A/N: This was written back in 2012 for Christmas as part of a '25 Days of Fic' challenge. The prompt was 'Mistletoe'.

Mistletoe

It was a chuckle from Donatello that alerted him to something being off. He stopped mid-sentence to cock an eye-ridge at his brother as he passed. Usagi stood patiently, a somewhat quizzical look on his face because his friend had stopped talking. Shaking it off, Leonardo turned back to the rabbit, giving a small smile before continuing.

"Sorry, Usagi. I got a little distracted. I was going to ask if you tried April's Christmas cookies the last time you came for the holidays."

"Hmm," the rabbit pondered a moment. "I do not think I did." Giving a chuckle, Leo motioned to his right, towards the other side of the table.

"Would you like to try one?"

"Yes," Usagi replied with a nod. Leo turned to walk towards the cookies, and the samurai followed; however, a small squeaking sound caught his ear. Stopping, the turtle in blue snapped his head up to see a sprig of mistletoe hanging above him and Usagi. He frowned for a moment, quickly snatching it away from the rope it had been fastened to.

"Hey!" came an annoyed yelp from Mikey, and Leo turned on his heel to look at the culprits—his two other brothers. Raph rolled his eyes and Mikey gave an innocent grin.

"Nice try," he said, putting his hands on his hips. "but you tried the same thing with April and Casey a few years ago."

"Well, yeah, but—" Mike started before he was cut off by Usagi grabbing the sprig from Leonardo's hand.

"What is it?" asked the samurai.

"It's called mistletoe," Leo explained, turning back to his friend. "A decoration used in our world around the Holidays."

"An' when it's hung above two people, means they gotta kiss," Raph added with a smirk. Mikey made loud, sloppy kissing noises before he was nudged by the brother to his left. "Too much, bro."

"You guys," Leo started with a sigh. "that 'tradition' doesn't even—"

He was cut off by a pair of lips pressing against his own. Swallowing his words, Leonardo could vaguely hear two surprised gasps from his brothers, then Mikey giving a loud cat call. When Usagi pulled away, the rabbit gave him something between a soft smile, and a snarky smirk. He dangled the mistletoe between his fingers and grabbed the shocked turtle by the arm.

"Now, Leonardo," he said, pulling him along. "where are these cookies you mentioned?"