Kikuya Iwasaki (supergeisha) wrote,
@ 2011-01-30 12:00:00

Test Scene
"Casual Friday" at the Big Hero 6 offices meant that Kikuya cold wear her blue kimono and no makeup. Actually what it meant was that she could wear 'regular' clothing but the idea was horrifying to her. Why, exactly, did women want to encase their legs in heavy blue fabric that made them look as to be walking frozen sausages? She did not understand, though she had made one concession to trend, as it were; she wore black flipflops.

With stockings.

As she walked down the hall the shoes made such a delightful soft little sound hitting against her stockinged feet. Kikuya couldn't help but smile with her eyes.

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	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 02:44 am UTC (link)
	He tilts his head to the side curiously, but nods. She isn't a yuna, after all, and he doesn't want to make her uncomfortable. He finishes undressing, folding everything just so, then settles into the warm water. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

supergeisha
2011-02-02 02:48 am UTC (link)

It wasn't that she was uncomfortable; it was that the steam was destroying her makeup and her hair. Not wanting to ruin his experience by her hair sagging and her makeup melting, Kikuya left the room and undid her hair, brushing it carefully before letting it fall over her shoulders and washing her face free of makeup. It was not quite traditional--and she worried it might be inappropriate--but it was what would work best.

Clean, she returned to the bath and carried the tray of supplies with her that she sat by the water's edge before lifting her kimono carefully and stepping into the water behind him.

"How does the water feel, Hajime-sama?" She picked up a sponge and carefully began to draw water up and onto his shoulders.

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	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 02:58 am UTC (link)
	He shifts in the water to make room for her behind him, admiring her as she walks past, clearly just as impressed with her without the makeup. "After so long a time with a freezing spring... it feels amazing to take a hot bath again." he replies, closing his eyes and sighing with relief as the sponge touches his shoulders. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

supergeisha
2011-02-02 03:01 am UTC (link)

She realizes very quickly that the kimono is a hindrance, so she pauses for a moment to slip the garment off and fold it behind her. It stays nearby, though, for when she gets out of the water.

"I cannot imagine bathing in a cold spring, though I suppose it must of done wonders for waking one up." The sponge is dispatched as she puts a sweet-smelling soap on her hands and begins to rub his shoulders with her delicate fingers. She is remarkably strong.

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Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 03:09 am UTC (link)

He's no superhuman, but the musculature is obvious in this state. He shifts a bit again, giving her all the room she wishes, grateful for a large tub.

"I spent a lot of time on the road, learning from every master I could, so bathing in the spring was not as bad as it could have been, but in the Karasu's mountain, it was always... much colder than I recalled water being elsewhere. It was the way of things - my first chore of each day was to take the four buckets, climb down the mountain to the spring, bathe, then fill the buckets and climb back up. If I spilled a drop from any of them, I had to apologize to the water and the bucket, climb back down and begin again. I grew very familiar with that spring."

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"When I was very young and just learning at my mother's feet, my first task was to learn how to draw a bath. It is much the same as you describe, though there were no mountains, just a very large garden and I very uneven on my feet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 03:15 am UTC (link)
	He nods. "That sounds lovely. As a small child, we had a large garden, but I was supposed to stay out of the way of the gardeners. Eventually, when I prepared to begin my journey away from home, I learned how to cook over a campfire... but I'm not very good at it, still. I admit, I have trouble imagining you being uneven on your feet." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"When I was small. I was by far not the most graceful among my sisters and fellow maiko. But, I was determined. I worked very hard. I wanted to be beautiful, like the geisha." She began to work on his arms a bit as she washed him, her own body close to his. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 03:22 am UTC (link)
	He relaxes back slightly into her, still supporting most of his weight, trying to make his arms as easy to reach as possible. "Your hard work paid off." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:24 am UTC (link)
	"Thank you, Hajime-sama, but I could still improve." She smiled and as he relaxes, she does as well. Soon it is not the water's warmth she notices but that of his skin and she begins to care for his fingers and nails. "How do you feel?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 03:33 am UTC (link)

Of everything, his hands are in the worst shape - he has 'climber's hands' - the muscles knotted and the nails worn far down. The only thing that isn't consistent with someone who has spent a lot of time scaling a mountainside are his fingers, where the calluses have been carefully filed down to not kill the sensitivity in deft fingers, which need every bit of that sensitivity to handle a sword with proper finesse.

He can't help but notice her presence as well, occasionally finding himself leaning into her just a little more, trying to correct himself each time without being too abrupt.

"I do not know how. From what I understand, you have been practicing your arts a very long time."

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:38 am UTC (link)
	His hands remain her focus for some time, almost snuggled to his body as she works. "I will be eighty-eight years old on my next birthday." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 03:46 am UTC (link)

His nails and knuckles in particular are going to take a lot of work and massage if they're ever going to be 'gentleman's' hands again. He definitely seems to enjoy the touch and cleaning - and her presence, the smell of her, and the relaxing touch combined with the hot water.

"Once upon a time, I might have doubted it, or thought that that had to be very strange, to have seen so much time in such a youthful body... but now I have little room to talk... though perhaps can say I understand."

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:49 am UTC (link)
	"It is something that I like deeply about you, Hajime-sama. You understand what it is to be an old youth." Her head rests on his shoulder a moment. It is something of an embrace. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 03:55 am UTC (link)

Very, very close. He very nearly turns into the embrace, tempted to kiss her. He scolds himself internally and steels himself, remaining faced forward, but not pulling away in the least. It is not for him to initiate such intimacy, and certainly not here, even as attractive as she is, and after it has been so long since he's felt a woman's touch - he wants to - but he must be proper, lest he insult her and drive her away.

Its still a few moments of internal battle before he recalls her words enough to respond. "The same, and yet different. You have lived in this world, seen it change, for almost a century. I have but a few years in this world - and many centuries on the mountain where nothing ever changed save the pattern of snows on the mountain. Still... so much of this is so new to me."

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 03:58 am UTC (link)
	"You will learn. You are already learning, Hajime-sama, and doing well." Kikuya kisses his shoulder very softly once and then again. "It will take many baths to properly care for you," she whispers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 04:04 am UTC (link)
	There is a quiet sigh of pleasure. That may not be traditional yuna treatment, but the last thing he's going to do is object. "You wish to..." how to ask politely, she is already extending well beyond her traditional duties. "continue to assist me? It would be... a great pleasure." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 04:07 am UTC (link)
	"Yes," she says softly. "I wish to care for you completely Hajime-sama. I do not mean just as this." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 04:13 am UTC (link)

He's heard of such a thing, usually only for a tremendous price or as a favor from a daimyo or the like - and even then, it required negotiating with the owner of the tea house. And he's known this woman only a short time - and yet - its both comfortable, and an irrefusable offer, even if he wished to.

There's another long pause as he tries to make sure he heard her right. "You would wish to... to become as mine?"

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"Is...is that not...acceptable?" She was a little out of her depth with this and wondered if she had, as when she was very young, unevenly stepped. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 04:24 am UTC (link)

"No... I mean yes... I mean..."

He doesn't get flustered often. He had a good education, his mother knew her way around court. He learned from numerous masters, and the Karasu were sticklers for... perfection in everything, really. At the moment, however, he can't help it.

He takes a deep breath, trying to compose himself, and find the clearest answer he can.
"Why would you wish this,
Oh flower of such beauty?
I would treasure this."

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	Re: Later that evening supergeisha 2011-02-02 04:28 am UTC (link)
	The lips that had pressed softly to his shoulder curved into a smile and she lifted her head. "Then I am yours, Hajime-sama." She kisses him very softly in invitation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Later that evening

get_medieval
2011-02-02 04:33 am UTC (link)

This time he does not hesitate in kissing her back, since she initiated it, and is clearly supremely comfortable with him for reasons he's not quite clear on. The age obviously helps, and treating her like a geisha instead of a prostitute probably didn't hurt. Still, he's surprised... but almost overwhelmingly pleasantly so.

He's not the best kisser - ages out of practice, but not completely inexperienced either, and still taking this slowly, appreciating the sensual nature of the kiss amidst the warm water and her touch, pressing lightly back against her.

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Re: Later that evening

supergeisha
2011-02-02 04:38 am UTC (link)

It is a delicate dance to kiss with intention but not to be forceful, to draw one in so that the promise is not delivered entirely with one embrace. Her own experience limited she is grateful that he is taking things slowly but the longer they kiss, the more she wants and despite her care and efforts, the desire bleeds through in how she presses herself to him.

"Shall we...here...or retire..."

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	Re: Later that evening get_medieval 2011-02-02 04:42 am UTC (link)
	Very, very difficult to have patience, even for him. But the bath is not the proper place - it is for getting clean, not such relations. Still, he has to take a deep breath, compose himself a moment before keeping that in mind and giving the 'correct' answer. "We can... retire." he says, standing and turning to offer her a hand so she won't slip in the tub. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)