It was a bit more serious than they'd really ever gotten, and he couldn't entirely place why everything felt so intense. Her words pretty much hit the nail on the head for him. He didn't know what to call it, really. He hadn't ever loved anyone, not even his parents. So to kind of look at a situation and apply that serious of a definition to it was pretty daunting. There were better words for it, easier words, and she said them. He literally didn't care about anyone more than he cared about her. He had a hard time caring about anyone, and he cared about her so much it fucking scared the shit out of him. But instead of running, as he was prone to do when things got too intense, he found himself leaning into it. The little creature in his brain, literally, leaning into it. Reaching out, or... in, or. He really didn't even have words to describe what was happening.
She felt so heavy, and not weight wise, just presence wise. So incredibly here. Pressing in, enveloping him, warm and good and just. What the hell was even happening. Somewhere in the midst of feeling that, he acknowledged maybe this wasn't exactly normal? He didn't know. Just knew he was parting his lips to mumble, "Same here." and then leaning in to kiss her. The raccoon, who was already pressed so tightly to Alice's, purred so loudly in his brain that it nearly felt like he was going deaf. The world sort of faded out, the potential of a third raccoon, the fight they just had, the fact that Alice had so willy nilly tried to turn someone. Kind of didn't matter. Just them, the two of them, the raccoons and the feeling of her and him together. He could hear their heart beats, hear them sync. Their breathing, too, fell in time with one another. It was bizarre.
And then, shit got stranger. He didn't know what triggered it, but the little goblin in his brain literally pulled Alice's so close to him that... for just a moment, a brief suspension of time, Asher could only see one raccoon in his mind. At first he feared irrationally that somehow his had just killed hers. It made him jump in surprise, pulling away from the kiss, but unable to do more than just hold her tightly and stare at her with vibrantly red eyes. Upon further thought, he realized... it wasn't either of their raccoons. But it was. Just. Both. At the same time. What. He... there weren't words to describe it. It was just... almost like they'd just mixed together. Into one singular super-coon. "Hhh-uh." He tried to make words, but this was incredibly distracting. What???