"Okay," says Brilliance, and he goes back to treating Bella like she is all-over ice cream.
Bella wriggles and laughs and reaches out to touch whatever bits of him come nearest her hands as they do so.
"I love you," he repeats with a sunny smile. "You're my favourite person and you give me all kinds of nice happy feelings. I like you, I love you."
"Okay, now I'm vaguely worried that you've got some kind of emotional dependence on me that I should be worrying about, like, am I taking advantage of you?"
"I dunno, maybe there's millions of people out there who're more awesome than you, it's a big universe, but you're the one I've actually met, so you're the one I've got feelings about. I don't think you're taking advantage of me. I think we're making out because we like each other and it's fun. You do like me, right?"
Mmmmmcuddlycuddly he is finding it hard to understand why humans do things other than eat and touch each other.
At some point their stated plan will involve removing their pants, too, but Bella's not in a hurry. Snuggles and petting and kisses.
Snuggles and petting and kisses! Bella is totally made of ice cream and you are never going to convince him of anything different.
Well, no. And Bella does not taste like ice cream. It's just that she is equally enjoyable to put his mouth on.
Does Bella like nibbles? Brilliance would like to find out through empirical testing!