My Lady

Beginning

Early Morning at Seoul University.

Taeyeon's POV

I was walking in the hallway to go at my first class with my headphones on, I turned it in the highest volume because I don't want to hear everyone's gossips. I'm so done with them, talking behind my back and spreading rumors about me. Aren't they tired of it? Ughh.

Why do I even care? I'm used to it, with their malicious glances at me, some would glare. Aishh. I don't care as I don't do anything to them.

I always have my straight face at school, they never see me laugh. I smile a little to professors, greet them and bow showing respect to them.

While walking, I remember that I need to get my books in my locker. So I quickly shifted my way going to the locker room. And guess who's there? Leaning at my locker, alone.

It's Tiffany, she look serious and I can see that she's sad. I drew closer to my locker and stopped in front of her. She was spacing out and didn't notice me.

My gosh, she's so beautiful like an angel. Am I blushing? I could feel that my face starting to heat up. And my heart was starting to beat faster than the usual. But why? I don't understand myself. I feel so cold but I'm sweating, my body was also shaking as my legs wiggled.

I took off my earphones and fake coughed then she slowly turned her head towards me, she will look at me so I averted my eyes from her.

"E-excuse me, I need to get something from my locker and it's on your back." I managed to say, sighed, I'm so thankful I did.

Tiffany straightened her back and stood crossing her arms on her chest. She changed her expression and she look bitchy now.

So I stared at her intently, I want to show her that I'm not scared. She stared back at me now unlike few days ago, she would just avoid it. But now seeing those chestnut brown eyes, I feel like, it enchanting me.

I softened my eyes to unveil my concern to her, as I said before I care for her.

Tiffany quickly drifted her eyes away from me, she shook her head showing that she don't want me to see her like that. She's hiding something, I knew it.

"We will be late" I said as she looked at me and gave her sweet eye smile. Oh my, I jaw dropped then she just leave the locker room.

"She smiled at me?" I murmured to myself, that smile was beautiful. I never see it before, it's that her real smile?

I wake myself from dreaming about her, I opened my locker and grasped the books I needed. Then headed at my designated room for my first subject, english. And yeah, Tiffany and I are classmates.

Tiffany is my classmate at some of my subjects, I guess four of them in exact. She's taking fashion design, she's smart even if I don't see her in the library, she don't have much books apparently with her small pink shouler bag.

Maybe she's genius, because me? I was spending a lot of time at home just to study. Well she's the president of the student council too. I bet she's really busy and being the cheerleader too.

I'm talking too much about her, did I? What's happening to me? Why do I care much for her too? It's kinda unusual to me.

I reached my room and entered at the back door. I stopped when I saw the minions of the eye smile princess bullying our classmate, Im Yoona.

Yoona is kind and smart, she's beautiful too but she's nerd like me, and she has her natural beauty. I mean she's not wearing any make up too.

As I look at the scene, Seohyun pushed her hard at the wall while Bora was holding a scissor. They have their teasing smile and Yoona look scared like a lost puppy. Tiffany was sitting on the desk looking at them, she's smiling. No. Smirking. She's smirking and I hate it.

My hands squeezed into fists and my heart is burning with anger. This is not right.

Bora got a handful hair of Yoona, she was about to cut it.

"Your long hair is struggling you and it hides your beautiful face." Bora said as she frowned

"Cut it! It's really annoying! I mean she's really annoying!" Seohyun rolled her eyes

"P-please, don't! Stop bothering me, I didn't do anything to you." Yoona lowered her head and she was trembling.

"You didn't pass the answers yesterday that's why we got zero in the quiz!" Bora raised her voice

"B-but Mr. Lee was watching us, I can't do it. We will be caught." Yoona explained

Tiffany scoffed, I don't know if she's upset with Yoona or with her minions. She don't need to copy so obviously, she's out of it. But at least, she should stop her crazy air head minions from bullying Yoona.

"Shut up! We don't need your explanation! Now it's time for payback." Seohyun angrily said as she held Yoona's wrists tightly

"It's the only thing that's beautiful in you. Now I'm going to cut it all!" Bora declared.

I exhaled loudly and ran towards them. I snatched the scissor from Bora and everyone was shocked with my action. Where did I get the courage to do it? I'm gonna be dead. I mentally facepalmed.

"Stop it! Don't blame her with your fault." I firmly said "You're just doing it because you can't accept the fact that you failed. Next time, better to study instead of bullying around!" Then I gulped with my last statement, why did I say that? s**t.

Bora c****d her brow and grabbed my collar up "What did you say?" She asked while Seohyun was glaring at me.

"Study instead of bullying around" I strictly repeated

"s**t! You nerd!" Bora looks very angry and she grappled, I startled.

Seohyun held my hand and took the scissor, she lifted it over her shoulder as if she will gonna kill me. So I pulled Bora's hands away from me, I'm stronger than her. Then I looked back at Seohyun and the scissor will gonna hit my face but it stopped.

Tiffany held Seohyun's wrist to stop her, Seohyun frowned looking at her. Then Tiffany shook her head, did she just save me?

"Don't waste your time there. Professor Lee will come any moment. And seriously Seo? Are you going to kill her?" Tiffany said in disbelief

Seohyun bowed her head, maybe she didn't mean it and now she's guilty.

"You two, sit down" Tiffany ordered her minions

Bora and Seohyun didn't say anything as they go to their respective seats. Tiffany stepped nearer to me and looked me in the eyes. It was all blank, I can't read her.

"We're not yet done, not yet." She said flatly then she walked away and sat on her chair as if nothing happened.

I turned to Yoona, she's still shaking I think she's kinda trauma so I hugged her and patted her back. I saw with my peripheral view that Tiffany glanced back at us and rolled her eyes.

I retracted myself from Yoona and she smiled at me so did I. She looked fine now as we walked towards our seats.

My seat was at the back of Yoona's while Tiffany's was in my row and just two seats apart from me. We're at the last row, all scholars.

Then suddenly Professor Lee came in and the class started. As usual, I'm always the one who answers. Actually I hate english subject that's why it's the lowest grade I have with 1.25 because my diction is quite bad.

Tiffany is the one who's great with this subject, as we all know, she lived in america right? She's good in written and whenever that I don't answer orally, Professor Lee will ask her and she never answer wrong. Never. Not yet.

*****

Eventually, the class dismissed with just a blink of an eye. Tiffany and her minions just walked out and didn't bother to look around. I had this bad feeling though.

Yoona walked and stopped at my side "Th-thank you for what you did but I'm sure they will go after you now, they will bully you." She look very worried to me but I can handle myself, pranks will not make me down.

And if they do something below the belt to me, I will definitely reveal my real identity as Kim Erika.

I smiled at Yoona "Don't worry about me"

"Bora and Seohyun looks very mad at you, they will do everything to ruin your life here." She said as a warning to me

"I know but I will just bear and deal with it" I drew in a long breathe

"I will always be here for you Taeyeon" Yoona held my shoulder

"Just don't come near to me when they bully me or else you'll get involve too." I joked, anyway I anticipated it they'll gonna do pranks on me but if they hurt me absolutely, they need to pay back.

"It's my fault Taeyeon..."

"Don't blame yourself, I can handle it Yoona" I stood up and tapped her head gently "Just take care of yourself"

Yoona just nodded. I know that she's feeling guilty and I like her as a friend, I know she's kind. I bid my goodbye to Yoona and walked out from the room. I alerted myself around me to prepare for some pranks as I walked with my stoned and straight face. I'm heading at the locker room again.

Luckily, there's no prank... yet. I reached the locker room and get in. Tiffany was there as she closed her locker and looked at me. I avoided eye contact and loomed in front of my locker. She turned her body sideways and leaned her shoulder on her locker as she folded her arms over her chest with poker face.

"Do you think you're cool with that? You think you're superwoman now?" She mockingly said

My heart clenched with her words, it's kinda hurt somehow. I opened my locker and put the books inside it.

"How dare you not to look at me when I'm talking to you?" She irritably said

So I closed my locker and turned my gaze at her, she was a little bit shock as she blinked her eyes and looked down. Is she shy? Why her face turned red?

"No one dares to look at you in the eyes right?" I bravely asked

Tiffany looked up and met my eyes. It was empty. I can't read her again so I gulped.

"And how come you look at me straight in the eye?" She coldly asked back

"I know you're just faking it, you're not that really hard!" I bluntly said but I'm just concern to her

Tiffany laughed hard and I ducked then she pushed me on my locker, kinda harsh as she held both of my shoulders. She glared at me and I can't take my eyes on her.

"You'll be dead soon so better go away, they will gonna kick your butt hard Kim Taeyeon." She warned me with her husky voice, oh, she knows my name! Wait, I must be nervous now but I don't. I feel like I'm safe with her. Is that possible? "And you don't know what I can do to you"

"You also don't know who am I and what I'm capable of" Then I gulped but I'm not scared of her, fine, I'm kinda nervous because she's so near to me.

Tiffany laughed again, it's sounds good though it was sarcastic "You're really awesome... so you're not scared of what's coming on you? I like it." She winked "Better not to see Bora and Seohyun today" Then she walked out

What's that? I almost faint out with that wink, she's so cool anyway. And she advised me to avoid her friends, is she concern too?

I went to my next class and so forth, and the day passed just quick. I stayed in the library after my last class to finish my project and I took a nap there, unintentionally. I didn't see Tiffany and her minions the rest of the day. Thank God but I want to see Tiffany, don't get me wrong I just want to befriend with her. I swear. Whew!

*****

In the library, I stood up and looked at my wristwatch. Gosh, it's 10 pm already! I grabbed all my things and put it in my bag. 10? I thought our library will be closed at 9. How come the librarian didn't wake me up? Well, she's old maybe she extended her working hours here.

I ran towards the front desk but she's not there. Where is she? Then I decided to go out. I reached the door knob and twisted it, but it didn't open! s**t! I'm locked! Did the librarian go home now? I tried to slam the door and call out for help but I remembered, all the faculty members will leave at 9.

I leaned at the door and slid myself down, oh great, I'm stuck here. I opened my bag and rummaged it, I took out my phone. But why am I so unlucky today? It's out of battery and my charger is in my locker. Oh yeah, this is so great! I will sleep here tonight.

Then I heard the thud of the books three shelves away from me. I quickly stood up and my heart thumps. I'm not alone? Or is that a ghost? I lowered my shoulders and tiptoed towards the bookshelves. It's quite dark as I surveyed it. Then there's a shadow of a long hair, I don't... I can't see it clearly.

Oh my gosh, ghost! I shouted in my head then I started to step back.

"D-don't come near to me!" But the shadow keeps walking near to me, I narrowed my eyes and I see that her hair was covering her face. My eyes went round, she looked like a ghost. She? I don't know! "Ya, I swear! If you come near to me, I will hit you!" I shouted, what? If she's a ghost I can't hit her of course!

Then I felt that my back leaned on the opposite side of the shelf and I can't move back any longer. This ghost was near to me and she stopped, I can clearly see now that her head was ducked.

"I said, don't come near to me!" I angrily said "O-or I will hit you!"

But the girl continued to walked closer to me, I closed my eyes and I feel that she held my shoulder. In reflex I pushed her down on the floor and now I'm on top of her. I felt the warm of her body, yes, she's not a ghost. I slowly opened my left eye to sneak on her face. And I was shocked and opened both of my eyes to look at her.

She was glaring at me and our faces were just inch, I can feel her breathing. s**t, my heart was pounding and I held my breath.

"So you're enjoying our position? How dare you to push me and stay still on top of me?" She said with the coldness in her tone

"....." I opened my mouth but shut it right away, I can't say anything and my body froze

"So... you don't want to move huh Kim Taeyeon"

I stood up quickly and bowed my head to avoid her eyes, she stood up and dusted her pants.

"I-I'm sorry Tiffany"

*****

Next time, I'll try more conversation as my nature. Lol. Do you want Tiffany's POV?