[ Why is kissing such a struggle... Even though Gray already has more practice than she thought she'd get in this lifetime, it feels like she'll never be completely comfortable with it.
Her intention going into this bingo journey was to kiss as many people as possible on the lips — to prove something to both Add and herself, however nebulously. But as she looks at Nebula kneeling there with a gruff air, she suddenly gets the sense that it might be a disservice to impose that on Nebula.
Instead, Gray touches her fingertips to one side of Nebula's jaw, just enough to tilt her head a bit up and to the side, and bends lightly to deliver a careful kiss to the seam of Nebula's cheek. At the same time, the warm fabric of Gray's hood "kisses" the top of Nebula's head. The split of sensations on Gray's lips, one side like skin and the other more like metal, is peculiar but not unpleasant.
She lets go and steps back, a bit pink with self-consciousness. She remembers to pull her hood back into order as she looks a bit nervously at Nebula, gauging how disagreeable the woman might have found the experience. ]
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Her intention going into this bingo journey was to kiss as many people as possible on the lips — to prove something to both Add and herself, however nebulously. But as she looks at Nebula kneeling there with a gruff air, she suddenly gets the sense that it might be a disservice to impose that on Nebula.
Instead, Gray touches her fingertips to one side of Nebula's jaw, just enough to tilt her head a bit up and to the side, and bends lightly to deliver a careful kiss to the seam of Nebula's cheek. At the same time, the warm fabric of Gray's hood "kisses" the top of Nebula's head. The split of sensations on Gray's lips, one side like skin and the other more like metal, is peculiar but not unpleasant.
She lets go and steps back, a bit pink with self-consciousness. She remembers to pull her hood back into order as she looks a bit nervously at Nebula, gauging how disagreeable the woman might have found the experience. ]
... Thank you.