FIVE
Erin’s first kiss was a guy named Timothy Matias.
She and Timothy—christened Mots by Kai—were both Teatro Lakambini rookies three years ago, and was their baptism of fire. Even so, he wasn’t new to kissing.
Thankfully, Mots was considerate. He noticed her apprehension about the stage kiss and offered to fake it instead. But the scene had to be staged in a way that a fake kiss would have been so painfully obvious, and Erin just went “oh what the heck” and decided to go for gold. Mots obliged, and was nice enough to “mentor” her without being all judgey.
“Don’t pucker your lips” was his first tip. “Loosen your jaw” was his second. There were more, and they came in unexpected moments, like when they waited in the wings and he told her to “Press your lips against mine a bit harder b
