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[ thank god he shuts the hell up and just lets it happen. jade's always been impatient at best - jade's the only baby in her family, and it shows. "spoiled rotten" might not apply to her, but she's definitely spoiled and if dave had insisted on trying to fix his monologue here, she might have actually smacked him. (lightly, on the shoulder again, because jade doesn't ever want to hurt dave so much as reprimand him for his stupidity. stupidity that is exceedingly endearing because it just shows what an honest person he is. it's a charm point.)

the thing about kissing him, though, is that dave's not that bad at it. she's pretty sure she's doing something wrong (not breathing through her nose for one, her breath probably smells like what she ate last - an orange, probably, her hands are planted firmly on his face like she's trying to keep his attention on her), but dave's fine. or maybe it just feels fine? kissing isn't uncomfortable but it's her first and jade's mind is wandering. she thinks about last summer and how she was at space camp and not in town and wonders if someone taught dave how to kiss, or if he's a natural at it.

she's probably the least qualified person here for it, and it's mostly because jade wants to come up for air, but she opens her mouth, parting from him for a moment and taking in air before pressing back against him, her left hand letting going of his cheek to sling over his shoulder and she's still not breathing through her nose because she's afraid of fucking it up. she's overachiever. it runs in her blood and it's the result of wanting to impress a boy she's spent at least seven years awkwardly pining after. sue her if you must.

to her credit, she's not brave enough to go beyond an open mouth kiss. her hands aren't kept to herself because one is holding his cheek, her thumb running back and forth lightly and the other is snaking around to--

okay no, she has to breathe and also marvel at the fact she's trying to turn this into a make out session? it takes a bit, but jade pulls away to take in air and say two words. ]

Hopy shit.

[ of course it's a sbahj quote??? ]

[ dave was leaning in slightly as jade pulled back slightly but then she quotes sbahj and he loses it, laughing right there in front of her. it's a kind of quiet huff of laughter, but his eyes are open and he can't stop it from happening.

unlike jade, dave kind of mastered the "breathe through your nose, numbnuts" level of kissing. his hands aren't wandering from where he'd put them because, well, he's definitely...not ready for them to do that? holy shit he took this long to confess in a sort of sideways manner, let him work on it.

but he is definitely interested in the whole kissing thing being resumed, like. ]

This time try breathin' through your nose, darlin'.

[ because yeah no he's going to. finish closing the distance once he stops chuckling to press his lips to hers again. apparently jade has not fucked it up, and dave's tone is more amused and fond than anything else. ]

[ jade kind of wants to blurt out "how do you know to breathe through your nose" because that was definitely not info she's got. breathing through your nose is not innate knowledge she had and the idea of breathing on dave's face seemed rude but, fine, okay. she'll try it out his way.

and like. fuck. okay. yeah that changes a lot and this is significantly easier. teen vogue did not tell her this? tiger beat did not tell her this. all of those dorky teen girl mags were holding out on her. (she didn't even put on cherry chapstick as once described in a pop song.)

it's not really glamorous - they're in dave's bedroom half past midnight and jade had to be told to breathe through her nose. he's topless with her scribbles all over his body and she's wearing mismatched socks under old sneakers. his sisters are down the hall and one of them is possibly acutely aware of what's going on because jade can't help but share nearly every detail of her life with rose strider.

but teen romcoms can go fuck themselves, a first kiss in her boyfriend's bedroom is plenty perfect enough for her.

even if it's technically the second because she broke the first.

even if he laughs because you're silly enough to quote his stupid webcomic at him.

it works. ]

[ when he pulls back this time dave actually isn't certain how much time has passed. not enough, or maybe too much, and he realizes that he actually needs to get jade to head home or her dad might have objections but he doesn't pull back too far, just kind of looking at his best friend (girlfriend!!!) with eyes that are still, at this point in time, hazel.

his lips quirk up into a smile. ]

So, [ so ] I think we might have to get you home, aggravatin' though that is, but. It's chill if I like, update people that we're datin'?

[ why does he keep double-checking this? possibly because it's still a little ways unbelievable. ]

[ jade's not so quick to pull away and while she's always been a little independent - that just means she knows when she doesn't want to be away from someone. so dave pulls away and jade leans in again, but it's not for a kiss; her forehead bumps against his and rests there. ]

Dad's still out and Mom's sleeping, I think. I texted her but - [ she pauses to bite her bottom lip. ] You can tell people, but if it's really aggravating, I don't have to go.

[ ...it's still probably taking a risk, admittedly, but when does jade not want to take a risk? as long as no one's hurt, the excitement is totally worth it. ]

I also need to maybe sleep? [ and PLAN A DATE, haha shit. dave leans into the weird forehead rest thing though. ]

Also I would prefer to save the risk-takin' for like, after day one of datin'. We gotta ease me and my delicate sensibilities into this all gentle like.

Mmmm.

[ she pauses, and then: ] One more! [ apparently kissing may actually be one of the best things jade has ever done if she's refusing to leave without a third. so yes, she kisses dave again, lingering for a moment before pulling away and bolting for the open window. ]

And teach me how to do it better some day! [ HAHA, oops, ]

[ DAVE DIES INSIDE AS HIS GIRLFRIEND (!!!!) DIVES OUT HIS WINDOW because holy shit kisses and asking to make out later god

he is not going to sleep much at all is he. ]

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