(If Gentaro could hear her thoughts he would be offended; he'd do that for any of his friends. But Roxane was special, even among the rest of his buddies.)

He's barely done any kissing at all, but he figures the arm around his neck and the sudden increase in Roxane-pressed-up-against-him is at least kind of a good sign. The giggling and the proclamation of 'cool' relax him, though, and he curls his arm around her as well as he can. "Pretty damn cool," he agrees, "you know, as long as you wanted this to be a... more than one-time thing."

"Like, dating, I mean," he clarifies, to put it out there where the can see it. Be a man, Gentaro! "If you wanna."