Mistletoe threads!!

[floret]

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REBORN

[floret]

[ from here ]

That sounds mysterious...
Do you dislike this time of year?

[arderebuio]

Dislike is too strong a word. 'Cynical' is probably more fitting.

That doesn't mean I don't enjoy certain aspects of the holiday.

[floret]

That seems like a strange way to feel about a holiday...
I guess there's a lot I still don't understand about living world culture.

[arderebuio]

I'm afraid I'm not typical in that regard. Trying to gain understanding from interaction with me may not be the best idea.

[floret]

I can still gain understanding of you, though.

[arderebuio]

[Reborn looks a little surprised by that, and then just chuckles to himself.]

I suppose that's true, though I'm not sure how that would benefit you.

[floret]

Umm...

...

Don't people normally like getting to know their friends better?

[arderebuio]

[Oh. Well then...]

I'll have to say I'm flattered then.

[floret]

Uh...

...I can stop considering you a friend if you'd prefer...

[arderebuio]

Would you? Have I offended somehow?

[floret]

[ he tilts his head. ] Ah? No, not at all!

I guess... I don't know. It sounded like you thought it was a little weird that I thought we were friends?

[arderebuio]

I was just thinking about the amount of trust you have.

It's not something I encounter often in my line of work.

[floret]

Wouldn't most people consider someone a friend after they were kind enough to take them home after they drank too much?

[arderebuio]

Isn't that simply good manners? [Reborn shut up, what are you even saying.]

[floret]

Um...

Your standards for friendship might be unreasonably high.

[arderebuio]

I haven't heard that before. [No, actually, he might have.

But anyway at long last-! it seems they have other problems...]

You know, speaking of friendship...

[floret]

[ he hadn't noticed! ]

Yes?

[arderebuio]

How much strain do you think this one could stand up to?

[floret]

That's a good question... I don't know.
Why do you ask?

[arderebuio]

Because our hosts have rather prurient minds, and have adapted certain holiday traditions to dubious purpose.

[And he points up at the mistletoe above their heads.]

[floret]

[ looks up...
... !! ]

Ah, that thing again!
I'm sorry about this. I should have tried to pay more attention where I was going.

[arderebuio]

Ah, so it is something of an imposition. [Reborn says it lightly, but he does seem to be getting closer...]

Don't apologize to me, if you please. But you can stop me if this is an issue. [He murmurs, leaning down slowly enough that it would be easy for Hanatarou to get out of the way, if he wants to...]

[floret]

...It's not for me! I thought maybe it was for you.

O-okay. Sorry for apologizing. —I mean, you know... Anyway, yes...!

[ he has time to say a lot of things, because reborn really does have quite a lot of leaning to do...
standing up straight, tilting his head as far up as he can, and, of course, closing his eyes seem like the agreeable things to do. ]

[arderebuio]

[Reborn has to suppress a quiet laugh before their lips finally meet, one hand gently cradling Hanatarou's cheek as he tilts into the kiss.]

[floret]

[ hanatarou kisses back, very politely; he makes no attempt of his own to deepen things, but his lips part ever so slightly in a manner best described as "welcoming." (still, this is really business and not pleasure, so he's not expecting anything in particular.) ]