Hotaru
Zeus has crafted you from clay and gold
In contrast, Hotaru does not feel that same spark of lust. A twist in her stomach, perhaps, and heat in her veins or cheeks - but little else. In fact it makes her privately panic as she pulls him to the next room, wondering what's wrong with her. He is handsome, striking, kind. Here, against all odds; odds she had put upon herself that had little to do with reality, but still. Her heart races, her cheeks flush - but nothing else happens.
It's a good thing he latches readily onto her question then, sparing her the miniature crisis that is just beginning to bud and grow roots in her mind. It's easy to forget all that when he's looking down at her the way he is, sincere in his curiosity. (She hopes he is. Gods, it's pathetic.)
Letting him pull her feet into his lap, she makes a small purred noise of pleasure in her chest and extends her arm along the rim of the large bath to touch her fingertips to his shoulder in an instinctive desire for shared touch. "It helps exfoliate any dead cells from the surface of the skin, and calms inflammation as well. Mud baths already help with sore joints from age and injury, so it helps in both pain management and skin aesthetics." It's nearly rehearsed given she'd pitched it to so many Halovians before, but it's also in the clear, concise cadence of her teaching voice. Flushing slightly when she realizes that, she shakes her head - messy bun shaking atop her crown. "But tell me about you. Anything interesting since we last met?" The rest belongs in a brochure, not in their date. No matter how proud she is of it.
It's a good thing he latches readily onto her question then, sparing her the miniature crisis that is just beginning to bud and grow roots in her mind. It's easy to forget all that when he's looking down at her the way he is, sincere in his curiosity. (She hopes he is. Gods, it's pathetic.)
Letting him pull her feet into his lap, she makes a small purred noise of pleasure in her chest and extends her arm along the rim of the large bath to touch her fingertips to his shoulder in an instinctive desire for shared touch. "It helps exfoliate any dead cells from the surface of the skin, and calms inflammation as well. Mud baths already help with sore joints from age and injury, so it helps in both pain management and skin aesthetics." It's nearly rehearsed given she'd pitched it to so many Halovians before, but it's also in the clear, concise cadence of her teaching voice. Flushing slightly when she realizes that, she shakes her head - messy bun shaking atop her crown. "But tell me about you. Anything interesting since we last met?" The rest belongs in a brochure, not in their date. No matter how proud she is of it.
Such a lovely, pretty hand to hold - if you had the time
