Mistletoe mischief

Mistletoe mischief

- a Les Misérables Christmas present –

The door of La Musain opened with the soft tingle of the bell that hung above the doorframe. Along with a gust of chilly December air came in two figures in full winter attire only to take in the beehive the normally quiet café was now.
“Wow, I’ve never seen Grantaire sober enough to actually help out.”Evi commented with a giggle as she took the purple beanie from her head and unwound the fluffy scarf she wore in the same colour from her neck. “Maybe Enjy promised him he could stock the bar later.”the smaller figure, Jennette offered with a smile as she freed herself from her thick red jacket and matching beanie.
As on queue the mentioned blond appeared next to the girls. “I just said that if he didn’t help out, there was no drinking for him during the party either.”Enjolras admitted before kissing his girlfriend’s cheek and ruffling his little sister’s hair. He stopped however the second he felt the foreign substance in the normal thin and soft strands of dark brown hair.
“Is that… Tinsel?”he asked confused as he saw how the strange plastic strands sparkled in the light. “Well, when we left for the hairdresser this morning and asked if you had any preferences you said, and I quote, ‘go wild’.”Evi replied, air quoting the ‘go wild’ with her fingers. “So yes, she got tinsel braided into her hair.”.
“It sparkles!”Jenne said with a big grin as she looked up at her big brother who shook his head in amusement. “Tinsel or not, I’m glad you two are back.”he told them. “Eponine and Cosette still aren’t back from the stores with the ordered food, Marius is still at the brewer to get anything involving drinks, only half of the decorations are set up and don’t get me started about the gift wrapping.”.
“I’ll take care of the gifts.”Evi assured him with a pat on his shoulder. “Where is Gav?”. “Last time I checked he was helping Courfeyrac with decorating the tree…”Enjolras recalled. “Not anymore!”a voice chirped as a young boy appeared next to Jenne. “Tree is fully decorated with all lights burning, sir!”he told the leader in red and threw in a salute at the end of the statement. “Good, then you and Jenne can decorate the café.”Evi pointed out.
“Everything you need is in the boxes behind the bar.”Enjolras told the two as they dashed off, ready to cover the entire café in sparkles and lights. The moment Jenne and Gavroche were out of sight, Enjolras wrapped his arms around Evi waist from behind and rested his forehead with a groan against her shoulder.
“Who’s brilliant idea was it again to throw a Christmas party at La Musain for all our friends?”he wanted to know. “Yours.”Evi reminded him. “Something about keeping the bonds of friendship strong. You also threw in something about group spirit.”. “Right…”he sighed.
“Relax, it will be fine.”she assured him. “The kiddos are decorating the place, Jehan and Courfeyrac are setting the tables, Joly disinfected the piano and is rehearsing Christmas carols, Combeferre is making sure Grantaire stays sober until tonight while cleaning the glasses, I’ll make sure the gifts are wrapped and you’re going to call the girls and Marius for a status update.”.
“What would I do without you?”Enjolras questioned as he pressed a kiss against Evi’s temple. “Running around like a chicken without a head?”she offered and got a playful shove in return.

Behind the bar, Jennettte and Gavroche had dived into the boxes with decorations. “Hey Jenne, how do I look?”Gav asked the girl he loved, showing off the fake white beard he was wearing now. At the sight of her now bearded boyfriend, Jenne started to laugh.
“Where is a camera when you need one?”she said between her laughter. “This is Christmas card material!”. “Hey, it does suit me better than Lesgle!”Gav defended with a chuckle mentioning the lucky soul who got picked – aka forced by Enjolras – to play Santa Claus this year.
“Matter of opinion sweety.”Jenne answered cheeky as she opened up the next box only to grin at the content of it. “Oh Gav!~” she said in a singsong voice. “I have found our first task as official decorators.”. The confusion on Gavroche’s face quickly cleared up when she tilted the box his way to show the collection of mistletoe inside.
“Where are we waiting for?”he asked with a grin that matched Jenne’s.

That evening La Musain looked like the décor of a Christmas card. The tree was burning bright with underneath it dozens of presents in different colours and motives of paper, Joly played the one Christmas tune after the other, candles were burning on each table while some guests took their try at the free podium singing a carol or two.
“Told you it would turn out fine.”Evi remarked as she looked across the table at Enjolras. Most tables were set up for two to give the couples some sort of privacy while still being in group. “There’s no way on earth I would have been able to do this without your help.”he confessed as  he grabbed her hand across the table. “You’re welcome.”Evi replied with a smile.
All conversations got broken up however when Jennette made her way onto the small stage and grabbed the microphone. “Hello New York!”she yelled with a giggle. “I always wanted to do that… Either way, it’s time for the first surprise of the evening!”.
Enjolras and Evi exchanged a confused glance. “I don’t know what she’s talking about. You?”he asked. “No clue.”Evi admitted. “Okay!”Jenne called earning everyone’s attention. “For the duo tables, please all look up!”. Everyone did as instructed only to discover that above every table that was set for two a mistletoe was dangling from the ceiling.
“Kissy-kissy time~”Jenne said with a smirk. “Hit it Joly!”. And so it happened that on the tunes of ‘Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow’ mistletoe kisses were exchanged. “I guess this is what you get when you ask your little sister to help…”Enjolras muttered. “Stop complaining and kiss me already.”Evi countered with a smile before she locked her lips with the ones of her leader in red.