Forest felt Shirou's hand on her mostly bare shoulder and turned to look at him.
Normally she would have blown off his question with a quip and chatted while she got clothing for others. She had the feeling if she tried that with him, he would have either clammed up or pressed until she confessed. Neither of which she really wanted, and besides, she was starting to get angry at the way most of the people were treating this poor man.
She knew fully well walking the "path of the hero" was a lonely one and often a thankless one. And sometimes there were things that needed to be done that were unpleasant. It also looked like Shirou didn't have anyone to help keep his humanity, until he was just a cleaner preventing the next catastrophe.
In someways, it was looking into a mirror that could actually give her a reflection, and she had been in his shoes before. Then Gabriel had been born, but Shirou didn't have some miracle child to raise. All he had was himself, and she knew that was the quickest path to damnation, or in his case, a shallow grave.
She bit her lip, gestured, and answered, "I'm just sort of flustered that's all, I already know trying to keep peace here is a giant, never ending chore. Not to mention I was half naked in front of a very horny Rider. I'd eventually like to end my celibacy, but she's really not my type. Not to mention, other than Isa and her sister, pretty much everyone is being an utter ass to you with not a lick of understanding. And I had a Faerie blow up on me- never had that happen before. Now I'm blathering away like a complete idiot. While gore covered and indecently exposed. So, let's go take care of the girls before I insert my size Ten in my mouth again."
******
Archer felt Rin cling onto him, pulling him closer and slowly brushing her lips against his. He could sense her puzzlement; she probably expected him to just ravish her. He didn't want to do that; he knew he was going to lose every ounce of control he had left with her, but until then . . .
He was going to make up for lost time.
So he slowly began to untie her hair from its ribbons as he deepened the kiss just a bit more, flicking her lips with his tongue.
*****
Lancer returned to see Shuya with another man and woman. He folded his arms, looked at his friend and said, "You don't need to make such a fuss. Besides, I think if you keep calling her 'Blondie' you're going to have to retract your boys from your stomach the next time she gets pissed at you."