*receive*
I live to serve. ^_^
*pitch*
I'd fallen on my butt. Painful, but not a problem.
Mai had landed on her knees, just as hard. Again, not a matter to worry about.
The latter were braced to either side of the former. Now that was a different matter.
I'd thrown one arm - the right - out to catch myself as I fell, and it was braced straight out behind me as I sat now, then tried to prop her back on her feet with the other. By some miracle, it hadn't ended up in the cliched place, but rather on one hip and low around the curve of her back. She had tried to grab my arm and haul me back up, and one of her hands had come down on top of the one I'd thrown out with a good portion of her weight behind it, while the other had instinctively tangled into the nearest potential stabalizing surface - my shirt - a moment later.
I could feel her breath on my lips.
I honestly don't know what I would have done or what would have come next, but given where she and I were, mentally and with respect to each other, it almost certainly would have been a bad thing in the long run.
Which is why, despite my common sense's strident opinion on the matter, I can't help but regret that that was the moment that Natsuki decided to break open the nearest convenient window.
Short, I know, but cut me some slack - I'm tired. I'll try and take it farther after a catnap.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."
I live to serve. ^_^
*pitch*
I'd fallen on my butt. Painful, but not a problem.
Mai had landed on her knees, just as hard. Again, not a matter to worry about.
The latter were braced to either side of the former. Now that was a different matter.
I'd thrown one arm - the right - out to catch myself as I fell, and it was braced straight out behind me as I sat now, then tried to prop her back on her feet with the other. By some miracle, it hadn't ended up in the cliched place, but rather on one hip and low around the curve of her back. She had tried to grab my arm and haul me back up, and one of her hands had come down on top of the one I'd thrown out with a good portion of her weight behind it, while the other had instinctively tangled into the nearest potential stabalizing surface - my shirt - a moment later.
I could feel her breath on my lips.
I honestly don't know what I would have done or what would have come next, but given where she and I were, mentally and with respect to each other, it almost certainly would have been a bad thing in the long run.
Which is why, despite my common sense's strident opinion on the matter, I can't help but regret that that was the moment that Natsuki decided to break open the nearest convenient window.
Short, I know, but cut me some slack - I'm tired. I'll try and take it farther after a catnap.
Ja, -n
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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."