[ Luckily for Kaoru -- or possibly unfortunately for Kaoru, depending on the state of his pride at that moment -- Kojiro is a beast, in conjunction with being fairly adept at anticipating Kaoru's needs. Being face to face is great, but considering they were practically melding into each other just a few moments previous, their current situation feels like too much distance. So before Kaoru can settle too much over the bike, Kojiro gets an arm around his waist and yanks him closer, coaxes Kaoru's legs up over his own thighs. Better. Kaoru can stay all wrapped up around Kojiro like this, even if it's nothing more than Kojiro’s (considerable) strength holding him there. ]

Hey. [ Low, soothing, and plying. ] Whatever you wanna do, whenever you're ready, I'm game. Okay? Don't overthink it. You got me, and I'm not going anywhere.

[ It's probably easier to say that from where Kojiro's sitting. Easier, when he doesn't have the burden of considering and reconsidering every possible angle. So maybe, possibly, baby steps would be better. ]

If you're worried, how about we start small? Maybe 'small' just looks like-- I don't know. Not trying to hide it anymore? Doesn't have to be anything big. Try to think about what we would look like, if we didn't have to worry about what other people think, and treat me like that.

[ Maybe it wouldn't even look very different. They've always stuck close to one another at S, and even had their moments of sexually-frustrated sniping, or -- very rarely -- genuine affection. How much would anyone really question it, if Joe draped a casual arm around Cherry's shoulders, or if Cherry leaned a touch too close to Joe in private conversation? ]

And when we get comfortable with that, we can think about something more. Does that work?