This treatment elicits giggling. Appreciative giggling.

"Fair's fair," she says lightly, "no clothes for you either."

"If you insist," he says playfully, and he dissolves everything he's wearing into the air and then kisses her again.

She's briefly distracted by kisses.

"Cheater," she mumbles fondly.

"Of course," he agrees. "And proudly so."

And then more kisses. Kissing her is just so immensely rewarding.

So very, very rewarding.

"Could you have done that to mine?" she wonders, when she has the chance to say anything. Minutes later.

"I could have, but I preferred the slow way." He runs a hand down her back in demonstration of why.

She shivers and briefly has trouble forming words.

".... f-fair enough."

He smiles softly, and kisses her, and—

Well. He puts considerable effort and attention into making sure that she has a very positive experience indeed.

So positive. The most positive. She's very appreciative. At one point she has the foresight to check to make sure that the room's soundproofed. It is. This turns out to be useful.

And then he has an exhausted and happy Lady Rivethira, who seems like she might rather chew off her own arm over disentangling from snuggles with Serik.

Mmmmm. So cozy.

"This was such a good idea," he murmurs, idly petting her hair.

She hums agreement, leaning into the hand petting her hair but otherwise declining to move at all.

"And just think," she mumbles hazily, "there's like, a whole category of things we didn't touch."

"Oh, believe me, I am certainly thinking about that."

Snuggle.

She giggles a little.

"Of course you are."

"Mm."

Snuggle.

"I think I'm in love with you."

It takes a few seconds for that sentence to register in her slightly sluggish brain.

She blinks. She decides that she guesses she can move. A little. To nuzzle him.

"What, was I that impressive?" she teases, because she has like three working neurons right now and can't think of anything else to say.

He laughs.

"No, I was pretty sure of it before, I just - wasn't sure how to say it, and we were otherwise occupied."

Giggle.

"Well, thanks - I - hope you're not upset if I can only just say that I like you a lot? I've never... I don't know how I'd recognize being in love. I suppose it's not obvious until you're in love?"

"Not upset at all." Snuggle. "I'm glad that you like me a lot; I don't need any more than that."

A contemplative pause, and he adds, "Honestly it wasn't all that obvious even once I was - there was definitely an interval where I was saying things like 'I appreciate you very much' which, in retrospect, meant something else."

"That's adorable." Tired, affectionate nuzzle.

He laughs and kisses her forehead.

She makes a quiet happy noise.

"What got you out of that interval?" she wonders, vaguely.

"Mm... I had the feeling often enough to recognize that it was something new."

"Aww." Nuzzle. "That's sweet."

The minute she stops talking she is probably going to fall asleep.

Sleepy Rivethira is adorable. And very cozy.

Aaaaand there she goes, she's out.