( and he meant literally all of that, but. maybe not the way dick took it, but then. mako never has been very good at expressing himself with words. and then dick leans in and... well, he can barely call it a kiss, with how fleeting and soft it was. as dick pulls back, mako twists his mouth in disconcertion off to one side. )

I meant.

( about the bribery. he doesn't know how to articulate it. but he knows he needs to seize on it, because if he gives into the urge to kiss dick again, they aren't going to leave this room for an age. he meant... )

If you were... I don't know, doing surveillance on a cop, and he was running off to meet with someone that, as far as you know, he should be arresting, and kissing him — would you still think that cop was a straight shooter?