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Post by JASMINE SILPH on Mar 19, 2018 14:05:33 GMT -6
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[attr="class","jartoxlyr"] Choking on water rip
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As much as she loved him, she just felt like strangling him sometimes. Jasmine nearly rolled her eyes at his feigned offence, listening to his bout of childishness without batting an eye. "Yeah, real mature there, Bai." So she says, but the woman quietly lifts her head up to blow that same raspberry in his direction. Her expression had fallen flat while mimicking his same nonchalance-- Hell, one could even say she had gone completely stoic. Jasmine had been known to be stoic the majority of her childhood, especially in her earlier years before her frequent meetings with Bai and his siblings. Back when she could actually keep a relatively composed expression without breaking into a mess. If you didn't think that was possible, folks, here you go. But truthfully speaking, she only ever lost her composure more often when she was with Bai of all people. Being childhood friends played a large part in that, but then there's his actions to consider. [break][break]
And that's usually what got to her the most. [break][break]
Nevertheless, she found his childish bouts amusing and entertaining. Even then, well.. Seriously speaking. You can't blame her for giving him that once over, you know? Like.. He was right there. Like, right. There. So thank god his eyes were closed, otherwise he wouldn't let her live that down. But for the time being, she lets the both of them float down the waters. Thankfully he didn't start kicking her and assumed a position that would be comfortable for the both of them, otherwise she.. Probably would have kicked him in return. No hard feelings, but you don't kick her. You hurt her and the Salazzle will hurt you in return, and all. Jasmine maintains her gaze up to him, pensive staring turned into aimlessly drifting off to thought so.. Yeah. Okay. It did look like she was staring at him from others. The woman's only snapped out of her temporary daze at his voice, and thank god she's able to lower her mouth under the water, while also taking care to keep her nose just above the waterline. You know, air and all. [break][break]
Her arms are extended and for a brief moment, they tighten their grip as she's mulling his words over. Earlier words, that is. At his latter words, the woman widens her eyes in a slight bit surprise before quietly snickering. Snickering under the water was never a good idea, especially when her nose was literally right above it. The moment she does snicker, she ends up inhaling a bit of water through her nose and nearly gags on the water itself. Jasmine instinctively lets go of one of his hands to grab onto her shoulder, more to cough into her elbow (because mannerism was still drilled into her head in a life or death situation) while the other tightens it's grip on his hand. "Wait--" And she begins coughing again, trying her damned best to get the chlorine out. For a moment both her nose and throat burn from the water rushing in so quickly.[break][break]
She spends a good minute trying to get the water out of her system and balance herself, keeping a slightly tighter grip on Bai as she recovers from the shock. "Arceus--" She starts again, now taking a deep breath to confirm whether or not she was gonna go on another coughing spree. When she can take a deep breath without hacking, she lets out a well awaited, sigh of relief before glancing back up at him. "... I should be alright, now. Sorry about that." And a pause. "... But Jared tried to snip off a chuck of your hair? Pff..!" Aaaand then she sputters again. She lets his words run through her head again, and then literally the image of Bai with a chunk of hair snipped off filled her head [break][break]
And damn straight was it hilarious. [break][break]
Hence why Jazzy reaches up to gently poke at a lock of his hair, a smirk clear on her face as her golden gaze maintained on the top of his head. "Really? I think it would have been a good look on you~"
Post by JASMINE SILPH on Mar 10, 2018 12:21:51 GMT -6
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[attr="class","jartoxlyr"] So she may or may not have checked him out?
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"Lies and slander."[break][break]
The woman hisses a quiet bit, golden eyes narrowing to the side as her hands vaguely grip tighter around his. They were moving towards the deeper parts of the pool, which prompted her to hang on all the harder. This was stupid. She felt stupid. You have a fully grown woman struggling to swim in water, and she has her childhood friend teaching her how to do so of all people. The lavender haired woman stares at him with a single, golden eye. Him and that smirk.. What's he so amused about, anyways? Stop staring down at her like that, it makes her feel like you're just.. Trying to mock her. But even then, she knew that he wasn't keen on letting her drown any time soon. He was holding onto her hands rather tightly and--... Well, she was doing the same. She was holding on, while keeping that gaze up at him. Hah..Wow. Couldn't take her eyes off him, even if she wanted to. Even when she should. Even when he was being a snarky jerk to her. Snarky as he was, the subtle drop of tension within her arms at least.. Showed that she trusted him more than she feared the water. To some degree, that is. [break][break]
She was stupid to think that Bai Hu was just going to be taking her out to the waterpark for a little hangout or something-- Okay. This was a hang out. This was just two friends hanging out, and that's why he asked her to begin with.. Yeah? Yeah, that's it. That's why she was holding his hands right now and that's why he was holding onto hers; just to make sure that she didn't fall. Just to make sure that she didn't slip through the water, and just to make sure that she didn't go drowning herself. Her ears perk up to listen to his instructions, both of which prompt a quiet grumble from her before slowly beginning to put some distance between the two of them. Jasmine however, tightens her grip a bit more as she moves back and away from him. And for a moment, she's actually beginning to relax as her stomach floats on the surface of the water. Locks of drenched lavender split down her back, but at the very least, her back was straight and she could stay float so long as she held onto his hands. In that same moment, the woman takes a deep breath and sigh of relief. [break][break]
Then he lets go. [break][break]
For a split second, he lets go of one of her hands. Jasmine was startled to no ends with this, immediately widening her eyes at the same time her heart nearly stopped from the shock. The flick of water to her face didn't help her, either. In response, she turned her head away from him and began to pull her hand back - which started with her beginning to sink. Again. Thankfully, he was able to catch her before she sunk again. Golden eyes glance up to him, brows furrowed in distaste before sticking her tongue out and blowing a small raspberry at him. "Screw you, too." So she responds with. Not letting her go asides from that one second there.. Jeez. He nearly gave her a frickin heart attack. It wasn't her fault that she was horrible in the water-- So now he was just.. Screwing around with her. [break][break]
But even so, Jasmine maintains that stare on him. Mainly because.. Well, there isn't much else to look at. There was only water and him in front of her and.. Well, yeah. There isn't much else. But it's urm.. Kind of difficult to not look at him. Even though they were childhood friends, she wasn't one to deny when someone was attractive. And while Bai himself was.. Not a bad sight to look at - and hell, she could admit that he was attractive, - she also wasn't one to be voicing that out. Not when it'll be feeding his already large enough ego. Not when that would only be encouraging him to tease her more than he already did. Ugh.. No, Jasmine. No paying attention to those things. He's your childhood friend, you've known him for years, now. It'd be weird for you to think that.. Probably. Ugh.. Whatever. Her thoughts were briefly clouded with those images, hence why the woman was weakly kicking her legs under the water. She occasionally glanced over her own shoulder before redirecting her view back to make eye contact. Or.. Only one eye, that is. [break][break]
Because he may or may not know what happened to her other eye yet. [break][break]
But at his latest statements, the woman found herself narrowing her eyes and groaning a slight bit. "Jeez.. You don't have to put it that way.." Jasmine starts. She maintains a rhythmic time, trying to keep her focus on Bai Hu of all people instead. But even then, it was difficult to swim and pay attention to the water. You know, because it's something that could kill her in no time flat? Yeah, that's the problem, here. So rather than focusing on the water or staring up at Bai like a starstruck middle schooler, Jasmine takes a deep breath before narrowing her eyes to get a glance at her kicking legs. "A-Anyways.. Asides from dragging me out to the water park, have you done anything interesting today?" She starts. Small talk should help, right? It.. Usually did. Plus, it would at least stop Bai from snarking so much, and it would take her attention off.. Other things. Yeah. [break][break]
Post by JASMINE SILPH on Mar 4, 2018 13:14:43 GMT -6
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[attr="class","jartoxlyr"] So this is really short whoops
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Now she's here wondering; How do you expect her to stay focused and calm when they were practically locking hands together? [break][break]
Her lips part to give him a response-- Or.. She's about to give him one, until the water flies into her face the same way it did his. She quickly shuts her golden eyes to shield them from the water, only to begin sputtering and gently flicking her wrist to the side. Once a sufficient amount of water droplets were flung off of her hand, she brings it to her face to gently wipe any excess water that may have clung on. It's not long until she's met with his hand in front of her face, intended to later flick her forehead and nose in a childish manner. And with that, Jasmine responds in a low whine before returning the gesture. Though, it was more of a gentle poke against his nose if anything. "Sure, like you're any better~" Her brows furrow in distaste and disdain alike, however the smile that pulls at her lips marks her subtle amusement clear. "Hypocrite~" [break][break]
But even when she's glancing up to him, her gaze eventually falls back towards the water's surface. She finds it difficult to look at him, difficult to maintain contact for longer than she would like. Of course, he was the same old Bai. Same old childhood friend of hers. Same old jerk who liked to play around and tease the ever living crap out of her. The fact stands that he was her best friend and even though she was more or less comfortable with making physical contact like this, it didn't stop her from flushing on occasions and finding it difficult to maintain eye contact. Could you blame her? No, you couldn't. But her thoughts are interrupted by the faint - but noticeable - gentle grip of his hand against hers. In response, she instinctively tightens her own grip. Her heart skips a beat at the simple and faint gesture, however she tries her ever damn hardest to ignore it. [break][break]
Because no, Jasmine. This isn't the fucking time to be getting giddy like a middle school girl with a petty crush. [break][break]
But before long, she finds her body gradually drifting over to the slightly deeper parts of the pool. Though she should have been able to touch the ground by barely grazing her toe over the ground, the gradual slope towards the deeper end prompted her to instinctively grip onto his hand all the harder - more out of fear if anything. Water and her did.. Not mix, which this time around was understandable. It hadn't been quite much a help with how she couldn't swim to begin with, even if she did enjoy the cool temperature that it offered. Cool, up until Bai himself sucked all the warmth from the water itself. "Wait, Bai, don't go into the water so qui--" But it was too late. He was already a good distance into the pool, and she found herself leaning forwards with her stomach against the water to keep herself afloat. However, her tail resists the urge to wave around in a frantic panic as she's trying to slowly paddle her way with her kicking legs. [break][break]
Nevertheless, she attempts to hold onto his hands while kicking against the water. Unfortunately, she ends up bending her elbows to get closer to him, and she finds it difficult to keep herself up. [break][break]
Post by JASMINE SILPH on Feb 17, 2018 19:58:20 GMT -6
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And there he is, folks. Being the idiot he usually was. [break][break]
Jasmine can only stare at him between the few spaces in her hair, gradually beginning to grumble in her mother tongue; a grumble that contained a soft, foreign curse as she resurfaces above the water. Though quiet, she's slowly looking up from the water as she registers his words. Her fingers gently begin to tighten around his own, gripping onto his hand to secure them together just a bit more while registering the earlier events. Sure, she knew fully well that he was making sure that she wouldn't fall to her damned death. Sure, she knew that he wasn't just going to let his childhood friend drown in a pool of all places and sure, she knew that there really shouldn't be anything that makes her think otherwise. But in spite of the fact that there shouldn't be anything to clearly initiate it, the woman found her face flushing the tiniest bit under the shade of her hair. It was faint-- And even then, her hand was instinctively trying to tighten around his; although at this point, it was less to keep herself up and more for another reason altogether. But just tightening her grip made her heart skip a beat, even if she refused to admit it. [break][break]
"Sh-Shut up. I don't have butterfingers; I just told you I'm really bad with water, okay?" She retorts as her tail begins to slowly sway under the water. Rather, it was more trying to keep her up and floating if anything. The woman finds herself slowly beginning to peer back up at him, moving her hand above the water to gently tug a larger amount of drenched, and heavy, hair from her face; all get a better look at the man. Unfortunately for her, the first thing she notices is the smile and near smirk he had on his face. And see, here, he actually had the damned nerve to actually poke at her while nearly making fun of her situation. The woman groans once again, narrowing her eyes at his latest statement. And that, is what prompts something more of a pout from her initially flushed expression. [break][break]
And this, folks, is why she's flushing for a different reason now. [break][break]
"A-A pumpka--" She nearly sputters at his comment. Her brows furrow in distaste and denial all the same as she tried to move her hair from her face. Once all that has been moved away and dealt with, Jasmine uses her hand to gently flick some water his way. Even if she couldn't swim in it, it was damn useful when trying to get the Gengar to behave. "O-Oh shut up..!" So she's saying in a grumpy tone. But as she's narrowing her eyes in apparent irritation, her naturally amber eyes glance over to his other hand beneath the water. With that, she reaches down and over him to grab onto it, locking both their hands and twining her fingers with his. She's initially floating in silence, but the generally reddened expression was more than apparent. Once again, her heart finds itself racing with that simple gesture. It was innocent, simple and.. Honestly, it wasn't something she should be worked up over. This wasn't something that she was usually worked up over, and she didn't think that it would be something that could make her near speechless for a moment. [break][break]
To act as a reality check, Jasmine once again tightens their grip momentarily before relaxing a fair amount. Though her heart's pounding in her chest and she can feel the butterflies rebounding in her stomach, she still finds it in herself to grumble in distaste. "... You keep telling me to learn how to swim, so y-you better be prepared to teach me." And a pause. "O-Or.. Something. I'm not a damned butterfingers.." Once again, she narrows her eyes to the side as she grumbles to herself. Even though it wasn't anything that she should be getting worked up over, her heart was still racing. It was racing but her legs were trying to keep her afloat. And the worst thing? The fact that he could see how much she was beginning to flush. She couldn't exactly keep eye contact with him, hence why her gaze fell against the surface of the water. [break][break]
Either way, that doesn't change the fact that she wanted an excuse to stay close to him. [break][break]
