[Ryou nods to the first statement, because yes. He has been trying to tell Atem that he needs to breathe. If you overthink your moves, plan so far out ahead and try to regiment your entire experience...you forget to pick up what you've lost.
Then...whatever you were trying to do goes to waste.
Ah, but before he can verbalize that, he's rendered silent by three little words that get his heart beating faster, make his face heat up something awful. He doesn't know how to respond to that, at all...
Then he doesn't have to because they're kissing, and the only important thing was to curl his fingers against Atem's scalp, not hard enough to scratch but just to have something grounding him there.
Once they part, and Atem says it again, Ryou lets out a soft little heh, his ears twitching a little.]
I...I love you too.
[It feels so nice to say it. He's put his whole soul into this, without even realizing. He can feel the snakes wriggling between his fingers, but it takes him a moment to refocus. It's only when some of the yellow snakes slip into his line of sight that the affectionate look on his face seems to shift.]
It's time to get you out of this, once and for all, now.
[He pushes upward, helping the remaining hairsnakes free themselves. But even as he works, he can't stop himself from leaning in again, for another quick kiss.]
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Then...whatever you were trying to do goes to waste.
Ah, but before he can verbalize that, he's rendered silent by three little words that get his heart beating faster, make his face heat up something awful. He doesn't know how to respond to that, at all...
Then he doesn't have to because they're kissing, and the only important thing was to curl his fingers against Atem's scalp, not hard enough to scratch but just to have something grounding him there.
Once they part, and Atem says it again, Ryou lets out a soft little heh, his ears twitching a little.]
I...I love you too.
[It feels so nice to say it. He's put his whole soul into this, without even realizing. He can feel the snakes wriggling between his fingers, but it takes him a moment to refocus. It's only when some of the yellow snakes slip into his line of sight that the affectionate look on his face seems to shift.]
It's time to get you out of this, once and for all, now.
[He pushes upward, helping the remaining hairsnakes free themselves. But even as he works, he can't stop himself from leaning in again, for another quick kiss.]