It was about time. She and Sitri had been kind of together for a while now. She still said 'kind of' because they hadn't made it official. Neither of them had said it out loud that they were together. It was just kind of... assumed? Despite having not said it, Dusk had begun feeling terribly lonely at night. It was about the only time that she was ever alone. The Carpathian princess didn't like the feeling, so she was intent on changing the situation.

"Come on," she looked over her shoulder, talking to the red marked brute as they made their way up the stairs. Of course he knew where they were going. He'd been in her room often enough. Sitri wouldn't know why they were going there this time, however. Dusk had kept it a secret. Would he be surprised? Delighted? Or would he turn her down for some reason?

Pushing open the door with one paw, Dusk led Sitri inside. She waited until he followed her in before shutting it softly behind them and then... locking it. She stayed leaning against the door, a bit of her former shyness creeping in once more. Upon the bed were two giant pillows versus the one that had been there prior. She'd also had a second armor rack and chest moved into the room. She'd also had a second perch set up for his hawk and another bed placed in the adjoining room for his leopard companion. Dusk had thought it all through. All she needed now was for Sitri to say yes.

"I... thought that you might want to move into my room with me," the midnight fae spoke softly. "We're already together so often that we might as well share the same space, right?" Lynx-tipped ears tilted backwards as she hesitated. "What do you think?" Ugh, why was she so shy?!

"Dusk & Sitri"

It had become a constant part of his routine to spend the bulk of his time with Dusk and without them ever really saying it out loud they had slowly become the relationship he had been hoping for. He didn't question or hesitate when Dusk told him to follow and she began to lead him up the stairs of the castle to her room. It was far from the first time he had been in the space and he was always content to just be wherever Dusk wanted to be. After all, she was one of the motivations for why he had sought out the Hallows and why he had stayed here. With his family scattered to the wind Dusk had quickly become his world.

Stepping into her room, he immediately noticed a few new additions to the space. Her room had been the same the entire time he had known her so the addition of a new armor rack, another pillow on the bed, and a perch and bed on the far side of the room stood out easily. He looked at them curiously and as he turned around to ask her about them he saw her closing and locking the door behind them. He raised a brow and tipped his head slightly to the side with a silent question, wondering to himself what was going on. Their relationship had been a slow, gradual burn, but Dusk had opened up so much in the time that he had known her and he was a little surprised to see that adorable nervousness she had back before they shared their first kiss coming back to the surface.

Then Dusk presented her proposition for him that probably should have been obvious to him with all of the new additions to her space–she wanted him to move in with her. He was sure the surprise was clear on his face, but it quickly shifted to a delighted grin as he stepped toward her to close the short distance between them. If there had been any doubt in his mind that they were truly in a relationship this certainly proved those doubts wrong. "I would love to," he assured her as he lifted a paw to her cheek, guiding her muzzle to his as he kissed her as if to seal the deal. He lingered there for a moment and when he did finally pull away from her lips he met her gaze again with another grin. "I can't think of anything better than falling asleep and waking up next to you every day."

"Dusk & Sitri"

Aaaand cue internal screaming!

Every time Sitri looked at her, Dusk's heart thumped a little harder in its rib cage prison. Knowing that this was the next step in their relationship, well... that made it thump even harder. Gods... what if he rejected her? What if she was moving too fast and he wanted his own space? That familiar self doubt starting biting at the back of her mind and Dusks pace quickened.

Just as she began to look away, heat filling her cheeks, Sitri's paw came up to gently take hold of her chin. He directed her gaze back to his own and claimed her lips in a soft kiss seconds later. Fiery eyes closed and the dark lady melted into the kiss. The red brute calmed her simply by being himself. After the moments that they shared together, she really should trust herself more around him. Her idiot brain was doing Sitri a disservice.

Sitri spoke and his words warmed her little heart. He wanted to be with her. Wanted to move in with her. A soft smile pulled across the obsidian woman's lips and she moved forward to lean against Sitri, placing her cheek against his shoulder. "I'm trying..." she began softly, "to not doubt myself so much." Surely he would know what she was talking about. It was terribly obvious just how awkward she was when it came to this girly shit. "Thank you for being patient with me. I'm just... not very good at being a girl." She chuckled lightly, giving him a squeeze before pulling back and searching his face. "So I guess... this makes us official?" She gave her head a little tilt, questioning him and looking for confirmation.

"Dusk & Sitri"