♤ Taking a Bath Together @finalsongxiv -- Anora discovered a while back that she really enjoys big public baths and frequents them when she gets the chance. She also goes out of her way to compliment people on things they might act insecure over. She's nice enough, but also knows when to lay on the sassy compliments to lighten the mood. Girls supporting girls :okhand:
Verdandir tucked the small towel around herself and stepped out into the bathing area, shaking her head once again at the odd rules around such simple things. She glanced around before maneuvering towards the pools marked for warmer water and found a place to settle down. She watched a few children run by and chuckled slightly as their parents or guardians went after them, calls to behave and not bother others while apologizing filled the air mixing with the murmurs of conversation. She leaned back into the water, letting it soak into her small frame and sighed. So strange… so different. Many came here with friends and family. It wasn’t all that different from what her kind did, to enjoy each other’s company in the pools… when it was peaceful. When the calls for vengeance had not stirred the Horde and turned kin against kin. She shivered at the memories and then cupped the warm water in her hands and splashed it against her face.
Something grabbed her tail and the sensation caused her back to arch, shivers going up her spin and her skin to prickle. She gasped and her eyes flew open, her head snapping to the side as she defensively pulled her overly long tail back away from the offender.
A small hyur girl looked up at her, wide-eyed. “White!”
Verdandir blinked first at her, her tail twitching and then up at the girls mother who turned and, after taking in the situation turned red as well and quickly gathered her child against her and grimaced. “I’m sorry! Elie, you don’t touch other people’s tails like that! We’ve talked about this. Say sorry to the nice lady right now.”
“Oh,” the little girl looked back up and pouted. “But it’s really whiiiiite. More than the lady at the herb shop. Like her hair.”
“Elie!”
“But... I’m sowwy.”
“That’s… it’s fine,” Verdandir waved her hands slightly, her flush darkening and she shifted away slightly, her tail now tucked closer to her body. She looked down at her scales after the two had gone back to their own business and sighed. Had she… messed up? She hadn’t altered her colouring. Did she stand out now? She felt like curling in on herself and the idea of fleeing the bath began to creep up in her mind.
“I think,” a voice drifted over to her from the other side, causing the small Au Ra to jump slightly in the water. “Your scales are lovely.”
Verdandir turned, looking up slightly at the red haired woman relaxing in the water next to her, smiling in a purely self-assured manner as she tipped her head to the side. “Ah?”
“They’re a beautiful colour, you know. I’m not surprised the little girl wanted to touch them, though she should have asked first, right?” The red-haired woman grinned and stretched out her arms in the water. “Touching a girl’s tail, too? Even for a kid... tsk tsk. I’d ask first.” She gave an exaggerated wink and Verdandir furrowed her brows before a small chuckle escaped her lips turning into a warm laugh as the woman joined her.
“Ah, yes… that WOULD have been… polite. Thank you. About my… scales, I mean. I’m Verdandir.” She relaxed back down into the water next to the other woman.“Anora,” the red head smiled fondly. “It’s nice to meet you.”
NONSEXUAL ACTS OF INTIMACY
