Defence

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Shutting her eyes Victoria fell asleep in the gym.

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Yoona walked through the precious glass doors to find the reception desk empty of any bodyguard. Glancing around she stopped before the round desk and placed a hand on its counter as she spoke to the receptionist.

"Ah...hello there. Are you looking for the CEO?" the receptionist greeted.

"Is Ok Taecyeon in?" Yoona wondered.

Just as Yoona asked the question Taecyeon walked in through the door coming to an immediate pause when he saw her. A slight troubled expression overcame his face. He hadn't prepared himself to speak to her just yet, nor had he expected her to come by at all.

Yoona watched the receptionist's eyes move from her face to her left. It made her wonder, for a moment, if she'd caught the receptionist off guard with her question.

"He just returned from break," the receptionist offered.

On instinct Yoona spun around to find Taecyeon standing no more than eight steps away from her. Finally seeing him in front of her felt like she hadn't seen him in ages. It felt like seeing an old friend, an old lover she'd lost contact with. Tossing herself back to reality Yoona clutched onto her bag.

"How are you?" she asked.

"Good. You?"

Yoona would have uttered a smile but didn't. "Well and not well. I've been waiting for you to contact me but I've come to the conclusion that you probably wouldn't, and that's why I'm here."

Taecyeon didn't deny what she'd said and he didn't defend himself to say that Yoona's assumption was wrong. That he would have called her some time soon, which was a complete lie. He'd never thought about contacting her.

"Yoona..." he started.

"No, I'm not going to wait. I don't want this to become a matter in which I only have two options, to lose you as a friend or to become a couple with you. I don't want one or the other," she told straightforwardly, "I don't want to beat around the bush anymore."

Taecyeon swallowed the saliva in his mouth aware of the receptionist listening in on them. He couldn't talk about their personal affair there in his workplace in front of a coworker. The last thing he needed would be rumors flying around.

Grabbing Yoona's wrist he led her outside conscious of the stares he received from other business persons he was walking pass.

Yoona was conscious of the one fact that she was embarrassing him. Why had she chosen to go there in daylight? Because by evening Taecyeon would possibly be back at the apartment to keep Victoria company or he'd be back at her uncle's place unwelcoming visitors.

It had to be there and then or she'd have to wait another month to speak to him. The issue of her confession had been heavily weighing her mind out and she was tired of waiting. All she wanted from him was a yes or no. Simple as that. Losing him over the confession wasn't worth it. She hadn't meant for him to feel uncomfortable or awkward.

Yoona just wanted to explain herself now.

Taecyeon let go of her wrist the moment they arrived before the lot near some trees which blocked them from view.

They were, at first, silent. Taecyeon's eyes elsewhere, Yoona's eyes on him.

"I understand the situation you're in so sorry for abruptly coming to see you," Yoona started breaking the awkwardly cold silence unraveling between them.