[He leaves his fingers idling there, fully intent on touching Mio so long as she'll let him. That would be fair, right? Yeah. Fairness is totally what Noah's concerned about here.

Noah hums, thinking back to their kiss on the beach and realizing he'd felt the same strong sort of need without having a proper word to put to it. There surely is a word for it, but they'll figure all of this out with enough time and practice, Noah's certain.]

I'd thought about that myself. The people in that movie might not have been happy, but there's no harm in replicating what they did. It seemed to feel good, even if the people involved didn't love each other.

[By that logic, the only missing piece of the equation is love. They've got that, so therefore, it should feel that much better.]

It'll feel good if I touch you, won't it? I'd like you to show me how, if that's alright.