[Incredible. It really is just like engaging Reno, somehow — from the banter to the boldness, it's all familiar, and that's going to make dealing with this a hell of a lot easier so he's not about to look a gift chocobo in the beak over it. It's satisfying, too, that the kiss comes messy and rough; a gentle one would've been worse, somehow, but this one feels like an invitation for a fight and that's much better all around.
So for a second, he lets it happen, not quite diving in with enthusiasm but not stonewalling it either; it's more that he lets himself be kissed like he's affirming that they're both on the same page about this. And it's a little bit to see if he can get this stranger to let his guard down, too, because —
He bides his time, one heartbeat after another, before grasping him by the shirt and flipping them around until it's Sylvain backed up against the wall and Rufus pinning him there with the blockade of his body.]
I see that's one way of getting you to shut up.
[The fact that he pauses to toss the remark in is part because he can't resist a quip, but part to delay what's coming next — part to test and be certain, because he'll be damned if he gets swindled out of a payout from the casino on the grounds of a technicality like under-negotiated terms.]
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So for a second, he lets it happen, not quite diving in with enthusiasm but not stonewalling it either; it's more that he lets himself be kissed like he's affirming that they're both on the same page about this. And it's a little bit to see if he can get this stranger to let his guard down, too, because —
He bides his time, one heartbeat after another, before grasping him by the shirt and flipping them around until it's Sylvain backed up against the wall and Rufus pinning him there with the blockade of his body.]
I see that's one way of getting you to shut up.
[The fact that he pauses to toss the remark in is part because he can't resist a quip, but part to delay what's coming next — part to test and be certain, because he'll be damned if he gets swindled out of a payout from the casino on the grounds of a technicality like under-negotiated terms.]
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