[ leave it to aerith to be defiant, even when the circumstances demand that she shouldn't. but then again, what else did tseng expect, from a woman who's been defiant at every turn for as long as he's known her? at this point it would be stranger if she wasn't trying to resist tseng's suggestions, if she did go along with what he asks without complaint or comment.
perhaps paradoxically, it's that predictability which makes tseng's smile tug more evidently at his lips, although he ducks his head briefly to hide it. ]
Are you asking for a demonstration? [ aerith steps closer, and tseng lifts a hand to catch her chin. four fingers along one side of her jaw and his thumb against the other, but the touch is gentle, and it would be easy for her to pull away. ] You should be careful what you wish for.
[ to the paintings, this reads like flirting—tseng can tell by the way one of them gasps, almost scandalized. but there's something else there in his gaze too as he looks down at aerith, something much complicated. his thumb shifts, brushing over her lower lip before his hand shifts to cup her face instead. ]
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perhaps paradoxically, it's that predictability which makes tseng's smile tug more evidently at his lips, although he ducks his head briefly to hide it. ]
Are you asking for a demonstration? [ aerith steps closer, and tseng lifts a hand to catch her chin. four fingers along one side of her jaw and his thumb against the other, but the touch is gentle, and it would be easy for her to pull away. ] You should be careful what you wish for.
[ to the paintings, this reads like flirting—tseng can tell by the way one of them gasps, almost scandalized. but there's something else there in his gaze too as he looks down at aerith, something much complicated. his thumb shifts, brushing over her lower lip before his hand shifts to cup her face instead. ]