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He shouldn't have pulled his head back if he was going to grin that hard, because she had a full, wide eyed view. It was her first time seeing him grin, and only her second time seeing anything close to a smile. But this time - this time, he caught her with it like a trap, and she couldn't move.

Oh, yes she could.

Her hand was in her pocket before she could think, flipping the phone open, pressing the picture icon, and just before he came in to kiss the corner of her mouth -

Snap.

She had the sound off. He might not have even noticed it. But this time, she was the one grinning. The phone was settled back down as quickly as possible, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, glowing with pride.

"No, you're already doing enough." She reminded him. "By eliciting these feelings out of me. Like a thief." Her fingers batted playfully with the back of his hair. "The only thing I need, now, is." Sarcasm fled her voice. "Well, is a hand up if I fall, I guess."

Damn, he caught himself being corny before she could make fun of him for it. She liked the request, however, because she knew exactly how to flush the corny right out of him, for the rest of the night. It hadn't been her plan, but plans change.

A lesson she'd learned the hard way, with him.

She shifted so she could sit flush against him, instead of side saddle, and caught his chin in her hand to lift his head up to meet hers. "Yes, dear." Despite the heavy levels of sarcastic amusement in using a phrase like that, she still smiled like they were sharing some deep, private secret.

Then she kissed him, and let her weight lean heavy against him to bring him down. All those secrets (along with everything else on her mind) faded quickly away. If there was one thing Maebe knew she was still good at, it was making Otto shut up.