Almost two weeks pass. Sadde still has work, even if school's out, but they and Theo hang out a bit more. No new cards appear, and Kero seems to not think that strange, so Sadde themself doesn't care. And one day Theo gets a text in the morning: Happy birthday!
Well, Sadde can already feel them in action here, along with another part of Theo's. Why, was there some other obvious elaboration?
Nope, he just wanted to make sure! He does agree that those hands are pretty great. His nonverbal reactions are pretty clear on that. He squeezes Theo with both arms, burying his face in his neck and squinting his eyes. "Oh, fuck, Theo—"
In response to that, Theo puts one hand on Sadde's back, and: more nails. Then, it turns out they have yet another thing in common! What is this now, three things?
It's a good thing they're in the shower. Also, hugging and neck nuzzling: so great.
So great! Sadde mumbles incoherently into Theo's skin, and bites it very softly before kissing it.
Theo responds with nails again, with the extra addition of running his lips over more of Sadde's skin. Mmm.
Best. Boyfriend. Ever.
And then Sadde's stomach grumbles. "We should probably get on with it," he says, resting his chin on Theo's shoulder.
"Yeah, we probably should," Theo responds, and starts washing himself down. And, of course, helps to wash Sadde down.
"Of course," he laughs. "Well, let's get to it, anyway."
And they do, and are all cleaned up.
And out of the shower, and towelling off.
Then into clothes. Reminding him... "We should probably stop by your place on the way back to get you a new set of clothes."
"That's probably a good idea. Uh, I'm nowhere near as ridiculously rich as you, for the record."
"Just, you know. My place isn't as pretty as yours and such," he says as they make their way.
...
"Okay. That's still fine, though," he says, a bit confused.
He grabs some food for both himself and Sadde when they get down to the kitchen, eats some, then quickly goes and cleans his teeth.
And eventually they arrive! It is a small place. It is a small apartment in a dingy apartment building, and Sadde walks in and the first thing he does is brush his teeth.
It has a living room and one bathroom and two bedrooms and a kitchenette and everything's pretty small. There's no TV.
Oh, that's sad. He'll just have to get Sadde to come watch a few films some time.
He goes back over to Sadde.
Well, Theo is definitely not complaining. Despite his lack of experience with them, he concludes that strip teases are fun.