Mini Event! the spider and the mistletoe

[nopattythepider]

Across the Keep runs a rather large spider, scampering from building to building, room to room and carrying with him a decent sized branch of mistletoe. One might catch him skittering up a wall to build a web above a doorway, or stringing mistletoe up from various points on the ceiling.

He doesn't linger in any particular place for too long, save

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[lightyourway]

Kairi had no idea what to make of the small, mechanical pet that had been in the sack with her name on it.

It was cute, if a little strange. She had luckily found out how to put it to sleep already, and feeding and tickling weren't hard either. But she couldn't really tell if it was supposed to be a game or... A real pet.

It wasn't much good for cuddling.

Still, she carried it with her as she wandered the Keep, so alert for any wayward spiders that she walked past several sprigs of mistletoe without so much as noticing.

[lightyourway]

She was caught between a laugh and a frown, and she didn't know which way to go, so Kairi didn't move. She simply glanced back at Riku, a smile testing the corners of her mouth even as confusion claimed her thoughts.

She was still upset with him. She didn't want to think about kissing traditions right now. But of the three of them, Riku had always been the most outspoken against silly Christmas customs - like Santa - and that?

That was funny.

"I think he is." And then she smiled.

Riku is the most suave, don't'cha know.

[heroinwait]

Riku frowned, forcing himself past any thoughts of being flustered by the idea of kissing Kairi. He couldn't do that. He couldn't do that here.

"And if we don't?" he asked of the spider, lifting an eyebrow.

Did he expect an answer? Not really. But it at least bought him a couple seconds' time to figure out what to do. Did he give in? Did he kiss Kairi? Did Kairi want to kiss him? Was it fair of him to kiss her if she didn't want to?

(He would not be flustered by this entire idea. He wouldn't be.)

Kairi's just over here having a Tamaki moment.

[lightyourway]

The only answer they received was a shake of the mistletoe branch.

Kairi couldn't let herself giggle. She shouldn't laugh. But all at once it was as though they were six years old again and girls all had cooties (except for her.)

She couldn't help it, she laughed.

It wasn't as though she'd never kissed anyone before. But that had been before... Well, it was before someone else had held her heart in theirs. They'd been kids. And family didn't count.

But, what was Riku if he wasn't part of her family?

It was that thought more than anything that let her meet his gaze, a grin challenging him. Was she daring him, or daring him not to?