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]

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.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Thank you...

[She's excited as she takes it, delighted when she turns her head to see the new studs catching the light.]

Oh, they look lovely! Thank you so much, I'm so glad we did this.

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

...yeah. Me, too.

Thanks, Wednesday.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

It's no problem at all! I like doing things like this with you.

[She gets to her feet.]

Is there anything else you'd like to do, now?

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

...mm, we probably have some time.

How about you pick, since I chose that one?

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Um...

[Wednesday smiles, a little: a little nervous again.]

Well, there is something I'd like to do, if you don't think it's too much. I'd - I'd sort of like to hug you, if it's okay..

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[Surprise, and then as it abates, affection, behind that]

...yeah. That's fine.

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

Really?

[She brightens immediately.]

Thank you, Thorn-san.

[She steps toward him, and wraps her arms about his neck. Eyes closed, she exhales.

[This... feels good.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

[Puts his arms around her, a little awkward]

[She can feel it, this time - that he's not entirely comfortable being touched - but also, that he's fond of her, and is fine with this, and is glad that she asked]

Re: thorn

[wonderlandgirl]

[That's as much as Wednesday could have hoped for - more, even. It's enough to know that, somehow, he's glad.

[She's happy to have been allowed this much, for the time.]

... thank you.

[She's wanted to do that for a while.]

Re: thorn

[justfuckingtryit]

...it's fine.

[And he means that]