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Mori couldn't stop his eyebrow from twitching.
He should have seen this coming.
He should have listened to Elise when she said that he shouldn't have let Yukichi choose the place to spend their Christmas date in.
Unsurprisingly for Mori, Yukichi had chosen a cat cafe for their Christmas date.
Yukichi had already went ahead to secure their reservation, so when Mori entered their booth, Yukichi already had three cats snuggled in his lap.
And he's still beckoning more over.
It was a cute sight, honestly.
"Fukuzawa-dono." Mori called out teasingly in his 'Serious Voice'.
"What is it, Mori-sensei?" Yukichi played along, as he stroked the fur of the cat in front of him, said cat purring.
"Pray tell, why is your lap occupied? I'm fairly certain I had reserved it. The cats certainly skipped the line."
"Well, you were late, so I had allowed these cats to get their turn first." Yukichi replied teasingly.
Mori pouted, marching over to Yukichi to playfully pound his fists into Yukichi's back. "Yu~ki~chi~! You meanie!"
Yukichi chuckled, beckoning Mori over to his side.
Mori obeyed, plopping down beside Yukichi, beginning to pet a cat near him.
Yukichi then tilted to the side and laid down on Mori's lap.
"Yukichi?"
"I'm going to take a nap."
Mori couldn't help but smile slightly, after all, Yukichi looked like a cat when he slept, all curled up like that.
He then looked at his watch. The Christmas party starts at five p.m, so Yukichi had ample time to sleep.
'I wonder how Dazai-kun and Chuuya-kun are faring with the buying?'
The people shopping in the marketplace were all minding their business when suddenly a shout broke the normal noise.
"Hey Dazai! Help me carry all these stuff!"
"Nope! After all, you are my dog, you should carry everything~!"
People started to whisper at Dazai's words, which the pair instantly noticed.
"Heyyy, Chuuyaaa~!" Dazai called. "Since we're done with shopping, let's go back to your house in my soil~! Since you're a slug and all!"
"Why, you...." Chuuya growled, shaking his fist in Dazai's direction, but acknowledging the opportunity to leave the shopping district and away from the whispers.
Dazai grabbed Chuuya's hand and led him out of the crowd, the latter following.
"Geez." Chuuya complained. "You just had to go and make a scene there." He spoke irritably.
"You're the one who keeps shouting though..." Dazai pointed out.
"Kh-!" Chuuya grunted, reeeling back his fist to punch, when suddenly a drop of snow landed on his nose.
"Wah~! Chuuya has a white nose!" Dazai teased.
"It's snowing already?" Chuuya asked.
"Yeah, I expected it to start at night, but oh well." Dazai shrugged his shoulders.
Dazai then scooped up a bit of snow that accumulated over their chat.
And dumped it on Chuuya's head.
And ran away when Chuuya realized what Dazai did.
"DAZAII!"
Dazai just laughed in reply, jolting when Chuuya gave chase suddenly.
He wasn't given time to run again, so Chuuya crashed into his back, with his arms wrapped around Dazai's waist.
"Merry Christmas, Dazai." Chuuya mumbled.
"Merry Christmas, my chibi belladonna~!"
"You just had to add that there!" Chuuya shouted at the laughing Dazai.
"Come on." Dazai wrapped an arm around Chuuya's waist. "Atsushi and Akutagawa are still decorating their house, so let's get some hot cocoa while waiting."
Akutagawa hung a mistletoe above him, a smug smile on his face and a plan in his mind.
"Jinko." Akutagawa called.
"Yes?" Atsushi replied, walking towards Akutagawa, only for the latter to pull him over for a kiss.
Safe to say, Atsushi was flustered.
When the two broke apart, Atsushi, in all his blushing glory asked Akutagawa.
"Why the sudden kiss?"
Only for Akutagawa to point upwards.
'Ah.' Atsushi deadpanned. 'He placed a mistletoe above him...'
"Mouu." Atsushi whined, pushing away Akutagawa. "Let's go back to decorating! The others are going to arrive any minute now!"
Akutagawa slightly pouted, resting his head on him palm from the short ladder he was sitting on.
"I was expecting you to accept my invitation, guess not." Akutagawa sulkily mumbled.
But his ears perked up on Atsushi's reply.
"We can continue. But after the party." Atsushi smirked teasingly as he hung a string of Christmas lights.
"Fine, fine..." Akutagawa mumbled, getting off the ladder and heading to another spot to put another mistletoe.
"Are you going to keep hanging mistletoes?" Atsushi asked. "We don't need <span;>that <span;>many, you know."
"Dazai-san requested at least twenty." Akutagawa replied to the gawking Atsushi.
"He just wants to kiss Chuuya-san every five minutes..." Atsushi sweatdropped.
Ding Dong
"Ah! Someone's here!" Atsushi approached the door.
"Welcome!" He greeted the bosses.
"Good evening, Atsushi-kun." Fukuzawa smiled.
"Evening, Atsushi-kun!" Mori greeted.
"Ah, good evening, Fukuzawa-san, Boss." Akutagawa bowed slightly.
"Now, now, no need to be so formal, Akutagawa-kun. It's Christmas!" Mori smiled cheerily.
Akutagawa nodded in understanding. "You have a point, Mori-san."
"Allow us to help set up." Fukuzawa spoke, heading to Atsushi.
Mori was about to follow, until Akutagawa tapped his shoulder.
"Hm? What is it, Akutagawa-kun?" Mori quirked an eyebrow.
Akutagawa pointed to a mistletoe Fukuzawa was heading straight under.
Mori smirked.
"Yukichi!" Mori called. "Stop right there for a bit!"
"What is it, Mori?" Fukuzawa turned back, mistletoe directly above him.
Just in time to catch Mori, and just in the right angle for their lips to meet.
Atsushi snapped a picture in his phone, Akutagawa peering over his shoulder to look as well.
They both presented a thumbs up to Mori, who returned it over Fukuzawa's shoulder.
Ding Dong
"Ah, that must be the others!" Atsushi went to the door.
"Welcome guys!" He greeted to the Agency.
"Yo Atsushi!" Ranpo greeted, Poe behind him.
"H-Hi, Atsushi-kun." Poe waved a hand.
"Merry Christmas! Ranpo-san, Poe-san!" Atsushi smiled.
"Merry Christmas, Atsushi!" Kenji waved wildly.
"Merry Christmas, Kenji-kun, Kyouka-chan and Tanizaki!"
"Merry Christmas, Atsushi." Kunikida greeted.
"Merry Christmas, Kunikida-san!"
The Agency entered the house and greetings were exchanged.
"Oh! Tanizaki-san?" Atsushi called.
"Hm? What is it Atsushi-kun?" Tanizaki raised a brow.
"Where are Naomi-san and the other secretaries?"
"Ah, they decided to hold a secretary Christmas party. They just decided to go out drinking, though..." Tanizaki sweatdropped.
"Merry Christmas Atsushi!" Yosano glomped Atsushi.
"Yosano-sensei?! When did you get here?"
"Just now. Akutagawa let me in." She replied, pointing to Akutagawa.
"I didn't hear the doorbell..." Atsushi sweatdropped.
Ding Dong
"That must be the Port Mafia." Mori called.
Indeed it was.
Another round of greetings were exchanged.
And the second mistletoe kiss had been done.
Kenji and Kyouka had ended up under a mistletoe while they were chatting.
To Atsushi's immense relief, Kenji had simply kissed Kyouka in the cheek.
Dazai and Chuuya arrived last.
Chuuya was also sporting a small mark on his neck, nearly hidden under his collar, seen by Atsushi and his tiger eyes but wasn't commented on.
And Dazai smoothly led Chuuya under all the mistletoes.
By the end of it, most of them were tipsy, with a fraction drunk (Chuuya) and the minors sober.
Truly a Christmas to be remembered.