Taeyeon eyes glued to the screen of her phone. The screen showed the group chat she had with her best friends. The notification sound kept ringing so she opened the group and noticing there were some new bubble chats on the screen. The bubble kept adding up, seemed like her friends were discussing about something. She read the seemingly never ending chat in the group.

Syoung: Guys, wanna spend Christmas Eve together?

Sunny: You're not going back to your parents' home?

Syoung: My parents are traveling abroad. They will celebrate Christmas in Europe. Me and Kyungho thought it'd be nice to celebrate with you

HYO: Cool! I am in!

Yoong: Count me in, Unnies

Yul: Where? When?

HYO: December 24. You don't know when is Christmas Eve?

Yul: I know the date!! I wanna know what time exactly?

Syoung: 7pm. Let's rent a villa

Yul: Can I bring my girlfriend?

Syoung: Ofc. The more the merrier

Syoung: So, you're in?

Yul: I am in

Syoung: Sunny? What about you?

Sunny: Just asked Henry, we will come

Seohyun: I am also in. My parents are out of town. I will come with my boyfriend

Taeyeon blinked her eyes. Every year, she spent the Christmas Eve with Yuri because their parents lived outside of Seoul, while the other girls usually spent Christmas Eve with their parents. But this year, suddenly everyone stayed in Seoul and they would celebrate Christmas together. She smiled and typed a reply.

Taeng: So everyone brings partners?

Syoung: Yup

Yul: Yes

HYO: Ofc!

Sunny: Obviously

Seohyun: Yes, Unnie

Yoong: Not sure. If he doesn't have schedule, he will join

Syoung: Will you come, Taeng?

Taeng: OK, I am in

She then closed the app and called Tiffany. It took three rings until Tiffany picked up the phone.

"Hi, Tae." The husky voice greeted Taeyeon.

"Hi, are you busy?"

"Nope, I am playing around with excel sheet." Tiffany chuckled.

Taeyeon tittered. "Just a quick question, are you free for Christmas Eve?"

"Well, Jess said she was going to celebrate it with Yuri. So yeah, I am totally free."

"Great! Wanna join me and my friends? We're celebrating Christmas Eve together. Everone will bring their partner. Sica will also be there." Taeyeon excitedly told the other woman.

"Is it the friends I met during dinner?"

"Yes!"

Tiffany hummed, before replied. "Will I be your plus one?"

Taeyeon could feel her cheeks warmed. "What do you expect? You are my date."

Tiffany laughed softly across the line. "Do you notice that we're gonna be the only one who's not in a relationship during Christmas Eve, right?"

"Of course I am aware of that. Why?"

"You won't sulk because your gay buddy will have Jess with her?" Tiffany teased by bringing up Taeyeon's upbringing during the dinner when they first met.

"Yah!" Taeyeon chortled. "I am gonna be fine. I am going to bring my date, so I won't sulk."

"Sounds good then. Do you want me to fetch you, Tae?" Tiffany offered.

"N'ah, I will fetch you." Taeyeon smiled wide now that Tiffany agreed.

"Okay, then. See you soon, Tae. I miss you already."

The smile never left Taeyeon face. "I miss you too, Fany. See you."

***

Taeyeon pulled over her BMW in front of the apartment lobby with a smile on her face. Her smile grew wider as she saw familiar woman who stood up in the lobby, eyeing her car. She opened the window and greeted the person.

"Hi, pretty."

Tiffany laughed at the way Taeyeon greeted her and walked towards the car. She then opened the door and let herself got into the car, taking the seat next to the driving woman. Once she got inside the car, she laughed, noticing the outfit Taeyeon wore.

"Yah! Why are you wearing that sweater?" She commented in amusement.

Taeyeon wore dark green sweater with patterns of white small deers making several line. The sweater she wore when they first met.

"Ask that to yourself." Taeyeon stuck out her tongue to Tiffany who the same sweaters, with the color of dark red.

Both women chuckled at how they coincidently wore the same sweater again.

"Anyway," Tiffany stopped laughing and leaning in, planting a soft peck on Taeyeon's lips. "I missed you." She pulled away, with a shy smile on her face, and a faint blush on her cheeks.

Taeyeon was not in a better state, hue of red was visible on her face. "I missed you too." But the smile never once left her face. "Shall we?" She asked excitedly, and got a nod from Tiffany as an answer.

"Everyone is going to bring their partners?" Tiffany asked while playing with the car's head unit, trying to find a song she liked from the Christmas playlist.

"Yes, literally everyone will bring their partners." Taeyeon continued to drive as she stole a glance at Tiffany. "I am glad you agreed to join. Or else, I would be the only single there. Gay and single." She let out a loud huff, earning a hearty laugh from Tiffany.

"So, that means I will meet the actor Yoona dates?" Tiffany finally landed her decision on the song and rested her back to the seat.

Taeyeon gasped playfully at Tiffany's question. "Don't tell me you're gonna ditch me over an actor!"

"You know I am gay, Tae." She faked a scoff before taking one of Taeyeon's hands which was not holding the steering wheel. She then interlaced their fingers, making Taeyeon smiled at the warmth of her hand. "Even Chris Evan won't turn me straight."

"What about Chris Hemsworth?"

"Nope."

"Lee Dongwook?"

"Ah, he's handsome. I like him." Tiffany nodded in agreement.

"Will you turn straight for him?" Taeyeon wriggled her eyebrows.

"N'ah, he's not a woman." Tiffany shrugged, earning yet another laugh from Taeyeon.

"What about Kim Taeyeon?"

Tiffany turned her head to Taeyeon and smirked teasingly. "If she asks me to be her girlfriend, I will immediately make babies with her."

Taeyeon bursted out laughing upon receiving the answer. "How many babies we will make?"

"None, you don't own penis, silly."

Taeyeon laughed hard at that. No matter how silly their conversation was, she could feel the warmth in her chest. She loved the amount of laugh she had, she loved the time she spent with Tiffany. Once again, Taeyeon thought, maybe Tiffany was really her Christmas present.

***

Taeyeon and Tiffany finally arrived at the villa Sooyoung rented. It was huge, it even had quite a large car park. There were five cars parked in front of the villa already. Taeyeon knew most of them. Seohyun's Hyundai electric car, Sooyoung's Hyundai, Yoona's Mercedes, Hyoyeon's Genesis, and Yuri's KIA. Taeyeon parked her car next to Hyoyeon's. She then turned her head at Tiffany. "You're ready?"

Tiffany giggled. "It's not my first time meeting them, Tae,"

Taeyeon chuckled, "Yeah, you're right." She then turned her body to the back, reaching out for couple bottles of wine she bought for the dinner.

"How many do you get?" Tiffany noticed Taeyeon's difficulty in taking the bottles.

"Five." She got three bottles in her hands.

Tiffany mirrored Taeyeon and took the remaining two bottles. "So I won't come empty handed." She grinned at Taeyeon, earning a smile from the latter. They got out of the car, bringing the bottles of wine with them. Once they got inside the villa, all heads turned to them.

"The new couple is coming!" Hyoyeon was the first who announced their arrival, followed by series of tease from the other friends.

"Guys, we're not an item yet." Tiffany clarified.

"Ah, Taeyeon is finally bringing someone?" A tall man appeared from the kitchen, bringing a plate of chicken florentines on his hands. Sooyoung followed him from behind.

"Hi Fany!" The tall woman greeted cheerfully. "Taeng managed to kidnap you, huh?"

"Yah! I am not kidnapping anyone!!" Taeyeon protested while putting the bottles of wine on the table, before taking the rest from Tiffany's hands and put it on the table as well.

"You should introduce Fany to everyone, Taeng." Sooyoung remarked as she looked around, noticing everyone is in the living room already.

"Well," Taeyeon grinned nervously. She couldn't remember the last time she brought someone with her, especially during special occasion like Christmas Eve. "This is Tiffany, she's going to be my girlfriend soon — if she won't reject me."

Everybody laughed at the way Taeyeon introduced Tiffany, including Tiffany who immediately introduced herself. "I am Tiffany, soon to be Taeyeon's girlfriend — if she will ask me later."

The laugh went even louder after Tiffany's introduction.

"I am Kyungho. Sooyoung's fiance." The tall man who was bringing chicken florentines introduced himself.

"I am Minjun, Hyo's boyfriend." The blonde man who sat next to Hyoyeon mentioned his name.

"This is Henry." Sunny poked on the cheek of a cute looking man next to her.

"Sunny's boyfriend." The man continued.

"I am Kyuhyun." The handsome man who wore checkered vest followed. "I am single."

"You're annoying, Oppa." Seohyun pinched the man's arm, earning a laugh from the latter. "He's my boyfriend."

"Jessica, your turn." Kyungho noticed that Jessica hadn't introduced herself.

"I am Tiffany's bestfriend." She replied with a smile, earning a silent oh from Kyungho and the rest of the men in the room.

"Where's your boyfriend, Yoong?" Taeyeon noticed the absence of one male in the group.

"He's in the bathroom." Yoona replied and as if on cue, the bathroom door was opened and a tall handsome man stepped out of it.

Tiffany gasped at the sight of the man.

"Oppa, your turn to introduce yourself to Fany." Yoona stated once the man got out of the bathroom.

"Ah, my turn?" The man smiled confidently as he walked towards Tiffany and offered his hand for a handshake.

Tiffany shook the man's hand. "H-hi I am Tiffany. Tiffany Young." She stuttered.

"I am Lee Dongwook. Nice meeting you, Tiffany."

"N-nice meeting you too." She kept stuttering, while the other men in the room groaned.

"Dongwook always steals the thunder." Kyungho snickered.

"Why? You wanna flirt with Tiffany?" Sooyoung glared at her fiance, earning a defeated grin from him.

"Don't blame me. I am a famous actor." Dongwook replied with a playful smug face, earning unison groans from the rest of people in the room, including his own girlfriend. "Kidding, kidding." He chuckled before sitting next to his girlfriend.

"Allright, food is here. Wine is also here. And everyone is here. Let's have our dinner." Sooyoung announced and everyone started to take their seat in the dining table.

Tiffany took initiative to pour the wine to the glass for everyone, and Taeyeon helped her to do so. Once everyone's glass is filled with wine, Sooyoung raised her glass and smiled widely. "Merry Christmas, my dearest!"

"Merry Christmas!" Everyone raised their glass and shouted happily.

Taeyeon smiled wide at the sight before her eyes. This Christmas is indeed special. She was happy that she still had her best friend around with her. She was happy that she got the chance to celebrate Christmas with them. She turned her head to the woman next to her, who apparently also looking at her. And her heart felt even warmer. She was happy, this year Santa got her a very beautiful Christmas present.

***

Taeyeon stepped inside the bedroom, already in her loose t-shirt and a pair of comfortable sweatpants. She grinned at the woman who was sitting on the bed, wearing her pink pajamas. "I hope you don't mind with the sleeping arrangement. I didn't know the arrangement is to sleep with own partners." She stated as she walked towards the bed.

"You should be thankful I am here. Or else you will be sleeping alone while the other girls have their partners to cuddle." Tiffany stuck her tongue.

"Are you saying that you will cuddle me tonight?" Taeyeon smirked teasingly as she slipped herself under the duvet.

Tiffany rolled her eyes. "I am not cuddling with someone who is not my girlfriend."

Taeyeon tittered at that. "I hope you don't mind with all the teases we got from my friends and from their partners."

"I don't mind. But, you should've told me that Yoona's boyfriend is Lee Dongwook!" Tiffany huffed. "I must've looked like a silly fangirl. I stuttered every time he talked to me! It's embarrassing." Tiffany pouted.

"I kinda gave you clue when we were in the car."

"When?" Tiffany raised her eyebrows.

"When you said Chris Evan won't make you straight."

"You only mentioned his name. You didn't tell me that he's Yoona's boyfriend."

"I only wanted to make sure that you won't turn straight after meeting him." Taeyeon laughed, earning a slap on her shoulder. "So, still gay?" She ensured.

"Totally gay. Especially towards you." Tiffany chuckled as she leaned in to peck Taeyeon's cheek. "I also like the way you introduce me."

Taeyeon groaned at that. "Don't remind me. That was embarrassing."

"This is Tiffany, she's going to be my girlfriend soon — if she won't reject me." Tiffany mimicked how Taeyeon introduced her to her friends' partners.

"Shut up." Taeyeon covered her face with her hands only to earn a hearty laugh from Tiffany.

"So, when?" asked Tiffany.

Taeyeon uncovered her face. "When?"

"When is soon?"

Taeyeon blushed when she finally understood the question. "What do you think? How soon is soon?"

"Next Christmas?"

Taeyeon pouted at Tiffany's answer. "Really? I thought you're the gift Santa prepared for me this Christmas."

Tiffany smiled at Taeyeon's statement. "Then you should make me your Christmas present."

Taeyeon's eyes immediately twinkled, hearing what Tiffany said. "Do you want to be my Christmas present this year?"

"Nope." Tiffany answered.

Taeyeon frowned dejectedly.

"I don't want to be your Christmas present this year. I wanna be your Christmas present this year, next year, the year after, and so forth." Tiffany continued with a smile and blushes on her face.

Taeyeon grinned wide. "Is that a yes?"

"A yes for what?" Tiffany smiled teasingly.

"A yes to be my girlfriend?" Taeyeon smiled, ignoring her warming cheeks.

"Ask me first."

"Fany-ah, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

"Yes."

Both woman stared at each other with a wide smile on their faces. Hues of reds decorating their cheeks, and their hearts covered with warmth. Taeyeon was the first to lean in, capturing Tiffany's lips with hers. This time, it was not a simple peck. This time, she took her time to feel the softness of Tiffany's lips on hers, registering it to her senses. Her heart beat loud, she could hear it in her own ears. When Tiffany returned the kiss, she shuddered at the feeling, but the warmth in her heart never faded. Silently, in between the kiss, Taeyeon thanked Santa for giving her the best Christmas present she ever received.

***

Author's note:

I wish I will still be able to write Christmas Taeny and New Year Taeny for years ahead.