"What is that?" Sora questioned, poking at a small branch which had appeared above the door while they'd been gone.
Noting it's presence, Riku had to fight back the desire to blurt out the answer, instead calling out Kairi. "Hey, Kairi, Sora wants you to see something." he nudged.
"What's that?" she questioned approaching where Sora stood, her gaze coming to rest on the same object.
"Isn't that. . ." she began, trailing off as a blush sufficed her face at the spark of memory.
"Kairi? What is it?" Noticing her appearance puzzled him all the further.
"It's mistletoe." Riku smirked from one side, his Gummi Phone appearing to be held loosely in one hand.
"Mistle. . ." Coming to the same revelation as Kairi, the blush that sufficed his cheeks were of equal measure to Kairi's own. "M-m- mistletoe?" he gulped.
"Mm, hmm. And you know what happens under the mistletoe?"
"U-under?" Sora squeaked.
"Couples kiss." the smirk now a contest to the Cheshire's own grin.
"K-kiss?!"
"Well?" A silver brow quirked, gaze checking the camera function on his Gummi Phone. Light if he missed this moment.
"Uh- um. . ."
Kairi stood before in equal shock, staring at Sora as though he'd grown another head.
'You've fought Heartless, and entire Organization of Nobodies, saved the world twice,' Sora silently pep talked to himself. 'What's one k-k-ki. . .' Unable to pronounce the word even in his head, azure widened all the further helplessly.
Meanwhile, Kairi was giving herself her own version of a pep talk. 'You trained with Lea, helped to fight off Heartless. You trained with Merlin for lights sake! What's one k-kiss?'
'With- Sora?'
-Kairi?'
Had the tempature suddenly risen?
Glancing back to his Gummi Phone then to the two statues beneath the mistletoe, his plan was beginning to backfire at this rate unless something was done soon. "Do you need some help there?"
Azure to indigo snapped to him then, gazes widened with revelation at the sight of the loosely held Gummi Phone.
"You-" Kairi began.
"You set this up!" Sora added.
With his most innocent expression, Riku denied all knowledge of such. "No, I didn't it." Which wasn't exactly a lie. He hadn't been the one to 'set up' the mistletoe there. That had been the elf he'd asked earlier.
"You so did!" Kairi retorted.
"When, or how? I've been with you guys this entire time."
"Your a Keyblade Master. Don't think I don't know that theres probably a spell out there that you know that I don't know that you used!" Sora accused.
"Don't hurt yourself there." Riku found himself commenting at his eloquence. "And no, if there is such a spell, I don't know it. You both know I'm not that great at magic. Unless it's some kind of dark fire spell? Forget it."
"He does have a point there," Sora deflated.
"Still, he had to have done this somehow. You asked an elf to do it!" Kairi accused this time.
"An elf? Really? I didn't believe in Santa Clause for how long? But, you think I'd ask an elf for help? Have you seen how short they are?" Riku retorted, glancing towards the mistletoe in question. Which set about six or so feet off the ground.
"They have ladders." Sora pointed out.
"You're not going to kiss are you?"
"Tricked by our best friend." Kairi reprimanded with a huff.
"Okay, fine, whatever! See if I try to help you two again." Riku set to storing his Gummi Phone back in one pocket, just in time for Kairi to dart forward planting a kiss on Sora's cheek. "Really?" Having seen, and at her timing he could only huff a chuckle.
"You- what?" Sora stammered.
"We are under the mistletoe, and it is tradition." she simply stated, reaching up to pluck said from the rafters with magic.
/ / /
"Was that really necessary?" Riku questioned as she closed the door, dusting her hands off from having thrown the offending foliage out into the snow.
"Yes. Now, I'm thirsty for some cocoa. Anyone else?" Reconizing the glint in her gaze for the threat it was, Riku could only sigh.
"I'll make some," he offered, slapping Sora upside the head and back into a dazed reality as he herded the younger teen into the kitchen. "Your girlfriend is ruthless." he hissed in Sora's ear.
"She kissed me. . ." Came the mumbled reply, the girlfriend jest having clearly gone over the teens head.
/○-^ 🔔🔔🔔 /○-^
Mistletoe, awww. . . Sora got kissed, Sora got kissed! Ahem, yes, well- Sora got a kiss!
Okay, okay, I'm done now. Really, I am.
Like I said yesterday, this was a cute filler chapter. I wrote it, and it went with this story, but I really didn't see a place to insert it into the first chapters story, so I ended it leaving it on the side. Of course, there are probably parts that I left in the first chapter that didn't need to be there and could have been set aside like this one too. But I didn't. . . sooooo. . . . yeah. Here was chapter 2. Also, and I can't believe I forgot to put this first- I blame Sokai cuteness- Thanks to everyone who read this story, and this chapter! As always, excuse the typos. :)
That's all I got for today. Tomorrow we've got part two of the main story though it is set at a later time, and forewarning, plenty of angst in this one.
Until next time, LRW