[ It's not his fault that she startles so easily here. Unaware of how much she's relied on her precognitive abilities during the day-to-day, having someone successfully sneak up on her (ninja or not) is a novel concept that she absolutely hates. Just as he silently apologizes, Hibiki offers an apologetic smile in return. It's fine, really, just give her a second to get her heart rate back to normal.
At least her ability to roll with the punches hasn't been affected, even if she isn't normally the hand-holding type. But there's an unspoken understanding that clearly takes place as he takes her considerably smaller hand without hesitation, fingers threading in the spaces between his as she feels-- ]
...Yeah. Yeah, nice works. [ She's a songwriter, not a lyricist. Good with words she is not. She always ends up saying too much anyway.
But aren't they skipping more than a couple steps? Usually you get to know a person before launching into (gasp!) hand-holding, and outside of his not-so-uncanny ability to sneak up on her specifically, she knows nothing about him. As that feeling of warmth spreads, her smile matches it in kind. ]
Poinsettia Police is the name of my new band
At least her ability to roll with the punches hasn't been affected, even if she isn't normally the hand-holding type. But there's an unspoken understanding that clearly takes place as he takes her considerably smaller hand without hesitation, fingers threading in the spaces between his as she feels-- ]
...Yeah. Yeah, nice works. [ She's a songwriter, not a lyricist. Good with words she is not. She always ends up saying too much anyway.
But aren't they skipping more than a couple steps? Usually you get to know a person before launching into (gasp!) hand-holding, and outside of his not-so-uncanny ability to sneak up on her specifically, she knows nothing about him. As that feeling of warmth spreads, her smile matches it in kind. ]
Fujiwara Hibiki. And you are..?