Having a rare break [bro]

I get up myself and smile "Well, I'll lead the way shall I?", I grin at her nickname for me and gently take her hand...then I realise what I was doing and blush, I turn my face to stare at the wall until the blush subsides and when it does so I go over to the door and hold it open for her, "After you Rowan" I say, smiling, half happily, half self-consciously. The weather has warmed up but it's still the kind of weather that my grandmother would have called "bracing", which is to say, not at that comfortable a temperture, I smile at Rowan "Let's go shall we?", then I realise I'm repeating myself, calm down Daekus, you're just going back to your appartment...with a girl, but it's jsut friendly, right, of course it is...so why am I so nervous then?

I find it very hard to look away from Rowan as we make our way towards my appartment. After a while I begin to miss the feeling of our fingers entwined together, even if they has only been so for a few moments, it had been a nice feeling, and it had give me an odd sensation in my stomach, curious...she hadn't jerked her hand away before when I held her hand, so i decide to risk it, I move my hand out again and gently take her hand in my, entwining my fingers with hers, and smile at her, "Come on, it's not too far to my appartment from here, then we can get the supplies and head for the forest", I can feel my face is warm, it's probably redder than a tomato, but I don't really mind blushing in front of her that much anymore...although on the other hand.,,I turn my head in the other direction again and wait for the blush to fade

She smiles as she tilts my head back to face hers, my face is getting even redder but the feeling of her hand in mine feels good and...I get an urge, an impulse to do something that I normally wouldn't do in a right state of mind, I lean in and gently kiss her on the lips, I pull away with a stupid grin on my face... then I redden and look away again, "I shouldn't have done that should I?" I've probably mortified her now, great just when I meet a pretty girl who doesn't think I'm odd, who I like, I do something stupid like that...great job, typical me...I am an idiot...

My brain is in a haze as I feel Rowen fling herself at me, her lips on mine, her arms around my neck, my brain hasn't started sending signals to my body yet, with is not acting fully on instinct, one arm moving around her waist,t he other around her neck, my tongue gently probingat her lips, as if it's requesting access, it feels...impossibly good, like an electric current is running under the surface of my skin, the cold doesn't affect me, it's as there's magma underneath my skin

I smile, "I don't mind at all Rowen" I say grinning, "Although maybe we should go to my appartment, before someone sees you straddling me in the street and we get arrested for public indecency or something", I chuckle and kiss her gently on the lips, despite my words I didn't really want to move, it felt rather nice like this, but I suppose we have to move, for the reason I said...

I smile and lead her over to the block fo appartments where I live, it's not a long walk there and in a few minutes we're outside the door of my ground floor appartment, I quickly unlock the door and hold it open for Rowen, "After you Rowen" I say, still smiling, I lick my lips nervously, they taste different, like her, a very new, and very nice, taste on my lips...

I'm a little nervous, maybe that was a bad idea, or a good idea, maybe she's changed her mind about me, maybe...then the elevator chimes and the doors open, I lead the way and head down the corridor until I reach my appartment. I open the door and hold it open for Rowen, "Home sweet home" I murmur, "Come on in Rowen"