Nora had very huffily dragged Ren over to Blake by the arm, declaring that the two of them were idiots who needed to just figure things out, for Oum's sake.
After some very suggestive hand gestures she had then stomped off, leaving Ren and Blake to stare at each other, Ren still clutching their book protectively to their chest.
Blake's the one to initiate the kiss, holding Ren's hand. And it sucks- well, not so much for a first kiss, as first kisses go but like most first kisses there are too many teeth and too much spit.
They pull away at around the same time after only a few seconds. They're both grinning, even though it was terrible.
They're (shockingly) in the library, in a corner where almost no one goes unless they're on an assignment on whatever the books in this section are actually on (probably something like mapmaking or something equally dull). They're sitting against a bare patch of wall. Blake has their shoes off.
"Do- do you want to try that again?" Ren eventually asks, nearly stuttering with how incredibly strange verbalizing that sounds to them. Blake nods, and wipes their mouth with the back of their hand.
"Less spit please, though," they say, and Ren nods. Again Blake initiates, and this time things are a bit better- less wet sloppy, at least, and still closed mouthed, with not as many teeth. It lasts a bit longer, both of them breathing through their noses, and then Ren pulls away.
"Um," they say. Ren swallows nervously, worrying at the corner of their bottom lip. Then they kiss Blake again, and this time they bring the hand that isn't holding their hand to rest on the space between Blake's shoulder blade.
This kiss lasts even longer, and it's open mouthed, and messier than the second kiss but in a way that's somehow less awkward than the first kiss. They're gripping each other a bit oddly by the end, still holding hands tightly.
It takes longer for them to stop kissing this time, this time it's because they've both actually run out of air, and Ren is smiling almost the widest Blake has ever seen, and they're grinning too. "So that was really nice," they say, and Ren nods.
Blake leans their head against Ren's shoulder, the two of them having rearranged themselves so they're sitting next to each other holding hands, again. "Do you want to do anymore, um, more?" Ren asks, sounding almost worried.
"Not really," Blake says, "kissing's good for now."
The relieved sound Ren makes is almost a laugh. "Oh, good," they say. "That was really nice."
"Yeah," Blake says. They tighten their grip on Ren's hand.