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[head_bancho]

[Lulled out of that nap rather than being shocked out of it, Riki hadn't completely exited his way from the warm, soft, and cinnamon-y place he briefly disappeared into. Really, Rin had been there with him the whole time, so it didn't even strike him as weird to hear her voice. He nearly rested his chin back on the edge of the tub and went back to sleep but somehow managed to catch himself and hang one arm out of the tub instead so he could watch Rin, curious.

It wasn't the exhaustion that had done him in. It had been the warmth and the comfort that did the deed and Rin's pleasantly calm questioning had only lulled him right back into that warm core temperature.]

Yeah... It's really nice. [She'd see it more when he dried his hair but he might have loosened up a couple bottles. Riki cleared his throat a little, half-stirring awake just from the pain of muttering a few words. He opened his mouth to yawn and grunted when it stung.] Hurts.

[erbe]

[...Good lord, she's going to have to do it, isn't she? Just her in her little tank top and the short skirt she wears on non-school days. Even seeing him here — so soft, so prone, so helpless — is making her overactive imagination run wild.]

Look at you, [she replies patting his hand that hangs out of the tub] pruning and barely awake. I bet you'll be too dizzy to stand like this.

[Even so, Tohsaka leans her petite body over his. Reaching into the water to pull the stopper so the tub can drain.

Ugh, especially like this she can tell he's So Very Naked. And she'll curse it even more when she sees how his wet muscles glisten under the light.]

[head_bancho]

[The decreasing water level was threatening his chances to keep soaking and avoid coming to terms with the cold air in the bathroom. In a futile gesture of protest, Riki tried to sink lower and lower into the water, grumbling as it was just up to his chest even on his back. Completely comfortable in the nude and somehow not internalizing that Rin was in there with him, he squeezed his eyes shut and groaned.

Little by little, the cold began to wake him up and after he swore he saw Rin through his blurry vision, Riki found himself soapy, wet, and naked. Staring right up at Rin and beginning to cycle through ten different forms of horrified and embarrassed, he croaked:]

Shit!

[And quickly threw both hands down into the rapidly vanishing water to cover his dignity.]

[erbe]

[Tohsaka was preparing her father's robe and a towel for him because she was fully under the impression she'd have to haul his naked ass into one of the bedrooms for him to recover. However there he is! Freaking out in all his glory.

The corners of her lips turn gently upward.]

Welcome back to reality. Would you like a towel?

[head_bancho]

[The water had gotten cold, so he had to have been in there for a while. It had to have been his fault. Just hoping he hadn't broken anything when he fell asleep, Riki looked around the tub and the floor before dipping his nose beneath the lip of it. As if she hadn't already seen. Mortified because it had to have been his fault. Guys weren't supposed to flash girls like that!

And, why was she grinning so much?!]

Please? Just... don't look...

[erbe]

You can relax. Whatever product you used made the water opaque. Was it the onsen bath salts? Or the mineral bath packets?

[She offers both a fluffy towel and her late father's luxurious bathrobe. It's up to him to decide.]

Ah, are you afraid I won't like what I see?

[head_bancho]

[Whatever grumble and groan fell out of him at that point had to be predictable down to the intonation. He squinted at her, answering her first question very honestly. A little gently for the sake of his sore throat. The humidity was enough to promise he'd recover but he still somehow felt thirsty.

For water.]

The mineral bath stuff was nice. [Not waiting a second longer. Gifted as he was, he was a shy young man and more than determined to avoid affronting a young lady even if she'd been unapologetically teasing him on purpose. Squeezing one eye shut and looking at Rin from the corner of his eye, he looked nearly... bashful.] You looked, didn't you?

[erbe]

Did I? Is that what you wanted? Are you hoping I sneaked a few peeks so that in the future you'll feel no guilt looking? Oh, maybe I missed it! If you really want me to see you now is your last chance, isn't it?

[Tohsaka just loves pushing those buttons. She's careful only to look when he's completely covered to keep the mystery of whether she actually saw him or not.]

[head_bancho]

[Not only could he not articulate an answer well enough, but he also didn't want to even try when she phrased it the way she did. Instead, Riki glared at Rin from the tub and held out his available hand, attempting to avoid any form of eye contact with the devious young woman so bent on caring for and taunting him in her own increasingly worrisome ways.]

Towel. Please.

[He knew one magic word.]

[erbe]

[Towel, then. Tohsaka provides him with it. Dry, plush, and warm. Once he takes hold of the cloth, she will turn her back to him to hang up the robe.]

Hmm, will you want another cup of tea, or some ice water?

[His throat sounds like a 50yr old smoker, poor thing.]

[head_bancho]

Tea.

[Drying himself just when Rin had her back turned, Riki left his hair mostly untouched. Towel at his waist, he peeked at the bathrobe she laid out for him, noticing how big it was. Mens'. Deciding to put that thought aside, he asked what he was curious over after that, instead.

Not realizing his genuine curiosity was an attack. Still quite raspy.]

So, you really gotta kiss someone to do that spell of yours?

[erbe]

Oh~? Are you hoping I kissed you just because you're cute?

[Tohsaka giggles and turns toward the door so he can dress himself when she leaves.]

I needed to put my mana inside you, and the quickest way was that route. It binds with body fluids.

[head_bancho]

[He did and he still believed it. In silence, he got dressed and when he showed up in her parlor again in the big expensive robe with his hair perfectly done up again...]

Hey, wait, fluids?

[erbe]

[Oh, he looks cute. The good product really does-

Ah, the question she should have expected.]

Yeah. Blood too.

[Just going to omit arousal fluids as long as she can...]

[head_bancho]

Does it hurt less if you do it like that?

[With a pained little groan, he sat back down and placed one hand on his chest to try a breathing exercise. Riki didn't jump right into the vampire thing, expecting somehow it would involve an IV because... that was arguably more scientific.

Except she totally tongue-kissed him the first time around so he immediately felt stupid for assuming he knew anything about any of those processes at all.]

[erbe]

Sure, and blood can also carry a surprising number of diseases if you're not careful. I just needed to push some of my mana into you so I could flush you out. Like a clogged gutter.

[Tohsaka will veer off into the kitchen and brew another two cups of tea.]

[head_bancho]

Explains the crap I was choking out. [With a fresh cough drop popped in, Riki looked over the back of the sofa to the open doorway Rin went through. He'd chat with the doorway.]

Is it normal to feel angry and then not angry when it's done? Like coughing it all up got rid of a bad mood I didn't know I had.

[erbe]

[They're not too far apart, and the hardwood (of the parlor) and the tile (of the kitchen) take voices plenty distance.]

It's possible the frustration your physical body was experiencing manifested into emotional unrest. I've actually not done much research on the subject, and am largely self taught.

[Because it's not like Kotomine was much help with true magecraft teachings and ideals. And she hates that how, in the end, he prepared her to be more lucrative. Something she owes him, yet hates him all the more for it.]

[head_bancho]

Like, the opposite of getting sick because you're stressed?

[He wasn't asking Rin directly rather than saying it out loud, touching his lips carefully.]

...Why was it black?

[erbe]

[Eventually Tohsaka finishes the tea and returns to the parlor with him. She gently sets the tray down which holds their teacups and saucers.]

Maybe it's like gathering dust, mildew and mold, or your own life energy turning sour? Or maybe...

[She reaches up to curl one lock of his hair around her index finger.]

Black is just your color? See here.

[Removing her finger from his hair, she then holds her hand at full arm's length in front of her. Conjuring some magical energy - just enough for a visual demonstration that she will allow to dissipate. The black core is dense and distorted while the outer rim varies in thickness but is a distinct red.]

[head_bancho]

[He almost barely heard her explanation. Riki followed Rin's finger when she curled his hair up and grew very quiet and cooperative.

Only, she managed to grab his attention by doing something he was familiar with. He bent back so he could change how he looked at it and... well, naturally, when Rin did it, it came out perfectly shaped.]

When I do that, it's... kind of a mess.

[erbe]

[After allowing the energy to disperse, Tohsaka picks up her tea for a sip.]

I've also had 10 years to properly train myself, and I stem from a long line of actual mages.

[head_bancho]

[For some time, Riki simply watched Rin. Sipping tea and relaxing after pulling out a trick most people in the world would gape at. He rubbed his throat, sitting up and just taking her in. She could be a rotten, bratty tease but the whole evening she'd been looking after him after saving him for what would probably the second of many more problems.

All by herself in a big mansion and hiding away when she wasn't taking care of her necessities. She didn't brag about it or share it with anyone from what he could tell. While he got curious about who she was, he asked a few friends from her school. One even from her class. She was quiet and kept to herself, never standing out too much and always polite. He had more friends than he could share his time with and stood out in everything he did. Riki? He was constantly fixated on himself and proving his worth and still, he felt completely unimpressive in comparison to the two, short times he saw what she could do.]

Maybe she rarely had the chance to hear it.]

You really are incredible.

[erbe]

Wh— what? Why say that all of a sudden?

[Because of course she is. But she can't handle surprise praise! At least not from someone she's taken under her wing like this. Someone she has invested time into. Honestly she still finds it wild he has the patience to deal with her.]

[head_bancho]

[Liking her when she was haughty quite nearly as much as when she wasn't playing a game with him, Riki shook his head.]

My throat's still a little sore. You've gotta ask me later.