"It's almost the New Year." Lucy said, side-eyeing Augustus, who was currently looking up at the stars with a tired expression.
"Mhm." He said. "A whole year of drama behind us, and a whole new year of drama ahead."
"Not everything HAS to be drama..." Lucy said, nervously running a finger across the snow covered ground. "Some good things might happen."
Augustus looks from the stars to the sparkling in the khao manee's eyes. "Like what?"
"Oh, y'know..." Lucy shrugged. "Just new things. Maybe things won't be so bad."
"Mm." Replied the sleepy siamese. "Maybe." He went back to looking at the stars.
Lucy looked at him, heart dancing in her chest. He was so handsome that night, as he always was. "They say you're meant to bring in the new year with a kiss. For luck."
Augustus raised an eyebrow. "I thought your mom said that about eating black eyed peas."
"Well... that too." Lucy agreed. "But... well, I know you said you weren't interested in me like that, but... I think we could both use all the luck we can get."
"Yeah..." Augustus said quietly, looking into her big, blue eyes that were shining far brighter than any star. He may have not been interested in her romantically, but even he had to admit she was beautiful, and understood why a lot of guys chased after her. "I suppose that's true. Especially YOU!" He grinned, and Lucy laughed a little. He had a point.
"So..." Lucy fiddled with one of the ends of her bow. "Did you want to?"
"Kiss?" Augustus asked. Was she really going for this?
"It doesn't have to mean anything, just for luck dummy." She stuck her tongue out.
"Well I'm not gonna give you any tongue if that's what you're implying." He said, looking at her teasing expression.
Lucy laughed again. "No! Nothing like that... haha..." She smiled warmly at him. "Just something to give us hope."
Augustus pondered it for a moment and then nodded. What harm would it do? "Alright. I'm down."
As the timer ticked down, the two cats got closer, and shared a short and sweet kiss to bring in the new year.