"Only love lets us see normal things in an extraordinary way"
- Alejandro de Solminihac
The darkened clouds were pale and thin, hung as high as it could manage and stretched across the blackening sky like cobwebs on a ceiling’s corner. The rain against the train's windows blurred the scenery outside into one massive greenish-grey blob while bright flashes of light erupted ever so often with the permanence of Christmas Eve. The rolling booms of thunder echoed in Tiffany's ears as she leaned against the glass window. Wrapped in a thin cotton blanket that Taeyeon immediately provided for her the second she got out of the lavatory with a new set of clothes, Tiffany nuzzled deeper in its warm embrace while eyeing the rain drops that merged, parted, and trailed off whimsically to the edges of the window pane. She then began to wonder how long the water could fight the pull of gravity before falling down from the pregnant clouds. Indeed, she thought, that the raindrops were fearless to even bother fighting a battle already lost.
“Wanna play a game with me? Wanna? Wanna?” an ecstatic voice radiated from the seat in front of her.
Tiffany heard Taeyeon chuckle and she herself started to giggle. She stared at the child with raven hair that cascaded down her face and ended abruptly beneath her shoulders. Yuri, that was her name. She and her parents alongside another girl who was her age were heading off to Yeonsan for the weekend to partake in a festival that apparently happens only once a year. Tiffany made a quick mental note to herself to ask her best friend if they could join in on the festivities; even for just a short while.
“Stop bothering them!” Jessica responded to Yuri's beleaguering pleas. If it wasn't for the cold tone to her voice, Tiffany could have sworn it was an angel talking.
“No, no, it's fine,” Taeyeon assured with a grin, “I'd love to play ANOTHER game with you. It'd make time go much faster anyways”
Games. Endless amounts of games. It had been like this for half an hour now, as she and Taeyeon never had any moments of peace without Yuri proposing activities left and right.
Tiffany and Taeyeon stepped inside the warm shelter of the train's inner halls, arms firmly clutching their own bodies and rubbing it frantically to provide some form of heat.
“Fany, you can change fi-”
Her best friend was cut off by a vibrant girl with a wide grin that seemed to be permanent. She swerved around and clutched Taeyeon like one would a shield before peaking her head out towards the opposite end of the hall. Tiffany looked at the raven haired girl before looking back at Taeyeon. The two both wore a look of amusement mixed with slight confusion.
“Yuri, I said get back here!!!” a voice shrieked, coupled with thunderous footsteps that kept getting louder every second.
Tiffany turned her head to where a figure was storming towards them. It was a girl with auburn hair, and from the looks of it, was the same age as this Yuri who was still clutching onto Taeyeon like it was her life float.
“Sica-baby~” she purred in an innocent voice, “it was just the cheek! Stop being so sensitive!”
“Whoa, whoa” Taeyeon soon responded when the auburn haired came face to face with her, which technically wasn't face to face, more like... stomach to face, since the girl only stood up to be half her best friend's size. Even with the lack of height, she stood tall and proud, almost like a sergeant.
“Out of my way,” she ordered before circling around Taeyeon who stood there with jaw's slacked, completely reduced by the little girl's enormous presence. Tiffany didn't blame her best friend though, the child was indeed frightening.
