broken walls // taeny

11- Friend

Tiffany turns to me without looking surprised.

"What?" She slaps my hand off her wrist and crosses her arms.

"Don't leave. I-I want you here, with me. St-stay you're not a person I know. You're more than that. Ju-just please be patient with me." I hung my head low and play with my fingers.

"What am I to you then?" She steps closer to me, anticipating for an answer.

"A friend. My friend. Someone who stuck with me only for a few days but is already very special to me." I look up to her with more confidence.

I notice her eyes were starting to tear up and panic started to rise within me.

"Tears of joy Tae." She smiles and wipes away the tears that didn't fall.

I nod and smile at her. The American girl grabs my hand drags me back to the restaurant.

I stayed quiet the whole time, it's my first time in years that I broke parts of my exterior. It's my first time in years to show some emotion. It's my first time in years to break my ego.

"Tae.. it's baby steps. So it's fine. I just got pretty emotional. I'm sorry." She grabs my hand and I nod.

"Please don't expect me to crack anytime soon. It's just unusual to me. I'm sure you will know everything but when it's the right time. Also, if you want to actually unveil me, please stick by me." I look up to her eyes and she has this fire burning in her brown orbs.

"No. I won't do that. I won't be the one always trying to do the work to unveil you. If you want to help yourself you need to help me. You can't expect me to stay by your side the whole entire time.  We have to work together to bring the real Taeyeon back." She stared at me, eyes filled with hope.

"What happens if I want to stay like this? What happens if I don't want to change?" I looked to her with curiosity and she seemed pretty shocked.

"What? Why?"

"I don't want people to be hurt." I sighed.

"How would opening up to me hurt others?" The American chuckled in disbelief.

"Like I said, if you want to find out, answers will soon reveal, if you are willing to handle me." I go closer to her and she clumped up her eyebrows.

"Whatever." She rolls her eyes and I smile at the sight.

"Now let's order." I say and I called over the waiter.

After ordering, she was talking about some random event that happened at school. I wasn't listening, instead I was thinking of what just happened.

Did I really show emotions? Why do I want her here? With me? Why didn't I allow her to leave me? I wanted to be alone in the first place. Why did I bring her back? Will I actually open up to her?

"Tae? Taeyeon? Taeeeee?" I saw a waving hand in front of my face causing me to come back to reality.

"Oh! Yeah?" I asked and noticed food sitting in front of me.

"Eat!" She emphasized and took a large spoon into her mouth.

"Mmm!! It's so good!" She exclaimed and it caused me to smile.

I ate with her but I didn't notice the grins Boa unnie shot to us.

"What would we do once we are done?" Tiffany looked to me with expectations.

"We would probably go to a mall and go shopping. Or do you want to go sight seeing?" I asked her and placed my plate on top of hers.

"Shopping!" The eye-smile girl starts to clap her hands like a child. I could only chuckle at the sight.