"For once your right." she said as she looked down at her boots. "I would rather suffer through life with someone I loved than live a short life." Ki looked at him, "You do have a way with words sometimes. You secretly a poet?" and gave him a small smile.
"for once? Ouch." He looked over at her, a bit wounded. "I am not secretly a poet I just…I have a different way at looking at things I guess." He shrugged although seeming to be hiding something
"You write?" She asked, curious now. "Man we don't really know much about each other." Ki leaned her head on his arm, liking the way it felt before. She still watched the birds dive and hide from each other.
"I never said that I wrote Ms assumes everything" he huffed.
"but I do write sometimes, it's a good stress reliever." He huffed like he had something to hide, or like it was bad. It was seen as weak to write poetry. "I guess we really don't.'
She nodded, "It is." She spoke softly. And as time ticked by she grew more and more tired. Soon enough she shut her eyes and fell asleep on his arm.
"Ki? Ki?" He poked her asking her twice. He noticed how she didn't respond to anything he asked. He sighed,
did she seriously just fall asleep? I don't even know where she lives dang it. He sighed aggitatedly.
He picked her up bridal style and stood up. He looked down at her, before starting to walk out of the park.
He eventually snuck her through the back entrance of her base. Sneaking up to his room, and laying her down on his bed. He tucked her into the bed and tried to move away from the bed.
Ki woke up, not sure what was going on. then she realized, "OMIGOSH I AM SO SORRY!" Kiera panicked. "you can uh…put me down…" She nervously spoke to him.
He flustered up bright red, immediately reached a hand to cover his face and block his extremely flustered face from her way.
"O-oh you woke u-up….I thought you might stay asleep so I brought you back to base…" He cleared his throat but it clearly wasn't working very well, he was still having issues with his voice. He stood up and looked away.
She was still trying to wake up and didn't notice his voice. "I'm sorry.." She felt bad, "You could've just woke me up." Ki looked around. Not sure what to expect but what she envisioned this wasn't it. "Uhm…Do you want me to uh go?"
no He bit down on his lip to keep the answer inside of him.
"I mean…only if you want to." Stop being so clingy gosh darn it Dustin. He cursed chiding himself inwardly. He put a hand on his neck and keeping the other on his face to keep his still red face.
"Sorry, not exactly clean. wasn't expecting…company." stop being weird you big freaking idiot his words had become simpler and shorten.
"Its your place…I dont want to intrude." KI told him, part of her wanting to stay. "Its fine, my room isnt the cleanest either." is he blushing? no he's to tough to put out emotion towards me right now. Ki looked at him, "So you dont have to answer this but did you ever you know…think about my offer?"
"you wouldn't been intruding on much besides paperwork." He tried his best to hide away his face from her sight, staying partially turned away but still wanting to look at her.
"I could imagine, I wonder what your desk looks like." He tut tuted, please don't get up close please don't get up close he cleared his throat at the mention of the business deal.
"I did actually, I gave it thought. It was better to think about then doing homework." Because I was talking about you- Agh just shut up. He flustered more.
Ki looked at her attire and saw that she still had his coat on, so she took it off. "I uh…I believe this is yours." She couldn't look at him. After all she began to blush as soon as she noticed she was wearing it. She handed it to him but didn't look at him. "Oh? What'd you come up with?" She asked, "Its actually not organized yet. I had a bit of a panic with paperwork and finding stuff so its all messed up."
He took the coat from her, taking a hand away from his face and his hand from his neck to hold and ring the jacket a little bit instead turning and hanging up the jacket on a chair.
He turned towards her and looked down at her, wanting a hug. you already hugged her, stoping being so gash darn clingy, goodness dustin! You never were like this before! He sighed inwardly, puting a hand to his neck still flustered like crazy.
"Nothing big, just what you said in originality."
He looked at her, staring almost although he hardly noticed.
"Yeah. But like whats your stance on it." She asked. Finally looking at him, no eye contact though. She still had a light flush on her face but she didnt care. "I dont want to make this seem awkward or anything but can I get a hug? You give good ones." Kiera told him.
"my stance? I think it's a good proposition, it could definitely work although I don't know if I trust you not to eat us out." He was honestly a bit overjoyed at the suggestion of a hug but calmed himself down to not look like it.
"I guess." He walked closer to her and hugged her close to home maybe a bit much but if you could read body language he was enjoying it.
"I wasn't away I give good hugs."
Aware*)
"their very cozy…" She spoke softly into the hug. Kiera looked up at him, "I trust you enough. I want you to be able to trust me. It could be believable. But your team better know that I'm off limits. I'm not trying to get shot." She leaned into him, "Thank you for today."
"oh don't worry, I placed you in the no harm list after our first meeting." He hugged her tight to him but trying not to be too clingy or tight.
"Yes, well, I suppose I should thank you myself. I didn't think I could relax or learn to relax, possibly have someone to talk to outside of work before and it's been…….nice."
"I want to trust you, I just have to put the gang first."
She nodded, "Your welcome. I want to be here for you." Ira gave him a smile. "I understand. Taking precaution. But like I said I'm not after you guys. I'm after the blood skulls." She focused on his first statement, After our first meeting. Don't read into it Ki. He probably did it to be nice and because of the offer. "Do you enjoy hugging me?" She asked, she caught onto his relaxed body. Not super relaxed but enough to where she could tell.
"i know you, it's appreciated but not necessary." He continued to hold onto her. He looked down at her smiling face, her smile is so beautiful… He sighed internally at his thoughts not even able to stop them.
He was caught off guard when she asked if he enjoyed hugging her and his face was flustered up again and he immediately looked Away.
"w-well i-i u uh-" he cursed inwardly at his stuttering and not being able to form words.
"Curse you Ki." He muttered covering a face with one hand.
"well? Spit it out…" She teased him. Ki looked at him, "Its okay, you dont have to say anything." She grabbed on of his hands and intertwined their fingers together. Ira enjoyed this. For some reason she enjoyed the privacy the two had. She still looked at him, her free hand reaching up and grabbing his face and pulling it to look at her, "Nothing to be embarrassed of." She spoke softly, "If anything I enjoy your company. Your hugs are amazing. Holding your hand warms me up and just being with you is like being a bird. Free."
He huffed at her teasing, he continued to look away, Only listening to her. He noticed how she intertwined their hands together basically holding hands. He enjoyed there hands, how they fit how small and soothing they were.
He was pulled to look at her and still couldn't look her in the eyes for a few seconds.
"you may say there's nothing to be embarrassed about I think there is."
He listened to her speak.
"Well someone enjoying my genuine company, that's definitely a first." He had a bit of a pout, to his face. "I'm glad I could make you happy." He mumbled under his breath.
"What is there to be embarrassed about Dus?" She asked. Her eyes watched his face, "You don't need to hide around me. Im here for you." She had an urge to kiss him, but she fought it back. Stop. She smiled at him, "You make time seem better with you. Its hard to not think about you during work." She was being honest and let him know it. She then dropped the hand that held his head and then laid her head on his chest.
"….a lot of things." He huffed at her, like how I think about you so much and how your lips look amazing right now he flustered a little bit more.
"I know You say that, it's just hard." He sighed listening to her, her voice melodic and beautiful. He felt as she laid her head on his chest, and he stroked her head gently.
"Honest?" He asked her, knowing it would most likely be a yes.
She looked up at him and nodded. "mhm." she hummed. Her eyes lingered on his lips far too long. "I'm about to do something stupid…" she muttered quietly.
(should they kiss or not yet?)
(honestly? It feels like the right moment but whatever you want.)
"I'm about to let you, although I don't know if I should. Or if you can reach." he muttered quietly as well. He noticed how she stared at her lips, bit he didn't want to make a move or speed up the process more then need be. He lingered on her lips as well only staring.
(alright I thought so too)
She nodded carefully, trying her best to reach his lips. Its hard being 9 inches shorter than him. Kiera tried her best to meet her lips with his. She couldn't quite reach so she pulled him down by his shirt, carefully though. And she connected their lips. To her it felt like fourth of july, her stomach exploding with fireworks. Ira closed her eyes during the contact, feeling at peace with him. Its like time stopped for her.
He couldn't help but let out of a chuckle as he was pulled down by his shirt, but he pulled her into the kiss as much as she pulled him into the kiss. Almost like a storm, crashing waves, thundering skies, then it felt like the warmth you feel sitting inside by a fireplace with a mug of coffee or hot chocolate. He could feel her warmth, and he wanted more of it as selfish as it sounded.he and never felt this warmth before, not even so much so from his mom.