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She stood up so quickly Titus was fairly certain at first that she was going to bolt but instead Riyo had stuck around to drain the remainder of the bottle of booze before she agreed to do it.

Huh. That had been surprisingly easy. "Alright, great." He was then at a loss for what to do next. Was he supposed to give her something or how exactly did this work? He took a step toward the ghoul but his legs didn't want to work and he found himself suddenly staring up at the ceiling of the kitchen. Maybe it would be best to wait until he could function again to go onto step two.

"Rings?" Titus hummed as he thought, turning his head to look at Riyo since she was lying next to him on the floor. "Seems like a lot of trouble if you don't wear jewelry." He also wore gloves fairly often so a ring wasn't exactly functional.

Clumsily turning on his side to face Riyo, Titus propped up his head with his hand, elbow resting on the floor. "So what else goes on in these romance novels? Any other clues on what to do next?"

"I'm not exactly a high authority on romance novels." But the kissing and touching part didn't sound too bad, despite Riyo's follow up that it was silly. He continued to stare at the ghoul for a moment longer, his free hand reaching out to toy with a bit of her blonde hair.

"Is it silly?" He smiled almost charmingly which was odd considering his normal demeanor. "Is that something you would be against? Kissing...and touching?" Titus was feeling braver and it wasn't beyond reason that he was acting out of character as his free hand slipped away from Riyo's hair to touch her arm, slowly trailing up to her shoulder. "If its pretend why not go all out and pretend?"

Titus grinned, somehow managing to push himself smoothly from his position to roll over toward Riyo, his legs straddling her hips while his hands came to rest on either side of her shoulders to prop himself up. He stared down at the ghoul through half lidded eyes leaning down toward her. "]Anything you want."

He moved close enough to press a kiss to her lips, eyes closing as he drew his body closer. The heat was coming off her in waves and he wanted to absorb as much of it as possible.

The kiss grew deeper as Titus pressed closer making sure there was no room in between them. Riyo's body was so amazingly soft and warm and he thrived on the fact that he could feel her subtle movements underneath him. It never really occurred to him that this wasn't the time or place for this sort of thing. This sort of thing certainly wasn't the norm.

After a while Titus broke the kiss, pulling back just enough to catch his breath before he placed another kiss to the corner of her mouth, then to her cheek, and further down until he was at her neck. He was surprisingly gentle with his movements, paying careful attention to the area by her jugular. Her blood was rushing so hard and fast he could feel each beat of her heart with his lips.

"You're so warm." He whispered against her skin, arms relaxing as one hand slipped further down toward the hem of her shirt. A gloved hand eased under the material and he regretted having not taken off his gloves. Titus would have taken the time to do just that but it really didn't cross his mind. In fact, he was starting to feel drowsy.

The heat his own body was generating and the heat that Riyo was giving off was enough to lull him to sleep and in the middle of kissing her neck Riyo would suddenly find the full weight of the boil pressed against her, his hand semi up her shirt. Despite everything that was going on Titus had managed to pass out cold.

And one magical time skip later took the whole scene to late into the night. The booze had managed to knock Titus out into a fairly deep sleep. Deep enough that his inebriated brain couldn't even muster up a dream. When he woke he was disoriented, not used to the whole waking up process. He felt groggy and had a hell of a headache.

"Dear Jack." He wiped at his mouth finding a fair amount of drool, his eyes struggling to focus on where he was. Was that tile floor by his face? It didn't feel like he was laying on.....

His eyes went wide, his body suddenly rigid as his brain caught up with him on the fuzzy details of earlier. In his current state he wasn't sure if he wanted to risk moving but he also wasn't sure he wanted to stay where he was. Heart thumping erratically in his chest he tried to think, eyes scanning the room for any clue of an idea. Instead they fell on the foxfire standing not far away, a small bottle by his feet. It looked like painkillers.

Taking a steady breath Titus decided to move slowly praying to Jack that Riyo was asleep. This situation was already awkward enough.

As Titus pulled away the sudden squeak caught his attention and his head slowly turned to find Riyo's eyes wide open. His expression seemed to mirror her own and for the longest second in his known existence he froze.

Color quickly spread across his face, his head throbbing in time with his beating heart. Think. Think. ******** Think.

"So uh....did we just get engaged?" Yeah, brilliant conversational piece but it was the only thing that managed to surface in Titus' fuzzy brain. Really it was like someone had packed his cranium with cotton balls.