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As I was about to walk through the door of the lab, I drew up short, frowning I had a fluttery sensation in , and every time I did, it shorted out ured out it happened when I was either feeling extre intensely about sex Why those two things shorted me out was beyond me But they did

At the moment I was both

I inhaled deep Exhaled slow Bold Ruthless Energy Action Tenacity Hunger That hat B-R-E-A-T-H was

Once the fluttering stopped, I did what I used to do--freeze-fraht out of his chair

The look on his face was priceless

He knew byit that I’d made up my mind, which was exactly what I wanted him to know People tended to waste a lot of breath on words when a sioing to cage hie either

I was going to do exactly what I used to do What Dancer was doing

Live now

As if there was no to to be easy But I was da to try

He had on faded jeans and a white tee with the words, HOLY SHIFT! LOOK AT THE ASYMPTOTE ON THAT MOTHER FUNCTION! e to take me for a ride on that badass bike of yours, too?" He flashed rin that always lit up his face, holding nothing back, aqua eyes brilliant, full of life

I nodded Then I leaned in and kissed hi like I’d once kissed Ryodan I’d done that to h he tried to pretend it hadn’t It’d messed with me, too

I kissed Dancer with some part of myself I didn’t even understand The ot She was hard, powerful, had an ancient soul and a fierce heart The h there was a massive door between the world and her soft heart, there was a path that could be walked to it, with a key hanging by the door, engraved with a D for Dani and Dancer Sometimes I really did feel like I had two different people inside h I knew I didn’t One version of me was drawn to Dancer and another was a moth, obsessed with Ryodan’s flame They evoked completely different qualities in ainst his o between us

He slipped his hands into ainst a It’s like you, full of fire and larger than life"

We just kind of stood there, kissing slow and talking a little, and he told et to kiss ht I’d kiss hiht he had the most incredible eyes, to which he replied he has a lot of incredible parts and I elcome to check them out anytime I wanted