Tiffany landed her feet on the GG Corporation office-building complex, which was located in Central Jakarta for the third time in her life. The first one when she had her interview, the second one was when she signed her employment contract with GG Corporation, and now she was already an employee of GG Corporation. She smiled widely realizing the fact that she was part of one of the top ten best companies which also her dream company. Her resignation process from her previous company did not take too long. As matter a fact the company offered her some appraisal to make her stay since Tiffany was one of their best employee, but it did not even close to what GG Corporation had offered her, also, she did not want to keep her relationship with Nick under covered anymore. So she turned down the appraisal and kept going on with her resignation. As she expected, one month after she sent her resignation letter, she was fully ready to work with GG Corporation.

She walked around the office complex which had nine tall buildings, all belonged to GG Corporation. She noticed that they had a restaurant in each building except for the third building, which provided a coffee shop instead of restaurant. The coffee shop where she met Taeyeon, a cute petite girl whom later on shocked her with the fact that she was the one who was going to be her superior. Tiffany smiled again as she recalled how interesting it would be to have someone with the same age as her to be her boss. She kept walking and noticed other things she had not realized before. This office complex had a gym, swimming pool, tennis court, and even a beauty salon. She really wanted to check the membership fee for the gym and soon disappointed when she noticed the 'closed' sign hanging on the door. She checked her watch to see it was only 07:15. She came really early in the morning since she did not want to be late on her first day at work. She then decided to make her way back to the familiar coffee shop she always visited when she came to this office complex.

She arrived in front of the coffee shop only to find the same 'closed' sign hanging on the door. She tried to peek through the window of café to look inside, hoping someone was already inside the coffee shop to her surprise when she saw a familiar small figure of a girl sat in the exactly same spot as she saw her before. She knocked the window to get the girl's attention, which resulted the latter shifted her head to her direction. She smiled at the girl whom immediately stood up and walked to the door.

"Morning Taetae!" Tiffany excitedly greeted the petite girl as soon as Taeyeon opened the coffee shop's door.

"Morning Fany." Taeyeon greeted her back coolly while shifted her body to the side, making sure to give Tiffany some spaces to come into the coffee shop. Tiffany stepped in and made her way to the counter to order her breakfast and found a young girl was in charge instead of Chris. Taeyeon made her way back to her seat and resumed her breakfast while reading something on her iPad, tried her best calming her heartbeat which getting faster as soon as she saw Tiffany. After ordering her meal, Tiffany walked to Taeyeon's table.

"Can I join your table again?" Tiffany asked.

"Sure." Taeyeon nodded without leaving her eyes from the iPad in attempt to focus on what she read rather than dealing with her thumping heart.

"What are you reading, Tae?" Tiffany curiously asked, noticing how focus Taeyeon was while reading.

"Company's financial report and budget expenses. It's been a tough year and I really need to carefully make a tactical plan for our company without spending the budget overly." Taeyeon replied still with her eyes glued on the iPad. Tiffany checked her watch it was one more hour until the work starts and here she was being totally ignored by Taeyeon. She unconsciously let out a sigh, which of course did not get unnoticed by the latter.

"What's with the sigh?" Taeyeon finally looked up to Tiffany. Tiffany immediately beamed her eye smile to Taeyeon, which definitely melted Taeyeon's heart.

"Work life balance, Tae. It's still 7:20, working hour starts at 8:30 and here you are already working." Tiffany answered.

"Ah, right." Taeyeon was a bit surprised with Tiffany's remark. This was the first time someone reminded her about work life balance. Most people usually chose to leave her alone ever time she worked beside office hour. She took a last glance to her iPad and seemed like memorizing something then she locked it and slid it to her bag.

"Do you work 24/7, non stop? Don't you have time to hang out with friends, Taetae?" Tiffany spilled out her curiosity toward Taeyeon.

"Are you interrogating me, Fany?" Taeyeon smiled for the first time this morning, happy that Tiffany was being curious toward her. Tiffany unconsciously smiled as she saw the latter's smile.

"Let's consider it that way. You interrogated me so much back then." Tiffany answered nonchalantly.

"It was job interview, Fany. I asked you questions to find out whether you meet our requirements or not. While your question was interrogating me about my personal life." Taeyeon furrowed her eyebrows and replied seriously.

"What's with the serious answer? I'm kidding, Taetae. Should I order a cup of hot chocolate to make you a bit relax?" Tiffany chuckled as she saw Taeyeon's response. Taeyeon let out a soft chuckle as well.

"So, is it okay for me to interrogate you about your personal life?" Tiffany started the topic again. Taeyeon frowned and felt uneasy all of a sudden. She was happy that she could have another friendly moment with the girl before she would totally focus on her work in the office today, yet she felt hesitant to agree on the idea of her crush interrogating her about her personal life. She was definitely afraid that the girl might give her question about her sexual preference. She might someday confess and let the girl know. But for now, she did not want to disgust the girl since it was still too early for Tiffany to know about this. Tiffany noticed the hesitation on Taeyeon's face.

"Tae..." Tiffany called out.

"Hmm...?" Taeyeon replied while her brain was still processing the answered for the latter's request before.

"We're friends, right? Well, you sure are my line manager. But when we're not within the working hour, we're friends, aren't we?" Tiffany asked.

"Yes?" Taeyeon answered.

"Glad to know that you also see me as a friend. Sometimes I am being overly friendly that people find me annoying." Tiffany grinned at Taeyeon, changing the subject all of a sudden. The latter smiled in relief.

"No, you're not annoying. In fact I admire your bubbly personality. Don't you think that we're pretty much the opposite of each other? Sometimes I envy people like you." Taeyeon confessed.

"Aaaw how could a person like you envy me, Tae? I don't think you're too difficult to be approached honestly. You are pretty friendly as a person even though you always put up your professional manner but somehow I feel comfortable around you. In addition, judging from how Chris playfully teased you make me sure that you're not as scary as you were in the meeting room." Tiffany chuckled remembering how intimidated she was by Taeyeon.

"Ah, Chris is surely an exception. I've known him for five years. That's why he can tease me anyway he wants. He knows that I won't be angry at him."

"Really? So, that means you've worked here for five years?"

"Yes. Ever since I graduated I got a job offer here."

"As expected from a smarty like you, Tae." Fany playfully rolled her eyes, while deep down she admired the girl in front of her more and more.

The waitress later came bringing Tiffany's order then asked Taeyeon whether she wanted to order another cup of long black since she had finished her drink. The latter politely declined at the offer and the waitress left their table. Tiffany immediately enjoyed her breakfast while Taeyeon played with her iPhone.

"Oh, you followed my instagram, Fany?" Taeyeon who happened to open her instagram found a notification of Tiffany following her.

"Yes, like a month ago and you just noticed." Tiffany replied nonchalantly.

"I'm sorry. I rarely opened my instagram. The last time I opened it was like two months ago as the last time I uploaded a picture."

"What's the fun of having instagram if you don't even open it?"

"I don't know. I'm trying to follow the trend, I guess."

Tiffany laughed at Taeyeon's remark. She did not expect a serious girl like Taeyeon even made an effort to follow the trend. She became a lot more curious to her line manager right now. She thought befriended with Taeyeon would be fun since the latter seemed to have a very different life with her. They continued their morning talks until it was time for them to go upstairs and started working. They had another small argument about who should pay the bill and at the end agreed to pay for their own bill, so no one treated one another.

They took the elevator to the ninth floor. As soon as they reached ninth floor Taeyeon lead Tiffany to a room signed 'Marketing Meeting Room' and asked her to take any seat since the meeting room was still empty. She decided to sit beside Taeyeon. Soon, one person followed by others joined the meeting room. Tiffany mentally counted the number of people in the room. Twenty-eight people, including her and Taeyeon. She assumed that most of the people in the room were about her age. As everyone took their seat, Taeyeon opened the meeting.

"Good morning, team! Today, before we start our monthly meeting, I would like to introduce our new team member, Stephanie Hwang. Tiffany, please stood up and introduce yourself to the team. Or maybe you want me to do that with a risk of me making up some fact about you." Taeyeon joked and the whole meeting room burst into laugh. Tiffany immediately stood up to introduce herself.

"Thanks Taeyeon but I prefer to do it myself instead of having you introducing myself as a mother of four children." Tiffany replied to Taeyeon's joke and once again the room was filled with laughter.

"Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is Stephanie Hwang but please call me Tiffany. Today is my first day here. What else should I tell you?" Tiffany introduced herself shortly.

"How old are you?" A girl who sat in the corner with a cold expression asked.

"I am twenty-six year-old. And I was born on August 1st just in case any of you having any plan to give me present." Tiffany replied jokingly.

"Are you Korean? Your name has 'Hwang' in it." A black haired girl who greeted Taeyeon in the coffee shop on interview day asked.

"My parents are Korean, but I grew up in California, and I've been living in Indonesia since sixteen." Tiffany answered.

"Wow! We have four Koreans in Taeyeon's team! Taeyeon herself, me, Tiffany, and Jessica!" The girl said excitedly.

"Oh, please Yuri. I'd rather choose to be called a California girl here." The cold looking girl before protested in English to the black haired girl resulted another laugh in the room while some male employees started to sing California Gurl by Katy Perry. Tiffany looked around while smiling. Finding the meeting room's atmosphere was amusing.

"Okay, guys. Enough for Tiffany's introduction. You can get to know each other in lunch time, okay? Tiffany, please take your seat. Let's start our meeting, shall we?" Taeyeon asked and the whole room fell into silence while the laptops are started to open and Taeyeon connected her laptop to the projector.

The meeting was indeed very serious and everyone in the room seemed to be really focus and able to represent themselves as Taeyeon opened the discussions. No one played with their phone or looked sleepy during the meeting. It was a totally different ambiance for Tiffany since in her previous company the majority of meeting's participant usually lost their focus as soon as the meeting started. Despite of the serious atmosphere, Taeyeon, without lessening her professional attitude, put in some smart jokes to lighten up the mood so the atmosphere would not be too tense. Tiffany tried her best to follow the meeting. There were a lot of things she was really clueless about but Taeyeon seemed to notice and briefly explained to her or paraphrased her words so Tiffany would understand. The meeting kept going on until Jessica suddenly spoke up.

"Taeyeon, it's lunch time." Jessica said. Taeyeon checked her watch and announced a break time.

"Why don't we have lunch together for Tiffany's welcoming party?" Yuri proposed. The rest of the room said a yes in unison, agreeing Yuri's idea.

"Okay, guys. Let's have lunch together in 5th tower's restaurant." Taeyeon agreed. The room cheered as everyone started to grab their phone and purse and left their other belongings in the meeting room. Tiffany followed the group while Taeyeon walked behind.

They arrived in the restaurant and made their order right away. Tiffany chose to sit beside Taeyeon again. Somehow Taeyeon's calm self helped her to ease the nervousness of her first day at work. Even though she put up her bubbly appearance in front of the team, she was actually afraid that she was not smart enough to blend in with the rest of the group.

"Guys, I guess it's time for you to introduce yourself to Tiffany. Tiffany already had her turn in the meeting room and now is your turn." Taeyeon suddenly spoke. The group agreed on the idea and started to introduce themselves one by one. Tiffany hardly remember everyone's name yet she managed to remember Jessica and Yuri since the two girls seemed very excited to meet another Korean in the team. The conversation in the group went light and friendly. It successfully got rid of Tiffany's nervousness and she easily blended with them. Taeyeon smiled in relief noticing how fast Tiffany blended with the whole team, she then took her phone and took some photos with it. They finished their lunch and Taeyeon paid the entire bill, soon they got back to the meeting room again.

As soon as they entered meeting room, Taeyeon asked the whole team to discuss about a bellow the line activity for the second semester and appointed Jessica to lead the meeting. Jessica immediately prepared her laptop and made her way to the front as Taeyeon shifted her position to face Tiffany.

"You haven't got the company's induction, have you?" Taeyeon asked Tiffany.

"Not yet. I'm supposed to get it on my first day, right?" Tiffany answered.

"Yes, and I'm the one who responsible for that. So, let's move to another meeting room to get you our company's induction. Jessica can handle this discussion by herself." Taeyeon explained as she took her laptop from the table. Tiffany nodded in agreement and both of them excused themselves from meeting room.

Taeyeon lead the way to a small room signed 'Dealing Room'. There were only three chairs and one small table in the room. Taeyeon took a seat in one of the chair and put her laptop on the table. Tiffany followed and sat beside Taeyeon.

"What's 'dealing room'? And why is it smaller than the other room?" Tiffany asked.

"This room is usually used for sealed a deal between one of our representatives and one of our partner's representatives or one on one conversation between line manager and subordinate or any other discussions that need privacy but do not need spacious place." Taeyeon explained without diverting her gaze from her laptop, opening the induction presentation she had prepared for Tiffany. She then pushed her laptop slightly away from her so Tiffany could also look at the screen. Tiffany squinted her eyes in effort to read the presentation without realizing she shifted herself closer to Taeyeon until Taeyeon's right knee and her left knee brushed. Taeyeon's heart responded at the touch and beat even faster.

"If you hardly see the presentation, you can have the laptop all by yourself. I've memorized all the slides' content." Taeyeon quickly pushed the laptop closer to Tiffany and moved her chair slightly away to avoid another contact.

"So let's start from slide one and if I mention to move to another slide, please help yourself to click on another slide, okay?" Taeyeon requested before started explaining the first slide. She explained every single slide in structured without missing any point even without looking at the presentation. She even remembered when to move to another slide and if they needed to get back to previous slide, she could easily mentioned the slide number and asked Tiffany to click on it. The other girl tried to focus on the presentation Taeyeon gave while she was surprised by how good Taeyeon memorized everything in the presentation. The induction took almost the rest of working hour and when they finished, it was already five o'clock, while the working hour finished at 5:30. Both girls then made their way back to Marketing Meeting Room to rejoin the meeting they left.

It was finally 05:30 as Jessica summarized today's meeting. Everybody stretched their tensed body and tidied up their belongings, preparing themselves to go home. One by one, Taeyeon's team started exiting the room, leaving the four Koreans.

"Tiffany, do you bring car to office?" Yuri suddenly asked.

"No, I don't own a car. I use public transportation. Why Yuri?" Tiffany asked her back.

"Let's have dinner together, then. Sica and I are going to try this new café beside our office complex. Want to join? We can fetch you home soon after that." Yuri offered.

"Ah, sure. The traffic is awful at this hour. Taetae, are you going to join us?" Tiffany offered Taeyeon. Jessica and Yuri looked at each other noticing the way Tiffany called Taeyeon 'Taetae', and the also knowing that Taeyeon would decline the offer since their boss usually worked until ten o'clock.

"Well, I have nothing to do today and seems like I have less meeting tomorrow. If Yuri and Jessica do not mind, I will gladly join you, guys." Taeyeon surprisingly agreed to the offer, resulting Yuri opened her eyes widely, not believing in what she heard.

"You sure, Taeyeon?" Jessica asked coolly. She was indeed surprise with their boss' answer yet managed to keep her cool self up.

"Yes, sure. Only if you do not mind me joining." Taeyeon made her statement clear.

"O-okay then, shall we go now? Sica and I will bring our own car. What about you, Tiff?" Yuri said.

"I think I will join Taeyeon's car. I want to ask something related to our induction earlier today." Tiffany answered. Yuri and Jessica soon leave the room after telling Taeyeon and Tiffany the exact location of the new café they plan to visit.

"Come on, Tae! Shutdown your laptop already and let's get going." Tiffany stood up from her seat.

"Let me send one more email, please?" Taeyeon bargained, which made Tiffany slumped herself to the chair again. The latter started to play with her phone, checking her instagram. She scrolled down the page, loved some photos, and stumbled into a pictured posted by Taeyeon couple hours ago. It was a picture of their lunch earlier that day with her side profile took half of the frame and the rest of the team on the rest of the frame was being the background. She read the caption:

@taeyeon_ss: Welcome to the company, Fany^^! Let's work hard together! #NewEmployee #NewSpirit

Tiffany smiled and tapped the love icon on the bottom of picture. She found her boss was being so cute for posting the picture. She felt really welcomed.

"Let's go, Fany!" Taeyeon's voice snapped her. Taeyeon was ready to leave and already hold her car keys in her right hand. Tiffany immediately stood up from her chair and followed Taeyeon's way out of the room, out of from the building, to the car park.

Taeyeon pressed her car keys in front of a Mercedes-Benz SLK 200 and got into the car. Tiffany looked in awe to the car in front of her. She knew that Taeyeon's salary must be a lot but to be able to afford this kind of car in such a young age still made her surprised.

"Fany? Are you coming in?" Taeyeon's voice successfully diverted Tiffany's attention the car. She quickly opened the car's door, sat on the passenger's seat, and buckled up the safety belt. Taeyeon started the car and drive their way out from parking lot to the café mentioned by Yuri and Jessica. On their way there, Tiffany asked Taeyeon about the reporting system in the office as she noticed that she and Jessica were in the same department but had different title. Jessica was the Marketing Manager while Tiffany's title was Junior Marketing Manager. It was a bit confusing because her direct report was Taeyeon instead of Jessica. Taeyeon explained that GG Corporation used matrix organization system, which made some certain layer of positions were able to report directly to some level above them but Jessica as her senior also would be partly responsible for her performance. Tiffany kept asking question about the organizations and some of her colleagues to Taeyeon since she felt way more comfortable with Taeyeon's calm self beside office hour. She knew that she had to adapt fast to Taeyeon's professional mode but for her first days on work, she thought it was nor a crime to have this side of Taeyeon answering her hopefully-not-stupid questions about her new job.

Both girls finally arrived in a homey café. The café was definitely newly opened since there were still a lot of empty parking spot. Taeyeon parked her car near the entrance door. Tiffany entered the café followed by Taeyeon. She scanned around to find her two new friends, soon spotting Yuri who sat side by side with Jessica waved her hand to get her attention. Both girls made their way to their friends' table while Jessica waved to the waiter, asking for menu book. Taeyeon took her seat in front of Yuri, while Tiffany sat beside her, facing Jessica. The waiter brought the menu to their table. The four girls looked at the menu briefly then mentioned their order to the waiter. A cup of hot long black for Taeyeon, a cup of hot chai tea for Tiffany, a glass of iced Americano for Yuri, and a cup of hot cappuccino for Jessica.

"Wow! Taeyeon! This is our first time hanging out with you. It's a pleasure for us." Yuri said as soon as the waiter left.

"Really? You guys never hung out with Taeyeon before?" Tiffany surprised.

"Yes, Yuri's right. I usually stay in office until ten o'clock to finish some works or prepare for the next day's meeting." Taeyeon answered, followed with nods from Yuri and Jessica.

"Then I should consider myself lucky to get this opportunity in my first day of work then. Even though it's actually my third time having tea time with Taeyeon." Tiffany said.

"Really, Tiff? You are super lucky then! It's not easy to ask her out." Jessica responded.

"Yah, Sica! Your sentence sounds like Tiffany asked Taeyeon for a date." Yuri laughed at Jessica's remark, making Jessica and Tiffany burst into laughter while Taeyeon smiled sheepishly wishing if Tiffany would really ask her for a date someday.