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Toffee B1, Sunday Afternoon

Jul 18, 2010 17:40

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glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:02:00 UTC

Karla poked her head into Hinata's alcove, startled and concerned. "Hinata?!" she called. "Is everything okay? I thought I heard a yell--?"

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:06:10 UTC

Hinata wasn't going to stop blushing any time soon, no, and Karla's obvious concern just made it worse.

She waved one hand helplessly. "There was a... situation," Hinata managed. "No one is hurt."

Except, perhaps, Warren's pride.

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:09:40 UTC

"A situation?" Karla demanded. "You sure you're okay then?"

Sorry, Hinata. Karla'd had a stressful couple of weeks. She was a little uptight.

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:14:37 UTC

"I am--embarrassed," she said slowly, smiling at the other girl reassuringly. "But unharmed, I promise. Warren just..."

She reddened.

"He was a bird," Hinata explained. "And then he..."

Well. Hadn't been?

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:20:49 UTC

"Wasn't," Karla supplied, relaxing a bit. Her concern gave way to humor; she'd been on the island long enough to understand what that meant. "So now I have to ask--so was that a feminine screech of surprise I heard, or a manly yelp of dismay?"

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:22:11 UTC

Pink pink piiink! She couldn't help going pink.

"A bit of both," she confessed. "Neither of us had expected it."

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:26:46 UTC

Karla wasn't about to help with the pink, either. Sorry, Hinata. She was about to make it exponentially worse.

"Actually," she drawled, grin bypassing mischievous and careening towards downright evil, "you can help me figure something out." She leaned in and whispered.

"So, back home there's a rumor about Eyriens and I kind of wondered if it holds here as well. Is it true that the wingspan is directly proportional to certain parts of the...anatomy?" She bit her lip, trying not to laugh. "Inquiring minds want to know."

[MY CANON REQUIRED I MAKE THIS JOKE, DAMMIT. REQUIRED.]

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:30:47 UTC

Hinata blinked.

...

...

And then she flailed, half laughing half traumatized and all embarrassed. "I w-wouldn't--you... you... Karla!"

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:31:52 UTC

Kaela broke down laughed, leaning against the wall of the alcove. "Worth it to see your expression!" she crowed.

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:33:51 UTC

"Karla!" Hinata protested, burying her face in her hands. "You are cruel!"

But she was still partly laughing even as her face flamed. Karla shouldn't take her too seriously there.

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:37:13 UTC

"I'm asking a purely academic question here, Hinata!" Karla protested, trying to look innocent. It almost certainly wasn't working, but the attempt was there. "Don't you want to contribute to science!"

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:38:14 UTC

Hinata gaped at her.

"How is an inquiry like th-that for science?"

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:41:20 UTC

"Anatomy and Physiology, of course," Karla breezed, totally not making that up on the fly. "Knowing the relative proportions of things is important for...understanding. Yes."

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:47:24 UTC

"I think," she said, gathering her tattered dignity around her like a cloak. "That you're making things up."

Also: still blushing. This was a normal state for Hinata.

glacial_witch July 19 2010, 04:53:31 UTC

"Hinata!" Karla adopted her most tragic expression. "Would I do that? Make up an elaborate ruse just to ask you embarrassing questions? I'm hurt. I may cry, you know. Brink of tears, that's me."

Honestly, it just felt good to just laugh and tease someone after the weekend. It felt very...light.

shyest_eyes July 19 2010, 04:55:52 UTC

Hinata considered her for a moment before deciding Karla had to be joking.

(Hopefully.)

"If you wanted to ask embarrassing questions," she said innocently, "isn't it best to go right to the source of your curiosity?"

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