My mom always got upset when I did things with boys. [And Nariko didn't really need to tempt her mother into being any angrier than she was in her general state. Ultimately what Mikado's saying is difficult for her to accept. She has to think on it for a solid ten to fifteen seconds, which is an oddly long time to just sit there and be quiet but. Nariko hasn't reached the point in her life where she thinks quickly enough to react immediately. That was a very learned habit, if anything.

What she does know is that he's right. The Alpha - and she knew what that title meant thanks to her father - had taken her in.]

I'm not trying to be stupid. [You were almost perfect, Mikado, but her feelings are a little hurt by that. She gets up from the couch to stand in front of the other boy and then, without any warning she kisses him. It's not a little peck like Masaomi had done to her, it's well-aimed and firm. And when she pulls away:] As long as Nathan stays safe then I guess it can't hurt. [A pause.] And those glasses are cute, too.

[She turns around, which gives Masaomi a chance to see the incredible amount of pride in her expression as she moves to sit back on the couch. With Nathan out of the room, and now that it's made clear that she won't be thrown out she's all over the place. Her scent compounds and then doubles, and she's got all that nervous, excitable energy in her bones that always precedes a kiss or rutting up on someone.]