The window was foggy due to the different temperature between two different spaces. The cold breezy night outdoor, where all the Christmas decoration lit up the pavements; and the warm cozy cafe where Taeyeon sat comfortably in one of the brown couch next to the window. The hot chocolate she ordered was still steaming. She was excited to be in this cafe tonight, ever since she graduated from University, it was so hard to meet up with her best friends. Especially now they were in their thirties, it was definitely not easy just to fit the schedule. But one thing hadn't changed, They always managed to secure their time for one Christmas dinner — well, not really a Christmas dinner because it never happened during Christmas night, though. She stole a glance at the clock on the wall, showing it was ten to seven, ten minutes before their appointment schedule. She was here thirty minutes earlier than scheduled because she was too excited. She then took her phone and took a picture of her hot chocolate before sending it to the group chat she had with her best friend.

Taeng: [sent picture]

Taeng: I am already here

She then put her phone back on the table and looked around the cafe. The cafe was not empty, but it was also not full. There were some people who had their laptops opened, some people enjoying their coffee while playing with their phones, and there was this one pretty woman sitting in the table next to her who was reading a book, a sight rarely seen these days where most people would have their eyes glued to the screen of their smartphones. Taeyeon unknowingly put her attention to the woman. Long jet black hair, her skin seemed really smooth, she didn't wear too much make up, her lips covered by pinkish nude lipstick shade. She was in a dark red sweater with patterns of white small deers making several line. Taeyeon was sure that it was not the first time she saw the pattern, she then checked the sweater she wore and chuckled noticing she wore the same sweater as the woman except for the color. What she wore was dark green instead of dark red. She shook her head in amusement, among 50 million people in South Korea, she bumped into this woman who wore the same sweater as her in this cafe. She smiled at the realization while thinking that it would be cute if the woman was apparently her soulmate she hadn't met yet. She was about to look at the woman again when a ding from her phone took her attention away. She unlocked her phone and saw a reply in her group chat.

Yul: Taeng, my friend is already there

Yul: I told her to join your table

Taeyeon furrowed her eyebrows, she didn't remember any of her friends would bring another friend for today's dinner.

Taeng: Your friend? You didn't tell us you're gonna bring friend

Taeng: And how can she know which table I am in? She doesn't even know how do I look like

Taeyeon kept looking at her phone, waiting for Yuri's explanation, when a husky voice greeted her ears.

"Excuse me."

Taeyeon looked up and her eyes met a beautiful pair of smiling eyes. It was so dazzling, she couldn't even blink.

"Are you Taeyeon?"

Taeyeon blinked her eyes couple of time trying to keep herself together, and put her focus to find out who was the woman in front of her. Long jet black hair, beautiful eye smile, smooth fair skin, pinkish nude lipstick shade, dark red sweater with pattern of white small deers. It was the woman she previously observed. The woman was even more attractive up close.

"Uhm, are you Taeyeon?" The woman asked again after not getting any response from Taeyeon.

"Ah, yes. And you are?" Taeyeon wasn't sure she knew this woman in front of here. Couple seconds ago this woman was a total stranger she saw in a cafe.

"Ah, thank God I am not greeting the wrong person." The woman's face was full of relief after got Taeyeon's confirmation. "I am Tiffany." The woman bowed at Taeyeon, and Taeyeon was surprised with the respectful manner. She immediately stood up and bowed at the woman as well.

"Do I know you Tiffany-ssi?" Taeyeon asked uncertainly as she believed she didn't have any friend named Tiffany. She straightened her body and Tiffany mirrored her.

"Well, I am Yuri's friend. She told me to join your table." Tiffany chuckled after explaining herself. "It's awkward, isn't it?"

Taeyeon chuckled along as she gestured Tiffany to join her table. "Feel free to choose where you're going to sit."

The couch was a long U-shaped, circling around a rectangle table. It fitted eight to ten people. Taeyeon sat at one end of the U, and she scooted to the middle so Tiffany could choose either side. To Taeyeon's surprise, Tiffany decided to sit next to her.

"Do you mind?" Tiffany asked Taeyeon as soon as she took the seat.

"No, not at all." Taeyeon tried to answer coolly, masking her excitement of getting to know the woman she checked out not long ago. "By the way, how could you know that I am Taeyeon?"

Tiffany seemed to hold her laugh as she showed her phone screen which showing a picture of Taeyeon in a frog costume from Halloween years ago. "Yuri sent me your picture."

Taeyeon groaned as she stared at the picture Tiffany showed. The picture Yuri sent to Tiffany was not her best picture. If Tiffany were gay, and they met through dating app, with that picture Tiffany would definitely swipe left. "She could've sent you my better picture from instagram but she chose to send that picture instead. Annoying." Taeyeon mumbled in annoyance, earning a soft chuckle from Tiffany.

"Anyway, do you prefer silence or talks?" Tiffany asked again.

This time Taeyeon couldn't hold her laugh. "What do you mean, Tiffany?"

Tiffany also laughed. Maybe she found her question was weird or maybe Taeyeon's laugh was just contagious. "I mean, if you prefer silence, I would just read my book in silence and you can do whatever you wanna do. But, if you prefer talks, we can —you know, talk. And get to know each other."

"Oh my God, this is hilarious." Taeyeon couldn't seem to stop her laugh. "I wish girls I met on blind date would ask me this question as well." She then went pale after spilling her last sentence. "I-I mean guys..." She immediately corrected herself.

This time, it was Tiffany's turn to laugh. "It's okay, Taeyeon. We're on the same boat." She then playfully winked at Taeyeon.

"Really?" Taeyeon couldn't hide her surprised expression. Why did everything feel like a destiny? She straightened her seat and leaned in a bit towards Tiffany. "You are gay?" She whispered carefully, ensuring the latter would not feel judged.

"Girl, please." She chuckled. "I think everyone in Yuri's circle is either gay or confused. There's a chance they're bi, but definitely not hundred percent straight." She threw another wink at Taeyeon, earning a laugh from the latter.

"Now that you mentioned it, I think you're almost right."

"Almost? Yuri has straight friends?" Tiffany raised her eyebrows.

Another laugh escaped Taeyeon's lips. "Yeah, in today's dinner, you will meet all Yuri's straight friends."

"That high probability of meeting Yuri's straight friends, but the first friend I meet is not the straight one. Interesting."

Taeyeon really loved the amount of laugh she had tonight. Tiffany was really easy to be with. She didn't need to think about small talks, within short period of time she was able to make herself comfortable around the other woman. She never believed in the magic of Christmas before, but today, she was thinking whether this part of her life is because the work of Christmas' miracle.

"So, where did you meet Yuri? Dating app?" Taeyeon tried to reason herself, there must be a reason why Tiffany was here tonight. Maybe Tiffany was one of Yuri's match on dating app.

"Nooo," Tiffany groaned. "I met her in a tea tasting session couple of months ago."

Taeyeon furrowed her eyebrows at the unexpected answer. "Tea tasting? Yuri is into tea?"

"She's into my friend, Jessica."

"And Jessica is into tea?"

"Jessica is into Yuri." Tiffany laughed at their weird conversation. "Gosh, it's amusing. Long story short, Yuri matched with Jess —my friend, in dating app. Jessica wanted to meet up with Yuri but she was afraid it would be awkward. So she asked me what kind of date that has a lot of thing to do just in case it wouldn't work. But the date should be romantic enough, just in case they hit it well. So I suggested tea tasting."

"Ah, I see. That answered my confusion." Taeyeon smiled, silently felt relieved that Tiffany was not a woman Yuri dated. "But why are you there in the middle of their date."

"I wanted to watch and tease them." Tiffany grinned playfully, earning yet another laugh from Taeyeon.

"Gosh, you really are something!" Taeyeon bursted out her laugh. "How was the date though? It ended well?"

"I think they are dating now. Not sure whether they take it into relationship or no, but they're dating." Tiffany answered confidently.

"I can't believe Yuri never mentioned about this!" Taeyeon gasped in surprise. Yuri never mentioned about dating someone either in their private chat or in the group chat. She couldn't believe she needed to find out about this from a stranger she just met today.

"Did she not also mention that she would bring Jess tonight?" Tiffany asked carefully.

Taeyeon had her jaw opened upon hearing the question. "She would bring her date?"

Tiffany chuckled at Taeyeon's expression. "Yah! Why do you give me that kind of response?"

"How can she leave me — her single gay buddy, become the only single in today's dinner?" Taeyeon covered her face with her two hands. "She's really mean."

Again, Tiffany couldn't help to laugh at the sight in front of her. "So everybody is in a relationship?"

"Well, there is Sooyoung who is engaged to Kyungho — her fiance. Soonkyu is dating Henry. Yoona is dating an actor, sorry I can't spill the name. Hyoyeon is dating a DJ. Even Seohyun our maknae is in a relationship with a lecturer." Taeyeon mentioned all of the participants for today's dinner in one single breath. "So, I thought only me and Yul who're going to be singles!" Now Taeyeon massaged her forehead. "Apparently I'm going to be the only single tonight."

Tiffany shook her head in amusement before tapping on Taeyeon's shoulder to get the latter's attention. Once Taeyeon turned her head, Tiffany pointed at herself. "I am also single, you know?"

"No waaaayy!" Taeyeon exclaimed. It was surprising for her to know that the beautiful woman in front of her was still single. There must be a long queue of other pretty women — or handsome women waiting to be her girlfriend. "A person like you? Single?"

"Yah! What do you mean by that?" Tiffany pouted at the response she got.

"I mean, look at you! You're easy to see, easy to adore, easy to talk to. How come you're still single?" Taeyeon didn't mean to be cheesy, but she still hardly believed Tiffany was still single.

"I am not easy to get." Tiffany beamed a smile at Taeyeon. Her eyes turned into two beautiful crescents.

And Taeyeon was dazzled by the sight.

"And for your information, the reason I am here tonight is because Yuri said she's going to introduce me to her single friend." She wiggled her eyebrows playfully.

"Who?" Taeyeon was still dazzled.

"Of course you, silly." Tiffany chuckled while shaking her head.

Taeyeon's jaw dropped and Tiffany laughed at that.

"Yah! Why are you like that?"

"What did you say?" Taeyeon tried to gather her composure. Today might be really when Christmas really did its magic.

Tiffany let out a huff. "It's embarrassing, you know? Yuri is supposed to be the one who introduce us."

"Are you saying that we're supposed to be like in a blind date?" Taeyeon blinked her eyes repeatedly.

Tiffany tilted her head, hands pointed to Taeyeon then to herself. "What do you think? We're two people who have not met before. Meeting in an appointment arranged by a third person. It sounds like a blind date to me."

Taeyeon could feel her face got warm, she must've blushed at Tiffany's explanation. She shook her head to straightened her mind. "And you're okay with that?"

Tiffany shrugged. "You're cute." She smiled wide. "I don't mind."

If previously Taeyeon felt her face got warm, now it felt hot. She was never really good at receiving compliments. She was always awkward and shy every time she received compliments, especially from someone whom she thought beautiful.

"In addition to that," Tiffany continued to talk, which Taeyeon was really grateful for. "We already wear couple sweaters." Tiffany pointed at their sweaters which exactly the same sweater, only differed in color.

"I—" Taeyeon exhaled and inhaled, trying to sound as normal as she could while she was trying to calm her heart which started to skipped some beats. She didn't know why her heart behaved that way. Maybe because the overwhelming information she got from Tiffany. Maybe because the woman she imagined to be her soulmate couple of minutes ago also swung same way as she did. Maybe because Tiffany was so beautiful that every time she smiled, Taeyeon was mesmerized by the beauty.

"You...?" Tiffany waited for Taeyeon to finish the sentence.

Taeyeon took a deep breath, her last resort to calm herself. "I can't believe Yuri set me up with a very beautiful person." She squeaked, earning a hearty laugh from Tiffany.

"That's cheesy, Taeyeon." Tiffany tried to muffle her laugh. "So, are we on a date now?"

Taeyeon smiled at the offer, ignoring the tingling sensation in her tummy and the warmth on her cheeks. "Sounds good to me."

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Author's note:

Posted originally in my AFF during Christmas and New Year. It's a bit late to publish it here. But I guess will still post it here :D

PS. Should I make Bahasa Indonesia version as well?