non-verbal actions, accepting!
@dmeryl wrote: 08. pulling them into a tight hug. / with vash & meryl ( dmeryl )
"w-woah hey! meryl, i'm okay, really!" the spikey haired blond is quick to interject, unable to fight the way his cheeks pull his face into a tight grin, wasting not a moment longer before swinging his own arms around her in return.
had he thrown himself into another reckless situation without thinking? perhaps. but being the humanoid typhoon, you're not exactly given time to think of a plan when someone rushes you in your blind spot with their pistol drawn. vash had handled it with about as much grace as he could have... barely. but even if he himself had escaped serious injury, what he hadn't accounted for was the sudden way meryl barreled into him as soon as he came into view.
"you're... a lot shorter than i thought you were, huh," he muses aloud, not quite realising what he'd uttered before it left his mouth, an awkward pat of his metallic hand upon meryl's shoulder. oh he was undoubtedly in for an earful. "i-i mean it in a cute way! well, maybe not cute in the way it's kinda hurting my back to bend down like this but uh... yeah, i'm just gonna stop talking now."
