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Listening with his usual brand of eager politeness, Remi could feel a coral blush colour his cheeks as Bastien suggested that perhaps sex was the answer. Drawing in a hasty breath and then immediately trying to cover the sound of it with an awkward cough, Remi ran a hand through his curls and blinked rapidly a few times to focus his mind. Given the culture in Northaven, Remi had been forced to sleep with a fair amount of women to keep his secret carefully guarded. While he had left his partners satisfied, he himself rarely had been, even under the most pleasant of circumstances. Since all of that, he'd only been with two men: one of whom had all but disappeared, and the other had disappeared. Luckily for him, Bastien was interrupted though rudely so, and instantly the awkwardness fell of Remi's face to be replaced by a naively genuine concern. "Are you alright?" He asked, pale sea-glass green eyes dropping down the man's length to ensure that he hadn't been harmed. Whatever brief respite from the conversation the jostle had provided, it was about to get worse. Not only did Bastien sort of make it sound as though only someone lonely would ever bother to sleep with Remi, but the mention of woman, while courteous made the alchemist laugh nervously. "I have had my fair share of women, thank you." He tittered, the blush rising up to his ears in a charmingly embarrassed way. Swallowing down his disbelief that he was having this conversation with someone he'd only just met, Remi gave Bastien a sideways glance as they continued on. "As for anyone else, I...ehm..." Again Remi ran a bashful hand through his hair. How to explain that he was a bit of a romantic (read: a hopeless romantic) who'd only just learned the joy of having sex with someone he truly cared about, and that he very much doubted that meaningless sex would do anything other than drill home the idea that he truly had lost something great? "I am not sure I am ready to date. Honestly, I do not know if I am even single." Remi said with a lopsided smile. He and Loren had never really...confirmed what they were. remi Trying to teach my common sense to not waver with my confidence