Kissing under the mistletoe is something that has always been tradition, they both just never knew it would have ended up like this.

They were at Kaede's house and Rantaro and Sindy were already there because of helping with decorating. They loved decorating together as well as Tenko and Kirumi.

Tenko was a child at heart but because of the belief that was given to her at a younger age about hating men it made her more rude around them. Also having a hard time controlling her emotions like anger or sadness—so it's made it harder for this side of her to show.

Kirumi always loved to help and be of service because of her being a maid. She has always had a big desire to serve others as well as wanting them to have this time together to bond even if it was just over decorating.

Shuichi and Kokichi were some of the last people to walk into the room. There was music playing and people were talking and drinking punch just like at any other party. Shuichi felt a little nevrvous being around this many people—and Kokichi had to almost drag him out of the house for this. Well drag is a strong word to use, but there was a lot of whining and complaining that drove Shuichi to say fine. Then they left for the party and Kokichi saw that as a win.

"Shuichi!" Kokichi called out walking through the front door of their house. Shuichi has been home today because they had given him work off for the day. Kokichi on the other hand he had to go and run some errands. Rantaro told him about the party and that's what made him come home a couple minutes early.

"Why didn't you tell me about Kaede's party?" He asked finally finding where he was hiding. He was in their room under the blankets of their bed sitting against the frame with a book in his hand. He had his reading glasses on because he needed them to read for longer periods of time.

"I forgot to mention it," he said turning the page. Kokichi just felt irritated at this.

"Forgot to mention it?" He asked before he saw it. The glint of fear in his eye. 'Did something happen today?' He thought to himself.

It took him a moment before he realized what was going on. "Shumai, why don't you just say you didn't want to go out tonight?" He said letting his eyebrows furrow as he looked at him. They made eye contact for a moment. In this moment Shuichi's eyes widened just for a moment before his cheeks became rosy.

"Shumai~ we are going out of the house today to the party, you know that right?" Kokichi said with a wink. Shuichi sighed and got out of bed showing Kokichi the scars that was on his shoulders.

"What happened?" He asked letting his voice drop the teasing tone it once had. Shuichi sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

"That's why I got work off today," he said before he moved over to Kokichi knowing that even if he wasn't showing it...that he was disappointed that he didn't mention this before.

"Sorry, I meant to tell you...but I just didn't know how to bring it up," he said before Kokichi moved back from him. His hair was covering his eyes and this made Shuichi feel even more worried.

"It's alright," he said with a smile moving his head back up to show his face. He had some tears on his cheeks but his smile seemed like it was very—fabricated, false, fake. Shuichi already knowing he felt lied to...put this together fairly quickly.

"Hey I'm sorry...we can talk about this later, but you wanted to go to that party right?" He said giving him a small smile. Kokichi looked up at him seeming to debate whether to go or not. After a moment his smile grew.

"Yeah! Let's go!" He said with a smile. Shuichi smiled and gave his head a pat before he started to put his jacket and shoes on so they could go.

"Come on Shu!" He said moving forward into their house going past some of the other people they knew at the party to get to the kitchen. Kaede and Rantaro were talking in the kitchen while Sindy and Ryoma were decorating the tree with Tenko telling them where they needed to put certain things.

"Hey guys," Kaede said with a knowing glance. Kokichi smiled and waved back at her. "Hello Kayayday!" He said with a teasing tone. Rantaro laughed a bit before he noticed Shuichi still standing in the doorway with a blush on his face.

"Happy holidays Kokichi," Rantaro said glancing at him before his eyes moved to the doorway. Kokichi was confused for a moment before he caught on. Shuichi was looking at the three of them all staring at him and was worried they had figured out that he had all the scars on his shoulders from his accident at work—but what he didn't know was the white and green that was causing them all to smile.

"Hey Shumai~," kokichi teased reaching out for his cheeks. Shuichi blushed but let his cup his cheeks as he moved down a bit so he could go face to face with him. Kokichi smiled and looked up making Shuichi finally put the peices together.

The mistletoe

He blushed a bit and looked back at Kaede and Rantaro. Kaede gave him a smile while Rantaro gave him a thumbs up. Kokichi laughed a bit and moved closer to his face.

"I want your eyes to be on me," he said gently looking directly into his eyes. He blushed and closed his eyes wanting to just kiss him to get all the eyes off him after this moment.

"Hey, I love you," Kokichi said kissing his cheek. Shuichi opened his eyes and called out in confusion, "Kokichi-"

His lips collided against Shuichi's as his eyes closed. Shuichi sighed and kissed him back slowly moving his arms around his waist letting his shoulders relax a bit. Kokichi smiled against his lips before his arms moved around his neck.

"I love you"

I love you
I love you
And I know that much is true

I felt so blue
Felt so blue
But then you were new

I love you
I love you
And I know you are mine alone

So white
So blue
Under the mistletoe

-here is another update! I love that for them! I happen to be a very romantic person~ but sadly no one has been able to see that side of me *laughs in lonely* but it's alright I absolutely dislike when people rush things, so best to wait, even if it never comes! Thank you all for reading this!!-

-SK-