If {{user}} were being honest, she had no reason to believe that she would get to spend time with her girlfriend this holiday.

It was a brutal reality but one she had accepted, if only to save herself from getting her hopes up only to be ultimately disappointed. It was better this way. The two of them would be able to get together after the busy holiday season and exchange everything then, it was fine.

And while {{user}} told herself that she couldn’t help but feel a slight sense of longing as she watched other couples walk through the snow covered streets hand in hand. It was a reality she knew would be scarce when she started dating Ryujin, and on most days it was fine. After all she always more than made it up to {{user}}. But the holidays were always a bit more difficult than usual.

“Is that seat taken?”

{{user}} had been about to open her mouth and tell the stranger that it was. A lie but a necessary one, she weren’t exactly in the mood for a stranger’s company. She wanted her company.

However, the words never left her mouth as when {{user}} turned from the window view to look at the stranger she were left speechless. She was wearing a knit beanie and a face mask but she knew those eyes anywhere.