*Shiox manages to crack open sleep-blurred amber eyes at that gentle kiss, a clumsy hand moving to cup Varada's warm cheek. He meets his lover's sunlit eyes, that crooked smile only growing.* Mm. Best way a guy can ask to wake up, sweetie. Warm and loved~. *he softly remarks, his words perhaps coming a little slower than his fully awake and alert self could handle, but still managing that chirp.*