✣ *whistles innocently*
The holidays were quickly approaching and with it came all of the holiday parties. Haku Academy and its’ sister school, Shimabara Academy, were gathering together to put on a big Christmas party for the staff and students. Garland was hung up all around the halls of the rented space, and mistletoe was strung up sneakily in doorways. Appropriate music was softly drifting through the rooms and the smell of assorted baked goods, tea, and hot chocolate wafted out from the kitchen. There was something about this holiday that always made Chizuru feel happier than usual. It took a lot of will to not trot through the rooms to greet all of the friends from both schools that she saw loitering about the party, but she managed! Even when she saw Kazama enter the room, she went up to greet him with a kindhearted smile. The blond haired male may have been fairly creepy, and hit on her a couple of times, but she knew he was still a good person and at least wanted to be friends with him."Happy holidays, Kazama-san! How are you—"Something caught her attention and made her stop mid-sentence. Kosuzu and Sen were standing nearby and pointing at something above her head—or were they pointing and giggling at her? Tilting her head up, her body froze and her eyes went wide.
Mistletoe.
A sense of dread washed over her for a moment, wiping out any sort of coherent thought in her mind. Kazama was a good person, sure—but that didn’t exactly mean she wanted to kiss him! It felt like hours of silence stretched on for Chizuru, but it was really just a few awkward seconds before she lowered her face and stopped staring at the decoration above her head."Th-there’s some odd decorations around here… Ahaha… Ah.. S-So..uh… H-how are you?" She hoped that if she could just change the subject, he might not even notice that she’d been staring up at the mistletoe above them.