[Ryou can feel the shift in gravity as he's pushed back, and he's definitely surprised about it. He didn't expect Atem to call his bluff like that, and it's not terrible! But it is a little, uh. Exciting? He refrains from thinking too hard about unfortunate snake anatomy making this weird because as long as they don't get too involved, it'll be okay!

...Yes. Even when he's basically put in a request to be canoodled with, he's still going to worry about Atem's comfort. This is his life. This is how he operates.

Ryou smiles, though the way he does so edges on a smirk, because he can see the snakes reaching, but they're not even remotely the biggest thing on his mind. No, that's reserved for the coils slowly working their way around his legs, the hand at the back of his neck...basically any other contact.]

Atem...come on. You asked me to date you through a Ouija Board. I spent a week moisturizing you. If I minded anything about the situation, I probably would have said something about the humidity...or your grumpiness. Not your snake half.

[He reaches up, runs a thumb over Atem's cheek, and then curls his too-long fingers around the back of his head. He doesn't mind putting his fingers in Snaketown, but he does kind of miss Atem's normal hair sometimes.]

I love you. All of you.

[And he means that so sincerely and without innuendo that it's probably depressing, if saccharine.]