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@yuetchi this was so much more dramatic in my head

Kanade always feels a little aware, at least, of her own nervous pulse, but when she can feel Mafuyu's tension and even hear it in the way she picked her words, it's Mafuyu's that takes more precedence over her own. With Mafuyu it didn't feel like it was the usual signs you looked for in anyone else. It was her words, or the subtle changes in her stare, or the little physical tells. It was entirely too easy for Kanade to learn about all of that even quicker when they were living under the same roof right now.

Just...little things. But those were important to her.

Kanade tilts her head to look at Mafuyu's face for a moment. Was she saying that for her, or for herself? Frankly, if anything about this scared Kanade, it was just the idea of messing something up, or making Mafuyu uncomfortable. But Mafuyu herself? Maybe it's silly of her to assume, but she wasn't sure anything about Mafuyu would scare her.

Looking away, she lowered her head until her forehead rested against the front of Mafuyu's shoulder, her other hand for a moment drifting--seeking a heartbeat it came to rest at instead. It's easier to focus on Mafuyu than herself. "Whatever might be different or the same about you doesn't really change anything I think about you. Or scare me, for that matter."

There's a soft exhale, that awkward nervousness still showing itself, even if she tried so hard to not make herself seem like such a...lost little loser. "Well, I guess I am scared of doing something wrong. I'm relying on you for that." She picked her head up again, this time to kiss Mafuyu again for a moment, maybe a small attempt to help her feel more at ease.

"So if you realize you need me to stop, then tell me. A-and...whatever else you want, too. I'm listening."

Unable to stop herself from moving up her free hand, the lyricist would caress the other's head when she rested it against her shoulder briefly, perhaps as an attempt to also calm herself down by feeling Kanade's soft hair under her palm.

"I knew you would say something like that…"

Even if her tone was still rather neutral, the tiny hint of relief was there, somewhere, all before a subtle smile also made its way to show on her features.

Kanade was nervous too, she could tell…too worried about messing up, but it felt like Mafuyu was far from concerned about making mistakes in these kinds of things. Maybe it could even be…fun? Once they went through the barrier of what the lyricist was truly worried about.

"I'm sure you will do good…specially with your hands." An attempt to flirting? An innuendo, at that, probably funny when coming from Mafuyu when her expression and voice were still pretty much as dry. However, realizing what she said would make a very soft red to glow on her cheeks, difficult to notice in this light.

"Don't worry, it's just…a medical condition. But I'm not delicate, or anything. You can touch as you want, I…hmh…"

Finally caressing Kanade's hand instead of trying to stop her, the lyricist then tried to open the belt of her pants, clumsily before she unzipped her pants, only putting them down slightly.

"One I found, the demon seemed to be killing ghouls and zombies. Like she was prowling through the cemetery, must hate necromancers as much as my sister and I do? Though maybe I could strike up a conversation and, ugh.."

Tomiko had continue to tail her, just close enough not to get lost but for the most part not encroaching on her personal space. Even if she was basically barreling towards invading their home just by pure stubborn kindness.

"You'd think it would bother me more, but it strangely doesn't. Maybe because I don't remember them, but they just seemed to act like they knew me well. Commented on my moves, that I haven't learned? That I didn't understand? Honestly made me feel stupid."

"For a human so young, it seems you've already lived through a few rollercoasters, huh?…"

She half-smiled, really subtly, before leaving the keys on a little plate at the entrance, and then she removed her coat to hang it close, as well.

"Feel free to leave anything you want here, by the way…"

Once the cool snacks were mentioned, however, Mafuyu was quick to eye the bags that had them, and then stared at Tomiko with a warm smile, reaching out a hand.

"Let me handle the snacks in the meantime- I'll make room for them in the refrigerator…you can wait for me in the living room, yeah?…"

"Don't relax just yet. The Mistress still has her eyes on you. Speaking of which..." Shiraz's eyes shift towards the hospital's inhabitants. All seems ordinary, and no one seems to be eyeing them.

However, as she tapped the handle of her bag, the woman nodded subtly and turned around, with the intention of leaving the place alongside the thrall.

"Even if they heard, I could make them forget…"

A subtle way of letting the other know she was a vampire out of the ordinary, even if the demonstration of last time was possibly enough for that.

why tf did I imagine Mafuyu putting a harness on Kanade whenever they go out in case she gets distracted by music and gets away by accident

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