[He concedes it mischievously, breathy against her mouth. He's making light of it, too, to show that he doesn't hold any of it against her. Crushed as he'd been at the time, it was the past. It was done. The bleak ending they could have had didn't happen, and now, things have turned out very differently, like that possibility had just been a bad dream.
He teases at the hem of her clothes, as if he wants to slip his wandering hands under, explore her further. Still, he's wondering if he should take things slow, a little at a time, not knowing how much will be too much too quickly for her. On this, as he imagines will be the case for many things, he'll follow Hayame's lead on her boundaries.]
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[He concedes it mischievously, breathy against her mouth. He's making light of it, too, to show that he doesn't hold any of it against her. Crushed as he'd been at the time, it was the past. It was done. The bleak ending they could have had didn't happen, and now, things have turned out very differently, like that possibility had just been a bad dream.
He teases at the hem of her clothes, as if he wants to slip his wandering hands under, explore her further. Still, he's wondering if he should take things slow, a little at a time, not knowing how much will be too much too quickly for her. On this, as he imagines will be the case for many things, he'll follow Hayame's lead on her boundaries.]