Despite her witty replies and the way her fluffy tail beat, Mirren knew Kite didn't have a trouble-making bone in her body. Not where he was concerned, not tonight. The only trouble going down around here was the way her touch was like lightning against him. Her laugh was contagious and they were snuggled up so closely that it reverberated in him, along his side. The soft feel of her long, tawny coat was enticing and he leisurely brushed his cheek against it as it tickled his nose. "Ms. Troubles," he reflected, blowing her fur from his mouth before expressly burying his nose in it.

As always, her reaction to his admission was adorable, and he shared her moment of silence respectively. Yes, he could hear it, like music to his ears. What was more─he could feel it. They'd spent the day traveling and talking and sharing, and all of that was unexpectedly wonderful, but to be so close that he could feel the pulsing of her beating heart made his own throb with...with...He knew exactly what is was, but shouldn't he be wary of how fast this was all moving? He'd concluded earlier that he wasn't going to let her go, and in that way he knew the things that would come next, but to feel it all actually happening...to fall like this...it was amazing. "I can hear it alright, right here," he tucked his muzzle between their bodies to prod between her ribs. "It's the most beautiful sound I've ever heard," he stated matter of factly.

If they tried to get any closer to each other they would fuse together, but it didn't stop her from pressing closer and it certainly didn't prevent him from accommodating. Her feminine voice was softened by sleepiness, and he wondered if he'd get to listen to her pillow talk every night. It was soothing, relaxing, and just what he needed to sing him to sleep. Resting his broad head across her back, his voice soft and low, he would save his vast number of inquiries for her until morning.

"Forever, Kite," he reminded her as he drifted off. "We're gonna be together forever."