[ He did want to try again. He wasn't sure why, other than that he'd never done it before and now seemed as good a time as any to learn. Of course he wasn't planning on getting hooked but since his boyfriend smokes it seems like a good thing to know. Something to do together, maybe, just once in a while.
Once in a while is fine, right?
He takes the cigarette gingerly, nodding some at Helix's instructions. If he wasn't concentrating so hard he'd be flustering a lot more, but as it is there's just a healthy streak of pink over his cheeks at the comment. Gosh. Alright. Here we go... a slow, careful puff. Last time went fine until he tried to inhale, so let's just not... do that. ]
Oh, 's not so bad. [ And kind of satisfying, breathing out smoke.]