[ Yuri doesn't protest that parting, seeing the reason in it. He's only ever been involved with people he'd tolerated because of some arrangement. Some transaction. These varied in terms of detail, but all are wholeheartedly different from this — from Dimitri, who doesn't just want to get something out of him while pretending he's someone else.

A relationship, a real one, is a wholly different animal from his previous experience. And, he thinks, taking their time sounds nice. ]

Coming from you, that's incredibly flattering.

[ His own blush reinforces this as he spares a moment to kiss Dimitri's cheek. Brief, soft, and rife with affection. ]

You've always cut a gallant figure yourself. I want to think you'd know that, but I'm making sure you do.