Mindlink was something normal in packs, werewolf packs to be specific.

In Yoona's pack however, mindlink wasn't really used that much.. So you could say they were a little rusty.

Also, Yoona didn't really like to use it unless necessary... There's also that horrible and embarrassingly weird habit of hers to whisper what she was saying thru mindlink, which kind of beats the purpose of even using it.

And even if she does keep her mouth shut, she would HUM, as if she was being gagged!

Yoona had no idea how to get rid of the weird habit so.. She just let it be and only used the mindlink whenever necessary but.. When you're in a pack.. With packmates that are too outgoing, loud, embarassing and are shameless, she found herself using it atleast more than she expects not to.

It also makes her look like a clown whenever she does it. Everyone in her university knows about her habit and finds it amusing! Some call it cute, others find it.. As something to poke her with. "Why would you even use mindlink Yoona if you're going to say it out loud anyways? Doesn't matter if you're whispering, we can still hear it anyways! Maybe you're not really a pure were." And cue the snickers. Never really affected Yoona since she knew better than to listen to low-lifes.

THE POINT IS, her (Yoona's) weird habit never really bothered her! Really it never did. She went though 19 years of her life peacefully! Oh that is, until now.. Damn it.

Okay let's go back in time, before all went to shit and why Yoona's having this overdramatic monologue, just so you will be able to see some light in this EMBARASSING (this is an overstatement but Yoona seems to think the opposite.) situation.

8:03 AM, SoWon University.

"I AM LATE!" Yoona shrieked as she ran in the halls, that was forbidden but hey, she's late! That was an excusable excuse.

"Poor you then." Stephanie had boredly responded through their mindlink.

"I swear to the Gods, Tiffany! I will maul you once I see you on break!" Yoona said.. And mindlinked, as she skidded to a left turn and has resorted to jogging since running was so tiring.

"Uh-huh, yes you will sweetie." Stephanie had distractedly replied, "So, did you see Juhyun today? She looked so good, I wanted to walk her to her class you know? But I couldn't since we had volleyball practice today, FIRST thing in the morning. Urgh, Coach Kim is such a grump. I could have finally made a move on her, why is Physics so boring? I should have just skipped-" and there she is again.. Rambling. About Juhyun, class and volleyball. Typical.

After seconds of jogging around and listening to Stephanie's rambling, finally! Yoona spotted her class and it seems like the Profesor wasn't there yet.. Thank the Gods that the damned classroom was dEEP DEEP DEEP DEEPER THAN TARTARUS (okay overstating it but ya get it right?) IN THEIR UNIVERSITY.

"I'm going in class, see you later Tiff." Yoona muttered as she fixed her uniform. "Same place, you know that. Bye." And she shut off the link, not even bothering to listen to Stephanie's goodbyes. Then, she ran to the classroom, burst in and plopped in her seat, ignoring her classmate's wild glares and staring. She's used to it.

~

Once the bell rang, signalling it was break, Yoona was out of the class, faster than anyone else and had speed walked to the Café, she and her pack had normally hung out in whenever they could.

The bell tinged as she entered, her senses welcoming the sweet smell of coffee and pastries along with small hints of other people's scents, vague yet still there.

She roamed her eyes around the cafe, taking in the familiar scene, the bookstore that was placed by the corner and the small CD player and CD stacks by it, and then the small sofa set with a coffee table in the middle, there was also a few beanbags around there by right side of the cafe, but by the window, still a little too far, she spotted her friends, giving them a small wave, she headed to the counter.

"Hey Yoona-noona." Jimin greets her, "the usual?"

"Please, but this time with an extra lemon cake."

"Sure, that'll be 780 won."

"Here," she hands over the money, and then waves at Jimin signalling she was going over to her friends now.

"YOONA! Oh my god, you can not believe what just happened." Stephanie immediately jumps on to gossip.

"Really?" Yoona asks, setting down her bag and taking a seat.

"You know my cousin, Taeyeon?"

"Oh?"

"She's here!" Stephanie squeals, "and gUESS WHAT, SHE KNOWS JUHYUN—"

Yoona blinks.

Of course.

It had something to do with Juhyun

"And?" Yoona prodes, a little interested nonetheless.

"I finally have Juhyun's number!" Stephanie squeals again.

Sunkyu groans, "you could have had it already and didn't have to ask your cousin if you weren't such a coward and just asked her out already!"

"I AM!" Stephanie says, "Later.. In private.."

"Later," Sooyoung scoffs. "You mean after 3 months of hopelessly staring at her number and then you'd accidentally press call, panic, end it and then go back to admiring her from the dark."

Yoona just tunes them out since Jimin arrived with her order.

She just continued on eating, taking advantage of her 2 hour lunch break.

That was until..

"Can I get an Americano please?" She smells her before she hears nor sees her.

And her mouth Waters at the scent, her brain going a little fuzzy and her eyes droop.

Not realizing she stopped eating and just started inhaling air..

Making her friends look at her like she was crazy, which she obviously did not notice.

'The fuck, bitch, what are you doing?' Sooyoung mindlinks her.

'You're looking a little weird.' Sunkyu comments next.

'Guys, I think it was just the lemon cake~" Stephanie implies Yoona was a pig.

'Shut up guys. I smell something realllyy heavenly..' Yoona mindlinks back, temporarily forgetting her embarassing habit.

'I take it back. She is insane. All the junk food grease has gotten into her head.' Stephanie states.

'She's eating cake.' Sooyoung points out, staring at Stephanie with a look.

Yoona ignores them, having gotten over her little fuzzy brain phase, instead looking over her shoulder to look for the owner of the scent.

Strawberry and the fresh earthy smell after rain..

And..

There she was.

She was shorter than Yoona expected, her head was lowered as she was talking to a little girl with her.

"What are you looking at—" Stephanie asks but cuts off herself when she sees who, "oOOH TAEYEON! HANI!"

Oh shit, Yoona thinks. They're coming over, oh MY GOD OH MY GOD THE SCENT IS GETTING STRONGER I'M GETTING WEAKER HELP—

WAIT.

SHE'S TIFF'S COUSIN?!

And Hani..

Tiff's sister..

Ah fuck.

"Hey Steph." Taeyeon greets her, "and friends." She looks over them and oh.. oh my god, Yoona might just melt right there at her voice and gaze.

The others but her immediately get in a conversation.

But then she saw Sooyoung wasn't as invested in the conversation, she immediately mindlinks Sooyoung to squeal and fangirl.. Of her new crush.

'SOOYOUNGIE' she squeals, not realizing she's whisper-yelling. 'SHE'S SO GORGEOUS AND TIFF'S COUSIN. I AM GOING TO MELT.'

silence.

Sudden silence that you're going to need an axe cut through.

"Well.. This is awkward." Sunkyu remarks.

Wait..

Oh.

Oh..

Oh fuck.

Oh fuck shit damn I'm fucked—

~

Flashback over.

Do you understand now?

No?

Okay get out.

Joking.

But really, after that, Yoona had ran out of the cafe, with the excuse she was late for classes, when really, she was NOT!

Oh hey, guess what, it's also been a week since that happened and Yoona feels like the world is against her since she's been seeing Taeyeon all over the place!

Well..

Its just the university she's seeing Taeyeon all over...

YET STILL!

Yoona had prayed to all the deities and saint she could think of that Taeyeon doesnt see her or gets in a class with her because she can NOT take the shame that goes with embarassing herself infront of a really gorgeous, pretty, woman who she would really really like to—

NO! NO PERVY THOUGHTS!

Yoona exclaims mentally, shocking herself like a moron and falling off the chair she was daydreaming on.

The whole library suddenly turns to glare at her for the disruption while the librarian sends a warning hush for her to be quiet.

"Sorry.." Yoona meeks out, before she stands up to gather her stuff.

Ugh, what is happening to me?!

And then speedwalks out of the library, her cheeks flaming a cherry red in contrast to her fair skin making it stand out.

As she turns on a corner, she suddenly stops, her eyes catching the familiar figure of Kim Taeyeon talking to.. Is that Kwon Yuri?

Oh it is.

Yoona takes a slow step back, as if they would notice her...

And then one more.

The higher-ups hate me! Yoona cries out mentally when Taeyeon suddenly makes eyecontact with her, catching the slight movement with the corner of her eyes as Yoona mentally curses.

She freezes on her spot, eyes going wide and her cheeks getting brighter, wishing for the ground to just swallow her up.

And everything goes to shit when Taeyeon bids Yuri goodbye to walk over to Taeyeon.

Yoona runs before Taeyeon gets to her.

"Hey! Wait!" She hears Taeyeon shout.

"Noo!" Yoona shouts back, "stop following me!" She runs and turns a corner hoping to lose her.

"Seriously this is ridiculous! Stop running!"

"You stop running!" Yoona retors, picking up more speed as she runs through the hallways with Taeyeon on her tail.

"Wait, watch out!"

"You watch ou—"

Yoona faceplants to a wall.. Her cheeks smushing to the wall before she drops.

Ah.. Dizzy dizzy..

~

Yoona wakes up to a familiar room, owned by the university. Its called a clinic and it smells awfully over-disinfected.

"You okay now?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah. I feel a little dizzy though." Yoona mindlessly answers.

The voice hums, "well, that's you get for running into a wall."

"I guess— I what?!" Yoona opens her eyes completely, slightly squinting at the sudden bring flash of light.

"You. Ran. Into. A. Wall." The voice had said again, annoyance seeping into each syllable.

Oh... Please be not her..

"If by Taeyeon, the person you've been avoiding since last week, then I am her."

AND SHE'S A MINDREADER, MY THOUGHTS AREN'T SAFE!

"Seriously? I thought you voiced out your words when you mindlinked as Tiffany explained to me.. Not just your thoughts."

"Uhh.." Yoona just stays still, afraid of.. Eh, she doesnt know, she just is!

"You're cute but your careless." Taeyeon remarks, "hey look at me. I'm not going to do anything to you." She says, as if offended about the fact that Yoona thinks that.

Yoona forces herself to look at Taeyeon's eyes, and when their eyes met, she felt her cheeks flaming up and she decides to bite her lips to distract.

"Hey, don't do that. You'll hurt yourself." Taeyeon lifts her hands to Yoona's face, her long fingers running over Yoona's bottom lip to get it to loosen up.

Yoona finds herself heating up more at the action.

Taeyeon chuckles at her reaction, before she says, "you know, you've been quite the handful this week."

"Huh? I-I uhh.." Yoona trails off.

"You kept on avoiding me." Taeyeon points out.

"N-no I haven't!" Yoona gets over her flustered state to deny the accusations, because of course not! She was just.. A little.. Okay fine! She was avoiding her.

"And I warned you to stop running and look," Taeyeon points to the gauze wrapped around Yoona's head. "I had to carry you. Do you know how hard that was since you're so much taller than me?"

"I'm sorry.." Yoona looks down, a little guilty. "I was just really embarassed and— sorry for all the trouble! And the cafe incident. That was really rude of me.. Sorry."

"You're really cute when you pout." Taeyeon teases, "and maybe, I will forgive you.." She trails off, "if.."

"If..?" Yoona asks.

"You free for dinner tomorrow?"

Yoona's eye widen and she chuckles sheepishly, getting more flustered. "Yeah.. I am."

"It's a date then."

"Date?"

"Yeah, or do you not—"

"I-I do!" Yoona sputters out, a little too loud. "Uhm.. I mean."

Taeyeon chuckles, amused and a little flustered at Yoona's reaction. Which she obviously doesn't show!

"Well.. Your brother's on his way to pick you up." Taeyeon changes the topic, so Yoona's flaming cheeks could cool down.

"H-huh? Brother? Oh, you mean Seokjin? Why's he— Ahh.. My head."

"He'll be here any second now." Taeyeon says, lifting Yoona's phone up to show their text messages. "I hope you don't mind me using your phone.. I had to inform someone and Stephanie wouldn't pick up her phone."

"I-it's okay." Yoona reaches a hand out for her phone which Taeyeon immediately hands over, and just right on time, Seokjin shows up on the door, knocking softly to inform his presence.

"Hey noona, ready to go?" He asks and Yoona nods, getting off the bed, Seokjin takes all of her stuff to carry them for her as Taeyeon walks with them out.

"See you tomorrow? At 8?" Taeyeon asks.

"Yea.. See you.." Yoona nods and Taeyeon smiles at her before she bids Seokjin bye as well and finally leaves.

Yoona was flustered the whole way to her apartment while Seokjin teases her about the date.

~•~

and that was the beginning of something beautiful