Mari hummed thoughtfully to the boy before shrugging. "It has been, surprisingly," she mused to him., her hand gliding up his chest and sort of running around his neck, where she started to draw patterns around his scars. "Yeah, that's fair. I suppose there's only so many ways I can calll you hot..." she hummed as she pressed a light kiss to his lips. "Or sexy," she trailed off again, another to his jaw. "Or handsome," another kiss was planted to the underside of his chin. "And there's very, very ways I could call you gorgeous," she chuckled before pressing a soft kiss to his neck, gently nipping at the skin there before smiling softly. "Because I know for a fact you'd deny it all anyway," she laughed lightly.

Sage chuckled lightly in response to her comments, skin tingling where her fingers had touched. He hummed happily in response to her first kiss, sort of settling down to where he was comfortably nestled under the girl, moving to where his head was tilted slightly once she'd moved her kisses downwards. Not fully...he'd make her work for that, to get him stretched out and all...but he'd definitely given her some more room to work. A light shiver ran down his spine at her nip, and he admittedly had to focus rather hard on what she was saying by then. He chuckled lightly at her comment though, humming some sort of agreement since he really couldn't deny that. He was enjoying their time together though, a lot, and he was certainly glad he's had the idea to come out here where they'd be alone.

Mari hummed softly when she felt his skin prick at her touch... it did amuse her. It was so sweet, and in all truth it was one of the things she'd grown to love over the last few years. He'd had a tough time of it in the slums... especially in the tavern. Yet, he could be so sensitive to her touch... and he could trust her enough to open up to her more. Both physically and verbally. It was something she should have noticed more when they first met, but it did make her happy no matter the case. She moved back to his lips after a moment and pressed a slightly deeper kiss to him before eventually pulling back and flopping on the blanket with a soft huff of air... she was just messing around, really... just to get something going.

Sage hummed lightly when she pressed another kiss to his lips, and let out a slight whine of complaint when she flopped back onto the blanket. His skin felt almost like it was on fire now ....which was normally what happened when she started teasing and toying about with him, but now he definitely wanted more. which he figured was what she wanted, but they were just...starting it up slow, he supposed. Probably so she wouldn't actually break him like he's joekd about earlier. Which, he had to admit, he was slightly thankful for. Though, he also wasn't sure exactly how long he could do something like this without falling asleep either. He curled up against her happily though, humming happily. "What, done already," he teased her lightly. "I'm just too good," he snickered, pretending to be all high and mighty. She knew he didn't think quite so highly of himself though, so it was an amusing jab.

Mari looked to him with a bit of a hum in return to his comment. "Oh yeah, you had me so turned on a few kissed and that was it," she joked to him. "You're just that good," she repeated before turning to press a quick few kisses to his lips. "You need to learn some patience at some point," she added with a small chuckle. She moved to press a few light kisses to his throat before hugging out a breath. "Let's head back. We can see what happenes when I'm not soaked through," she chuckled lightly to him.

Sage chuckled lightly at her comment and then hummed happily in response to the next batch of kisses she gave him before nodding in agreement to her comment. "I am getting cold," he admitted, moving to sit up and reach for his dry clothes. Then he gave her a grin. "you still owe me something good...I'll keep that in mind," he teased her lightly before hauling himself to his feet with a grunt and moving sort of stifly clean up the blankets and food they had put.

Mari watched his clean up happily, slipping her dress on over the undergarments to keep warm before taking a few of the things that they'd have to carry for him. "Mhm... I'll be sure to think of something. Don't you worry yourself," she mused before starting to wonder back... she renewed the little game they'd had a few years back, where she'd put the apron on... it had been ages ago, but she didn't see any reason that she couldn't do it again. Especially while the kids were out... and Anthony said he'd have them as long as she needed them to be gone, at least until the next day... so she could make them a nice meal, she supposed, once they'd cleaned off and had a nap... it seemed like they would need it. Sage seems to be falling asleep, so she could get up a little earlier and see what came out of that, too. They got back soon enough, and she quickly shooed him off to get showered and get himself to bed... it was early evening, so they could get up in a little bit anyway.

Sage was more than happy to loop his arm around Maris and sort of just zone out as they wandered back to the house. He really was exhausted at this point, and admittedly he'd stumbled over quite a few tree roots and stones on the way back. But they'd both made it back perfectly fine, and he'd probably just look back on it and laugh. At least, he hoped so, because the embarrassment that came with it now was....not fun to say the least. He simply nodded with a yawn when Mari instructed him to go shower and get to bed....he didn't have the energy to argue. It was a rather long shower, since he sort of just kept zoning out and sitting there...but eventually he got out and dried off and dressed, and then promptly collapsed onto the bed. Amber hopped up to curl up after a moment, and he was barely awake enough to curl himself around her before slipping off to sleep.

Mari tidied everything up before giving Sage a happy hum when she got up stairs... he looked so content, which was something that made her so, so happy. She got showered quickly before getting wrapped up into a warm blanket and hopping into bed. She eventually drifted off... after a little while, though, she stirred at the sound of a few crows outside their window. She hummed and checked the time before smiling inwardly to herself. The girl moved to press a few kisses to Sages cheek to have him wake up a little. "I'm gonna go and make dinner... come down when you're ready, alright," she whispered to him before giving Amber a little fuss. She padded downstairs, and made up a nice meal of breaded chicken for them... it was simple, but so, so good, so why not? Plus it meant she could get a bit messy with flour and the likes, which was fun... and once she was done she could swap into the apron like she'd been planning. It would just be for a bit of a laugh beforehand.

Sage was already out cold by the time Mari had gotten upstairs, though when she curled up with the blanket he curled up against her happy to share her warmth. He blinked up groggily at her kisses when she woke him, and nodded with a yawn in response to her comment. He lay around for a little while longer, and had almost drifted off again, except now Amber was awake and ready to go, and she'd started to meow loudly at him, so he forced himself up and out of bed with a sort of groan wandering down the stairs. Admittedly, the smell of dinner alerted him a little bit more, and he padded into the kitchen happily.