Taeyang ran down stairs while putting on his jacket, he was running late for school. Rowoon was already sitting at the kitchen counter and had the full breakfast ready.
"Morning hyung." Taeyang greeted Rowoon as he took a big bites on his toast.
"Taeyang-ah, eat slowly." Rowoon handed over a cup of orange juice.
"I am sorry, I am running late today."
"Let me pack it up for you then." He grabbed a lunch box from a drawer and started packing. "Have you seen Sohyun these few days?"
"Noona? No. What's wrong?" Taeyang quickly finished the juice. He took the lunch box from Rowoon and ran towards the door.
"No....it's nothing. She seems...busy." He hadn't seen her since that dinner, she was avoiding him.
"She is always busy. Hyung I gotta go, see you tonight."
"Ya, okay. Have fun in school!"
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Hyeri's heart was racing, she took a few deep breathes before knocking the door. It was the tutorial session with Taeyang again. She told herself numerous times to stop fantasizing, but she couldn't help herself. Everytime Taeyang showed up in front of her, all she could see was Prince Endymion. Gosh, this had to stop now. Hyeri reminded herself.
She opened the door and entered the sound proof practice room. Taeyang was already inside, playing with his cellphone. He looked up and smiled at her. She felt her heart stopped for a second and thought that this fangirling thing was going to kill her one day. She fixed her glasses and sat next to him. Taeyang put down his phone in front of her and pulled out his notes. Hyeri's eyes widened as she saw what's on Taeyang's phone screen.
It was the Japanese limited edition Sailor Moon uniform. She had been looking for it everywhere, it was either too expensive or not in her size. She bit her lips struggling what to do. But obsession had taken over her morality.
"What are you looking at, Taeyang ssi?" Her eyes couldn't move away from his screen.
Taeyang tried hard to hold back his laugh; she had taken the bait. "Noona, it's Taeyang." He smiled and waited, waiting for her to take another bite.
"Yes, I am sorry Taeyang-ah." Her eyes were still fixated at his phone. "So what are you looking at?" She just couldn't let this go.
Taeyang's lips quirked up "My friend wants to sell this costume, but she doesn't know how. So she asked me to sell it for her."
Hyeri's eyes lighted up. "So how much is she selling it for?" She picked up Taeyang's phone and magnified the picture to check the detail of the costume.
"Umm, actually I don't know much either, but I promised her to look into it. Noona, do you think you can help me with this?"
"Sure!" Hyeri looked at the picture like checking for counterfeit money. "I.....my friend is a collector of Sailor Moon costumes. I think I can help you sell it to her with good price. I...I just need to see the real thing first."
Taeyang pursed his lips, he had not seen her being obsessed over anything like this. She hadn't even look at him once since the moment she saw the costume. He was a little jealous. "Noona, why don't you come over to my place after school? I have the costume at home."
"Excellent, can't wait!"
Taeyang giggles, the money he spent on the costume was totally worth it.
"So can we start the class now, seon saeng nim?"
"Oh, oh right. I am really sorry." Hyeri blushed, she finally let go of Taeyang's phone and returned it to him.
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Hyeri carefully stepped inside Taeyang's house. She knew he was rich, because most of her classmates in high school were rich. If she didn't get her scholarship back then, she wouldn't be in the same school as Rowoon and Sohyun. But the scale of Taeyang's home was beyond her imagination, not to mention that this was not their main residence.
"Noona, come have a sit, I will get you something to drink." Taeyang led her to the couch before heading towards the kitchen.
Hyeri sat down at the couch but looked as uncomfortable as she could be. She regretted coming here the minute she stepped inside the house. "Lee Hyeri, what are you thinking? How can you go to your student's house because of that.....that precious costume?" She mentally scolded at herself. "It could have costed your job, not to mention that he is Rowoon's little brother! What if Rowoon come back now and see you here?"
Taeyang put down a cup of tea in front of her. It's earl grey in a beautiful ceramic cup, just as elegant as Taeyang. She looked at Taeyang and wondered, how could he be so perfect at everything?
Hyeri quickly took a sip and turned to Taeyang, "So can I see the costume now, Taeyang ssi..... Taeyang-ah?" She swiftly corrected herself, she just wanted to be in and out of here as soon as possible.
Taeyang leaned back on the couch and said "Relax, let's finish the tea first." He seemed to know what Hyeri was thinking as he continued "Hyung is busy with his new project, he won't be back before dinner. So as noona, she's been ghosting on us for a few days now."
Hyeri raised her eyebrows and asked "Noona? You mean Sohyun? She is living with you guys?"
"For the moment yes, she will move out once she find another apartment."
"Oh." Hyeri took a piece of cookie from Taeyang. She was surprised how good the cookie tasted. "Wow, where did you buy this? It tastes so good!" She couldn't help but picked up another piece.
"My brother made it yesterday, it's Sohyun noona's favorite. He must have made her mad some how. He usually made this when he had something to apologies for."
Hyeri put down the cookie right the way, afraid that she would finish it all before Rowoon came back.
"Don't worry, he took what he needed already. You can have it all."
Hyeri smiled feeling embarrassed, she took another piece before standing up. "We should go check out the costume."
"Sure, this way." Taeyang put down his tea and led her to his room.
Taeyang took out a box from his bookshelf. He opened it and showed it to Hyeri. The costume was still in its original packing. This certainly would mark up the price. He picked it up and tore off the packing without hesitation.
"Wait......" Hyeri screamed. But it was too late.
"Oh, What's wrong?" Taeyang paused.
"You can sell it for higher price with original packing, but I guess you don't have that option now."
Taeyang looked at the now torn packing and back at Hyeri. "Oh, but don't you wanna try it on before buying?"
"That's true.....I mean for sure my friend would like to try."
"Why don't you try it on now? I can take pictures for your friend. Hopefully she would like it and buy from us."
"Can I?" Taeyang could easily see the sparkles in her eyes.
"Why not? This is for you.....your friend, you should try so she would know how it looks like on her." Taeyang almost spilled the beans. He stepped out of the room and let her get changed.
10 minutes later, the door opened. Hyeri sticked her head out. "I am ready." She had taken her glasses off, and changed her hair to pigtails. Taeyang dropped his mouth slightly, he was speechless. At the same time his brain screamed "She looks so beautiful without the glasses, and with the pigtails, it's the definition of sexy and cute! Just like the picture I had, but now I get to see the real one right in front of me!"
Taeyang hadn't come back to his sense, then he was hit by the second wave of shock. Hyeri opened the door and revealed her costume. She looked gorgeous with the sailor costume, it fit perfectly on her and revealed her golden body proportion, and her legs.....seemed endless. He couldn't help but thought that his money was so well spent.
Hyeri turned to the full body mirror and checked out every detail of her look, from the hair style, the costume, the gloves, the post, and even her facial expressions. She looked confident and really attractive. That's why Taeyang took that picture years ago. She looked even more beautiful in person. The only thing that he didn't like about this costume was the length of the skirt, it's too short for his taste.
"Noona, you are not going to wear this out are you?". He wanted this Hyeri just for himself.
"Why not? It looks perfect." Perfect for this year's comic con.
"The skirt is too short." Taeyang frowned.
"Oh, but if you look at the comic itself, it is supposed to..."
"Either you change the length, or I won't sell it to you....your friend."
"Okay okay...."
Taeyang swallowed as he saw Hyeri pulling her skirt down. Did she just folded her skirt up before just to reveal those legs??? This woman was dangerous.
"Ar.....ok, let me take my camera." Taeyang took out his expensive equipment and set it on a tripod.
"Wow, Taeyang-ah, you've got some good camera here. It would be great if you can help me......" take pictures at ComicCon cosplay event....luckily Hyeri managed to stop before it was too late. She cleared her throat, and asked "Can we start now?"
"Yes, whenever you are ready." Taeyang looked at Hyeri through the screen of his camera.
Hyeri's face immediately changed, she was already in her character. She flipped her pigtails to her back and did the iconic Sailor Moon post, she even said it's famous quote "I am Sailor Moon, champion of Justice......". Just like what she had practiced a million times in front of a mirror.
Taeyang blushed watching at Hyeri's act. his ears turned red while his fingers kept snapping photo of Sailor Hyeri. He couldn't hear a word she said, he was too focused on her. Her facial expressions, her make up, her costume, her post. She looked exotic, so hot. OMG, did she just winked? Taeyang swallowed hard. He needed a glass of ice water right now.
Taeyang suddenly stopped shooting, he walked over to Hyeri.
Hyeri froze immediately as Taeyang approached, realising what she just did. Did she just cosplayed Sailor Moon in front of her student? Oh no.....this was going to be the end of her career....she curled her hands as he came closer.
Taeyang leaned closed to her, he slowly tucked her hair to the back of her burning red ears and smiled. "There, it's better now."
Gosh, she would have fainted if he was wearing Prince Endymion's costume. She licked her dry lips and was about to thank him.
"Taeyang-ah, are you home?" They both jumped as they heard Sohyun's voice from downstairs.
"Didn't you say she's not going to be home?" Hyeri whispered to Taeyang. She rather died than having Sohyun saw her like this.
"Get changed, I will block her from downstairs." Taeyang said before he ran down to the first floor.
"Noona, why are you home so early?" Taeyang looked pale as he was still recovering from the shock.
"Oh my god, Taeyang-ah, are you okay? You look pale." Sohyun got worried.
"Oh...I am fine." Taeyang scratched his forehead. "So why are you home so early?"
"I forgot my key to the studio, I have a guest tonight." Sohyun replied as she walked upstairs.
Taeyang quickly blocked the staircase. "Oh, I think I saw it at the basket on the kitchen counter." Sohyun turned around and looked for her keys.
"So what's up with you and hyung? Why did he have to make the cookies last night?"
Sohyun paused, her lips went up. "He made cookies?"
"Yes. You haven't gotten it yet?"
"No, I haven't seen him yet."
"Right, you are avoiding him."
Sohyun turned around after looking into the empty basket. "There is no keys here." She walked towards the staircase again. "He will find me if he really want to." She brushed away Taeyang's hand and walked upstairs.
Hyeri came out of Taeyang's room as Sohyun reached the second floor. They all paused.
Sohyun looked at Hyeri, then Taeyang and back to Hyeri. "Hyeri-ah, why are you here?"
"Ar....ar...."
"She's helping me with the violin. I am a bit behind." Taeyang spoke first.
Sohyun looked back at Taeyang, it was obviously a lie. She smiled and turned to Hyeri. "Oh....thanks for taking care of Taeyang. And you look beautiful without the glasses, and the pigtails as well." She gave Hyeri a wink.
Hyeri took a step back and touched her hair "oh....thanks."
"Noona, go get your keys." Taeyang pushed Sohyun to her room.
Sohyun stopped him and turned around "So are you going to the fundraiser this Saturday?" She asked Hyeri.
"Ar...I am not used to go to those events, plus I don't have any dress and partner."
"That's easy, come to the studio with me. I have extra dresses, and Taeyang will be your plus one."
"What?" Hyeri and Taeyang shouted at the same time.