First intimacies

— So?
– So what?
— So are you going to ask me?
– Hm?
— What I think of your house.
– What do you think of my house?
— I like it.
– That’s nice.
— That is nice. You have a scar here.
– Hey?
— Here, see?
– I don’t…
— There at the base of your index finger.
– …That’s a scar?
— It’s a scar. It’s small, but a scar.
– Hm.
— How did you do that?
– No idea, I don’t remember.
— Hm.
– Wait… no, no, don’t remember.
— I wonder how you did it.
– Mmm.
—
– I thought you wanted to watch a movie.
— Nope.
– You wanted to come back here to watch a movie.
— Changed my mind.
– Oh?
— I’m happy just lying here, looking at your hands.
– Hmm hmm.
— What’s funny?
– You are.
— How so?
– Or perhaps I am, my delight in you.
— Mmm, your delight.
–
— I like that.
– You like that?
— I do.
– You know what I like?
— What’s that?
– I like you leaning back against me.
— Mmm, me too.