"Taetae,, what are you doing standing there?? Your father is sick!! Omo Mr. Kim, hang in there." Tiffany sat on the floor, Mr. Kim's head on Tiffany's thigh. He still has hand on his chest while his other hand grasped Tiffany's hand.
"Tif..tiffany-shii, come closer." Tiffany saw Mr.Kim has difficulty in breathing. She leaned closer to Mr.Kim.
"Shooshh,, relax, I'm sure Taeyeon's calling the ambulance now." Tiffany aqueezed Mr.Kim's hand. Earlier, Tiffany has sent Taeyeon to go out and call the ambulance. Tiffany's eyebrows furrowed when she saw Taeyeon just shrugged her shoulders and went out. Being used to be an orphan made Tiffany was very sensitive when it came to parents no mather whose parents they were. She wanted to cry seeing Mr.Kim struggling to fight his pain.
"Tiff..Tiffany.. I.. I got you!!" Mr.Kim suddenly got off and laughed his heart off.
"Wh..what??!" Tiffany still on the floor. She felt confused with the current situation. Not long after that Taeyeon came back and smiled seeing her childish father held his stomach and laughed contently. From afar, Tiffany could see Mrs. Kim shook her head witnessing the scene.
"I got you, Tiffany!! Hahahaha.. I got heart attack seeing your beautiful face." Mr.Kim approached Tiffany to take one of her hand and kiss it. He grinned widely, showing some wrinkles on the corner of his eyes.
"Awww!!! Yaaah,, darling why did you do that??" Mr.Kim rubbed his head where Mrs. Kim smacked him.
"For being naughty, cheesy, and scaring our guest away just now! Now be good, apologize, and introduce yourself properly!" Hyoyeon pushed Mr.Kim back forward. Taeyeon walked back to stand beside Tiffany and wrapped her hand around Tiffany's waist.
"Ara ara.. Good to see you, Tiffany. My name is Junsu and I'm Taeyeon's father slash this grandma's husband." Junsu reached out his hand and bowed politely toward Tiffany.
"Ouch!! What now???" Junsu turned his head to see his wife. She just hit the back of Junsu's head before.
"What did you just call me, huh?? Grandma??? Say that again if you dare!!" With each statement, Hyoyeon hit Junsu's head. Taeyeon chuckled seeing their parents unique interactions while Tiffany still dumbfounded with the things happened before her eyes.
"Aaah!! Yah yah yah.. Stop it. Taeyeon-ah, help me from your mother!! She's being mad! Aigooo how could I forget to buy her medicines." Junsu ran and hide behind Taeyeon's back with Hyoyeon chasing behind him.
"Yaah!! Are you saying I'm crazy and my medicines are out of stock?!! You really want to dead early don't you?!!" Hyoyeon stopped in front of Taeyeon and waited for her husband to step out from Taeyeon's back.
"Dad, Mom stop it!!" Taeyeon stood between her parents to separate them.
"Daddy, don't you realize that you're much older than a grown up man?? It's embarassing.. Moreover to do that in front of my future wife. And mom, how come you still can't educate daddy after all this years??" Taeyeon lectured her parents.
"Ooops,, on behalf of my stupid husband, I want to apologize, Tiffany-shii." Hyoyeon back to her sense and smiled sweetly at Tiffany.
"Aah, that's fine, Mrs. Kim." Tiffany smiled back.
"Sorry for interrupting but dinner is already served in the dining room." Suddenly Gyuri came in and announced that.
"Well, we can continue our chat while having dinner. Shall we??" Junsu wrapped his hand around Hyoyeon's waist and walked out followed by Taeyeon and Tiffany.
They currently having dinner. Junsu and his wife were on the right side while Taeyeon and Tiffany were in front of them. On the long table we could see there were various kinds of foods, from western food, asians, arabians, and japanese.
"So, Taeyeon-ah care to share how did you end up being with Tiffany and left Jessica??" Junsu used his fork and knife to cut the steak on his plate.
"I don't know either, Dad. One night I met her and bang I fall in love with her. As simple as that I think, right baby??" Taeyeon turned her head to Tiffany and smiled. Tiffany just nodded her head and continue eating.
"Really? Where did you meet her??" Hyoyeon wiped her mouth with a napkin and gulp the water on her tall glass.
"Hmm?? I met her in a bar." Taeyeon answered calmly when in fact no one knew that she was deadly nervous, afraid of the possible further questions. She knew her parents, especially her mother is an inteligent and smart person so there's no way to avoid the questions in case she asked.
"You went to the bar?? Wow that's surprising! I mean you seldom go there if not with Jessica, right?" Junsu asked Taeyeon or more like stated it to her. He knew his daughter was a very good girl and never once broke the rules. As much as he disliked Taeyeon being in the bar, if it's with Jessica, he wouldn't mind because he knew he could trust Jessica.
"Yes, dad. An important client of mine wanted me to meet him there." Taeyeon lied for the second time toward her parents. The first time would be when she said she loved Tiffany.
"Ooh I see. Then may I ask why you broke up with Jessica, dear??" Junsu put down his knife to grab a glass of mineral water beside his plate.
"We're just not meant to be together, Dad." Taeyeon couldn't tell him the truth but then again being an honest daughter all her life made her incapable in lying, especially to her parents.
"And why do you think so? Tell me, do you still love Jessica or not?" Junsu felt kind of suspicious toward his only child. It's the first time Taeyeon didn't actually answer his question to the point.
"I'm not. I love Tiffany, Dad." Taeyeon turned her head and kissed Tiffany's cheek. She told herself that she had to pretend well so that her parents wouldn't doubt her. Luckily Tiffany obediently followed every act of Taeyeon and didn't comment much about it.
"Sighed. If that's your final choice then me and your mother couldn't do nothing but supporting your decision." Junsu diverted his gaze to his wife for a moment and gave his daughter smile. As much as Junsu felt hesitate toward his daughter statement but oddly he could see some affection between Tiffany and Taeyeon.
"Thank you Dad, Mom. You're the best parents in the world!!" Taeyeon got up from her seat to kiss her parents cheeks before going back to her own seat.
"Baby, they support us yeayy!!" Taeyeon looked at Tiffany and kissed her lips. Tiffany felt blush creeped all over her body. It's the first time Taeyeon initiated a real kiss toward her.
"Anyway, Tiffany-shii how about your parents? Have they already knew about you and Taeyeon?" Hyoyeon beamed a smile to Tiffany.
"Errr.. They..They-"
"They have gone, Mom." Taeyeon decided to answer the question.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Forgive me, Tiffany-shii I didn't know." Hyoyeon put one of her hands on her chest to show her condolence.
"That's fine, Mrs.Kim." Tiffany felt so relief Taeyeon cut her in the middle and asnwered it instead.
"Tiffany-shii, what do you do for life?" Finally the question Taeyeon most afraid of came out from her mother's mouth. This would be the moment of truth, the moment between dead or alive, the moment where her parents would decide to continue the wedding or cancel it.
"She used to be a slut, mom" Taeyeon took a deep breath and shut her eyes tightly. She's so afraid to hear the comments of her parents. She inhaled and exhaled slowly, she focused her eyes on the table, she hung her head low. Tiffany too didn't dare to look above. Maybe she was used to be insulted and called hooker etc but right now the situation is different. Of course it would be different when the person if front of you were one of the most important person in korea plus they would be your future parents in law but of course if they agree.
"WHAT?!!" Both of Taeyeon's parents said in unison. Their eyes were almost fell off from its socket. Junsu who was drinking, splurted out the water from his mouth while Hyoyeon who was trying to swallow the food immediately coughed repeatedly.
"*cough* you are kidding right, honey? *cough*" Hyoyeon tried to talk despite she still felt her throat kind of hurt. She then took a glass of water and gulped it.
"I'm afraid not, Mom." Taeyeon still had her eyes on the table. She slightly turned her head to Tiffany and saw her crying. Even it's not clear enough but she still could see the trickle of tears on Tiffany's cheek. She moved her hand to grab Tiffany's hand and squeeze it softly, trying to assure Tiffany that everything's gonna be alright. Tiffany felt thankful for Taeyeon's action and she held Taeyeon's hand tightly.
"Darling, I think I could really get my first heart attack now." Junsu added. He looked at her daughter and Tiffany and sighed heavily. He thought where did he do wrong in educating Taeyeon until she chose this kind of person to be her wife. It's already difficult to accept that Taeyeon has a liking toward woman instead of man, but now?? It's much worse than that of course.
"Then why, Taeyeon? Why did you choose her?! There are plenty of women who are more than willing to be your wife or girlfriend!!" Hyoyeon burt out in anger. The look in her eyes flared with hatred and wrath.
"Shoosh,, darling calm down." Junsu tried to control his wife by rubbing her back softly. He too felt dissapointed to his daughter but at least he needed to hear Taeyeon's reasons first before judging her further.
"Calm down?! How can I calm down, Junsu?!!" Hyoyeon shoved Junsu's hand from her back and she got off from her seat. The sudden action made the chair fell off and made a loud thump.
"You!! You will not marry my daughter! Never!!" Hyoyeon snapped. Taeyeon could see clearly the stream of tears came from Tiffany's eyes. She felt poor for the girl, it's not fair seeing her being insulted by her mother like this. It's obviously not her fault when Taeyeon was the one who begged her to be her wife.
"But Mom, you don't have to be mad at her." Taeyeon tried to defend Tiffany. Taeyeon too stood up and took Tiffany in her embrace.
"Kim Taeyeon don't you dare to stand against me. Besides even if you slept with her, it's not that she could get pregnant from it." Hyoyeon pointed at Taeyeon, ordering her to sit back on her seat but Taeyeon was stubborn and ignored it.
"Kim Hyoyeon that was too much!!" Junsu too stood up and furrowed his eyebrows.
"What?? You too want to defend the slut??" Hyoyeon couldn't believe her eyes. Her family chose to go against her in order to defend Tiffany.
"Junsu call off the wedding! I don't care if we will be hummiliated later, just.. Just make Taeyeon stay away from her." Hyoyeon said the last words weakly. She sighed heavily and palmed her face. She didn't know what to do anymore. Usually she would be very strict and fast in making decision but now she got hesitated and confused.
"Shooshh,, everything is gonna be okay." Taeyeon whispered into Tiffany ears. She made Tiffany's head buried in her crook. She didn't want Tiffany to see her parents bickering. Taeyeon got shocked seeing her mother, she never witnessed Hyoyeon got mad like now but she knew all of this was her fault. If only she didn't lie to her mother, if only she told her mother the truth about Jessica, if only she didn't ask Tiffany to marry her. Taeyeon felt very regret because she knew Tiffany couldn't be blamed. She did nothing wrong in this.
"I'm so sorry, Tiffany. Just trust me okay? I'll never leave you alone in this." Taeyeon continued her soothing words to make the brunette calm down. Tiffany just nodded and continue her crying. Taeyeon could feel her clothes damped due to Tiffany's tears.
"We'll never call off the wedding!! The wedding will still be held no matter what. We already announced that our daughter will get married, Hyo. Do you want us to be hummiliated by the media and our competitors forever??!" Junsu debated her wife. It wasn't the first time Taeyeon saw her parents having an argument but it was indeed the very first time they got big fight like this. Taeyeon couldn't help but crying for she is the one who made this happened.
"Then, change the bride! I don't care if we have to ask Taeyeon to marry one of our relations daughter or son." Hyoyeon's rebutal did make sense for The Kims only announced about Taeyeon's wedding but they didn't tell the media who's the bride would be. They said they wanted to make a surprise later, so people just had to wait until the wedding date if they wanted to know who's the bride.
"NO!! I don't want to marry anyone else but Tiffany. Can't you see Mom, Dad?? I love her. It's only her that I want in my life!" Tiffany got shocked hearing Taeyeon's words. Taeyeon too didn't know where those statemens were coming from. All she had in minds now was she didn't want to hurt Tiffany further and changing the bride would cause pain and despair toward Tiffany and Taeyeon didn't want that. Besides, Taeyeon had made a promise that she wouldn't leave Tiffany. She convinced herself that she would never broke the promise.
"Taeyeon-ah, listen first. We-" Junsu walked to hold Taeyeon, but his daughter back away and shook her head repeatedly. Tiffany didn't know what to do. The only thing she could do now was crying a river on her seat and witnessing the scene in front of her.
"No, Dad. I beg you." Taeyeon got on her knees and held Junsu's knee. Junsu got startled with Taeyeon's action. Even when Taeyeon wanted something but once he or Hyoyeon said no, Taeyeon would obediently followed. This one would be the first time Taeyeon tainted her pride and begged her parents, moreover kneeled before them.
"I beg you, Dad, Mom. Please don't separate me from Tiffany. I.. I couldn't live without her. I know her background isn't bright, but she already quit it. I promise she will be a good daughter in law for you." Taeyeon looked above to meet her parents eyes. Logically, it should be a great opportunity to avoid the wedding and live herself far away from Tiffany, but Taeyeon didn't know herself why she even willing to beg her parents for the first time in order to make them agree to marry Tiffany.
"Hyoyeon-ah.." Junsu tried to see if Hyoyeon willing to changer her decision for the sake of Taeyeon's love and life since Taeyeon said she couldn't live without Tiffany.
"Taetae, please stop doing this for me. I know my place and they are right, I'm only a slut and I don't deserve you." Tiffany finally spoke and tried to lift Taeyeon from her kneeling position but not to avail. Tiffany felt tingling sensation seeing Taeyeon's sacrifice for her. It was the first time anyone would struggle for her happines. Tiffany couldn't help but crying in happines. She even had forgotten the insult came from Hyoyeon's mouth earlier.
"The answer will still no, Kim Junsu. Taeyeon, get up now. No matter what, you're not marrying that girl!" Hyoyeon crossed her hands on her chest and ignored her daughter plead. As a mother, of course she felt hurt seeing Taeyeon pleaded and begged her like this but her logic said that Tiffany's background would be the end of The Kims if she allowed her to marry Taeyeon.
"My answer will be yes, Kim Hyoyeon. I'm sure there must be some other ways to solve this problem. I only want my daughter to be happy." Junsu sent warm smile to his daughter and bended his body to lift Taeyeon up.
"I love you, Tae and I don't care even if I have to lose all my money, fame, fortune, and wealth as long as you are happy." Junsu hugged his daughter lovingly. Taeyeon gladly turned his hug. Taeyeon felt proud and happy hearing her father soothing words.
"Yah!! Are you out of your mind??? She will be the end of us!! She will be a disaster toward The Kims, Junsu!!" Hyoyeon shrieked in anger. She shook her head and paced around in stress.
"I don't care! I earn money to give my family happines and if being with Tiffany can bring Taeyeon's happines then I will be more than happy to give it." Junsu pulled away from the embrace to look at his wife. He said that sternly toward his wife. As much as it hurt his heart to say those to Hyoyeon, he knew he couldn't bear if his decision to disallow Taeyeon's marriage would make Taeyeon live in grief and agony.
".........." Hyoyeon was speechless. She knew that Junsu was right and she too only wanted to make her daughter happy, but she still couldn't accept the fact that her future daughter in law was a slut.
"Sighed. Since we have different opinion, there's only one way to solve it." Junsu approached his wife and caressed her cheeks. He made sure that his love could be transferred through his touch.
"No.. No.. Don't tell me that we will do that as usual??" Hyoyeon put her hands on top of Junsu's hand on her cheek. She shook her head weakly, knowing she would never win if she would against her husband.
"Yes yes yes,, we will do that." Junsu smiled and nodded childishly. He glad that his wife had finally came back to her sense. He knew more than anyone that actually Hyoyeon was a very nice and understanding mother.
"Sighed. Do we really have to??" Hyoyeon gave her best puppy eyes to her husband. Both of them were in their own world now, leaving Taeyeon and Tiffany being dumbfounded seeing their action.
"Since I'm a great husband, I allow you to choose first." Junsy beamed a smile and took out the tool that they would use to determinate Taeyeon's future.
"Wait for a moment. I don't understand a thing in what you both are saying." Taeyeon walked to the front and stood between her parents, leaving Tiffany behind.
"Relax, dear. Now all you have to do is just praying that I'll win this round because if your mother wins that, you won't get married with Tiffany." Junsu said it innocently. He didn't realize he just told his daugther easily that the game they would play would decide Taeyeon's future.
"Wha.. What do you mean??" Taeyeon got confused. She looked at her father then looked back to her mother but she was still clueless.
"Just back to your seat and accompany Tiffany. Pray hard so I will win okay??" Junsu winked and turned his gaze back to his wife.
"So, darling what will you choose??"
"Tail"
"Head"
"Taeyeon-ah, flip the coin!" Junsu threw the coin for Taeyeon to catch. In reflect, Taeyeon catched it and took a deep breath before she flip it.
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