The night was already a new chapter and another discovery to Winter about the tattoo artist's soft and warm sides, but when morning comes, Winter is also comforted by another warming view in front of her.

Karina in Winter's bed, but this time both of 'em fully clothed.

Karina in Winter's shirt, full of cartoons and scribbles, opposite from the artist's taste.

Karina in Winter's bed, still sleeping despite Winter always being the one who would wake up late when she had a sleepover at the artist's house.

This is so new.

But Winter enjoys and loves it to her fullest.

Winter smiled once, freeing herself from the blanket that entangled both of their bodies. Karina's sleeping face is so ethereal that Winter couldn't believe that this was the same person who always acted cool and bold in front of her.

"Cute", she said quietly with a small smile on her face.

Slowly, Winter makes her way towards the kitchen. Truthfully speaking, she sucks at cooking. Her cooking will always taste worse than dog food, that's what Ningning always said. Instead, Winter usually bought her food using delivery services.

Today is no different. She had no choice since she didn't want to let the person she likes know how bad her cooking is. With a proud smile, she tap the order button before landing her butt on her couch.

Staring at nothing but the black screen of her television, Winter slowly got bored before she decided to get up from her seat just to take a peek at what Karina's doing on the bed.

Yup, the artist still sleeping soundly.

Winter smiled happily, approaching the side of the bed where Karina's right hand was left hanging. She tiptoed just enough to stop by Karina's sleeping figure before squatting right beside her to admire the artist's beauty.

How can someone be this--- beautiful?

"Rina", Winter called her once with her tiny voice.

"Rina, hey. Wake up. It's almost 10", she called the artist again.

Karina whines once which Winter found it cute. The artist then stretched out her hands with a yawn before her eyes slowly fluttered open, looking at Winter's tiny figure on the floor right beside her.

"Winter...", her voice is deep.

"Morning, Rina", Winter smiled.

"How is your sleep?", she continued.

"Good...", Karina smirked shyly, later pulling up the blanket to cover her face. Winter chuckled at the artist's action, yet cannot help but fall deeper for her.

"Come on. I ordered some food for us, it will arrive soon~"

Suddenly the bell on the door rang. Winter smiled happily while looking at Karina in excitement. "They're here!", she said happily before giving a peck on Karina's cheek.

"I'll take them", Winter continued as the artist was too stunned to speak because of Winter's sudden action.

Winter ran out of her bedroom towards the front door, and when she opened it, her jaw dropped when she realized how wrong her guess is.

"Hi!", Ningning greeted Winter at the door.

"What are you doing here!", Winter slightly panic by her friend's sudden appearance, knowing that she had a guest at the moment.

"I felt guilty for not coming with you yesterday, so here!", Ningning lifted her hand up, revealing a pack of takeaway Chinese food she bought. "I bought you some food!", the girl continued.

"Shit, Ningning! Okay- I got it- Thank you, but---"

"Winter... what's wrong...?", the other voice coming from inside the house succeed to make the girls at the front door turn their heads towards the source. There she is, Karina in Winter's childish t-shirt, walking out from Winter's room while rubbing her sleepy eyes.

"Shit Sherlock!", Winter gasped.

"Who's that?", Ningning asked, and later her eyes and Karina's met, looking at each other in confusion for seconds.

***

Ningning was sitting on the couch, with her arms together in front of her chest. Winter was sitting with Karina on the floor.

"So, this is Karina?", Ningning grins while looking at her friend in a teasing manner.

"Can you just- shut up? How many times should I explain the situation to you!", Winter growled.

"Well... I can see why you are head over heels for her. Karina is unrealistically pretty", Ningning chuckled once before bringing her attention back towards the tattoo artist who just right beside Winter, hiding her face inside her knees.

"So, I guess you guys had sex again la-"

"NINGNING!!", Winter shouted immediately with her eyes widen meanwhile Karina still hiding her face. The Chinese then laughing out loud, proud that she can tease her friend.

"Do you need to ask that out loud when she's here?", Winter pointed her finger to the figure beside her. Somehow, Karina wish she never wake up that morning and stay inside Winter's room instead. Facing Winter's friend right now whom the artist didn't even know well was such an embarrassment.

Her cool face is now uncool. Karina's cool dignity fell to pieces. Thanks to Ningning.

"By the way. Karina Yu, am I right?", Ningning asked, but the artist still hiding her face between her knees, didn't answer a word from the Chinese.

"Aeri told me about you", Ningning said before Karina's head shot up immediately, looking at the girl in shock. Yeah, how couldn't she realize this sooner? That's why Ningning name was so familiar. She forgot about it.

"W-Wait... You're Aeri's girlfriend?", Karina trying to make sure.

"Finally your head is up", Ningning scoffed with her tiny laughs. "Yup, I'm the lucky girl. Your friend's girlfriend, Ning Yizhuo", she continued with a small smile.

"You knew Aeri?", Winter asked the artist in confusion. She never heard Karina mention anything about Aeri, or about the artist having a friend or knowing anyone by the name of Aeri. She do know that Ningning's girlfriend is named Aeri but she didn't know that Karina is a friend of Aeri.

"Yeah. We've been friends for years. I often visit her at her workplace at the bar", Karina confessed.

"Aeri tells me a lot about you", Ningning continued before looking intensely into Karina's eyes. Teasing, the Chinese continued, "Aeri told me how horny you are, but didn't have the guts to do anything with anyone. Not until you met Winter---"

Her words was cut off when Winter throw a small pillow towards Ningning's teasing face. The Chinese face frowns while looking at her friend.

"Hey!"

"Don't hey-hey me! You finished your business here, now get out from my house! You literally killing both of us!", Winter stands up from her seat on the floor, shooing Ningning with her hands but the Chinese are stubborn enough to leave.

"Don't you dare come here again without contacting me first after this!", Winter said out loud, finally succeeding in pulling Ningning up from her couch.

"Why? Do you want to secretly make out with Karina without me disturbing you guys? I knew you too well, Winter!", Ningning fights back but Winter already pulled her towards the front door.

"Shut up and go away! You embarrassed me!", Winter pushed her friend out of her door with all her might, while Karina watching them from the floor full of enthusiasm.

"I'll bring Chaehyun with me next time, you'll see!", Ning said as Winter slammed the door close right in front of her face.

"I said go away!"

"I am! Shut up, you dork!", Ning said before finally leaving the scene. Winter put her ears on the door, just to make sure she heard Ningning's footsteps leaving her front door, away from her apartment. When she's sure enough, she turns her attention back towards Karina who's now looking at her with a small smile on her face.

"I'm sorry for that. My friend sometimes just out of control", Winter tried to hide her embarrassment while covering half of her face with her hand.

"She's fierce. Now I know why Aeri likes her", Karina shakes her head with a tiny scoff.

"Where are we again? Oh- yeah- breakfast!", Winter rushed her steps towards the kitchen where Ningning placed the food she brought on the counter. The food Winter ordered wasn't there yet, but she knew that to avoid this embarrassing situation, she need to wipe it off with a hungry act. All she need to do is eat like she's been craving food for years so Karina will not---

"Winter?", suddenly the artist called her.

"Y-Yeah...?", Winter shifted her eyes towards Karina's direction. The artist's deep voice always succeeds to melt Winter's heart every time.

"You heard what Ningning said. Do you want to do it?", Karina said with her usual deep voice, but it already sends Winter into a heart attack.

"Do what?", Winter asked, confused.

"The make-out. Do you want to do it?", Karina smiled towards her. Gosh, it's just past ten in the morning but the figure in front of her drives Winter crazy than ever.

Heart beats two times faster. or maybe three times faster, Winter couldn't tell. "D-Do you want to? Because I don't mind. But later you need to open your shop. You'll be late and your customer will---"

"Winter", the artist called her again with the same tiny smile.

"Yeah?", Winter asked with a tiny gasp.

"I'm the owner. I can open my shop anytime I want to", the artist continued.

"B-But... our food? The food I ordered? I don't want to take the food naked later...", embarrassed. Winter can feel her cheeks already flushed red. Imagining doing that thing with the hot tattoo artist already makes her wet, to be honest. When she look back at the older girl, Karina still in her tiny smile, and then another deep voice words.

"I'll take them for you. I'm fully clothed, remember?", she answered before the younger girl slowly answered her with a shy nod.