Title: Excuses
Fandom: Final Fantasy VII/Dirge of Cerberus
Pairing: Elena/Yuffie
Prompt: Holidays
Words: 100
Rating: PG
Note: couldn't find a tag for this pairing. Might be blind.
It wasn’t unlike a get out of jail free-card.
Mistletoe.
Elena thought the word tasted of cherries. Slightly sticky.
Mistletoe.
How strange a custom. Wutain in origin, she believed.
Oh, look. A mistletoe.
Stupid thing to say. She was glad she’d never said it.
Point at a mistletoe and you don’t need an excuse.
Why a mistletoe?
She couldn’t imagine Reeve the kind to decorate the WRO facilities. If she remembered correctly he didn’t even observe the holidays.
Time passed.
“Oh, look. A mistletoe.”
Elena thought it tasted of cherries. Slightly sticky.
Wutain in origin.
No excuse needed.
Perfect excuse.