Hotaru
It was perhaps a bit of a gamble to do it sincerely instead of flirtatiously, but it's easier than being verbally vulnerable. Compromise!
Hotaru thinks maybe he'll retreat back to safer territory since it's clear they're both really putting themselves out there, but he surprises her yet again by forging onward. It's more of a formal dating question (or so she assumes) but an entirely fair one. Ironically, it's one she can answer almost immediately.
"The desire for an open relationship or other partners." Brushing crumbs off her sundress - and then again off the quilt, which she has become so fond of - she tries not to judge herself for avoiding his gaze yet again as she considers the next snack to share with him. Plucking a sugar snap pea from one of the salads, she bites half of it before again offering him the remainder. "I don't intend to stop being who I am or using my looks to my advantage - nor would I anticipate you to - but I do not share." A sub-vocal growl softly radiates in her chest, something that is definitely not human. Belatedly realizing she has not told him she's a hybrid, she clears her throat to extinguish the noise and carries on. "I am a possessive woman as well, so anyone who cannot contend with that is not a good match for me."
It feels a bit like cheating to take his own question, but it had been very good. "Yourself?"
Hotaru thinks maybe he'll retreat back to safer territory since it's clear they're both really putting themselves out there, but he surprises her yet again by forging onward. It's more of a formal dating question (or so she assumes) but an entirely fair one. Ironically, it's one she can answer almost immediately.
"The desire for an open relationship or other partners." Brushing crumbs off her sundress - and then again off the quilt, which she has become so fond of - she tries not to judge herself for avoiding his gaze yet again as she considers the next snack to share with him. Plucking a sugar snap pea from one of the salads, she bites half of it before again offering him the remainder. "I don't intend to stop being who I am or using my looks to my advantage - nor would I anticipate you to - but I do not share." A sub-vocal growl softly radiates in her chest, something that is definitely not human. Belatedly realizing she has not told him she's a hybrid, she clears her throat to extinguish the noise and carries on. "I am a possessive woman as well, so anyone who cannot contend with that is not a good match for me."
It feels a bit like cheating to take his own question, but it had been very good. "Yourself?"
Now you can quit, you can cave in
but just know you're not beyond saving
but just know you're not beyond saving
