Rose raised up on the tip of her toes, her arms going around Rolf’s neck as the kiss deepened. This had been different than the trip to Indonesia; she had missed Rolf but hadn’t felt like she wouldn’t be able to make it without him like she had back then. Somehow, just having made that promise to him and getting his promise that he wouldn’t let missing her get him too down had worked. And it had worked amazingly. But that didn’t mean that it didn’t feel wonderful to be back, to have him hold her, to have his kiss make her mind go blissfully numb, just to be with him and hear him and plan things with him…
“They kept delaying our Portkey,” she murmured, “if they hadn’t, I’d have been home ten or so hours ago.” Looking at him, the smile just came all on its own. “I wanted to see you too,” she admitted and couldn’t help the light giggle – a mix of joy at being with him again and tiredness. “And I want to see your bed, too, and curl up with you in it, and…” she bit her lip and winked teasingly up at him, as she began urging him backwards out of the bathroom, though without letting go of him. “I am so ready for bed, you won’t believe it. Then we’ll see about sleeping…”