[ This isn't like Rinne at all, huh. She'd expect him to cackle and make some joke about it and be the first one to break the tension — or to at least try — but he's the one fumbling and unsure of what to say here. A little pinprick of guilt pierces her stomach as it occurs to her that she's the reason they're both here. For all she teases Rinne about skipping steps and rushing ahead, isn't this a big move to make? And he's here with a girl who hasn't even kissed him or told him she loves him.
No wonder he doesn't know what to do.
Ai steps around him so they're face to face and before he can protest, she reaches and, gently but firmly, takes the ends of the obi from him. ]
Here. I'll do it.
[ Her voice is soft and she drops her gaze to keep it at the task at hand - this is probably embarrassing enough without her looking him in the face. She loops the tie around him again once, twice as she thinks that Rinne so rarely asks her to do things for him. Whenever he asks something of her, it's always for her benefit. Rinne's like her in a lot of ways, isn't he? Neither of them know how to ask for the things they need when they need them.
With the yukata neatly in place, she ties off the ends of the sash and at last, lifts her gaze back up to his face. This close up, she can really see how much softer his expression is than the ones she usually sees and all of a sudden, Ai really, really wants to kiss him. ]
There. ... when it's things like this, it's okay for us to figure it out together.
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No wonder he doesn't know what to do.
Ai steps around him so they're face to face and before he can protest, she reaches and, gently but firmly, takes the ends of the obi from him. ]
Here. I'll do it.
[ Her voice is soft and she drops her gaze to keep it at the task at hand - this is probably embarrassing enough without her looking him in the face. She loops the tie around him again once, twice as she thinks that Rinne so rarely asks her to do things for him. Whenever he asks something of her, it's always for her benefit. Rinne's like her in a lot of ways, isn't he? Neither of them know how to ask for the things they need when they need them.
With the yukata neatly in place, she ties off the ends of the sash and at last, lifts her gaze back up to his face. This close up, she can really see how much softer his expression is than the ones she usually sees and all of a sudden, Ai really, really wants to kiss him. ]
There. ... when it's things like this, it's okay for us to figure it out together.