"I better be," she teases, nudging her shoulder gently against him in jest to let him know she's joking, on the off chance he hadn't picked up on it by himself. She's sure he did, but it never hurts to go that extra step, especially in a new relationship where they're still largely getting to know one another.

At his comment, Lydia grins a little and tilts her head back to look up at him. "Oooh, did I forget that? That's, like, the most important part!" she says playfully, craning her neck a little and she cups his jaw with one hand to guide him into her reach so that she can kiss him.

She could stay like this forever, she finds herself thinking. And, quite frankly, she might just. Or...at least until they have run out of time before they need to get to their rooms for the sleep aid gas, anyway.

(( ooc: call it done with a fade out or keep going? ))