What’s the matter?
By the time I caught my breath, Rio was laughing quietly to himself, still holding my hands as he watched me in his half-shy, half-knowing way. “What’s the matter?” he teased. “Never kissed a boy before?”
I licked my lips, tasting the memory he’d left behind. “A couple times, just to try… but it was never like that.”
His eyes lit up at the compliment, and he leaned forward, whispering against my cheek. “You like me that much?”
“Maybe.” I closed my eyes again, letting myself nuzzle back and slip my hands around his waist. “Maybe you’re just the first boy I’ve kissed who wears strawberry lip gloss.”
I felt Rio dip his head, just a little, as he settled into my arms; I imagined him blushing through his smile. “I like strawberry! Most of the time it’s just for me. It’s just a little, and it’s clear!” He looked back out into the cafe to see if anyone else was near. “Well, except for the glitter.”
“It has glitter in it?”
“Uhm. Just a bit. You didn’t notice before.”
“I bet that leaves interesting smears.”
“It takes more than one date to find out.” He laughed and kissed me again, his touch just barely firmer than a breath. “I’m not sure we’ve had even that.”
Then, just like that, he was gone.
Rio’s just a bundle of cute in this.
The ‘uhm’ is a nice touch, by the way. You don’t see hesitation or fillers in speech much unless the character’s always hesitant and stuff–so, as tedious (and probably lame) as it is to point it out, It’s nice to see that.