[ Rachel lets her hand rest flat, palm up, just so he can play however he wants, her fingers curling against his as well. it's just really comfortable, and easy, and now she's watching his hands, and she pretty much immediately feels the urge to draw them, much like how she wanted to draw his lips a second ago, and his eyes just before then. she's crushing so stupidly hard on him, she can tell, but she's not letting herself worry about it so much. time was limited here, they've talked about this. worrying about how much she likes someone and not just enjoying the fact that she does at all isn't worth it. ]

As soon as I knew I could do it, I knew that was what I wanted to give you. At first I thought maybe a puppy would be safer, and ..really cute, seeing you with a puppy, but I figured with your fire powers, a dragon would be a great match.

Plus, it turns out you and a little dragon is pretty cute, too.