day 235 ● an empathy test

[wonderlandgirl]

Wednesday:
☑ Blade: restraint; blindfold; food (9 pt)
☑ Cobalt: food; movie; hug; pampering; teaching (8 pt)
☑ Hiryuu: worries (3 pt)
☑ Hurricane: never have i ever (3 pt)
☑ Levi: hug; hair washing (4 pt)
☑ Moxie: hug; worries; activity (7 pt)
☑ Sabre: hold hands; confession (6 pt)
☑ Shrike: hold hands (1 pt)
☑ Thorn: piercing; hug (6 pt)
☑ Yugi: hold hands; learning (2 pt)

K:
☑ A: worries (3 pt)
☑ D.Va: confession; hold hands; fast car; activity (12 pt)
☑ Hiryuu: stab (5 pt)
☑ Hurricane: confession (5 pt)
☑ Skylark: fight; broken rib (10 pt)

Comments

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

That one's fine.

You have good taste.

[Something warmer, more like appreciation. After a beat or two, cautiously, he lowers the level of the emotion Machai is amplifying, so that she can feel it more]

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you...! I'm glad you like it.

[Yes - she feels that warmth now. It makes her smile, stokes a corresponding glow in her that makes her glad she tried this, that she was something enough to be allowed it. She wipes off the piercing site once more, gently, before threading the stud through it. It's a familiar enough motion, but it feels very different to be doing such a thing for someone else.]

Oh, do you want a mirror?

[There's probably one here somewhere...?}

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[It feels strange for him to be letting her do it, but he stays still for the last bit and doesn't put away]

...yeah. Let me see.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

[Here: Wednesday hands him a mirror. Yes, there might have been one on the table, but it didn't occur to her until she was most of the way through digging the compact from her purse. It makes her feel a little silly, but... well, she's done it now.]

Does it look all right?

[A flutter of nerves, there.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[Pleasure, satisfaction]

...it looks great.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you...!

[ ❤ ]

I'm glad you like it. I... never thought I'd do anything like this, so I'm really happy you let me.

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

...come on.

Let's get you one, too.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

All right...! Should I sit down?

[Is it weird that now she's actually excited about this?]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[If it is, he certainly doesn't seem to think so]

Mm. Go ahead and comfortable.

Did you have a preference for the design?

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Hmmm... do they have anything shaped like a flower? Or with a little stone? Something like that would be really nice.

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

Let me look.

[He wanders over to the table to look at what's available - comes back with these]

...this work?

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh...!

[She breaks into a smile - delighted. She just about manages to restrain herself from touching them.]

They're beautiful, Thorn-san. Thank you.

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

I just picked them... it's not a big deal.

[But there's a small flush of pleasure, all the same, that she liked them]

You ready to get started?

[He holds up the sanitizing wipe]

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

I love them.

[She smiles, and nods as he holds up the wipe.]

And I'm ready when you are.

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[Sterilizes the needles and the area]

Turn your head a little?

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Like this?

[She tilts her head slightly, a flutter of anxiety and anticipation in her chest. Well, it shouldn't hurt for too long, should it?]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

Like that.

Three, two, one -

[In the needle goes. It's done in a second, and he slips the piercing in]

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

[Ow--

[She bites her lip; it's done in a second. Pain sparks for a second or two, then lessens: it doesn't hurt as badly as she imagined it would. There's no noise, no clumsy piece of equipment held close to her head. The needle looks scary, but it's probably much better than a gun. It's almost surprising how easy it is.]

Is that it? I mean, for this side?

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

All done.

Do you still want the other?

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Oh - yes, of course! I suppose I was surprised it was so... easy. But I really shouldn't have been, should I?

[Of course he'll take good care.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

It feels familiar, almost. Like my hands know what they're doing.

I wonder if I did mine...?

[Thoughtful, but he shakes it off in favor of concentration]

...anyway. Here, let me get the other side.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Maybe you did.

[She sort of always thought he had. It just... fits.]

You're good at it. I thought it was going to hurt, but it didn't really.

[Not like it mattered.

[She tilts her head again, allowing him to reach for her other ear.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[The second one is as efficient as the first: sterilizing the area, and then the countdown, and then the piercing, quick and clean]

And... finished.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you, Thorn-san.

[Now she touches one of the studs - gently, carefully.

[The pain was nothing again - a second or two. She was more aware of how close he was, how weirdly intimate this whole thing is...]

Can I please have the mirror?

[Excited again.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[He hands over the mirror]

There you go.