Collection of TaeNy Oneshots (TheDonkatsu Collection)

Stupid - 2

(Part 2)

"I'm a hypocrite." She slammed the bottle on the table.

"You're not, Taeng. You're just human."

"I went on and on about how we shouldn't judge someone by what we see and yet..." She slurred then shook her head. "I didn't even let her explain." She sighed. "What happened, Yul? Where did my conviction go?" She emptied her shot glass then grimaced. "And what the heck is this?"

"Soju. Your third bottle in the last hour," Yuri calmly replied. "Look, Taeng, you tried. You tried to ignore everything, you told her straight up that you were pursuing her romantically, you trusted her and you gave her the benefit of the doubt. I think you did well. You hung in there for months."

"It hurts, Yul."

"I know. I'm sorry, Taeng." Yuri then paused, watching her friend pour herself another glass. "I'm curious though. You had known all this from the start. What made you so confident about going after her anyway?"

"I heard her cry." She took the shot, slamming her glass on the table after that.

"What? When? How?"

"You know the 14th floor toilet?"

"Your little refuge? Of course."

"Heard her. There. Crying on the phone."

"When?"

"..."

"Taeng." Yuri snapped her fingers in front of Taeyeon's face. "What did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

"Sigh... Tiffany. 14th floor toilet. Crying."

"Oh. Yeah, man. She was crying." She took a deep breath. "Tiffany, I love you, you know. Do you know that I love you? I love you. I don't know why but I love you. I thought you knew. I thought you at least liked me too."

"Taeng!"

She looked at her friend. "What?"

"What did you overhear in the 14th floor toilet?" Yuri was losing patience with her drunk friend.

"Tiffany talking and crying."

"Yes, I know that. What was she crying about?"

"Some rumor or gossip or something." She huffed. "Can't remember."

"Who did she talk to?"

She shrugged. "Not me, that's for sure. She doesn't like me." A sigh. "I love her though. I really do. I thought she was different." She shook her head and grabbed the bottle again. She frowned when she found it empty. She raised her hand. "Ahjumma! One more!"

"Enough!" Yuri reached over the table and pulled Taeyeon's hand down. "Ahjumma," she told the woman who had approached them with another bottle of soju in her hand. "No more after this. Just bring us coffee."

The woman nodded, placed the bottle on the table and left.

She shook Yuri's hand loose and grabbed the bottle, pouring herself another glass.

"Taeng, what did Tiffany say in that toilet?"

She took the shot. "Something about how she wished she wasn't like this and that those people should just shut up." She paused, furrowing her brows. "She called some guy named Daedee. Who has that kind of name?" She chuckled. "Daedee... What an ugly name."

"Daddy?"

She nodded. "Yep. That's the name. She scolded that person though. For leaving and for some other stuff. Probably another person who loved her but got left behind. Like me." She slouched in her seat, not even realizing that she wasn't really making much sense. "I love her, Yul." She then counted her fingers hazily. "Three? Four? Yeah. Four months." She showed Yuri her fingers.