Eeeeels, honey

As they reached the shoreline, Sitri looked around at the stretch of beach with a little smile. He had missed the beach when Ashen moved away from the islands they had once called home to instead move to the lush ravine and the stretch of red rocks. It was nice living so close to the ocean again. Dusk took a seat on the sand so he followed suit, sitting back on his haunches beside her. He glanced toward her, but noticed how she was looking out over the ocean so he did the same. He probably would have been happy just sitting like this with her for a while, but soon enough Dusk spoke, drawing his attention away from the view to look down toward her instead.

There was a pause after just his name, making him raise a curious brow while she fixed her gaze down at the sand. He knew they were both hovering somewhere in this sort of awkwardness, but he still worried for a moment that she was suddenly going to break it to him that her kiss in the infirmary had been a mistake or that she was betrothed to someone else or something equally as dramatic. He had an active imagination and in the span of moments he had a knot of dread in the pit of his stomach as he waited for what she was going to tell him.

In the end, it was nothing as dramatic as he expected and every bit as adorable and awkward as he could have hoped. A little smirk tugged at his lips as she admitted how she was happy he was here, citing how good of a friend he had been and that she appreciated him. Maybe it was just his hopeful, fanciful thinking, but he really hoped that wasn't all there was. He hoped he wasn't being relegated to just being a "good friend". There was a heartbeat of debate before he finally decided that there was only one way to find out. If he guessed wrong he could be ruining his life here in The Hallows before it had ever really started, but that was a risk he was willing to take.

He brought a paw up to her cheek and turned her head to face him just as he tipped his head down so just as she was looking up at his lips were meeting hers. Just like that first surprise kiss in the infirmary, his stomach did summersaults and flips and all of those crazy feeling things. His lavender and blue eyes closed for a moment as he gave her a slow, lingering kiss for a few moments before he finally pulled away gently, blinking open his eyes to look down at her with a goofy grin. "I appreciate you too," he said with a chuckle, letting his paw fall away from her cheek.

"Sitri Klein-Destruction"