"Oh, hi cutie. I missed you! I didn't get to meet you yesterday. I'm sorry," the flirty customer replied.
Taeyeon cringed at the new nickname.
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Taeyeon ignored the talk and told Yoona to take over.
"May I know what you want, miss?" Yoona politely asked.
Tiffany scanned the menu that had been displayed on the counter while tapping her chin as if thinking which one she wanted.
"Well, I'd like to have your cousin there?"
Taeyeon at the back just shivered. She must admit that the customer was worst than other customers who flirted with her too.
It had never been better since Tiffany knew that Yoona was her cousin because of the broomstick aka Sooyoung who accidentally shouted, "Yoona, where's your cousin?" when Tiffany was giving her order to Yoona.
Yoona was just a 17-year-old and taking her part-time job since she was bored at home. So, after knowing that her cousin, Taeyeon was running a shop, she asked, more like begging, Taeyeon to hire her. Taeyeon didn't have any heart to reject the girl's puppy eyes, so she reluctantly said yes.
"Hmm...." Yoona only replied. She couldn't say anything since Taeyeon threatened her if she dared to say any words about her to Tiffany.
Sooyoung, at the back, stifled her laugh. She couldn't understand why Taeyeon was playing hard to get since Tiffany was beautiful, gorgeous even. She knew very well a person like Tiffany wouldn't take a no as a rejection.
"Tiff! Stop being bold. You're embarrassing me. Just order me the same as yours. I'm going to find a place to sit. It's getting boring standing here doing nothing," the 'ice princess' suddenly chortled before she walked away. Everyone was caught off guard by the girl's sudden outburst because she looked irritated. Taeyeon couldn't help but let out a chuckle.
And a good timing was because the girl's chuckle amused Tiffany. It was her first time hearing it, to be precise.
"Two Americanos please," Tiffany said to Yoona.
Taeyeon waited for a moment and turned her gaze to the counter when she didn't hear anything about her usual breakfast.
She walked at Yoona before asking Tiffany, "That's all?" She cocked her eyebrows.
Tiffany smirked, "Well, it's the first time you asked me other than your usual question, but yes, that's all. Well, scanned the menu but didn't have you on it so," she handed the money to Yoona, "there's no point," she added before walking away.
***
Tiffany chuckled when she walked to her place, where Jessica was looking bored while scrolling her phone, probably looking through her Instagram feed.
"Jess! She talked to me!" Tiffany squealed.
Jessica snickered then rolled her eyes, "Yes, she did talk to you. I was there, remember?"
"No no, not that one. She asked if that's all that I want because I only ordered two drinks!" She exclaimed happily, looking all giddy like meeting her high school crush again.
Jessica dismissed her with her hands and ignored everything Tiffany's blabbering about.
She couldn't understand what was so cool about that midget when all the midget did to Tiffany was ignore her questions. Ever since the first day Tiffany dragged her to the shop after telling her about the cute owner, she's getting a headache.
She placed her phone on the table when she saw the midget walking towards their table while holding two americanos on the tray. She looked at Tiffany, who was still oblivious to the situation since she was still frowning while looking at the screen of her phone. She kicked her shin under the table to grab her attention.
"Ouch, Jessie!" Tiffany raised her voice.
Just on cue, Taeyeon arrived and placed the drinks on the table, politely.
Tiffany sensed the familiar scent, and changed 180 degrees, ignoring her throbbing pain, "Baby, Thank you! You want to see me, is it?" Tiffany flashed her eyesmiles but turned into a monster when she saw her 'baby' turned away, completely ignoring her.
Jessica laughed out loud when she saw the scene. No one dares to treat Tiffany like that, she repeated, no one, but the midget just did that. She wiped her non-existence tears and took a sip of her drink, acting like nothing had happened because, from the corner of her eyes, she could feel Tiffany's eyes were on hers.
"She didn't just do that!"
"She just did," Jessica retorted. She likes to piss Tiffany off when she's mad.
"I am so going to get her back. How dare she ignored me like that?! Wow, she needs a punishment," Tiffany glared at the figure who went to the room at the back, which she assumed, was the owner's office. "Jessie, give me some minutes."
Jessica shook her head when she saw where Tiffany was heading to. She knew Tiffany's determination of what she wanted; she will get it. Then again, no one realized that Tiffany just entered the 'Only staff allowed' room since everyone was busy with their work. The girl at the counter, taking the customer's orders, and the tall girl, giving the customers' requests.
She shrugged and rechecked her phone.
***
Just as she was about to twist the knob, "Excuse me, but what are you doing here?"
A tanned girl suddenly asked, whom she assumed was the cook since she was wearing a chef's hat and her uniform screamed it too.
"Are you looking for Taeyeon?" She asked again when she didn't hear any answer from the woman.
Tiffany frowned before smiling, "Yes, Taeyeon. I'm looking for Taeyeon."
Oh, how much Tiffany liked the name rolling off her tongue. She felt giddy just by saying the name.
"Oh, she went out. Going to do some errands," the tanned girl replied.
Tiffany just smiled and thanked her before making her way to Jessica with a wide grin plastered on her face.
Taeyeon.
