Theirs was a passion that he enjoyed. Their relationship thus far had been a complete rollercoaster of ups and downs - Nabooru infuriated him in many ways because she had this powerful effect on him. But without this quality to her, Byrne probably wouldn't have maintained interest in her. If it had been all sunshine and rainbows, so to speak, he would have just pursued her as a fling and dropped her.

And it was all summed up the way she dug her teeth into his lip. It almost caught Byrne off guard, and it brought a brief ping of annoyance within his core, but.... he liked it. He liked this vague battle for control they had going on, in an overall sense and right now.

So he'd let her have her fun. He let her bite his lip before he struck back, lightly sinking his upper teeth into her full upper lip.

If they could stay like this now forever without worrying about anyone else, without worrying about the future, then Byrne might finally be content with his life. Just him in his own little world, with the woman he... adored? ...Loved? Well now that he thought about it, he didn't want to because it shouldn't matter. Labels shouldn't have to matter in this moment, on their vacation, not as he pressed further into her, arms wrapping more around her form.