"Well I hope we can kiss if we become betrothed." Tetsu steps back q pace. "Things to aspire to"

She smiled and nodded. "Definitely!"

Tetsu continues to walk in silence for a minute. "I haven't suggested it to anyone else here. The kissing, I mean." Kami, he was going to blush now. "I don't know, like I said before, you bring out a part of me that just...doesn't seem to exist when you're not there. And I kind of like it"