Roxy/Sollux: 3rd person POV
"You missed a semi colon."
"What?" Sollux paused his typing to glance over at the girl. She had her head resting on her crossed arms on the desk. Her eyes were closed. For all intents and purposes she looked like she was napping. And Sollux thought she had been.
"You missed a semi at the end of your last for loop."
Sure enough as Sollux squinted at the screen he saw where the code had been left open. It would have fallen into an infinite loop and would have had to be killed and then it would have taken at least an hour to find that error.
"How did you know? You can't even see my screen. I can barely see my screen."
"I heard it, silly. Your rhythm missed a beat."
"You knew what I was coding by listening to it?"
"Yup."
"Whatever." Sollux turned back to his work, typing a quick note in his side window before working on code.
"That's not very nice to say about me."
Sollux typed up another retort.
"Really?"
"Yea." A faint yellow blush appeared on his cheeks.
"What else do you find hot about me?"
The flush grew brighter, but he paused to honestly think about it. "Well, you are definitely tech savvy which is an improvement compared to the rest of them. You aren't actually that obnoxious even when you are drunk. I don't know why you play it up with the others. You like cats. You can shoot better than ED, but still prefer fist fighting. A lot of stuff now that I think about that."
"You know half of those came out as insulting."
Sollux ducked his head. "I'm bad with people. Give me a computer instead."
"But you didn't mention anything about how I look," she murmured into her ear. Her closeness startled, making him scramble against the desk to keep from falling out of his chair. She laughed lightly at him as she grabbed his shoulders and pulled him upright.
"I mean, well, uh," Sollux sputtered.
"I find that hot." Her breath was hot on his cheek.
"What?"
"You like me for me. Not my looks. I appreciate that." She rested her head on his shoulder, draping her arms around him casually as she leaned against the back of his chair. Sollux was stunned into silence at the apparent change in her demeanor, going from almost seductive to something much softer. He carefully turned his head, mindful to keep his glasses from hitting her face. Her eyes were closed but a small smile played on her lips.
"Well, your hacking skills are formidable. And you don't give me a headache."
"Can I kiss you?"
Sollux's jaw dropped open a little. He floundered for a moment and then hesitantly, "Please?"
She tilted her head and leaned in the little distance between them. Sollux turned his own head as much as he could to help with the alignment. It was still a slightly awkward angle when their lips met but honestly Sollux couldn't care. His entire thought process was centered on the softness of her lips against his chapped ones and how she smelled of strawberries and tasted of cream. When she finally pulled back, both of them had soft smiles.
"Honey. You taste like honey."
"I like to eat it? And Earth honey doesn't make me go insane?" He replied very uncertainly.
"I like it too." She stood up away from him. Sollux feared that she was going to leave and so he turned on his chair to follow her and promptly ended up with a lap full of Roxy. "Could I have some more?" She asked cheekily.
Sollux instantly thought the new angle was much better for kissing. He put a cautious arm around her back to help her stay on his skinny legs. She was soft and round compared to his sharp angles. But they fit together surprisingly well. This time when they broke, there was a pale flush of pink across her cheeks and yellow across his. Sollux thought she looked good in pink. Then he realized her eyes were also pink.
"Your eyes are pink."
She burst out laughing, rocking the chair almost dangerously. Sollux grabbed her tighter to keep her from falling off of his lap. "Sollux Captor. We have known each other for a while now, and you just realized that I have pink eyes?"
"Yes?" he replied, setting off another peal of laughter from the hacker girl.
"You... you are... adorable," Roxy managed between pants to try to catch her breath. Sollux blushed again. "Why are you blushing so hard? I know adorable isn't Alternian for something dirty."
"No one has ever called me adorable."
"I don't know why not." She tilted her head as she looked at him. She studied his face with as straight of an expression as she could manage. Then she smiled brightly. "It doesn't matter because now I have. You are very adorable to me." She lifted her hands to his face. "Very kissable too." She leaned in to prove her words with actions.
He enjoyed her touch on his face with both her hands and her lips. He gingerly pulled her closer to his torso and kissed her back.
