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❤ Week 1 Mingle

Welcome to a new week, lovebirds! Monday dawns gray and misty, and it's actually not long before a thunderstorm rolls in! You can, of course, kiss dramatically in the yard in the rain and risk getting struck by lightning-- or you can stay inside, cuddle in the conversation pit, USE THE GODDAMN BOOM BOOM ROOM or do anything else until the storm blows over by the evening! Don't worry, the rest of the week will be bright and sunny and beautiful!

There's also a new section of the house, weirdly enough! There's a bright turquoise door located near the bedroom and opening it leads to... a massive indoor pool. The water is a pleasant temperature, there's a hot tub, there's an assortment of flotation devices for those of you who might have trouble swimming (tubes, life vests, boogie boards, pool noodles that can also be used to wage Deadly Combat if you are Sara and Kasque or Jeritza or anyone else ready for Violence). And if you somehow didn't pack a swimsuit because why on earth would your canon let you have one--

Worry not!! There's a rack of swimsuits in every size you lot could need! The catch (or not): they're all sexy. Like. Barely there sexy. Impossibly adhering to you sexy. Shoelaces would maybe cover more sexy. Absolutely great to play Chicken Fight in sexy. You get the idea.

Anything having to do with being able to write is still also Not Present.

Enjoy!!!

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[ canon gives me nothing to work with but she's fairly average height with being around 5'6/5'7 so there would be a difference but not something horrible. kuchiha's good about quickly adjusting to things as needed so if there's a wobble she's good to make sure to straighten up and compensate for it.

that aside... ]

Army march? [ hmm. she's aware of the terminology in the most basic of understandings. kind of, anyway. ] No, I haven't. There isn't an army where I live. We have swordsmen to protect ourselves.

All right, then forget about the army. Think of a drum beat, a steady tempo.

[He recites a tempo—1, 2, 3, 4—under his breath for example. He envisions the stringent pulse of a parade, cadets stepping in-time. But even without that little mental supplement, stepping to the beat of an imaginary tune is an idea anyone can latch onto.]

Eyes straight ahead. The target’s the cone — and on my count, we walk to the beat, bound foot forward. Easy for someone like you. Want to give it a go?

[ she'll pay close attention to the tempo that he sets for the two of them and slowly nods along with it before mimicking everything that he's doing. it's all simple enough. ]

We can.

[ another firm nod. ]

I'm ready to move as soon as you give the count.

[He nods, then begins his count…]

One, two, three, four—

[And on the beat of “one”, looping back around:]

Go.

[Off they go, striding off at a hopefully steady beat. Rufus keeps time with ease, walks with confidence, trusting in her capabilities to do the same.

How does Kuchiha fare, as the far-away cone grows ever closer?]

[ she'd be faring fairly well. maybe not with the same level of confidence as rufus initially but she falls into the pace quick enough. it wouldn't be right for someone like her to be clumsy and allow something like a bound foot to throw her completely off balance. admittedly she might had stepped a bit too soon once or twice but nothing that would have thrown them both off.

it's...good. it's great that they're able to fall into sync like this but that also means that they're getting closer to the cone. much closer to the cone. not that it concerns her.

much. one step at a time. literally. ]

[There might be a faint almost-misstep here or there, but she's doing well for performing on the fly. Rufus thinks he's seen trained cadets march more sloppily than this, a point of pride he might have to tout back home whenever he returns.

For now, though, their progress is steady. And that cone, well- it can't be avoided. It approaches as quickly as their progress is made, and when it can't be ignored longer, Rufus simply says:]

When we reach the cone, I'm going to kiss you. Better be prepared.

[So helpful.]

[ wow rufus, there's a level of being impressed by just how brazen he puts it, but there's also a level of being insulted by it too. not that kuchiha notes the difference as more that she unintentionally breaks their pace and tries to take a step too soon.

however, depending on how badly or if it does trip up rufus any, she will do her best to prevent them from falling over. ]

R...right. Don't worry about it; I will be just fine.

[ she says this but her footing did falter just that bit before she regained composure. ]

[He considers himself courteous for giving her a heads-up! ….Would be only half of the truth, because he also takes a little bit of amusement from throwing others off, just to test a reaction. And maybe her almost-stumble has him staggering slightly, but at least they make it to the cone.]

You sure?

[He sounds lightly dubious. Rufus pauses next to the cone, shifting to face her, a hand resting on her shoulder, leaning in a little.

A kinder man would get it over with. But he’s having a little fun.]

I can wait a few moments for you to steel yourself, but I hope the idea of sharing a kiss with me isn’t that bad?

[ imagine if she wasn't as quick with her reflexes as she is; they'd totally be eating it. but she is and they're safe though as they reach the cone and he places a hand on her shoulder she will flinch for a moment.

more like a reaction to the touch than being spooked by it. ]

It isn't terrible.

[ just. there are reasons that she's not going to put into words because she doesn't know how to put them into words. though there will be an attempt given that he is being so considerate of the whole arrangement. ]

...it's just new.

[ which kind of gets to the point. ]

[He isn’t surprised. He even notes the flinch beneath his hand, and it’s more than obvious to Rufus that she’s encroaching on new territory here.]

It’s not unusual to face a new experience with some uncertainty, but I’ll do my best to make it a good one for you.

[He has the advantage of not being fazed by a single kiss. For good or ill, Rufus is rarely lacking in confidence or the motivation to make the first move. And he does in this case, too, one hand gently coming in to tilt her chin up as he leans in to give her a lingering kiss on the lips.]

[ well!! thank you rufus for doing the thing that someone else wasn't able to do. despite his wishes, she will still flinch at the kiss to start off with and she just kind of...stand there. oh if only a certain could see the two of them now. they'd probably be throwing a riot but they're not here and instead kuchiha finds herself frozen in place.

...mostly in place because while this was just a single kiss for him, it quite isn't for her. or more like that she isn't there mentally where she can do that sort of thing. not that she wants to make it seem that obvious but her face flushes deeply.

betrayed by her body. ]

[ ...

ahem. just one more moment for her to come back to her senses. ]

...w, well, that wasn't terrible so I...appreciate that.

"Wasn't terrible?"

[He scoffs, but it's light-hearted and without any real offense. To Rufus, a kiss is just a kiss, though he'd be lying if he said he didn't take some enjoyment out of it. But he can't say that the gesture was returned; she was as stock-still as a stature.

At least the flush in her cheeks gives something away.]

What a backhanded compliment. So you're as red as a beet because it was a run-of-the-mill kiss, is that it?

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