[ Kasumi has to honestly wonder if Maya realizes how bold she sounds at this very moment. Maybe she took a few pointers from the romance novels? In any case, she hums at length, and thoughtfully so. ]
[ Maya can be... pretty blunt sometimes. It's never quite worked out for her like this before. ]
Oh?
I was also wanting to be close to you.
[ she takes a few steps closer, and despite however bold she may seem, her cheeks are blazing. She reaches out to take one of Kasumi's hands in her own, twining their fingers together. She wonders of the thief can hear the way her heart is pounding in hear ears. ] And I was also wondering how you felt about helping me broaden my horizons.
[ oh my god Maya you can't just say things like that
Just kidding, you totally can. Kasumi isn't typically one to blush, but she does, on occasion... like at this very moment, (although it's hard to tell). There are about a million things running through her head when Maya takes her hand--like whether or not this means what she thinks it means, whether she's really ready to be with someone again in any sort of capacity, what if the anyone who's looking for the data in her and Keiji's grayboxes find out about Maya and--and what if we don't win against the Reapers, and this is all doomed to failure in any case--
She snaps herself out of before long when she realizes--right now? She's alone with Maya who, again, is amazing, and she glances down at their hands, fingers laced together, and gives her hand a squeeze before she finally looks back up. ]
I think I can help with that...
[ Her free hand reaches up, skirting the edge of her hood again, but there's a slight hesitation. ]
[ It's when Kasumi feels Maya's lips pressed against hers that it hits, just how much she'd actually wanted this, although she kisses back with just about as much hesitation for reasons. ]
She doesn't want to put her hands anywhere near Kasumi's hood- she'll let Kasumi make that call, if she wants to- so she wraps her arms around the thief's waist, tugging her closer. ]
[ ... On the one hand, Kasumi thinks that's endearingly adorable, but on the other... She doesn't know how to respond to that.
She's spent so much time resigned to the fact that there would never be another after Keiji, that probably, the galaxy would end before anything like that would happen. So she's at a loss, but at the same time, it's nice, having someone you want to be with even amidst the galaxy's impending doom. ]
I guess there isn't really something that's "supposed" to happen. We just see where it takes us.
Say, maybe we... Stick together, when we can.
[ a beat. ]
But if you're talking about right here and right now? Well...
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Is that so?
Well, that makes two of us.
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Oh?
I was also wanting to be close to you.
[ she takes a few steps closer, and despite however bold she may seem, her cheeks are blazing. She reaches out to take one of Kasumi's hands in her own, twining their fingers together. She wonders of the thief can hear the way her heart is pounding in hear ears. ] And I was also wondering how you felt about helping me broaden my horizons.
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Just kidding, you totally can. Kasumi isn't typically one to blush, but she does, on occasion... like at this very moment, (although it's hard to tell). There are about a million things running through her head when Maya takes her hand--like whether or not this means what she thinks it means, whether she's really ready to be with someone again in any sort of capacity, what if the anyone who's looking for the data in her and Keiji's grayboxes find out about Maya and--and what if we don't win against the Reapers, and this is all doomed to failure in any case--
She snaps herself out of before long when she realizes--right now? She's alone with Maya who, again, is amazing, and she glances down at their hands, fingers laced together, and gives her hand a squeeze before she finally looks back up. ]
I think I can help with that...
[ Her free hand reaches up, skirting the edge of her hood again, but there's a slight hesitation. ]
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I was actually--- I was wondering if I could kiss you.
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How cute of you to ask, Maya.
[ She steps in, closing the gap between them. ]
You can, and you may.
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First kiss, awaaaay! ]
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Ah. Sorry. That's the first time I've ever... done that.
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There's nothing for you to apologize for. It was nice.
And you're adorable.
[ Soo hey she's going to lean up and kiss Maya again for that. ]
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She doesn't want to put her hands anywhere near Kasumi's hood- she'll let Kasumi make that call, if she wants to- so she wraps her arms around the thief's waist, tugging her closer. ]
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Which is all good to Kasumi, naturally, and she smiles against the kiss when she feels Maya's arms around her.
Although she can't resist but pull away soon after just to sneak in another cheeky comment. ]
This isn't kissing under the stars or in an enchanted forest or a castle like in those books, but I'd say this is just as good, yeah?
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This is much better than any book.
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... I really like you, you know?
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[ but her expression softens into something warm and fond ] I really like you, too.
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I'm touched.
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[ she presses another quick kiss on Maya's lips. ]
You're amazing.
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Speaking of... I uh. I don't know what's supposed to come after the kissing and the uh. The "I like you"s.
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She's spent so much time resigned to the fact that there would never be another after Keiji, that probably, the galaxy would end before anything like that would happen. So she's at a loss, but at the same time, it's nice, having someone you want to be with even amidst the galaxy's impending doom. ]
I guess there isn't really something that's "supposed" to happen. We just see where it takes us.
Say, maybe we... Stick together, when we can.
[ a beat. ]
But if you're talking about right here and right now? Well...
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... And sticking together.
[ and she quirks an eyebrow ] Do you have an idea about right now?
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I know you said you don't need to see my face, but I'm pretty sure you're going to have to at some point whether you like it or not.
[ though hey making out with the hood on can be a thing for sure ]
--Did you read that one novel I sent you? The one with the big, beefy guy without a shirt on and with long hair on the cover?
[ because that might also be an apt reference for 'what happens next.' ]
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[ And as for that second part... Maya just goes bright red ] I. Uh. Yes. Why?
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Oh, nothing. Just curious.
That would be something you would have to be ready for, of course. It's not my goal to make you feel uncomfortable.
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But if you wanted to... stay. For the night. I um. I wouldn't say no.
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I don't sleep with the hood on, by the way.
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