[ It'd been impossible to imagine, once, but Ai thinks she might just have settled here. To a degree, she doesn't have any choice - the mark on her neck hasn't faded even as those bites and hickeys have and it reminds her every time she sees it that she really, truly can't go back or run away anymore. But rather than dread, she feels oddly... safe. If she can't go back, that also means no one can take her back.
It's not as cold in their chambers as it usually is when she arrives - maybe it's because she'd been bathing and the water's warmed her up. It certainly isn't thanks to that frilly, frivolous shift she's been wearing. ]
Heehee. Did I keep you waiting?
[ She tilts her head, eyes twinkling with mischief. Her hair's still damp, clinging to her neck and cheek, and when she climbs up onto the bed beside him, the rest of it is still glittering with water, too. Y-you kind of have to suspect whether or not she's doing it on purpose. ]
Sorry. But you can sleep without me, you know. I won't be offended.
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It's not as cold in their chambers as it usually is when she arrives - maybe it's because she'd been bathing and the water's warmed her up. It certainly isn't thanks to that frilly, frivolous shift she's been wearing. ]
Heehee. Did I keep you waiting?
[ She tilts her head, eyes twinkling with mischief. Her hair's still damp, clinging to her neck and cheek, and when she climbs up onto the bed beside him, the rest of it is still glittering with water, too. Y-you kind of have to suspect whether or not she's doing it on purpose. ]
Sorry. But you can sleep without me, you know. I won't be offended.
[ ""sleep"". Sure. ]