"It wasn't so hard: so long as the two of us were enjoying it together, it would be like us exploring something new, just as we said we would when we had the chance."

And there was the touching again, but Kaya could feel her heart beating in her throat a bit, and she was starting to let the facade of him just being a really nice friend fall. She would hold back if she had to, but the way this was happening, everything was just starting to fall into place.

Her skin felt a little hotter, and once he raised his eyes to her, she could feel the pull in his gaze, and her hands reached out, touching his hair. When the next words came out of his mouth, what he was saying exactly what she wanted to hear, there was no need for hesitation on her part. Her hands cupped his chin and pulled him toward her, taking his lips in hers, and pressing against him.