[PG-13] Caught in Between (18/25)
Title: Caught in Between
Characters: Kyuhyun/Taeyeon/Eunhyuk, Donghae/Jessica, Sungmin/Sunny, Siwon/Tiffany
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Friendship, Comedy, Drama
Sunny smiled as Sungmin held her hand and gave her a kiss. He was really so sweet. She felt so lucky that he was her boyfriend. All of a sudden they were on the bed and he was hugging her from behind.
“Sunny.”
“Sungmin,” she responded.
Then she felt a slap on her arm. She sat up and yawned. “You’re not Sungmin,” she said to the person beside her, turning a bright shade of pink.
“Were you dreaming about you and Sungmin…?” Taeyeon asked, looking disgusted.
“What are you doing here?” Sunny asked, annoyed and embarrassed. She laid back down and covered her face with the blanket.
Taeyeon turned to her sister and snuggled to her, burying her face on her shoulder. “I wanted to say I’m sorry,” she said, her voice muffled.
Sunny uncovered herself and turned to face her sister. “I should be the one saying sorry,” she quietly replied. “I really am.”
“Maybe I rushed into things,” Taeyeon said, sighing. “I mean I didn’t know him that well.”
“You took enough time to get to know him,” Sunny responded. “This isn’t your fault. Besides, you guys are perfect for each other. He totally adores you.”
Taeyeon smiled a little. “So what do you think I should do?”
“The first thing you should do is get off my bed, dress up and go over to Eunhyuk’s house and talk to him,” Sunny said, sitting and pulling her sister up.
~ * ~
Tiffany walked in the coffee shop. As she placed her order, she looked around and sighed in disappointment.
“Hi Tiffany.”
Tiffany looked behind her and saw Seohyun and Hyoyeon. “Hey,” she greeted back with a smile.
“Are you alone?” Hyoyeon asked, glancing around.
“Yeah,” Tiffany said.
“How’s Jessica?” Seohyun asked sincerely. She was in the cafeteria when the whole episode happened and, geek or queenka, no one deserved that.
“Not good,” Tiffany answered. “She just locks herself up in her house.”
“Has Donghae been to see her?” Hyoyeon wanted to know.
“As far as I know, she hasn’t talked to anyone except us,” Tiffany said thoughtfully. “So is it just the two of you?”
Seohyun glanced at Hyoyeon and nodded. “Yeah, we were just dropping by to get some stuff then we have a study group session at Siwon’s house.”
“Ah,” Tiffany said, smiling as she got her order. “Well, I’ll see you guys in school.”
“Bye,” Hyoyeon said. She turned to Seohyun when Tiffany had left. “You’re such a liar. There’s no study group session today.”
Seohyun smiled. “I can just imagine the look on her face when she finds out.”
~ * ~
Donghae took a deep breath as he got out of the car and walked towards the front door of Jessica’s house. He took another deep breath as he wondered whether he should really be there or not. He had been trying to talk to Jessica in school, but she was always with her queenka friends that he didn’t feel comfortable approaching her then. He just wanted to be able to let her know that he was here for her.
He took another deep breath and was about to ring the doorbell when the front door suddenly swung open.
“Uh hi,” Donghae said lamely.
“Donghae, right?” Yoona said, stepping out, looking curiously at him.
“Yeah,” Donghae said, surprised that she knew his name. “Is this a bad time? I can just come back.” He turned to go.
“You’re cute,” Yoona said, somewhat approvingly.
“I’m sorry?” he said.
“Sica, Donghae’s here,” she called back inside. “Yuri, let’s go.”
Yuri stepped out and was surprised to see Donghae there.
“Hi,” Donghae greeted her, feeling more and more embarrassed.
“Hi,” Yuri replied, giving Yoona a questioning look. Yoona merely rolled her eyes. “Sica’s inside,” Yuri told him.
Donghae nodded and went inside the house, closing the door behind him.
“Hey,” Jessica said, coming out of what seemed like the living room.
“Jessica,” Donghae said, looking at her. Her eyes were red. She had obviously been crying a lot and hadn’t been sleeping much.
“I’m such a mess right now,” Jessica said, gesturing to herself. “I’ll just go and fix up.” She turned to go, but Donghae grabbed her hand.
Slowly, he walked towards her then wrapped his arms tightly around her. She closed her eyes, biting her lip, willing herself not to cry.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered.
She buried her face on his chest and began to cry.
~ * ~
Taeyeon quietly entered Eunhyuk’s room, closing the door behind her. Their helper had let her in at once, bringing the food that she brought to the kitchen. As expected of Eunhyuk during weekends, he was still asleep even if it was nearly lunchtime.
She silently sat down on the edge of his bed and watched him sleeping. He was sleeping so soundly, his lips in a pout. Sunny was right. He did have luscious lips. Not helping herself, she giggled. She immediately covered her mouth when he stirred.
Deciding to let him sleep some more, she slid onto the space beside him and closed her eyes. After a couple of minutes, she fell asleep. She tossed and turned as she usually did when she wasn’t in her own bed. Opening her eyes for a bit, she looked around and wondered where she was. Suddenly but gently, she felt herself being lifted a bit and then being hugged. Eunhyuk had put his arm around her.
Eunhyuk watched as she started sleeping more soundly. He was surprised when he saw her when he opened his eyes, wondering who was beside him. But it was a pleasant surprise. Taeyeon always came over to wake him up during the weekends and ended up sleeping instead. Smiling, he hugged her, burying his face in her hair.
“You’re crushing me,” Taeyeon cried, opening her eyes.
Eunhyuk laughed and released her. “What are you doing here?”
“I came to wake you up,” Taeyeon answered innocently, sitting up and fixing her hair.
“Right,” Eunhyuk said, still lying down. “You came to forgive me, didn’t you?”
“That might be in my agenda,” she softly agreed.
“Get back here,” he said, laughing and pulling her back beside him.
She turned to her side and faced him. “I’m sorry, Hyuk,” she said. “I overreacted about the whole thing.”
“Don’t worry about it,” he responded, facing her as well. “I really should have told you.”
“It’s so weird that he’s a kingka and that he dated Sooyoung,” she said, wrinkling her nose.
“Have you talked to him since?” he wanted to know, smoothing her nose.
“He called last night,” she shared. “He did all the talking.” She hesitated. “I just… he hurt me and then he hurt you. I don’t know how I can trust him again.”
“Actually, he hurt me, but he didn’t intend to hurt you,” he corrected.
“Are you defending him?” Taeyeon asked, surprised. He shrugged. “You really are? He stole Sooyoung from you. You practically wanted to kill him when you found out that we were friends. You didn’t talk to me when we started dating.”
“He makes you happy, Taeng,” Eunhyuk simply stated. “There’s nothing I can do about that.”
Taeyeon moved closer to him and closed her eyes. Eunhyuk kissed her forehead. He couldn’t help but wish that he were the one who could make her happy.
~ * ~
After buying coffee, Tiffany decided to stop over Jessica’s house. But when she found out that Donghae was there, she made her visit quick and went home.
As soon as she entered the house, she stopped on her tracks. Bouquets of pink roses greeted her. Closing the door behind her, she went to the bouquets, looking for a card.
“Those arrived a couple of minutes ago,” Taemin, her younger brother, said, coming down the stairs. “I didn’t know you were dating someone.”
“I’m not,” Tiffany told him.
“There’s no card,” Taemin told her. “I checked.” He smirked when she gave him a look. “There are 11 bouquets with 11 roses each.”
“You counted?” she asked, looking at him weirdly.
“I was bored,” he said with a shrugged. “Who sends 11 roses?”
“I wonder,” she said.
“Must be a weird guy. What about that geek?” he suggested. She glared at him. “Sorry,” he immediately apologized.
“He’s not weird and he doesn’t like me that way,” she stated with a sigh.
“Right,” he remarked. “When has that ever happened?” As far as he knew, all guys liked his sister one way or another. Even his friends had crushes on her.
“Since now,” she answered, admiring the flowers. “These are really pretty.” She left to get a vase and put one of the bouquets in it. “I’m bringing this to my room.” She went upstairs and placed it on her bedside table.
The doorbell rang.
“Fany!” Taemin called from downstairs. “Someone’s here for you.”
“Who is it?” Tiffany asked him as she went back downstairs.
“He’s in the living room,” Taemin said. “He’s the one who gave the roses.”
Tiffany walked in the living room and opened her mouth to greet whoever it was. But the words died in her throat when she saw who it was.
“This is for you,” Siwon said. He took a step forward and handed her an extra big bouquet of pink roses.
“You sent me the roses?” Tiffany asked disbelievingly.
“I did,” Siwon said with a nod.
“Why?” Tiffany said. “You didn’t have to do this. I mean I’m fine. It’s really alright that you don’t like me.”
Siwon stared at her like she grew two more heads. She could be really clueless sometimes. “I’m not doing this to make you feel better because you think I don’t like you,” he clarified.
“Then why?” she demanded.
He did his best to stop himself from laughing. “It’s because I do like you. A lot.”
“You… like me,” she repeated blankly.
“Yes,” he said, moving closer to her. “I really do.”
“But you said that you didn’t,” she reminded him, feeling very confused.
“I never said that,” Siwon made clear. “You assumed I didn’t like you.”
“But you were avoiding me and everything,” Tiffany prompted him. “I was the one asking you to hang out and you kept on telling me you were busy.”
“I’m sorry about that,” Siwon said. “I was afraid to like you.”
“Why would you be afraid?” Tiffany interjected.
“You’re Tiffany Hwang,” he stated. “You’re a queenka. You’ve dated lots of guys before. And I’m me. I’m no one.”
“You assume and think too much,” she mused, feeling a bit irritated.
“You’re the one who’s been avoiding me recently,” he told her.
“A result of you avoiding me,” she dismissed.
“So what, are we going to just stand here and argue?” Siwon asked, leaning towards her.
“I’m still not convinced,” Tiffany stubbornly said, crossing her arms on her chest.
“Then let me do my best to prove it to you,” Siwon responded. He leaned even closer to her and placed his lips on hers.
Tiffany’s mind went blank and she just stood there for a moment as he kissed her. But soon, her defenses dropped. She untangled her arms and started kissing him back.
“So… why 11 roses in 11 bouquets?” she asked when they pulled away.
“I don’t know,” he responded. “I just wanted to do things differently.”
Tiffany burst out into laughter. “Come here,” she said, wrapping an arm around his neck and kissing him.
~ * ~
“Sunny bunny,” Sungmin whined. He and Sunny were seated side by side on Eunhyuk’s living room couch.
“Sungminnie, please behave,” Sunny scolded him.
“But I just want my good morning kiss,” Sungmin insisted, leaning towards her again. “There’s no one around.”
Sunny thought about it for a second then leaned over and kissed him. Sungmin sighed contentedly and wrapped an arm around her waist.
“Oh god,” Taeyeon said, walking in and covering her eyes.
Sunny immediately pulled away and stood up, her cheeks pink. Sungmin cleared his throat and stood up as well.
“I thought we talked about this,” Eunhyuk chided.
“I just wanted my good morning kiss,” Sungmin shared.
“Please no details,” Taeyeon said, covering her ears this time.
“Are you two best friends again?” Sunny asked, changing the subject.
Taeyeon smiled at Eunhyuk. “We’ve always been best friends.”
“What about you two?” Sunny then asked, referring to Taeyeon and Sungmin.
Taeyeon then went over to Sungmin and hugged him. “I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry,” Sungmin corrected, hugging her back and giving her a kiss on the head.
“Alright, so everyone’s good. Let’s have some breakfast,” Eunhyuk said, gesturing towards the patio, where breakfast was served.
They all trooped to the patio, Sungmin and Sunny hand-in-hand, while Eunhyuk had his arm around Taeyeon.
“I’m happy you’re done fighting with us,” Sunny said with a contented smile.
“Me too,” Taeyeon agreed, helping herself to some pancakes and syrup. She then put some pancakes, a couple of sausages and an egg on Eunhyuk’s plate.
“Yeah, especially you two. You bicker like an old couple,” Sungmin remarked, chuckling at Eunhyuk and Taeyeon. “And then you get back together like an old couple.”
Taeyeon rolled her eyes, while Eunhyuk laughed uncomfortably.
“I think there’d be chaos if you two ended up together,” Sunny mused.
“Let’s all be thankful then that that’s not going to happen,” Taeyeon said, laughing.
Everyone, except Taeyeon, noticed how Eunhyuk suddenly became serious at hearing that comment. He sighed and dug into his breakfast.
Characters: Kyuhyun/Taeyeon/Eunhyuk, Donghae/Jessica, Sungmin/Sunny, Siwon/Tiffany
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Romance, Friendship, Comedy, Drama
Sunny smiled as Sungmin held her hand and gave her a kiss. He was really so sweet. She felt so lucky that he was her boyfriend. All of a sudden they were on the bed and he was hugging her from behind.
“Sunny.”
“Sungmin,” she responded.
Then she felt a slap on her arm. She sat up and yawned. “You’re not Sungmin,” she said to the person beside her, turning a bright shade of pink.
“Were you dreaming about you and Sungmin…?” Taeyeon asked, looking disgusted.
“What are you doing here?” Sunny asked, annoyed and embarrassed. She laid back down and covered her face with the blanket.
Taeyeon turned to her sister and snuggled to her, burying her face on her shoulder. “I wanted to say I’m sorry,” she said, her voice muffled.
Sunny uncovered herself and turned to face her sister. “I should be the one saying sorry,” she quietly replied. “I really am.”
“Maybe I rushed into things,” Taeyeon said, sighing. “I mean I didn’t know him that well.”
“You took enough time to get to know him,” Sunny responded. “This isn’t your fault. Besides, you guys are perfect for each other. He totally adores you.”
Taeyeon smiled a little. “So what do you think I should do?”
“The first thing you should do is get off my bed, dress up and go over to Eunhyuk’s house and talk to him,” Sunny said, sitting and pulling her sister up.
~ * ~
Tiffany walked in the coffee shop. As she placed her order, she looked around and sighed in disappointment.
“Hi Tiffany.”
Tiffany looked behind her and saw Seohyun and Hyoyeon. “Hey,” she greeted back with a smile.
“Are you alone?” Hyoyeon asked, glancing around.
“Yeah,” Tiffany said.
“How’s Jessica?” Seohyun asked sincerely. She was in the cafeteria when the whole episode happened and, geek or queenka, no one deserved that.
“Not good,” Tiffany answered. “She just locks herself up in her house.”
“Has Donghae been to see her?” Hyoyeon wanted to know.
“As far as I know, she hasn’t talked to anyone except us,” Tiffany said thoughtfully. “So is it just the two of you?”
Seohyun glanced at Hyoyeon and nodded. “Yeah, we were just dropping by to get some stuff then we have a study group session at Siwon’s house.”
“Ah,” Tiffany said, smiling as she got her order. “Well, I’ll see you guys in school.”
“Bye,” Hyoyeon said. She turned to Seohyun when Tiffany had left. “You’re such a liar. There’s no study group session today.”
Seohyun smiled. “I can just imagine the look on her face when she finds out.”
~ * ~
Donghae took a deep breath as he got out of the car and walked towards the front door of Jessica’s house. He took another deep breath as he wondered whether he should really be there or not. He had been trying to talk to Jessica in school, but she was always with her queenka friends that he didn’t feel comfortable approaching her then. He just wanted to be able to let her know that he was here for her.
He took another deep breath and was about to ring the doorbell when the front door suddenly swung open.
“Uh hi,” Donghae said lamely.
“Donghae, right?” Yoona said, stepping out, looking curiously at him.
“Yeah,” Donghae said, surprised that she knew his name. “Is this a bad time? I can just come back.” He turned to go.
“You’re cute,” Yoona said, somewhat approvingly.
“I’m sorry?” he said.
“Sica, Donghae’s here,” she called back inside. “Yuri, let’s go.”
Yuri stepped out and was surprised to see Donghae there.
“Hi,” Donghae greeted her, feeling more and more embarrassed.
“Hi,” Yuri replied, giving Yoona a questioning look. Yoona merely rolled her eyes. “Sica’s inside,” Yuri told him.
Donghae nodded and went inside the house, closing the door behind him.
“Hey,” Jessica said, coming out of what seemed like the living room.
“Jessica,” Donghae said, looking at her. Her eyes were red. She had obviously been crying a lot and hadn’t been sleeping much.
“I’m such a mess right now,” Jessica said, gesturing to herself. “I’ll just go and fix up.” She turned to go, but Donghae grabbed her hand.
Slowly, he walked towards her then wrapped his arms tightly around her. She closed her eyes, biting her lip, willing herself not to cry.
“I’m sorry,” he whispered.
She buried her face on his chest and began to cry.
~ * ~
Taeyeon quietly entered Eunhyuk’s room, closing the door behind her. Their helper had let her in at once, bringing the food that she brought to the kitchen. As expected of Eunhyuk during weekends, he was still asleep even if it was nearly lunchtime.
She silently sat down on the edge of his bed and watched him sleeping. He was sleeping so soundly, his lips in a pout. Sunny was right. He did have luscious lips. Not helping herself, she giggled. She immediately covered her mouth when he stirred.
Deciding to let him sleep some more, she slid onto the space beside him and closed her eyes. After a couple of minutes, she fell asleep. She tossed and turned as she usually did when she wasn’t in her own bed. Opening her eyes for a bit, she looked around and wondered where she was. Suddenly but gently, she felt herself being lifted a bit and then being hugged. Eunhyuk had put his arm around her.
Eunhyuk watched as she started sleeping more soundly. He was surprised when he saw her when he opened his eyes, wondering who was beside him. But it was a pleasant surprise. Taeyeon always came over to wake him up during the weekends and ended up sleeping instead. Smiling, he hugged her, burying his face in her hair.
“You’re crushing me,” Taeyeon cried, opening her eyes.
Eunhyuk laughed and released her. “What are you doing here?”
“I came to wake you up,” Taeyeon answered innocently, sitting up and fixing her hair.
“Right,” Eunhyuk said, still lying down. “You came to forgive me, didn’t you?”
“That might be in my agenda,” she softly agreed.
“Get back here,” he said, laughing and pulling her back beside him.
She turned to her side and faced him. “I’m sorry, Hyuk,” she said. “I overreacted about the whole thing.”
“Don’t worry about it,” he responded, facing her as well. “I really should have told you.”
“It’s so weird that he’s a kingka and that he dated Sooyoung,” she said, wrinkling her nose.
“Have you talked to him since?” he wanted to know, smoothing her nose.
“He called last night,” she shared. “He did all the talking.” She hesitated. “I just… he hurt me and then he hurt you. I don’t know how I can trust him again.”
“Actually, he hurt me, but he didn’t intend to hurt you,” he corrected.
“Are you defending him?” Taeyeon asked, surprised. He shrugged. “You really are? He stole Sooyoung from you. You practically wanted to kill him when you found out that we were friends. You didn’t talk to me when we started dating.”
“He makes you happy, Taeng,” Eunhyuk simply stated. “There’s nothing I can do about that.”
Taeyeon moved closer to him and closed her eyes. Eunhyuk kissed her forehead. He couldn’t help but wish that he were the one who could make her happy.
~ * ~
After buying coffee, Tiffany decided to stop over Jessica’s house. But when she found out that Donghae was there, she made her visit quick and went home.
As soon as she entered the house, she stopped on her tracks. Bouquets of pink roses greeted her. Closing the door behind her, she went to the bouquets, looking for a card.
“Those arrived a couple of minutes ago,” Taemin, her younger brother, said, coming down the stairs. “I didn’t know you were dating someone.”
“I’m not,” Tiffany told him.
“There’s no card,” Taemin told her. “I checked.” He smirked when she gave him a look. “There are 11 bouquets with 11 roses each.”
“You counted?” she asked, looking at him weirdly.
“I was bored,” he said with a shrugged. “Who sends 11 roses?”
“I wonder,” she said.
“Must be a weird guy. What about that geek?” he suggested. She glared at him. “Sorry,” he immediately apologized.
“He’s not weird and he doesn’t like me that way,” she stated with a sigh.
“Right,” he remarked. “When has that ever happened?” As far as he knew, all guys liked his sister one way or another. Even his friends had crushes on her.
“Since now,” she answered, admiring the flowers. “These are really pretty.” She left to get a vase and put one of the bouquets in it. “I’m bringing this to my room.” She went upstairs and placed it on her bedside table.
The doorbell rang.
“Fany!” Taemin called from downstairs. “Someone’s here for you.”
“Who is it?” Tiffany asked him as she went back downstairs.
“He’s in the living room,” Taemin said. “He’s the one who gave the roses.”
Tiffany walked in the living room and opened her mouth to greet whoever it was. But the words died in her throat when she saw who it was.
“This is for you,” Siwon said. He took a step forward and handed her an extra big bouquet of pink roses.
“You sent me the roses?” Tiffany asked disbelievingly.
“I did,” Siwon said with a nod.
“Why?” Tiffany said. “You didn’t have to do this. I mean I’m fine. It’s really alright that you don’t like me.”
Siwon stared at her like she grew two more heads. She could be really clueless sometimes. “I’m not doing this to make you feel better because you think I don’t like you,” he clarified.
“Then why?” she demanded.
He did his best to stop himself from laughing. “It’s because I do like you. A lot.”
“You… like me,” she repeated blankly.
“Yes,” he said, moving closer to her. “I really do.”
“But you said that you didn’t,” she reminded him, feeling very confused.
“I never said that,” Siwon made clear. “You assumed I didn’t like you.”
“But you were avoiding me and everything,” Tiffany prompted him. “I was the one asking you to hang out and you kept on telling me you were busy.”
“I’m sorry about that,” Siwon said. “I was afraid to like you.”
“Why would you be afraid?” Tiffany interjected.
“You’re Tiffany Hwang,” he stated. “You’re a queenka. You’ve dated lots of guys before. And I’m me. I’m no one.”
“You assume and think too much,” she mused, feeling a bit irritated.
“You’re the one who’s been avoiding me recently,” he told her.
“A result of you avoiding me,” she dismissed.
“So what, are we going to just stand here and argue?” Siwon asked, leaning towards her.
“I’m still not convinced,” Tiffany stubbornly said, crossing her arms on her chest.
“Then let me do my best to prove it to you,” Siwon responded. He leaned even closer to her and placed his lips on hers.
Tiffany’s mind went blank and she just stood there for a moment as he kissed her. But soon, her defenses dropped. She untangled her arms and started kissing him back.
“So… why 11 roses in 11 bouquets?” she asked when they pulled away.
“I don’t know,” he responded. “I just wanted to do things differently.”
Tiffany burst out into laughter. “Come here,” she said, wrapping an arm around his neck and kissing him.
~ * ~
“Sunny bunny,” Sungmin whined. He and Sunny were seated side by side on Eunhyuk’s living room couch.
“Sungminnie, please behave,” Sunny scolded him.
“But I just want my good morning kiss,” Sungmin insisted, leaning towards her again. “There’s no one around.”
Sunny thought about it for a second then leaned over and kissed him. Sungmin sighed contentedly and wrapped an arm around her waist.
“Oh god,” Taeyeon said, walking in and covering her eyes.
Sunny immediately pulled away and stood up, her cheeks pink. Sungmin cleared his throat and stood up as well.
“I thought we talked about this,” Eunhyuk chided.
“I just wanted my good morning kiss,” Sungmin shared.
“Please no details,” Taeyeon said, covering her ears this time.
“Are you two best friends again?” Sunny asked, changing the subject.
Taeyeon smiled at Eunhyuk. “We’ve always been best friends.”
“What about you two?” Sunny then asked, referring to Taeyeon and Sungmin.
Taeyeon then went over to Sungmin and hugged him. “I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry,” Sungmin corrected, hugging her back and giving her a kiss on the head.
“Alright, so everyone’s good. Let’s have some breakfast,” Eunhyuk said, gesturing towards the patio, where breakfast was served.
They all trooped to the patio, Sungmin and Sunny hand-in-hand, while Eunhyuk had his arm around Taeyeon.
“I’m happy you’re done fighting with us,” Sunny said with a contented smile.
“Me too,” Taeyeon agreed, helping herself to some pancakes and syrup. She then put some pancakes, a couple of sausages and an egg on Eunhyuk’s plate.
“Yeah, especially you two. You bicker like an old couple,” Sungmin remarked, chuckling at Eunhyuk and Taeyeon. “And then you get back together like an old couple.”
Taeyeon rolled her eyes, while Eunhyuk laughed uncomfortably.
“I think there’d be chaos if you two ended up together,” Sunny mused.
“Let’s all be thankful then that that’s not going to happen,” Taeyeon said, laughing.
Everyone, except Taeyeon, noticed how Eunhyuk suddenly became serious at hearing that comment. He sighed and dug into his breakfast.