[Training] i'm yours to keep and i'm yours to lose

NOAH

He didn't really want to let her go, and he didn't really want to explain anything. He would need to, though, so that she understood he really wasn't ignoring her in any way, but that his capacity for thinking outside of what he was dealing with was minimal. There would be time in the day.

When she spoke, he smiled. He wanted to kiss her again, and do nothing else, but there would be more time for that later. "I took you more for the fighting type than the talking type." Noah teased, giving her a jabbing tickle to the ribs. "Did you practice combat with Deimos at all?" He asked, eyebrows raising. "I'm curious to know, because I can't have it known that you can kick my ass."

He stepped into her space, tickling at her side again. He continued forward, the smile still broad over his features as he took to continuing to jab tickles at her ribcage.

Life isn't always what you think it'd be
Turn your head for one second and the tables turn