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[flamekthunder]

[Maybe.]

So it's not just the talking.

[starshower]

I don't know what it is... or maybe it's everything.

[No, it's definitely everything.

But please help your wife, Eustace......]

[flamekthunder]

[Okay, he will help his wife.]

Hm... Should we try this next?

[And he will push into the hearts enveloping her and suddenly kiss her firmly against her lips, tongue swiping over first her lower then upper before pushing in.

And that will definitely make a lot more red hearts appear to completely screen them.]

[starshower]

Huh—!?

[She barely gets to work through her confusion before he's pushing past this barrier of bubbles and pressing his lips to hers. He'll get the sweet taste of the cream and strawberries and her the tart apples as his tongue seeks her out. She can't help but keen quietly, a soft, pleased sound at finally getting a proper kiss. He makes it so easy to forget where they are in the moment, or that they are completely surrounded by bright red bubbles.

Bubbles that shine in Tifa's eyes when she blinks them open. Bubbles that are as red as her cheeks are.]

That...worked...

[Worked so well that she doesn't even notice them at first.]

[flamekthunder]

Hmm, as I thought.

[His voice is low against her lips, a low hum as he lets his teeth graze against her soft skin as his eyes catch hers.]

They turn red when you're feeling more lustful.

[Smirk.]

[starshower]

[Several of those bubbles pop, as if his words were the darts that shot right through them, and they explode into a burst of tiny red stars around them, like glitter that fades. And that's when she notices how they are utterly and completely surrounded in them, their table blocked off from the rest of the café. It's a good thing that she chose one near the back corner or else they'd have a lot more people staring than the giggling couple that sits at the one near them.

Not that she notices them, either. She's only just registering that all of the bubbles are red, and what they are for.]

You knew all this time!?

[She smacks a hand against his chest at that smirk.]

[flamekthunder]

[Just a small chuckle.]

Tifa, we've lived in this world for how many years? It's obvious they were reflecting your emotions, and even I know what red hearts tend to mean this time of year.

[starshower]

But—

[Now she's just blushing as her arms wrap around his shoulders, and she buries her face in his chest.]

Maybe it was different! And you don't exactly make it easy, you know!

[flamekthunder]

I didn't even do much of anything. You look over and immediately they turn red.

[starshower]

Yeah, that's... doing something.

[She mumbles under her breath before she lifts her gaze to him again, shy and timid, as if this were the first time they were ever this close.]

You don't have to do anything... [With her hands braced on his shoulders, she gives him a light shake, and her expression starts to crack into what is clearly a smile she's been trying to stifle.] And you know that! That's why you took advantage of the hearts!

[flamekthunder]

[Just a wolfish grin.]

Caught me.

[Even if she kept saying that from the start.]

But now, my dear wife, I wonder what you think of whenever you look at me.

[starshower]

[Maybe the hearts are a blessing... Whatever is happening behind their veil is probably far more embarrassing than them being there, as Tifa gazes up at him with round, sparking eyes.]

You don't wanna know.

[flamekthunder]

I don't?

[Just leans in closer with that mischievous smirk.]

Or...maybe I already know.

[starshower]

[She lifts a hand from his chest to caress his cheek, and then boop him on the nose.]

... Can you really blame me? Besides, like I said... you don't make it easy.

[A very pointed narrow of her eyes.]

If you'd quit staring at me like that...

[flamekthunder]

[He initially leans into her hand before she does that nose boop, his brows furrowing just at ouch before he grins and leans in closer.]

Staring at you like how?

[Said with his eyes intensely focused on hers like a wolf zeroing in on his rabbit.]

[starshower]

[She stares right back into his eyes, looking like the rabbit who had cornered herself.]

Like... you might be thinking about the same thing I am.

[Her hand shoves away some of those bubbles.]

That maybe we should finish our food before it gets cold.

[flamekthunder]

Maybe I'm just thinking how cute my little rabbit is.

[A smirk as he lets himself be pushed aside before picking up his coffee.]

[starshower]

Oh?

[She lets her eyes linger on him a little longer before she's picking up her tea, almost mirroring him with her own actions.]

Is the wolf feeling a little soft?

[flamekthunder]

And if I was?

[He's not.]

[starshower]

[...

...

She picks up her crepe quietly, dabs a bit of cream on her finger...

....

And smudges it on his cheek.]

You know, you don't have to pretend to be the hardened wolf with me. I won't judge you if you wanted to say yes.

[flamekthunder]

Perhaps it's more fun this way.

[Just a grin as he wipes the cream from his cheek and presses it back against her lips.]

Though... Not what I was thinking of.

[starshower]

Then?

[Tifa's eyes widen with surprise at the cool press of the cream on her lips, but she just lets her tongue flick out for a taste...

...

Yes. She's just going to leave it there, and flash him a smile.]

What is it?

[flamekthunder]

Hmm...

[Just a grin before he boops her nose with the remaining.]

Just that you're like a cute little rabbit trying to match a wolf.

[starshower]

Match?

[And she'll leave the cream on her nose, too, but her smile does grow wider.]

I think we're on pretty even ground, don't you? But there's one thing that you're forgetting about rabbits...

[flamekthunder]

What's that?