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Timea looked up when Emia got down from her stool and drag it around to the side Timea was sitting on, She did not resist when Emia hugged her and leaned slightly into the hug as if she wantd to get more warmth from the other girl. Timea herself was warmer than she was used to as she had not slept in the streets last night, but she still searched for warmth wherever she could find it.

-"We escaped from the Mage..."

Her voice grew harsh as she mentioned the mage her former master as she truly detested that person, she once knew his name but not long after her escape she forgot it out of spite and started to refer to him as the mage. Timea came out of her daze and remembered that Emia was hugging her and thus relaxed more, she shook her head lightly before resting her head against Emia's shoulder.

-"No... we have no home nor anything to call our own..."

She said with a quiet voice and lifted her head and looked into Emia's eyes, She was about to say something when a loud rumble came from her stomach and signified her hunger. Timea looked down at her tummy and placed a hand on it before looking up at Emia with a slight tinge of red on her cheeks.

Salzem

Emia smiled softly as Timea leaned into her embrace a little, enjoying it from what she could tell... The more she looked at her, her gaze running over her dirty body, the cloth that passed for close, the nervous personality... The more Emia felt the need to protect her... It was akin to a person's natural desire to love and care for something cuter and smaller than them such as a cat or a rabbit, almost feeling responsible for their safety only a person in power might... Now Emia held no power, but she needed to be there for this girl... She didn't even want to let go and so... she didn't. The ruby-eyed girl blinked in surprise when Timea's tone drastically changed, taking on a more sinister and spiteful tone as she stated that she had escaped "the mage", Emia assuming that was who delivered that mark upon her chin... She felt her muscles (what little she had) tense up, the air about her shift once again to something sharper, and dangerous... She couldn't help but feel it inside her self as well, it being directed at this "mage." She couldn't stand people who would do this to others... She couldn't stand that this person would first cut poor little Timea then leave her for dead on the road like this! It was when she felt the green haired girl's head on her shoulder did she snap free of her outrage, gently rubbing the other girl's arm in response. When Emia asked if she had a home, the other girl responded with a decisive no, the young tainted blood finally picking up on her strange vernacular. Instead of 'I' she used 'we'... All this time she had been assuming that when she said 'we' she was referring to a group... she and her group escaped the mage... because they escaped, she sustained that mark to her chin but she had it all wrong... she was alone and probably had been up until now and that realization only made her tighten her grip on the girl a tiny bit more.

Slowly, Timea raised her head from Emia's shoulder and turned to look at her, gazing into her eyes with intent, looking as if she was about to say something important... before a thunderous snarl interrupted them from below, specifically, from the green-haired girl's stomach, Emia smiled widely, amused, as Timea blushed a bit, shaking her head before releasing her from hug and slipping off her stool.

"Yeah... I'm hungry too." Emia agreed, assuming that was what Timea was going to state. "Here... give me a moment... HEY DAD!" She called through the bar, her voice loud, but not obnoxiously so.

"Yes...?" Lanister responded, his voice muffled by the walls and door separating them.

"Mind if we head into town to get some breakfast? Some of the stalls might be open." There was a moment of silence before Lanister peaked his head out of the back-room door, a list supply list in hand. He looked at Emia thoughtfully, as if considering something before looking down at the list and shaking his head.

"Do you have your allowance?"

"Yup!" Emia responded with a smile.

"Alright. Be safe and be back soon before the bar opens." He looked at Timea for a moment with a slight grin before slipping back into the back room, back to counting their supplies.

"Okay! Lets go!" Emia declared, taking the other girl's hand in hers, smiling wider than she thought she would this morning. In truth, Emia thought this morning would be exhausting, frustrating, full of extra chores with helping her dad set up shop and so EARLY too, but today was actually starting up nicely... Before they headed out the door, however, Emia noticed something about Timea... She was completely barefoot... SHE COULDN'T GO OUTSIDE WITHOUT SHOES! The gravel was merciless to bare feet!

"One second..." Emia stated, holding up a finger before she too disappeared into the store-room. As if knowing what his daughter would ask, Lanister would gesture over to the corner to where Emia would find... her old summer sandals... They still fit her, of course, but she never found a reason to wear them... it was a bit chilly for those shoes but they were the only other ones she had and Timea looked about her size... Without saying a word, Emia would slip back out with them in hand, shoving them into her friend's hands with a large smile on her face.

"Here! Put those on!" Emia said almost enthusiastically, wanting to see what the green-haired girl would look like in her sandals.

Scythe-Nova

Timea looked upon Emia as she hopped of her stool and talked with Lanister who as Timea had guessed was Emia's father, She hopped down from her own chair and followed behind Emia and when she grabbed her hand she blushed a little.

-"Hmm?"

She tilted her head curiously when Emia stopped and looked down towards her feet, Timea watched as Emia went into the room where Lanister were for a little while. When she came back and placed something into her hands she was somewhat tacken aback, she looked upon her gift and realized they were sandals and when Emia told her to put them on she nodded meekly before sitting down on the floor and started to put them on. She had some trouble with tying the sandal tight but eventually got it okay, When she was done she stood up testing the feel of the sandals.

-"... We thank you"

Timea said with a happy smile as she looked into Emia's eyes with a thankfull expression, Once again she was reminded of her hunger with a low rumble from her stomach and again she blushed a little.

Salzem

Emia watched as her friend tied on her new shoes, actually quite impressed with how they looked on her... It was like they were meant to fit her somehow... Now, Emia was no fashionista, but she could tell when someone looked good in something and somehow, that dirty green-haired Timea managed to look amazing... When she thanked Emia in her special way, the sanguine-eyed tainted winked sweetly at her, once again taking her hand and leading her outside once more and into the market-place.

As if for their convenience, the market wasn't exceptionally busy this morning, mostly stall-keepers setting up shop and only a few early customers exploring the wares here... That gave the two girls a bit of time away from prying eyes, especially those that would judge Timea for her withered appearance. After a moment or two of walking together Emia and Timea would come to a cal-de-sac of sorts where three stalls sat, one on each side and one in front of them. They each sold foods that could be served at breakfast, one had fruit, one had breads, the other meat and eggs... This was usually the place Emia came for her food when she was out around this time because it was cheep, it was good, and the people were nice.

"Come on, Timea! Lets get some breakfast! I'm buying." With that, she'd give her friend's hand a gentle tug before leading her through the stalls, buying up a picnic's worth of food... She wanted to show Timea a good time... It was her sacred duty as a friend after all to entertain, but also to just... make her happy... she wanted her to smile because she honestly really liked it... it brought butterflies to her stomach... After all their food was bought and tucked away, Emia would lead Timea to one last place, though an ally and up some stone stairs... to a house's flat roof that seemed to overlook the general area, large enough to house a couple of girls eating breakfast. Emia would smile as she looked over her waking world before staring off into that line that split the earth from the sky: the horizon.

"Nice view, huh?" Emia asked, before smiling at Timea, handing her an apple and than a piece of soft, sweet bread. "I love this place... its so quiet... and you can see everything..."

Scythe-Nova

Timea was pulled along by Emia she just marveled about the fact that she did not need to watch her step as the sandals she had been given protected her feet from the rough ground and gravel, She kept herself behind Emia as she procured food since she did not really know what else to do.

-"..."

Timea found herself on the flat top of a house staring at the horizon still holding hands with Emia, When she was handed some food she looked upon it before gingerly taking a bite out of the bread.

-"It's sweet.."

She murmured as she chewed the bread with a happy expression on her face as she looked out over the horizon, She took a decent bite out of the apple and simply kept looking at the horizon admiring it's beauty. Personally she preferred the Moon at night but the horizon at dawn had it's own charm and beauty, she quietly continued to nibble upon the bread and remembering the sandwich that Lanister had made her last night.

Salzem

Emia didn't notice until they were a little ways into their meal that she was still holding hands with Timea. It was like she had forgotten they were still intertwined and once she saw their hands still tightly coiled around each-other, Emia smiled softly, scooting a little closer to the green-haired girl and this time, leaning her head on her shoulder as they watched the sun rise together. It was a beautiful moment indeed... and for some reason, she didn't think she'd rather be anywhere else but here with this girl she'd just met.

After they were done with their breakfast, full as could be and content with their stuffed stomachs, Emia turned her gaze back over her friend, looking over the dirt... and the grime that covered her, almost like a second skin. Her expression of happiness turned to that of concern as she raised her head from her shoulder and ran a finger down Timea's arm, taking with it a long stripe of dust.

"Timea...." Emia asked. "How would you.... like to be clean?" The tainted-blood smiled softly, gently tugging her friend up as she stood. "Come on... I want to see what you look like..." And with that bit of encouragement and if there was no resistance, Emia would lead her green haired, gorgeous-eyed companion a little deeper into town to a certain large building made mostly of stone and wood... The bath house. Of course, the two would walk in, not even looked at twice by the guy that managed the desk. He simply referred them to the nearest bath on the right, informed them of the soaps and towels available and let the two go about their business... Closing the door to their bath behind them, Emia smiled softly as she began to get undressed, slipping into the bath's waters the instant she was fully free of her outfit. The water was warm, almost hot, steam rising up from it's surface. The girl was already cleaning her self off with a bar of herbal soap, looking over at her friend and grinning. What did it matter? They were both girls here.

Scythe-Nova

Before Timea realized it the food had been eaten and for the first time she could remember she felt full and satisfied, She kept looking at the horizon until she felt Emia run a finger down her arm. She turned to look at the nice girl and observed her concerned expression as she seemed to be checking how dirty she was, It make Timea remember how dirty she was in comparison to Emia and in turn made almost made her feel a little bad but she did not have time for that before Emia asked her if she wanted to be clean.

-"What we look like?"

She answered with a confused expression before being dragged along and soon they came to the bath house where Emia led her through the house and past the man sitting there who said something about towels and soap, She was a little confused as she was led into a room with what seemed to be hot water.

-"Is this that bath house Lanister told us of last night?"

She asked looking around in the room in awe and when she looked back to Emia she noticed she was already naked and slipping into the hot water, She did not seem embarrased about Emia being naked but she seemed to hesitate for a second before pulling off her sandals and the rags that served as clothing revealing that it was all that she had for clothes on her. Her body was thin from lack of foodand too much running away and though her arms and legs were the most dirty on her the rest of her was pretty dirty too obscuring most of the specifics of her body, She followed Emia into the bath carefully slipping into the water not used to how warm it was.

-"It's so warm"

She said a few seconds after sitting down next to Emia not really sure what to do with the soap she had picked up from the side of the bath, Timea had no idea of how to clean herself properly and such looked at Emia as if looking to mimic how she did it.

Salzem

Emia smiled strangely as Timea watched Emia go about her daily cleansing ritual with a soap-bar, completely forgetting that she had no idea what soap was, let alone what do do with it. Laughing at her own forgetfulness, Emia decided that she would show Timea how to bathe manually for her first time in forever, giving her the general idea on how to do it herself some other time.

"Okay!" Emia spoke enthusiastically, dipping the soap-bar under the water, lathering it between her fingers until mittens of suds coated her hands. She'd set the bar down on the side of the bath and smile lightly at the other girl, gently taking her shoulders in her hands. "This is how you use soap! It takes away all the dirt." She explained, gently and slowly rubbing her hands up and down Timea's arms, the suds slipping the dirt and grim away into the water, making them disappear beneath their scented mass. once Timea's arms were suitably lathered, the tainted-blood would move onto her hands, gently taking her hands and intertwining her sudsy fingers with hers, the white bubbles running over the girls' fingers, hands and wrists, leaving them suitably clean... Emia smiling strangely all the while. She still noticed that strange collar around Timea's neck, one she had neglected to take off before entering the bath... it must've meant a lot to her...

She took the soap in her hands once more dipped it under the water once again and caressed it until her hands were covered in bubbles once more, contemplating whether or not Timea would be uncomfortable with this stage of the bath.

"Uhm... I'm going to need you to stand up..." She explained, intending to help her wash her torso, thighs and so on as well... "The bubbles wash off in the water..."

Scythe-Nova

Timea felt at loss when trying to mimic Emia and was about to give up on it when Emia spoke and came over to where Timea sat, she looked up at Emia when she placed her hands upon her shoulders and when she explained about soap she nodded with interest in her eyes. Being cleaned felt really good it was as if a suffocating second layer of skin had been removed on her arms, her arms free of dirt now revealed her slightly pale skin and many small scratches and bruises.

-"T-this feels nice.."

She said i a slightly timid tone as Emia was done with her arms and hands comparing when she was dirty to when she was clean was like night and day, the dirt made her look as if she had tan skin but in reality she was somewhat pale. When Emia said that she needed to stand up to wash her she simply nodded and stood up in front of her, Timea did not hide herself since she thought that would just make it hard to clean her.

-"The Soap smells good."

She said with a slight smile as she looked at her own arm in awe as if she had frogotten how she looked beneath the dirt and grime, and to think that this bath house could be entered without even having to pay at all. "Bath huh... It feels like we want to do this more in the future" thought Timea to herself lost in her own world at the moment.

Salzem

"It does, doesn't it?" Emia responded to Timea's comment, standing up with her friend and wading around behind her so she could start on her back. As she began to run her hands along her seemingly tan skin, it was revealed that the dirt was what kept her skin looking this dark, revealing through the suds that she was just as pale as Emia was, if not a little more-so. The more she worked on Timea's shoulders-blades, her spine, her sides, more and more dirt fell away to reveal small scratches and bruises, evidence of a painful life... She sighed softly before returning to the other girl's front, running her sudsy fingers over her stomach in almost a ticklish manner, though Emia's face was somewhat serious.

"You had it rough, huh...?" She asked almost sadly before gently running her hands along Timea's hips, scrubbing away more dirt and revealing more minor wounds. Emia found herself feeling sadder the more she cleaned, revealing more and more pain written across the girl's body. By the time she had finished scrubbing the dirt from her front, all she wanted to do was just sit there with her in the bath and hug her, hug Timea for all the times she wasn't in her life, the times she had no one to protect her or care for her, the times where rock was her bed and dust was her water... And so she did... Once Timea was squeaky clean (besides her hair of course), Emia pulled the other girl into a hug, holding her there silently for a moment.

"I'm sorry..." She mumbled, pulling away. "I just... I wish you didn't have to be hurt like that... No one should be..."

Scythe-Nova

Timea smiled as Emia cleaned her body and shivered slightly from the feeling of being clean, She was somewhat lost in the feeling and did not notice Emia's more serious expression. She opened her eyes when Emia talked to her and was about to respond to her when she was suddenly pulled into a tender hug, for a few seconds she was a little confused but hugged Emia Back and let go at the same time she did.

-"We Thank you Emia...for caring for us when others would not.."

She said with a suprisingly bright smile as she sat down next to Emia on the edge of the bath, She leaned against Emia and put her head against her shoulder. Thinking about it Timea wanted to do something for Emia but realized she had nothing to offer her, being close to her was the most she could do for Emia but Timea hoped that in the future she would be able to do something for Emia too.

-"We feel a bit better with you here..."

She said wiht a somewhat quiet voice and blushed slightly before looking away a little embarrassed.

Salzem

Emia smiled softly as Timea thanked her for being there for her, for caring for her when no one else would. Of course she would! What self-respecting person wouldn't? But then... it might've been more than that... Slowly, she sat down at the side of the bath beside her friend, shivering in surprise as she felt Timea's wild hair fall across her shoulder once again as the girl laid her head atop her shoulder, scooting a little bit closer than she had that one time before. When she said that she felt better with Emia here, the brown-haired girl blushed in surprise, almost freezing, her sanguine eyes shooting down to the other girl's face... Emia slowly began to relax as she saw that she was just as nervous as she was, her own face blushed a certain shade of red as she spoke these words. Slowly, nervously, Emia wrapped an arm around the other girl's back and waist, pulling her a little bit closer in the bath. The taintedblood contemplated something... something she saw her parents do... Well, rather her father. She didn't quite understand all the mechanics or it's complete meaning... all she knew was that it meant great affection...

"T-Timea...?" Emia asked, hoping to get her attention, to turn her face her way. If she did so, Emia would slowly, gently peck Timea's forehead with her lips, holding her face there for a long moment before pulling away slowly pulling away, her face blushed red more and more by the second. Softly, if the other girl would allow, Emia would stroke her cheek with her hand, brushing her green hair out of the way so she could see her beautiful eyes.

Scythe-Nova

Timea closed her eyes when Emia put her arm around her and shivered slightly from her touch, it was something she was unfamilliar with but she welcomed it. When Emia said her name she looked up at the red eyed girl and tilted her head ever so slightly as if wondering what she wanted, she blushed some more when Emia kissed her on the forehead and shyly looked back at Emia when she put her hand against her cheek.

-"..."

Timea seemed at a loss for words as she looked into Emia's eyes and just as she was about to respond to her she shifted her feet in the bath a little, she winced in pain instantly as she felt something on her foot that hurt quite a bit. She looked down into the bath before leaning back and lifting her foot above the water, it revealed that there was a small wound on the sole of her foot that had begun to bleed again from the hot water.

Salzem

Emia looked into Timea's eyes with both a look of confusion... and a certainly she couldn't quite explain... When she was there with her... she didn't want to leave... Already and so soon, she had already grown so used to Timea's presence, every moment with her was one worth looking forward too... So when she kissed her head, she only wanted to be closer than before, not push her away... She wanted to hold her and never let go... Emia seemed to grow more nervous as the green-haired girl stared back at her, a darker blush flashing across her nose and cheeks. She only stared in silence, perhaps even stunned silence, but a moment later, she looked like she was going to speak... What would she say? Would she shun Emia? Would she ask for more? She didn't know where to go from here! Everything was so weird, so chaotic! She didn't know what to do!

Before any sound could escape Timea's throat however, her face seemed to scrunch up in pain as if she'd stepped on a rock. Emia's face of embarrassed anticipation morphed into concern, watching closely as Timea raised her foot out of the water, revealing a nasty gash on the sole of her foot, one that made Emia flinch herself...

"Oh... th-that looks painful..." She whispered, her face darkening... then brightening up once more as a thought passed through her mind. "One moment...." Emia quickly slipped out of the bath and went to her pile of clothes, rummaging around in their pockets for just a moment before she found what she was looking for... a small vial with a milky white substance inside... Slipping back into the bath beside her dear and wounded friend, Emia popped the cork at the top and handed it to Timea, smiling almost expectantly.

"Drink that. It'll help heal you..." This was one of 3 tonics her mother had made for her today, and was often required to always have one on her person.... but now she was giving it to Timea because she needed it... The only real side-effect was a somewhat moderate jump in hormones as the chemicals inside began coaxing the body into accelerated healing, but that only lasted until the wound was healed.... almost instantly.

Scythe-Nova

Timea watched the wound on her foot in silence as a small trickle of blood dripped from the wound, When Emia left the bath she looked after her and tilted her head slightly. She observed the red eyed girl as she rummaged through the pile of her clothes with a little more than just idle curiosity in her eyes, she looked away quickly as Emia was done with her rummaging.

-"Eh?"

She was a little flustered when she was handed the vial and looked back and forth from it and Emia before nodding slightly and downing the contents of the vial in one gulp, it tasted sweet and Timea gave a smile at it's sweetness. There was a rush of warmth spreading through her body almost making her drop the empty vial into the bath, the wound on her foot closed almost instantly as it was not that big of a wound but even the scratches and bruises vanished leaving her body mostly unmarred.

-"Wh-what was that? It tasted sweet.."

Timea said as she held one hand on her forehead as she felt very hot as if having a fever, it quickly passed however and she blinked in supprise as she no longer felt the warmth from before. She looked at her foot and was clearly supprised to see that the wound was nowhere to be seen, as she reached out to touch the spot where the wound was she also noticed that her arms had no bruises or scratches either.

-"Woow..."

Salzem

Emia smiled softly as she watched Timea's scratches and scars fade away, her skin back up to it's perfect shape in a matter of moments, the act of her mother's tonic at work always bringing a smile to her face. Moreso now, however, now that someone she considered her close friend was being healed up by it's magic, her surprise as well only making Emia smile a little wider. When she asked what it was, the tainted blood re-wrapped her arm around the girl, smiling at her warmly.

"Its my mom's healing tonic... She makes it to take care of wounds and sicknesses just like those..." Emia giggled lightly as Timea made a full check of her skin, stroking her foot where the gash once was, looking over her arms and shoulders for any scratches and bruises where she would find none... Emia found herself completely smitten with this little girl as she looked herself over, almost in a way a cat might, checking for any impurities in her soft, shining coat.

"There's one more thing... well... two I want to give you..." She murmured before suddenly dunking her hands under the water, taking a handful and just dumping it all over Timea's messy green hair. Emia had intended it to be a surprise, but also for the purpose of washing and straightening it, making her look even better than she already did. Emia would do it again, this time much slower so that she wouldn't recoil away, opening up her fingers over Timea's head so the water came down in almost a shower-like fashion over her hair. Once she was good and wet, Emia would start to run her fingers through Timea's messy emerald locks, making sure the water had touched each part and began working out the knots... Each time she had to push through one, she'd apologize, scooping up more water and dumping it over the other girl's head for the heat to soothe. It took a little while, perhaps longer than washing the body, but in the end, Emia scooted back a bit and smiled as she observed her handiwork... Timea looked absolutely stunning... beautiful was the only word she could use to describe it... Her hair no longer stuck out every which way, no longer had been imbued with the chaos of the streets.

"Wow..." Emia said, her cheeks burning somewhat with blush. "You.... you look so cute..." She honestly couldn't believe how much of a difference straightened, clean hair could could make on a person... Timea was already adorable to be sure but now... she took it to a whole new level.

Scythe-Nova

When Emia explained about the tonic she was rapt with attention and looked at Emia with an expression of awe, Timea marveled at her now smooth skin some more before looking back at Emia with a wide smile.

-"Your mother must be a great person"

She said with a happy expression before looking at Emia with curiosity when she murmured something, Timea was certainly supprised when Emia dumped water over her head making her hair fall over her eyes and blocking her view. She was about to move away from Emia but stopped when she felt water pour over her head again but this time more gentle, she moved her hair away from her eyes just as Emia began to run her hands through her hair getting caught in knots hurting somewhat. Timea looked at Emia meekly as the red eyed girl apologized for the pain from working out the knots in her hair, a little while later she looked up as Emia stepped back from her and looked her up and down.

-"U-um.. thanks.."

She said blushing a little as Emias compliment and looking slightly sideways, she ran a hand through her own hair impressed at how silky it felt. She looked down onto the surface of the water and saw her reflection, she played around a little with her hair while looking at her reflection with a smile upon her lips.

-"Heh.. we might want to have a bath everyday"

She said with a little giggle before standing in front of Emia with a wide smile, She looked upon the red eyed girl with an expression of gratitude and happiness as she walked up to her. She placed one hand upon the other girls cheek before standing on her toes to reach and gave her a peck on the forehead as Emia had done to her not long ago, She let go of Emia and took a small step back and gave her a wide smile.

Salzem

Emia blushed a little herself as Timea did, then laughed somewhat shakily as she remarked she'd want to have a bath every day.

"That's what I do!" She giggled before getting up, ready to get out of the bath and bring her to their next and final stop of their little journey... She didn't get very far however because as soon as she rose from the bath, Timea rose with her and soon found her smooth, warm hand on her cheek, gently brushing her brown hair aside. Emia nearly froze, her eyes locking onto the multi-chromatic hues of the green-haired girl as she drew closer, her lips curled into a gentle grin. Slowly, Time rose, standing on the balls of her feet as her lips made very gentle contact with her forehead, pushing against it with only the slightest of pressure before she took a step back and smiled widely. Emia found herself smiling warmly herself, so warmly, one thought she was a conduit for the sun... she slowly raised a hand and took Timea's in hers, softly pressing it against her cheek with a little more force than before, an electric feeling coursing through her skin at Timea's mere touch...

"Timea... Uhm... I..." A swift blush splashed across her face as she tried to put her emotions into words, breaking her gaze with the girl and, instead, stared down at the water up to their upper thighs. "I... I know w-we only got to know each other today.... B-but.... uhm...." She fidgeted with her free hand, her sanguine gaze now flicking over to Timea's... Slowly, if she let her, Emia would take her other hand and bring Timea's from her cheek, holding both between them. "B-but... I like you... I do... M-maybe m-more than.... than like...."

Scythe-Nova

-"Hmmm?"

Timea tilted her head a little when Emia started to speak and listened to her curiously, She was a little confused about why Emia was acting so fidgety all of a sudden.  She looked down at where they held hands and her eyes stopped to look at Emia's chest, Her eyes lingered for a while before looking down at her own chest and she somehow felt a heavy feeling but she did not know why.

-"More than like?"

She said tilting her head to the other side and looked at Emia with a confused expression on her face, Timea wondered about what Emia meant with "more than like" was there something more? Her body shivered some from being out of the warm water but resisted sitting down again.

Salzem

Emia couldn't help but blush a deeper shade of red as Timea's eyes flicked down to her chest, seeming to stare at them inquisitively before looking down at her smaller variants, but still just as precious. Emia wouldn't even pretend that she didn't take a look at Timea before while she was washing her... Even if she lacked any... obvious features like Emia had, She was still the cutest, and perhaps the most beautiful girl Emia had ever seen and found that she didn't ever want to let her go... In fact, she wanted to be closer... Timea's obliviousness to what Emia was implying didn't exactly boost her confidence either. She found herself barely able to maintain eye-contact with those gorgeous multi-colored eyes of hers, resisting the erg to stroke the other girl's hips and rear with her gaze.

"I.... I love you, okay...?" She confessed, forcing her emotions into a mold that may or may not fit what she was trying to convey. Perhaps her emotions would fit better with the description of "lust", but then... that wouldn't quite fit either. What she felt was far deeper than some simple, passionate attraction... She just didn't have the confidence to know for sure if it was that extra level up.

"I... love you..." She felt Timea's body shiver as they two of them stood out of the warm bath, their bodies both craving the heat only the water could provide. "Y-you're just so sweet... cute... precious... I... I w-want to be with you... for as long as I can..." Softly, Emia would lean in, her lips ever so gently pressing against Timea's pale cheek, too nervous to take it the next step forward. If Timea would allow it, Emia would then take one hand from one of Timea's and wrap it around her lower back, hugging the other girl closer to her, but still allowing her to look into her eyes.

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