Poppy - Pleasure (red)
It fills him with a strange sort of joy that she wants to share her news with him, that she has sought him out, above all her colleagues to tell him that she has been moved to the fashion department.
Later, she asks him to help her assemble the mannequins and she smiles and laughs more freely than he's seen her in a while. So he tests the waters, because not having the next step in their relationship would be so much better than loosing whatever this is.
When she kisses him it is soft and surprising, inexperienced but not unpleasant.
When the kiss is over, she pulls back, smiling, yet trembling slightly, as if she's bracing for him to slap or scream at her.
'Was that alright?' The look in her eyes brings forth feelings of rage Henri hadn't previously thought possible, that she could think that she was anything less then completely perfect.
He cannot begin to articulate exactly how far beyond just alright it was, so he says something that he hopes is vaguely clever and kisses her again.