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[secondchances]

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[secondchances]

As she cleans up, she laughs.

"Yeah? And really, what's that gonna change?"

[assassino]

"I will no longer attempt to avert my eyes!"

[secondchances]

"You made an attempt, before?"

Nice try, Ezio.

[assassino]

"On occasion!" Depended on who might be around to see him look, anyway. "You cannot possibly know how many times I looked or didn't look, dolcezza."

[secondchances]

"Except for all the times you were shamelessly obvious," she replies, stepping out of the bathroom with a clean hand a washcloth for him since he's in no rush to stand.

"See, maybe if I was the only one you were checking out, I would have thought there something more serious behind it."

[assassino]

He takes it from her with a grazie and sets about wiping himself up. He gives her a wry look though; he's not unfamiliar with the song and dance of starting something serious and still getting all those little other girls comments.

"I'm afraid I am not perfect."

[secondchances]

"Definitely not perfect." She smiles and sits next to him. "You'd be insufferable if you were."

[assassino]

"I will never try to be, then, as I wouldn't want to drive you away."

He leans in for a kiss.

[secondchances]

Now that her hand is free, she can grab his face for a kiss, smiling into it. Maybe he'll have to keep up with her.

"Right into the arms of all the other guys here."

[assassino]

He'll take that challenge on day day.

"Are you saying that if another man showed up here, you would weigh your options?"

[secondchances]

"Would you, if another woman showed up? Or... what about Lana? Cass?"

Don't think she forgot that one. Her tone is playful enough, but... who knows.

[assassino]

"What's over is over, dolcezza," he replies, a little more soberly. "I have closed those chapters of my life, and they are not the kind of women who would go troubling me for old time's sake."

[secondchances]

"Sorry," she says with a small laugh, "Have I ever told you I'm a teeny tiny, itty bitty insecure about some things?"

[assassino]

He smiles very kindly, and he leans his temple against hers.

"I noticed," he replies. "But I assure you, as much as we like to joke about these things... I do know how to be serious with women."

[secondchances]

"... well, you know. I only care about serious in some ways," she teases, smiling, but cuddling up. "That way being the most important of the ways."

[assassino]

He picks up her legs and drapes them across his.

"Some women like to be with a man who is popular with the ladies. It makes them feel powerful to know that at the end of the day, she has that man at her beck and call. I do not believe you are one of those women."

[secondchances]

"Nope," she agrees, easily comfortable with him. "Besides, you were always at my beck and call. I just never took advantage of it."

[assassino]

He laughs.

"And now you can," he says. And then, slyly: "And you should. I live to serve, mia cara."

[secondchances]

"And if I say just... this is enough?" She asks, smiling warmly at him. "I'm sure I'll come up with demands sooner or later, but right now, I just feel..."

Lucky?

"Lucky. Even with the circumstances being weird."

[assassino]

“Then it’s enough,” he agreed. “I feel very fortunate too. Whatever is going on with this castle, it means something for it to have sent us back together.”

[secondchances]

"Probably something deeper than love confessions, right?" She teases.

[assassino]

“Perhaps! We will have to see if any ghouls or spiders are lurking...”

[secondchances]

It's fine when she jokes, but not so much him. Steph makes a face.

"We probably should get dressed and get out there. I'm definitely getting hungry."

[assassino]

Ezio thinks that’s a cute face, but he gets her point.

“Then we’d best go. There’ll be time to carouse later.”

He finishes wiping himself up and gets to his feet to dress — proper Assassin gear this time, instead of just a shirt and trousers.

[secondchances]

"Does this mean I can dress less like a potato sack, more like Batgirl?"

And freely walk around without worry about being seen, seeing as there's... no one...