A/N Here's the first real chapter!
Chapter 1: Under the MistletoeKisa was walking home from school with her coat on tight and her scarf wrapped around her neck. She had gloves on her hands and snow boots on her feet. As she walked home, a light snow began to fall. It was December, and Christmas was only two weeks off. She walked passed the high school just as all of the students were getting out. She hoped that Tohru would be walking out but the onigiri was nowhere to be found.
"I wonder where sissy is, I haven't seen her in a long time." She kept walking past the gates until someone called out to her.
"Hey Kisa, wait up!" Kisa turned around and saw Hatsuharu running towards her and waving. "Hi Haru." "What are doing over by the high school, aren't you going home?" Kisa nodded, "I wanted to see if sissy was coming out so I could walk with her but I didn't see her."
"I see, well do you mind if I walk with you?" Kisa shook her head and smiled, "No, I'd be glad if you did."
When Kisa smiled at him, Haru felt something inside of him that he had never felt before. 'What the hell is this feeling, I've never felt so nervous around Kisa before. It's like I feel like I have to embrace her. What the hell if going on!'
"Haru…are you okay?" Kisa was waving her hand in front of his face, trying to get his attention. "Huh, oh…it was nothing, I was just thinking. Come on, let's go." Kisa nodded and then smiled at him, "Okay." She held his hand like she normally would and they walked to the main house.
As they began to get closer to the house, the snow fall started to get a little heavier and pretty soon, it was hard to see without straining your eyes. "This is weird," Haru said, "the forecasts never said anything about a snowstorm." "Haru, what happens if we get lost or we freeze? I only have a skirt on and my legs are so cold."
Kisa began to shiver more and she also began to sneeze. "Are you going to be okay?" "Uh-huh, b-but I-I'm f-freezing." "Come on, we can stop in the mall coming up on the right."
Haru opened the door and they both stepped inside. They were met with a warmth that felt so good to them. The mall was extremely crowded because of Christmas being around the corner.
"I guess we can stay here, at least until the storm lets up a little bit, okay?" Kisa nodded and removed her scarf and gloves. She put them into her backpack and then took Haru's hand again. "Can we walk around for a little while and maybe do some Christmas shopping?" "Sure."
The two shopped for about another hour, buying presents for every member of the zodiac, plus Tohru and Kisa's mother. "I hope everyone will like the presents that I bought for them," Kisa said as they sat down to eat an early dinner.
"If they are from you, I'm sure they'll love them." Kisa was confused by his answer but smiled non-the-less. 'You baka (idiot)! What kind of statement was that? No wonder Kisa looked at you so confused! Baka, baka, baka!' Haru sat there mentally cursing himself while Kisa ate.
When they were finished, they went to see if the storm had let up but the snow was still coming down hard and fast. "I hope we aren't stranded here tonight," Kisa said worriedly. "Don't worry, we can always call Hatori if it gets really late," Haru smiled at her, reassuringly.
"Haru…there's a store down that way that sells Christmas items, like decorations and ornaments. Do you mind if we take a look in there?" "Not at all."
The approached the store and Kisa beamed when she looked inside. The whole store was decorated like a clearing in a grove of pine trees that had snow on them. The shelves and items were all placed in the branches of the artificial trees. "Oh it looks so beautiful!" she squealed.
Kisa hurried into the store, leaving Hatsuharu still outside. He walked up to the door and saw a sign in the window. He didn't bother reading it and hurried into the store to catch up with Kisa.
As he walked through the store, he saw some things that he didn't expect to see. Every once in a while, there would be a couple kissing each other. 'What the hell kinda store is this anyway?'
By the time he had found Kisa, she was gazing fondly at the stars on top of the trees. "Hey Kisa, did you notice that some people in here were kissing each other?" "Mm-hmm, they were under mistletoe silly," she giggled. "That's what you're supposed to do." "Oh, okay."
They looked around the store for a little while longer. Kisa would stop every once in a while to gaze at something that really caught her eye but it was mostly just looking around. They were about to leave when someone stopped them.
"Hold it you two!" They turned around and saw a woman, who obviously worked there, coming towards them. "You two have to kiss each other." "What!" they both screamed at the same time. "You're under mistletoe." She pointed up to the ceiling and sure enough, there was a sprig of mistletoe hanging there.
Haru blushed and he saw the same thing on Kisa's face. "Come on, and then you can leave." "But we don't have to kiss, right?" Haru asked. In truth, over the past couple of hours, he had gotten the sudden urge to kiss Kisa and he thought this was a perfect excuse for getting to kiss her without expressing his feelings. The whole situation still weirded him out though.
Kisa was silent, most likely from the shock of being told to kiss her long-time best friend. She was actually having the same feelings about Haru. She had started to get the urges to kiss him but she had resisted quite well.
"Well? Come on, you guys have to kiss. If you read the sign when you walked in then you would know that the rule is you have to kiss someone if you get caught under the mistletoe with them." 'So that's what the sign said. Dammit, why didn't I read it!' "W-well, I-I guess w-we sh-should," Kisa managed to say. She looked up at Hatsuharu and blushed.
He blushed as well but lent down to kiss her anyway. Their lips met in a small, innocent kiss. The worker at the store seemed satisfied and then said, "Okay, you guys can leave. Merry Christmas!" And with that, she walked away.
Hatsuharu and Kisa broke apart and they were both silent. However, in their heads they were both screaming, 'That was the most AMAZING kiss I've ever had!'
"Now that that's over, I guess we should go now," Haru said with a huge blush on his face. Kisa said nothing but nodded and then followed him out of the store.
They headed back to the entrance but the snow was still falling down to heavily for them to try and walk home in it. They sat down with all of their packages against a wall and an uncomfortable silence crept in between them.
"What a stupid store, I can't believe that that's their policy!" Hatsuharu exclaimed. "A-actually, I kinda liked it," Kisa said with a blush on her face. 'You idiot! Why the hell did you say that! You know you enjoyed it and now you're saying all that shit to Kisa and even she liked it! Baka!'
"Y-you know Kisa…I…liked it too." His face turned as red as a tomato and he turned away from her. Kisa's face lit up, although he couldn't see it, and a huge smile swept across her face.
She crawled over to the other side of him and looked him straight in the eye, a blush appearing as she did. "U-um Hatsuharu, m-my lips are k-kinds cold, could y-you w-warm them up f-for me?" Haru was completely taken aback by this but he really wanted to kiss Kisa again. "Sure."
He cupped her face and then placed his lips on hers once again. This time he prodded at her lips for her to open up. She obliged without force and she let his tongue explore her mouth. She entwined her tongue with his and their tongues seemed to dance inside their mouths.
When they parted finally, Kisa looked up at Haru and smiled. "Wow," he said. "You're a great kisser." She blushed but they both ended up laughing it off.
The storm eventually subsided after a half an hour so Hatsuharu took out his cell phone and called Hatori.
He arrived within ten minutes and then the two of them were finally out of the mall and on their way back home.
Hatori dropped Kisa off first and Haru got out to help her with her bags. They brought them to the front porch and then he turned to leave. "Haru, wait!" Kisa called out to him. He turned around and she ran into his arms. "Can…can we be more than just friends from now on, please?" Haru placed a kiss on her forehead and said, "You can count on it."
He pulled away and then walked back to the car. He mouthed 'I love you' and then closed the door. Kisa watched the car drive off and she waved until it was out of sight. Then she gathered her things up at the porch and went into her house.
A/N So what did ya think, I hope it was good. Anyway, I'll try to update as soon as possible. If you read, please review!
