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Tiffany looked up when she heard the knock on the open office door and saw an exhausted Taeyeon flop down on the chair in front of her.
"What happened to you? Where's Jiyoon?" asked Tiffany.
"She's with Sunny. How does a four-year-old have that much energy? They look so small and yet..." Taeyeon let out a huff.
Tiffany chuckled. "What did she make you do? Chase her around the house?"
"Yes. She ran out of the bathroom and refused to put on some clothes."
Tiffany laughed out loud. "I swear, she takes after you so much, as impossible as that sounds."
"Hey, I never ran around the house with no clothes on."
"You walked around like that once."
"I had to go to the toilet! Then I got thirsty so I went to the kitchen to get something to drink. Is that so wrong?"
Tiffany shook her head. "I rest my case. How are we going to tell her about me moving out temporarily though? Without making her think that I'm abandoning her?"
"We'll figure it out. She will still get to see you all the time so she should know that no one's abandoning her ever again."
"What did Mrs. Yoon say about all this?" Tiffany asked since Taeyeon had briefly mentioned her visit to Jiyoon's grandmother's house the day before.
"She's okay with it. Willing to help and sign the necessary papers."
"Just like that?"
"Yeah." Taeyeon straightened up in her seat. "I guess she's serious about letting us take care of Jiyoon."
"I'm glad to hear that but..."
"I know." Taeyeon knew what Tiffany was thinking. "We've done what we could. I guess we just have to respect her decision."
A loud giggling sound interrupted their conversation as Jiyoon ran inside the room. "Taetae!" she shouted excitedly. "Guess what? Guess what?"
"What?"
"Aunt Sunny said I could be a flower girl!" Jiyoon was literally jumping up and down while clapping her hands.
"A flower girl?" Tiffany asked Sunny who calmly strolled inside.
"Yeah. Since I only have one nephew who'll be the ring bearer, I'm thinking of letting this cutie here be the flower girl."
"Can I, Taetae? Can I?" Jiyoon looked up at Taeyeon with her wide pleading eyes. "Please?" She turned her head, looking at Tiffany when Taeyeon didn't respond immediately. "Fany, Please?"
"Well..." Tiffany saw Taeyeon frowning. "I guess it's okay."
Taeyeon's eyes widened, staring at Tiffany with obvious disagreement.
"It's just a short ceremony, Taeyeon," said Sunny, understanding her friend's fear. "She'll walk down the aisle together with the ring bearer, right in front of me. Then when she has reached the end, she'll go to sit with you and that's it."
"Please, Taetae?" begged Jiyoon, putting on her best sad expression and the biggest pleading set of puppy eyes.
Taeyeon finally cracked a smile, unable to resist the cute face staring up at her. "Okay. You can be Sunny's flower girl."
The girl squealed in happiness, jumping up and down while clapping her hands excitedly. "Yay!"
"Good thing we already planned on going shopping for your dress tonight," said Tiffany as she watched the girl with a smile. "Must the color match your bridesmaids' dresses?" she asked Sunny.
