[ When Akira first touches her, Ryoko twitches in surprise and alarm – just for a second, a little danger, alarm spark goes off in her head, like she needs to jerk away to prevent herself from being grabbed at. But his touch is gentle and she reminds herself again that this is Akira and as embarrassing as this whole thing is, he's doing it to try and help. So she forces herself to close her eyes – all the better to not see or worry about anyone who might see this – and not think too hard about what's going on.
(She does allow herself the slightly silly, flighty feeling relief that her hair is freshly washed – god knows if she'd survive the embarrassment of Akira touching it otherwise.) ]
It's... not bad.
[ She sounds a little uncertain, but that's mostly because her heart is in her throat and it's a little hard to talk around it. ]
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(She does allow herself the slightly silly, flighty feeling relief that her hair is freshly washed – god knows if she'd survive the embarrassment of Akira touching it otherwise.) ]
It's... not bad.
[ She sounds a little uncertain, but that's mostly because her heart is in her throat and it's a little hard to talk around it. ]
I can understand why it worked.