[it may take a while, but this dog can be trained to understand those wordless responses. for now, the verbal affirmation is what brightens his expression, and the guidance of Grey's hand is what prompts him to fidget onto an elbow with a few muffled pain-sounds before he's situated and can tilt in and kiss him. it'll be a couple chaste things unless Grey deems to goad him along with a nip or a lick, in which case Manabu obliges with fumbling earnestness, tail wagging in the air.]
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