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Tails and Sonic were hosting this year's Christmas party. Amy, Shadow, Cream, and Vanilla helped cook all the food for the party while Knuckles, the Chaotix, and Sonic did most of the decorations. They made sure to invite Silver, Blaze, Tikal, and Rouge since they were all in the area.

Knuckles had been having a pretty good time at the party. He struck up a couple conversations with the other guests throughout the night and had enjoyed the absolutely amazing food that had been prepared. After a bit he noticed Espio sitting by himself across the room and decided to walk over and say hi. But before he could, Charmy dropped a plate absolutely full of food onto the floor. The plate shattered with a loud crash and Vanilla and Amy swiftly ran over to clean up the mess that had been made.

After Vanilla and Amy cleaned up the plate, the fuschia hedgehog pointed out something.

“You realize you and Silver are standing under mistletoe.” She said before the echidna looked up to see it hanging above them.

‘Oh, I uh-” Knuckles said, not sure what to think.

Silver soon tapped the echidna’s shoulder. And as they met eyes, Silver gave him a quick peck on the cheek before going back to talking to Blaze.

“What the heck was that?” The echidna said to himself.

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Shadow had enjoyed the party, he had spent most of it cooking but when he got a break he eventually walked away with a red plastic cup full of black coffee. He had been talking to Vector about how business was going with them. Soon Vector noticed Vanilla and Cream carrying some packages and went to help.

Shadow soon noticed Espio leaning against a wall and went to talk to him.

“How have you been?” shadow asked.

“Fine, “ he responded, “We’ve been having trouble making rent due to no one employing us.”

“Oh, I see.” The ebony hedgehog said before realizing something. “Hey, we could use a team like you all.”

But before things could continue further Charmy butted in.

“Hey there!” The energetic bee exclaimed.

“Hello.” Espio said with a slight groan.

“Hey, you guys are under the mistletoe.”

“What?” The plum chameleon responded.

“Yup. Now you gotta kiss Shadow.”

“No I don’t.”

“It’s a rule. You gotta kiss him! You gotta kiss him! You gotta kiss him” The young insect repeated over and over again.

“You know, I really don’t mind.” Shadow said as Charmy kept saying it. “It is tradition after all.”

“Fine. He might stop if we do.”

And right then Espio gave Shadow a quick kiss on the mouth before leaning on the wall once again.

“You really did!” Charmy stated. “You did!”