this is a thing you will live to regret <3
[But she does pull away, half because she's about to smile at how easily he relaxed, and half because of how much she thinks, however briefly, of not pulling away.]
[But she doesn't step back yet, just breaks the contact enough to smile up at him.] I suppose I've found the way to relax you--
[Her playful little segue is interrupted from above, because I haven't used the Mega-bot in ANY of my 80-some threads yet!"kiss better!" And for once, you'll see Lacus looking genuinely surprised.]