That wide smile gets his heart beating faster at the same time as it makes emotion stick in his throat. How is it possible to feel this happy, when he had been so resigned to missing his other half his entire life? And now here they are in each other's arms, with Wanyin pressing in as close as he possibly can -

"A week to start," he agrees, because with his tiger this close, his mind is already starting to lose track of anything that isn't what they could do now that they finally have each other.

"My husband is such an excellent strategist." He pulls away, but only long enough to move back over to the door to lock it - he'd been too distant to bother to remember to do so when they first came in.

When he returns, his tail immediately wraps around Wanyin again - though this time a little lower, winding around his hips. "You are beautiful, my tiger." His hands reach up without him quite intending to, pushing into his hair and rubbing tenderly at his ears. "I used to think it was lucky I was not in human form because the sound of your purring would surely make me go weak at the knees, but it turns out your smile has the same effect."