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[thinkoutsidethebox]

Captcha is the eternal enemy.

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[heirbrained]

What about you?

[not doing it quite yet.]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

I will as well, of course...

[and she does start stripping out of her dress, with very little apparent hesitation]

[heirbrained]

[...well okay. that's enough incentive to start undressing himself, setting his clothes on the bed as he does]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she strips quickly, and sits down entirely naked on the bed]

[heirbrained]

[he takes a bit longer, but then sits down next to her, since probably they need to be in range for this]

Are you beginning?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Of course.

[And she scoots in further, uncapping the red pen and proceeding to start writing just below his collarbones.]

Furudo Erika's servant, as promised.

[She writes in Japanese, of course, right down the center of his chest.]

[heirbrained]

[flushing a little, staying still, but mostly pondering how he should be phrasing a complement to that that doesn't sound stupid]

Hmph...

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[her penmanship is careful, and she finishes the last character just above his navel]

There~

[heirbrained]

...Well, I'm going to note your proclivity towards chasing after people based on a one-sided interest.

[and I'm going to grab the red pen for it. YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THIS ALREADY]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...A willingness isn't the same as a general proclivity...

[heirbrained]

I'll accept that compromise.

[so he tweaks whatever phrasing he previously had, writing "will pursue others based on a one-sided interest" without waiting for further confirmation, under her collarbone. since it's longer, he writes it left to right]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she holds her breath as he does that, her face even. when he's done she reaches for the blue pen]

...Then, something like, "doesn't even know his own interests well enough to pursue." What do you think...?

[heirbrained]

—That's far too generalized. I have plenty of interests unrelated to socializing.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Then, "can't tell when he's interested in someone."

[heirbrained]

I'm not—that unaware... Whatever, I don't care.

[I'm not sure this is a thing I want to argue.]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

If you can't counter it in red...

[starts writing it across the front of his shoulder]

[heirbrained]

[fffine. averting his eyes, and speaking before she's finished, but he was apparently just mentally moving on]

You are interested in me.

[thinkoutsidethebox]

[she finishes her sentence before she answers, but she just says]

...Yes.

[heirbrained]

Does that merit a red pen?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Do you think it does...? Well, I've told you as much, and I've assured you I'm not lying to you, so accepting that premise I suppose that would qualify.

[heirbrained]

Very well then.

[grabbing the red marker and writing "interested in Togami Byakuya" down the side of her neck]

[thinkoutsidethebox]

Hmph...

[she can't really see her neck, but she doesn't for a moment think that he's writing anything else, and she keeps quiet so her throat doesn't move while he's writing.]

[heirbrained]

[well he didn't write anything else so that's good. capping the marker again and setting it down]

So?

[thinkoutsidethebox]

...You'd be hurt if that interest faded.

[heirbrained]

[...well that's terrible. he frowns, deeply, but can't come up with a protest that is any level of true, so he keeps his mouth shut]