She rolled her eyes with a growing smile. "Big baby." She could feel the sunlight doing its thing, coursing through her veins and charging up her energy. The beast beneath her skin gobbled it up eagerly, sensing her plans for the first round and wanting to make as big of a bang it could.
"I'm definitely big," he said, feeling really nonathletic as he tried to sit up from his position.
Tessa turned to him with a brow raised in amusement. "Are you now? That's interesting information."
He caught onto the joke and grinned. This he could deal with. "Oh, how your mind wanders."
She smiled innocently. "Whatever do you mean?"
"Oh, quit with the innocent act. It doesn't suit you very well."
She rolled her eyes, now fully smiling. "Intimidating, innocent, I can't be anything, can I?"
"Adorable," he mused. "Beautiful. Blush-inducing."
"Bitchy?" She offered.
"See, I'm not trying to die, so I'mma leave it at 'no comment.'" He flashed a grin.
She laughed. "That's for the better." She shifted with discomfort, starting to feel uncomfortable in her current skin. Please stay back. Just until the first round starts. Then I'll let you out.
The beast snarled irritably. Why should I? You only let me out once a year. I think a little payback is due.
She attempted to hide her grimace as it continued its stirring. "So… anything else I should know?" she continued with a smirk.
"You really like to make me uncomfortable." Because of the earbuds, he couldn't sense a thing, which is tragic, cause he could've helped.
Her smirk grew. "What can I say? I like to see you squirm under pressure."
"See, but do I ever do that to you?" He glanced over at her. "Typically the goal is to make your partner as comfortable as possible."
She stuck out her bottom lip. "I'm no good at comfortable."
"I think you're wonderful," he said, winking over at her.
She smiled back. "Only you would."
"I imagine a whole lotta people would. I'm just the lucky guy who managed to worm into your heart." He flopped back into a prone position, smiling to himself.
Her smile grew. "Like a parasite." She chuckled. "Funny. Cin describes me the same way."
"Well, then I'm the happiest parasite in the world." He closed his eyes and smiled.
"Hmm. Debatable. There's probably some fleas who are really fucking happy right about now, catching a ride on Earth's fluffiest doggo."
"But they don't have you." Maybe he could get back at her with all this mushiness.
"Mm. I'd prefer a huge furball over me, slobber and all." She smirked at him. "Despite how perfect I am."
"Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference," he joked, winking at her again.
She chuckled, beginning to feel just a little self-conscious with all of the compliments he was giving her. "I don't remember ordering a block of cheese."