somebody's watching me
06-06-2021, 12:30 PM
Hanako was 100% okay with being manhandled- womanhandled rather- and went with the flow of it. The cold stone met her back and she sucked in a shocked breath between her teeth. She stared up owlishly at the pirate who loomed over her, pressing but not pushy, and felt an affectionate warmth spread between her ribs. See, this was how it ought to be. How long had she daydreamed about being swept off her paws, pictured someone who'd just treat her right? Selfishly she thought it was about dang time. It wasn't exactly what she'd expected but that somehow made it all the more exciting, unanticipated, like a flash flood.
Her heart raced in her chest as Sparrow asked a very important question. Naive or not, the weight of it was not lost on Hanako.
"I-yeah." She nodded, a little anxious for sure but ready and eager all the same. "I do."