Arch saw Mikoto coming and smiled at her approach. He never really tired of seeing her, especially not when she'd taken the time to dress up. Of course, to him, wearing nothing was often better, but clothes still held an appeal that he liked, displaying something in the way one wanted to, it was filled with meaning, and intent.<br/><br/>"Mmm-Hmm," he hummed in agreement, as he kissed her in return.<br/><br/>He pressed a second, quicker kiss to her cheek, before speaking. He felt like he hadn't seen her in a week, though that probably held more truth that he cared to admit. Work consumed a lot of time, and arriving at home tired rarely left him with the energy to appreciate his partner as he loved to. They were married, so he could've called her his wife, but didn't. She was his partner, more properly, she was Mikoto, because a name seemed more apt a label than a base description. Still, it wasn't as though their marriage was anything more than what Arch saw it as. A contract. Their relationship hadn't changed, and Arch wore no ring, and no names were changed. Marriage made life easier, though, legally speaking, and Arch liked that part of it. Of course, had there been some other way to attain the same effect, he would've chosen it. Marriage was such a loaded word.<br/><br/>"You do look beautiful," he said, "and better yet, sexy." He knew that the two were often not the same, though Mikoto more often then not pulled off both at the same time, something he supposed had attracted him to her in the first place. He kept her hand in his, even as he saw Elric and...what was her name again? Bryony? He turned, smiling, and leaning forward to shake Elric's hand as he approached.<br/><br/>"Elric," he said, "its great to see you."<br/><br/>He never introduced Mikoto, though only because he always wanted her to introduce herself. The scheme of introduction had always struck Arch as odd, just a sort of medieval holdover. You, mine, mine, you. Mikoto had a mind of her own, and if she wanted to meet Elric, Arch saw that as something between her, and Elric.