arbitratour | Thousand nights, I repeated so many times

[Her back arches a little as he slips both hands to her waist, a thrill running up her spine too fast for her to hold back reacting to it. The longer she sits on his lap, the more he touches her and interacts with her, the more her experiences with the illusion version of him seem so very different. Yes, already.]

I admit, it surprises me to hear you say that. What...how would it have been different?

[Maybe she still feels a little exposed and wants to find balance between them by getting him to talk more, or maybe it's just curiosity, but she can't stop herself from asking as she continues to sip her tea. It burns down her throat from heat and whiskey and hopefully ought to relax her a little.]

[ Jae lets out a hum, biting his lip a little in thought. He gets it, the situation is odd, and especially with how it had escalated in the way that it had. But it was the truth. ]

Mm. I probably would have been a bit more ... subtle about it? Fleeting touches to gauge your interest alongside talking more with you to get a feel for it.

I didn't want to make any assumptions.

[ Jae gives a small smile that he hides behind another sip. Being inside was ... rough, he'd admit. He's a bit surprised when she mentions the motorcycle, and he lets out a contemplative hum. ]

I should be okay with riding on one, if that's what you're getting at.

[Having just gotten home, Eun's not in the mood to head out right that moment, especially not with both of them imbibing alcohol. Oh sure, she's not had more than a sip or two, but the prospect of more appeals to her.]

Tomorrow then, in the morning, we'll make a day of it.

[Rather than beg for him to offer his glass again, Eun pushes herself to her feet, crosses the short distance between them, and settles on one of his legs so she can pluck the glass from his hand herself.

They're not beings who get close this way, or cozy, but if he's going to be riding behind her on a motorcycle there's no reason to not get him used to being close to her now. And to see how he'll behave given the opportunity. Her gaze is steady on his as she takes a sip from his glass, slow and lingering.]

[She nods with understanding. Their situation is strange and awkward, and unlike most humans there isn't a socially constructed idea of how a relationship is supposed to progress. There are so many factors that complicate things...

And yet his answers make sense to her. Even now, it seems like it wouldn't be a bad course of action.] Fleeting touches like this?

[She raises one hand up and brushes the back of her fingertips along his brow, drawing hair away and slipping over more before she lets her hand lower gently away.]

Okay.

[ He raises his eyebrows a little once Eun crosses over to sit on his lap, but he's calm, and if anything, he seems comfortable with her closeness. So comfortable, in fact, that he slides a hand up to gently touch her. Gauging her interest, even as she brazenly takes his glass again to sip from it. ]

Mmhm.

[ He lets out a hum, tilting his head to lean more into the touches before she pulls away. ]

Subtle flirting remarks, perhaps chaste kisses like this.

[ He raises a hand to gently guide hers back to his face, kissing her palm with his eyes closed before he glances up at her with a small smile. ]

[Eun holds his gaze as she feels his hand slip up to touch her. She shifts her weight slightly on his knee, but otherwise makes no move. Certainly she doesn't pull away. Briefly, her eyes dip down to look at where his hand has settled, but it only draws a little smile to the corner of her mouth. She tips his glass back, downing the rest of his drink in one swallow, and sets the glass aside on its coaster.

Returning her attention to Jae, she lifts a brow.]

Do you want me to refill it?

[There's more to that question in the silence. Or would you like something else?]

[Color rises to her cheeks, and Eun seems almost more shocked by the fact that she can be made to blush even after all she's seen, than by the kiss he offers. Her fingers curl gently against his face, as if they might capture the kiss to her palm rather than risk letting it fly away.]

I think I would still like those things.

[It cannot be all take and no give, however. Eun knows this, and hadn't she shown that she's as interested in having someone to touch as she is being touched? Held? Carefully holding her cup still, she leans forward, over the hand he holds, and presses a kiss to his temple.]

It feels weak to be a demon who wants a lover, but I find I cannot help myself now. [Not now that it's all in the open and within her grasp. Her lips brush down the side of his cheek, working her way to his mouth.]

Suppose neither of us are traditional, in that sense.

[ Even if he would've felt perfectly comfortable in properly courting her before tonight's revelations. The kiss at his temple is surprising, but he can't really bring himself to hate it, especially when her lips trace down his face to meet his own. He tilts his head to meet them that much sooner, eyes slipping shut again. ]

[Each moment that passes is one where Eun is carefully observing Jae through all of his senses, trying to make sure she doesn't miss any microreaction of distaste or discomfort with her there. Her touches are rather tame, as are his, but the potential for more and how easily he'd made her blush makes her feel shaken deep at her core.

She should try to use this as an opportunity to get under his skin, to find a weakness of his to exploit, but shamefully the thought doesn't even occur to her. Eun's lips meet his and she allows herself to truly kiss him in a way that goes beyond their fleeting touches before.

Her illusions are the work of a master, enough she can even mostly fool herself, but they seem pale in comparison to what she feels now. The true, human weight of a body against hers, the warmth seeping through their clothes and warming each other, and the unique sensation of skin against skin. She'll never ascend to Heaven but this is as close as it gets.]

No, I think - [ He pauses, tongue poking out a little as he licks his lips. He'd be blind to not understand the underlying message, and in other circumstances he would be a bit more guarded about his wants. But here and now, with everything that has happened so far tonight...

Perhaps he can indulge a bit. ]

I think I have all I need right here. [ He reaches up to gently pull Eun's head down so he can claim her lips, at first gentle, probing. Gauging to see if this is what she truly was asking for. ]

[Is it taking advantage if you've kept someone holed up in your apartment for so many days? Weeks? To cut them off from all other contact and then offer only yourself as an outlet for physical intimacy? Eun has to wonder if she's judging this too much by human standards, or if that's exactly what she should be doing. Of course, it's a fleeting thought that is dispelled by the first touch of his lips to hers.

They have been squabbling since he first found himself bound to her, but apparently in a moment like this...perhaps they have common ground enough to ignore the small annoyances. She returns the kiss, turning a little on his knees so that she faces him more. Leaning forward, Eun braces her hands on either side of his head, against the back of the chair so she can take her time exploring how he feels, how he kisses.

And to herself, at least, she'll admit that this risky thing of kissing a demon in her home is giving her more of a thrill than any first kiss has before.]

[ Jae isn't surprised that she's tentative with the touches, and if it were under any other circumstances, he probably would be as well. Still, he wants to prove that he was indeed interested.

He wouldn't have been surprised if she took the opportunity to try and get something more out of him, shift the power dynamic again. But instead, the kiss deepens and he adjusts to let them both be more comfortable without accidentally dumping tea all over each other.

That would certainly be a mood-killer. ]

Thousand nights, I repeated so many times

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