Day 50
January 23rd, 2013
5:46pm
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It’s been about two weeks since they confessed, but not much changed. They would act as if they were still just best friends, except they sleep in the same bed together and hug and kiss more often. Taecyeon respected the fact that she just ended a long term relationship and didn’t want their relationship to move too fast so they don’t know if they would call each other “official” yet.
“Do you mind passing me the wrench right next to you?” calls Taecyeon from under the hood. He was wearing a grease stained tank top and worn out blue jeans.
“Sure” Tiffany, who was leaning over the counter reading a magazine grabs the wrench to her right and hands it over to him. Her hair was in a messy bun and she was wearing denim short shorts and a large white hoodie that was Taecyeon’s and had the words “Boston Red Sox” written across the chest in big red letters.
“It’s weird, seeing you do this” she says as she leans on the side of the car next to him.
“How so?” he asks in the midst of his work.
“Because, it’s my first time seeing you so… dirty”
“And that’s…bad?” he asks with his left brow arched.
“Good actually, manly, I like it.” She says with a smirk. “Have you always been into fixing cars and stuff?”
“I’ve been watching my father do this since I was a little kid, then when I started high school I started doing it myself, so yeah I guess.” He explained.
“You’re dad’s a mechanic too?”
“Yeah, well, used to be. Now he just owns the place.”
Tiffany gave a somewhat shocked expression, “Owns the place? Wait, so if your dad owns the place that means…”
“I’m the heir” Taecyeon continues. “Well not anymore.”
She moved over the stool that was about 1 foot to her right, “What happened?”
“My dad told me, if I had what it took to own a company such as this I had to get a business major.”
“I thought you said you got a mechanics major?”
“I do have a mechanics major, I just studied business until I realized it was not what I wanted to do, and when I did, I dropped out and switched to mechanics.”
“Makes sense, how did your father react?”
“Let’s just say the last time I talked to him was when he found out.” Taecyeon admits.
“Oh… I’m sorry about that.” She says sympathetically.
“It’s fine how about you? Are you close to your parents?”
Tiffany sat in silence for a moment, “My parents… died in a car accident when I was 13” she confessed.
Taecyeon stopped what he was doing and looked up at her for a moment giving her a sympathetic look. “I’m sorry; I didn’t mean to ask such a personal question.”
Tiffany smiled and got up from the stool. Taecyeon turned around and leaned/sat on the front edge of the car as tiffany walked towards him. Taecyeon smiled as he took her hands when she came up to him standing between his legs. She wrapped her arms around his neck and he wrapped his around her waist
“Nothing’s too personal…” she says as they lean in closer to take each other’s lips.
Then suddenly a man wearing a red windbreaker and black skinny jeans came strolling in holding a flashlight.
“Hey Taec I have your flashlight and…well well what do we have here.” The man said suspiciously while crossing his arms.
Taecyeon and Tiffany pulled apart in shock. Tiffany turned around to see who it was.
“Junho, what are you doing here?” Taecyeon asks with his arms still lightly wrapped around her waist.
“Like I said, I have your flashlight. But that’s not what’s important. I think what the real question is what is she doing here and why are your hands wrapped around her?” Junho along with a lot of Taecyeon’s other friends almost never see him around people of the opposite sex let alone have his hands around one.
“He sounds like an ex girlfriend.” Tiffany whispers. “Were you gay?”
Taecyeon huffs out a short laugh and focuses his attention back at Junho. “It’s none of your business, and thanks for the flashlight. Now, you can leave it on the counter over there and go out the way you came bro.”
“Pushy pushy, and as your friend, it is my business. So is she your girlfriend?” Junho asks putting the flashlight on the counter.
“Yes she is actually. There, you have your answer, so can you leave now.” Tiffany looked at him absurdly.
Junho over dramatically pretended to faint, then got back up. “Wow, and she’s a fine one too, way to go Taec.” Junho walks over to Tiffany and takes her hand. “If you don’t mind…” Junho drags Tiffany towards the other side of the garage and puts his arm around her.
“You know, if Taec ever gets boring, I live right down the street and-“
“Ahem!” Taec blurts out from behind him. He pulls Junho’s hand off from her shoulder, Tiffany still looking as innocent as ever. “Go.” Taecyeon demands as he pushed Junho towards the garage entrance.
“Fine, fine, I’m leaving.” Taecyeon and Tiffany follow him as he heads toward the exit then Junho suddenly turns around. “One more thing, how did you love birds meet exactly? There’s no way you could’ve met her at a party or any social even rather. You didn’t find her lost in the park and decided to bring her home did you?”
Taecyeon and Tiffany looked at each other and smiled then looked back at Junho. “Leave.” asserts Taecyeon.
“Okay I’ll leave, but be warned; this isn’t the last of Me.” Junho snickers as he leaves the garage.
“Sorry about him, he’s an old college friend and he tends to take my things every now and again.” Taecyeon turns around and noticed an angry girl glaring at him. “What?”
“Girlfriend?” she angered, “When was I your girlfriend?”
“I don’t know, what have we been doing for the past two weeks?” He argued back.
“Dating?” she retorted.
“Well, what is it going to take for you to be my girlfriend?”
“I don’t know, maybe you can properly ask me?”
Taecyeon smiled and said nothing in response. He just looked at her for a moment then let out a deep sigh. He walked over to angry Tiffany taking her hands in his. “Stephanie Miyoung Hwang, will you be my girlfriend?”
Tiffany couldn’t help but to smile, “That’s how you do it.”
Taecyeon stoops down as Tiffany hops on her toes to kiss. They pull apart then Taecyeon releases her hands and pulls her in for a tight hug.
