"Mistletoe" and "Kiss" - Christmas Prompts
Pairing: Kotoumi
She knew that it was a futile effort and a blind struggle against someone she could never win, but hey at least she tried. Even against 8 people, Umi was proud that she managed to avoid it up till the last school bell.
The first danger sign that morning came from their energetic childhood friend, being overly eager to start their day in school and passing side glaces to Kotori whenever she pretended not to see.
The second sign came when Rin and Nozomi kept coming into their classroom during every double period intervals for "Lily White" bonding, as Honoka and Kotori made it off with lunch without her, which made no sense what so ever on a perfectly normal day in December.
The third sign came when Eli and Maki dragged her off to the rooftop to practice singing chords, and a very bewildered Umi had to stop herself from choking a certain mumbling first year for answers.
The final warning hit her like a ton of bricks, the color of red and green setting off alarm bells because mistletoe, and mistletoe meant kiss, and kiss equaled shameless (and Kotori).
"No!" She leaped up from the seat beside Kotori, silently and politely cursing at the plant that somehow got its way up there.
"You know the tradition, you gotta kiss the person who's under the mistletoe with you nya!" Rin crashed into their classroom along with Hanayo, who nodded approvingly at the plant that was dangling snugly on its nest on the ceiling above.
"Rin!" Umi tried, shooting pleading eyes to Nozomi (who came next).
"Ah… Umi-chan giving me the puppy eyes is rare~ How about you kiss Kotori if you get caught again?" The senior chuckled, while herding the rest to the club room. And this should really be the final warning, but the immense relief that Umi was feeling at the moment had her take her enemies a little too lightly.
"Noo!" She leaped up from the seat beside Kotori, silently and politely cursing at the plant that somehow got its way up there again.
"Umi-chan face it, its the second time!" Honoka almost howled in laughter, and Umi swore she never felt like stuffing her friend's mouth with an entire loaf of bread so much.
"Eli, save me…" Umi cried, almost begged the council president, as Nico slammed the table in their club room hysterically.
"Ah… Umi… How about we give her a last chance?" Eli coughed, trying not to laugh all the while.
The meeting resumed without incidents, but she should've known better.
"Noo!" She leaped up from the spot beside Kotori, silently and no longer politely cursing at the plant that somehow got its way up there for the third time.
There should be no way to hang up any mistletoe because they were now at the rooftop. But the evidence was in plain sight, the color of red and green screaming its volume from the lamp post, that was also incidentally on top of the second year pair.
"You don't have to do it you know, Umi-chan," And this time it was Kotori who spoke, Kotori who walked away, and Kotori whom she kissed.
"No! Kotori!"
The deed was done within seconds, and Umi was sure that she had used up her entire life's worth of courage, but the blush on Kotori's face was worth it.
"I would've kissed you with or without the mistletoe… Just not with them around." Umi admitted, hanging her head low in shame amidst all the gasps.
"Umi-chan-"
She was kissed back with twice the vigor, and Honoka had to declare practice to be cancelled afterwards because a certain Sonoda Umi couldn't function.