[ When it comes to how much he adores Mika, his face is like an open book. It’s in way his smile grows little by little and the blues of his eyes become warmer and warmer by impossible degrees. In the way he tracks Mika’s lips, his blush, his eyes and looks like he badly wants to kiss him again for every new face he makes - because he does. ]

A whole night to start?

[ … is what he teases back with, light and cheeky.

And it’s cute, it’s fun - but there is the elephant in the room (approx, relative) which was going to be brought up sooner or later. No one ever ignores that. Ginger keeps his smile as it gentles into something quieter. ]

I’m okay. I can ignore it tonight, mostly. I won’t lie and say - I - I’ve never imagined your touch. [ Or more, always brief, shameful flashes. ] It’s important to me that…. I never make you uncomfortable with it. You shouldn’t be made for feel… like you have to do anything about it. So you can ignore it.

Tonight is… already a lot for you, isn’t it?