[Thankfully he's not THAT dense, no. He knows that she longs to be elevated above all others, to be his special someone in a romantic sense - and she is. More than words can ever convey. It's just difficult for him to place those wants of hers over his own desire to be loved by as many people as possible sometimes. A self-preservation instinct, one might call it, seeing as how gods need worshipers and prayers.

But in times like these, he remembers all too keenly that Hiyori is human and has mortal needs and longings. To be his number one. His only one. And in turn she provides him with the care and loving necessary for him to recover from the abuse his father put him through, filling in the damaged parts of him with adoration and empathy.

The same kinds of feelings he hopes to reciprocate and then some. Because nobody has ever made him as happy and content as Hiyori has. There's no place he'd rather be than alongside her, sharing his life with her and partaking in the life she has to offer him. Two hearts beating as one.

Husband and wife.]

Heh... Fair enough. I'll keep you as mine forever, for as long as you'll have me. [In return he hopes she'll hold him close as her own... Which they're in the process of doing, in their steady if somewhat languid pace. Though things are heating up in as he sheds his lower garments as well, stepping out of them and making sure all wayward articles are out of the way.]

I've got a secret for you... [With her face so easily accessible, he plants a kiss on each cheek, then her nose, and finally her forehead before grinning.]

You're my most favorite thing nowadays. I'd give up both those forever in order to be with you. Hell, I'd surrender everything I have an am. [Sans Yukine, naturally. His boy is the one person he'll also never give up on. Ah... if only he were here, too. Then this really would be a perfect time.]