A/N: As you can see, I'm a little late on the festivities. Oh well, better late than never!

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Ding dong.

Once again the doorbell rang, and once again Kat put down her book to go answer it. Carefully marking the page she was on, the small Faunus girl hopped off the chair she was seated on in her room and made her way towards the front door of the small home that she shared with her older cousin Blake. As she entered the living room on her way though, she spotted Pyrrha as the fiery redheaded girl gave her a small smile as she was preoccupied setting up decorations up in the hallway.

"Sorry Kat," The older redheaded huntress called out. "Can you get that for me please?"

Nodding her head quietly, Kat continued towards the door and prepared to open it, not really worried about who it could be.

"Surprise!" Came a boisterous and loud voice the moment she even tugged at the door handle to pull the door open.

Seeing a beaming smile coming from a girl the same height and age as her, Kat immediately recognized Snowflake as the small girl leapt at her, clearly bent on hugging her. Powerless to even resist now, Kat let Snow jump into her chest, not that she minded however. By now it was just simply routine.

"Hi Kat!" Snow's mother greeted with a smile as bright as her daughter's own. "Is Blake here… or maybe Pyrrha?"

"Y- Y- Yes, t- t- they're b- both here." Kat uttered, trying her best to speak as Snowflake shook her in her wild hug.

She watched both Weiss and Yang, Snow's parents, nod before they greeted both Pyrrha and Blake in the living room, gifts in hand. It was then that Kat couldn't help but notice that Snowflake herself was holding a gift bag in her hand that also shook violently with her hyperactive behavior. Even now Kat felt herself start to become slightly dizzy.

"S- Snowflake… P- Please…" The small Faunus groaned, placing a hand at the other girl's shoulders.

That did the trick.

"Sorry Kat!" Snow started as she smiled once more, standing close to her. "I missed you!"

Kat felt her cheeks burn a bit before she rolled her eyes at that.

"What are you talking about? We just saw each other two days ago!"

"Yeah but… I wanna see you all the time!" Snow whined back, her lilac eyes borderline pleading for a moment.

It took all the mental fortitude Kat had to avert her gaze and look away. She wouldn't fall for that girl's ploys today. Every time she gave her that look, Kat was dragged into another one of her shenanigans.

"T- That's impossible." Kateia replied abashedly.

"Why?"

"Because…! It just is."

"Not if we have a sleepover every day!"

"Stop saying impossible things!"

"Or we can just live together!"

Freezing at Snowflake's last words, Kat finally turned away from the other girl in exasperation. Sometimes she wasn't sure if Snow even knew that she was saying!

'Live together?! Does she even realize what she's saying?' Kateia mused to herself as she glanced back over the still talking Snowflake as the girl babbled on ever so blissfully unaware.

Though the thought was… nice, Kat shook her head at the other girl's childish imagination.

"What's in the bag?" The ebon haired child then asked, hoping to steer Snow's attention off of saying embarrassing things.

"Oh this?" Snow asked, her smile widening even further, as if that were possible. "It's your Christmas gift, silly!"

Opening her mouth to say something, Kat was at a loss for words. Clasping it shut, she silently thanked her cousin, Blake, for telling her to get Snow a present for Christmas as well.

"Ah…" was all she finally muttered.

"But you can't see it yet!" The loud whitehaired Xiao-Long cried out, hiding the bag behind her back as if Kat were about to lunge for it.

"Then you can't see what I got you yet either." Kat answered, a little peeved as she looked away and crossed her arms.

She felt Snowflake once more throw her arms around her in a desperate hug as she almost fell to the ground.

"But I wanna know! What'd you get me Kat?! Tell me, tell me!"

Before she could deny her friend of an answer however, Kat heard Blake call for her from the living room. Already in fact she could hear the chatter and laughter of their guests. Pulling a reluctant and still complaining Snowflake along, both girls entered the well-decorated living room where their guardians and parents were seated.

A large and lit up Christmas tree sat in the corner of the room with decorations that both Blake and Pyrrha had been setting up all afternoon. All in all, it gave the entire small home a very festive feel to it.

"I gotta say Blakey, you and your girlfriend Pyr did a great job on the flair." Yang called out, lifting a glass of eggnog up as she spoke.

Kat narrowed her eyes at the words though as she spotted both her cousin and Pyrrha's eyes widen to the size of saucers. Though she wasn't entirely sure if her cousin was dating the redheaded girl, Kat did have an idea that something was up. Pyrrha was at their home quite a lot these last few weeks.

"I- I dunno what you're talking about Yang." Blake stated, ever so subtly edging away from where she sat next to Pyrrha. "We're just friends."

"Yes, that's right!" The redheaded Amazonian huntress added, finding that the inside of her glass was the most interesting thing in the room suddenly.

Both Yang and Weiss shared a look before both women broke out into a laughter that rang across the room. Kateia frowned at that and wondered why she was called into the room, but a sudden tug at her sleeve from Snow got her attention.

"Let's go to your room!" Snow suggested, ever so excitable as she hopped up and down in anticipation.

Shrugging her shoulders, Kat nodded. Much to her friend's pleasure as she already was making her way there.

But as the two girls walked through the hallway towards her room, Snow suddenly stopped in the middle of one of the archways leading down the hall.

"What's wrong?" She asked curiously towards Snowflake's back. The girl seemed interested in something hanging above her, one of the decorations that Pyrrha and Blake had hung up no doubt.

Glancing up to where she was looking, Kat spotted a small green plant with what looked like three small red berries attached to it that hung from the ceiling.

"It's a mistletoe!" Snow explained as she turned around to face her. "My mama told me about them earlier today!"

Kateia nodded her head as she listened before glancing back up at the plant. She had never heard of this mistletoe but figured it had something to do with the holidays.

"What's so special about it?" She asked, slightly embarrassed that Snowflake knew something that she in fact didn't.

The question seemed to make the energetic girl beam. Shuffling closer to Kat, causing the Faunus to slowly move away from her, placing her back at the wall, Snow giggled.

"Mama told me that it's a special plant. When you and someone you care about are under it… you're supposed to do this!"

Kat watched as Snow explained what in fact the plant represented but she wasn't at all ready for what was to come afterwards. With a sudden look of determination washing over Snow's features, the Faunus watched on with surprised eyes as Snowflake leaned ever closer to her.

Feeling Snow's hands at her shoulders and her hair brushing against her face… Kat stood frozen as she felt wet lips press themselves against her cheek. The sudden and foreign moment only lasted for but few seconds before another bout of giggling was heard as the white haired girl took a step back with a wide smile and a twinkle in her bright lilac eyes.

Tilting her head playfully as her side ponytail swayed, Snowflake spun on her heel and proceeded down the hallway towards their original destination, already making plans about sleeping over again. But for Kat…

For Kat, the usually always calm and collected Faunus still stood frozen where she was, her back still against the wall. Hundreds of thoughts flew through her mind as she brought her hand to brush against the spot Snowflake had just kissed her. Her heart pounded unusually quickly with an odd feeling she had felt just moments before.

But before she could dwell on it too long, she heard a loud crash sound from the direction where Snowflake had just bounded off to… The same direction of her room! Snapping out of her stupor, Kat groaned in irritation as she pondered what her… friend had just broken this time.

But the entire time she hurried towards her room she couldn't help but replay the memory of what had just transpired… under that mistletoe.