Ah, forgiveness. Had it ever felt so sweet? Likely not, especially following that soft press of lips against his own, a kiss that he let himself smile against, a kiss that ended with a gentle graze of his teeth against her lower lip, a kiss that, he hoped, promised more.
"I don't wish to talk of that." Of her sister, mostly, especially not when Na'ima was on his lap, her arms around him. Too much of a mood killer, really. Partially, he did not want to discuss any terms of their relationship, either. Why did it need classifying, or labeling, or to be fit inside a box to be compartmentalized? Why couldn't it just continue to be what it had always been?
Her
last question (it would never be the last, who was she trying to fool), was met with a blank stare.
"Worth what?" He asked, innocently,
teasingly, as if he did not know what she meant.