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I was the fifth to arrive for makeup, but I would've been sixth if it weren't for Yuri arriving late. "I was washing my hair at our dorm," she said, but her dorm mates (Yoona, Seohyun, Hyoyeon and Sooyoung) told us she had just washed her hair yesterday night.

While the stylist were doing my hair, I was on my phone, as usual, and saw many posts where I was tagged, many of which were about my recent break up. However, even more posts were tagged 'Taeny'. Those posts brought a smile to my lips.

"What are you smiling at?" Taeyeon asked as she sat next to me.

I showed her my phone screen and she giggled. "Sones have really good drawing skills."

"Yuri-ah!" A loud voice interrupted us. "You cheeky girl." The stylist giggled.

"What?" Yuri's eyes widened and her cheeks flushed.

"You really aren't good at hiding that bruise on your neck."

"What are you talking about? I don't have anything on my neck." Yuri gave her a look.

"Right..." The stylist nodded and winked.

"Omo! Yuri-ah, don't tell me you went to see who I think you went to see." Sooyoung said and clapped her hands.

"I didn't go see anyone! I already told you. I washed my hair this morning after going for a run."

"You went for a run at 5 in the morning on an empty stomach?" Seohyun chimed in.

"I ate out," Yuri retorted.

"Where?" Yoona asked and raised an eyebrow.

"Somewhere... at a small cafe. Anyways, what are we going to film for 'Channel Soshi' today?" She was such a bad liar, but the girls let her off the hook this time.

After everyone's makeup and hair were done, we all walked out and waited to receive instructions on today's schedule. Nothing was happening and not everyone was here yet. Taeyeon approached me as we waited and spoke up. "Yah, what is this? It's so awkward." She giggled and we laughed along.

Once everyone was outside, producers called out Seohyun to come grab and envelope. We had to drive to the grocery and get food to cook tonight with ₩ 300,000. After discussing for a while, we 'agreed' on two drivers, Yoona and Sooyoung. God, we are destined to crash with these two as our drivers.

"Why isn't Tae one of the drivers?" I asked with a giggle.

"Because everyone would go in her car." Yoona said as a matter-of-factly.

"And we wouldn't die in a car crash." Sunny reasoned and we all laughed.

Finally, we stood behind the driver we wanted. Pretty much everybody went behind Yoona because as dangerous Yoona might be as a driver, who knows what will happen with Soo. After 5 of us stood behind the blonde, there was still one shortie who hadn't decided yet. With wide eyes, she looked at us behind the second youngest and stood behind Sooyoung as the great leader she was.

The producers told Sooyoung and Yoona to turn around and I looked at Taeyeon. The short leader had a worried expression on, like she was preoccupied about something other than the show, but as soon as Sooyoung turned around, she replaced it with an adorable smile. She placed her head in her small palms as she bent forward a little. She was the cutest thing ever.

*****

"Please!" I whined to buy the beef I wanted.

"Fany-ah, just wait a little," Taeyeon calmly told me after everyone else had said the same. I pouted and she chuckled. The camera crew were filming the scanner as Tae beckoned me over. "Tell you what," she whispered in my ear as she pulled me closer, "I'll buy you your beef if we don't have enough money."

"Really?" My eyes formed crescents.

*****

In the end, we had enough money and we were on the road again. At our destination, we were told we were going to play a game to win points. We sat in a half circle, with me choosing the seat next to Taeyeon. After the game, we had some fun in the water. "Omo! I can't go on that ride." Taeyeon pointed the inflated raft.

"Come on, unnie, even I went on it!" Seohyun argued and Taeyeon agreed to go.

As the boat went away, we heard the three girls squeal and I soon took out my phone to film the cute moment of Taeyeon looking like a rag doll on the float. Gosh, she would be the death of me.

That night, after eating a delicious supper, we went to bed pretty early due many of the members being tired. Even though they had complained about having no more energy to stay up and we were all in our separate rooms (shared with another member), it was clear nobody was actually sleeping. There were muffled voices having conversations in each room, except for mine.

Since Taeyeon was to debut as a solo artist, she was getting busier and busier as the release date of her album approached. She was sitting on one side of the bed, working on her laptop while I was on the other side reading a book. Then, I heard her sigh out of nowhere.

I frowned and turned my attention to her. "What is it?"

"SM wants me to go on a date with Baekhyun soon. You know, that way I'll be in the news and it'll promote our comebacks."

"Isn't Channel Soshi promo? Plus, I'm doing Heart A Tag."

"They want earlier promo because Channel Soshi is only coming out on July 21st, which is the end of PARTY promo and they just want more promo in general. With Heart A Tag, it's still mostly Sones who are the target audience. If I go on a date with Baekhyun, we get the attention of Exo-Ls."

"Yeah and you'll probably get hate from crazy, possessive and delusional Exo-Ls who think Baekhyun is theres."

"It's fine, I can take it for the group."

"Tae..."

"Don't worry, Fany."

I sighed and knew there was no way Taeyeon was going to listen to me because she always wanted the best for the group and would always do anything for us, even if that meant hurting her. I loved how dedicated and determined she was, but at the same time, it really worried me. "What will you do?"

"I'll try and meet up with him."

"Taeyeon-ah, you're overworking yourself."

"I already told you, I can take it."

"No, you can't. You might think you can at first, but in the end you'll realize you can't... I don't want to see your depressed self when I'm just getting my dorky Tae back."

"Don't worry, Fany-ah. I'll always be your dorky Tae." She smiled and kissed my cheek, which then made it turn pink.

My dorky Tae.