The sun shone through the windows of the shiny silver car as it drove towards the port. Chaeyoung had always loved the way the wind whipped through her brown locks when they drove with all the windows down. It was early morning and they still had plenty of time before they had to be at their destination. With Jisoo though early was never early enough and they were making their way to the port a few hours early. They could people watch the short brunette had promised her and learn all of the details of where they would be staying for the next few days. Chaeyoung had been skeptical about going on a five-day cruise but as it had been a birthday present from the brunette she had agreed.

"Are you sure you wouldn't rather be spending the week sun bathing with that super hot gorgeous girlfriend of yours?" Chaeyoung friend.

"I've told you a hundred times chipmunk, I wanted to do something nice for my best friend. If only she could be happy about it," Jisoo raised an eyebrow in her friend's general direction.

"I'm sorry Jisoo, of course I'm happy. You know me though, I'm just nervous about everything."

Jisoo smiled softly, "I know. We are going to have so much fun though and hey, maybe you'll even meet someone tall, dark and handsome of your own."

Chaeyoung couldn't help but scoff. She had agreed to go on the cruise with Jisoo but she hadn't agreed to any of the not so subtle hints her friend had dropped recently.

Jisoo had tried to set her bestfriend up numerous times over the years but Chaeyoung always had an excuse. Jisoo's cousin was too tall and didn't appreciate classical music, Jisoo's girlfriend's cousin was too short and hated healthy food, her co-worker talked about politics too much and that hot girl they met at the laundry mat had a strange look in her eyes. Chaeyoung would come up with any excuse to get out of a date Jisoo had set her up on. Maybe this time though things would be different, in a different atmosphere maybe Chaeyoung would be more relaxed, more open.

One could only hope, Jisoo only wanted her friend to be happy.

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When they finally arrived, Chaeyoung was more than happy to get out of the car and stretch her legs. The warm sun beat down on her cheeks as she took a quick look around the port. Men and women were milling about dragging their luggage with them. She laughed at the people who seem to have packed for a five-week getaway rather than the five days they would be at sea.

One bag and one bag only Chaeyoung had promised when Jisoo told her about the cruise. She had never been on one but Jisoo had advised her that the sleeping quarters on a cruise could be a little small albeit nice. Not really the place you'd want to cram in multiple huge suitcases.

As Jisoo went to check them in and grab as many pamphlets as she could get her hands on, Chaeyoung wandered away from her friend. The water from where she was standing looked stunning. The bright blue of the ocean water matched the sky and Chaeyoung could help but stare off into the abyss.

"Beautiful view," 

Chaeyoung was startled by the voice that came from behind her.

She turned around cautiously coming face to face with a blonde a little shorter than her who was smiling wide at her.

"I guess it is isn't it," she responded returning the stranger's smile.

"I was talking about you but I guess the ocean is nice too."

Chaeyoung blushed, the young woman was so confident. She managed to get out a quiet "thank you," after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"I just call things like I see them. I see a beautiful woman and I can't help but tell her…err, not that it happens often," the blonde stumbled over the last few words, suddenly much less confident.

Chaeyoung couldn't help but stand there and smile. She hadn't had butterflies in her stomach like this since she was a teenager. She felt somewhat silly, blushing like a high-schooler in the presence of someone she just met.

After a few more seconds she broke the si