[Byleth is right - it's the honesty that gets to him, because he's not used to that kind of sincerity. Almost everyone else had some kind of ulterior motive to their "feelings" for him, but Byleth... didn't. It makes his words and actions impossible to brush off.
Still, he leans into the hand on his cheek, even as he blushes a shade darker at him calling him cute. Is he? Really? He's not so sure about that...
But if the casual affection is what's causing Byleth to steadily become more solid, then so be it. He can endure being flustered, if his dear Professor is the one doing the flustering, he decides.
So he kisses back as best as he's able to. The contact still feels like a ghost of what ought to be, but... that's fine. There will be more and more as time goes on, if what they've already accomplished is anything to go by.
But then Byleth pulls away and Sylvain is... confused, but only for a moment, only until he's beckoned towards the bed.]
Forward, aren't you, Professor?
[He's not used to being pursued with sincerity - at all - so he meets it with light teasing. Is the reaction appropriate? He's not entirely sure, but it's what came naturally, so it's all he has to go on.
Even so - he does still follow Byleth to the bed.]
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Still, he leans into the hand on his cheek, even as he blushes a shade darker at him calling him cute. Is he? Really? He's not so sure about that...
But if the casual affection is what's causing Byleth to steadily become more solid, then so be it. He can endure being flustered, if his dear Professor is the one doing the flustering, he decides.
So he kisses back as best as he's able to. The contact still feels like a ghost of what ought to be, but... that's fine. There will be more and more as time goes on, if what they've already accomplished is anything to go by.
But then Byleth pulls away and Sylvain is... confused, but only for a moment, only until he's beckoned towards the bed.]
Forward, aren't you, Professor?
[He's not used to being pursued with sincerity - at all - so he meets it with light teasing. Is the reaction appropriate? He's not entirely sure, but it's what came naturally, so it's all he has to go on.
Even so - he does still follow Byleth to the bed.]