[Orchid's complete lack of resistance caught him off guard enough that his grip on her eased. Enough that if she wanted to break the kiss, she wouldn't have to fight. His eyes blinked open to see if what he was feeling from her - her hands on his face, her leaning back into him, the seeming eagerness of it - was real. The softness of her lips and the gentleness of her fingers eased as he became the one to pull away in soft wonder, heart fluttering oddly and breath difficult to swallow without gulping it down.
While he had started the kiss with the intention of staking a claim, Orchid's response made him forget Cid was there for a few brief moments. So his statement about the sulfur and the smell that Daqiang had largely ignored had Daqiang's eyes slipping away from Orchid to find Cid with his back to them.
His eyes blinked a few times while he stared at Cid's back, knowing he should probably say something. But with Orchid's response to the kiss - and her still in his arms - his mind was having trouble coming back into focus. Had she really been kissing him back?]
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While he had started the kiss with the intention of staking a claim, Orchid's response made him forget Cid was there for a few brief moments. So his statement about the sulfur and the smell that Daqiang had largely ignored had Daqiang's eyes slipping away from Orchid to find Cid with his back to them.
His eyes blinked a few times while he stared at Cid's back, knowing he should probably say something. But with Orchid's response to the kiss - and her still in his arms - his mind was having trouble coming back into focus. Had she really been kissing him back?]