"Don't offer to do something you don't have the guts for," Akiha chastises as Nico half-covers her face, sitting up and brushing her long skirt out, legs now hanging over the side of the bed. "Look, if you're having trouble working up the nerve," Akiha starts, voice surprisingly gentle... until she pauses mid-sentence, for something that was your idea, by the way," that was a definite snipe, all gentleness gone, "then we can build up to it. Slowly. Start by getting a little more demanding in bed and go from there."

"Unless you'd rather I try taking the reigns," Akiha offers, very smug. She had to admit, that was a thought of hers too. It'd get them past all this preamble, at least.