A/N: It's one of those days when I post an unnecessary amount of chapters in one day instead of doing something productive. I've also realized, whilst writing yet another one of these chapters, that there's a lot of sensual hugging between these two. Maybe I should rate it T for sexy hugging times (every other chapter for you perverts lmao). This is actually the one chapter that has no wangsty Mary or Seto. Just pure fluff, but no sensual hugging (haha you're dissappointed aren't you NO WAIT DON'T PRESS THE BACK BUTTON YET WAIT).
It was a rare day off for Seto, and the sun was sleepily casting gentle rays on the pair, Mary reading a brochure that she had randomly found near Seto's workplace the other day, her back comfortably rested against Seto's legs while he dozed, half-asleep, on the sofa, arms crossed. Mary flipped through the pages, the summer sun leaving her body sluggish and slow, especially in the afternoon, until her eye caught a rather interesting article on the last page.
"Hey, Seto." The tone of her voice jerked him awake- it was the voice that she used when she was interested in something but was trying to play it off as casual.
"Mm?" He peered through half-closed lids at the brochure she was reading-cherry blossoms, huh? He chuckled, and crossed his legs around Mary's body, trapping her. He then leaned down to pluck the brochure out of her hands, to the surprised squeak of Mary, and began reading off the small text: "Cherry blossom viewing, February 16th! A perfect time to enjoy a lover's embrace under the petals! Rumor is, if you go there with your loved one, your love will last forever." Seto raised his eyebrows at Mary, whose face was considerably reddening as he progressed onto each word. " Mary, we can't go, though." The girl pouted and turned her face away, her fluffy cream colored hair hiding her face.
"Why not?" Seto laughed, and lightly smacked the brochure against her head, offering her an amused smile.
"Well, it's already summer, you know? And besides, I don't think we need flower petals to 'seal our everlasting love.'" Mary flushed in embarrassment at his straightforward, now obvious words, but only gave out a soft "harrumph" and further turned her head away. Of course Seto would think it was childish- that's why she didn't want him to see. Noticing her disappointment, he decided to swiftly finish his sentence, pretending not to have noticed, "...our love is strong enough anyway. We don't need flowers to prove that, right?"
Mary didn't look up, but he could tell her mood had went lifted from the way that her shoulders lifted. Seto let out a soft laugh at how obvious she was, but Mary, noticing the sound behind her, hurriedly returned her shoulders to their sulky position, determined not to let him win.
"W-Well, I still wanna go though." He grinned, and simply pressed a kiss on the top of her head.
"If you want, you can stop by on my shift and see the flowers yourself, ok?" Mary nodded, and hugged his legs, tilting her head up, Seto's face so close to hers after the kiss. She felt the sudden urge to kiss him, and, leaning her head up just a bit more, pressed her lips against his for a second, the heat of his lips pressing against hers, and returned to contentedly reading her brochure, leaving behind a stunned and reddening Seto.
"Mhm. I can't wait."