Fic: The Note
Title: The Note
Characters: All of SNSD (Ft. Jessica and Tiffany)
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance
Summary: Jessica receives a mysterious note that could threaten her life. Seeing it as a joke, she ignores it, but later finds that things get worse.
A/N: This is contribution for the upcoming JeTidal Wave at SSF, so yeah. :D Also, this isn't only romance, I just couldn't think of another genre, ehehe. :P
After finishing a performance for 'Tell Me Your Wish', Jessica collapsed into a chair backstage and chugged down a bottle of water. Their performances had been endless this past week, and she was glad that there wouldn't be performances for the next couple of days. She blocked out the sounds of farewells as Tiffany, Taeyeon, and Yuri were heading home first. Jessica honestly wanted to go home with them, but for some odd reason, the rest of them had to stay behind for another hour. Sighing, she closed her eyes, hoping a nap could calm her nerves.
"Yah! Wake up!!" Sooyoung shouted, shaking the limp girl in the chair. Jessica groaned when she opened her eyes. "What the hell do you want?" she said with a frown. Hyoyeon backtracked from exiting the room and stated, "We're leaving! Go grab your bag and let's go, unless you want to stay here." Sooyoung ran out the door along with Hyoyeon, shouting something about wanting to eat at a restaurant. Jessica groaned as she got up from her chair and went to pick up her purse. As she lifted the bag and placed the strap onto her shoulder, a piece of paper popped out of her bag and floated to the ground. She immediately glanced at the foreign object, not remembering if she had even placed a note in her bag today.
Curiously, Jessica bent down to pick up the piece of paper and unfolded it. 'Central Park. 5:00pm. Be there or else you can kiss life goodbye.' She shrieked at the last sentence and fell onto her bottom, dropping the note. Her hands were shaking as a bead of sweat ran down her head. What the hell? Is this a joke? It has to be...no one would go this far in a prank, unless it was an anti-fan. What if it is an anti-fan? Would they be serious? What if- "Hey! We're going to leave you behind if you don't get out right now!" Sunny yelled as she entered the room once more. As the shorter girl approached Jessica, her expression changed. "Sica, you ok? You look like you've just seen a ghost..." Snapping out of her trance, Jessica gave a fake smile to the latter, "Y-Yeah, just tripped is all..." Sunny just gave a questioning look at her, before shrugging and prancing out the door. It has to be a joke... Jessica thought as she patted her cheeks and stood up. She turned to look at the crumbled note. Hesitantly, she picked it up, stuffed it into her bag, and ran out the door.
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The van parked itself in the parking lot of their apartment as its doors opened and the rest of the girls filed out and headed towards the doors to the building. Jessica was last out of the car as she took her time getting out and properly standing on her own two feet. Something about the note seemed incredibly real, and her mind was slowly killing itself as she debated between real and a joke. Violently shaking her head, Jessica closed the van's door and followed behind the girls. In the corner of her eye, she caught a dark figure poke its head out from the corner of another building, and could have swore she saw its eyes glare right at her. Screaming, Jessica quickly pounced onto the closest member, which happened to be Sooyoung.
"Hey! What's with you!?" The latter cried as she felt nails dig into her arm. Jessica soon realized what she had did and backed off from the girl. "N-Nothing..."
"Like hell that was nothing! Why'd you scream?"
"It was nothing, really..."
"She was acting weird back at the dressing room, too!" Sunny claimed, staring back from the front of the group.
"Unnie, is there something wrong?" Yoona asked from beside her.
"Ugh! I told you already that it was nothing!!" Jessica huffed and rushed pass the group and into the building. After passing through the doors and made her way to the elevator, she sighed heavily and face-palmed herself. Stupid! You're letting that note get to your head! It could have been any other pedestrian... The image of those eyes ran through her head and she shivered. No, that person was definitely looking at me! Then again, I'm Jessica Jung...anyone would look at me-no wait! That person was being really secretive about it- Jessica gave a small yelp when she felt a hand clamp onto her shoulder. Turning her head, she saw Hyoyeon glaring at her with a what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-you look. The group entered the small elevator along with Jessica, giving up hope on wondering why this girl was being really jumpy lately.
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Tiffany was unconsciously flipping through the channels on the TV, getting impatient as to why the others weren't home yet. Feeling tired, she plopped back onto the couch and watched the channel she had stopped at. "..In other news, police officials have not yet captured the man who had escaped prison 2 weeks ago. Here is a picture of the criminal.." Tiffany gave a disgusted look at the picture on the screen. She quickly reached for the remote and shut the TV off. She didn't like to watch the news. Normally, they always reported the bad stuff, and the news always ruined her mood. The sound of keys rattling echoed through the apartment as the door opened and one by one, the members filed in. Tiffany shot up from the couch and approached the members who were entering the kitchen.
She examined the weary girls and shone her bright eye smile. Tiffany glanced at the clock on the wall above a cabinet. 12:30 am She returned her attention to the Shikshin, who had pulled out a bowl and made her way to the rice cooker. "Yah, is it really the time to be eating?" Tiffany teased as she tried to snatch the bowl away from Sooyoung. The girl just scoffed and shoved her away. "I burned a lot of calories during the performance. If you include that, then it pretty much means that I didn't eat dinner!" Tiffany laughed at the explanation and looked at the members sitting at the table. She frowned when she noticed that there were only 5 members present, besides Taeyeon and Yuri who were already fast asleep in their rooms.
"Hey, where's Jessica?" Tiffany asked as she re-counted the members. Seohyun quickly pointed to the side. She turned just in time to see a hunched figure walk into a room and shut the door. Blinking at the sight, she glanced at the members. They all shrugged, with Sooyoung explaining, "She's been acting weird ever since we left the dressing room.." Tiffany arched an eyebrow at the statement and made her way towards the room Jessica had entered.
Tiffany silently opened the door and noticed a body lying lifeless on the bed. She smirked as she leaned on the door's frame. "Hey, you do realize this is my room, right?" Tiffany stated. The girl on the bed simply lifted her head, examined her surroundings, and groaned into a pillow on the bed. Tiffany closed the door behind her and made her way towards the girl, sitting right beside her on the bed. "What's up with you?" she asked as she unconciously stroked the others golden brown hair. Jessica turned her back to the latter and muttered, "You'd think it's stupid..." She gazed at the pouting girl on her bed, and couldn't help but smile. "Try me." She whispered while tracing Jessica's jawline with her forefinger.
Jessica tried to suppress a moan from the girl's actions and sat up to reach for her bag lying on the ground. She rummage through its contents until she felt the familiar parchment and took it out. Handing the note to Tiffany, she dropped back down onto the bed and hugged a nearby pillow. Tiffany gave a questioning look at the note the girl handed to her and unfolded the piece of paper. Her eyes scanned the note and widened as she read the last sentence. She threw the note and glared at Jessica.
"Is this a joke?"
"That's what I would like to know..." Jessica retorted.
"Do you know who put this in your bag?"
"How the hell would I know? I was sleeping the entire hour I was there."
"That sounds like you..." Tiffany scoffed.
"Whatever, but earlier, I saw a creeper staring at me right before I got into the building..."
Silence entered the room as the two sat on the bed together. From outside, they could hear the others getting ready for bed. Suddenly, Tiffany felt slender arms wrap around her waist and a head bury itself into her stomach. Her blush was not visible in the dark room, but she felt heat radiating from her cheeks. The voice was muffled, but she could hear Jessica utter, "Tiff, I'm scared...I don't know what to do..." Seeing the Ice princess so vulnerable like this made Tiffany happy for some odd reason. She carefully placed a hand on Jessica's head, and played with her hair. Moving her hand to stroke the others back, she laid her chin on Jessica's head. "Do you want to sleep with me?" Tiffany whispered gently. She felt Jessica nod as the girl removed her arms from her. Jessica gave a warm smile to Tiffany, "Thanks..." She got up from the bed to get her pajamas, and turning around once more to look at Tiffany, left the room.
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A scream was heard throughout the entire apartment which woke Tiffany right away. Pulling off the covers, she abruptly stopped getting off the bed and turned towards the sleeping Jessica beside her. She grabbed her shoulder and shook her violently. "Jess! Wake up! Something happened!!!" After seeing the girl slowly rise from her slumber, Tiffany hopped straight out of bed, and thrust the door opened. Hyoyeon, Yuri, Sunny, and Sooyoung were running out of their rooms as well to see what the commotion was about. As soon as she reached the source of the scream, her mouth gaped open. Seohyun was down on the ground, blindfolded and gagged with her arms and legs tied together with rope. Yoona was already working on un-doing the cloth that secured Seohyun's mouth, while Taeyeon had grabbed a pocket knife to cut the ropes on the arms.
The scream had awoken the maknae and now she was squirming. By now, the ropes and gag were off and Taeyeon untied the blindfold. Right as the cloth came off, Seohyun quickly tackled Yoona and burst into tears. The attacked girl was trying to calm the other down, as she was screaming between cries. The rest of the members were quickly gathering around, wondering just what had happened. Yuri bent down to the two girls on the ground and grabbed Seohyun's shoulder. "Yah! Seohyun! What the hell happened?" The bawling girl who had her face buried into Yoona's neck turned to face Yuri, her face streaked with tears.
[Flashback]
Seohyun sat in front of the TV as she grabbed the remote and turned the box on. It was 1:00am, and Keroro would be on soon. Settling herself onto a makeshift chair with a bunch of pillows, she watched the commercials on the TV, hugging her Keroro doll she always had when she watched the show. A door creaked from behind the living room and Seohyun twisted her head around. "Unnie?" she said quietly, not knowing if one of the members were using the bathroom or not. After no response, she shrugged and turned around to face the TV. Silently, a dark figure had crept into the living room, grabbing a piece of cloth and extended it. The figure was now right behind Seohyun who had apparently lost sense of reality and was transfixed on the Cartoon. Lifting the cloth, the person shot out and wrapped the gag around the girl's mouth. Shock ran through Seohyun's body as she struggled from the sudden assault. She tried to scream, but then sharp pain flooded into her head. Her vision was turning blurry, and without warning, the world turned black.
[End Flashblack]
The latter was now screeching as she buried her head into Yoona's neck once more. The members were now panicking, knowing that someone had broken into their apartment and attacked their maknae. Yoona was rocking the girl, cooing and stroking her hair in an attempt to calm Seohyun down. Tiffany gazed at the pair with scared eyes. Those eyes soon came across a note that was stuck on Seohyun's back. Tiffany pointed to the note and claimed, "Look! There's something on Seohyun!" All eyes were on the note as Taeyeon took the piece of paper and unfolded it. "Just wanted to you to know that this is no joke. This could be you if you are to miss your appointment." the leader read aloud.
Tiffany's eyes widened in horror when she realized what the note meant. The others, however, did not understand what this meant. "Just what the hell is that suppose to mean?!" Sooyoung shouted as she fisted her hair. "We need to call the police right now." Hyoyeon stated. Sunny quickly made her way towards the phone when Taeyeon yelled, "NO!" All eyes trained to her as she examined each member. "If we report this to the police, this is surely going to be front page on the newspaper.." Everyone was looking at each other, unsure of what to do, until Yuri spoke up. "We should at least tell Manager oppa. He should have the right to know that someone just got attacked." Hesitantly, the leader nodded and took the phone from Sunny while the others soon gathered around the pair on the floor, helping Yoona comfort Seohyun.
A door slam came from behind the girls. Tiffany turned to see that her door was now shut. She knew it was Jessica, and she knew she was just as shock as she was. Turning to face the others, Tiffany gave a faint smile, "I'm going to check on Jessica..." Only a few nodded as she made her way to her room. Tiffany peered into the room and found her in a corner, curled into a ball. Carefully closing the door behind her, she made her way to the figure. The closer she got to Jessica, the more she could hear the sobs emitting from her. Tiffany bent down and wrapped her arms around the crying girl.
"It's ok..."
"No! It's not ok!" Jessica croaked as she manage to turn around and bury her head into Tiffany's neck. The tears were hot against her skin, but she let her cry, stroking her back with her left arm.
"I got someone involved..."
"You didn't intend on it happening." Tiffany argued.
"But it happened! I can't get other members involved! This is my problem, not theirs! I...I need to go. Need to meet this person..."
Now it was Tiffany's turn to be angry. "You can't! Did you see what this person did to Seohyun?! If you go, it could be worse than just being tied up!!"
Jessica was silent after that. Her conscience was being tormented on whether to go or not. Tiffany sighed heavily and pressed her forehead onto the girl's head. "Promise me you won't go..Manager oppa will fix this, so don't go...ok?" She asked in English, raising her pinky to Jessica. The latter raised her head to look at her and faintly smiled. She lifted her own pinky and wrapped it around Tiffany's, "I promise.."
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Tiffany opened her eyes and yawned. After the incident, Manager oppa had managed to cancel their whole schedule for the day and let the girls have a break. Once that was announced, the girls had stayed home the whole day. She took the opportunity to take a nap with Jessica. She tightened her embrace on the girl, when she ended up grabbing air. Her heat skipped a beat as she turned her head and found the spot Jessica had been using vacant. Tiffany shot right up and glanced at the clock on her nightstand. It read: 4:59pm. Her eyes widened when the note suddenly ran through her head. Damnit Jessi! You broke the promise!! She jumped off the bed and slammed the door open, earning many glances from the girls in the living room and kitchen.
"What's with you?" Sunny shouted as Tiffany began thrusting every door open in the apartment, hoping to find Jessica here and not where she thought she was. After giving up hope, she stood in the middle of the living room. "Where's Jessica?!" Everyone flinched at the hint of anger Tiffany had used. Taeyeon had exited the kitchen and explained, "She left just a few minutes ago. Why?" Having no option left, Tiffany sighed inwardly and stared at the members, "I need to tell you guys something..."
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Tiffany's mind raced as she dashed past street vendors and turned corners. Central Park? Only one more turn... She glanced at her wristwatch with a worried expression. 5:00pm... Almost there! She skidded as she rounded a turn and gasped as she saw Jessica's figure in front of her, walking towards the park up ahead. Tears weld up in her eyes as Tiffany began running towards the girl. Her heart ached, and she couldn't hold back the tears falling down her face. "JESSI!" She cried, hoping the girl would hear her.
"JESSI!" Jessica stopped in her tracks as a familiar voice filled her ears. She turned around and soon she met Tiffany with the colliding of bodies and their lips meeting each other. Her eyes widened at the sudden taste of soft lips on her own, but relaxed as she kissed back the girl. After a while, they pulled back, taking in oxygen that they had lost. Jessica gazed at the other, and was not surprised to see a frown on her face. "BABO! How could you break the promise?! What if I hadn't come in time?! Jess, you're so stupid!!! I don't want you to die!!! Please...don't do this..." Tiffany was sobbing and trying to wipe away the tears. Jessica just smiled and caressed the crying girl's cheeks.
"Isn't that just touching?" Clapping could be heard from the distance as both girls looked up to see who had spoken. A man was leaning against a street lamp-post and had an awful grin plastered on his face. Tiffany pointed at the person with wide eyes and was shaking. "H-Hey! You were on the news! You're that guy that escaped prison!!" The man broke into a horrible cackle. He sounded completely insane, and seemed like he just escaped an asylum rather than a prison.
When the man quieted down, he got up and took out a gun. Jessica immediately placed her body in front of Tiffany's as the man approached the two. "I'm so happy you came...I'm assuming you got my message this morning? Although...I wasn't expecting for two to come. Oh well, the more the merrier, eh?" The man immediately grasped Jessica's arm. "You're coming with me!" Tiffany shoved the man in an attempt to save Jessica. "Don't hurt her!" She shouted as she bit down onto the man's left arm. A cry of pain echoed throughout the area as the man quickly shoved Jessica aside and ringed Tiffany's neck in a headlock. You could hear the latter struggling for air as the man tried to cut off her oxygen. "Tiffany, no!" Jessica shouted as she got up from the ground, but stopped as the gun was pointed at her.
"Freeze! Put your hands up!" Jessica turned to see policemen and police cars surrounding the area and noticed the members far in the distance, staring at them in horror. She could hear the man growl as he raised the gun to point the barrel to Tiffany's head. "Shoot and I'll kill the girl!" Jessica gasped as the man placed his finger on the trigger. Tiffany was still struggling and was beginning to cry at the threat of losing her life and the fact that she couldn't breathe. The policemen were now looking at each other in confusion, loss at what to do since he had a hostage.
Think Jessica! Think! You're the only one that can do anything right now! Her eyes caught a glimpse of a stone brick on her left side. She was desperate to save Tiffany, and was willing to do anything. Secretly grabbing the brick, Jessica inched towards the backside of the man. Heaving the stone brick into her grip, she shot the brick at the man's head. It was a direct hit, and the man cried in pain as he dropped both his gun and Tiffany, who fell to the ground and coughed loudly, and grabbed at the spot the stone brick had hit him. "You little bi-" Fist met cheek as Jessica put all her strength into the punch. The man was thrown to the side, and collided into a wall. Policemen were rushing in as quickly as possible with handcuffs and were securing the man.
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Investigators were interrogating the members as the rest of the policemen were shoving an unconscious man into the back of a police car. Jessica and Tiffany were standing way off to the side, watching the scene from a distance. Tiffany had her arms wrapped around the others waist, while Jessica's hands were stroking Tiffany's hair. Jessica planted a soft kiss on the girl's forehead and whispered softly, "I got you involved..." The latter simply shook her head and gazed into her eyes. "But you saved me...Thank you..." Tiffany leaned in and gently pressed her lips onto Jessica's. The girl kissed back, beginning to enjoy the feeling of soft lips against hers. Using her lips to pry open Tiffany's, Jessica said in a hushed whisper into the opened mouth, "I love you..."