[ Her hand felt good. Soothing as she let him move it across his chest. Licking his lips and swallowing as he arched up and shuffled to get more comfortable, taking a slow breath, the warmth she created around them feeling good as he inhaled.
Hoshina wasn't thinking about trolling her anymore, about jokes and saving face. He was scared. This felt too real. He'd been badly wounded in battle before, but nothing like this. The hand he had on top of hers trembled a little as he swallowed down another mouthful of petals before turning his head aside and coughing up vines of bloodstained ivy, choking as they took a little too long to come out of his mouth. Pretty splatters of blood painted his lips and cheek. ]
I'm scared, Nao-chan... It's getting harder to breathe...
[ Swallowing again as he groaned and shifted where he lay, slipping his fingers between hers to give her hand a little weak squeeze.
Focus, Soshiro, focus. He thought to himself as she asked her questions. Taking his time to steady his breathing before answering. ]
Soichiro is just better than me at everything. Father always said I should just give up... T-that I wasn't worthy of our family name... That my swordsmanship wasn't good enough... My techniques are weaker than his...
[ Coughing, his muscles tensing as he tried not to cough too hard. ]
We kill Kaiju... Monster hunters. We both use swords when the rest of the force uses guns... We're unique. H-he's the captain of the 6th Division... He trained with me as a kid. But it's not that... I'm still coughing... It must be something else... I don't love Okonogi-chan or Mina-senpai... Not like that. Sure I tease and flirt but nothing thats secret... We all know about Kafka, about Kaiju no. 8 so its n-not that either...
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Hoshina wasn't thinking about trolling her anymore, about jokes and saving face. He was scared. This felt too real. He'd been badly wounded in battle before, but nothing like this. The hand he had on top of hers trembled a little as he swallowed down another mouthful of petals before turning his head aside and coughing up vines of bloodstained ivy, choking as they took a little too long to come out of his mouth. Pretty splatters of blood painted his lips and cheek. ]
I'm scared, Nao-chan... It's getting harder to breathe...
[ Swallowing again as he groaned and shifted where he lay, slipping his fingers between hers to give her hand a little weak squeeze.
Focus, Soshiro, focus. He thought to himself as she asked her questions. Taking his time to steady his breathing before answering. ]
Soichiro is just better than me at everything. Father always said I should just give up... T-that I wasn't worthy of our family name... That my swordsmanship wasn't good enough... My techniques are weaker than his...
[ Coughing, his muscles tensing as he tried not to cough too hard. ]
We kill Kaiju... Monster hunters. We both use swords when the rest of the force uses guns... We're unique. H-he's the captain of the 6th Division... He trained with me as a kid. But it's not that... I'm still coughing... It must be something else... I don't love Okonogi-chan or Mina-senpai... Not like that. Sure I tease and flirt but nothing thats secret... We all know about Kafka, about Kaiju no. 8 so its n-not that either...