something. I noticed that Tiffany would sometimes glance in my direction, but I didn’t know if she was looking at me or at her sleeping friend. Talking about Jessica, I’ve never seen a girl that can sleep so much.

Yuri and Tiffany were done with their holes; they dogged 2 big holes to compete with each other, I didn’t know who won though. After they were done with their little contest, they switched to play soccer. While Yuri kicked like a crazy girl, Tiffany was clumsy, sometimes missing the ball and kicked the sand instead. It was funny watching them but I felt a little sleepy so I closed my eyes for a while and enjoyed the nice weather.

I might have felt asleep a little, Yuri’s voice woke me up. She was standing near the water and calling for Tiffany. I immediately stood up and ran toward her. Yuri’s screaming also woke Jessica up.

“What’s going on? Where is Tiffany?” I asked Yuri as I looked around.

Yuri was really anxious as she spoke to me. “I…I…don’t know…she…she…went to pick up the ball and…and now…” she was stuttering. “she…she can’t swim…I…I…just turned around for a minute…”

I didn’t think twice. “You keep looking and tell me if you see something!” I told Yuri before running in the water as fast as I could. I swam in the water until my feet couldn’t touch the ground, Fany must be around there somewhere…she must be…

I looked around me but there was nothing. I looked back at where Yuri was and saw Jessica; both of them were looking for Tiffany. Then I heard Yuri’s voice again…

“TAEYEON!!! THERE THERE!! THERE IS SOMETHING!!!” she screamed while pointing at something.

I turned to my right and then, I saw her…I didn’t know I could swim that fast without feeling tired. From then, everything went too fast. I caught Tiffany and brought her back on the beach. My mind wasn’t working anymore, even though I must have looked extremely calm from the outside, I was really scared and nervous. Tiffany was lying there, unconscious and she wasn’t breathing.

Then I did the only thing that I knew, I did CPR on her. How many times did my lips touch hers? In such situations, I was still thinking of trivial things. My heart was beating so fast that it hurt. But, was my heart beating fast because I was scared for Tiffany’s life or because I was, in some way kissing her?

My heart stopped when Tiffany started moving and spit out water. That’s when my whole body felt tired of all its effort. Yuri and Jessica helped Tiffany until she fully regained consciousness. I saw her opening her eyes and sitting down, slowly realizing what she has been through. I stood up and looked at her, my eyes were probably distant, my mind, too, was slowly understanding what I’ve just experienced.

“Tiffany are you okay???” Jessica asked her friend.

“I’m so sorry Tiffany, I shouldn’t have looked away” Yuri was apologizing, her face hasn’t changed, she was still scared and anxious.

“Do you want to go to the hospital?” Jessica continued to ask her.

Tiffany looked around a couple of times, and then she smiled like she always does. “Don’t worry, I’m fine now” she said while looking at them.

And then, I lost control of my emotions. “Why are you smiling…” I started telling her. “DO YOU REALIZE YOU COULD HAVE DIED?” I shouted. “WHY AREN’T YOU MORE CAREFUL? YOU CAN’T SWIM BUT STILL WENT INTO THE WATER! ARE YOU CRAZY???” I looked straight into her eyes…she is so careless…fragile and careless…

I left them there, after venting my anger out, I walked away. Why was I so angry that she almost killed herself? I only knew this girl for more than a month; I shouldn’t care that much. I shouldn’t have felt nervous at the thought of touching her lips. What was this feeling? What’s going on with me?