Her heart raced

"But..." Alice suddenly said, interrupting his conviction to give up. "If you're just looking for a kiss and nothing more, I don't think I'd mind. That is... If that's all you're looking for. I won't stand for it if you suddenly say we're getting married just because of one kiss. I'll beat the crap out of you if you do." She said with serious eyes that searched his plain mask as if trying to find a hint as to what he was thinking or what kind of expression he was having on his face. "Nothing else? Then I'm game."

Alice had a motive.

She didn't care about lip-locking. She did that a lot in the past when she was still a kid, free and happy. But it was with stuffed animals, that is.

But then one day, she kissed an actual boy.