anonymous requested: 4 with rusame :y
4. Awkward kiss
Alfred marched up to Ivan in the sandbox behind the nursery with the most serious look he could muster on his small six-year-old face.
"Ivan, I need a favour!" he cried, bunching his hands into tight little fists.
Ivan looked up from the sand mound he had been steadily building all through break. Alfred was grinning, and he knew that there was nothing he could say or do to deter the blue-eyed boy from whatever he planned on asking.
Giving the sand a final pat of his hand, he grunted, "What is it?"
"Let me kiss you!"
Ivan didn't think he heard him right. "What?"
"When I kiss Elyse, I don't want it to be stupid or weird. So let me practice kissing with you first!"
"No. Go find someone else."
Ivan surprised himself by how quickly he turned down Alfred's request. He spun back round to his sand mound, his face turning beetroot red as Alfred whined and wheedled and made a general nuisance of himself in the small sandbox.
Before Alfred could tread on his mound in tantrum, he gave in. "All right, all right, f-fine! J-just a quick one, okay?"
He regretted his decision the second Alfred squatted before him and brought their faces together.
Alfred's eyes were set with a determined look, his lips pursing in anticipation and slightly parted to reveal his newly-fitted braces. Slowly, he pressed his lips to Ivan's, and the latter was so taken aback by the warmth and soft plumpness that his mouth fell open. Unperturbed, Alfred simply tilted his head and leaned further in, his teeth and braces clacking clumsily against Ivan's.
Later, when they tried to pull apart, they realised to their horror that their braces had gotten tangled together.
Panicked and in some pain from struggling against each other (Alfred was crying and Ivan felt close to tears himself), the two boys were forced to find a teacher and confess to what they did so she could help untangle them.