It's December time
"Ne, Kokoro-chan, do you have any plans for Christmas?" Kanon asked as she and her friends walked to their homes.
"I do." Kokoro replied, stopping for a moment to catch a snowflake on her tongue.
"What is it?" Jimeko asked.
Kokoro giggled. "That's a secret." She told them, winking at them.
"Aw!" The two other girls whined.
...
Later, at the Nanase Residence
"Onii-chan, can you please come over to the house?" Kokoro asked after she called Rin.
"Why should I?" Rin asked from the other line.
"Please?" Kokoro begged. "If you come over, then we can have some hot chocolate with mackerel." She offered.
"Not everyone likes to have mackerel with everything." Rin retorted.
"Just come over." Kokoro said. "If you don't, then Onee-chan might be stolen from you." She told him.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Rin asked.
"I overheard Mako-onii-chan talking about taking Onee-chan out for a Christmas date tonight." Kokoro told him. "Who knows, Onee-chan make actually end realizing that he's in love with her, figure out that she feels the same, and the next thing you know, they're kissing under the mistletoe."
The line on the other end was silent.
"I'm on my way." Rin finally said. "Make sure she doesn't leave the house."
"Okay!" Kokoro replied cheerfully. She giggled to herself as she ended the call. "Everything is going according to plan." She said to herself.
She then went off to make sure everything was in place.
...
Sometime later
"Coming, coming." Haru said in monotone as she went to see who had rung her doorbell multiple times.
When she opened the door, Haru was surprised to see Rin standing there.
"Rin? Why you here?" Haru asked.
"Kokoro called and invited me." Rin answered. "She also told me that you would be going on a date with Makoto tonight."
"Say what?" Haru questioned. "Makoto and I aren't going on a date." She told him.
"So that damn brat did lie to me." Rin said more to himself. "When I get my hands on her..."
"Oh, Onii-chan, you're here." Kokoro said when she saw him standing in the doorway.
"You lied to me, you brat!" Rin yelled, pointing an accusing finger at her.
"I'm sorry." Kokoro apologized. "But I thought it was the only way to get you to come here." She told him.
"You should know better then to lie to less intelligent people, Kokoro." Haru remarked, her face expressionless.
"Are you calling me stupid?!" Rin asked, glaring at her.
"I never said that." Haru said in montone.
Rin just growled as a vein throbbed in his forehead. "That's it, I'm out of here." He said as he was about to turn an leave.
"Wait, Onii-chan!" Kokoro called. "You can't leave yet."
"And why not?" Rin asked.
Kokoro just smiled and pointed upward. The two swimmers blinked in confusion. They looked up and froze when they saw a mistletoe handing above their heads.
"Haru..." Rin spoke up, not taking is eyes off the ornament. "Why do you have a mistletoe hanging in the middle of your doorway?" He asked.
"It wasn't there this morning." Haru replied.
The two teenager turned their gazes to Kokoro, who was just smiling innocently with sparkles surrounding her.
"You both know what two people under the mistletoe must do, right?" She asked.
'She planned this whole thing.' Haru and Rin thought at the same time, both glaring at Kokoro.
"Well, don't let me stop you. Go right ahead." Kokoro told them, making a 'go on' motion with her hands.
'Do we really have to kiss?' Rin thought, blushing at the thought. He looked at Haru and was surprised to see a light, barely noticeable red hue on her cheeks. 'So she can make those kind of expression.' He mentally remarked. He sighed. "Screw it, let's just get this over with." He said.
"Y-Yeah..." Haru agreed, nodding her head.
Grabbing both sides of her face with his hands, Rin slowly pulled the young woman's face towards him. They both stared into one another eyes as their faces got closer to each other. Then they both closed their eyes and closed the distance between them, their lips coming together. Kokoro mentally cheered that her planed had worked. After what seemed like hours, but was really only a few moments, the two swimmers pulled away from each other, their faces bright red. They looked away from each other, not knowing what to say now.
"That was better than I thought it would be." Kokoro remarked. "Luckily, we shall cherish this memory for years to come." She said, holding up a camera.
Rin and Haru stared at the little girl blankly. They looked at each other and nodded at the same time.
"Give us that camera, Kokoro!" They yelled in unison as they reached for her.
"Eep! Run away!" Kokoro exclaimed as she turned around and ran as fast as she could.
Rin-chan and Haru-chan spent the rest of the day chasing after Kokoro-chan in hopes of getting the camera and destroying the picture of their intimate moment.
