Balthier is coming down from the roof when David calls. Perfect. He'd discovered there was a pull-down stair hidden in the ceiling that led up there. It hadn't taken much work to get it workable as an outdoor space again -- clearly someone had started.
He comes down the stairs with a big grin on his face, both at seeing David and because he masks when he's self-conscious, which he is, both about this being the first time he's wearing a skirt around David, and because he wants the things he's been preparing to go over well. Both are small worries though, more habit than any real nerves.
Still, there's some extra warmth and a little bit of shyness in the way he takes David's hands and kisses him first on the cheek, then full on. "Work trying to keep you from me." Work doing a very good job of helping him, actually.
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He comes down the stairs with a big grin on his face, both at seeing David and because he masks when he's self-conscious, which he is, both about this being the first time he's wearing a skirt around David, and because he wants the things he's been preparing to go over well. Both are small worries though, more habit than any real nerves.
Still, there's some extra warmth and a little bit of shyness in the way he takes David's hands and kisses him first on the cheek, then full on. "Work trying to keep you from me." Work doing a very good job of helping him, actually.