A/n FINALLY! I finally reached my 12th chapter goal! And this is the last chapter of the X-Mas specials, so I hope all you Riku and Nevaeh shippers have read it and it meets your expectations! Merry Christmas!

p.s. I might do one for New Year's.

Lesson Twelve: Mistletoe is REALLY Evil.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

"Hmmm...sucking face, huh?" Axel innocently inquired the two teens standing in front of him. Riku turned around, his blush finally settling into his usual neutral face, while Nevaeh gave Axel quite the look of suspicion.

"Mr. Axel, is there some specific reason as to why you were listening in onto our conversation?"

"No way little missy!" Axel huffed, looking oh-so-offended. "I just wanted to remark on your choice of words, is all."

"Really."

"Lemme tell ya something babe..." Riku grimaced at this little name. "...Axel ain't no snooper, and I like to keep my nose in my own business...got it memorized?"

"Did you just call me babe?"

"Not important!" Axel interrupted hurriedly. "Just make sure you always watch where you are...if ya get what I mean missy."

"OKAY!" Riku yelled suddenly, making everyone in the room jump. He walked up to Axel, grabbing the older man's collar and yanking him down to his eye level. "Listen Axel, Heaven's name is not babe, nor missy, nor any other stupid nickname you've got for her. Her name is HEAVEN, but you may only address her as NEVAEH. N-E-V-A-E-H." Riku replied, throwing the grown man into a chair.

"Got it memorized?"

Axel grinned evilly at the younger boy, snickering slightly at Riku's overprotectiveness of his...friend.

"Sure thing...just keep a watch on your girl, eh Riku?" Axel retorted with a laugh, briskly walking out of the room, leaving a stunned Riku and Nevaeh behind (since everyone else had left for Christmas shopping).

"Mr. Riku?" Nevaeh inquired, narrowing her eyes at the tall boy in front of her. "What did Mr. Axel mean when he said 'just keep a watch on your girl?'? Last time I checked, I wasn't owned by anyone, and most certainly not you."

Riku knew he had been caught, but he faced Nevaeh now, hiding his true face behind a mask as usual. "Nothing Heaven. Don't worry about it."

"Mr. Riku! I demand that you answer me now—" Nevaeh suddenly stopped on her words, nearly choking on her own tongue as she seemed to look past Riku. Her eyes suddenly widened, but then went back to their original size, glimmering slightly with liquid amber in the golden irises.

"Heaven, what are you looking at—?" Riku suddenly stopped on his own words as he was unexpectedly pulled into a strong embrace, courtesy of Nevaeh. His breath heightened and quickened, and he was subconsciously aware of how close she really was to him as she stared at him.

"Mr. Riku, I need to keep up the tradition..." Nevaeh said in a slight sing-song voice as he looked at her face, light dancing in her eyes.

"Heaven...what are you..." And Riku just realized...

...that mistletoe was not just evil...

...but in the hands of a certain dead-man-walking pyromaniac red-head (that Riku just might thank later), mistletoe is REALLY evil.

Well, Riku just went ahead and let evil kiss him. He'll just have to make an alibi later on.