Not a brotherly peck. The kiss scared me; it was really a boy-girl kiss and one that was a lot more than the first or second date kind of thing. It wa... a passionate kiss."Well, we continued to kiss, it did feel good, I like kissing, as you well know, and it soon got into french-kissing. After the initial shock, I really wasn't thinking about anything except how nice it was. I had on a tee shirt and shorts, no bra, I still don't like wearing one when I'm home, and, anyway, we're kissing and soon. “This limiting glyph on the innermost ring is interesting. I’m certain that I could use that in other things as well. Like that facemask I just made, right now it just pours out clean air. I wonder if I could make it pulse, so it only does it in time with my breathing.”“What if you end up running or lifting with it on,” Ikuno said without looking up. “Also, if you are exerting yourself is it still going to produce enough air to keep you from passing out? Hopefully, I don’t need to remind you. "Me? I'm learning to live again. Esther hasn't shown up since..." I looked at Beth, "we were at the Rocks, but I still think about her a lot. It's not so raw now. Life goes on. You know, it's sort of... healing ... just reading bed-time stories to kids? They're so caring, but so... now ... they don't worry much about the past or the future. If they think I'm upset, they just come and give me a hug and, you know, it really does help."At the end of the evening, as he stood to leave, Beth stood. Diane... why so serious? I mean... what you have to tell me... is it about me?" Oh... no. It is about me Jim... what I... do. Can it wait until we are having coffee please?" Yeah. About two then?" Yes. Two will be great. I want you to know that I'm setting this up so that you know what you are or could be getting into. It's for the best. I have found myself developing feelings for you... feelings that I can't deny. I... I don't want to screw up what we have, but at the same time, I don't want.