demiglace | MOAR Shiho and Tetsuo

"Mmn.. aheheh, w-well... guess I gotta admit I kinda like how ya like trouble... long as ya make sure ya get'way with it."

He can't help but grin as brightly as ever, obviously flustered and obviously very pleased as he nuzzles into the tender kiss, stealing another. He pretty much takes it for granted that everyone has some steel in them somewhere, so he doesn't really see any contradiction between Sweet, Adoring Girlfriend Shiho and Dangerous, Vengeful Crime Gremlin Shiho. Really, it doesn't even occur to him that they'd be all that surprised that she can be tender and affectionate; if anything, he'd expect them to be surprised that she's so intimate with someone like him who's not half as classy or ~~as far as he can tell~~ a world-class esper like her.

Most of his attention's on her, though, unsurprisingly. He's clearly more than a little flattered and happily overwhelmed, very much content to sway and step with her, stealing delicate kisses and gazing into her eyes adoringly.

"Don't I always get away with it?"

Shiho only shows her softer side to a select few and as most of the group had never experienced her being sweet without an ulterior motive behind it: Shiho, scary. Meanwhile, Kaoru, ever the supportive friend says: Yes, Shiho, scary. But also Shiho, needy and protective. And isn't that dichotomy what makes her cute?

Leaning her forehead against his, Shiho smiles, eyes closing softly with every kiss stolen,

"Besides, I have the best getaway driver right here."

Tetsuo huffs and laughs softly as he squeezes her a little closer in answer to that comment, blushing and clearly flattered. His eyes watch hers, lidded and warm with affection. She'd said she's supposed to be spoiling him, and he's definitely feeling very spoiled.

"Oi... y'ain't gotta butter me up ta get a ride, yanno..."

He nuzzles tenderly, very much buoyant and content to bask in her presence, and pretty obviously over the moon for her. Really, he's barely aware of anyone or anything else, thoroughly absorbed in the way she treats him, those adoringly playful looks she gives him, and the feeling of her nestled so close. Somehow, she makes him being her getaway driver sound even more romantic and appealing than he'd have guessed.

"Y'make runnin' off t'gether sound real nice."

"How is it buttering you up when I'm just telling you the truth?"

Shiho's eyes crinkle into a smile as she meets his gaze, returning the soft nuzzle with a cheerful one of her own, the two of them swaying to the music. Though it's clear to anyone watching that dancing is secondary to just the two of them enjoying the moment together.

"Just the two of us, me holding onto you as we speed off into the night far away from anyone trying to chase after us. And then when we manage to get away...."

She trails off then leans in and steals a kiss. "A reward."

Tetsuo's pretty sure deliberate flattery and truth aren't at all incompatible, and that Shiho knows that perfectly well--after all, she's gotten flustered plenty of times over entirely factual things he's said and thought. He doesn't really get the chance to comment on it ~~or think up a good example to make a point~~ before she starts describing a getaway together, and he's very throughly distracted by that even before the kiss that makes the promise of a reward sound even more suggestive.

"A-aheheh, I uh... I mean... just havin' you holdin' on t'me sounds like a real good reward already... that mean I get somethin' even better?"

The way she so obviously enjoys spoiling him, he has a strong suspicion that the "reward" would involve every dizzyingly wonderful and heartwarming thing either of them could think of that might be too distracting to do until they were safe and clear.

But when he says the truth, it always turns out so embarrassing and adorable and flattering though, she thinks, and what could she do but get flustered? Thankfully though, they’re now both distracted by the idea of giving him a reward.

“I was gonna be the thing that was “even better”.”

She smiles, pressing herself close, because she can never resist being a gremlin when he was here encouraging her.

“But maybe I need to think of something better, if Tetsu had any ideas?”

Tetsuo's breath catches briefly as she nestles still closer against him, even before the very tempting suggestion of her being his reward pretty much confirms and reinforces every intimate, provocative thought in his head. He chuckles a bit breathlessly, holding her tightly for a long moment in a silent encouragement to press against ~~and tease and tempt and seduce~~ him all she likes, and steals another kiss when the temptation becomes too gray to resist.

"Mmn... I... somethin' better'n you? I really don't..."

As much as he might like the idea of her hanging onto him, he's not about to deny that her open-ended suggestion of implicitly giving herself to him is on a very short list of things that definitely would be even better. Once she explicitly prompts him, though, it's all he can do to not let himself start getting ideas about exactly how she might try to reward him even more, beyond that he'd be absolutely putty in her hands.

Shiho is comfortable, warm, safe as she leans into the kiss, happy to keep on provoking Tetsuo without a care in the world. And it's at this point that Kagari sweeps by with his date and bops Shiho lightly on the head with an exasperated, "We're all still here, you know."

Not that it fazes Shiho at all, her arms wrapping around Tetsuo as if daring anyone to try to separate her from him. "And we're paying attention."

Is what she says though it's clear to absolutely everyone that the only person either of them had been paying attention to was each other.

Completely absorbed in Shiho's flirting and kisses and closeness, Tetsuo blinks and startles a little at Kagari's interruption, straightening up at attention. He blinks and laughs bashfully though when Shiho not only doesn't stop, but clings to him even more intimately, leaving him giddy with a burst of affection. He could fall for her all over again when she does something like that, not only being a rebel but putting their relationship on display with no sign of hesitation or interest in anyone thinking she should do different.

"Ee-... eheheh, yeah, sorry man, my dance card's full."

He has no idea what a dance card actually is but it's something he's heard before, and it seems fitting since he's literally dancing with Shiho, and he's definitely 100% all hers no matter who else is also there. Kagari barely gets a glance with that comment before his eyes are back on Shiho's again, admiring how cheerfully unrepentant she is and holding her close.

"...I ain't bein' a bad influence, am I?"

That to Shiho, since she had more experience with this kind of thing, although it's at least half-teasing about his being the Delinquent Biker Bad Boy, and he clearly doesn't feel very bad about it either way. Mischievous as she is, he kind of likes the idea he can still be a little bit of a bad influence, at least from an authority figure point of view.

Kagari can't help but think these two are being bad influences on each other. Shiho, meanwhile, can't help but think that Kagari is a huge stick in the mud and she'd like nothing more than to stick her tongue out at him. But hearing the soft laugh that Tetsuo gives when she holds him tighter does mollify her somewhat and she makes do with a pout as she snuggles against him.

"Yeah, no cutting in, Kagari!"

Because Shiho does know what a dance card is but she's happy to corroborate with Tetsuo on absolutely anything he says. Kagari, defeated because Shiho can never be reasoned with and he's got other things he should be paying attention to, like his own girlfriend who is raising her eyebrow at him because she also knows Shiho well and knows he shouldn't have even bothered.

With the distraction gone, Shiho is looking back up at him, lacing her fingers together behind his back to all but hold him here with her, "If you weren't here with me, I'd be so much worse though?"

She is a menace, after all.

"If anything, everyone should be thankful that Tetsu's here so I'm not worse."

Charmed as ever by the way she pouts and nestles close against him possessively, Tetsuo doesn't hesitate at all to hold her close, stroking her back soothingly. He blinks and grins at that retort, ducking his head to steal another tender kiss that lingers a couple seconds longer than he'd intended.

"Mm... izzat right..? I wonder whatcha'd be doin' that's so bad if I wasn't here..."

He's really not sure what it could be, unless she just means being super distracting by being a hot girl who's not totally wrapped up in her boyfriend. That, he could absolutely imagine, but it's not really being bad.

Shiho would happily snuggle against him with just the tiniest bit of encouragement, and she takes the soft strokes along her back as all the encouragement she needs, chasing his next kiss even though it had already lingered, eyes opening almost reluctantly.

"Hm... well, of course I'd be distracting."

She knows very well that she's pretty and that people stare. Just as she knows that she can't and won't open up to just anyone who makes a move, often hiding her psychometry from them because it was a pain to explain and even more of a pain when they made it clear they wanted her to change something about herself that she had no way of changing.

"If Tetsu wasn't here, I'd be teasing them all mercilessly."

Because let's face it, Shiho really is all talk and tends to come off as being a lot worse than she really is. Even she, herself, can't really say what bad things she'd do? Maybe commit some kind of dance faux pas or break someone's heart or figure out someone's terrible family secret and then blackmail them with it?

He huffs and laughs softly at her corroborating aloud the thought he'd only vaguely considered, himself, but of course he has no disagreements, there. Shiho being extremely distracting is something he just takes for granted, really.

"Aheheh... guess it's real important I keep ya from gettin' bored, then, huh?"

His arms curl a little tighter around her for a moment, squeezing her close in answer to the way she leans into him so easily, and he gives her another quick, tender kiss to make up for the one she'd chased after. He always wants to spoil her and bask in all the affection she shines on him, but all the more so when she's building him up like this, showing him off publicly and insisting he's actually a good influence.

If he asked people whose opinion Shiho actually cared about, they'd probably tell him that he was a good influence. Because when she's with him, she's happy, she's cheerful and she fights harder for the future because she could see her future with him. And for a group of teenagers who'd been raised in a Facility that treated them like disposable tools, this kind of normalcy was hard to find and therefore fiercely cherished.

That and it stopped her from being a menace. But mostly, for unselfish reasons, they all liked seeing a truly happy Shiho.

A Shiho who closes her eyes as he kisses her and leans into it, smiling up at him afterwards, "Yup. There's no telling what I'll do without Tetsu here~"

The music starts to wind down as they're talking, and Shiho squeezes his fingers, "Are you hungry yet? Or do you want to do another dance?"

When she smiles at him like that, he could really easily forget there's anyone else in the room, that they've been dancing together and making a little bit of a scene. He's barely aware of the music ending until she makes reference to it, and he blinks, then grins brightly.

"O-oh, eheheh, I uh... yeah, I could eat somethin'..."

That, and he's pretty sure he'd be very happy anywhere as long as she's close to him, being her gorgeous, affectionate, adorable chaos gremlin self. Especially since he's confident she'll be deliberately distracting him from anything else going on and unabashedly basking in his attention.

Her other hand slides to take his too, fingers lacing together as the song ends and Shiho gives him a gentle tug over to where she knows the food is. Along with the swan carved from ice there are a lot of tiny canapes: sliders, fancy-looking single servings of shrimp perched on porcelain spoons, salads stacked to look like small parfaits, charcuterie boards with cheese and gherkins, and even a whole section dedicated entirely to desserts with caramel flans, fruit and ten different whole cakes cut into perfect slices

A tiny serving of anything really isn't enough for Shiho, not when she's on a mission and especially because psychometry used a lot of energy but she's determined to make this a good experience for him so she slips one of her arms through his, leaning against him as she takes a good look at all the offerings, "Hm.... should we get one of each? If we're hungry afterwards, I bet we could write off room service as a business expense."

Because of course Shiho has already made reservations and they're staying the night at this fancy hotel with its beautiful rooms.

As usual, it takes very little for Shiho to guide him anywhere she likes. With his attention at least partially drawn back to the spread, he looks it over, clearly impressed and more than a little out of his element. It all looks so classy and refined, and while she's gotten him exposed to at least a little of that sort of thing, it's still well outside what he's used to.

He glances over at her again as her hand slips out of his and around his arm, obviously pleased by her leaning so close to him. He nods at first to her suggestion--then reddens, realizing that sharing room service kind of implies sharing a room and she just declared that as a possibility. Also, if they're both getting just one of everything, that implies they'll be sharing each item, and he can't help but get even more flustered at the thought of how she might be planning to go about that.

"Yeah, I'd--uh... I mean... that'd be good!"

He's ready to follow her lead, figuring there are probably things about Classy Dining he doesn't know anything about. He can at least get a plate and hold it steady for her, though. And try not to think too much about any of the things she's not said outright but strongly implied.

Shiho knows how much he likes sharing things with her, whether it was dances, food or a hotel room so of course, she indulges him. She couldn't resist when he blushed like that, looking so happy at the very thought of it.

One plate easily becomes four, food perfectly but chaotically piled which was a great use of psychometry, as far as Shiho's concerned. She wants to make sure the two of them can try everything and maybe goes a bit overboard. But she lets him take two plates and she takes the other two as she steers him over to a quiet sitting area with comfortable private booths with small tables that are quickly completely covered by their four plates of food. And like this, there's no need to worry about whether or not they were eating in a classy enough manner, and he could focus on simply enjoying the food first.

And if it also meant she could unabashedly feed him and spoil him, all the better for it.

The booth has a curved banquette, wide enough to fit two people comfortably and Shiho wastes no time (once the food is set down) in taking his hand and pulling him into sitting down with her.

He's perfectly happy to carry as much as she likes, not about to let her go hungry (or deny her anything even close to halfway reasonable), and follows her lead toward the booths, setting his plates down alongside hers. He blinks at her taking his hand the moment it's available, wondering for a second if he put something in the wrong place, before realizing she's pulling him over to the seat beside her. That gets a bashful grin but no resistance at all, and he squeezes her hand as he settles next to her, ducking closer to nuzzle into her hair softly.

"So, um... what d'you think we oughta start with?"

Frankly, his mind is still on her a lot more than the food, but that's surely no surprise. He'd have to be very hungry for food to compete at all, especially when he's pretty sure she plans to use that food as a means to flirt and tease and fluster him deliberately.

With him settled next to her, Shiho immediately leans against him, tilting her head to let him nuzzle as she slips an arm through his. Her leg rests against his as she taps a finger on her chin and thinks,

"We should probably start with these hot ones before they get cold."

She reaches over into the selection of gyoza, the pies and the finger sandwiches and selects a little mini burger, carefully presenting it to him.

"Here, say ahh~"

...yup, pretty much as expected, the way she cuddles into his side is instantly super distracting, and she just gets more so as she clearly intends to feed him. Not that expecting it keeps him from blushing brightly and grinning ear to ear with a bashful little laugh. He ducks his head a little, bashfully at first, then leaning to take a bite of the mini burger, trying to be as dainty and polite as he can with his girlfriend cheerfully feeding him in front of everyone.

Being distracting was absolutely the point and she smiles brightly up at him without an ounce of remorse, eyes darting to watch as he leans in to take a bite, fingers moving it back just a little once he has.

"Good? Want more?"

"Mm..? Mmhm..."

He nods absentmindedly, distracted with the too-innocent-to-be-remotely-innocent like she's giving him... only realizing a couple seconds later that she was probably asking if he wants more food, not more of her cuddling and flirting and spoiling him. He blushes anew at that thought, ducking his head sheepishly, but he slips his arm around her waist as he finishes chewing, and leans in to gingerly take another bite, eyes glancing to meet hers as his lips brush her fingertips.

Shiho was already planning to give him more cuddles as well as more food so she happily takes that as a yes to both. She cuddles closer as he takes another bite, letting her fingertips linger against his lips before she smiles, "My turn now, right?"

It's not exactly surprising that she opted for both versions at once, but it sure does give him a giddy, contented thrill as she deliberately spoils him in every way she can get away with at the moment. He gently holds her close, encouraging her to keep being her most dazzling, cuddly gremlin self. It takes him a second to realize that "her turn" ~~probably~~ means her turn to be fed, not that he should nibble on her next or let her taste what she'd just fed him, and he grins bashfully since she's surely very well aware of his train of thought.

"Aheheh, y-yeah, 'course..."

He pulls his eyes away from hers, look over to the plate of finger foods, and picks up one if the gyoza she'd picked out, hesitating just a moment before offering it to her and glancing down to her lips as he lightly brushes it across them.

MOAR Shiho and Tetsuo

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