Canon Time 

"Take a break would ya. Get some air in fore ya pass out."

He took one deep sigh. Waited a moment. Then shrugged. "Alright, got some air." and with that, Mush leaned in for another kiss. But she stopped him before that could happen. "Oh c'mon Feisty!" Mush whined. "Lemme sneak in a few more fore Jack comes lookin' for us an' gives us the whole "don't ya know how dangerous it is ta be kissin' in an alley" tawk. Ya know, now that I's think bout it, why is that even a thing?"

Feister laughed with a little shake of the head as she ran a hand through Mush's hair. She gently laced her fingers through his messy mop and mindlessly played with the locks of hair. "Who knows why Jacky boy does anythin'," she quietly replied. "An' ya got plenty of kisses, Mushy. Sides, the longer we's stay here, the more the fellas will make fun of us."

"Who cares bout the boys. I's just want ta spend time with my goil," Mush said as he pulled Feister closer. He just wanted to soak in this perfect little moment. Having her right there in front of him. Holding her so close that he hear her breathing. Feeling her fingertips play with his hair. Not hearing any cat calls, or having to be careful because there's "a child present". No worries about making ends meet or looking over his shoulder for some bummer looking for trouble. Nothing else. Not another person in sight. Just her, and her only. For, she was, and always has been, his entire world.

Call it puppy love, or the honey moon stage or even just dumb luck, but Mush knew with his whole heart that Feister is the one for him. He's known it for years, but, never realized it until that one rainy night. That's when it all came crashing down for him. As for Feister, Mush had no clue when it finally hit her. Kid Blink always said it was when he started was dating Lacey, but it was just a theory. He's tried asking Feister when was the moment she realized her deeper feelings for a certain someone she knows. Heck, he's even tried to flirt it out of her. But unfortunately for Mush, Feister kept that secret locked up tight.

"Yer sweet. But the sun's already halfway down," Feister replied. She could tell Mush didn't want this moment to end. Besides, if she was being honest with herself, she didn't want it to end either. But, one of them had to knock some sense into the other. And it looked like it was her turn to be the logical one. "If we's not home in the next five minutes, you'se know Jack will have a search party lookin' for us."

"I's hate it when yer right," Mush sighed. "But...." he paused for a moment to soak in the last few seconds of this perfect moment. "One more kiss won't kill nobody." and with that, he leaned down to kiss Feister privately one last time before he went back to the real world.

The only problem with that was Feister deepened the kiss. Needing to get home soon went right out the door for the lovebirds. But, can you really blame them? I mean they did wait like what? A year - give or take - to finally get a moment like this. So it's not completely awful. More or less.

The kiss continued for a few moments, but when a random memory washed into Mush's mind, he slowly pulled away and stared at her for what felt like a lifetime. "Just realized somethin'."

"What's that?" Feister asked as she pulled herself closer, which shouldn't be possible since she was already wrapped up in his arms.

"...I's kinda maybe did break one of my promises ta you'se..." she was about to say something, but he continued. "It was the one where I's said I's wouldn't fall in love with ya..."

"Ok first off, that was somethin' stupid we's did when we's was kids. An' secondly..." she bit her lip. "I's recall....Promettant de ne pas le casser d'abord, mais je l'ai fait." she finished saying in French, for, Feister clearly remembered that day now that Mush has mentioned it, but she would never admit falling in love with him first. Though it was obvious in it's own terms, she was just happy Mush can be a bit oblivious at times. But oddly enough, it's what makes him adorable. She just doesn't say it out loud.

"Say what now?" Mush asked in complete confusion. He always seemed to forget that Feister was fluent in a completely different language. Not to say he hates hearing it, because there's just something about her saying stuff in French, he just wished he knew what she was saying. He would look it up, but he could never remember anything besides "bonjour" "merci" and the most important one, "Je t'aime" which in his opinion is the best phrase there is. He loves the way she blushes at the sound of hearing those three little words in a completely different language. Now if he could only say a complete sentence without getting his tongue tied. That would be great.

"Let's just say you'se stole my heart. Steal my breath away, so....it's only fair I's steal yer last name." Feister replied. Gosh is she not only a goner, but the fact Mush of all people had somehow rubbed off on her. It was an odd thought...then again, sometimes it wasn't all bad...Of course, that's yet, another thing she will never admit.

Mush couldn't help but smile. "Je t'aime the sound of that."

"It's actually 'J'aime the sound of that," Feister corrected. "What you just said means..." she bit her lip while also doing her best to ignore the little smirk that had made its way onto his very kissable face. Papes she really needed to go find something reckless to do before she becomes more sappier. "You know what it means."

"Actually I need a refresher," Mush smirked.

"I hate you," she grumbled in reply.

"Yeah, whatever, just kiss me already."

With that being said, they were about to kiss once more, but when the sound of a throat cleared, followed by a loud cough, they both quickly pulled away from each other to see who was making that noise. "First off, Feisty, Mush is finally rubbin' off on ya. Never took ya for the kind of goil ta tawk bout last name stealin'. But it's like I's been sayin' all along, Feister Meyers has a nice ring ta it. Mush, stop with the French, alright. Yer never gonna get it no matter how many lessons ya take from Kat-"

"Is that where ya disappear ta every week?" Feister asked in shock.

"Um-ah non ero io, era rosso," Mush stuttered out. He had no clue where in the world that came from, but he's heard it quite a few times from Race, and it seemed to get the blonde boy out of trouble...most of the time. Truth be told, he was taking French lessons from Katherine every week whenever she had spare time to do so. It was supposed to be a surprise for Feister for the ten year anniversary since they first met, but that went out the window.

"Oh papes! I umm...just pretend I wasn't here. Continue on with suckin' each others faces off. I'll just tell Jack I's couldn't find ya out here." Kid Blink rambled.

"He was the one who insisted on one more kiss Blinky boy," Feister defended as she shoved Mush's shoulder before walking out of the alleyway.

"Ok, wait a minute right there Miss Johnson," Mush stated, walking right passed Kid Blink and trailed after the little news girl. "That's not fair cause you'se was the one who kissed back!"

"An' which one of us had the idea ta kiss in the first place?" she turned around to look him dead in the eyes. Even though she was standing on the steps, there was still a bit of a height disadvantage. In other words, Feister would just have to be twice as fiery than usual. Which was saying a lot since her short temper is what got her in this whole situation in the first place. "Sides, you'se could use some mints. Ya ain't gettin' anymore kisses till that bad breath is fixed. An' believe me, it's worse than yer stench. Seriously, ever heard of soap an' toothpaste?" she had to try hard to hide her satisfied smile at the dumbfounded look on his face. "Good day ta ya, Mista Meyers." she tipped her cap with a smirk before walking inside with a proud smile.

Subtly, Mush lifted the collar of his shirt to take a quick sniff, then did a breath check. Either Feister was messing with him (as usual) or he couldn't smell anything at all. The logical answer to that was the first one, it's not out of character whatsoever for Feister to pick on him like that. "Oh yeah well-" he paused, trying to think of a good comeback. "You'se - Yer - It ain't my fault yer cute an' has such a kissable face!" Mush yelled, chasing after her.

They continued on with their little fight up the steps and into the bunkroom. Trading insults back and forth, refusing to be the first to back down. And this was all because of kissing for crying out loud! That was a new one, even for Mush and Feister. And believe me, they fought about the dumbest things imaginable. But is this really a surprise for the two newsies? No, not really. They can turn just about anything into a fight with no hope of letting go in sight.

"Are they seriously fightin' bout kissin'?" Finch asked when Blink had walked into the bunkroom. When he nodded in reply, Finch let out a whistle. "An' here I's was thinkin' there wasn't anythin' left ta fight bout."

"It's Mush and Feisty. Course they's fightin' bout this," Blink replied. "They's probably gonna fight over what they's gonna name their baby for cryin' out loud! I'll tell ya right now Finchie that if their first child is a goil, Mush will wanna put the name "Claire" in there somewhere. But Feisty ain't gonna have it cause ya know she hates 'er real name an' wouldn't wanna burden the poor child with a name like that. An' if it's a boy well...whatever the hell Mush's real name is, Feisty ain't gonna wanna name the kid that either."

"Blink does have a point, Feisty. If we's have a goil we's namin' 'er "Claire"," Mush said changing the subject.

"An' who's ta say yer the poor bummer I's gonna marry?" Feister asked as she crossed her arms with the signature death glare.

"Just a few moments ago ya said you'se wouldn't mind stealin' my last name. An' I's wouldn't mind givin' it ta ya." though she was glaring at him, Mush found it absolutely adorable. This was the type of mad that he enjoyed the most. The other kind of mad scares him like no tomorrow and makes him rethink twice before he says anything or risk meeting his grave a lot sooner than planned.

"I's hate ya," Feister grumbled with crossed arms.

Mush only laughed and pulled her into a tight hug. "Yeah, yeah, I's love ya too." he kissed the top of her head. She tried to wiggle her way out of his arms, but he simply held her tighter until she eventually gave up and stood there like a lump with a displeased look on her face.

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Author's note

Ah yes, we love cute romantic fluff over here. Of course, with Mush and Feister, there can never be just fluff. Nope, they always have to fight over the most random things out there, and kissing just happened to be one of them. But hey, fighting over the little things, even if it's a bit dumb is how their whole relationship started in the first place. Moving on, as usual, I used Google translation for the French and Italian part so if anything happens to be wrong, I'm sorry. Don't own anything Newsies only OCs. Hope you enjoyed and thanks for reading! Until next time!