[She closes her eyes and crosses her arms stubbornly. Of course she was fine! She just needed to get back down to ground level and then she'd be--
Then there are arms wrapped around her. Around her shoulders. Granted, he's held her a few times before, but never this intimately. His voice next to her ear like that. It causes the Gem to tense up in his hold. A frightened bird in the coils of a snake. She knows he can be coy but, she was much more worried about the pair of fangs he was carrying. She would have been fine with it before, and not nearly as tense. Ready to spring away.
Her shoulders hunch, trying to make herself look smaller instinctively, staring ahead of herself.]
Hrnf... [Pearl mutters into her scarf, avoiding those red eyes of his, unsure of what to say about the situation. He was warm, but it did little to ease her anxiety.]
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Then there are arms wrapped around her. Around her shoulders. Granted, he's held her a few times before, but never this intimately. His voice next to her ear like that. It causes the Gem to tense up in his hold. A frightened bird in the coils of a snake. She knows he can be coy but, she was much more worried about the pair of fangs he was carrying. She would have been fine with it before, and not nearly as tense. Ready to spring away.
Her shoulders hunch, trying to make herself look smaller instinctively, staring ahead of herself.]
Hrnf... [Pearl mutters into her scarf, avoiding those red eyes of his, unsure of what to say about the situation. He was warm, but it did little to ease her anxiety.]