"No," he repeated for the ten-millionth time, a briefly stern pout clouding his features, "I'm not hurting you, you can't sugar coat it into a good thing, it's still hurting you and I won't do it."

His ears had flattened in a shy manner at the kiss, and slowly perked again as Soubi explained how they had gotten here. "I was talking to Sensi, and then when I left I was here. I assumed I'd missed something, or that it was a strange spell battle, but I couldn't find you." He glanced down at his own cellphone, hanging from a strap round his neck and shook his head, "No reception, but I figured out this thing enough to type."