Sage didn't want Claudia hurt, and he wanted her completely out of harms way if something did happen. But...he couldn't say no to her. Though, she was giving him a rather flirty looking smirk, so he didn't kind of want to know what she was planning on doing if he told her no. "are you sure? He's after you not me," he sighed. Then he raised an eyebyat the girl, amusement twinkling in his eyes. "Persuasive, huh? I might need that to be fully convinced," he hummed in a rather teasing way. He'd let the girl tag along...he supposed it was somewhat of a good idea. But...he was curious as to what the girl planned to do to convince him, as it were.

Claudia smiled and chuckled, cuddling closer to Sage. She rested her head on his pillow, looking up at him. Her hand gently grazed his cheek, going down to his neck, Claudia pulled him closer and gave a small giggle before pressing her lips to him. She knew he was probably going to say she could come, after all, the only reason she shouldn't is the chance of her getting hurt or killed, and the chances were the same for Sage. Claudia's hand went to his chest, she pulled away, looking at him with a smirk, "I love you.".

* Ah! Im so sorry for such a late message 😢

(it's all good! I was busy over the weekend so I wasn't on too much anyway haha)

Sage felt his heart skip a beat when the girl kissed him again, and her touch burned as it travelled down his neck and rested on his chest. Though, not in a bad way...not at all. He mischievous glint formed in his eye and he grinned at the girl. "if I keep saying no, do I get more of this," he teased the girl, though there was some level of truth to it. "Or if I say yes, would I get more love that way, hmm?" He was joking around, but...well, he did kind of want it. But it was the girls choice to give it or not. And he wasn't going to judge either way...she'd already kissed him a lot that night. Though, of course he'd always take more from the girl. And she probably knew that.

"Well, do you agree, or are you not going to let me come? We shall see what happens either way." Claudia smiled, keeping her hand on Sage's chest, still looking at his handsome eyes. She gently tugged at the collar of her boyfriend's shirt, Claudia chuckled, she was absolutely fine with doing anything, as long as it was with someone she loved, someone exactly like Sage. "Is there something you would like to do? I don't want to seem like I'm controlling you..." Claudia never liked the thought of that, Sage had always been pushed around in those rooms at the Tavern...she didn't want to be like that, it was wrong.

Sage chuckled and rolled his eyes, leaning forward to peck the girl on the cheek. "You can come. But only if you promise to run if I tell you to, ok?" Then he cocked his head slightly and shook his head. "Not really," he chirped. "I just like being with you," he hummed. "I'll be more than happy with anything we do." He really was...and she could tell what he was feeling, so there was no danger of him getting upset. He did notice her little tug...was she going to do something else? He sort of hoped so...though he had scars everywhere, and a brand under his left collar bone...he just didn't want her upset if she saw those.

Claudia smiled, giving a slight nod, "Thank you, Sage.". She smirked when he stated the next part, "So you'd be fine with taking off your shirt with me here?". Claudia felt her cheeks hotten at her own question, I mean...he had he'd be happy with them doing anything. Did he trust her enough though? She hoped he did, she hoped he knew she would never try to hurt him. Plus, if they were going to be together for a while, or their lives than they would have to get used to this. After all they both loved each other greatly.

Sage grinned at the girl and then cocked his head, face heating up at the question slightly, but sort of pleased she'd asked. Not that he cared, but it just showed the difference between her and the people at the tavern. "Sure," he hummed with a shrug. "I mean...people have seen more," he pointed out. "And I trust you." Besides, the girl had seen him in his tavern uniform, so she'd seen quite a bit of his chest anyway.

Claudia gave him a small smile and gave a sigh, "True.". She looked away sheepishly, wondering why she had asked Sage that. It's not like he was going to take his shirt off...would he? I mean, it kind of sounded like she was asking him to...her face flushed as she looked back at Sage. "Im sorry, forget I asked that." Claudia let out a small chuckle before shaking her head. Sage had said he trusted her, and she trusted him as well but...Claudia cleared her throat, laying her head down on his pillow. She sighed, twiddling with her long fingers.

Sage chuckled slightly and shrugged. "Alright, but you know I don't care about all that if it's with you," he hummed. He really didn't, and while he did hope they could do that sort of thing without it getting awkward, he didn't want to ask the girl for anything she wasn't comfortable with. He could see her thinking though, so he cocked his head curiously. "What are you thinking," he hummed.

(Bit short I'm out)

Claudia glanced at Sage and smiled, "Oh nothing, just a bit tired love.". She laid on her back, looking over at him, "Thank you, for everything Sage.", Claudia smiled once more, resting her head on Sage's arm she kicked up the blankets, so it was covering them. "I love you, I think I may go to sleep, you should too," Claudia placed her hand on Sage's chest, "You'll need it for tomorrow.". Claudia cuddled up more next to him, not as cold now as she was downstairs. They were going to be going out to hunt down her hunter tomorrow...what fun.