Escape - Taeyeon Scenario
[a/n] The prompt was “go on without me”
A cold can was nudged into your shoulder forcing you to take one hand off the controller and grip the icy drink. You turned your head to the side to look at her as she shifted the mass of pillows and blankets beneath her and when it seemed she was settled and comfy you murmured “Tae…wanna try one more time or just head to bed?”
“I come home to a lovely surprise and you expect me to end it early? I never give up baby, especially not on Mario and Sonic” Even from the side her smirk was distinct and you both leaned forward as the familiar dream events theme echoed around the apartment. Shoulder pressed against shoulder Taeyeon and you were immersed in the game, occasionally Taeyeon would fist pump when you succeeded and curse in her limited English at the thwomps as you maneuvered the rough waters.
The living room was warmly lit and laughter floated in the air and clung to the walls; it was hard to believe that this same room could be the cause of Taeyeon’s darkest days. Thinking of Taeyeon and her dark days seemed to remind you of why you were even sat on worn out pillows with a shockingly purple Wii controller in your hands at 3 am, it had always been tough on your girlfriend after a concert to come home to this vast room with no one in it so you had trundled over at 1 in the morning to warm up the flat and prepare an ultimate game on the Wii Sonic Olympics from 2012. You had to win the dream rafting event and finish the dream event series that you had stupidly showed Taeyeon by text whilst she was in Tokyo,because there was no way in hell that Kim Taeyeon would let you sleep or her before you completed the last event in the series. You’d cursed, sung and even danced through the other levels with stupid movements to keep bubbles and spaceships afloat and now you had reached the final part of your challenge, the blooper was soon approaching and you gave Taeyeon a quick peck on her forehead and in a worn out voice reminded her “after this we go to bed, I don’t care if we lose by 100 points or 5. Tomorrow you have no schedules so if the worst comes to the worst we will redo it tomorrow okay?” with a little bob of the head you knew Taeyeon was far gone, lost in the world of Nintendo and that you might just have to unplug the Wii so she’d get some damn rest.
The raft floated into its final stage and Taeyeon yet again shifted uneasily, at some point during the events she’d ended up huddled between your legs with your arms wrapped around her although you weren’t complaining. Taeyeon had never been overly affectionate and preferred not to be so public about her skinship unlike her loud American counterpart so this gentle and calm affection suited you just perfectly to lead you into battle against the blooper. Its ten or eight tentacles (at this point you had no clue how many it had but just needed to kill them) were swiping across your raft with a great ferocity, the timer read 23 seconds left and with the pressure on you started to jump more often in an attempt to strike it. Taeyeon it seemed had jumped a little too furiously and fell off the raft and Yoshi, her character, was seen on screen to be hurtling towards the blooper in the centre of the whirlpool and there was nothing she could do. You froze and turned Mario round as if to assess whether to jump and grab her or not but before you could even roll the joystick Taeyeon yelled “Go on without me!” before flopping on your chest emphatically letting her green wii controller thud to the carpet. The raft was steered away from the blooper as the timer hit 00 and the awards ceremony rang out on screen. Neither of you cared that you had lost again as you were far more preoccupied with giggles over the sudden dramatic act. Taeyeon reached up for your face and twisted her body round to face you, with a twinkle in her eye and a slight curve of her lips she whispered “thank you y/n, seriously..it’s the first time someone’s ever truly welcomed me home so early and it was in the best way possible” before leaning in to press a chaste kiss on your cheek and then a slightly longer kiss on your lips. Her lips were soft and you’d forgotten how good it felt to kiss the Kim Taeyeon, after all it had been a few months while she was away but you intended to make up for all of the kisses you’d missed out on….although now Taeyeon needed to rest and you were dog tired too so you pulled away, loving to hear the soft whine that fell from Taeyeon’s lips as you pulled her up. Soon you were both tucked under the covers, Taeyeon lay by your side snoring softly and spreading her short limbs all around the bed but you didn’t mind. You listened to her small snores and mulled over the night trying to file the moments in your memory so you didn’t forget tomorrow.
It was at some point when you both were pressing buttons furiously to pass the course that you realised that you would give up all sleep just to see that gleam in Taeyeon’s eye and to hear her ahjumma laugh as she swung Yoshi around the edge of the raft; it was moments like this that you missed bitterly during promotions or touring when you’d come home to your single dish meals and she’d be somewhere singing or guesting. Of course there were messaging apps and facetime now that sure made it easier than when you first met Taeyeon and as you grew older with her the ache became less sharp with each tour as you knew she’d always come back to you, back to evenings of sonic and Mario, evenings of going out to get ice cream or her groceries, back to her safe place and her escape from all the press and the hustle of the idol life.