[ she'd be squirming a bit if she had the energy for it, but his hand moving over her ribs just feels nice now, instead of ticklish. meanwhile, she's still just playing with his hair, her fingertips sometimes brushing along the shell of his ear, but she's having fun with his hair, okay.

and what he says doesn't sink in, not at first. it's not weird that he didn't know about her other friendships or whatever, even with people from his world. it's not like she keeps a LiveJournal in this place, lets the world know every time she grabs coffee with a buddy. but slowly the full meaning behind it sinks in, and- ]

Oh. Oh no, hey, this isn't- [ she's embarrassed enough that she sort of wakes up a little bit, half way, out of her lazy buzz. ] - the three of us, uh, we all see other people. This isn't me going behind their back right now or anything, and you're not- This is fine. [ a beeeat, and she pulls in a big slow breath, like maybe she's about to yawn, but no, she's just- ] Right? This is still fine? Oh my god, why did I even tell you all of that? I probably sound like such a shitty person right now. [ just gonna cover her eyes with her free hand, like that's as good as hiding ]