They stood. Just stood. In immense awkwardness. Equius reached over and pulled a pickle jar over to himself and Aradia. He pretended to struggle with the cap, trying ever so hard not to open it. Sometimes, he felt he was too strong. "E%use me miss, but I, um, require help with this jar."

Aradia raised one of her eyebrows and took the jar from him, quickly opening it with ease. "Here. What's wr0ng? N0t feeling especially str0ng t0day?" She asked, handing it back.

Equius blushed a deep blue and big drops of sweat began to bead on his forehead. "Oh. Well, I… I need a towel." He searched high and low for one not already drenched, but to no avail. "Oh, blast it."

Aradia looked around and saw a fairly fresh towel under her foot. She tentatively picked it up and held it out at arm's length. "Here." She said, gesturing toward him.

"Oh, yes. Thank you." Equius reached for the towel, but as he was grasping the fluffy cloth, he accidentally grabbed Aradia's hand along with it! He gasped slightly, not knowing whether or not to pull away. Aradia snapped her hand back and pulled her hair around her awkward horns to hide the dark red blush quickly forming on her cheeks. The towel dropped to the floor with a thud.

Equius opened his mouth to speak when his cell phone rang, oddly to the tune of sedo-maso-pedo-robo-necro-bestiality. His moirail is calling. Aradia giggled at the odd ringtone and whispers to herself, "Nepeta saves the day."

"I apologize; I must take this." Equius stepped over to the couch to continue his phone call.

Aradia waited patiently for Equius to return, leaning over the counter on her elbows and staring eye-level with the pickle jar. The other side of the room was obscured when looking through, and had a slight green tint. Gross.

Equius wrapped up his call quickly; as he had company. He took the pickle jar over to the couch and motioned for Aradia to sit next to him. "Come. Have a pickle."

Aradia sat daintily at a fair distance. She reluctantly pulled a slimy, unappealing pickle from the jar and took a cautious bite. "Hmm… It's actually n0t half bad!" She smiled and took another bite.

Equius chuckled nervously and moved a bit closer to her. "So... How's the new god tier body?"

"It's, um, c0nvienient."

Equius dabbed at his forehead with the towel yet again. His heart began to race. His STRONG muscles clenched. He huffed, stood up, and swept Aradia off of the couch in one fell swoop, making sure to be gentle with her delicate wings. He looked as lovingly into her eyes as someone with the gaze of a grizzly bear can.

Aradia gasped. It's usually unlike Equius to be this… forward. She held on to his abnormally muscled shoulder to right her balance and looked through his cracked sunglasses into his big blue eyes. The tiniest trace of a smile lit up her face.

Equius heard a faint buzzing in his ears. This meant he was about to hear a command from some invisible entity. It wasn't often that he disobeyed someone of a higher position. He tuned out the trivial noise and continued to gaze at the beautiful lowblood.

The voice became louder, and finally Equius began to see the command scrolling across his glasses. "Equius: Go for the kill. Dive into the pool. Reach for the – Oh, just kiss her already!"

Aradia noticed Equius's gaze shift. She cocked her head slightly when Equius suddenly leaned in and planted a kiss right on her lips. Her eyes widened, and then closed in content.

I'm not really sure how to end this, so yeah I'm just gonna stop here XD