Just a little adult conversation that doesn't really go anywhere, then cuddling!

Baxium's hands rested on Mira's hips as she placed kisses on his thick neck. He could barely feel their gentle caress against his dark sienna skin, but enjoyed her contact. He didn't know what her actions meant, but he didn't feel like stopping her at all.

He turned his head to nuzzle against her neck, which tickled her in return and she squeezed her face against his. They shared a laugh and he continued to nuzzle against her neck while running a hand up her back.

She pulled away from him when she felt his other hand go toward her butt and gave him a look. "Hey, you," she said quietly.

He stopped and smiled back at her. "What?"

Mira laid against him when his hand returned to her hip and he considered giving up for the night. "Can I ask you something?"

"Hm?" she questioned, staying still against his chest.

He gave pause for a moment, wondering how best to breach the topic. "Do you not want to have sex with me?"

The question gave Mira the most flustered pause she had ever had. "Why would you say that?" she asked, almost urgently.

"Well," Baxium started awkwardly, "I've been trying to make advances and you just don't seem interested... Which is fine! I just... wanted to know."

The awkwardness grew thicker as the conversation progressed. Mira had absolutely no idea how to respond to his straightforward question and stayed quiet, unmoving.

"Like, if it's just too soon? I don't want to pressure you or something. And I know that me being a Triceraton is probably not helping things, either. So, I definitely get it if you don't want to even go there," he explained.

Mira closed her eyes as her cheeks grew red hot. "It's not that I don't want to... I mean, I don't wanna have this conversation because it's awkward... and I'm awkward, and embarrassed, and shy... Which is the answer to your question really, I just... It's not you. It's not you," Mira rambled, and for a moment Baxium felt some relief mixed with curiosity. "I mean Jesus, have you seen yourself lately?"

He blinked and looked at her with an amused expression. She avoided eye contact. "That... that was supposed to be an inside thought."

Baxium simply smiled and wrapped his arms around her, shielding her from anyone's possible gaze. "Well as long as I'm not pressuring you into something- and something you don't even want- I'm happy to take my time."

His hand gently caressed her back as she sat against him, fermenting in her own flustered awkwardness. There was so much he didn't know about her still that she thought was important before taking those steps with someone, and she didn't know if she was ready to go into it yet.

Baxium filled the silence more with his words. "I don't want to keep making awkward advances if you don't want them, but I also don't want you to feel like I don't want you. Cuz I do, but I want you to be comfortable before anything else."

She laughed a little to herself. Would she ever be comfortable with that? Still, his sentiments were sweet and she did love how much he thought about her. She buried her head more in his chest and started to talk again. "I don't mind them."

"Hm?"

"I don't mind your advances," she said quietly. He could barely hear her, but understood what she said.

"Then I'll keep them up," he assured her. Though she felt awkward and flustered, she still found comfort in his caring arms that wrapped around her like a weighted blanket. She realized what she wanted to do with him that night.

"Baxi?" she asked as she unburied her head, her hair all over the place.

He smiled back at her. "Yeah?"

"Can we watch a movie?"

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Baxium watched the credits roll as Mira slept lightly against his arm. She had curled up beside him in a blanket and started to doze off when the credits to their movie began rolling. He set the empty bowl of popcorn on the coffee table and his movements caused her to stir from her doze.

"What time is it?" she asked sleepily.

Baxium glanced at the clock then back to her adorable, sleepy, disheveled self. "It's half past 11."

"Oh."

He reached out a hand to straighten out her hair and she leaned into it approvingly. "Do you wanna go to bed?"

She closed her eyes with a small sigh, still leaning against his hand. "No, I'm a sleepy sheepy..."

With a quiet laugh to himself he removed his hand and helped her stand up. "Okay, baby, let's go to bed." He turned off the television and the lamp next to the couch. In the darkness, Mira froze while her eyes tried to adjust.

"Baxi, I can't see!"

Suddenly, she felt herself lifted up and placed in his arms all while still wrapped up in the blanket. Her arms weren't free to hold onto him, so she had to trust him not to drop her as he carried her back to his room. "I know this apartment like the back of my hand," he assured her. Before she knew it, she was gently placed on a bed, still surrounded by darkness. The only light was the little that peered through his curtains from the city outside.

"Did you wanna wear one of my shirts to bed or anything?" he asked as he turned on a light.

The room that surrounded her was fairly clean aside from a small pile of clothes against a wall, some books and papers strewn about the dresser, and some stray shoes- pretty standard. She looked back at him and smiled fondly before nodding with vigor.

He opened his closet and picked out a shirt he didn't need too often. "This one should do." He pulled out a dark red and black shirt with a Triceraton logo on the front. It looked like it might have been too small for him, but it was still massive for Mira- just like she wanted.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom while you put it on, okay?" He set it down on the bed and left, closing the door behind him.

When Mira picked the shirt up to compare it with her body, it was already clear that it'd be an off-the-shoulder neckline for her and reach well past her butt. Perfect. She placed her clothes in a neat pile on the floor next to the bed, wearing only his shirt and her panties. His bed was bigger than even a California King-sized bed. She could roll over a good four or five times before she reached the end- and she did exactly that. When Baxium knocked on the door to enter, she was sprawled out in the middle of the bed. Before he could come in, she hid underneath all of his massive, thick pillows in a silly and vain attempt to hide.

"Is it okay to come in?" he asked, slowly peering in from the other side of the door. After spying her trying to hide in his pillows he just entered with a smile and tossed his shirt and pants into the corner.

"Guess she just went home," he said as he sat on the edge of his bed. He spotted her clothes laying on the floor and reached over to pick up her bra. "Oh, but she left something for me!" He laid back on the bed and she watched as he stretched out her bra.

She leapt out from the pillows and grabbed for it with an incredulous, "Hey!"

He returned it with no fight but simply laughed. He grabbed her waist and pulled her onto him. "Gotcha."

"Oh no!" she cried out as she held onto his arms. He rolled onto his side and spooned her while nuzzling the back of her neck.

"I love you."

Her face turned red once again as she hid her face in his arms as he hugged her. "I love you too."

Together they cuddled under his big blankets in his big bed on his big pillows. Mira noted that he seemed much more comfortable without his arms and legs hanging off of the sides and she was happy to be with him in his loving arms, sleeping soundly.

Sometimes the hardest conversations are the ones you need the most!