The wait was almost unbearable, was he going to say no? Did she royally screw up? Did she just destroy a friendship returned from the brink by wanting more? Rylee dared to take just a glance, Kiori was looking away, he was looking away. What did this mean? Did he feel the same, being too embarrassed to face her, or was he straight up disgusted wanting nothing more to do with her... She can take it all back, it can't be too late, all she had to do is force her best smile, force his attention, then say something along the lines of, "Haha you silly boy you, falling for that..." or something.... Rylee was more than panicking as she truly believed that right there she just lost her best and only friend, she was terrified, more terrified than when she faced him in the tavern. Then he gave his answer. He didn't say no.

Rylee couldn't even fathom a response, she was so utterly and totally lost she couldn't make a sound. Instead being completely dumbfounded she peered right into Kiori's eyes, what she saw was determination, he was serious. She didn't know what to expect, for her while she desired this, so badly that before now she didn't even know she wanted this, yet it was something else for these desires to come true. She allowed him to make all the movements, besides her body wasn't about to comply to her commands both flesh and mind were paralyzed. He laid one hand behind her head, and his the other, still caught by hers, curled around her fingers in a tight grip, now they really were holding hands. He leaned forward, then it happened. They locked lips.

If her mind was blank before, it was gone now, absolutely nowhere to be found. Everything felt numb, from head to toe and back. Rylee's eyes were still open, pupils dilated tenfold as they were personally reacting to the stimuli she was currently experiencing right there in that moment. This was a kiss, not just that... it was her first kiss, and maybe even more important then that it was [i]their[/i] first kiss, essentially a contract proving they are much more than friends, despite all that's happened their feelings and love culminated into this single place in time. To Rylee this was pure, unadulterated, bliss. She didn't know how long they were locked in their embrace, yet when they backed off, their first kiss over and done, Rylee wanted it again. Now working under her own will, using her remaining free arm she hooked it around Kiori's neck to bring him in once more. She initiated the act this time, this time her eyes were closed simply to block out unnecessary information for she only wanted to feel his warmth, this time her actions were overflowing with passion, squeezing him so tightly as never to let him go, not ever again. 

This second kiss lasted longer, partly due to Rylee's unwillingness to allow it to end, however it had to end for an unflattering reason at that, she needed to breath. She sat there facing Kiori head on, this was it they were lovers now, girlfriend and boyfriend without a doubt. From then on they couldn't leave each other, that cannot be a possibility, not ever. Still locked locked together, Rylee knew she had to say something, it probably should be profound, it had to commemorate this new life they will share together, yet... in a typical style of hers what she said was nothing too groundbreaking.

The meekest "Yay" of her entire life.