[Mash stands there for a moment, struck dumb, but her body's got this. It's on top of things more than her mind is right now, and realizes that hey, she could be shielding herself with the water right now instead of just standing here naked and looming over him. When he sinks down and back, she gradually follows, until she's properly concealed. This whole thing is so embarrassing that she has a sudden, intimate understanding of why exactly someone might want to just . . . sink under the surface for a good long while.
She resists the urge, but she gets it.
She ends up about on his level, meeting his eyes across the surface of the water. This really is a nice hot spring, she thinks, in a fleeting way that she doesn't have the luxury of enjoying just yet.]
No, no, I'm the one who jumped to conclusions! I saw you go under and didn't see you come back up . . . and I got worried. That isn't because of anything you did wrong. I-I could have tapped you on the shoulder or something!
[Solutions that feel obvious in hindsight, without the needless adrenaline coursing through her system . . .
She slips just low enough into the water that her lips go under, and a few bubbles ripple up. Blub.]
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Date: 2019-05-13 04:49 am (UTC)She resists the urge, but she gets it.
She ends up about on his level, meeting his eyes across the surface of the water. This really is a nice hot spring, she thinks, in a fleeting way that she doesn't have the luxury of enjoying just yet.]
No, no, I'm the one who jumped to conclusions! I saw you go under and didn't see you come back up . . . and I got worried. That isn't because of anything you did wrong. I-I could have tapped you on the shoulder or something!
[Solutions that feel obvious in hindsight, without the needless adrenaline coursing through her system . . .
She slips just low enough into the water that her lips go under, and a few bubbles ripple up. Blub.]