my boss's son is my housemate(1)

8/9/2019 My Boss's Son is My Housemate(1)

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Kim Taeyeon, one of the most popular performers on Broadway, hopes to get the title role for the most

successful musical of all time, The Phantom of the Opera which is also the longest running show in

Broadway history. He invited his girlfriend to attend the audition but the latter didn’t show up. Taeyeon

succeeded to get the title role but got frustrated that his girlfriend didn’t even keep her promise of

being there to support him. Soon thereafter he learns that his girlfriend has been involved in a fatal car

accident in her rush to get to the audition.

After two years, Taeyeon, who is wracked with guilt by his girlfriend’s death, decided to leave Broadway

and move to his parents’ home country. Although reluctant at first, he finally accepted his parents’

demand that instead of living alone in an apartment or what not, he will be living under one roof with

the son of his dad’s best friend.

Meanwhile, Tiffany Hwang, who comes from an upper middle class family and a Los Angeles based

freelance photographer slash graphic designer whose life seems to be pretty perfect, catches the eye of

a fashion editor and recommends her to his superior. Her imagination and creative direction, and her

interest to move back to Korea, lands her an instant job as an Art Director for CeCi magazine.

When her cousin, Kwon Yuri, finds out about it, he decides to help Tiffany by offering her to live on his

penthouse instead as he is now moving in with his girlfriend Jessica Jung, which is Tiffany’s best friend.

Without any second thoughts, Tiffany agreed on him as it will be more convenient for her and she also

can’t afford to say no to the two of the most important people in her life.


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“WHAT?!!!”

“There’s no freaking way I’ll be living with that guy under one roof! Or any other guy in any case!”

“Tiff, we’ve already talked about this…”

“Kwon Yuri! Are you nuts?! How could you ask me to live with a guy! And yes! I did agree to have a

housemate but you didn’t tell me it’s a guy! A guy Yul! G-U-Y!”

A/N:

'Blue Italicized' are Taeyeon's thoughts

'Pink Italicized' are Tiffany's thoughts


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“Don’t worry too much about me Daddy, I am perfectly fine here. Besides, I have Yul and Jess so there’s

really nothing to worry about, okay?”

“I love you Daddy, take care~~”

Tiffany ends her phone call with her father and decides to take a refreshing bath while waiting for

someone. It has been three weeks since she arrived in Korea and has successfully turned Yuri’s typical-

bachelor-type penthouse into a lovely apartment with the beam and dropped ceiling painted in an

intense shade of pink to serve as a punch of color while the walls were painted in stark white to

emphasize the glossy black cabinets. Lavender flowers, louvered cabinet doors and wooden furniture

painted in white all combined to create a fresh and feminine yet cozy feel to the unit.

Taeyeon, who just arrived from New York, finally made it inside the private elevator that will take him to

one of the highest floors of the well-designed apartment building. Since his father already fixed

everything along with his father’s best friend, he didn’t waste even a second to introduce himself to the

receptionist.

Once the elevator door opens, his eyes widen and jaw dropped seeing the most ingenious apartment

design ever presented on his bare eyes.

“Oh… my… God…”

Coming back to his senses, he drags his suitcase and walks inside the apartment which from now on will

be his home. Being like a curious five-year old kid, his eyes and whole body can’t help but to wanderaround the apartment. The colors are in the white – grey tonality to help the rooms to look more open.

To make it vivid, there comes the pink accent in wall and ceiling parts. A home cinema, a mini bar, a

fully-equipped kitchen and a comfy dining table impressed the New Yorker.


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Everything seems to be fine with Taeyeon but still getting nervous to meet his housemate. Although he

already met him years ago and became good friends back when he became an exchange student for

three years, he still feels anxious since they haven’t communicated with each other for the past years.

As he continued observing the apartment, he’s becoming more and more uneasy.

“Lavender flower, louvered cabinet doors, wooden furniture painted in white…” he softly mumbles as

he takes a sit on the comfy sofa in the lounge area.

“…and PINK walls.”

Thousands of thoughts are running to his mind. Feeling a little dizzy, he closes his eyes as he lets out a

tired sigh.

“Don’t tell me he’s now… gay?”

With this, Taeyeon’s eyes fluttered open and hastily stood up as realization hits him.

“No! No! No! It can’t be! He can’t be gay! He’s one big of a player back then.” Taeyeon talked loudly as

he walked back and forth the lounge area and the open window.

“Aha! Yeah, that’s right! Maybe he’s living with his girlfriend here and the girl decides on what their

apartment design should be.”

“But… wouldn’t it be awkward if I’ll be leaving with him and his girlfriend?”

“Aish!!!”


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Feeling frustrated with his unclear thoughts, Taeyeon leans on the frame of the open floor-to-ceiling

window which allows him to see the best view of Han River.

“It’s beautiful…”

Meanwhile, Tiffany quickly went out of her bedroom, with just a pink towel covering her body, as she

hears someone talking inside her apartment.

“Must be Yul and Jessi…” she mumbles while slowly making her way towards the lounge area.

Sensing someone’s behind him, Taeyeon smiled and excitedly turns his whole being around to finally

meet and greet his old friend which is now going to be his housemate.

But his smile faded right away. Instead, his eyes widen and jaw drops for the second time on his first day

in Seoul.

“Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!!”


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The loud scream from the almost naked girl in front of him echoes inside the apartment. Taeyeon held

both his hands up to cover his ears and quickly closed his eyes.

“Who the hell are you?! How did you get in here?! And what the fuck are you doing here?!”

Taeyeon was bombarded with questions by the obviously shocked and angry girl in front of him. He

slowly opens his eyes and held his hands down. He stared at the girl and blinked several times trying to

remember if he has ever seen the girl before.

‘Oh no freaking way… he didn’t go under the knife, did he?’

“Err… uhm… hi? You must be… no, I mean… Are you… err… Kwon Yuri?” Although stammering , Taeyeon

successfully finished his little but definitely awkward greeting.

“Who are you?!”

Taeyeon flinched as the girl growled and gave him a deathly glare instead of answering his question.

‘So she’s really Yul? What the hell happened to you buddy?!’

Swallowing the lump forming on his throat, he stood up straight and did his best to give the girl the most

charming smile that he always gives to his audience while or after performing on stage.

“I’m Kim Taeyeon.”

Taeyeon extends his hand to formally greet his old friend but to his dismay, the girl just raised an

eyebrow at him. He awkwardly pulled his hand back and unconsciously frowned as he thought that his

old friend doesn’t remember him anymore.


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“Yah! Kwon Yuri! Don’t you remember me?! It’s me~~ Taeng! Taengoo~~”

Frustrated as he is, Taeyeon subconsciously whined and a cute pout formed on his lips, earning a soft

giggle from the girl in front of him.

“Yah! Do I look like a guy to you?! Yul’s my cousin but I don’t see any resemblance at all between us! If

he ever becomes a girl I’m pretty sure I’ll still be more attractive than him and---“

“You’re not Yul?! Gosh! Why didn’t you tell me right away?! For heaven’s sake! I really thought that my

old friend who is actually a playboy has transformed into a girl!”

Taeyeon sighed in relief and sheepishly smiled at the girl who can’t help but laugh wholeheartedly at

him, showing him the girl’s charm – her beautiful eyesmile.

“Err… sorry…”

“That’s okay. I’m Tiffany Hwang, by the way.” Tiffany extends her hand and Taeyeon gladly accepts it as

they smile at each other. Realizing that she’s still only with a towel on, she excused her self for a few

moments to get dressed.

“So… I suppose you live here?” Taeyeon started the conversation as Tiffany handed him a cup of coffee.

“Yep! I just moved in here three weeks ago.”

“I see… hmm… Yul’s not here, eh?”

“He’s probably with his girlfriend right now...”


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Tiffany was about to speak again but the door suddenly opens, revealing her cousin and her bestfriend,

Yuri and Jessica. Taeyeon and Tiffany smiled at them and stood up to greet the lovers.

“Taeng~~?!”

“Hey, Yu—oof”

Seeing his old friend after a few years, Yuri bear hugged Taeyeon as he sways him from left to right,

making the shorter one feel dizzy and uncomfortable.

“Whoa~ you look more handsome Taeng!” Yuri grinned while ruffling the hair of the obviously annoyed

boy in front of him.

“Yah! It sounds creepy coming from you, Yul!” Taeyeon smacks his friend’s hand and starts to fix his now

messy hair.

“Well, it’s true… you look more handsome Taengoo~~” hearing a familiar voice, Taeyeon tilted his head

and stared at the other girl in the room. He grinned dorkily as he remembered who the other girl is.

“Jessica~~~~”

Jessica chuckled seeing that her friend is still the same old dorky guy he met few years ago.

“Thought you’ve already forgotten me.” she hugged Taeyeon tightly as she really missed the dork that

she treats as her brother. Taeyeon automatically returns the hug, and being a sweet boy as he is, he

gives Jessica a soft peck on the cheek.

“WHAT?!!!”


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The three people flinched as Tiffany screamed her lungs out after learning that the stranger she just met

a while ago is actually the friend that her cousin is talking about that will be living with her in the

penthouse.

“There’s no freaking way I’ll be living with that guy under one roof! Or any other guy in any case!”

Though Yuri already informed Tiffany beforehand that his dad requested him to let Taeyeon live with

him, he purposely didn’t let Tiffany know that the friend he’s referring to is a guy. Tiffany, being excited

to have a housemate didn’t even bother to ask any further either.

“Tiff, we’ve already talked about this…”

“Kwon Yuri! Are you nuts?! How could you ask me to live with a guy! And yes! I did agree to have a

housemate but you didn’t tell me it’s a guy! A guy Yul! G-U-Y!”

“Tiff, calm down… Taeng is a nice guy and I’m pretty sure you two will get along well.” Jessica tried to

help her boyfriend. Yuri told her the news the other night and knowing Taeyeon’s situation, she eagerly

promised her boyfriend to convince her bestfriend to let Taeyeon stay with her.

“Err… Yul… Jess… it’s okay… I’ll just find my own apartment… I’m sure Dad and Uncle won’t mind…”

“NO! Taeng, Dad will kill me if he finds out that I don’t live here and I’m living with my girlfriend instead.

You know how my Dad gets angry, right?”

“Right… Just thinking about it makes me shiver. But…”

“Taeng, you’ll stay here. And you, Ms. Tiffany Hwang, you have no choice okay? I promise Taeng is a

great guy. Besides, there are two bedrooms here.”


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“…”

Awkward silence fills the room. It’s obvious that Tiffany won’t let a guy to stay with her no matter what

happens. While Taeyeon, feels a little intimidated by the girl’s attitude. Being born and raised in New

York, Taeyeon doesn’t mind living in one roof with a girl. But he still finds it awkward as he never

actually stayed in one roof with any other girl than his past girlfriend.

Suddenly, Jessica snaps her finger earning the attention of the three.

“Taeng, you know how to cook, right?” she asked Taeyeon with an obvious smirk plastered on her face.

“…yes?” Taeyeon reluctantly answered.

“You’re also good at cleaning since you want everything to be organized and neat, right?” Jessica

continued and Taeyeon could just nod his head slowly while confusedly staring back and forth at her and

Yuri. Yuri, also getting confused with his girlfriend just gave a shrug on Taeyeon’s questioning gaze.

“It’s settled then!” Jessica blurted out as she claps once.

“Uhm… hon… what are you talking about?”


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“Well we both know that your cousin right here doesn’t know how to cook a real food and can’t even

clean her own room properly…”

“So?...” Yuri is as confused as Taeyeon as both the two guys doesn’t know what Jessica is trying to imply.

While Tiffany on the other hand, seems to slowly understand her bestfriend and is starting to wonder if

it is really alright if she accepts Taeyeon in.

“What I am saying is, Taeyeon here can do those things for Tiff. He can also be her body guard, driver,

per---“

“Yah! Yuri-ah~ tell your girlfriend right here that I didn’t move to Seoul just to be someone else’s slave!”

Tiffany, somehow feeling irritated with how Taeyeon responded with her bestfriend’s idea can’t help

but to bellow at him.

“Do you think I need someone like you?! I bet you don’t even know how to take good care of your

girlfriend, if you even have one!”

Yuri, Jessica, and Taeyeon stayed silent. It is strange for Tiffany to get no response from the two like that

and seeing Taeyeon froze on his spot, she is taken aback and feels guilty for not thinking first before

saying those words.

“Tiff, you don’t have to say that…” Jessica voiced out as she stared worriedly at Taeyeon.

Tiffany wanted to apologize but for some reason, no words want to come out of her mouth. She just sits

there while intensely staring at Taeyeon who smiles bitterly at her.


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“Tiffany-shi, you’re right. I don’t know how to take good care of my girlfriend that’s why she’s taken

away from me.” Taeyeon stared directly at Tiffany’s eyes.

Sadness and pain are what Tiffany could only see on the onyx eyes gazing at her. She could only bit her

lower lip as guilt rushed in her body.

Yuri and Jessica exchanged glances before staring back at Taeyeon, waiting for the latter to continue.

“A mentor once told me that there's no second chance on stage, and with that, I was trained to make

the most of my first chance. But everybody deserves a second chance in this world, isn’t it right Tiffany-

shi?” Taeyeon managed to smile warmly at Tiffany and the girl just nodded, without breaking her stare

at him.

“That's basically all I ask.” He continued with a smile and breaks the eye contact with Tiffany.

Yuri and Jessica warmly smiled at their friend. With the same thought in mind, they silently sighed in

relief that finally, after two years, Taeyeon is now trying to let go of the past and judging by how he

answered Tiffany about the matter, it somehow gives the two an assurance that Taeyeon is fine.

“So Tiff, what do you say?” retorted Yuri with a cocky smirk daubed on his face.

“Fine.”


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“Since I came here first, you have to follow my rules, arrasso?”

“Okaaay.”

Tiffany and Taeyeon are now alone in the penthouse since Jessica and Yuri decided to give the

new housemates the time to be together and start to get comfortable with each other.

“This is your room. That’s mine on the other end and don’t you ever DARE go inside my room, got it?”

“Yes, Tiffany-shi!”

“Don’t touch my things especially my cameras. I like a quiet atmosphere so don’t make any

unneccessary noise.”

“And if you want to play around with your girl, don’t ever think about doing it here.”

Tiffany, still being reluctant on having Taeyeon to stay with her, continues to tell Taeyeon the do’s and

don’t’s of living in one roof with her while Taeyeon, on the other hand, is amused by the attitude of his

new housemate.

“Just always follow my rules and we’re good.”

“Arrasso.”

“By the way, you can just call me Tiffany, we’re just of the same age anyways.”

“Cool! Just call me Taeyeon then, or Taeng or Taengoo. Err... actually you can call me whatever you

want.” Taeyeon beamed dorkily but Tiffany just ignored him and went to her bedroom, leaving a

pouting Taeyeon in the hallway.

Since Taeyeon just arrived from New York, feeling dizzy with the jetlag plus the little commotion about

having to live with a girl under one roof, he carelessly threw his body on the bed and silently thanked

Tiffany for not painting the room pink like the other parts of the apartment.


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Taeyeon wakes up feeling a lot better than yesterday, he groggily walks to the bathroom and does his

morning routine. He used to be a sleepyhead but he drastically changed when he got in a relationshipwith his past girlfriend. It has been a habit for his past girlfriend to wake him up every morning and cook

breakfast for him, while he prepares for his practice or performance.

But after his girlfriend past away, he found himself doing the same routine – wake up early in the

morning, prepare breakfast and everthing before going off for his lavish work – alone. Most of the times,

regretting that he never had once prepared breakfast for her nor wake her up because she always insists

that he should rest more.

“I wonder what she likes for breakfast…” Taeyeon mumbles as he decides what to cook for his landlady .

Remembering what Jessica told him about Tiffany growing up with her in L.A., he decides to make a Full

breakfast. However, Tiffany’s kitchen clearly shows that the girl doesn’t cook and mostly eat fastfood.

“I guess I’ll do grocery shopping later.”

Taeyeon grabs whatever he sees edible from the fridge and started to prepare breakfast since he’s also

feeling hungry, which reminds him that he didn’t get to eat dinner last night as he completely fell asleep

as soon as his bum touches the bed.

Tiffany covers her face with a pillow as she tries to ignore the buzzing sound coming from her mobile

phone. Feeling annoyed at the continuous ring, she unwillingly answered the phone without looking at

the screen.

“Yobose---“


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“Yah! Tiffany Hwang! I’ve been calling you for the past hour! Get your ass off the bed, take a quick

shower, and dress yourself! NOW!”

Tiffany, who is now wide awake because of her friend’s loud voice over the phone, is exasperated as she

doesn’t understand why her bestfriend is bothering her on a Sunday morning.

“What the hell is your problem Jessica Jung?! It’s Sunday for God’s sake!”

“Exactly! Remember we have to help Soo and Sunny with their charity event… don’t tell me you forgot

about it?”

Truth to be told, Tiffany completely forgot about their visit in a nursing home that their friends

Sooyoung and Sunny are supporting.

“Sigh. Okay, just go there with Taeyeon later. But atleast be there before lunch, alright? Yul’s now talking

to Taeyeon giving him directions, so you have no choice but to go with him. Don’t you dare try to ditch

him, arrasso?”

“Arrasso… we’ll see you there.”

“Great! Now, get up from your lovely bed! You don’t want to let Taeyeon starve to death while waiting

for you to have breakfast with him, do you?”

Before Tiffany could utter a single word, Jessica already ended the call.

“Taeyeon?... Oh, shoot! He must be very hungry now since he didn’t even bother to eat dinner last

night!” Tiffany hastily stood up from her bed and went straight to her bathroom, in a rush to get ready

as fast as possible.

After about half an hour, Tiffany made her way to the kitchen but stops when she’s just a few steps

away.


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‘Why do I even care? It’s his fault to not eat dinner last night. Plus, he doesn’t need to wait for me to

have breakfast with him…’

She slowly walks towards the kitchen, and once inside, she can’t help but to be amused by the sight of

Taeyeon, who’s intensely staring at the food on the table and pouting.

‘Omo! He’s sooo cute~~’

Realizing what she just had thought about her housemate, Tiffany quickly changed her expression into a

cold one as she sat down the dining table, across the startled Taeyeon.

“Good morning Tiffany~~” Taeyeon enthusiastically greets and smiles at her. Since Tiffany is still hesitant

to interact with her new housemate, she tried hard to suppress her smile at the dork in front of her.

“You don’t have to wait for me… you can eat breakfast on your own…” Tiffany said as she tasted

Taeyeon’s version of American breakfast.

Since Tiffany rarely eats breakfast at home, she doesn’t do much grocery shopping. But Taeyeon still

managed to make them a proper breakfast – two fried eggs, sliced bacon, French toast, and orange juice.

“You’re not used to eat breakfast with someone, am I right?” Taeyeon asked her and started to eat as

well. But receiving no response from the girl in front of him, he just continued talking, trying to make the

situation a little less awkward between the two.

“Well… then, you should get used to it from now on.” He warmly smiled at Tiffany. For some strange

reason, he finds himself comfortable around the girl though she’s giving him a cold shoulder.

While Tiffany, although she’s not making any expression on the outside, feels warm inside. It is her first

time to have a guy prepare breakfast for her and waited for her so that they can eat together. None of

her past boyfriends had done something like that for her. Not that she cares, Tiffany has never been in a

serious relationship after all.


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Taeyeon and Tiffany arrive at the nursing home an hour before lunch. As soon as they entered the

facility, Yuri happily greets the two and drags them towards the garden where most of the elderly are

gathered.

Seeing Tiffany with someone, Sunny sneered at the two that’s in front of her. Not long after, her

boyfriend, Sooyoung stands beside her and dorkily grinned at Tiffany, while Yuri and Jessica just smile at

them.

Knowing what her friends have on mind, Tiffany quickly introduced her friends to Taeyeon.

“This is Sunny, and her boyfriend Sooyoung. Guys, this is Taeyeon, my… err… housemate.” Tiffany trailed

off as she is sure that her friends won’t stop teasing her about the new guy. Well, she can’t afford to lie

about their relationship as Yuri and Jessica would have probably told them about it anyways.

“Hi, I’m Kim Taeyeon, nice to meet you Sunny-shi and Sooyoung-shi.” Being a stage performer for years,

Taeyeon sure knows how to greet and charm people with just a simple introduction.

“Nice to finally meet you again Taeng!” Sooyoung and Sunny beamed at the same time, earning a

confused look from both Tiffany and Taeyeon.

“Aigoo~ Taeng, don’t you remember the shikshin and the danshin?” Yuri chuckled along with Jessica.

“Yah!” the two snapped at Yuri.

“Oh God! Choi Shikshin?!”

“Yeah baby!”

The two old friends gave each other a bearhug, leaving a pouting Sunny on the side.

“Yah! Taengoo~~~ how about me~~~” feeling a bit left out, Sunny did her infamous aegyo to get the

New Yorker’s attention, with a bonus of three pairs of eyes rolling on the side.

“Omo! Soonkyu-ah~~ Aigoo~ if it’s not because of your aegyo I wouldn’t remember you~” Taeyeon

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“So… you guys all know each other?” Tiffany asked as she can’t believe that all her friends know

Taeyeon and seems to be close with him.

“Apparently, Yes. Taeyeon here became an exchange student back in senior high for three years. He

went back to New York a year before you transferred to our school.” Yuri explained at her bewildered

cousin as the rest of the gang nods in approval.

‘So he’s the famous heartthrob exchange student they always talk about, huh.’

When Tiffany transferred to the same school as Yuri and Jessica’s, never gone a day without her hearing

about how students there missed a certain exchange student from New York. However, Tiffany didn’t

bother to ask anyone about him as she finds it rather annoying that students can’t get over the said guy.

“Okay~~ Enough with the little reunion, let’s get going~~~” Sooyoung exclaimed as he drags Taeyeon

with him. The others just giggled at them and proceeded to their own assignment.

Lunch time comes, Taeyeon, Tiffany, Yuri, Jessica, Sooyoung, and Sunny attentively help the nurses to

feed the elders. Though it is not Taeyeon’s first time to do charity like this, he feels really warm to help

and make the grandparents smile with their little assistance and affection.

By natural impulse as a stage performer, Taeyeon begins to hum a song as he starts to dance walk across

the garden. Seeing this, some elders started to clap in rhythm.

A little surprise by the sudden giggles and clapping of the elders on the other side of the garden, the rest

of the people within the area stopped what they’re doing as they saw Taeyeon happily dance walking

with some elders.

Seeing their friend enjoying his antic, Yuri and Sooyoung joined him. Sooyoung grabs a pair of chopsticks

and uses it as his improvised drum stick and starts to play with the wooden table, while Yuri borrows a

baby guitar from one of the elders that’s enjoying Taeyeon’s dance.


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Hearing the familiar beats from his friends, Taeyeon smiled widely at them and decided to sing as well,

much to the elders’ delight inlcuding the nurses with them.

Give it to me love baby I love you

Give it to me love baby I need you

Give it to me love baby I want you

There is only one thing I want

I want to live in your embrace forever

Taeyeon started singing as he stands in front of his audience like he usually does on Broadway, but this

time, his stage is a lawn and his audience is a group of elderly and younger adults with physical and/or

mental disabilities, skilled nurses, and his friends.

My heart goes thump when I think of you

My lips smile when you talk to me

I feel a twinge of electricity when I touch your hand

I think I've become what I've always been dreaming of

Feeling the rhythm, Taeyeon starts to move his body, unconsciously showing off his eloquent

movements.

My eyes sparkle when you call me

My head gets dizzy when I hear your voice

I get tears in my eyes when we part

I think I've become a fool


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The one person I miss every day

The one person I want every day

Hold me, tell me

That you feel the same way I do

Swooshing his arms, spinning, flashing his charming smile on his audience, Taeyeon surely fires up the

nursing home.






Hearing laughters and cheers from outside, the three girls, Tiffany, Jessica, and Sunny who just came out

from the kitchen, headed back to the graden where the noise is coming from. Jessica and Sunny beamed

at the sight of their boyfriends plus Taeyeon who are enjoying their impromptu performance for the

elders.

My shoulders raise when I meet you

My footsteps become lighter when I walk with you

My heart pounds when we link arms

It feels like I'm dreaming a happy dream


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Taeyeon, who sees Sunny first, danced his way towards her. Knowing what her friend wants, Sunny

happily danced with Taeyeon earning more cheers from the crowd.

As he sings the next line, Taeyeon swiftly switch his partner from Sunny to Jessica, much to the

audience’s delight.

The one person I want to hold every day

The one person I want to kiss every day

Don't ever change, promise me

That our love will be forever

Tiffany, who was stunned with Taeyeon’s voice and creative movements that she never had imagined

that the dorky guy have, snapped back to her senses when Taeyeon suddenly appears in front of her,

giving her his most charismatic smile. Before Tiffany could react, Taeyeon danced in front of her without

breaking his gaze to the awed girl.






With Taeyeon’s swift move, he held Tiffany’s hand and led the girl to dance with him, making the crowderupt with applause and cheers.

I'll give you my heart for the first time

I want to live inside yours


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Cherish me like a treasure

Give it to me love baby I love you (I love you)

Give it to me love baby I need you (I need you)

Give it to me love baby I want you (oh)



“What are we doing here?” Tiffany asked while looking outside the car window as Taeyeon made their

way to the car park of Lotte Mart.

A bit startled by the sudden voice, Taeyeon sheepishly smiled at the girl on the passenger seat, who

doesn’t even give him a single glance, as he forgot to tell Tiffany that they’ll do grocery shopping first

before heading back home.

“Err… Tiffany, we need to refill and stock our kitchen…”

“Oh…” apprehending what Taeyeon had just said, Tiffany slightly blushed in embarrassment and with

how Taeyeon just casually said ‘our kitchen’ .

Getting only a short and indifferent answer from the girl, Taeyeon thought that his housemate is

infuriated at him for making her dance with him earlier at the nursing home without asking her first.

Unknown to him, Tiffany actually enjoyed it though it’s her first time to dance like that in front of many

people. It was surely a different but better experience than dancing in the club like what she always

does.

“You don’t actually have to be with me… I mean, you could roam around while I do the supermarket

run…” Taeyeon said. He thought that the girl is not interested in going with him. He thinks that the girl

would rather do the grocery by herself but recalling what Jessica told him before and what he sees in


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the kitchen earlier, he would not allow his stomach to eat fastfood or frozen food while he stays with

her.

“Don’t worry, Jessica already told me what you want and what you don’t want.” He continued and got

out of the car.

Tiffany is lost in her own world arguing to herself if she should go with Taeyeon or take the guy’s offer

and just wander around the place. She snapped back to her senses when the car door swung open, with

a hand extended to help her out.

“T-thanks…” she stutters as she takes Taeyeon’s hand and gets out of her car. Taeyeon smiles at her and

locks the car as they both headed inside the building.

As they were both inside the hypermarket, Taeyeon cleared his throat to get the girl’s attention in front

of him

“Tiffany… uhm… can I get your… number?”

“Huh?” Tiffany faced him and raised an eyebrow at the out of the blue question.

“Well… I’m not sure how long will it take me to get all what we need and I’m also not familiar yet withthe place s---“ Taeyeon started to explain but was cut-off by Tiffany.

“Give me your phone.” She extends her hand to him and Taeyeon gently placed his phone on her open

palm.

After typing her number, Tiffany returns the phone back to Taeyeon. Checking the newly saved number,

he smiled as Tiffany saved her name as ‘Tiff’ .

“Let’s go?” Tiffany said as Taeyeon looks up to her.

“Eh?” he tilted his head on the side as he’s not sure what Tiffany means. However, the girl just rolls her

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“W-wait! Tiffany…” Taeyeon jogged past Tiffany, abruptly stopping in front of her as he hastily turns

around to face the surprised girl.

“What?”

“Err… you don’t have my number yet… give me your phone I’ll s---“ before Taeyeon could finish, Tiffany

shakes her head.

“No need for that.” Tiffany swiftly walked past him.

Taeyeon sighs as he trudges to the opposite direction from where Tiffany walks to.

‘Does she hate me that much?’

Unknown to him, Tiffany already has his number as the girl dialled her own number before returning the

phone back to him.

After walking for a few minutes, Taeyeon stops in his tracks. Blinking several times, he realized he

doesn’t know where exactly to go.

“Aish!!! Jinjja!” he scratches the back of his head as he looks to his left and right.

“Aigoo~~ why did they have to make this hypermarket this big… you are lost Kim Taeyeon!” he talks out

loud, completely ignoring the cute giggles coming from the girls passing him by and stifled chuckles from

the other bystanders.

“Definitely lost… Kim Taeyeon…” a voice mocks behind him.

“I kno---“ Taeyeon stops what he was about to say. His eyes widen as he didn’t expect to see the girl,

who is now beside him, yet.

“What are you doing here?” he asked.

“What are you doing here?” the girl retorted and Taeyeon insentiently pout at the latter.


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Tiffany bits her lower lip to restrain herself from chuckling at the cute guy sight in front of her.

“I’m lost…” Taeyeon awkwardly rubs his chin with his index finger while tilting his head cutely on the

side.

“That’s what I thought…” Tiffany nodded in agreement. Taeyeon sheepishly smiled at the girl as he gives

her an apologetic look.

“Let’s go. I don’t want to stay here til midnight.” Without wasting any second, Tiffany grabs Taeyeon’s

hand, surprising the guy but still follows her nonetheless.

Taeyeon smiles as he is warmed by the girl’s gesture and specially for finding him. He is now more

determined to befriend the girl and has confirmed his presumption that Tiffany is not really a cold

person as what she is trying to denote.

Oblivious to Taeyeon, Tiffany actually followed him earlier when she noticed that the guy didn’t come

after her but went on the opposite direction instead, in addition to the fact that she has been behind

him all the while, sliently giggling while watching him talks to himself.


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“Good morning…” Tiffany soflty greets Taeyeon as she made her way to the kitchen bar.

“Oh? Oh! You’re early… good morning Tiffany!” Taeyeon beams a smile as he gently sets the food on the

dining table.

“Whoa~ that’s a… lot…” Tiffany trails off when she sees the breakfast Taeyeon prepares.

Unlike yesterday, Taeyeon prepared a traditional Korean breakfast for both of them.

The time they both spent at the Lotte Mart yesterday made Tiffany to be comfortable with Taeyeon.

They had a few short conversations together but enough for Taeyeon to know that today’s Tiffany’s first

day as an Art Director in a fashion magazine. As for Tiffany, she learns that Taeyeon is a former

Broadway performer but moved to Seoul to become a part-time lecturer in Chung-Ang University, along

with Yuri and Sooyoung.

“You can just say thank you~~” he warmly smiles at Tiffany as he motions the girl to sit on the dining

table.

“Thank you Tae…yeon~~ but you don’t have to prepare this much or at least you should have wa ---

“ Tiffany blurted out but was cut off by Taeyeon who pulled her and made her sit on the chair across him.

Taeyeon prepared Galbi (Grilled Short Ribs), Spicy Seafood Salad, Kongnamul Bab (Bean Sprout Rice),

Spicy Stewed Fish, Oi Naengguk (Cold Cucumber Soup), Seasoned Kelp, and Radish Strip Kimchi.

Tiffany stared at the food in awe. The last time she ate a full Korean breakfast was when she was in

Senior High. She then glances at Taeyeon who’s grnning widely at her and gesturing her to try his chef -d'oeuvre.

They say ‘first tastes are exactly that, tastes’ so just like a baby undergoing a changeover-to-solid food,

Tiffany starts to gradually taste the meal presented to her. After a few moments, she looks at Taeyeon


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who’s waiting anxiously for her reaction. Seeing a vague uneasiness expression on the guy’s face, Tiffany

decided to tease Taeyeon as she frowns and puts her chopsticks down.

Taeyeon’s face fell as he hung his head low after seeing the girl’s reaction. It took him almost half an

hour to decide whether he would make Korean or American breakfast for the girl.

‘I should’ve stick to American breakfast…’

“Arrasso. I’ll make you a---“ Taeyeon stops midway of his sentence when Tiffany shoved a piece of meat

to his face. He raised an eyebrow at the girl who has an unreadable smile plastered on her face.

Taeyeon opens his mouth to say something but the girl shoves the food into his mouth. Having no

choice, he slowly chews the piece of meat that’s slowly melting in his mouth.

‘It doesn’t taste that bad… I wonder why she doesn’t li ---‘

“Jessica’s right. You’re… I mean, it’s good.” Tiffany cuts off Taeyeon’s thoughts. She gave him a warm

smile before continuing her breakfast, mentally adding points to her housemate.

It took a few moments before Taeyeon comprehended what she meant. But being a cautious guy as he

is, he still asks the girl for a confirmation.

“You like it?” He asked, earning a quick glance and a nod from the girl. Taeyeon smiled in relief and

started to happily eat his breakfast as well, completely missing the sweet smile from Tiffany.


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Taeyeon was left alone in the apartment. He offers Tiffany to drive her to her office but the latter

politely declines. She also told Taeyeon that he doesn’t need to do what Jessica had asked him before

and they’ve come up to an agreement to stay and act like normal housemates.

Having nothing to do, he decided to watch a movie to kill time. Taeyeon walks towards the dedicated

media room and once inside, he can’t help but be awed by the graphics on the wall. He gawks at the

photos like a boy who sees limited version of Transformers robot collections on display. After a few

moments, his eyes caught five black high-end cabinets of different sizes. His fingers traces the aluminum

knob plated with chrome as he eyes the cameras and lens inside.

“Ah~ so these are her treasured cameras … cool!” he exclaimed in amazement.

Remembering Tiffany’s words to him, he quickly retracted his hand from the cabinet’s knob. Besides,

even if he was allowed to use even just the entry-level dslr camera her housemate has,he doesn’t know

how to use one. Not that he’s technically challenged but he prefers simple things, a pocket-sized point

and shoot camera is more than enough for him.

After a few moments of being awed by the equipments, he made his way to the couch and accidentally

sat on the remote control. The huge HD television suddenly turns on, showing a photo gallery. Without

any second thoughts, Taeyeon pushed OK on the clicker revealing stunning black and white photos on

the huge screen.

Though Taeyeon doesn’t know much about photography, he has a great respect on photographers. For

him, it has always been a wonder on how photographers make great photos.

Being absorbed flicking through the photos, the former stage performer totally forgotten why he’s in the

media room in the first place. Browsing through the other folders in the gallery, a particular file catches

his attention and opens it right away.

He chuckled as soon as he sees the first picture. It was a photo of Yuri while sleeping with his tongue

sticking out. The next picture didn’t fail to crack him up either. It’s his aegyo queen friend, Sunny posing

beside the sleeping Yuri as she imitates the Kkab Yul’s sleeping habit.


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Looking through the other photos, Taeyeon is amused by his friends’ dorkiness. Almost all the pictures

are taken during his friends’ senior high days and judging by how the pictures were taken, he knows that

Tiffany’s the one behind it, besides he rarely sees a photo with Tiffany on it.

~ ♪♫~ Mary take me to the merry-go-round...with this beautiful sound, sing my song for you ~ ♪♫~

“Hello?” Taeyeon’s quality time was disturbed by a sudden phone call from his loving friend.

“Taengoo~~~” his friend, Sunny, greets him in a high-pitched, excited tone.

“What can I do for you Soonkyu-ah?” he cooed as he switched off the television.

“Get ready~~ Jess and I will pick you up in 15.” Sunny ended the call before the confused guy could

answer or ask any further questions.

“O…kay? Well, there’s nothing much to do here anyways.” He briskly sat up from the comforting couch

and headed to his bedroom to get dressed as he doesn’t want to make the two girls wait for him.

Not long after, he received a text message from Jessica asking him to wait for them in front of his

apartment building.

“I wonder what they’re up to…” he mumbled as he makes his way inside the private elevator.

Taeyeon didn’t wait too long as Jessica’s convertible car stopped in front of him, with a grinning Sunny

on the passenger’s seat.

“Would you mind driving for us, handsome?” Jessica playfully asks him as she gets out of the driver’s

seat.

“Who would dare to decline a pretty lady like you? Anything for you, my queen!” Taeyeon bowed

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Not long after, the three broke into laughters with their amusing behavior, earning weird looks and

smiles from the other people near them.

After a few hours of wandering around the huge mall, Taeyeon sits down on the cozy chair as he drops

all the shopping bags on the floor. Unfortunately, the young, handsome, and charming knight became a

personal shopping assistant but still proves his charms as most girls that they walked past, if not all,

squealed with delight everytime he flashes them a smile. But the unfortunate girls had to quickly shut

their mouth up as they received deathly glares from Jessica and Sunny.

“Taengoo~ are you tired?” Sunny asked the obviously drained guy as she sat down across him.

The trio is now inside a restaurant in Lotte Mall to have their lunch and Taeyeon silently cursed Yuri and

Sooyoung for allowing their girlfriends to have a ‘date’ with him.

“Heol! Don’t tell me you are not tired?” he asked in disbelief as he rested his head on the table.

The two girls chuckled at their friend but also felt a little guilty for letting him carry all their shopping

bags. Taeyeon can’t blame them either since he’s the one who insisted on carrying those bags for them.

“Oh, isn’t it Tiff?”

“Huh? Where?”

Jessica and Taeyeon followed Sunny’s gaze and found Tiffany with some colleagues entering the

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“Hey, Tiff!” Jessica waved at her best friend.

Hearing a familiar voice, Tiffany turns her head and found Jessica, Sunny, and Taeyeon smiling at her

from a table near the restaurant’s glass window. She excused herself from her colleagues and went to

greet her friends and her housemate.

“What are you guys doing here?”

“We’re on a date with Taeng!” the two happily answered in chorus.

“Oh… that’s… nice…” Tiffany blankly answered as she glanced at Taeyeon, who awkwardly smiled at her.

“Err… Want to join us? We’re just about to place our orders…” Taeyeon asks her but Tiffany shakes her

head, declining the guy’s offer.

“I’d love to but I came here with my colleagues… maybe next time?” she answered as she gave her

housemate an apologetic smile.

“Don’t worry, we understand.” Taeyeon warmly smiled at her, making the two other girls across him

silently squealed with delight at the interaction of the two housemates.

Understanding their friend, they let Tiffany go back to her colleagues but didn’t forget to tease her.

“Don’t worry, we’ll return your boyfriend to you later! Safe and sound.” Jessica winked at her.

Tiffany glared at Jessica but the latter, along with Sunny, just giggled at her. Knowing her friends, she

just rolled her eyes and walked towards where her colleagues are sitting which is just a few tables away

from the trio.

Taeyeon, on the other hand, managed to be composed as he knows that Jessica’s just teasing his

housemate. Besides, he’s already used to the girls’ frolics.

“Aigoo~ someone’s jealous~~” Sunny beamed at Taeyeon.


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“Huh?” Taeyeon raised an eyebrow at her and tilted his head on the side, completely not undestanding

what Sunny means.

“You better make a good dinner tonight Taeng. Your girlfriend seems jealous!” Jessica added before

giggling along with Sunny.

Taeyeon looks back and forth at the two girls a few times before realizing what they meant. Deciding to

play along with them, he smirked and cockily crossed his arms as he leans his back on his chair.

“You know I have my own ways on making a girl’s heart melt!” he impishly answered the two amused

girls in front of him.

The trio errupted in laughters earning the other people’s attention in the restaurant, including Tiffany

and her colleagues but the three couldn’t care less.

“Hey, your friend is cute!”

“Huh?”

“Him!”

Tiffany followed her colleague’s index finger pointing at Taeyeon who seems to be having so much fun

with Sunny and Jessica.

“What’s his name? Which one of those girls is his girlfriend? Can you intr oduce me to him Tiff? Please~~

He’s sooo cute!~ ” her colleague asked her while staring at Taeyeon in admiration. Tiffany is reluctant at

first but still answered her as it would be rude if she’ll just ignore her.

“He’s Taeyeon. Neither of them is his girlfriend and n---“ Tiffany was cut off as she was hastily dragged

to Taeyeon’s table by her excited officemate.


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The trio stopped their lively conversation when Tiffany cleared her throat to get their attention. They all

looked up to her and she awkwardly smiled at them.

“Hi! I’m Park Gyuri, Tiffany’s colleague. You can call me Gyuri. Nice to meet you.” Gyuri bowed to

formally greet Tiffany’s friends or more so Taeyeon as the girl didn’t even bother to glance at Sunny and

Jessica.

“Nice to meet you too Gyuri! I’m Kim Taeyeon, this is Jessica Jung, and she’s Sunny Lee.” Taeyeon

introduced himself and the two girls, extending his hand and flashing a smile to the awestrucked girl.

“Omo! Kim Taeyeon? You are the Kim Taeyeon?!” Gyuri exclaimed as he grabbed Taeyeon’s hand.

“Err… yeah?”

“Omo! Tiff! You’re so lucky to be friends with him!” she told Tiffany without letting go of Taeyeon’s hand.

“You know him?” Jessica asked, feeling a bit irritated with the nosy girl.

Though Jessica knows about how popular Taeyeon is in the Broadway, not all people, especially Koreans

shows great interest in it.

“Of course I do! He’s the most popular young Broadway performer! And, I must say I’m a big fan of

yours Taeyeon-shi!” the girl exclaimed with aegyo which irritates the three other girls.

“Ahem… uh… Gyuri, I’m pretty sure Taeyeon’s hand is getting numb now…” Tiffany finally talked as she

pulled Taeyeon’s hand from her colleague’s grasp, much to Sunny and Jessica’s amusement. Taeyeon

mouthed ‘thank you’ to her and she returns it with a smile.

“Thank you for the lunch Taeyeon! I really had a great time with you.” Gyuri says as she bids goodbye to

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Somehow, Tiffany ended up eating lunch with them as Gyuri asked if they can join them. Though Tiffany

reminds her that they’re with their other colleagues, the latter just shrugged and took a sit on the empty

chair beside Taeyeon. Tiffany, who was left standing, had no choice but to get her own chair to sit on.

However, before she could do it, Taeyeon promptly offers his sit to her. Tiffany gladly accepted it and

gave him her beautiful eyesmile as a ‘thank you’ whilst Taeyeon grabbed another chair for himself and

sat on the head of the table near Tiffany.

“No problem Gyuri. It was great having lunch with you and Tiffany.” Taeyeon said as Sunny and Jessica

just rolled their eyes.

The two girls were apparently not pleased by Tiffany’s colleague as the latter keeps on flirting with

Taeyeon as they eat their lunch. As for Taeyeon, he didn’t mind it at all and didn’t think of it as flirting

but just a friendly gesture. And despite how hard Tiffany tries to ignore the interaction between her

colleague and her housemate, she can’t help but to give some sarcastic remarks at Gyuri’s statements,

making a few snickerings from Jessica and Sunny.

After a few more hours of wandering and playing around the mall, the trio finally decided to go home

since it’s also getting late. Taeyeon and Jessica dropped Sunny first to her and Sooyoung’s apartment.

Jessica then insisted to drive so she can drop Taeyeon off to his apartment but the guy sternly declines.

Soon after having a few bickerings, they have reached Jessica’s apartment and Yuri warmly welcomes

the two.

“Taeng, you can use my car first while you’re waiting for your car to arrive.” Yuri suggested as they

walked Taeyeon to the door.

“It’s okay, Yul. Besides, my car’s gonna arrive in two days and I don’t mind riding a bus or subway either.”

“Fine. Oh, don’t forget I’ll pick you up tomorrow at 11. We’ll go to our studio and introduce you to our

team as well.” Yuri reminded his friend.

Though Yuri and Sooyoung are both full-time lecturers in CAU, the two also owned a dance studio which

is well-known as it also serves as an entertainment agency’s training school. The two requested Taeyeon

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“Yes sir!” Taeyeon playfully salutes at the taller boy making his two friends chuckle at his dorkiness,

before making his way out of his friends’ apartment.

Tiffany is driving her way home when she noticed a familiar figure sitting on a bus stop. She abruptly

stops the car passed the bus stop as she realized it was Taeyeon who’s comfortably talking with some

girls beside him. She drives backwards and stops in front of the bus stop’s shelter as she rolls down the

car window, catching the attention of the waiting passengers in line.

“Get in.” she said as she looks at Taeyeon, ignoring the glares of the girls who were hitting on the cute

guy.

“Tiffany~~” Taeyeon beamed seeing her housemate as he stood up from the bench. He made his way

towards Tiffany’s car but before he finally gets in, he waved goodbye to the girls making them smile

from ear to ear.

‘Such a player…’

Tiffany hastily steps on the gas pedal as soon as Taeyeon closes the car door causing him to flinch as he

puts his seatbelt on.

“Sorry.” Tiffany mumbles.

The ride towards their apartment is filled with silence until Tiffany decided to talk to Taeyeon.

“Can I ask you something?”

“Sure.”

“What is it like being a player?”


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Taeyeon stared at Tiffany confusedly. Though Tiffany is focused on the road, he could tell that the girl is

really curious about something but hesitant if she should continue or what not.

“A player? I don’t know…” he answered candidly as he continued staring at his housemate while the

latter smirked at his answer.

“Come on, tell me.” Tiffany looked at him for a second and focused back on driving.

“I really don’t know. I wouldn’t know since I’m not one…” he trails off but Tiffany still heard him.

They have reached their apartment building and Tiffany carefully parked her car. She then stared at

Taeyeon who’s smoothly unbuckling his seatbelt.

“Yeah right, you’re not.” She says as she rolls her eyes and gets out of the car.

“I am not.” Taeyeon defended as he closed the car door and stared at Tiffany in disbelief.

Taeyeon feels a bit offended by Tiffany’s remark about him being a player. Never once he had been a

player. Besides, he only had one girlfriend in the past and never had crossed his mind to hit on othergirls as he loves his girlfriend so much. In fact, he never had dated anyone else even after his girlfriend

past away.

“Can we just be open with each other?” Tiffany asked frankly and glanced at him as they walked

towards the elevator.

Taeyeon sighs as he looks at Tiffany, trying to read the girl’s mind. He stayed silent for a few momentswhile Tiffany patiently waits for his answer.

“Okay. Mind telling me what a player is?” he probed the girl as he guided her inside the elevator.


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Tiffany was taken aback by his respond but still managed to confidently answer the guy.

“Well… they’re like you. They act like you. A smooth-talking charmer who’s always busy charming and

impressing girls. And… instead of focusing his attention on just one person, he tries to win the affections

of more than one person, basically just playing with girls’ feelings.” Taeyeon smiled at how the girl

answered his query with passion.

“I see… like the old Yul back in Senior high?”

“Yes” they both chuckled as they randomly involved Yuri in their conversation.

“Hmm… I know I talk comfortably with girls but I don’t have any intention to impress them. I’m just

trying to be polite and friendly… Also, I only had one girlfriend. I didn’t even date anybody else after….

she past away…” Taeyeon explained but soflty mumbles the last three words. However, Tiffany still

managed to clearly hear it as they’re the only ones in the elevator and they’re just standing near each

other.

They both fell silent as the elevator door opens, reaching their apartment. Taeyeon allowed Tiffany to

walk in first as he followed behind. Tiffany felt guilty of accusing her housemate of being a player. She

mentally scolded herself as she also didn’t know what’s gotten into her. For some unknown reason, she

feels uneasy everytime she sees Taeyeon casually talking with other girls.

“Taeyeon….” Tiffany softly called Taeyeon as they both made their ways to their respective bedrooms.

“Hmm?” Taeyeon stared at the girl as they stopped in front of his room.

“I’m sorry…” she stared at Taeyeon’s eyes as she bit her lower lip, thinking of her next words.

“For what?” he stared back at her with a smile on his face. He knows what Tiffany means but still

enquired her for he finds the girl adorable as Tiffany gives her puppy eyes and a cute pout.

‘Aigoo~ so cute!’

“For… judging you… I…” Tiffany paused for a brief moment as she tries to argue with her thoughts.


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‘…was jealous? Scratch that! I am NOT jealous. Why would I be jealous?! Don’t confuse yourself Tiffany!’

“… I mean, I shouldn’t have said that. And, I’m sorry… about your girlfriend… I didn’t know it… sorry…”

she hangs her head low in embarrassment. She bit her lower lip harder and shuts her eyes, expecting

harsh words from the guy she has judged.

After a few moments, she hears soft giggles instead. She opens her eyes and tilts her head up to look at

Taeyeon, who’s totally amused by the girl in front of him. Tiffany frowns as she can’t understand why

Taeyeon is giggling at her.

“Fany-ah… you’re so cute!~” Taeyeon beams at her as he gently pats Tiffany’s head.

Hearing the unexpected compliment and gesture from her housemate, Tiffany blushed and ducks her

head to hide her face. She even blushed harder as she realized Taeyeon had just called her with a new

nickname.

“It’s okay… I guess I was just being too friendly?” he chuckled. He stopped patting Tiffany’s head andstared at the latter, whose head is still hanging low. He warmly smiled at the girl and gently held her

hand. Tiffany was surprised at the sudden skinship, but feels warm and strangely feels at ease in

Taeyeon’s grasp.

“Will you look at me, please?” he softly asked. Tiffany hesitantly tilts her head up and stared at the guy’s

warm onyx eyes.

“Do you mind me calling you Fany?” Taeyeon carefully asks as he doesn’t want to be rude by blurting

out a new nickname for the girl earlier.

“N-no… it’s… f -fine.” Tiffany stuttered. If Taeyeon’s gaze can melt, she would have probably been melted

by now.

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“It’s been two years… she got in a car accident while on her way to my audition. I was mad at her during

that time coz she didn’t show up… I was really hoping that she’ll come… she promised me… but I didn’t

see her even after the audition is done. You know why I was so mad at her?” Taeyeon paused as they

stopped in front of Tiffany’s room. They faced each other and Taeyeon continued opening up to the girl.

“I was going to propose to her that day…” he smiled bitterly at Tiffany.

Tiffany, who was intently listening to the guy’s confession, was utterly dazed. She felt sorry for the guy

and wants to console him but a part of her felt hurt seeing the dorky guy breaking down.

“Tae…” she softly speaks as she hugged Taeyeon, surprising the guy a little.

Taeyeon naturally returned the hug and comfortably rested his chin on the girl’s shoulder. He closed his

eyes as he was enthralled with the girl’s warmth. But it seems like it was too much for him as memories

and feelings two years ago flashed back.

“It’s because of me… it’s my fault… if I didn’t ask her to attend my audition that day… she would still behere…“ His voice cracked and tightens his hug on Tiffany’s waist, pulling the girl’s body even closer to

him.

“Shhh… it’s not your fault…” Tiffany soothed. She also tightens her hug on Taeyeon and hopes the guy

would feel better.

Though Taeyeon tries hard to suppress his emotions, Tiffany’s embrace and warmth makes him feel toocomfortable as his tears began to fall. Tiffany caressed the back of Taeyeon’s head as she felt the guy

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They stayed in that position for a couple minutes, both wrapped with their own thoughts. After a few

moments, Tiffany pulled away a little when she felt that Taeyeon is already calm. Taeyeon slowly lifts his

head from the girl’s shoulder and gives her an apologetic smile.

Tiffany warmly smiled at him and began to gently wipe the traces of tears from his onyx eyes. Taeyeon

affectionately stared at the girl who seems to be so absorbed in wiping his tears. For the first time in two

years, he felt better and lighter after his sudden break down.

“Don’t blame yourself Tae… it’s not your fault. I’m pretty sure that even if you didn’t ask her to be there,

she will still attend your audition… because she loves you.” Tiffany gazed back at Taeyeon,

subconsciously caressing the latter’s cheek.

“You’re a great guy Tae…” she continued and smiled affectionately at the guy, whose face is just a few

centimeters away from her since they’re still on the hugging position.

Taeyeon greatly feels warm with the girl’s affection. He felt so grateful to the girl who listened and

comforted him.

“Thank you Fany-ah… you really made me feel better.” he sincerely smiled at Tiffany and promptlyreceived a beautiful eyesmile from the girl.

‘You are really something Fany -ah…’

“I’ll make you a special dinner since you make me feel better, how is it?” Taeyeon beamed dorkily like

nothing happened.

“Fair enough.” Tiffany chuckled and feels relieved that the guy’s already back to his cheerful self.

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Suddenly, Taeyeon kissed her forehead making her froze on her spot.

“Thank you again Fany-ah~” he said as he completely pulled away f rom their hug and headed to his

bedroom, leaving a dumbfounded Tiffany in front of her room.


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“Tiffany!~”

“Yah! Nicole Jung, keep your voice down!”

“Ooops! Sorry!”

Nicole, Tiffany’s assistant, sheepishly grinned at her boss as she bowed to apologize to the other people

in the room. Tiffany just chuckled at her dorky assistant as she continued checking the portfolio that

she’s been working on for the past few days.

It has been a very busy week for Tiffany, especially since the editor-in-chief’s senior assistant has been

giving her nothing but discouragements and has been prying into her personal life.

Tiffany, being the newest addition to the team, actually has a good relationship with her colleagues but

for one particular person – Park Gyuri, the editor-in-chief’s senior assistant. At first, Gyuri was so fond of

Tiffany as she appreciates the girl’s creativity and of course, Tiffany’s fashion sense and her

acquaintance with Taeyeon.

However, the girl drastically changed her attitude towards Tiffany.

“There’s a veeery cute good-looking guy looking for you Tiff!!!~~” Nicole squealed getting all the

attention of the people inside the office, again.

“Huh?” Tiffany asked her seemingly mesmerized friend. She closed the portfolio as she stood up from

her sit and walked towards the door to see who her visitor is.

‘Must be Yul….’


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“Fany Fany Tiffany!~~” Taeyeon beamed as he skipped in front of Tiffany out of nowhere, startling the

girl.

“Y-yah! Are you trying to kill me?!” Tiffany clutches her chest to calm herself down as she smacks

Taeyeon’s arm.

“Nooo! I’m trying to surprise you! And… I guess it works?” he chuckled earning a glare from Tiffany.

After that night when Taeyeon opens up to Tiffany, they became closer to each other. The two begin to

spend increasingly more time together as their friendship grows like a flower each day.

“You!” Tiffany growled as she leans forward to Taeyeon, squinting her eyes at the latter.

Taeyeon gulped and attempted to step backwards but failed as Tiffany harshly pulled his ear making the

guy yelp in pain.

“Ow ow ow ow!~~ S-s-sorry~~” he stammered as he tried to break free from Tiffany’s grasp, earning few

snickerings from Tiffany’s colleagues who are amused by the interaction of the two.

“What?” she jeered and pulled Taeyeon’s ear harder.

“I said I’m sorry~~ Fany-ah~~ it hurts~~” Taeyeon whined, receiving some squeals from the girls in the

office but he couldn’t care less.

“Serves you right.” Tiffany muttered and finally released the poor guy’s ear, making Taeyeon pout as he

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The two, who seems to be oblivious of their surroundings, were startled when Gyuri suddenly spoke

from behind Tiffany.

“Hi Taeyeon! What are you doing here?” Gyuri happily greets Taeyeon and stands beside her Art

Director.

Hearing a familiar voice, Taeyeon stops pouting as he tilts his head up and sees Gyuri standing beside

Tiffany, smiling at him. While Tiffany rolls her eyes and scowls at the presence of her ‘friend’ .

“Oh! Hi there Gyuri! Well… I’m here to take Tiffany out for lunch!” Taeyeon smiled at her. Gyuri’s face

fell upon hearing what the guy had said and Tiffany silently smirked at the other girl. Although she’s

surprised with Taeyeon’s reason of his sudden appearance in her office, she felt as if she had won a

point over her.

Not that Tiffany wants a competition but the girl is really getting on her nerves day by day. Besides, it’s

not a taboo game for Tiffany to know that Gyuri likes Taeyeon, and her closeness to the guy is actually

the reason why Gyuri has changed towards her.

“I’m sorry Taeyeon, but I think Tiffany can’t go with you since she has lots of work to finish today. If youwant, I can go with you instead. Besides, it’s been a while since we had lunch together. Right, Tiff?”

Gyuri slyly smiled at Tiffany, making the latter to just roll her eyes.

“Fany-ah~ is that true?” Taeyeon pouts and stared at Tiffany. He feels a bit disappointed since it’s been

a while since he had lunch with his friend and really wanted to take the girl out for a breather for he

knows how busy and stressed out Tiffany is the past week.

“It’s true… but work can wait!” Tiffany beams her eyesmile and Taeyeon’s mood instantly brightens up.

“Jinjja?!” he happily exclaimed and Tiffany nods at him, making Gyuri huffed in annoyance.


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“I’ll just get my purse f ---“

“Here!~” Nicole cuts her off as she shoves Tiffany’s purse in her boss’ face.

“Thanks Nic!” Tiffany chuckled at her bubbly assistant and was returned by a satisfied smile by the latter.

“Let’s go!~” Taeyeon beams with aegyo as he grabs Tiffany’s hand. The girl just laughs at the dork, who’s

pulling her excitedly out of the room, and playfully hits his arm to let her go.

“W-wait!” Taeyeon and Tiffany stopped in their tracks and turned around. They see Gyuri following

behind as Tiffany silently scowls when she sees a smirk on her colleague’s face.

“What?” Tiffany coldy asked.

“I’ll go with you!~” Gyuri cheerfully exclaims and links arms with Taeyeon, totally ignoring Tiffany’s

deathly glare at her.

“S-sure. Let’s go then.” Taeyeon smiled at her and headed towards the elevator, with Tiffany on his left,

and Gyuri clinging on his right arm.

“Fany-ah~”

“Fany?”

“Yah! Tiffany!~~”


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“WHAT?! ” Tiffany stopped walking and glared at Taeyeon and the guy flinched at the sudden coldness

of his housemate.

They’re on their way back to Tiffany’s office. She has been ignoring Taeyeon since they were left alone in

the restaurant. Gyuri had to leave earlier as she received an urgent call from her boss, much to her

frustration.

“Whoa~ what’s wrong?” Taeyeon asked as he stared at Tiffany. The girl groaned and looked away,

crossing her arms over her chest.

During their lunch, Tifany gets visibly upset at how close Gyuri is to Taeyeon. Adding up to her

disappointment, Taeyeon seems to be happy with Gyuri’s company. Strange as it is, she felt like a third

wheel though she’s the one who was invited for lunch.

“Fany-ah~ Did I do something wrong?” Taeyeon reached up to her and pulls both Tiffany’s hands down

as he held them both.

Tiffany sighs and looks down at their hands. Taeyeon squeezed her hands and she felt secured and

relaxed in a second.

‘Why am I feeling like this?’

“Tae… I’m sorry… I’m just… tired…” Tiffany stared back at Taeyeon and gave him a weak smile.

“Aigoo~ you make me worried, you know that?” he chuckled, releasing his grasp on Tiffany’s hands and

ruffles the girl’s hair.

“Yah!” Tiffany smacked his hand away and started to fix her hair.


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“I thought you’re mad at me…” Taeyeon grabs Tiffany’s hands again as he pouts and absentmindedly

stares on their hands.

Tiffany bites her lower lip hard to prevent her from squealing like a high school girl in front of the guy

who’s oblivious on how cute he is with his act right now.

“You’re sooo cute Taetae!~~” Tiffany can’t help it. She gives Taeyeon her beautiful eyesmile and

accidentally blurts out a new nickname for the guy.

“Taetae?” Taeyeon looks at her, tilting his head on the side as he raise an eyebrow at the smiling girl.

Tiffany happily nodded and pulled her hands away from Taeyeon’s grasp. She grinned as Taeyeon

confusedly stared at her.

“I’ll call you Taetae from now on~~” she beamed another eyesmile as she cupped the confused guy’s

face with both her hands.

Taeyeon opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted when someone cleared her throat.

They both snapped their heads to where the voice came from, still with Tiffany’s hands on Taeyeon’s

cheeks.

“Err… sorry to interrupt your moment Tiff, but Mr. Park wants to see you in his office.” Nicole sheepishly

smiled at the two and gestured to the editor-in-chief’s office.

“Oh… okay, I’ll be there in a moment. Thanks Nic!” Tiffany nodded. Nicole warmly smiled at what she

thought is a couple in front of her before leaving the two alone in the hallway.

“Well… I gotta go Taetae… thanks for the lunch!” Tiffany pulls Taeyeon’s face and kisses him on the

cheek before walking towards the editor-in-chief’s office.


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Taeyeon was stunned for a f ew moments. He blinked several times as he stared at Tiffany’s back who’s

already a few feet away from him. Grasping what had just happened a moment ago, he blushed and

traced where Tiffany had kissed him. A smile slowly forms on his face, and blankly stares at the door

where Tiffany has entered.

He snapped back to his senses when his phone vibrated, indicating a new message. He dorkily grinned as

he read the text message:

From: Fany~ ^^

Btw, I’m not mad at you Taetae… just a little upset? You seem to have more fun with Gyuri’s company

than me… *pouts*

He walked towards the elevator as he texted Tiffany back. He sighed in contentment as he put his phone

back to his pocket and happily entered the elevator, completely not noticing Gyuri’s presence from a

distance who had seen everything as tears threatening to fall down on her face.

Meanwhile, Tiffany stares at her phone with an eyesmile plastered on her face.

From: Taetae •❤•

I’m sorry Fany-ah~ I didn’t mean it… I’m just being civil with her. You know I’m always happy when I’m

with you~~ I’ll make it up to you, okay? I’m all yours tomorrow! ^_~

“Someone’s having a date with her boyfriend tomorrow~~” Nicole poked Tiffany on her cheek as she

read the message on Tiffany’s phone over the girl’s shoulder.


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“Ye--- wait, WHAT?! N-no! He’s not my boyfriend !” Tiffany defended as she quickly locked her phone

and focused her attention to the new portfolio that was given to her by the editor-in-chief a few

moments ago.

Nicole was amused by her friend’s reaction and smirked when she thought of something. Tiffany raised

an eyebrow at her when the latter leans closer to her.

“So… since you say that he’s not your boyfriend… then… is it okay if I hit on him? He’s pretty hot and I

guess he’s a good kisser…” Nicole wiggles her eyebrows as she teases Tiffany.

“WHAT?!” Tiffany shrieked, earning the attention of her colleagues as Nicole broke into laughter.

Tiffany awkwardly smiled at her associates and bowed her head repeatedly to apologize.

“Geez! I was just kidding Tiff! I won’t snatch him from you… though he’s really cute, unexpectedly hot

and---“ Nicole managed to speak as she calmed down but was cut off by her boss.

“Yah! Go back to work, Ms. Jung!” Tiffany pushed her assistant’s chair with Nicole on it, making the

latter to laugh more.

“In denial huh…” Nicole mumbles as she continued giggling while glancing at Tiffany who now has a pink

tinge in the face from blushing.

“How was your date with Tiff?” Yuri asked the new part-time lecturer who had just entered the faculty

room with a smile plastered on his face.

Taeyeon went back to CAU after having lunch with Tiffany and Gyuri. Since he’s just a part-time lecturer,

his schedule is not as packed as Yuri and Sooyoung’s, not that his two friends has full schedule but h e

has lesser units than the two. In fact, he’s only teaching one subject in two classes while Yuri and

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“Date? You mean lunch? It was good! But… she’s kinda upset?” Taeyeon leans his lower back on Yuri’s

desk and picks up a random book.

“Lunch? Date? Lunch date. Same thing. And… why is she upset?” Yuri snatched back the book from his

friend’s grasp and continued typing something on his computer.

“Hmmm… she said I seem to have more fun with Gyuri than her.” he chuckled as he remembered

Tiffany’s text earlier.

“Gyuri?” Yuri glanced at Taeyeon. He saved the file that he’s working on before shutting down his

computer, preparing to leave the room in a few minutes.

“Yeah! Her officemate… she tagged along and I couldn’t say no so…. well, she’s pretty cute.” Taeyeon

shrugged as he grabbed the same book and randomly flipped its pages.

“So… you like her?” Yuri cocks an eyebrow at his friend, who’s busying himself in reading the random

book.

“Who?”

“Gyuri.”

“Nope! She’s pretty but I don’t like her like that .”

“O…kay. Then, how about Tiff?”

“What about her?” Taeyeon tilts his head to look at Yuri and placed the book back to its place on the

desk.

Yuri stood up from his seat and placed his arm around Taeyeon’s shoulders as they both walked out of

the faculty room.

“You like her, don’t you?” he asked as they walked through the college building’s hallway, both smiling

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“Who like who?” Sooyoung popped out of nowhere as he seperated the two and placed both his arms

on each of his buddies’ shoulders.

“I’m asking Tae---“ Yuri starts to answer his friend but was cut off by a loud yet sweet voice.

“Seobang!~~~” Jessica waves her hand as she smiles at her boyfriend. The three boys grinned at her and

made their way to Jessica, earning a few sad sighs from the students around them.

“Hi hon! Sorry to keep you waiting.” Yuri hugged his girlfriend and gave a peck on her lips.

“Nahh… it’s fine. Hi Soo! Hey Taengoo!” she greeted the two other boys, who were playfully covering

their eyes but peaking through their fingers as they watch the couple exchange their hugs and kisses.

“Yah! For heaven’s sake, this is a University! No making out please!” Sooyoung dramatically exclaimed

as both Taeyeon and him held their hands down.

“Pabo! Since when did a small peck and hug become a make-out ?” Jessica flicked Sooyoung’s forehead,

making the shikshin cringe as the two other boys laugh at him.

“So Taeng… how was your date with Tiff?” Jessica turned his attention to the shorter guy.

“Whoa~ you are really a couple… you both asked the same question and again, it’s not a date. We just

had lunch, with Gyuri actually, and it was good. Just made her a little upset because she felt like a third

wheel earlier but we’re good.” Taeyeon briefly answered his friend as they all began to walk towards

their favorite café inside the campus.

“Whoa whoa whoa…. Wait up. You and Tiff are dating?! Since when? That’s good news but atleast you

should have told me--- owww!“ Sooyoung babbled and acted like a father who had just learned that his

only son got married without him knowing, but was cut off by another flick on his forehead, coming

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“Yah! How many times should I have to repeat myself?! It’s not a date. We are not dating.” Taeyeon

huffed as he crossed his arms and plopped himself to the chair.

They are now inside their favorite café in the campus, more so Jessica’s favorite. Though Jessica is not a

lecturer or has any other forms of business in the University, she often visits Yuri – of course Sooyoung

as well since he’s also teaching in the same school and now plus Taeyeon.

“But you like her.” Sooyoung stated as he cocks his head to the side.

“No?” Taeyeon retorted. However, the word came out of his mouth as a question, causing his friends to

smirk at him.

“Yes you do!” Yuri grinned as he comfortably leaned his back on the chair. They are now all seated in the

round table, gaining attention from the other people inside the café.

“Nope! We’re just friends. And housemates in case you forgot…”

“Oh come on, Taengoo~” Jessica joined the two boys as she leaned forward and grinned at Taeyeon.

“You like Tiffany.” Sooyoung voiced out again and he cunningly glanced at Yuri, then to Jessica, and

innocently stared at Taeyeon.

“No.”

“Yes.”


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“No~~”

“Yes~~”

“Nope~~~”

“I see… you don’t like her.” Yuri calmy said but with a sly smile on his face.

“Yes! Oh God, thanks Yul!” Taeyeon, who failed to notice the sly smile on his friend’s face, dramatically

thanked him for understanding.

“Okay! Okay… fine! We get it. Geez. You like Tiff.” Jessica leaned back to her chair, suppressing her

laughter while Yuri and Sooyoung grinned at her.

“Yes! Yes! Ye--- wait! What?! Y-yah! Jessica~~ Stop playing mind games with me!~~” Taeyeon whined.

His habit of pouting as he whined wasn’t missed by the students, mostly girls, inside the café as soft

giggles and delighted squeals can be heard around them.

Jessica, Yuri, and Sooyoung erupted in laughters, each of them earning a deathly glare from the

flustered guy.

“Taetae~ someone’s calling you!” Tiffany yelled from the media room.

Taeyeon’s phone has been ringing the moment the guy went to the kitchen to get them some snacks as

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Tiffany sighs as the phone stops ringing. However, before she could do any other movement, Taeyeon’s

phone rings again. Knowing that Taeyeon will take few more minutes preparing their snacks, and also

being lazy to get up from the cozy couch she’s sitting on, Tiffany decides to just answer the phone.

“Hyobaby?” Tiffany raised an eyebrow as she read the name that’s flashing on the screen of Taeyeon’s

phone.

But before she could press the answer button, the call already ended. She was about to put the phone

back to the couch but it buzzed and a new message appears on the screen. Without thinking twice, she

unlocks the screen and had a glimpse of the new text message.

From: Hyobaby ♥

Taengoo baby~~ I miss you!!! I have great news for you!

Call me back as soon as you read this! I love you my b…

The message was cut off.

Taeyeon is using a messaging app wherein if a new message is received, a preview of the message will

pop up on the home screen. Tiffany wants to read the whole message as curiousity is killing her. She

wants to press ‘ open’ but she knows she has no right in opening Taeyeon’s message.

She stared on Taeyeon’s phone, more so glaring on the name of the sender, feeling upset for the second

time in the day. It was the same feeling as what she felt earlier when Taeyeon was so close with Gyuri.

‘Why am I feeling like this?’

She asked the same question to herself. Though she knows what might be the answer, she still tries to

shrug it off as she thought she’s just being too fond of her housemate.

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