Happily Never After

Chapter 20

Me and Tae make our way to the fair that he's so excited to go to and I laugh. He's practically bouncing in his seat, it was really amusing. He buys our tickets at the stand and holds my hand as we walk around. The first thing he does is stop at a booth, wanting to win me a stuffed animal tonight. Ziggy stood behind us, looking around for any sign of fans.

"How much?" Tae asks, pulling his wallet out.

"2 dollars," the old man replies.

"That's cheap. The game must be easy." He whispers to me. He hands two bills over.

"There you go son," he slides over 3 bright green balls. "All you gotta do, it hit down the three pyramids of bottles." He steps aside. It's a good thing Tae used to play baseball in the 5th grade.

"Come on baby, You can do it," I encourage him. He throws the balls and gets two of the three pyramids down. He tosses the last ball, but misses, barely grazing the top bottle.

"Shit!" he curses. I try not to laugh.

"Again?" the old man asks.

"Tae. You really don't have to--"

"Yeah yeah. Again," Tae slaps his money down on the counter. The man gives him the green balls back. He throws the balls, and this time, knocks down all of the pyramids. "Yeah!" He shouts excitedly, turning to me beaming.

"Nice job babe," I smile back at him.

"Which one you love birds want tonight?" The man questions. Tae turns to me.

"Baby? Go ahead and pick," he says.

"Any from the top up here," the old man gestures above him.

"Uh," I look over the top row. I point to a baby polar bear with big glittering blue eyes. "That one." The old man pulls it down and hands it to me,

"There you go little lady."

"Thank you," I say. I hold it to my chest and reach for Tae's hand. He entwines our fingers, pulling me with him towards the water fountain. Ziggy walks in front of us, watching around.

"What do you want to name it?" he asks after taking a drink.

"Name what? The polar bear or baby?" I ask.

"Polar bear." He laughs.

"Oh. Um..I don't know. I'm not good with naming things. All of my stuffed animals were nameless when I was little." He laughs again. "'S not funny!"

"I know I know. I'm sorry. How about you name it...Anthony." He says and I smile up at him.

"Really? But that's one of the baby's names."

"Yeah I know. But how about we switch Anthony out. Like with--"

"Dylan?" I suggests. I like that name.

"Yeah, Dylan. It's perfect. You can call him Dill Pickle." We both crack up laughing and continue walking. "What do you want to do now?"

"I don't know. We can just walk around?" I offer and he nods.

We walk around with Ziggy following for a while, watching everybody play games and ride rides. Tae stopped to play a basketball game for a few minutes before we're back to walking around. He holds my hand in silence, observing what other couples were doing. Some were playing games and others were on rides together, it was cute. Some guy with a camera came up and asked if we were together, like we aren't holding hands and staring at each other lovingly. I mean, my stomach was huge for crying out loud. Tae told him we were and the man said it was a damn shame, because he thought Tae was cute and walked away. Tae went white while I laughed my ass off with Ziggy. Only a few fans came up to us to ask for something, probably realizing we were on a date and not wanting to intrude. Tae obliged politely, signing a few things and taking a few pictures here and there. I didn't mind, a few girls asked me to get in with them.

"Wanna go on the Ferris Wheel?" he asks as we're about to pass it.

"Can we get cotton candy first?" I give him the puppy eyes and he smiles, leaning closer to kiss my cheek.

"Of course. Come on," he drags me towards the stand. "Can I have a pink one and a blue one please?" He asks, pulling out his wallet. He turns to me quickly. "You like pink right?"

I nod, "Yeah."

"Okay good," He pays them and takes the pink cotton candy, handing it to me. "There you go Noona."

"Thank you," I start ripping pieces off and shove them in my mouth.

"Here Zigs," Tae hands his bodyguard a blue bag of cotton candy.

"Thanks Taemin," he says, staying behind us slightly as he eats.

"Oh! We should take some pictures!" I squeal, pointing at a photo booth. Tae looks at me weirdly. "Please please please please please!? Please?" I pout.

He sighs and nods. "Alright. Only for you though." I struggle trying to hold my polar bear and the cotton candy and Tae's hand at the same time. Ziggy guards the booth as we slip inside. "Okay. How the fuck do you work this thing?"

"Take the dollar," I take the bill from his hand and put it in the machine. "And put it in there. And now, we can choose...oh! How about romance. Okay. Awe look at this one with the hearts. We're doing this one. It's really cute. Ooo! Do you think we'll look good in black and white? I think so, we're doing black and white."

"Babe, you're way too excited about this," I pout and he laughs, leaning forward to kiss my stuck out bottom lip. Suddenly a bright white light flashes. He pulls back quickly. "What the fuck was that?" He looks around.

"That was the flash silly. It took a picture," I explain, smiling amused at him. Flash. "And now it just took another one."

It takes a few more pictures and Tae is happy to finally get out of the tiny box. We step out and I grab the pictures, laughing when I look over them.

"What?" Tae asks, looking over my shoulder. He tried to stand behind me and wrap his arms around my stomach but there wasn't even a way to do that anymore. My stomach was too big and his arms couldn't reach.

"Look." I say, pointing. The first picture, black and white obviously, was of me pouting and him kissing my lip. The second one, was him just looking at me dumbly as I explained what the flash was. He should've known I mean. He is a model. The third picture was of our faces close together with Anthony in between us. We were kissing each of the polar bears cheeks. That one was cute. And the last and final picture was of me, facing Tae with my shirt up so my stomach was showing. Tae was leaning down, hands on each side of my belly as he kissed the top with his lips curved into a smile. My hands were on top of his and I was smiling down at him. That one was definitely my favorite. "That's my favorite." I whisper.

"Mine too," He says. I hand him the other copy and we start on our way again, Ziggy following. "Can we go on the Ferris Wheel now?"

I sigh, "Yes Tae. We can go on the Ferris wheel now. I just have to pee first. I feel like I have to."

"Alright alright. Let's go," He guides me quickly over to the bathrooms and pushes me inside the girls.