Two Eyes Cenote Reason of State

her heart skipped a happy beat and she laughed when nearly against his lips, eyes bright and full of all the pleasant things she felt. the simple intimacy of him saying her name warmed her from within, and Toula wondered for the first time how she could have gone on this long without him. 
the tail of Toula moved as his own did, and smiling, she murmured oh, if you insist! and though it pained her to move away, she did—picking up his favored bouquet, and practicing her wedding walk once more,
slowly! and then once she arrived before him, she tilted her head as though to ask, and now? her heart still beat happily in her chest, thinking on his kind words, and moving to pick an errant flower to weave into the furs of his chest. he was so handsome, beautiful too—his heart, she felt, made him all the more so. 
Toula leaned into him some, smiling as she said, should we practice our dance before we go to pray to Ra, my heart?