She likes it fine! As demonstrated by the hint of a smile into the kiss and the way she scootches closer to him.

(Also, he's being so sweet. It's adorable.)

Hmm!

There are other places he can nibble. The side of her neck, for example. And he can nibble a little harder, too. If the point of the experiment is to find out what she likes, then it's a good idea to try a lot of variations.

Nibbling: a good idea.

From that quiet sound, it can be extrapolated that nibbling a little harder is a thing that she supports.

Well then. He can try nibbling harder than that! And biting, not hard enough to draw blood or even leave much of a bruise but definitely hard enough to hurt.

"Ah!"

She tangles her fingers in his hair and breathes, ".... I think that's one on the list of things I like."

"I love you," he says, grinning delightedly. And he bites her again, harder.

Whimper.

"And now," she giggles, "my banter with you can include 'bite me.'"

Giggle.

"You're such a treasure."

Snuggle, nuzzle... bite.

"Yes, I kn-" Eep! Giggle, squirm.

"Oh, it's more fun when you surprise me," she laughs.

"Good to know!"

He kisses her again.

Mmm, yes, kisses.

(.... He's clearly distracting her, and the anticipation for when he'll switch makes it fun. Well. This is educational.)

Kisses. Lovely snuggly affectionate kisses.

—he bites her lip.

This earns him a delighted giggle!

She is much more comfortable with him now. For example: she was put out by his cheating ways with his disappearing clothes act. So clearly the thing to do is to be ahead of the game, and start gently edging them off him now.

He cooperates in this endeavour! Without disappearing anything!

Good.

Is he also willing to cooperate with her getting her own clothes off? Because she remembers what it felt like when he did it last time, and she'd like him to do that again.

Sounds like fun.

That's the plan!

And now with that handled, back to the important task of kissing him.

Kisses! Lovely cozy affectionate kisses. With her in his lap.

He makes a guess that she will like it if he surprises her with fingernails scratching down her back. He tests this guess.

He is so very correct about that guess.

"Serik," she gasps when she can manage to form words again, breathless and delighted.

He grins.

"I love you," he says, and he kisses her again, somewhat more emphatically.

Yes, emphatic kisses, those are definitely things that can and should happen.

She's so beautiful.

Perhaps that's enough methodical experimentation for now. Time to put their new knowledge into practice.

The methodical experimentation served its purpose for tonight. Its wonderful, wonderful purpose.

"I think I like the teethmarks," observes Rivethira, head pillowed on Serik's shoulder. "Probably not where anyone could see them - I do not want to have to explain any to Iri - but underneath my clothes they're very... I don't know, I like them."

He kisses her forehead. "I love you. I'll give you as many teethmarks as you want."

Giggle.

"Thank you for your generosity," she says dryly, smiling.