Thank you to Jessica who reviewed the first chapter! Your review made my very happy! ^-^

This chapter I had a bit of fun with though I was admittedly mean to Nightlight. (I'M SORRY NIGHTLIGHT!) Jack Frost and Loki appear in this chapter as well.

Usual disclaimers

Second Kiss

The second kiss was a surprise on both their parts and everyone who witnessed it mostly because it happened in the middle of battle. Pitch had returned to cause trouble. He seemed determined to wreak as much havoc as possible by ruining the Winter Solstice celebration. Jack Frost took this as a personal insult seeing as it was his day even if it was not officially so. He had taken it as his own and every time it came around made sure to leave a blanket of snow over the entire winter lands. He found himself in over his head though and the Guardians arrived to help him seeing as if Pitch managed to ruin the Solstice celebrations he would also let lose a large amount of negative energy the Solstice celebrations kept back. Several other winter spirits also appeared to help. So there was quite an audience to the kiss.

It was a frantic battle. Fearlings and nightmares everywhere, some in the lead armor that made them hard to destroy. Pitch had even recruited some less savory spirits to help him. It was a mess, chaos everywhere. Katherine was trying to avoid getting caught in center of the pandemonium where North and Toothiana fought back to back. She did not want to risk getting hit with their weapons. But the masses were pushing her ever closer. "Nightlight!" she yelled out, seeing her friend flying above the commotion, preventing any enemies from hitting his allies from the air. "Nightlight, a little help please!" She reached out to him. He snatched her up just in time to avoid nearly getting sliced open by a fearling sword as it battled with North. The blade nicked her leg though and she cried out in pain. Nightlight looked back, horrified. It proved a mistake on his part.

A fearing with a club crushed into the spectral lad, knocking the sense out of him and sending both children plowing into the snow covered ground. They smashed into it hard, Nightlight shielding Katherine as best he could. The landing was bumpy and their heads knocking together most painfully. The final bump nearly threw Katherine out of Nightlight's arms. He pulled her close, their lips smashing together in the process.

It was like everything outside of them fell silent and still. The first kiss had been sweet and innocent. Nightlight would have described it as a jolt of lightning that was happiness instead of electricity. This time it was just a shock that knocked out the rest of his senses. He could feel her heart pounding against her rib cage and the dull ache in his head that made everything but her vanish from his senses. Not entirely conscious of what he was doing, Nightlight lifted one hand and let it rest on the back of her head, keeping them both locked in the kiss.

Katherine had no objections. Her first kiss had been warm and light, like a baby bird flying free for the first time. It had left her feeling very pleased about something. Back then she had not known what. But now she was a whole year older and she was pretty sure what had pleased her was that her first kiss had been with someone she liked as much as Nightlight. This time the kiss was stronger, the happiness fluttering in her chest as fast as her heart beat and blood pulsed. For a moment, the chaos died, the pain in her leg vanished, and all she knew was that Nightlight was very warm and comfortable.

A wolf whistle broke through the hazy fog in their minds. Loki was pointing at the pair and cackling. "Love on the battlefield!" he crowed. He was not the only one staring. It appeared as if the attack on them had not gone unnoticed by their allies, who had attempted to reach them. This drew both ally and enemy attention to the pair who had quite forgotten they were in the middle of an epic battle.

Katherine's face turned bright red and she sat up quickly. Or tried. Nightlight refused to remove the arm around her waist, though the one cradling her head had gone limp. "Nightlight let go," she hissed as North managed to break free of the silent crowd and marched towards them. Nightlight did not respond. In fact, he seemed much too still. "Nightlight?"

His eyes were closed, light glowing dimly, his breathing slow and steady.

"Oh drat!" Katherine exclaimed, propping herself up on one elbow. She used her free hand to check his pulse and the back of his head. His pulse was strong, and there was a fair amount of blood on his head. Looking up at North, she sighed, "He's been knocked out."

"That's one Hel of a kiss," snickered Jack Frost. He and Loki burst into laughter, the Celtic Faeryfolk of Yule and many others joining in.

Katherine groaned and hid her face in Nightlight's chest.

I'm mean hehe. I once heard someone describe their second kiss as knocking them clean out of their senses. So Nightlight got knocked out of his senses in two ways! I'm sorry Nightlight!

Loki and Jack are actually both from Nordic mythology, both frost giants, both mischievous spirits. Jack's pun of Hel instead of hell refers to Loki's daughter, Hel, who guards well... , Loki's comment love on the battlefield is a quote from How to Train Your Dragon, vikings, Nordics, Loki got the line.

As for the Celtic Faeryfolk of Yule, there are plenty of spirits in Celtic mythology, some of which center around the winter solstice and winter. It was considered a time of death and rebirth, the longest night that ends with the sun being reborn. The Yule spirits are faeryfolk, elves.

Also, I have a minor headcanon that Nightlight makes a very good pillow and Katherine has no qualms using his shoulder, chest, stomach, or lap as a pillow. Alternatively, he does the same thing. They are just very comfortable with each other.

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