"With all the talk you've made about how much I've 'developed', I would have thought you wouldn't be interested, given how flat I was back then." She teases him, grinning.
"Honestly, I tried to pretend I didn't like you, since my father would have loved to set us up together, and I've always had a rebellious streak. Now, though, there's no one to tell me what to do. Now I can just take what I want." She kisses him again, a little bolder.
As Ard makes his suggestion, she nods, but as he moves in towards her, her hands press gently against his chest. "Wait. I really want this. Just... What about Evir'i?"