[ For the rest of the day, Ai doesn't know what to do with herself. Everything feels a little hazy and dreamy and she keeps catching herself touching the sleeve of her yukata to her mouth like she's reminding herself that it did all really happen. She feels warm and a little unsteady but nothing about it is bad. Her feelings are firm. Her stomach is rolling but she thinks it's anticipation moreso than fear.

She really, truly wants to try for him. ]

We got lucky that it was the really fancy one that was free, huh? [ Even she's impressed with how steady her voice sounds. ] I've always wanted to try one of those old fashioned stone baths. That's what you imagine when you think of an onsen...

[ She pushes the door open and leads him outside. The misty drizzle from before has thickened into a steady drumbeat of rain hammering on the overhead roof and when she lets out a breath, it comes out in a mist. ]

It's just down this way.