Where do we go from here? (Zane)

[Vesper Frostbite]

Vesper felt him tug at her hand, watched his confused expressions, and walked a while in the awkward silence, her weariness just telling her to rest, the rest of her mind pushing her forward to the promise of that eventual action. When he spoke, she stopped with him, finding his hand wouldn't come with her. She looked into his eyes, stepping forward as he spoke. Her mouth opened for protest...that wasn't what she wanted, just one night with him, and why couldn't he see that she hadn't meant those things in the bar? But her mouth closed as she realized that he was simply and utterly as confused as she was, and in that moment, her confusion dropped away. Her fingers slid and loosened, dropping the gelding's reins, and she reached her now empty hand to his cheek. She did not know how to express in words the moment of understanding she had just come upon, so instead she held his face, gazed into his eyes, then kissed him.

[Zane Felix]

What was this feeling? This warmth that felt like fire in his entire body, so much that it numbed his thinking? He couldn't remember what he had been saying, or how he had been afraid of... whatever it had been that he had been afraid of. Zane simply stared, wide eyed as she kissed him, not sure what to do.

He had one of her hands, and she kept his firmly, and the other was on his face... oh damn, what was Zane to do? He took in a breath, calming himself down, and closed his eyes. He had never felt this sensation before, and letting her steal his first kiss without giving one back... he wouldn't forgive himself if he didn't at least try.

Zane pulled her hand to his hip, pushing his lips to hers roughly, loving the feeling of closeness that followed. His heart jumped, but he wanted to taste her lips, not just feel them on his own. So he did. He opened his mouth and began sucking gently on her lips, smiling softly as he felt so happy in a sudden rush of emotion.

[Vesper Frostbite]

She smiled. She had tried kissing once before on High Reach with a plucky boy who thought he was all that. it had been when she was young, out of anger and frustration, but that had just felt like damp lips pressed together, an action and not a feeling...and this, was something different altogether Truth be told she had been so afraid that he might pull away, that his confusion didn't mean that he eve wanted to participate in anything resembling this kiss, but when she felt him return it, something seemed to give inside her, and she leaned into him, letting the sensation drag out It was when her breath was gone that she pulled away and looked at him, a broad smile spreading impishly from ear to ear, nose rubbing against his That was fun...

[Zane Felix]

He held her to his chest before she pulled away to look at him, his arms breaking free of her grip to wrap around her tightly. He looked down into her eyes as if wondering why the feeling had stopped, almost worried that he had done something wrong or if she really didn't feel that way about him...

But then she spoke. And she was smiling so dumbly, it almost made Zane want to laugh, though not so to make fun of her, but to show how happy the scene made him. Instead, he rested his forehead against her own, biting his lip and whispering harshly with what little breath he had after she had taken his away.

Fun... yeah... more like you're petchin' amazing...

[Vesper Frostbite]

Vesper shakes her head a little, thumb caressing his cheek as she gazed into his eyes. She worked to regain some semblance of breath control as she watched him, heart jumping into her throat at his words, not that it mattered... Hey...you were... She searched for a word, but it seemed the lack of oxygen had cut off higher brain function and so that all she could sum up was.. Great... Though the word was lacking description, it came out as a content sigh as she kissed his nose. She squeezed his hand lightly and realized she could walk quite well now with the thought of resting in Zane's arms at the end of whatever journey it took to get to his companion Soren.

[Zane Felix]

Zane just gazed dumbly down into her eyes, his hands rested gently on her hips. He couldn't say much that meant anything, nor did he want to attempt it. Instead, he decided that he was much better off just being close to her, though perhaps not quite so stationary.

His arms dropped from her and his left hand clasped her right, his lips forming up in a grin as he looked ahead.

I know you're pretty tired, right? You kept trying to fall asleep...

He stole a glance out of the corner of his eye at her, taking in a breath at the recent memory of her lips.

You sure I can't carry you?

It was an offer and a joke rolled into one, though Zane meant to be a bit less gruff about it the second go around. Perhaps he could be a little more romantic...? Or maybe he was just being stupid. Either way.

[Vesper Frostbite]

Vesper smiles at him, collecting the dropped reins of the troublesome gelding that had not thought to move out of the way That's...a very tempting proposal, but I don't want to strain you. She grin and tugs his hand as she skips forward Plus, I feel less tired after that wonderful experience, so come on, I want to meet your friend! She reluctantly let go of Zane's hand to put a small leather hood on a sleepy looking Falchion, resting the bird atop the saddle, then reattached her fingers to his and waited for him to lead the way, since she had no idea where she was going.

[Zane Felix]

Zane broke into a mild jog without much hesitation as she spoke, enthused to see what Soren would think of her. Though there was the lingering feeling that she might not impress the other man very much...

Alright, we're off then! Keep up if you can!

[Vesper Frostbite]

Vesper grinned and jogged along with him, fairly readily ignoring the soreness as he raced ahead, dragging a rather confused gelding at an easy trot behind her. It was getting dark and the Inarta was glad of the opportunity of rest

[Dusk]

XP Award! Vesper XP Award: Riding: 1 XP, Seduction: 1 XP, Storytelling: 2 XP Lore Award: Lore of Being Manhandled, Lore of Sharing Your Past Zane XP Award: Running: 1 XP, Seduction: 2 XP, Interrogation: 2 XP Lore Award: Lore of Making Friends, Lore of Frank Conversations Additional Note Ah, bumbling romance and first kisses! Adorable and confusing all at once.