merry merry christmas, and I want you to know

[mansionstaff]

Who: YOU
What: KISSLETOES
When: December 14th - January 1st
Where: Everywhere
Warnings: Sloppy makeouts.

SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT WARNING...



The entire school has become covered in mistletoe overnight. It grows out of the walls! The ceilings! Everywhere you least expect it? HOW CAN THIS BE??

It's probably best not to think about it. Attempts to uproot the plants or burn them away only makes the plants grow back faster. For the time being, it seems the school must live with it.

[OOC INSTRUCTIONS:
+ Post dudes, get kisses!
+ Some (NOT ALL) plants are cursed. If you manage to step under a cursed plant, you will exchange a memory when or if you exchange a kiss. The memories will be first-person and very vivid, and characters will feel like they are experiencing the memory in real time, though in reality the transfer is instantaneous. Memories can be as short, long, happy, sad, or traumatic as you like.
+ If you'd like to participate, we highly suggest making a list of a few memories (with accompanying links/descriptions) that are up for grabs, and linking or posting the list in your top-level comment. Memory exchange is COMPLETELY OPTIONAL. When in doubt, OOC communication!
+ PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE TAG YOUR CHARACTERS
+ That's it, we love you.]

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[stopstaring]

That was what she wanted to ask him. Except she was horrible at words and while she was getting better at the ones with Hayato, she was still truly horrible with them. Although she nodded to him, she wasn't quite sure if she genuinely was or not. But whatever cold it was that had stained her, promptly left at his concern. Because he had a way with stirring her very heart, even when she imagined it wasn't intentional on his part.

"Y-yes," she managed to get out before she pressed herself to continue. "I thought I saw something from the sky? But not here. And it was growing very loud. I..." Olivia lifted her shoulders in a sheepish shrug, "...I don't know what I saw or what happened." As she leaned over and found herself patting his chest again, she felt just a little more soothed, "But I'm alright. Really, I am."

Just confused. Just perplexed. But at the same time, ridiculously content. Because at least past all of the confusion, she wasn't without the company of someone she thought of as dear.

And there was the whole concept all over again of that kiss. It was no ordinary kiss. And she'd have to take the time to think about it and what it meant.

[blueburnshotter]

Her touch was not unwelcome in the least. His grip on her wrist tightened ever-so-slightly, not to be rough or anything, but just so that he was more properly holding it, fingers gently trailing up the back of her hand.

"What a peculiar thing to see." But there was no skepticism in his voice, only clear wonder. It made him think of the meteor from all those years ago, but there wasn't any way Olivia could have known about that. Not if she wasn't even from the same world as him. "Funny you should mention that... I was sure I was caught in the rain for a moment."

It was all very curious.

"I thought I heard your voice."

[stopstaring]

Her hand turned, mostly on instinct, and slipped against his easily, fingers eventually weaving between his. For he was a comfort. The only comfort available to her at the time. His response didn't help her decipher anything she had seen or heard. She had no way of knowing what it was that she experienced or understanding the 'how's and 'why's behind it. And evidently Hayato didn't either.

Although it was equally strange that he should have, in the same moments she did, experience something entirely different. As if they had traded something between one another. She had given him something and had no idea what. At least until he mentioned the rain. But it was so vague. She'd been in the rain several times.

"My voice..." She shook her head. "I didn't say anything. I've been right here the whole time. I... wonder what all of that was. Yet neither of us seem to have been hurt by it. I guess that's what really matters..."

[blueburnshotter]

"It was quite the interesting experience." But what did it all mean? Was it linked to the mistletoe in some way, or was it a completely random happenstance? All Hayato knew was that he felt connected to Olivia in that moment a feeling he was intimately familiar with with a number of people but had gone too long without experiencing.

And almost never without warning like that.

He squeezed her hands, his wonder giving way to a calm, collected, and altogether smarmy front. "At any rate, thank you for the kiss."

[stopstaring]

Interesting was one way to put it. Olivia still didn't know what to think of anything. She was already emotionally confused when it came to him. It seemed sort of silly that a falling meteor could amplify that sentiment so greatly. Or at all, really.

She set her eyes back onto his face, and couldn't refrain from reddening the way she did. "I... Shouldn't I be thanking you?"

It made my heart race.

"It was... nice."

[blueburnshotter]

"Anytime."

He meant it. Whether there were weird glimpses of rain and falling objects involved or not... Although, truth be told, he was rather curious about if it would happen again. Something he'd regret later, HENRY

"If you find yourself feeling particularly festive again later, do let me know." Another light hearted joke. Half-joke. Probably still the kind of thing he should have kept his mouth shut on.

[stopstaring]

Even though she was fairly certain he wasn't serious, it didn't stop Olivia from blushing to the roots of her hair. (Who was anyone kidding, Olivia had been mostly red from the beginning of their wordy exchange.) She looked aside somewhat nervously and anxiously wove her hands together in the same bashful manner she'd done so many times before. It wasn't going to take long for Hayato to figure her out. She didn't exactly make it difficult.

"I-I... W-well... Uhm," she began as she sucked in a deep breath and with it, her remaining courage. "Y-yes. Of course, Hayato. I... I would hope you'd do the same." Except she wasn't kidding. Because she was still reeling a bit from a single kiss. And all she wanted to do was figure out why.