[Lovebite]

Reyes shook his head quickly,"Nonsense, I have to give you a proper embrace."He smiled and continued pushing himself up to his feet with a huff, removing his apron and tossing it over the stool,"You've been gone so long, I was missing you terribly."He lifted his arms to wrap them around her, closing his eyes as they kissed for a moment" before he remembered. Pulling away slightly and waving the guard off,"Go stand at the door."He told him and then looked back to Aravis, leaning up and kissing her deeply this time,"I missed you too."He said, looking at her,"I think the pups did too."He mentioned and stroked her hair back behind her ear,"You've gotten a tan!"He chuckled and took her hands, kissing her fingers and then going to head towards the couch near the window, they had much to talk about. "How was your journey? Nice I hope."He went to take a slow, careful seat, holding his belly.