Once Again[Rykanis][Flashback]

[Dallisetria]

She grabbed the mug, sort of in a hesitant fashion. It was her first time ever drinking, and she wasn't sure how it tasted, or how it would effect her. But she took a sip, and at first, it was just strong. But for some reason, she couldn't stop drinking it. And when she put it down, majority of the drink was gone. "Sorry, I didn't really stop to enjoy the taste..." she licked her lips. Maybe she had, she just drank it fast.

She pushed the mug maybe a few inches forward, rested her elbow on the counter, and her finger found itself circling the rim of the drink slowly. She watched her finger, and looked at the remaining liquid. She sighed as he talked. She felt like she had just made him uncomfortable. It made her feel kind of guilty. She hadn't meant to do that. After he attempted to explain what had happened before, she mumbled, "Uh huh.." and then looked up at him.

When he asked the question, she felt the heat rush to her face, and she blinked a lot. "I was worried..." she trailed off. "You're important," she made her voice clear. "You're important to me." she was trying to make that clear, too.

[Rykanis Dakshata]

Rykanis smiled once more, as Dall tried out her ale. At first she seemed almost hesitant, not sure if she wanted to drink it... Then she seemed to decide that she did, and downed nearly the entire thing without stopping... He watched as she seemed to sort of lose herself in his words... Apparently he had been a bit over his head, and she had not really understood what he had said... Or had lost focus... Or had just drank to much... She tried to talk, after what he had said, and he watched as she grew embarrassed, her face blushing and going red, as she spoke... She was worried... About him... And thought he was important, that bit her voice suddenly growing clear. Then she said something quite clearly to him... He was important to her? Well... That was interesting... He was growing quite fond of her also... Though it was hard for him to know completely how he felt about her... But she certainly was growing attached to him... It was the first time a kelvic had gotten attached in that way to him... Rykanis smiled at Dall, hooking his arm through hers, and bringing her in close, and giving her a peck on the cheek. "That is sweet kitty... I am growing quite fond of you to... It is nice to know you feel the same..." Rykanis took another drink of his ale, giving Dall a grin. He kept his other arm linked through hers, leaning near her. "So, how are you liking your ale?"

[Dallisetria]

As she had explained what it was that she meant, she had stole glances at his face, to see his reaction. Was that amusement, or confusion? She hoped neither, this was already embarrassing enough- having to try to explain. When he pulled her in, at first she was startled. What was he doing? Was he upset? Millions(it seemed) thoughts raced through her head in the few seconds it took to bring her in and peck her on the cheek. When he did, a giggle erupted from her throat, and she felt like she was floating.

"That's good," she breathed, letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding. She would have snuggled into him, but when he had asked her opinion on the ale, she had to restrain herself from grinning too big, or her face would hurt later.

"Well," she started giggling again, and she blew her breath in his face a bit. It smelled like the ale, which is why she'd done it. "It was quite fantastic," and she reached out with her free arm, grabbing the mug, and then she tilted it, and her head slightly, chugging the rest. She put it down gently, and then laughed. She felt so stupid. "Mmm," she said into his ear, laughing.

[Rykanis Dakshata]

Rykanis just grinned wider, as Dall had let out a girlish giggle upon his peck on her cheek. He assumed that meant that she was not upset, and was happy at his show of "human" affection. Though considering that she had earlier licked him, he wondered what she would consider a show of affection... Possibly something different being a kelvic. He was still not certain were they stood though... Did she like him as a friend? As more than friends? As someone she lusted after and wanted to mate with? Was she wanting to bond with him, in the kelvic sense? Or were they even know already bonding? How could he tell when they had? So many questions ran through his head, which was not uncommon, as he so often tried to think of the various possibilities for things, so he could narrow it down to the one the most likely... But he did not yet know enough to do so... As for his question, on her liking her ale, she replied to it by starting giggling again, and blowing her ale breath in his face. Then she downed the rest of the mug, and made a satisfied sound in his ear. Rykanis turned to face her, as she did, facing her so that the tips of there noses touched. But he did not cringe at there nearness, testing the kelvic, to see what she might do in response to it. "Well, you can have another if you want to. Just tell the barmaid you want another. Is this your first time drinking kitty? Or have you drank before? Just make sure you pace yourself, and don't drink to fast..." Then he decided to press her a bit more, to see what she might do... So he continued on, still speaking with their noses touching, letting her take the next move, of pulling away if she wanted to... Or instead of pulling away... Instead... "So... You say that I am important to you... But in what way? Why am I important to you? What do I mean to you? Are we just friends?... Or are you wanting us to be more than friends?..."

[Dallisetria]

When the noses touched slightly, she just grinned. Her breath kind of caught in her throat, though. She started to rub their noses together, though, her eyes squeezed shut. Then the wrinkles in her forehead disappeared, her giggling and large, ecstatic grin leading to just a smile, and her eyes opening up. It was weird, the look on her face. Almost like the innocent she was, although like, she needed to say something running through her head. Just sitting there.

"It's the first drink I've ever had," she admitted. And by first drink she'd ever had, of course she'd meant the first she'd ever had, that was alcohol. "I don't know how I'm going to react to just one, so I'd prefer seeing how it goes, first," she mumbled, looking into his eyes.

At the next few questions, she thought about them thoroughly, and found that it seemed he was trying to make everything clear. Had she really been that vast with saying he was important to her? She didn't know how to say it, and even if she had, there was a hard lump in her chest that scared the wits out of her anyway.

It was something she'd never felt, and it wasn't very nice. But with nothing to say, she had to think about the ways humans showed affection. Because if she were to lick his face, that would be rather... awful? Probably. But she had thought back, and remembered seeing once, humans.. faces... their faces touched. What else touched? Oh, yeah! She didn't stop to think about how Rykanis would react, so instead(as response to his many questions, which the Kelvic could not keep track of), she leaned in and kissed the Akalak.

[Rykanis Dakshata]

He was a bit surprised, that this was the kelvics first alcoholic drink. She seemed to withdraw a bit once more, sort of mumbling to him, that she wanted to be cautious as he had said, and take drinking slow. He wondered why this was though... Had it been something he had said? Had it been him pressing in close, and there faces so near? He thought kelvics did not have the same issues with personal space as most people, and were more okay with physical contact, and close proximity... He almost brought his hand up, and began to scratch her behind the ear as he knew she liked... But thought better of it... That was something one did to calm down a pet... And though being a kelvic, she was sort of a pet... He did not want to put things there in the "pet zone." If he wanted more, he had to keep things open, and not act as such in this situation... Though to be honest, he was a bit surprised that his other side had not pushed in, and was trying to take over, as they got this close... Had he perhaps decided something, and not told him? He often did that, changing his mind on things, and shifting from one position to another... He never did it simply on a whim, and so had to have justified it somehow... But he had no idea what that was... As he was thinking and pondering on his others sides change in this regard, Dall caught him by surprise, by suddenly kissing him. Right on the lips. Instead of freezing, or pulling away, Rykanis sank into the kiss, twisting his head at a slight angle, making it even more intimate. He looped one hand around behind her head, placing it at the base of her skull, a bit above the neck, and pulling her in, closer to him, pressing their faces more in, and deepening the kiss. Along with that, he released his ale, and swept his other arm around behind her waist, and pulled her body in closer to his, so they were nearly pressing into each other. He would hold the kiss for a long while, enjoying it, and taking in a breath through his nostrils, his exhale from his nose gently blowing over the skin of Dall's face... Finally, he would pull away, a slight popping sound as their lips separated. He just grinned at Dall, breathing a bit heavy, as he spoke. As he did, he would bring one hand up, gently brushing the back of his hand across her chin. "That was a nice response kitty... Well, you have had a drink, and should be warm by now... Do you want to go back to my place, like I had said earlier? I am sure you would like to get out of those wet clothes..."

[Dallisetria]

When he maneuvered, Dallisetria barely noticed. What she did notice, though, was when he pulled her closer, his hand slightly above her neck, arm around her waist. That was when she totally forgot everything else, and was just like she was in auto-pilot. And yet, she was enjoying it. It seem to last for so long, and yet she knew it didn't. But she wanted it to, honestly. It was a foreign movement, and still, it was having the same effect on her as it would any other. At least, that's what she could understand. But her mind had been fuzzy ever since she'd kissed him, and he kissed back, and...

When he pulled back, Dallisetria had to stop herself from whining. It was a pathetic thing, but she wanted to kiss him again. And again, and again... she hiccuped. When he'd started talking, was when she started to hiccup... what caused those things?! And such a way to ruin a moment. She mentally scolded herself, and so when he offered to go back to his place, she wondered if he'd end up acting the same way he had before. When they'd first met, he seemed fine about going back to his place. He'd even carried her there. But now.. now he was the same way. Perfectly fine about it, and it worried her. But still, she said, "Okay, that sounds fun," in a hopefully Dallisetria way. She stood up, and her knees were kind of like... well, they were wobbly a little bit. She ignored it. She put out her hand, for Rykanis to hold. She hoped he'd hold it.

[Rykanis Dakshata]

Rykanis simply smiled at Dall, as she seemed almost upset that he had stopped the kiss. She was obviously hungry for more, which was nice, and made him smile once more as he realized this. Then he let out a short laugh, as she started to hiccup. Had she had to much to drink? Then he thought on that... Had she had to much to drink? Was that a part of the way she was acting, why she was behaving as she was... Surely she was not that drunk off of, what, a single mug of ale? He did not think she could be that much of a lightweight. Then she accepted to go back to his place, and put out her hand for him. He simply laughed, and after paying the barmaid, took the hand offered, and pulled her in for another short kiss, before tugging on her arm, and leading her out of the door. He gave a sly grin at the drunk sailors as he walked out with Dall, several of which looked disappointed. He led her along, giving her an occasional playful tug of the arm, and smiling back at her, as they made there way to his house. Once inside, it looked more or less the same as the last time they had been there. A hearth across from the door, and a nice soft bed with sheets on the far left side, with a end table next to it, and a chest of drawers for his clothes. A padded couch on the far right, along with a table and some chairs. Rykanis released his grip, and walked over to the hearth, to set it going, which would warm the room up shortly. After a bit it would be nice and toasty, within the stone walls of the apartment. "Here, I will warm things up a bit. You can make yourself comfortable. Do you have anything to wear besides those wet clothes? Though you should have drip dried a bit..."

[Dallisetria]

When he grabbed her hand, her heart leaped, and when he pecked her, it stopped for just a second. She giggled as he dragged her out of there, grinning. She wanted to take a look back, to see who it was he was making his face at, but he was out of there too soon- which meant, so was Dallisetria.

Ever time he tugged, or pulled, she would make noises. Like, "weee!" or something similar. She was having fun, just holding his hand, getting led to his place. When the door opened, it looked the way it had before. This time she looked around, actually observing everything for once. She found it cozy. Nice, and cozy.

Rykanis let go, and he seemed to be turning something on. She couldn't tell what it was, but she knew that he was doing it for a reason. So she left it without a comment.

He asked her about her clothes. She shrugged. "It's still dripping," she blinked, and then shook her damp feet at him, and the shoes that had water in them, dampened his shin slightly. She laughed. "Other than this, nah."

[Rykanis Dakshata]

Rykanis laughed a bit, each time she would make a happy sound upon him pulling on her. At times, she was like a kid. But she was always playful, so excited and happy to be doing stuff... Especially for doing things with him it seemed... So unlike him, who was always so serious and all business... It was rather nice really, being around her. Especially when he spent most of his time talking to shadows, or his other side. Both of which were not ones to be light and playful... It was also nice, that it seemed like she really wanted to make him happy... And bore him no ill will.... He placed some tinder in the hearth, and used some flint and steel, and used the sparks to light it. Soon enough, it had the bits of starter wood going, and finally a roaring blaze, deep inside of the bricked in fireplace. But it did let out a good bit of heat, which rose off of the top... And he saw she was still wet, as she playfully flicked some water at them. Not entirely innocently, he offered her a way to dry them off. "Well, if you want, we can put them over the hearth here. While it warms the room, the heat rising off of it would also dry out your clothes." "Of course, since you don't have any other clothes, I suppose you could use my winter blanket if you want for cover. But regardless, getting out of those wet things should warm you up considerably." He grinned at her, as he was more or less offering an excuse for her to get naked. Though he had technically already seen her naked, on the day they had first met. If she accepted, he would help her hang up her clothes over the hearth, so they could dry, and give her the winter blanket if she asked for it. Regardless, he would go over to the couch once this was done, and pat the padding next to him, offering for her to come over and sit with him.