Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-4199666-20141221093141

A/N: So this is just written in the form of a story because I felt like it, and yes, I did ask Blub for permission to write Sofia into this.

Mistletoe kisses were nothing new for Elisa. For the past four years or so, she’d spent the days leading up to Christmas in the company of friends, usually with an admirer by her side. She never liked to use the word boyfriend, especially when she knew it would have been over within a few months, so the only thing different about this Christmas party was the nature of her date. She’d been officially dating Kai for just under a month when he suggested they should go to a friend’s Christmas party. Honestly, she had no objections to the party, but parts of her wondered how Kai would have reacted if she got caught up with someone else under the mistletoe. She hadn’t really put much thought into how she would react if the tables had turned, mainly because she’d never pictured that to be the case.

This Christmas was different though. For almost the first time in her life, Elisa wasn’t among the most popular people at the party; she wasn’t even close. Kai had briefly introduced her to a few other players from the soccer team, but other than that, he’d mostly left her to her own devices while he and his friends were swept up in a game of beer pong. Elisa walked alone to the kitchen to get a drink, and by the time she got back, she was standing up against the wall as a few people decided that now was the perfect time to bring out a mistletoe dangling from the end of a stick with plans to hold it over unsuspecting couples heads. First, as almost anyone had expected, were the two most well-known lesbians at the party, who erupted a loud cheer from everyone as they made out in the centre of the room. Elisa looked over to the table where Kai was standing, hoping that he wasn’t part of the crowd.

After making eye contact, Kai made the decision to walk over to his girlfriend, unknowing of the plans people had already made for him. As he stepped aside, he felt an arm pulling him back towards the table crowded by his friends. Over the loud music and people still cheering whenever a couple of people were forced to kiss, he couldn’t actually hear a word they were saying, at least not until he felt the thud of his best friend, Sofia, being unceremoniously pushed up against him. She looked up, rolling her eyes as she tried to brush the sweat and beer off her. Kai tried to laugh it off, asking if she was hurt, which she wasn’t, other than maybe a few bruises from all the elbows she copped while people tried to shove her through. It was a stupid mistake on their behalf, because Kai had never doubted the fact that Sofia could and would beat all of their asses if given the motive, and they weren’t really trying hard to not tempt her.

Kai tried again to step away, this time helping Sofia out of the group of people, when he heard himself surrounded by loud chants of ‘KISS! KISS! KISS!’ At first he looked around, confused about where everyone’s focus was. Sofia was the first to notice the mistletoe being dangled above the two of them; although it didn’t take long for Elisa’s eyes to wander back over and realise what was happening. Kai shook his head as the two of them tried to come up with an excuse not to kiss, but no matter what they said, the only response they got was the same chant telling them to kiss. Kai looked down at Sofia, who looked like she was ready to snap and punch someone in the face, yet somehow still managed to compose herself. “Might as well,” he commented while shrugging. “I don’t think they’ll shut up otherwise.” Sofia tried to tame her gag reflex long enough to agree with him – she absolutely didn’t want to kiss him, and knew that would only fuel rumours of them dating even more, but Kai had a point. She leant up on her toes, kissing him with a brief peck on the lips as everyone cheered.

As they broke away from the crowd who had now grown interested in something else, Kai looked over to his girlfriend, looking shocked and angrier than he’d ever seen her. “Elisa,” he called out as he walked over to her. “I’m really sorry. I was trying to get away and they pulled me back.” He stood, waiting for some sort of angry berating from his girlfriend, but instead she just went silent. She folded her arms across her chest and looked down, shaking her head as she told Kai that it was fine. She knew she couldn’t look him in the eyes and tell him that, but she didn’t want anyone to think she was the type of person to get jealous. She didn’t even want to admit it herself, but there was no doubt that she was. Kai, noticing the unease in Elisa’s voice decided to take her out to a different room, where people were quieter. Despite his insistent assurance that the kiss meant nothing, Elisa couldn’t help but feel bad about it. She’d always enjoyed the feeling of being in charge, and right now, she felt far from it. 