and everybody clapped [finally!!! been waiting for them to kiss for 4.5 YEARS! well i mean i guess TECHNICALLY they kissed in the comic before but here's the real kiss lol. this chapter + upcoming interlude is smooch central btw]

Darcy and Akiva watch each other nervously, as if trying to gauge what the other is thinking. Darcy leans in slowly, and Akiva closes her eyes. At long, long last, they kiss.