[It's just a lighthearted, flirty comment, but it still makes something proud swell in her chest. It's so easy to get swept up in the emotional rush of it all—in feeling young for once, like the harsh, rural life of their isolated town didn't make them grow up too fast. The sweltering sun on her back and the brush of flower stalks didn't let Fang forget where she was, or her weapon's distance from her, but it was a tempting thought.]
[Still, her honest smile slips into a playful smirk, and she runs her thumb along Vanille's jaw.]
Damn shame, right? Guess makin' up for lost time's all we can do.
[It's a risk, of course, staying out here with their attention so diverted, but Fang figured there'd be fewer creatures on the prowl with how damnably hot it was. That, and knowing moments alone with Vanille would be few and far between once they returned, swept back into densely populated buildings and too-busy routines.]
these stupid emotes made me laugh, noted here for posterity
[Still, her honest smile slips into a playful smirk, and she runs her thumb along Vanille's jaw.]
Damn shame, right? Guess makin' up for lost time's all we can do.
[It's a risk, of course, staying out here with their attention so diverted, but Fang figured there'd be fewer creatures on the prowl with how damnably hot it was. That, and knowing moments alone with Vanille would be few and far between once they returned, swept back into densely populated buildings and too-busy routines.]