🎄((come get your mom kisses Sharena))
KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE (not really LOL) [accepting!]
IT'S A SCENARIO THAT IS EMBARRASSING BEYOND BELIEF. CHEEKS REDDEN like ripening apples, humiliation evident in the way her fingers begin to fidget. Sharena almost doesn't mention it— she shouldn't have, in all honesty. It's nothing but the trick of a mischievous student. But the words betray her, escaping from her mouth before she can hope to stop them.
"Oh, mistletoe!"
Thus is the exclamation that seals her fate. It buries the seed for the action that must now grow. Sharena gulps, and turns to Deirdre with a nervous smile.
"Professor, er… you do know what these mean, right?” she swallows, “Um… so what you do is…"
The professor seemed a sweet woman; no doubt she would find herself confused at Sharena's actions, but she would hold no judgement. Perhaps she'd even be amused by all this. But it doesn't quell her humiliation, regardless. It might even serve to deepen it further. Still, Sharena is resolved— she started this mess, she may as well end it.
She closes her eyes and quickly plants a kiss on Deirdre's cheek. It is gentle but swift, like the sorts of kisses she'd bid her mother goodbye with. The thought of her mother makes this bearable, somewhat.
Sharena pulls away, eyes immediately turning to the ground.
"There. Um. I-I hope you didn't mind!"
