melodiesoflife | Christmas Party & Cheer

WHO: OPEN
WHEN: FORWARD DATED: December 22nd
WHERE: Christmas Town
WHAT: Celebrating the snow, the holidays, good cheery, warm fires and friends.
WARNING: Mistletoe?

With Rukia's help they were able to find a large enough hall in Christmas Town to throw the party. Zelda had set it for this day since a group of brave heroes were going to set out on the 24th. She had made sure that everything was perfect and of course everyone was invited. There were at least six decorated trees with polished silver and gold ornaments hanging from their branches. Scarlet red ribbons decorated the trees and tables with large bows tying the streaming trails together.

There was one very large tree at the halls center and there were a few presents around the bottom for those who needed a place to put gifts. At it's top was a large pointed star.

Champagne and small finger snacks were set on the tables and a part of the room was cleared for those who wanted to dance. Zelda was even able to hire a few people to play Christmas songs throughout the night. There was a table dedicated to sweets with cookies, cakes, small pies and other wonderful treats spread out for people to try.

Among the decorations was mistletoe. This little plant hung above the doorways waiting for any pair who happens to be caught in their hold. Most of the mistletoe was thanks to Minako but Zelda might have put up one sprig at the entrance to the party; it's all in good fun and kisses on the hand or cheek are perfectly acceptable.

[ooc: feel free to make open posts and tag around! It's a party!]

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She loved it. Sephiroth continued to carefully flick his gaze all over her face as if he might commit all the subtle ways her expression just kept brightening to memory so that he might never forget it. All at the same time as managing to keep his breathing steady while behind those less-intense green hues of his a new warm rush threatened to explode out from his chest.

He couldn't speak; his voice suddenly didn't feel strong enough to be able to make the motions that would allow him words and so in lingering silence Sephiroth just continued to watch her, the smile being stretched outwards from the corners of his own mouth was uncontrollable. His mouth felt dry, as if the skin of his lips might crack from being over stretched.

But he had to do something-

That something executed itself so fast that Sephiroth would likely spend days, perhaps weeks afterwards trying to fathom exactly what had triggered it. In a series of quick, but smooth movements he closed the remaining distance between himself and Terra, crossed his hand that had held the glass ornament between them and took both her hand and the mistletoe in his own. He pulled a little, using their joined hands to draw her ever closer and leaned in.

Perhaps due to the angle, Sephiroth's lips met the corner of Terra's mouth but then readjusted as if it had never happened. He pressed his lips firmly against hers, before finally being able to exhale the breath he'd been holding down through his nose as it rested next to Terra's. The room spun, his own scalding pulse hammering on the inside of his head as just as soon as it happened he withdrew, lowering their hands which had been between them a moment ago and letting her and the mistletoe go.

But he still felt rooted to the spot, unable to look away from Terra's eyes once his own re-opened.

Terra couldn’t measure the silence. Seconds ticked by and music played over head while the insistent chatter around them rose and quieted. Nothing seemed to matter outside of the cool glass in her palm or the warmth of Sephiroth’s gaze. If she had been measuring the time she might have realized that she was caught staring up into those emerald green orbs just as he was staring down at her.

Before a single word could be spoken Sephiroth moved.

Her eyes widened as he pulled her close though the smile never dropped from her lips. Her feet slowly stepped forward as if she was stepping into a dream. Her heart beat drummed franticly as the heat that radiated off his skin met her exposed shoulders and legs. The ambiance of the party drifted into the back ground and she suddenly couldn’t hear the music that drifted around them. She thought to say something, her lips parted slightly to speak and then she felt his kiss. It was a soft pressure and one she returned as he center on her lips.

She thought she might tumble as the world spun but Sephiroth was there to catch her. She tasted his breath as he exhaled and her heart leaped in her chest while her mind frantically tried to keep up. Her eyes drifted close with his and she felt herself fall into the soft embrace of their lips. It felt like it was over in an instant and yet heat lingered across her lips as he pulled away. She slowly opened her eyes, her cheeks tinting a light pink. She didn’t move as if the moment might shatter like the glass in her palm.

Terra did, however, speak. It’s a single word and with it carried every little bit of emotion that Sephiroth instigated: confusion, warmth, happiness, surprise, hope… there were too many to count.

“Sephiroth?”

He knew it had only been for a moment, the quickest of mistletoe kisses but it seemed to him as well that the party around them had become distanced in an odd way. As if an invisible bubble had formed around the pair of them and shuddered in and of itself the instant he let go of her hand. Everything from his chest downwards felt paralyzed by the adrenaline rush, pounding in and throughout the top half of him; Sephiroth felt tense in the aftermath and he wasn't sure it was comfortable kind of tense. Somewhere between being apprehensive and at the same time being afraid to blink too solidly in case he might wake up.

He took a breath, through both nose and mouth as she spoke his name, and it almost sounded like a hiss as if she'd injured him. The emotions she spoke with seemed to crash against the very surface of his face, their intensity and variety not lost on him at all but in that fact connected on a lot more levels than he'd ever be able to count. Let alone understand.

The invisible bubble burst and all of a sudden Sephiroth became aware of their surroundings again as all reality seemed to come back. The music was louder, the various lights and numerous bodies dancing not so far away from where they'd-

That adrenaline rush returned but it was prickly in it's return. Shivering on the underside of his skin as embarrassment, insecurity and even a prickle of fear wanted to overwhelm whatever it was -that accumulation of emotions- that he'd just let himself feel alongside Terra. He blinked back a sickening knot which all of the paralysis he'd been locked with had retreated into and flashed a not-so wide smile back down at Terra.

"Happy Starlight, Terra."

It seemed to be the only appropriate thing he could conjure to reply with and he couldn't stand there in her presence any longer. Not after that. Too much, much too much. Sephiroth then stepped defiantly away from her and made for the entrance to the hallway which would lead outside.

The air seemed to be closing in, hot as the various pairs of eyes burning into his back which might not all be in his mind. A few moments in the cold wintery air outside was needed to clear his head.

There was nothing she could say as he turned and walked away. Her fingers rose to her lips feeling the heat fade as seconds tick by. She's stunned and she's left with the piece of glass and lone sprig of mistletoe resting in her palm. Her eyes don't leave the door where Sephiroth exited and she felt her heart skin in her chest.

She didn't know how long she stood there before turning and attempting to return to the party. Her smile wasn't nearly as bright as before but she tried.

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