The supervolcano spirit is placated; Beila gives an interview about it, forbearing to mention Dao's involvement; the damage is repaired; Beila goes back to her waterbending lessons, her hospital volunteering, and her routine outings with Dao.

They're still not having sex, confessions of kinkiness aside. There's no rush.

But they do make out.

And one day she tells him while they are so doing, "I want you to pull my hair."

Author: roc_on	The supervolcano spirit is placated; Beila gives an interview about it, forbearing to mention Dao's involvement; the damage is repaired; Beila goes back to her waterbending lessons, her hospital volunteering, and her routine outings with Dao. They're still not having sex, confessions of kinkiness aside. There's no rush. But they do make out. And one day she tells him while they are so doing, "I want you to pull my hair."
Author: thinklikethis	His first reaction is to blush and flinch away a little, but his second is to smile, and it's the smile that stays. "Um... really?" he says, even though the answer is pretty obvious.
Author: roc_on	"Yeah. Don't pull it out or haul my head around, just - I can show you if you don't know what I mean?"
Author: thinklikethis	The blush makes a reappearance. But: "Okay."
Author: roc_on	"On you or on me?"
Author: thinklikethis	"Why not both?"
Author: roc_on	She laughs and threads the fingers of one hand through each available head of hair, on the sides of their heads, and then tightens her grip, just enough to be demonstrative.
Author: thinklikethis	Dao giggles.
Author: roc_on	She lets both heads of hair go so she can pull his face back towards hers for more kisses.
Author: thinklikethis	Kisses, awesome, kisses are exactly the thing he wants to be doing right now. And... He puts his hand in her hair.
Author: roc_on	Beila makes an encouraging noise. Something like "mmm".
Author: thinklikethis	Okay. So. As demonstrated, he tightens his hand.
Author: roc_on	She squirms closer and goes on making the encouraging noise.
Author: thinklikethis	The encouraging noises are very encouraging! He is encouraged.
Author: roc_on	Good, because he should keep doing the thing she's encouraging him to do.
Author: thinklikethis	He is, he is keeping doing that thing!
Author: roc_on	Oh good! That will cause Beila to continue approvingly pressing herself against him and making sounds and kissing him.
Author: thinklikethis	Oh, sounds. He is so very delighted by sounds. He is going to do that thing some more now.
Author: roc_on	Good! He can produce a variety of pleased sounds like so.
Author: thinklikethis	Awesome. Excellent. Beautiful.
Author: roc_on	As previously discussed, so convenient.
Author: thinklikethis	It is very nice that they work out so well together! Dao is pleased.
Author: roc_on	So's Beila. So pleased. See how pleased.
Author: thinklikethis	He can hear how pleased!
Author: roc_on	Good. Also he can probably tell that she is super into kissing him through other mechanisms.
Author: thinklikethis	Yes, that too.
Author: roc_on	This could go on some time.
Author: thinklikethis	This should go on some time.
Author: roc_on	Then it shall!
Author: thinklikethis	Awesome.
Author: roc_on	Eventually she wants him to switch sides; she's all asymmetrically hairpulled. She conveys this through picking up his other hand, putting it in place, then tugging on his currently occupied one.
Author: thinklikethis	That is an admirably clear way to convey that! It works like a charm.
Author: roc_on	Excellent. Mmmm.
Author: thinklikethis	Mmmmm kisses mmmmm sounds mmmmmmmmm.
Author: roc_on	Indeed, all those things. This goes on long enough that Beila's stomach starts growling, though.
Author: thinklikethis	"Lunchtime?"
Author: roc_on	"Yeah, lunchtime." Nuzzle. Lap-extrication. She kisses his most recently hairpulling hand before he can completely retrieve it, and then wafts her comb in her direction, catches it, and fixes her hair.
Author: thinklikethis	Dao giggles.
Author: roc_on	When Beila's hair is presentable, down to the kitchen they go to scare up some lunch.
Author: thinklikethis	Lunch is so intimidated that it surrenders immediately.