(Breathe Diluc. The intensity he gave was near enough to make him dizzy in a similar fashion to whenever they were in Dragonspine, beyond that perhaps, dizzy with something he'd wordlessly tell her until she can say it herself. Temptation might be there to keep giving her this intensified flame but she wouldn't be too pleased, would she? The answer is an obvious yes or that had been what he thought once he takes the chance to gather his thoughts back up to her question.

Her voice isn't helping either in the way it sounds husky but he's forcing down any manner of temptation from rising still. His restraint for once isn't bending completely.) ... a wordless admission to what I wanted to say. (Letting her feel the intensity of it was not something he thought he'd do this soon but he did in fact give her that engulfing flame of his in it. A flame he knows and only she'd know now.

If it wasn't for his back, he'd do it again, he wants to do it again with the floodgate it opened in him tonight. But he shouldn't, even if he wants to forget this happened to him, even if he wants to tell her without speaking it just more beyond that single kiss. The internal arguing is annoying him because Gods above, he knows what he wants her to have and he knows what he wants so why can't it just be silent even now as those voices start to berate him.

Focus. Focus Diluc, he didn't need to let his heat flare past what he gave her and so far it's working to keep it down. He just has to remember that she's still there, that he shouldn't listen to anything his logical side is trying to argue with him about even if right now it's harder.)

... saying it like this felt more right to me than just letting you think I didn't feel the same.

(He's considering it lucky his mid-back wasn't deciding to rear its ugly head in after he did this.

That isn't something else they need if he's going 'say' more.)

And it's harder than you think to not 'say' all of it so suddenly.