Raffe was careful not to broach another touchy subject at the moment. Not that it really matter, well maybe it did. How long ago had he been with Jay? Surely it wasn't a record or anything, but stress was stress and the day with Thalia had done much to improve his mood. But Nox pushed away the thoughts of others and the problems of the past, though he did add to prior comment "They are still good friends, but I'm looking for dojo number 3 now. But I don't make money at it anyway, my knowledge is freely given."
The single house rule was obvious and Nox chuckled as he took another step closer, swallowing harder than usual. "That makes sense. I think I can keep my hands off the clients." Nox grinned at Raffe. "But no rules about interpersonal activities between staff? Besides the usual." Nox took a deep breath and wanted to lean in and kiss Raffe but he kept eye contact. "I'm going to be 100% upfront with you." Which was very atypical Nox thought to himself.
"One, I'm relatively new at this." Nox gave Raffe a very obvious once over pulling his bottom lip in subconsciously as he took in the fully clothed version of the man he'd glimpsed in his pjs earlier. "Two, I don't do relationships. I tried, but as I mentioned earlier I cheated on her, I don't want to hurt anyone else." Nox meet Raffe's eyes again with a sideways grin, "I'd like to get to you know better - personally and..." Nox paused dramatically and clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth audibly, "naked. But we have to work together, and that comes first. So I'm going to leave it to you. I doubt I'll stop flirting with you. But I'll keep my hands to myself if that's what you want" Nox leaned closer and whispered in Raffe's ear. "I would very much like to show you how much that scar you keep rubbing at doesn't bother me."
Nox pulled away from Raffe's ear with a smile and leaned back nodding towards the stairs. "I'm going to go get my things, take Nova for a walk, and I'll be back. Give you time away from my charming self so you can tell me to fuck off with a clear head." Nox winked to show he was mostly making a joke at his own expense.
The single house rule was obvious and Nox chuckled as he took another step closer, swallowing harder than usual. "That makes sense. I think I can keep my hands off the clients." Nox grinned at Raffe. "But no rules about interpersonal activities between staff? Besides the usual." Nox took a deep breath and wanted to lean in and kiss Raffe but he kept eye contact. "I'm going to be 100% upfront with you." Which was very atypical Nox thought to himself.
"One, I'm relatively new at this." Nox gave Raffe a very obvious once over pulling his bottom lip in subconsciously as he took in the fully clothed version of the man he'd glimpsed in his pjs earlier. "Two, I don't do relationships. I tried, but as I mentioned earlier I cheated on her, I don't want to hurt anyone else." Nox meet Raffe's eyes again with a sideways grin, "I'd like to get to you know better - personally and..." Nox paused dramatically and clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth audibly, "naked. But we have to work together, and that comes first. So I'm going to leave it to you. I doubt I'll stop flirting with you. But I'll keep my hands to myself if that's what you want" Nox leaned closer and whispered in Raffe's ear. "I would very much like to show you how much that scar you keep rubbing at doesn't bother me."
Nox pulled away from Raffe's ear with a smile and leaned back nodding towards the stairs. "I'm going to go get my things, take Nova for a walk, and I'll be back. Give you time away from my charming self so you can tell me to fuck off with a clear head." Nox winked to show he was mostly making a joke at his own expense.
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