[And Ted responds in kind, leading them into a deeper kiss. A bit less energetic, but no less passionate than the kiss they had before.

This was nice. Ted had missed the physical contact he could have with another woman. Perhaps if he hadn't been stuck in a haze about Paradisa for so long, he'd have been in this kind of relationship sooner.

Or, at least, something like this relationship. He... hadn't been expecting to enjoy kissing a woman he'd just met so much, after all.

Then again, he supposed there was a reason Barney had made that his hobby.]