Oh the weather outside is frightful...

[imperialsun]

It's close to the holidays! And what do you know, that parasitic plant is back to wreck havoc on everyone's timeline.

> Pick someone from my Muselist
> Pick the time and setting
> You are now stuck under a plant with them and must kiss before leaving
> Kissing does not have to be on the mouth
> Sometimes Hot Makeouts?!

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[izanyagi]

[That...was definitely no mere peck on the mouth anymore. It feels like this entire day is one surprise after another, and when Yosuke pulls him closer, he lets himself be led.

For a brief, panicking instant, Yu almost feels like he is going to run out of air, before relaxing when Yosuke's hand curls around his own. He closes his eyes again, allowing himself to lower his guard completely and just enjoy the moment. He wishes it could last longer, but there had been a point to all of this...

When reality sets back in, cold, hard and freezing, he squints at the sunlight reflected by all the white snow, moving backwards and realizing they have their movements back in full. Yet with so many emotions crashing inside his soul, brought so fast out of joy and bliss, he can't help but take a small step back and...laugh. The way the human mind tends to cope in times of confusion and stress.]

Y-yeah! You're right!

[As he looks up, he realizes that plant isn't there. It hasn't retreated anywhere; it's simply...gone. If he hadn't had so many issues with it just a few minutes ago, he would have never thought it had ever existed in the first place. It wasn't something due to the fog, right? No...that doesn't make sense....

When he looks at Yosuke again, he's a bit confused. Not because of the situation, nor the disappearing mistletoe, although he is annoyed that he's left with no solution to that mystery. It's more a question of how he completely misread his Partner. For all his joking at the expense of the other, there had been a line of respect for him, something Yu had never crossed. The magazine jokes, the teasing at Kanji, the swimsuits for the girls, the comment when he had hugged him...Yu could go on and one listing things Yosuke had done the past year in his mind, but now it felt like it had all been shattered into a fine dust.]

W-well, we should go inside...

[They could...talk there...]

[disconinjafrog]

[Going inside was suddenly the last place Yosuke wanted to go. Because everything about that moment spoke a lot of uncomfortable truths that he was not even aware of himself. And now he knew them, and he felt, on some level, so did Yu...

His eyes are wide and he's still trying to catch his breath, chest heaving and threatening to throw him into a state of hyperventilation. He looks like a scared animal, and he's trying everything in his power to calm himself down and not run away.]

R-right. Right.

[The scared teen forces himself to take several staggering steps forward, through the doorway. If he ran away now, they'd be forced to talk about it. It would suddenly be a thing that they couldn't just ignore. If he stepped inside and continued on, they could pretend that none of it had happened at all. Taking off his shoes and throwing down his coat and the borrowed scarf, Yosuke hopes the rapid movements are enough to hide the fact that he is shaking like a leaf.]

[izanyagi]

[He wasn't the only one with issues right now, as Yu removes his own coat as well, feeling like he was having a strange, out of body experience. Almost as if he was being led around by someone else. He tentatively takes a step on the main floor, somehow not slipping and falling from the dizzy motion and sickness at the pit of his stomach. Yet now that his mind isn't focused on the kiss anymore, he suddenly realizes he's stuck with another issue, and panics, blurting out something before he can stop himself.]

I....need to go to the bathroom.

[He can feel his cheeks flush as he avoids the other's gaze, knowing he's already giving more away more information than he wants to let on. It's far too late for diversions now, and part of him wishes he could be swallowed by the ground and made to start over.]

[disconinjafrog]

You need to...

[Yosuke pauses in all of his rapid movements, eyes growing wide and face growing hot red. Oh... he is going to use the furthest extents of his limited imagination to pretend that Souji did not mean that the way that it sounded like he meant it. Because Yosuke cannot actually handle the level of discomfort that would come with those kinds of thoughts and behaviors coming from his partner regarding himself...]

Err, okay, while you do that, I'm gonna... I'm just gonna get a... a drink from the kitchen... a glass of water or something! [The teen moves past Yu quickly, headed for the kitchen, also refusing to make direct eye contact with him.]