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Five Years Later

#nowplaying: Girls' Generation (소녀시대) - Light Up The Sky

The sun rays were filtered through the large window in the room. Even the thick curtain could not stop the light to invade a certain body on the bed who had her eyes fluttered as she was taken away from her slumber. She furrowed her eyebrows before finally opened her eyes, letting out a soft yawn and stretched out her limbs. After feeling like all her soul was already inside of the body, she stared at the ceiling and smiled at the realisation where she was at the moment.

Seoul.

Her mind wandered at one person she had missed for five years of her journey of reaching her dream. She left Seoul when she was twenty-two, pursuing her music career as a singer in States. The competition was too hard in Korea and she needed to compete with much younger artists and girl groups. So, she decided to continue her music career in the US, leaving her hometown, leaving her comfort zone, leaving the love of her life.

Taeyeon.

She reached out for her phone on the nightstand and unplugged the charger, scrolling through her gallery, and stopped at the folder titled "TaeNy ". The corner of her lips curved upward as she tapped on the folder and looked at the pictures of two girls together.

Are you still in Seoul, Taetae?

Her thumb kept moving as the gallery showed one picture to another until it reached the last picture she took on the day of her departure. Both girls had puffy eyes and red noses, signing how hard they cried before taking the picture. Her hair was brunette while the other girl had blonde hair, grinned wide despite the traces of tears on her cheeks were too visible to hide the sadness she had to take to let go of her girlfriend.

Her smile slowly faded as she recalled how hard it was for her after she started her career in States. At first, both girls tried their best to keep in touch. They always had video calls every night, despite the time difference. As Tiffany's schedule got packed and Taeyeon also had her own job to take care, the call slowly reduced into once a week, once a month, once every three months, and finally it stopped after she lost her phone in the airport on her way to one of her gigs in Seattle. Once she got a new phone she immediately restored all the data she had in her laptop. Unfortunately, she did not back up any phone number. She then tried to log in to her email to send an email to Taeyeon but apparently, she forgot the password of the email she had since she was in high school. After she made a new account and sent an email, she never got any replies from the latter.

It was difficult for me, Tae.

Her eyes started to get teary, remembering how hard she tried to contact her girlfriend but never once got a word from the latter. Time went on as she continued to work hard in achieving her dream. Taeyeon was slowly forgotten and was not her priority anymore but there were days when she was at her lowest and cried inside her luxurious apartment, silently wishing that Taeyeon was with her, giving a warm hug and soothing words like she always did when they were still in Seoul together. And every time that happened, it only urged her not to let go of the memories they had made because just by remembering the moments they were together, it gave her strength to keep going on. Even now, after five years, after she had achieved what she dreamt of, after she now glowed with fame and wealth, she still held on the memories.

Can I see you today? There are things I want to say if we meet again, Taetae.

The smile reappeared on her face as she locked the phone and got off the bed, taking her way to the bathroom, preparing herself for today's show. A special show she had waited for these five years: Tiffany's World Tour in Seoul.