Meeting the Parents (Tae)

[Ashton Harper]

It was their one month anniversary and everything had to be perfect. The setting, the mood, everything. This was one of those moments in life where anyone would be a perfectionist unless they really didn't care at all. Ash did care though. He was practically going insane trying to make everything go just right. Tae was the world and more to him. She deserved the best.

He had just picked her up from her house and dropped Max off with Kuma so the puppy wouldn't be alone. Ash had grown close to the pup and Max had grown close to Kuma. It was in large part to them being around each other so much, especially since Ash and Tae had started dating. After the volunteer work he had done at the shelter, Ash had spent nearly every day with her. His stuttering hadn't disappeared, but his nerves had cooled off. He was getting more confident and things were better than they had been in a while.

Ash was sort of dressed up. His hair was growing out to how he had it when he was a little younger. Tae had told him she liked his hair longer, so of course he wasn't going to be cutting it any time soon. He had told Taeyeon to dress up as well, but to bring a change of clothes with her. It would be a messy date after the cute, romantic stuff was over.

This wasn't just a date though, this was the time she'd meet his parents. His incredibly embarrassing parents. He was nervous to say the least, but he wasn't worried. They already loved her and they hadn't even met her. They would have, but Ash never brought Tae to his house because, well his parents were the type to bring out baby pictures.

Ash pulled his car up to the family bakery and squeezed his girlfriend's hand lightly with a small smile, "We're here. You ready?" He asked as he looked over at her.

[Taeyeon Kai]

Tae had spent all day…well, most of the day, since she had slept in…getting ready for the awesome date that Ash had promised her. The boy was growing, getting over his stutter and becoming more bold in his courtship of her, and her guardians absolutely adored him. It wouldn’t be long before it was her eighteenth birthday, and she would be able to move out and on her own. She was a manager at Hollister now, raking in more money that she did last year around this time, and she was finally happy with where her life was.

It also helped that her boyfriend was extremely good-looking.

Wearing a flirty white sundress with a denim jacket and boots, she left her hair unbound and curly when Ash came to pick her up. Max the puppy had taken to Kuma, and her Corgi was more than happy to have a companion in the yard for the next several hours. She packed a bag with a change of clothes, namely an old shirt and her jeans, and smiled when Ash came and picked her up, dropping off his dog and taking her to a bakery of some sort. When he squeezed her fingers, she smiled at him and leaned over the center console to kiss his cheek.

“I’m ready when you are, baby,” she told him, smiling widely at him. Sure, it had been one month since that day at the animal shelter, but this felt so right, so nice, and Tae wanted to cup it in her palms and let it shine like sunlight, spreading its warmth through her body.

[Ashton Harper]

Though the confidence was there, it didn't keep him from making a total moron out of himself. He still stuttered like crazy when she was close to him and when he didn't know what to say. Pretty much when she stepped out of the house and he saw just how beautiful she looked. That was something he was sure he'd never get used to. She was more beautiful than any other girl he'd been interested in.

He smiled like a complete doofus and it turned to a smirk when he saw the change of clothes which was much more her. "You look amazing by the way." His tone was nonchalant, but his eyes were sincere.

Every time he spent looking at her, he couldn't help but think of his little mall gathering with the ex's. It was scary stuff, but he made it seem like nothing when he told her about it. Even if they had gone into too much detail about their sex lives they'd had with her. It had nearly shattered his confidence, but she reassured him daily, just by staying with him. Who needed a one night stand for every day of the week when he had someone like her?

Ash smiled when she kissed his cheek, "I'm warning you now...it might be a little scary at first." He smirked and opened the door getting out of his side and walking to hers to open the door for her. As he shut the car door, the bakery doors opened revealing a slightly older woman with Ash's golden blond hair and ocean blue eyes....

His mother.