“𝘓𝘪𝘩𝘰.” The name softly rolls off his tongue, hand reaching forward to gently brush the nape of her neck. “Considerably less bite than you, I’d say.”

He grins. “No complaints here.” He says, continuing the caress. Liho’s breathing is 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺. That’s good. “You’re doing the smiling thing again.”

He agrees wholeheartedly.

Very. Lunch?

Nonna’s is a few blocks away. 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 beef ravioli. They just served a hefty plate of garlic knots and spaghetti to a serial chain smoker. The latter doesn’t make him excited but the garlic knots are enticing.

He’ll call it in.

Happiness tends to come at a cost. His toll hasn’t come due just yet… But he has a feeling it isn’t far off.

That depends. Are either of them going to be eager to 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 the bed and go pick it up?

Sounds like a deal.

Mass today. He’s tired, but he doesn’t have it in him to miss it.

The devil raises the window of his apartment with gloved hands. Confusion paints his features, though it goes unspoken as he makes his way inside. He doesn’t hear @TruxAraneae’s heartbeat. He could only assume she was off on her own midnight adventure…

“You deserve every star in the galaxy laid out at your feet and a thousand diamonds in your hair. You deserve someone who’ll run with you as far and as fast as you want to. Holding your hand, not holding you back.”

With an adequate amount of niceness he’d imagine.

// Seems like everyone either left or just doesn’t want to interact. Shame.

He wouldn’t dare approach her without some token of reverence. Long night?

As far as he can tell he is. But yeah. He heard about that. Things haven’t been any better on the streets after it all. He’s got a good way of determining who’s real and who isn’t though.

Their heartbeats are irregular. Cadence is 𝘰𝘧𝘧 from the typical human’s. Body temperature’s a bit lower too. Beyond that it’ll be 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 to differentiate.

If anyone has 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 to a sixth sense it’s her. Pin em’ down. Ask a few questions. See how they react or the extent of the information they have. Nothing’s 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. Just varying degrees of difficulty.