"Good."

Well then. That's. A thing.

"Okay," he says, grinning at her, too. He pulls the tent from the inside of his backpack—it actually consists of a long-ish metal tube that starts unfolding into a typical triangular tent as it touches the ground.

Ruava really does have a spectacular smile.

She does it's kinda ridiculous.

He is also pretty sure that—" You know, I find myself wanting to kiss you."

"Good idea," she says, and kisses him first.

Oh gods and heavens and stars yes okay good this is happening so much kiss.

So much kiss! So delighted! Better not think too hard about where she got all this practice!

...yeah shit okay he pulls away. "Erm."

"What?"

"Are you—sure you're okay? With this and. Erm. We just met and."

"I really like you and you're really cute and I want to save the world with you and - I don't really know what being okay is like but I'm pretty sure this is it."

"—okay, I guess that makes sense. Tell me to stop if you want me to stop, though, okay?"

"Okay."

"Okay."

Back to kissing?

Back to kissing!

Eeee! He is also very experienced at kissing, from less dubious sources!

He is not sure what to do with his hands so he will just keep them on her back, that's a safe place, right?

Sure, if he likes.

Ruava is not nearly so shy.

Well he's not shy he's just, you know, letting her dictate the pace. He can mimic her.

Oh good!

So maybe they could move all this kissing into the warm magical tent's bed?

Yes. Good plan.

Good! So tentwards they go, and they can do this horizontally. It is a quite comfortable magical bed, all things considered.

Comfortable magical beds are the best kind of magical beds, clearly.

There should be fewer clothes going on here. Also, Ruava is glowing faintly.

Should there? Kaede can take off his—" You seem to be glowing."

"Yeah."

It's a lovely shade of pale lavender, shading into violet. It fades a little when he calls attention to it.

"Light mages do that sometimes."