You can touch the brace. [he informs in a space between kissing, simply because he knows people are often unsure how to approach it or if they're welcome to. truthfully he'd rather pal keep his hands on skin, tracing like he is and making viktor press back into the touch, even if it pulls them a little farther apart.

it does give him a good view though, which is enough of a plus he'll allow it for the moment.] I could try to cover for you while you snuck away. We would not want the Master Warden looking like he's causing trouble in the stacks, would we?

[something about that scenario is so incredibly fumbling students it really charms him, though he supposes gossip in an enclosed community must spread like wildfire.] Do the Sixth love their gossip as much as Piltover did? If we were caught at the Academy it would be quite entertaining to our peers. Plenty of tutting and sly looks.

[well, again not entirely true, being from the undercity gave any rumors about him a nasty edge but he's still going to keep things actually fun for this, so that fact gets ignored. he has to grin when pal says that, finally leaning in again for a kiss like a reward for his mercilessness.] Good, I find that terribly attractive too.