[Peko stops on command, almost too reflexively, and stands straight to look over her shoulder.
Her expression is unchanging for a moment-- red irised eyes wide but otherwise cold-- as she turns to face him again. The change is subtle; her brows knit at the center by just a hair and her head tilts a degree to follow as Peko lets herself take an instinctive step forward.
Choromatsu (and his brothers, if they manage to give her more than a frightened 'hello' during the day) is so much softer than the perople she's grown up with. Around Natsumi and Fuyuhiko, Peko's façade was easy to maintain. Choromatsu could be so soft, though, that he reminded her of when Natsumi and Fuyuhiko were younger, when her treasured masters would smile, and when she could still smile with them. It's so much easier to lose sight of the tool she's supposed to be.]
No.
[She urges, clear, distinct. She can't let him feel bad for this, she's the one all out of sorts, she's the one losing sight of things. But if she messes this up, if she's responsible for making him sad...]
No, I'm--- sorry, I should be the one apologizing.
"i'm not tagging at 4am" i said before i received a tag at 4am
Her expression is unchanging for a moment-- red irised eyes wide but otherwise cold-- as she turns to face him again. The change is subtle; her brows knit at the center by just a hair and her head tilts a degree to follow as Peko lets herself take an instinctive step forward.
Choromatsu (and his brothers, if they manage to give her more than a frightened 'hello' during the day) is so much softer than the perople she's grown up with. Around Natsumi and Fuyuhiko, Peko's façade was easy to maintain. Choromatsu could be so soft, though, that he reminded her of when Natsumi and Fuyuhiko were younger, when her treasured masters would smile, and when she could still smile with them. It's so much easier to lose sight of the tool she's supposed to be.]
No.
[She urges, clear, distinct. She can't let him feel bad for this, she's the one all out of sorts, she's the one losing sight of things. But if she messes this up, if she's responsible for making him sad...]
No, I'm--- sorry, I should be the one apologizing.