[The sight of Samantha's lipstick stained gift finally brought to the forefront of her just mind what she had agreed to. Being a first-timer to the world of dating She really had no idea what she was going to wear, or even say once she found herself in the field.
But, after calming herself, she managed to pick something that simply fit her usual style, a black skirt and a freshly cleaned shirt, and tossed the same old jacket she wore everyday over it all. She'd been wearing it for years and this point, and felt a little safer wrapped in its warm embrace.
Finally out the door, she arrives for the date looking a bit less sour and far more nervous then Samantha had likely seen her in the past.]
[They were both nervous. Samantha was, probably, one of the less conscious or even caring of what people thought about her, but she always felt a little nervous when things got past 'asking' to actually going out with someone. But, when she saw Asuka coming up, she colored a little and calmed. Maybe she'd overdone it with makeup. It wasn't like Asuka had been here long enough to get a big wardrobe was it?
Smiling over at her, she took a step in close to brush a finger along the edges of her jacket and leaned, aiming a kiss for the girl's cheek, on the side with her good eye. Coming in that close, Asuka could see that Sam's right eye had a slightly milky look. The peripheral vision was shot there since her last death.]
Hey you. Glad you could make it. Ready to get a little spoiled?
[Despite the fact that, as a solider, her first instinct was to move from someone coming this close to her, Asuka manages to suppress her own thoughts and takes the kiss in stride, laughing with a slightly forced smile as Samantha pulls away from her.]
I'm glad to be here...this being my first date and all. [She looks nervously away from her date] I'm ready though, I think.
I'll make sure you have fun. [The hand up close reached down for Asuka's as she started to head towards the door to the comfort house. Glancing back over her shoulder, she grinned.]
You look nice, by the way. Have you ever been to a hot spring?
[She walked with Asuka in tow behind her and sighed in relief. This was, at least, a familiar sort of place then.]
Oh, good. I hope you don't mind me picking one, but it seemed like a nice place to relax. They've got springs, a sauna, finger foods, massages, all sorts of stuff like that.
[Her voice was starting to pick up pace. She was trying to b-line towards the hot spring changing rooms, realizing how silly she felt for having put on makeup right now. Only when she reached the door did she realize something.
Asuka could see her back when they changed... And she just went a little pale, hovering at the door for a second.]
[She sighed and looked over at her before starting to open the door, swallowing hard. Her raspy voice was a little distant as she spoke.]
Look, just don't ask about the scars. It's not that big a deal, but I don't like people staring. Ok?
[She slipped in. It helped to have already made arrangements to rent a hot spring ahead of time, so they didn't have to waste a lot of time with the concierge. But, as she went to the lockers and let Asuka's hand go, she definitely was looking self-conscious while she hung her coat up, showing a nice, simple but attractive red dress that covered her back and showed just a little bit of cleavage on her modest chest.]
[Asuka understood not wanting to talk about old wounds from personal experience. She couldn't even recall the number of times she had to explain her eye-patch before the crew of the Wunder finally stopped asking.]
Don't worry, I understand the feeling.
[She points to her eye patch before following her date into the locker room. Asuka was no stranger to changing around other people, and began to take off her clothing with little regard to the fact that someone may be watching her.
Below her ever present jacket lay the body of a young teenage girl. Skinny and rather underdeveloped for someone her age, those unfamiliar with her past may have confused her with a high school athlete.]
[She was grateful for that, at least. When Asuka started changing as if nothing was wrong, she let out a small sigh and nodded to herself, beginning the process slowly. Both of them were locked at a certain apparent age, though perhaps Samantha had lucked out in this. Her own frame was caught in her late teens, though she too was definitely on the modestly developed side. A little on the athletic side, she was nevertheless pretty damned thin for her height. A pair of thin, rough scars were there, right along the insides of her shoulder-blades. They stood at the sort of spot someone's wing-joints would have been if they had them.
As they were changing, she had to keep from glancing back at Asuka occasionally, her tail swishing slowly behind her. It was something of a losing battle. Eventually, she wrapped her towel around her frame, walking over to the washing station. Scrubbing herself clean was a good idea before getting into the hot springs, after all.]
You want something to drink while we're in the springs?
[Asuka quitely disrobed and eventually replaced her normal attire with a tightly wrapped towel, but couldn't help herself but to let her wandering eyes take in the sight of Samantha in her current state of undress.
And as she did, Asuka's mind quickly came to the conclusion that while she thought the half-demon was pretty, she really had no idea what she would consider attractive in another woman, she simply had never thought about it before.
Wishing to wash all such thoughts from her mind for the moment, Asuka shook her head as if to loosen the offending ideas and let them slide gently out her ears. It was only then, that she heard Samantha's call for beverages.]
Huh? Oh...no I'm good for now.
[She didn't want to make a drunken fool of herself, or at least not at a moment like this.]
[Good, someone had a little bit of sense. While she bot a little cleaned up, she finished by wrapping the towel around herself as well and stood, smiling over at her with a little less nerves before grabbing a second towel and motioning for her to follow. As she walked, she tied her hair back in a ponytail, out of her way.]
Alright. They have finger foods here if you want, or we can just try to enjoy the heat. I got us a private spring.
[There was no way she wanted to have a date with someone in the hot springs where others could see. As she walked down the path, the chill was held back by the steam that ran up from the various springs, though she did shiver a little at a gust of air.
Another glance back, and a not quite so innocent smile. Unlike Asuka, there was a part of her who found a lot of people, almost anyone attractive. She didn't like to admit it, but she had less trouble finding her attractive. What made her feel weird was how young Asuka looked. With some weird alien species she couldn't tell the proper age of, it was easy to ignore and not think about, but with Asuka... she was definitely younger than Sam usually let herself look at. Scarlet reached her cheeks again and she tried not to think of herself as a monster.]
[Bouts of confusion and doubt aside, Asuka picked up a small something to eat later in the event that she needed use shoving food into her face as an excuse not to talk about something.
At worst, she thought, she was simply out with a friend for the night. No big deal, save for the fact she wasn't terribly good with friendship either.
Asuka sighed. She really had to get out more often.]
I've got everything I need. So I think I'm ready to hit the hotsprings.
[Samantha led her up a little path and in behind the bamboo screens. Setting her towel to the side of the pool, she stepped in without any of the gentleness most seemed to give themselves with this kind of heat. There was a wince and then she relaxed, having sunk to about halfway up her calves.
And then, she let her other towel off and draped it onto the rocky side before stepping in a little and starting to settle down, back to Asuka.]
Come on in. The water's fine. [Said with a grin and at least she was covering her breasts with one arm.]
[Setting aside a great many things, her towel included, at the water's edge, Asuka slid into the spring, launching small bits of heated water into the air and all around her.
It had been over a decade since she had last experienced such a thing, leading the red-haired pilot to flail a bit at the sensation of extreme heat caressing every inch of her exposed flesh.
But after a few moment, she finally manages to relax as her body becomes acclimated to the steaming water. Then a great sigh emanates from Asuka's lips and begins to rise with the steam to the heaven's above, making it seems as if Asuka is finally starting to enjoy herself.]
This brings back a lot of memories... [For a moment, Asuka sinks beneath the water, leaving only her head exposed.] I think it has been over a decade since I've stepped foot in a place like this.
[Seeing her react like that when she went into the water, Samantha tossed the tie to her hair back and dipped under for a moment. Pulling up nearer to where the red-head was seated, she sprawled out on her belly in one of the spots with enough depth that she could get away with it.
The nice thing about the steam everywhere was that it let you 'almost' see everything you wanted without actually seeing it in detail. She was looking over at Asuka with a fairly pleased look, resting her chin on a rock and her forearm.]
I am so glad I took you here. I like that face on you.
Take a good long look then, because I'm rarely ever this relaxed.
[Such an attitude had been forged over the course a decade and a half spent living from battle to battle. Even in peace, Asuaka's mind was firmly fixed on the fact she must be eternally vigilant, lest something or someone get the best of her.]
Thanks for inviting me out, though. It's actually been pretty fun hanging out with you.
[Again, the look she was giving her after that comment was anything but innocent. She took her time, her eyes scanning over Asuka, starting roughly at the knees and beginning to go slowly upwards. She swallowed a little, feeling heat in her cheeks. After all, it was a bit more active an indulgence, her other hand reaching over to brush along the edge of a kneecap, seeing if she shied away.]
I don't mind the company. You have a pretty good sense of humor, you know.
[She sighed and rested her hands on the stone, slipping to the side and looking up at Asuka quietly. She smiled over at her, but didn't move to touch.]
At least you're willing to say that. Do you know how many people pretend they know what they want until they can't take it anymore? Just...
[She sighed a little. God, she'd mucked that up some, hadn't she? She shifted onto her side while her tail flopped and pulled out of the water. Looking up at her quietly, she grinned.]
Would you like me to rescue from this horribly awkward moment and find something for us to talk about?
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28/2/14 16:40 (UTC)But, after calming herself, she managed to pick something that simply fit her usual style, a black skirt and a freshly cleaned shirt, and tossed the same old jacket she wore everyday over it all. She'd been wearing it for years and this point, and felt a little safer wrapped in its warm embrace.
Finally out the door, she arrives for the date looking a bit less sour and far more nervous then Samantha had likely seen her in the past.]
Hey!
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28/2/14 17:10 (UTC)Smiling over at her, she took a step in close to brush a finger along the edges of her jacket and leaned, aiming a kiss for the girl's cheek, on the side with her good eye. Coming in that close, Asuka could see that Sam's right eye had a slightly milky look. The peripheral vision was shot there since her last death.]
Hey you. Glad you could make it. Ready to get a little spoiled?
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28/2/14 19:22 (UTC)I'm glad to be here...this being my first date and all. [She looks nervously away from her date] I'm ready though, I think.
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28/2/14 19:27 (UTC)You look nice, by the way. Have you ever been to a hot spring?
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1/3/14 00:43 (UTC)I try. [Asuka grinned.] I've been to quite a few actually, mostly in Japan when I was younger and before the world wet to hell.
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1/3/14 00:50 (UTC)Oh, good. I hope you don't mind me picking one, but it seemed like a nice place to relax. They've got springs, a sauna, finger foods, massages, all sorts of stuff like that.
[Her voice was starting to pick up pace. She was trying to b-line towards the hot spring changing rooms, realizing how silly she felt for having put on makeup right now. Only when she reached the door did she realize something.
Asuka could see her back when they changed... And she just went a little pale, hovering at the door for a second.]
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1/3/14 01:10 (UTC)[Following Samantha, Asuka took notice when she suddenly stopped at the door and her cheerful mood seemed to abruptly chance for a moment.]
Is something wrong?
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1/3/14 01:16 (UTC)Look, just don't ask about the scars. It's not that big a deal, but I don't like people staring. Ok?
[She slipped in. It helped to have already made arrangements to rent a hot spring ahead of time, so they didn't have to waste a lot of time with the concierge. But, as she went to the lockers and let Asuka's hand go, she definitely was looking self-conscious while she hung her coat up, showing a nice, simple but attractive red dress that covered her back and showed just a little bit of cleavage on her modest chest.]
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1/3/14 01:45 (UTC)Don't worry, I understand the feeling.
[She points to her eye patch before following her date into the locker room. Asuka was no stranger to changing around other people, and began to take off her clothing with little regard to the fact that someone may be watching her.
Below her ever present jacket lay the body of a young teenage girl. Skinny and rather underdeveloped for someone her age, those unfamiliar with her past may have confused her with a high school athlete.]
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1/3/14 02:03 (UTC)As they were changing, she had to keep from glancing back at Asuka occasionally, her tail swishing slowly behind her. It was something of a losing battle. Eventually, she wrapped her towel around her frame, walking over to the washing station. Scrubbing herself clean was a good idea before getting into the hot springs, after all.]
You want something to drink while we're in the springs?
[Alcohol + Heated bodies. Brilliant idea, Sam.]
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1/3/14 05:27 (UTC)And as she did, Asuka's mind quickly came to the conclusion that while she thought the half-demon was pretty, she really had no idea what she would consider attractive in another woman, she simply had never thought about it before.
Wishing to wash all such thoughts from her mind for the moment, Asuka shook her head as if to loosen the offending ideas and let them slide gently out her ears. It was only then, that she heard Samantha's call for beverages.]
Huh? Oh...no I'm good for now.
[She didn't want to make a drunken fool of herself, or at least not at a moment like this.]
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1/3/14 05:38 (UTC)Alright. They have finger foods here if you want, or we can just try to enjoy the heat. I got us a private spring.
[There was no way she wanted to have a date with someone in the hot springs where others could see. As she walked down the path, the chill was held back by the steam that ran up from the various springs, though she did shiver a little at a gust of air.
Another glance back, and a not quite so innocent smile. Unlike Asuka, there was a part of her who found a lot of people, almost anyone attractive. She didn't like to admit it, but she had less trouble finding her attractive. What made her feel weird was how young Asuka looked. With some weird alien species she couldn't tell the proper age of, it was easy to ignore and not think about, but with Asuka... she was definitely younger than Sam usually let herself look at. Scarlet reached her cheeks again and she tried not to think of herself as a monster.]
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1/3/14 20:22 (UTC)At worst, she thought, she was simply out with a friend for the night. No big deal, save for the fact she wasn't terribly good with friendship either.
Asuka sighed. She really had to get out more often.]
I've got everything I need. So I think I'm ready to hit the hotsprings.
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1/3/14 22:44 (UTC)And then, she let her other towel off and draped it onto the rocky side before stepping in a little and starting to settle down, back to Asuka.]
Come on in. The water's fine. [Said with a grin and at least she was covering her breasts with one arm.]
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2/3/14 02:39 (UTC)It had been over a decade since she had last experienced such a thing, leading the red-haired pilot to flail a bit at the sensation of extreme heat caressing every inch of her exposed flesh.
But after a few moment, she finally manages to relax as her body becomes acclimated to the steaming water. Then a great sigh emanates from Asuka's lips and begins to rise with the steam to the heaven's above, making it seems as if Asuka is finally starting to enjoy herself.]
This brings back a lot of memories... [For a moment, Asuka sinks beneath the water, leaving only her head exposed.] I think it has been over a decade since I've stepped foot in a place like this.
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2/3/14 02:50 (UTC)The nice thing about the steam everywhere was that it let you 'almost' see everything you wanted without actually seeing it in detail. She was looking over at Asuka with a fairly pleased look, resting her chin on a rock and her forearm.]
I am so glad I took you here. I like that face on you.
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2/3/14 05:06 (UTC)[Such an attitude had been forged over the course a decade and a half spent living from battle to battle. Even in peace, Asuaka's mind was firmly fixed on the fact she must be eternally vigilant, lest something or someone get the best of her.]
Thanks for inviting me out, though. It's actually been pretty fun hanging out with you.
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2/3/14 05:19 (UTC)[Again, the look she was giving her after that comment was anything but innocent. She took her time, her eyes scanning over Asuka, starting roughly at the knees and beginning to go slowly upwards. She swallowed a little, feeling heat in her cheeks. After all, it was a bit more active an indulgence, her other hand reaching over to brush along the edge of a kneecap, seeing if she shied away.]
I don't mind the company. You have a pretty good sense of humor, you know.
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2/3/14 05:44 (UTC)[And as Samantha's hand brushed against her knee, Asuka's face turned rather grim for just a moment as she looked her partner directly in the face.]
Please, don't do that.
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2/3/14 05:52 (UTC)Sorry... I can be a little forward sometimes, and we are still testing the waters.
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2/3/14 06:27 (UTC)I'm just not sure what I want right now...sorry.
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2/3/14 06:33 (UTC)At least you're willing to say that. Do you know how many people pretend they know what they want until they can't take it anymore? Just...
You can always tell me no. Always.
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2/3/14 20:49 (UTC)[Asuka tried her best to form a smile in return, but came up with something that was at best forced.]
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2/3/14 21:01 (UTC)Would you like me to rescue from this horribly awkward moment and find something for us to talk about?
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3/3/14 03:38 (UTC)Anything you want to know...I'm more then willing to put it out there.
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