She is rather too busy with her own relief to notice! Also, she seems to think this is an occasion for more hugs. 

This is definitely an occasion for more hugs. He pulls his legs up onto the bed, angles his whole body for maximum hug. 

Yes, good. Fayna is on board with this plan. She adjusts her body to match Asashani’s until she is pretty confident that she’s reached Maximum Hug. It’s very comforting! It hasn’t caused her to forget that the current plan is probably going to end up being a bad decision for her in the future, but it definitely means she doesn’t particularly care. Hugs: so good. 

He should. Probably address the fact that they are on Fayna's bed. He has that rule about dating purples but it's whatever, he's done some less-than-ideal things for the sake of the bed he did them in. 

"I am super down to just cuddle with you all night," he says, very quietly into Fayna's shoulder, "but usually when I get taken home people want more than that and I'm okay with that too?" 

...Right. Yes. 

Okay. Smile, Fayna, you’ve got this. “I’m happy with whatever you want to do,” and then—tentatively, slowly—she leans over to kiss him. 

Okay. Kissing. He can do kissing. He can like kissing, even, Fayna is — soft. 

He doesn't move them further. It's almost more like cuddling-but-more-so than like kissing in the way he usually does. 

Okay. Good. She can do kissing just fine, too. This is definitely doable. Asashani is pretty and a good hugger and purple. It’s... really nice, actually, as long as she remembers to take deep breaths. Reminds her more of her first boyfriend than anything.

That said, if Sasha’s not moving them further, she’s definitely not going to be the one to do it. 

Yeah he's not. 

(you know he's on our side though he was always good to me we'll handle it internally why don't you just keep quiet —)

He keeps careful track of Fayna's reactions — if this is going to be long-standing he needs to be good — 

She's reacting pretty happily to the kisses but she also seems to have no real interest in escalating past that! She also seems to be paying pretty careful attention to what is making him happy, though she's not as astute about it as he is.

Alright! Just kissing, that's really nice actually. 

It is!

...Eventually she is going to take a break from all the kissing. “Do you want—more, less, just more of this...?”

"This is nice," he says quietly. If he looks past the hair — and the accent — and the — "...you're soft." 

“...Thank you. That’s a really nice compliment, actually.” She rests her head on him, leaning just a little. “You’re good at that stuff.”

He puts an arm around her shoulders, puts a hand on her

(purple 

purple 

purple)

hair. "Thank you." 

“Mhm.” —oh, right, Asashani had said more of this. Back to kissing it is. He’s warm and pretty and good with words, it’s not exactly a great hardship. She tangles her fingers in his hair just enough to pull it back just a little, out of his face, so she doesn’t have to worry about freaking out over any stray bits that aren’t purple. 

"You can pull if you want," he murmurs into Fayna's mouth. His eyes are closed.