just a moment to hold

REMI

the lullaby

there's a light that you give me
when I'm in shadow

'Wait, really?' Nearly he reaches for her, and had she left her leg in the air longer he might have sat up to study the shape in detail. As it was, he merely frowned. 'I didn't think you looked like a foot, when we..' But he can't quite say it, not when they're on a not-date, both pretending everything was fine and also calling out the awkwardness when it was convenient. Clearing his throat, he latches onto what she says next like a life raft. "If it's anything like how Ronin dances, no thank you."

And then? Swallowing, the corners of his lips tugging up in far too quick of a smile that disappears just as quickly as it came, Remi raises a brow as if he's considering the matter quite seriously. "Well...if this was a date,' He clarifies. "I might say that a years worth of work to be with the one he loved was a small price to pay. But," Shifting slightly, leaning more on his arm and side now to better look at her, he continues. "were I separated like that, that no river, no matter how many star-lengths wide it was" (Remi not knowing the word for lightyears, of course) "could not keep me away."

His lips twitch slightly, resembling both a smile a hesitant wince. "And..I would probably try to move closer to you, like this.." Leaning onto his side fully now, Remi places his hand on the other side of Isla's hip.

there's a feeling you give me, an everglow

Code blatently stolen from queen of codes, Sky!