Mistletoe, a total accident - grassbattled
this was his first december home and everyone in pallet town seemed almost feverish to drown red in the five years of christmas spirit he'd missed, especially his closest friends.
luckily, even though he'd gotten considerably more closed off red was still able to easily trail after leaf as she’d insisted on showing him how all the decorations in town have improved over the years, a lot of old or worn items replaced with newer ones.
they were both so into it, with leaf taking the lead and red interestingly pointing toward things that caught his eye, which ended up in his childhood friend stopping to tell him the tale behind that specific object⸻ that neither had noticed an upcoming mistletoe until they were well and truly caught in its trap, the two realizing simultaneously and gazing up in stunned wonder as they proceeded just what this entailed.
eyes lowered to stare at each other, red’s cheeks suddenly flaring a soft coral pink, they both just hovered there awkwardly for a moment before red took the plunge. eyes shut a little tighter than necessary thanks to the butterfrees in his stomach, he awkwardly dipped down ( he'd had a growth spurt. red was kinda smug about it ) to press an awkward and messy kiss to leaf's lips, brim of his cap bonking into her forehead and slipping back to teeter dangerously.
he'd never kissed anyone like this before, and he definitely wasn't any good at it, but red was glad his first kiss was with someone nice like leaf.
they pulled away shortly after and red seemed to retreat into himself bashfully, body hunched up a little with eyes on the floor and hands in his pockets, a foot shyly dragging along grass and dirt … …
he'd always been a bit of a flustery one.
