Walking into her workplace was the scariest thing Tiffany had done recently, she couldn't imagine the sick looks she would get. She took a deep breath before opening the door to the office and making her way to her seat.
Tiffany was surprised and oh so relieved to find that nobody looked at her, nobody even spared a glance at her. She sat at her desk and saw that there was a pile of work waiting for her. She sighed and got to work, stopping now and again to look Taeyeon's door.
Lunch time approached quickly but Tiffany carried on with her work, she didn't want the humiliation to come from seeing Taeyeon again but luck was not on her side.
"Ahem" That voice was all too familiar.
"Hi Miss Kim" Tiffany said as she spun around in her chair to face her.
"Lunch?" Taeyeon asked, drumming her fingers on Tiffany's desk.
"I'm actually really tied up at the moment" Tiffany sighed.
Tiffany saw Taeyeon raise her eyebrow suggestively before smirking.
*Great....Taeyeon is dirty minded, that's all I need.*
"I mean tied up with work" Tiffany said, embarrassing herself yet again. Taeyeon kept the smirk on her face.
"And I'm giving you permission to take an hour off to come have lunch with me. You wouldn't want to disobey your boss would you?"
"No!" Again with the squeaky and desperate cry. "No, I wouldn't. Let me just grab my bag..."
Taeyeon's hand covered Tiffany's which had just grabbed her handbag.
"Lunch is on me, remember?" Taeyeon smiled, a little too close for comfort.
Tiffany nodded and followed Taeyeon to the cafeteria. She didn't even know that Taeyeon
actually went there, she in fact wasn't aware that Taeyeon never went there. Taeyeon either didn't eat or asked Sooyoung to get her something. Never had she herself sat down and ate with
someone in that place.
Tiffany wasn't comfortable with the stares that were being shot at the pair of them as they sat down after ordering their meals.
"What's up?" Taeyon asked. She was used to having people gawk and whisper around her. It was nothing new.
"Doesn't this bother you?" Tiffany asked motioning to the people staring around them.
"Not really no. Is it bothering you? Do you want to go somewhere else?" Taeyeon asked
"No it's fine" Tiffany gave a reassuring smile as they waited for their food. Once it came, a slightly awkward silence ensued. Taeyeon was the first it break it.
"So, why did you come to work for this company?" She asked as she shovelled some of her food in her mouth.
"It was a great opportunity to work with a great CEO and great people so I took it." Tiffany said simply, a slight blush coming to settle on her cheeks.
"Why thank you" Taeyeon smiled.
"No problem" Tiffany gave an eyesmile.
"Are you enjoying your time here?"
"Mmm." Tiffany swallowed her food before replying. "I love it. I know it's weird someone saying they love office work but I do. I also get to work alongside my roommate too so that's enjoyable".
"And who is that?" Taeyeon asked curiously
"Jessica Jung"
"Ah, fellow American huh?" Taeyeon smiled
"Yupp!" Tiffany lost her smile when she realised she spoke a little too informally just then. But Taeyeon didn't seem to mind.
"Does she have a car?" Taeyeon joked
"No" Tiffany laughed "To be honest we can't really afford one right now. Our bills are bad enough without having the added petrol bills an...". Tiffany stopped as she realised she had just gone on to her boss, the one who pays her about money issues. That was quite unprofessional.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have..."
"Don't be silly, we are friends here..." Taeyeon gave a reassuring smile.
*Friends* Tiffany smiled.
The two finished their lunch and Tiffany got back to work while Taeyeon returned to her office, calling Sooyoung in as she entered.
Tiffany had just finished when Sooyoung stormed out of Taeyeon's office and over to Tiffany with a scowl on her face.
"You Bitch." She snarled
"Excuse me?" Tiffany said back. Where on earth was this coming from?
"You heard me. I can't fucking believe you." She seethed. Tiffany was both scared and confused as Sooyoung left the building with a box in her hands.
"Miss Hwang" Taeyeon called from her office. "Please come here"
Tiffany did as she was told and entered Taeyeon's office.
"Um, is there a reason why Sooyoung..?" Tiffany started asking as she sat down.
"Yes" Taeyeon interrupted. "There is. You see, I have decided to promote you"
Tiffany's jaw dropped open in suprise.
"Wh-what?" She asked in disbelief.
"You're now the new Executive Assistant. Providing you want to take the job of course"
"Yes! I would love to! Wow, thank you so much!" Tiffany beamed. It was so unexpected.... Why would Taeyeon...?
Oh.
Tiffany remembered earlier where she had said she was having money issues. Was this Taeyeon's way of helping her out? But why would she even do that? Tiffany wondered.
"What are you thinking?" Taeyeon asked as she sat beside Tiffany.
"Um, I don't mean to be frank. But I remember earlier I let slip that I was having money issues an...."
"Ahh, and you think that this is my way of helping you with that?" Taeyeon pretty much hit the nail on the head there. Tiffany said nothing, she bowed her head, embarrassed to have even insinuated that. "Well, I may just think you are more suited to the job than Sooyoung" Taeyeon said shrugging.
"Oh, I'm sorry I didn't mean to say..."
"No, it's fine. After all the time Sooyoung worked for me, she never once offered to do
something or get something for me. She'd do it if I asked, but if not, she'd just get something for herself or just sit around doing nothing" Taeyeon revealed. "And never once did I catch her Googling me to find out my likes and dislikes, my allergies, my favourite food..."
Okay so Taeyeon didn't want to admit that hearing Tiffany say she's struggling financially made her fire Sooyoung, but everything Taeyeon said about the latter was the truth so she wasn't really lying to Tiffany.
*Damn, she just had to bring it up* Tiffany sighed
"Don't feel embarrassed Tiffany, I liked it" Taeyeon chuckled
This made Tiffany hide her face in her hands, her blush spreading everywhere.
"Hey" Taeyeon said softly pulling Tiffany's hands away from her face. "Don't hide yourself."
She smiled, holding Tiffany's hands. Tiffany froze. "You have a habit for doing that don't you?"
Taeyeon laughed
"What?" Tiffany snapped out of her daze.
"Freezing up whenever someone touches you"
*Only when you touch me Tae....*
"I guess so" Tiffany giggled.
Taeyeon got up and went to the other side of the desk, flopping down on her leather chair and putting her feet up on the desk.
"Okay, so since you know mostly everything about me, I want to know about you" Taeyeon said.
"Unfortunately I can't find out on Google because you aren't famous" Taeyeon teased earning a pout from Tiffany.
"Fine. What do you want to know?"
"Hmm. Favourite colour?
"Pink. You have no idea how much I love it. Honestly" Tiffany said very seriously.
"Okay...um, favourite food?"
"I like pretty much everything. I like American food a lot, but my favourite Korean food.... Eels I guess. They're amazing" Tiffany grinned
"Birthday?"
"August 1st 1989"
Taeyeon continued to ask questions until she was satisfied she knew her new assistant well enough. Afterwards, Taeyeon helped Tiffany move her stuff from her desk into the assistant section of Taeyeon's office. Tiffany was beyond excited, she got to work for Taeyeon, well she did before but now even more so, she got to work in the same room as Taeyeon.
"Okay, so I probably should have told you this before letting you accept the job." Taeyeon started, making Tiffany stop and listen. "Since you're my assistant, you'll have to come to and from work with me at the same time. I usually picked Sooyoung up from her house in the morning and took her home afterwards in the evening. Are you okay with that? And with the extra hours?"
"Yeah of course. It's perfect. I'll just have to tell Jessie to leave without me now" Tiffany smiled.
Taeyeon nodded and gave Tiffany a brief list of all her tasks that needed to be undertaken each day alongside Taeyeon's requests.
While Tiffany was reading it, Taeyeon came up behind her and read the brief with her, pointing out specific things. Tiffany however stopped listening as soon as she felt Taeyeon's breath on her neck, a shiver went throughout her whole body. She turned her head back to look at Taeyeon not realising how close the latter's face actually was. As soon as she turned, she jumped back at the close proximity, hitting her elbow on the desk and falling off the chair.
"Okay... So no touching and no close proximity" Taeyeon said.
"H-huh?"
"Nothing" Taeyeon laughed.
"I'm sorry I was just suprised that's all" Tiffany said as she got back to her seat. Taeyeon just laughed again.
*Urgh this day is getting more and more embarrassing.*
"Tiffany can you return this to Lee Soonkyu?" Taeyeon asked holding out a bunch of paperwork.
"Sure" Tiffany took it and left the office looking at all the name tags on each desk until she found the one she wanted.
"Hi, Miss Kim wants to return this to you" Tiffany bowed
"Ah thank you" the girl returned the bow and smiled. "So you're the new assistant?"
"Yes" Tiffany grinned
"How did you do it?"
"Huh?"
"How did you manage to get Kim Taeyeon to give you that job. She's never promoted anybody before. But then you come along and take my friend's job off her" Soonkyu aka Sunny said.
"Um, I'm sorry I don't.."
"That's enough Sunny" Taeyeon's voice called out as she approached. "I don't appreciate you speaking to my assistant like that. I'm sorry that Sooyoung was your friend and you were close but it's not my problem that she didn't do her job properly" Taeyeon said in a stern tone of voice.
Sunny just looked away and bowed slightly, not wanting to get into an argument with her boss.
As soon as Taeyeon started leaving...
"You probably just want to get in her pants" Sunny muttered under her breath, not realising Taeyeon had heard.
"What was that? Care to say it again a little louder?" Taeyeon raised her voice a little. This was the first time Tiffany saw Taeyeon angry and it was scary.
"It's nothing Miss Kim." Sunny gave the fakest smile ever and returned to her work.
"Pack up. You're suspended until further notice" Taeyeon said out of the blue. Both Tiffany and Sunny were shocked
"B-but Miss Kim!" Sunny tried to reason with her.
"Goodbye Soonkyu. Give me a call when you're ready to come back to work with a different attitude" Taeyeon said firmly before walking back to her office.
Tiffany watched Taeyeon then brought her gaze back to Sunny. She could see the latter wanted to say something to her but was holding back. Tiffany bowed and scurried away back to the office.
"What was that about?" Tiffany asked as she sat down opposite her boss.
"I don't like having to put up with pretentious little girls like that." Taeyeon said,her voice icy.
Tiffany nodded and went to sit back at her seat. The two didn't talk for the remainder of the day.
Tiffany kept glancing at Taeyeon and only saw that she was pissed so decided it was best to leave it for today. As soon as it was time to go home, Taeyeon drove Tiffany to her house without a word and dropped her off. Before Tiffany could say thanks, Taeyeon had speeded off.
*Jeez. Mood-swings much?* Tiffany thought as she watched the retreating car.
Date?
Tiffany was waiting outside her apartment complex for Taeyeon to pick her up. She kept looking at her watch as she shivered, Taeyeon was late but it was okay. Around five minutes later
Tiffany saw the familiar jaguar speed around the corner, coming to a stop in front of her.
"I'm so sorry I'm late Tiffany! Traffic was terrible. You weren't waiting out here long were you?"
Taeyeon asked guiltily.
Tiffany caught this.
"Nono, I wasn't don't worry" Tiffany lied as she got in the car. She was still freezing cold, she should have brought a jacket.
"I would have texted you to tell you I was running late but I don't have your number" Taeyeon smiled, beginning driving to work.
"You don't? I thought that the company..."
"That's the company. I personally don't have your number".
"Oh"
"Mind typing it in? I'm driving" Taeyeon said as she passed her phone over to Tiffany.
"Sure." Tiffany typed in her number but was unsure of whether to put Miss Hwang or Tiffany.
Taeyeon saw the hesitation out of the corner of her eye and smiled.
"Tiffany's fine"
"Ah okay" Tiffany blushed
Tiffany handed the phone back to Taeyeon, freezing again as their fingers brushed past eachother, goosebumps coming up on her arm. Tiffany shivered.
"Hey are you cold?" Taeyeon asked as she stopped at a red light.
"No I'm fine" Tiffany answered.
Taeyeon touched Tiffany's face with the back of her hand, effectively making the girl die.
"You're freezing Tiffany" Taeyeon tutted.
She reached to the back to get a blanket. As she leaned, her top rided up showing Tiffany her toned abdomen. Tiffany almost hyperventilated, she had the strongest urge to run her hand down Taeyeon's abs.
"Here" Taeyeon sat back in her seat and wrapped the blanket around Tiffany's shoulders.
Tiffany hadn't said anything, but the moment Taeyeon had touched her face her whole body had heated up anyway. The red light changed and Taeyeon continued driving.
"Thanks Tae." Tiffany froze "Yeon. Taeyeon." Tiffany had embarrassed herself yet again by giving Taeyeon a nickname without her permission.
*Oh my God. Ground just swallow me right now please*
Taeyeon sniggered at Tiffany's reaction. She just had to tease the girl.
"Tae? Is that how you address your boss?" She said in an intimidating tone.
"No, I'm so sorry Miss Kim. It won't happen again." Tiffany bowed
Taeyeon burst out laughing
"I'm just kidding, call me whatever you want. As long as it's appropriate" Taeyeon winked at the now similar to the shade of a tomato looking girl.
"Really?" Tiffany asked in disbelief. She thought she'd get scolded or something.
"Mhm. Only when we are alone though"
"Of course. Thanks...um" Tiffany was suddenly too shy to call her that.
"Thanks...." Taeyeon spurred her on.
"Thanks Tae." She immediately hid her face in her hands which was met by a chuckle from Taeyeon.
"No problem Tiff." Taeyeon grinned.
*Oh my God am I having a heart attack right now? My heart is in overload*
"Hey are you going to the party on the weekend?" Taeyeon asked. It was a work night out.
Taeyeon never went, she wasn't fond of parties but she was curious to see if Tiffany was. She'd kind of like to see her let loose and stop being so shy all the time.
"Of course, Im going with Jessie. Are you?"
*Please say yes, please say yes*
"I don't think so no. I don't really go partying" Taeyeon chuckled
"Aw. You should come, it'd be fun. You could let off your steam" Tiffany smiled. She really wanted Taeyeon to come.
Taeyeon turned to her and smiled at her not so subtle begging face.
"We'll see" Taeyeon smiled.
*I will convince you!* Tiffany nodded at her mission of the day.
The two pulled up in the car park and took the elevator up to their floor. They entered the office and sat in comfortable silence. Taeyeon was sifting through paperwork and found she had nothing for Tiffany to do, she had it all covered.
"Oh, it seems you don't have any work to do today. I guess you can go home if you like"
Taeyeon frowned
"Oh. Well is there anything I can do for you? Coffee? Doughnut? Beg you to come to the party maybe...." Tiffany found she was getting more and more confident with Taeyeon, sort of. As long as Taeyeon didn't touch her she was okay.
"Aish, are you not going to give up until I say yes?" Taeyeon asked with a chuckle
"Nope." Tiffany smiled.
"Fine. I'll come." Taeyeon rolled her eyes.
"Yay!" Tiffany clapped her hands. That was easier than she thought. "Okay now really, can I get you anything?"
"Cappuccino would be nice, thank you" Taeyeon smiled. She was glad that Tiffany didn't respond to her going home option. She kind of wanted her company, Taeyeon found herself looking forward to seeing the girl each day.
"No probs. I'll be back in ten" Tiffany smiled and left the room
Tiffany soon returned with an armful of snacks and two coffees. Taeyeon immediately got up to help her out.
"I thought you were only getting a coffee?" Taeyeon asked as she looked at all the snacks and cans of soda in front of her. Plus her coffee.
"Well, I thought that since I'm not going to be doing anything today, I can just chill in the meantime." Tiffany shrugged as she took a seat. "Help yourself to any snacks" Tiffany said, she had bought lots of gummy worms especially for Taeyeon.
Taeyeon walked over and inspected all the sweets before picking up a packet of the gummy worms, holding it up to Tiffany.
"Google?" Taeyeon smirked
Tiffany hid her face and nodded.
"Stalker" Taeyeon chuckled and went back to her desk.
"Sorry"
"Don't apologise, it's funny to me. As long as you don't go overboard and find out my address and wait for me outside day and night, I'm cool with it"
Tiffany's jaw dropped open in response to that. Taeyeon immediately let out her hearty laugh.
Tiffany smiled at the ahjumma in front of her, she had definitely not expected that laugh to come out of her boss.
"I was kidding" Taeyeon chuckled, wiping a tear from her eye
Tiffany pouted in response.
There was an awkward silence that followed that conversation. Taeyeon got back to work and Tiffany just lazed around on her chair. She didn't know what to say to start a conversation.
"Um"
Taeyeon looked up
"You....look good"
*Oh my fucking God Tiffany what did you just say*
"Thanks...." Taeyeon smirked. "You don't look too bad yourself"
"Thanks...." Taeyeon smirked. "You don't look too bad yourself"