The Other Sides of Haruhi Suzumiya

Christmas

Entering Ryouko Asakura's apartment with the other members of the SOS Brigade, Yuki Nagato took in the Christmas decorations thoughtfully. There was a plastic tree decorated with lights, tinsel and ornaments, wreaths on the walls and fake 'snow' sprayed n the windows.

"Hey, nice!" Haruhi exclaimed, looking around eagerly.

The rest of the Brigade was somewhat more wary, well aware of how Ryouko had once tried to stab Kyon to death to just get a reaction out of Haruhi. Mikuru seemed to expect something bad to happen, Koizumi had a glassy sort of smile on his face, and poor Kyon looked like he was getting a root canal.

"Thank you for coming over," Ryouko noted warmly, even as Yuki noted she was being maneuvered under a sprig of a parasitic plant that fed off other trees.

"That's mistletoe!" Haruhi said excitedly.

"Yes, it is," Yuki acknowledged calmly.

"You don't know the tradition then?" Koizumi asked mildly. He then went into a long winded explanation that would have put anyone to sleep.

"Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!" Haruhi cheered.

"But they're two girls," Mikuru said weakly.

"Gender is irrelevant when under the mistletoe!" Haruhi declared, clearly using her usual insane troll logic.

Ryouko moved closer to Yuki as she murmured, "Sorry, I was tryinhg to get Haruhi under here, to see her reaction."

"It's fine," Yuki murmured as they pressed their lips together. She felt a twinge of regret sacrificing her first kiss like this, but swiftly dismissed the emotion.

To be continued...?