Summary: Tao wants help with the last Christmas decoration.

Contains M-21/Tao.

I know Takeo and Tao use '21' as a nickname in the novels, but...I dunno, it's attention grabbing and something that needs to be explained if someone else heard it. So. 'M' instead. :3 Thanks to Key for pointing this out to me.

Decorate

By Dark Ice Dragon

"Hey, M, can you get the stepladder?" Tao called out, staring up at the living room entranceway with what appeared to be the last piece of Christma decorations in his hands.

"Yeah," he replied, setting his cup of hot chocolate down on the counter and went to fetch it.

When he brought it over and had set it down, Tao grinned at him and clambered up the stepladder, the decoration thrown over his shoulder.

"You're using tape, aren't you?" M-21 asked him warily, watching him. They'd made the mistake of using attempting to use tacks earlier, but the look of Frankenstein's face had been enough to set them straight. At least they'd been caught before they'd started making holes in the wall.

"Of course!" Tao stretched over to one corner of the entranceway and stuck one end of the sparkly decoration there. "And I think Boss hid them anyway, just in case," he added with a laugh.

It wouldn't be too surprising if he had. M-21 kept his hands on the stepladder, watching Tao stretch over to the other side. The middle of it sagged, but that was the next thing Tao went for next, holding that right above their heads.

"Aaand done!"

While M-21 checked to see the decoration wouldn't fall down under its own weight, Tao leaned over the barrier, wrapped his arms around his shoulders, and kissed him on the lips.

"Mm?" Finishing doing the decorating shouldn't be that big a cause for celebration, but M-21 didn't move away, tilting his head back to help with the angle.

"Mistletoe," Tao sang softly when they broke apart, smiling at him.

M-21 moved his head to look at what exactly Tao had been putting up and snorted, seeing the small green and white plant right above them.

"Fine," he said, his lips curving up into a smile. "Since we're still here..." He moved so their lips brushed again.

Once they were done with this kiss, he was going to get Tao off the damn stepladder so he wouldn't end up with a crick in his neck.

Written for the Imagineyourotop prompt, 'Imagine your otp putting up Christmas decorations. Person A of you otp gets Person B to come close not sure where to put a decoration turns out the decoration is mistletoe. They share a cute kiss.'

I would have noted this contained 'established M-21/Tao' but…I dunno. Seemed kind of weird for me to make that distinction?

I was also going to add a comment about the end about Tao possibly breaking his neck if he fell off, but seeing how he's a modified human, I think he'd be okay at that height. That, and M-21 would catch him, pfft.