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She doesn't recognise that tree.
She's been here before, she's not that far from the estate, this isn't some unknown place. She must've taken a wrong turn, of course, but where? She should probably just try to retrace her steps, Jaol will be incredibly mad at her...
Tetsuma steps back for air after a bit, somehow flushes an even deeper red, and says, "I'd like to - look properly."
"Um. I've kind of been - not looking - and I'm getting annoyed at myself - and I keep thinking and would rather not be frustrated like this the next however long - so..." She opens her eyes and properly looks at her girlfriend.
...Her brain promptly goes offline.
Brain nudges slightly. "I don't have a crush on myself! And I'm thinking about stuff."
"I mean, you're probably used to seeing girls topless if they do that to swim where you're from! Come on they're just nipples!"
"Girls aren't supposed to swim for fun - most of the Senju don't, it's not like we have a lake in the clan compound or anything. We'd be topless at the hot springs, but going to the baths with my cousins is different than - looking at my girlfriend. And - you're really pretty and you're you and I had a lot of fun fighting and my mind keeps producing images." She's babbling isn't she.
"No!" Tetsuma's blush returns full-force. "I - want to stop being embarrassed. And kiss more. And things."
"I think - challenging myself helps, as long as I've planned on it. It usually does." After all, she's been getting less embarrassed about just looking over the conversation, and she's way less embarrassed than the day before. "Like adjusting to cold water. And - I'm flustered because I'm really attracted to you and my brain's failing to handle it properly, and I don't know how to express - stuff."
"I mean, what's it failing to handle, exactly? And you could try to express stuff one at a time, or stream-of-consciousness?"
"Being attracted! And wanting things. I don't know what to do or say, and then I start thinking and get into - loops. In my head. I want to say stuff right and everything comes out wrong when I'm embarrassed so I get more flustered. It's - less of a problem around people I'm not attracted to, because I'm not thinking about - things."
"People don't understand me? And I don't explain things as well as they are in my head."
"...Like the underwear thing? I kept saying stuff in the wrong order. And, like, not knowing how to flirt with you. And there's - stuff I want to talk about - that my brain's not cooperating on."
"Before we got together! And I'd like to - more than kisses - and my brain's failing at the steps in between 'kisses' and 'more' but I think flirting's involved."
"Doesn't need to have any flirting involved. It can evolve pretty naturally from kisses by just varying where exactly you're kissing."
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