I mean, if you want to. [Kaito added quickly, lifting up both hands, palms forward. I mean, if she didn't want to, then of course he couldn't make her-- nor would he. But it was just some mistletoe, right? It was just a small kiss, right? Nothing they hadn't done before.

... even if before was a long, long time ago. And things were really different back then.]

I'm just saying, it's not like a little sprig of green has stopped us before, y'know?

[... now he just sounded ridiculous, like he was making excuses for wanting to kiss her, and with a scoff, he tilted his head away a bit and lifted a hand to brush a hand through his hair]

It doesn't have to be weird! I-- er.

[... nope, she probably did think he was being weird]

Nevermind! F-forget I said anything.

[Being awkward around Heather was certainly a new experience]