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That was all Alex needed to hear. He tossed the flowers in his hand to the side, scattering them across the clean and nearly glitter free floor. Alex didn't need to take a step forward, he just needed to bend down and press his lips against Yin's before the other boil could say or do anything or even change his mind, his hands going to each side of Yin's face to hold him in place. It was a long kiss, and a passionate one, and belatedly he had to remember that while he didn't need to breathe, Yin probably did.

Bam.

Done.

Alex couldn't believe his undead ears. Here, now? It was like a dream come true! Suddenly it seemed like the distance between them was just too much, and he took his own half step forward, reaching down to wrap his arms around Yin and lift him off of the ground, tilting his head down towards his and giving him the best most dramatic fairy tale ending kiss he could possibly muster, a chorus of music dancing through his mind with words like 'be a man, kiss the girl, love and beauty'

It was absolutely the best kiss either of them would ever have. Ever.

Apparently Alex's brain was working just fine, as Yin confirmed that he did indeed mean later that night. Not later that week, that month, or even that year. Not later when they were both graduated from school. No, he said...he said...

Alex was losing focus fast, his head swimming from the notion. Yes, a couple of nights ago he had gone for it, had tried to kiss Yin and had failed miserably. Was it just that he had needed to ask first, to prepare the other boil for what was to come? This really just seemed too good to be true, especially coming on the heels of everything they had just talked about, and when Alex had only moments before been actually considering----

No, he wasn't even going to go there. That thought was gone, abolished from his mind and never allowed to return. How could he possibly think that leaving Yin would ever be for the best? Everything the other boil had done up to this point was done to make Alex happy. It was so completely and utterly unselfish, and was one reason of many that had made the zomboil fall so hard for this boil. He loved him, and that meant that he should fight for them, fight to make this work, even if it wasn't always ideal for him. It was about the two of them, not just himself. They were in this together, and Alex had made a commitment when he had accepted Yin's badge, one that he could not and would not break.

As hard as it was for Alex to focus, it somehow became even harder when Yin continued, taking a step closer to Alex and tilting his head up towards him. H--here? Now?? How had this come about so quickly? Wait, well..it had been months really but still! Yin had managed to top his first unexpected statement with this new one, and Alex was in very real danger of falling over.

Giving himself a couple of mental slaps, he suddenly realized that he was just staring down at Yin, dumbly, probably looking like a complete idiot. He blinked a couple of times, the breath that he had been holding, the one that he would have perhaps used to speak, hissing out of him before he inhaled again, slowly, steadily, in an attempt to calm down the jumble of nerves that were suddenly tangled up inside of him.

First he had to do something about the flowers in his hand, so he took a moment to bend down and place them gently on the floor next to their feet, before standing up straight again, pale gaze landing on Yin's face, studying it, trailing down from green eyes to the curve of his lips. Yin said they could attempt to kiss now, and that meant that he was ready, right? They were both ready, and Alex had been waiting for this for so long.

He didn't want to wait anymore.

In movements much like the ones he had made the night after prom had ended, he reached out to slide his hands up onto Yin's shoulders. He hadn't spoken yet because he didn't know what to say, and now he almost felt like maybe he should say something, like this was a big moment, and it was supposed to be special, and maybe if he said something first, that would make it more special.

But what could he say that hadn't already been said? There was nothing that he could think of. And maybe it just didn't matter. Yin already knew how Alex felt, and that should have been enough.

As Alex finally leaned down towards Yin to get rid of that distance between them, the world around them seemed to shrink down into nothingness. It was just the two of them now, and while if Alex's heart could beat it would surely be beating out of his chest by now, he felt as though it was time to do this.

He moved his face so that as he leaned down it was next to Yin's, cheek brushing against the side of the weremantis's face as he whispered in the other boils ear, his voice low, quiet, and slightly strained. "Do not move." Probably the least romantic words known in the history of first kisses, but Alex knew he could sometimes have...odd instincts take over in highly stressful situations. The last thing he needed was for Yin to try and bolt and for him to do something stupid like bite him. That just wouldn't do at all.

As he pulled his face away from Yin's ear, turning it so that his mouth was hovering just above Yin's, it was his lips that brushed against the weremantis's cheek this time, the warmth that his skin provided sending a shiver down along Alex's spine. This was it, this was actually happening, right now. With no more hesitation, he closed that list bit of distance between them, cool lips gently pressing against the much warmer that of Yin's, not too hard or invasive, but not so soft as to go almost unnoticed. It might have gone on a little longer then what might have been considered appropriate, because as the zomboil had feared, once he started, he really didn't want to stop. Warmth was flooding through him, and a feeling of love and happiness, and it was just too sweet for him to ever want it to end. But it had to end, and eventually, Alex's common sense prevailed and he finally pulled away.

Part of the reason Alex hadn't wanted it to end, beyond the fact that to him, it felt amazing to be able to finally do, was that he was a little bit afraid. Scared that Yin wouldn't have liked it, afraid that if anything was going to make the other boil decide that he really did not wish to have a boilfriend after all, this would be it. Afraid because while this may not have been his first kiss, it was definitely the most important one he'd had, and he hoped he hadn't pushed the boundaries too hard, hoped he hadn't kept it going too long or any other number of things that he might have done wrong.

So as he pulled away, his eyes were still closed for a time, the phantom sensation of Yin's lips against his still there, urging him to do it again, only maybe with a little more force...but no, one kiss, that's all he was supposed to do. He could be a good boil and stop with that one. Slowly, his eyes fluttered back open, and his hands slid off of Yin's shoulders. Frankly he was surprised that Yin hadn't pulled away the second it was over.

"That was nice. Really nice." He breathed out, eyes finally landing on Yin, worried about what he might see there. Disgust, anger, loathing..any number of things that Alexander didn't think he could bare to see, but he had to look, had to make sure that this hadn't changed things.

What he saw was..well, nothing really. Yin didn't actually appear to be phased at all, and that was rather surprising. Suddenly Alexander felt a little bit panicked, though it didn't appear to be born from any logical thought. "W--was it..okay? For you?" Was kissing Yin always going to be this stressful?

More importantly, was he ever going to get to do it again and find out?

Part of him was a little disappointed with Yin's analysis, while the other part of him was just incredibly relieved that it hadn't been absolutely horrible for him. Because Yin would tell him the truth, right? He wouldn't have just said that it was okay when in all reality he never wanted to do it again. Still, he couldn't help himself.

"Just okay?" He said, a little teasingly, a part of his brain still demanding to know why he had stopped and telling him to kiss Yin again. That was a little irritating, and he tried to ignore it, hoping that at some point whatever part of him kept wanting more was going to be satisfied.

And now things were starting to feel awkward again, as the two of them just stood there, not talking. Well, Yin had opened up to him, in a sense, after Alex had said that maybe they just needed to let each other know what the other was feeling, so perhaps he should do the same? Still, putting into practice his own suggestions was quite a bit harder then he expected, and he found himself wishing to make a hasty retreat. He decided to ease his way into it.

"I really appreciate what you did, you know. With the minipets and the flowers and everything. But...I don't actually need any more pets now, so if you don't mind not getting me any more. I mean, the ones you got me are fine, I like them, but I just can't handle more then I already have." He didn't bother saying anything about the flowers. Really, he had absolutely no use for them, but the thought behind them was still nice. He could give Yin credit for that at least.

Now on to the harder part.

"I'm...I'm really sorry if I seem to be more pushy about..things..then I used to be. I know I told you I was fine with waiting for however long you needed, and that I could be patient. I just..I don't know what changed. When I'm with you sometimes I just..." He made some kind of exasperated hand gesture, not at all able to explain what he was feeling without embarrassing himself further and possibly scaring Yin away completely.

"But thank you...so much..for letting me kiss you." He finally mumbled, getting to the point it seemed. "I did really like it, and uhm...I wouldn't mind doing it again sometime?"

It would almost be funny if it wasn't so pathetic.

Just okay. Hm. He was going to have to work on that, then. New goal: Make Yin enjoy kissing as much as Alex did. His face suddenly broke out into a grin, one that surely hid his less then pure intentions.

He was happy that Yin wasn't upset over the minipets thing. Really, if Alex hadn't already had so many of them, he probably would have been thrilled that Yin was gifting him more. He, of course, had no idea that the weremantis was just going out and capturing them in the wild. He hadn't even spent more then two minutes trying to interact with the new pets and didn't even know if they were friendly yet.

He was also relieved that Yin wasn't too bothered by the...strange feelings...he had been having lately. Urges to do more then just cuddling and hand holding, even though he would still be more then happy with those things as well. In fact, just thinking about it made him reach forward and slide his hand into Yin's, giving him a gentle squeeze. "I'm glad you're so understanding." Another soft smile, a special smile, before continuing on, "I really do think you're way too good for me, sometimes." It was the truth. He felt like Yin put up with so much from him.

As for the last bit, Alex's spirits sank. A new location? Really? And Alex wasn't so slow on the uptake to see what Yin was doing. His eyes narrowed at the boil, but the smile remained. "Well then, Yǐn Cáng maybe you should come over to my room sometime soon, and perhaps we can find out." Would Alex actually clean his room, the one thing that he had refused to do since this relationship began, just to get another kiss?

Absolutely he would.

But still, the zomboil was not about to give up that easily.

"And If it's a new location you'd like to try, we can always see if it's any different in bed" Oh ya, he totally went there. Alex was feeling slightly more emboldened, it seemed.

But joking(?) aside, Alex couldn't help but glance down at the poor mistreated and under cared for flowers that were just lying down on the floor. "Hey I don't suppose you have something I could actually put those in, do you? I uh, didn't have anything in my room, which is sort of why I brought them with me."

Oh..Yin sounded unhappy. He wasn't exactly sure what he had done to cause it, as it came so soon after sliding his hand into Yin's, but also it being after he had said that Yin was too good for him. He hoped that it was related more to the latter, but he still let go of Yin's hand, and let his arm fall back down to his side, feeling slightly dejected, but not enough to make him stop smiling, because he was still happy with how the evening had turned out in the end, but somewhere inside of him he cringed at having so easily upset the other boil. It had been completely unintentional.

"You made the suggestion that location might be different, I was just suggesting the location." He shrugged, then added on. "Don't worry about it, I was just kidding anyways." Mostly just kidding. He had told Yin he wanted another kiss, but apparently the weremantis wasn't getting that it wasn't supposed to be something that you just got every once in a while, that there was really no quota to fill, that it was supposed to be for the couple's enjoyment to be done whenever they felt like it. But to push Yin about it any further risked causing problems that might sour the evening, so he decided to just let it drop, and be happy with what he had gotten. No more kisses, no more talking about kisses, no matter how much he felt like he needed another one.

"We need a vase..or just a glass even, with water in it. Otherwise they're just going to keep wilting." Yes, a subject change seemed necessary. Focus on the poor flowers that had been torn out of the ground and placed on the floor in a location that was much too cold for them, then brought into a much warmer climate. They were really beginning to look quite pathetic, and well beyond saving. "I'll just put them in the sink, I guess. No dirt needed." He stooped down to pick them up off of the floor and shuffled over towards the sink to do just that.

"Did you have any plans for tonight? Anything you really wanted to do?" Alex just wanted to go to bed, and read, and relax. Too many days in a row without getting to do that.