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He stared into her eyes The blue so deep and pure it was easy to get lost in thereat My mind just traveled off track for a bit"

"To where?"

"To how lucky I am that you’re in lad I didn’t do so weird and embarrass you"

Ronin kissed the top of her head "If you decide you don’t want to do a deain, I’m fine with that"

"Really?" Amery tipped her head back and looked at him "Why?"

He wondered how honest he could be with her

Or maybe it was how honest he could be with hihts into some semblance of coherency

"Sweetheart, talk to me Don’t hold back how you feel--even if you think it’s so It doesn’t have anything to do with you Or your initial fear of being publicly bound"

"Then what?"

"It’s been a while since I’ve done a demo with a woman I’m involved with Now that I knohat real love feels like, I realized I’ve never done a demo with a woman I love When we’re in the practice rooether like that is Zen for ht, it wasn’tpure And, baby, it didn’t have anything to do with you What happened tonight was performance art While that has its place, I am not a performer" Ronin closed his eyes "In the past few months with you? I really found the heart of what kinbaku is It’s not about teaching others It’s about teachingart and beauty with love and trust I never got that until you"

"Are you trying to make me cry?" she asked softly

"No" Ronin tucked a hair behind her ear "I’ for hed "The only reason I joined this club was for access to rope models ouldn’t freak out about what I needed Any sexual contact would be safe because a health certificate is required to be a member of Twisted After Nao but the urations on a live model And even then, I had to have so it further, and honestly it was so rare that I found that" Ronin locked his gaze to hers "Are you sure you want to hear this now?"

"If you’re ready to talk, I’m ready to listen"