[He's about to rest his arms behind his head, but being called so easily on that...]
[He chuckles softly and leans a hand up to her cheek, gently brushing it.]
Deal.
It's a hard habit to break. Mah... I never talked this much back home. You can thank Ace and yourself... and a few others for that I suppose. [He moves the hand to gently tickle under her chin.] I don't promise perfection, it's a work in progress, but I'll keep trying. However many little steps it takes.
[His eyes glow affectionately, purely enjoying the moment, living in every feeling of it.]
And if I slip up, you have permission to slap me out of it. It's how my brothers usually have to get me to talk. Or pin me down and try to out stubborn me.
[He watches her for a bit, eyes still glowing intently, and a sneaky grin.] I want to be with you. I think it's addicting. Just being in your presence I feel more alive. I just wish I knew better how to share that back, eh?
You ever smoke? It's like breathing in the taste of that, just the calming high, eh? Mah... or perhaps it's different for phoenixes. Fire and all.
If my devil fruit ever gives me an alternate life, I think I want to spend it by your side. Driving you crazy every second of every day until you're sick of me, even then, the minute you realized you liked having me around, I'd come back and never leave again.
Action / December 20th / Late
[He chuckles softly and leans a hand up to her cheek, gently brushing it.]
Deal.
It's a hard habit to break. Mah... I never talked this much back home. You can thank Ace and yourself... and a few others for that I suppose. [He moves the hand to gently tickle under her chin.] I don't promise perfection, it's a work in progress, but I'll keep trying. However many little steps it takes.
[His eyes glow affectionately, purely enjoying the moment, living in every feeling of it.]
And if I slip up, you have permission to slap me out of it. It's how my brothers usually have to get me to talk. Or pin me down and try to out stubborn me.
[He watches her for a bit, eyes still glowing intently, and a sneaky grin.] I want to be with you. I think it's addicting. Just being in your presence I feel more alive. I just wish I knew better how to share that back, eh?
You ever smoke? It's like breathing in the taste of that, just the calming high, eh? Mah... or perhaps it's different for phoenixes. Fire and all.
If my devil fruit ever gives me an alternate life, I think I want to spend it by your side. Driving you crazy every second of every day until you're sick of me, even then, the minute you realized you liked having me around, I'd come back and never leave again.