It isn't just mine, Rin. Sometimes it seems like you TRY to take what I'm saying in the worst possible way, just so that we'll have a shouting match. I complement you on your outfit, you call me a lech and tell me to stop staring at your legs. I tell you I thought you gave a good report in class, you ask me how I could tell because I was ogling your chest the entire time.

[He leaves out all the times when he has just said 'Hey Rin, your breasts look great today' or 'Good lord, how DO those stocking stay up like that?' It doesn't help his argument.]

I dunno. Being alone...just sounds terrible. My Grandfather has been alone for years now, since Grandmother passed away, and he's just...well, lets not go there. He thinks he's resurrecting old school magic in his study.

[Crazy old man. He's not looking forward to the family meeting in a couple weeks.

It was her comment about being a man that finally got him to snap a bit. When she asks why he hasn't just done what he says, he just leans forward and does.

It starts out rough, like he's just trying to get the deed done. Lips to lips, contact, nothing else. But after a second, Battler leans into it, and it softens slightly, the softening does not change the intensity of it. This is a kiss born of years of frustration, anger, love, and teenage hormones. A kiss meant to finally show Tohsaka Rin how Ushiromiya Battler felt for her.

And then he breaks off the kiss, his face still close to hers and looking at those blue eyes.]

Now who's not man enough?