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we'll sing a love song as we go along
the mistletoe meme.
Congrats! You're stuck under the mistletoe with someone. Pucker up, buttercup. It could be forced, or it could be normal--it's your choice!
the mistletoe meme.
Congrats! You're stuck under the mistletoe with someone. Pucker up, buttercup. It could be forced, or it could be normal--it's your choice!
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She does not like being chased by it, their little chats have him understand this much about love. Even if it's him, who's dumb and knows his dumb feelings are betraying him and Naru-chan anyway. He was doing a good job of playing dumb at least, up until mistletoe strikes.
They were having fun going around to all the stores around the area during the holiday season, and even if he had no reason nor the money to get extravagant things, it's fun to spend time with Naru-chan just like this. She even got him a teddy bear that he maybe eyed too much, holding it in his arms with some of the shopping bags. Said oversized bear is now useful for hiding his face, red as some of the holiday decorations around them. ]
Nn...
[ If he kisses her, it'll probably be a bad kiss and could send that aforementioned message Naru-chan wouldn't want. Mika is nothing at all like the type that she's interested in, there's little hope there. But, getting kissed isn't much better; he's totally going to overreact, because he secretly wouldn't mind a kiss. But he doesn't want to Naru-chan to unknowingly indulge a crush that Mika was fine with going unnoticed. Naru-chan would definitely notice after that, and the outcome is uncertain and scary.
Who ties little bells on mistletoe too? If it weren't for a draft, they probably would have overlooked the dumb sprig. But they both saw it, and Mika would like to die, thank you. But... He can die on his own terms. Lifting his head and not realizing he has a new cowlick, half of his face is obscured by teddy. ]
Does... does Naru-chan mind?
[ Either or. He's made his mind though, he'd prefer one over the other. ]
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but mika-chan's birthday is coming up soon, and even though mika has no reason nor the money to get extravagant things, that's certainly enough reason for her to splurge money on one of her dearest friends.
it's the holidays, after all. it's the season for giving, and this is just one way to show it.
they're on the way to a sweet shop when the mistletoe strikes. the mistletoe, with the tiny bells and strung up all on odd sections of the pathway as part of the decorations, isn't completely unwelcome, but it's a surprise that she should have seen coming, nonetheless, with the whole christmas spirit, and all. it doesn't take an expert to read mika's body language, how uncomfortable he looks at the prospect of the mistletoe, and arashi's about to reassure him that it's fine, they don't have to kiss if mika doesn't want to, she understands, because as obnoxious as arashi can be sometimes about physical affection, especially with izumi and leo and the rest of knights, she's never been unintentionally cruel enough to subject anyone to anything that's way out of their comfort zone.
she doesn't get to, though, because her eyes widen for a moment, caught completely off guard - that's the part that she's not quite expecting, and that's the thing that makes everything that has happened over the past few months kind of just.
click.
in her head, and-- ]
Oh, Mika-chan. [ arashi isn't that much taller than mika is, so it's easy to maintain eye contact, even as she takes a step closer, closes the gap between them, and there's a moment before her hand rests on mika's, pushing it down gently so that the lower half of his face isn't obscured by the teddy bear. ] I don't, I-- I'd just never thought you'd ask.
[ mika's right, though. she's always preferred the thrill of the chase, the way everything falls into place on her own terms, the exhilaration that comes with knowing that she's finally been able to obtain her objective, the target of her affections. but this is mika-chan, who'd once found arashi intimidating and scary, who's become one of her closest friends, who gave her a bouquet of flowers on white day, and--
(it's a whole different kind of exhilaration that comes with it, she muses, the way her heart kind of tightens in her chest for a brief moment because she's not sure why she didn't see it before)
--it's why she tilts her head down a little, her fingers closing around mika's arm to hold onto him, leans in to kiss the corner of mika's lips. it's nothing like the playful kisses she uses to needle izumi, no, this is soft, a little bit more gentle, and while she clearly knows what she's doing, it's also a little bit more tentative, because the last thing that arashi wants to do is to spook mika. ]
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Nhaaa, I asked 'cuz it'd probably be bothersome to have to...
[ Mika's voice is soft, still. Even if he's wanting it despite being a little afraid, the shy child in him freezes when Arashi closes in. He's desperately coming up with a couple reasons so she doesn't feel obligated to kiss him, he didn't want to confess in such a silly way (that seems to be the way she read it because she's that observant and smart, but Naru-chan, please no).
Said excuses die on the vine when he feels her hands on his arm and lips on the side of the mouth. She's being gentle with him, compared to a kiss he might have expected from her, what she's done to tease others. That makes it wonderful though because she cares. A kiss that doesn't try to kill him from shock is a good one.
What do you do after these things? They don't make a big deal out of what happens after kisses except with a silence that doesn't apply well here, it's not like Mika reads shoujo manga or romance novels to know better. But he reaches up with his hand, touching her cheek lightly. ]
'm sorry, Naru-chan. This is a hassle, right? But ya still do nice things for me, even when they're hassles.
[ His face is warm and definitely flushed, but he's doing his best to maintain eye contact. Arashi never judges his mismatched eyes as weird or ugly, but it's still an effort to keep his head tilted up and not away. ]
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it's nice. different, but nice.
it startles her, for a moment, when he reaches out to touch her cheek lightly, because it's not something that she's expecting. the edges of her eyes are crinkled into a smile that's definitely more genuine than scripted, and arashi leans into mika's touch, just a hint of pink on her cheeks. ]
Oh, Mika, honey-- [ and her fingers move up to close around mika's wrist loosely. just to keep him there. for a bit. ] --Of course I would. You're never a hassle to me, okay? You could never be.
[ someone kind and gentle and loyal, who gives and never really expects anything in return could never be a hassle.
sometimes arashi feels like she's the luckiest person to have a friend like mika, mismatched eyes and all.
a pause, and then, it's soft: ]
Can I kiss you again, Mika-chan?
[ never mind that they're in the middle of the shopping district - it's all white noise to her as far as she's concerned - all that matters is the feeling in her chest, half scared and half hopeful, she has too much baggage and too many reservations and mika doesn't deserve any of it, but--
kissing him was nice, and knowing that he has feelings that may or may not be the same (it feels different, nothing like the kind of feelings like she has for kunugi-sensei) and it's new and alarming and there's a part of her that still wants to kiss mika anyway, wants to be selfish.
so she asks. and she waits. ]
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...After this.
[ She wants to kiss him again. That... that makes him so happy. He's worth kissing, and he knows it's from someplace genuine and meaning so much for them both. He really, really likes Arashi, and maybe since Mika's known her long enough, understands her enough, it's okay. She kisses him because he's curious and indulging him. But, Mika wants more. He wants to be a little braver and know far he can go. It's one thing to have something silly like his feelings be acknowledged, but another to act on them and go from there. Isn't it what Arashi would want, for Mika to act on his own feelings, rather than be a doll?
The rest of the world becomes white noise for him too, uncaring for where they are because it's a good opportunity, even he can see that. He brings his hand from her face to the back of her head, enjoying the way her short hair feels brushing past his fingers as he leans in. He knows how she did it was tentative so Mika wouldn't be startled... and this is honestly just a step up from that. He presses his lips against hers, and he licks her bottom lip lightly before pulling back, embarrassed, but smiling so that she knows he doesn't regret being sneaky. ]
Fufu. Now you can, Naru-chan.
[ Even if his cheeks are pinker now, there's a coyness in those topaz eyes. He isn't sure whether to be a little impatient or die of his shyness coming for him, but he certainly wants to be kissed a little more than what he can do. He'll take anything though. He accepts a lot of Naru-chan, pretty and less pretty and everything. ]