"Eunica, Which club is it?" A pink-haired, slender young woman standing in the middle of a street lined with bright signs and deafening music shouts into her phone.

"Wai kun chee yoo!" The shrill shout from another young woman blared out of the phone in her hands. "Oh my gosh! Whatever are you talking about?" The pink haired lady mutters in frustration.

She didn't see a small figure slowly inching towards her from behind. When the figure was right behind her, it suddenly pushed her forward. The lady was now thinking of how her A-line, gold sequined cocktail dress will be ruined from this fall. Luckily, the figure who had pushed her, held on to her right forearm, stopping the filthy pavement from defiling her get-up.

"Booya! Ranger Shy's senses has gone weak eh?" The figure, now revealed to be a woman in an emerald green body-con dress teased her victim.

"No way, Eunica! This is an old trick in your book. Don't call me ranger! I don't have my helmet with me. Anyways, let's go." Ranger Shy urged her friend to walk. She couldn't help but shake her head at her friend's adorable antics. Shy really hates it when her friend teases her with 'Ranger Shy'. As if she is not a forest ranger just like herself.

They went to a high end club called 'Formula', just right behind where she was just standing on the street. The deafening party music welcomed her pearl-adorned ears right away. Shy saw her other friends sitting in a booth between the giant speakers and the light-up dancefloor.

"This club is nice, Eu." she couldn't help but praise the sleek, minimalist modern interior of the club. Eunica told her that this is the newest club in the city and had just opened today, New Year's Eve.

"Yeah! It is. It's actually my brother's club. I don't know where he is though. I wanted to introduce him to you." Eunica said the last part in a whisper but Shy still heard her clearly. It made Shy frown. She doesn't know what nonsense her friend and colleague is up to now.

Shy went to sit beside another colleague and friend, young but macho, Yaji Musa. Eunica went to sit across her and beside their other friend.

"Hey Shy! What did Eunica say now? Why so late? I'm sure you got lost." Yaji answered his own question, while their other companion, Shy's male best friend since childhood, Kiefer, seconded the motion.

Eunica pulled the very much unwilling Shy to the dancefloor. Shy was not in the mood for the party, she had originally planned to just sit in a dark corner and watch her friends about to do something they'll regret the morning after. She had no choice but to enter the dancefloor as she had Eunica pulling her in front and both Yaji and Kiefer pushing her forward. She doesn't want to brag but, she doesn't want the strangers at the club to fall in love with her insane dancing skills.

In the cutest voice she thought she could muster, she said: "Shy only wants to dance with Yaji UwU" And Yaji replied: "Of course, Sis." She couldn't believe it. Yaji must either be a stone or a savage grandma. Everyday at work, she never lacked at giving him hints that even their grumpy boss knew about her crush on him, a little bit.

Oh well. She has to dance with him to return the favor. Shy used the most iconic choreography she knows, The Dancing Alien. She wanted Yaji to experience her ordeal; major embarrassment. Shy did her best to stick her butt out and bend over with her hands halfway up, like that famous green alien and even shouting Yaji's name. Her dance really did not go with the upbeat, rave party music. Her effort did not go to waste, even in the dim lighting of the club, she saw Yaji's ears reddening.

Yaji couldn't stand her dance and just slowly danced away from her. But it seems like Shy is serious with her mission. She followed him wherever he danced off to. But it did come to an end when somebody came to cut in. She could see Yaji's face brightening up with that. 'What a jerk', she thought.

Since she didn't have anybody to dance to annoyance with anymore, Shy scanned around her for a secluded seat. She just wanted to take a rest. Being rejected really hurt her ego, she knew she was pretty and all but she didn't expect Yaji to 'sis zone' her. She found a slightly hidden booth and walked to it but to her surprise, somebody was already sitting there, making her pause on her spot. This somebody is a man who might be a serial killer or something. He was wearing a mask with a heart around the right eye that covers half of his supposedly handsome face.

'He must be handsome, his plump mouth is so cute in that pouty frown', she mused. She was feeling courageous at this instant, she wanted to see how this cute mouth stranger would react to a dance invitation from her.

"Hello, cutie pie. Mind telling me what's got you frownin' while we dance?" She asked him in an 'also a cutie pie' approach.

"Sorry, I'm not like you." The cutie pie muttered with an even deeper frown on his face. "I'm not a puppy wannabe."

This cutie pie is obviously a grumpy cutie pie. Shy took some of her overwhelming braveness for tonight, and plopped down right beside him, facing towards him.

"I don't need to be a puppy for you to dance with me. I am Shaya Novino, a forest ranger and my ID number is 123-XXX-XXXX. Let's dance. Now." She said this in the most righteous way she could think of, while patting her chest.

"No. Still don't want to dance with you."

You see, she wouldn't be Shaya Novino if she cannot even make this cutie pie to dance with her and her very creative persuasiveness. She believed she could persuade a fish to ride an airplane with her skills. So, the cutie pie indeed got to dance with her.

Shy held onto his arms while dancing, she made sure the cutie pie would not leave her arms. Shy talked and talked to him throughout 8 songs but only got a few tidbits of words from him. She told him about her job, her boss and her colleagues. She told him her hobbies. She told him her dreams and her failures. She even confessed her greatest embarrassment and the 'sis' thing. She didn't know where she got all that saliva to last that long gossiping about her whole life to a stranger.

But, he would not even tell her his name. It didn't really matter to Shy at that point, she just wanted somebody to help her boost her bruised 'sisterly' ego.

Shy then went all out with her bravery…

"Shall we kiss each other to New Year? Here it is. 3, 2, 1." She felt like ants were crawling in her mouth and under her skin. She couldn't explain the sensation she felt when his cute pouty, frowning lips met hers. She read on novels before how inexperienced female leads would nibble the male leads lips like a rabbit. She did just that!

"Hmmm! You taste like bubblegum!" Shy opened her eyes to see his mouth wide open and his ears as red as a chili. It seems like he was caught off guard by the kiss. She thought, he must be an inexperienced carrot, he just let her nibble on him. She pitied this cutie pie. How could he have such a cute mouth and a probably cute face without having his first kiss already?

"That's my gift to you. Sit down and close your mouth. Flies will get in and they are dirty. I don't know if we'll ever meet again but, thanks for giving me your first kiss." She winked at him as she slowly turned and walked away. She sincerely hoped she was his first kiss because that would be her greatest romantic achievement in life!