Board Thread:Roleplay/@comment-27950523-20160707025819/@comment-25954732-20160822111620

Quinn wasn't the most loquacious of folks. In turn, when Cali confirmed that she loved her back, Quinn gave a sigh of relief that momentarily morphed into a small panicked noise when contact was initiated. In seconds, Quinn returned the hug, if only to avoid spiraling into a fight or flight response.

She realized it was a quite nice thing to be hugged like that, without much force being put on by either party. In Quinn's mind, the action of hugging with any more force would constitute as squeezing and that was something she refused to go through again. However, if the hugs she received from now on were Cali's, perhaps she wouldn't mind it as much.

Quinn flushed at the thought and even at what she had been trying to do previously. Even after reviewing the proper etiquette of kisses and how to initiate one, Cali might not have viewed rubbing their noses together favorably. At the time, Quinn had thought this sort of kiss was quintessential, but perhaps she should have gone with an acorn instead. Or maybe a thimble.

She relaxed into the hug further, letting those thoughts ripple away from her mind. It was a wonderful thing to be in love with someone, no matter how ephemeral the relationship might turn out. I'd like to stay with you forever. She wanted to shout those words from the rooftops and was shocked by her sudden moment of madness. But, maybe love is mad.

The thought comforted her further as she started to hum a tune that used to be sung in her home back when she was young, some time ago. If this was what love was like, Quinn didn't know why she had tried to avoid it for so long. She had a lot more to learn, though. A lot more to learn.