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They'd made plans to meet up again later in the week after wandering around the Christmas village when they both had some time free. Almandine seemed to want to spend as much time with him as he could and Arachne was perfectly alright with that all things considered. The more time the reindeer senshi was with him the less time someone else had the chance to hurt him or find out what was going on. The last thing he wanted was someone to ruin their plans.

The two had agreed to meet up in a quieter part of town since their usual rooftop was getting to be a busy area with all the late night Christmas shoppers and neither of them wanted to get caught.

So far they'd been talking idly about various things and just enjoying their time together. Arachne was ignoring the small package at his feet, having almost forgotten about it once they'd started talking. It seemed like that was how the night was going to go until the first flurries started to fall. It didn't quite seem like it should have been cold enough for snow but there it was clinging to their uniforms and hair.

Reaching up Arachne brushed a bit of snow out of Almandine's hair. "Is it just me or does it look like we're both getting covered in glitter instead of snow?"

He held out a hand and let some of the glittery substance fall into his palm. It still felt like snow and a few of the flakes started to melt. "I think ..it's acting like snow. I think it is snow." It seemed a little strange but given the things that happened in Destiny City overly glittery snow wasn't the strangest thing that could be happening.

"Magic snow? He brushed the flakes off his hand but his coat was starting to glitter thanks to the flurries sticking to him. "Magic glitter snow. Which seems a bit too nice for DC."

Not that he wanted to complain. He didn't want some stupid thing interrupting their 'date', least of all one of the random things that seemed to pop up around the holidays in DC.

"Knowing Destiny city? Probably." Arachne laughed as he brushed a bit of the snow off his sleeve. "But I hope not considering we're both covered in it." He could come up with probably a hundred different ways the snow could try to kill them if he wanted.

Oh but how nice it would be for it to just be weird looking snow?

He watched a bit more settle in Almandine's hair before reaching up to run his fingers though it. "Maybe the cosmos is just being nice for once and giving us something fun?" Much nicer thought than the alternative.

"Wonder if you can still make snowballs out of it." There would have to be more on the ground but throwing glittery snowballs at someone sounded like a brilliant idea. Probably not what was intended with the snow but imagining his friends covered in the stuff was a nice thought.

"Alma, it's Destiny City. Everything's dangerous." He grinned, laughing as he looked up towrad the clouds. "Kinda like Australia only with magic. Can't let a little danger keep us from having fun."

Leaning over he brushed a kiss against Almandine's cheek before going to see if he could gather enough snow off the building ledge to make a snowball. It at least acted like regular snow even if it was far prettier.

"Easy to make snowballs, i'll show you."

"Yea, you just squish it into a ball." The snow didn't quite stick together as well as normal snow but after a moment he had a descent ball which he held up for Almandine to see. "Too bad we don't have other people to throw them at."

The glittery snow would make a snowball fight more interesting but he didn't think giving any of his friends a call would be for the best.

It was supposed to be a date afterall.

"Works the same for making snowmen too actually."

"Hey now." Arachne laughed as the snowball hit him, glad it did land on the rather sturdy waist cincher he had on, and dusted some of the snow off. "That's friendly fire but if you want to play that way...."

He hadn't packed his snowball all that much so he didn't feel too bad throwing it at Almandine in retaliation.

"Oh? Think you can win a snowball war then?" Arachne grinned, teasing tone in his voice as he tried to bat the snowball away, mostly ending up getting it all over his arm. "I was snowball champion on my neighborhood when I was a kid you know."

He hadn't done anything like this since his first year in collage. Snowball fights weren't something the 'rich kids' did. Which was silly given how fun it was.

Balling up another handful of snow he threw it at Almandine again.

"I don't know ..." Arachne ducked a bit as the snowball hit him, getting a bit of it in his hair which he shook out with a laugh. Seeing Almandine playful and enjoying himself felt wonderful and he wanted to see more of it.

Smirking Aracne ignored the snow for a moment and closed the gap between them, wrapping his arms around Almandine's waist. "You might be smart but I'm willing to cheat." Giving Almandine a smirk he pressed their lips together in a light kiss.