[Rinne hears "sponsorship" and "luxury bath" and it doesn't take longer than a second for it to click. He clicks his tongue and scowls.]
Serves him right. What the hell was that perv tryna pull, talking you into a gig like that?
[Of course President Saitou wouldn't allow it. If he loved Ai like family, he'd never let her do anything like that! Rinne wouldn't have let her do that. Not unless she was ready. Not unless she wanted to. But she's here now, letting him see the parts of her no fan would ever get to see. The stray locks of hair that float in the water, her bare shoulders just below the surface, her stories and her thoughts that no one else ever bothered to ask her for — all of that is for him and him alone.
His heart beats faster than the rain's pitter-patter on the rooftop. Her head is touching his bare shoulder, and if this were his village, he's sure they'd punish him a little more than they'd punish her. He never did get what was so wrong about it, though. He liked the intimacy. No one, be it in the city or that village, had ever tried to be this close.]
It's the first time I heard about that. You're lucky you got someone lookin' out for ya. [Under the water, he balls his hands into nervous fists.] I bet Prez Saitou would be mad at me.
[The kids would be. Especially the kids.]
I gotta make a good impression when we get back...
[Rinne's the one who usually tells Ai to live in the moment, but right now, he's not sure if he can do that himself. There's a lot to think about before he can do what's been on his mind since her lips touched his.]
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Serves him right. What the hell was that perv tryna pull, talking you into a gig like that?
[Of course President Saitou wouldn't allow it. If he loved Ai like family, he'd never let her do anything like that! Rinne wouldn't have let her do that. Not unless she was ready. Not unless she wanted to. But she's here now, letting him see the parts of her no fan would ever get to see. The stray locks of hair that float in the water, her bare shoulders just below the surface, her stories and her thoughts that no one else ever bothered to ask her for — all of that is for him and him alone.
His heart beats faster than the rain's pitter-patter on the rooftop. Her head is touching his bare shoulder, and if this were his village, he's sure they'd punish him a little more than they'd punish her. He never did get what was so wrong about it, though. He liked the intimacy. No one, be it in the city or that village, had ever tried to be this close.]
It's the first time I heard about that. You're lucky you got someone lookin' out for ya. [Under the water, he balls his hands into nervous fists.] I bet Prez Saitou would be mad at me.
[The kids would be. Especially the kids.]
I gotta make a good impression when we get back...
[Rinne's the one who usually tells Ai to live in the moment, but right now, he's not sure if he can do that himself. There's a lot to think about before he can do what's been on his mind since her lips touched his.]