[TaeNy] #nowplaying

The Third Time

#nowplaying: Britney Spears - Sometimes

To know that someone liked you, it normally felt good. It made you feel special, one of a kind, even sometimes you felt like you worth everything in life. Most people would love to feel that kind of feeling at least once in a life time. But not for Taeyeon.

Taeyeon was never popular. She was the typical shy girl you would meet in the library or in a quiet cafe, working on her laptop, or reading some books. The type of girl who would put her earphone in her ears while walking down the road, making sure that no one would greet her. The kind of person who would sit at the corner of the room, away from the attention. The type of employee who would spend most of her time in her cubicle and had lunch alone in office pantry. Taeyeon was always shy and she could not help it.

No one said Taeyeon was unattractive. In fact, physically speaking, she was very attractive. Her petite figure made any clothes she put on looked perfectly fit her. Her sharp jawline made her looked good in every angle. Her small nose made her looked cute. Her innocent eyes could sway you away and made you lose yourself for a moment in its depth. But Taeyeon was too shy to notice them all.

She never really had a boyfriend. When a guy asked her out, she would not even dare to look into his eyes because she was nervous. When she hung out with a guy, she would make herself busy playing with her phone or fidgeting in her seat, making her looked uncomfortable. And that was why, her attempts to go on dates never resulted in getting any boyfriend. None of those guys she dated was persistent enough to know her better. They usually felt rejected, or simply thought that Taeyeon was uncomfortable with them.

But things were different when Taeyeon met this person, in one afternoon on her third day in the new company.

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"Hi! Taeyeon, right?" A husky voice greeted her cheerily.

Taeyeon who was in the middle of reading training materials, halted her activity and looked up only to see a pair of eye smile greeting her sight. She smiled awkwardly and nodded without saying a word.

A chuckle escaped from the stranger's lips, followed with a hand stretched towards her. "I am Tiffany. It's Stephanie Hwang actually but I prefer to be called Tiffany." The stranger introduced herself at Taeyeon and waited Taeyeon to shake her hand.

Taeyeon took a moment to see the stranger. She assumed that the woman in front of her was about the same age as her. Her hair was brunette, and red lipstic covered her lips. She wear a black formal dress topped with white blazer. Shyly, Taeyeon took the hand, giving a gentle handshake. "I am Taeyeon... Uhm... I think you've known my name already."

Tiffany laughed softly and gave a gentle squeeze on Taeyeon's hand. "Everyone is talking about you. Everyone is like 'Hey! Have you seen Taeyeon, the new girl? She is so cute!' There is no way I wouldn't know your name." She smiled again but not releasing Taeyeon's hand yet.

Taeyeon only bit her lips, feeling embarrassed at the compliment. It was nothing new to her to be called cute but still, she still hadn't gotten used to it yet. She looked at their hands and slightly tried to take her hand back. Even though this girl in front of her seemed friendly and nice, she was not really comfortable in having much skinship.

Tiffany noticed the gesture and immediately released Taeyeon's hand. "Are you always this shy?"

Again, Taeyeon nodded, not saying a word.