[@Otaku95]

[color=ed145b]~"Understandable."~[/color]  Asuka chuckled holding her hand to her lips.  [color=ed145b]~"Besides, this position you chose is quite rare among swordsmen.  I've only known a few who wear their blades like you."~[/color]  As they walked back to the dorms on the carefully manicured pathway, a scent lingered amidst the cool evening breeze, the soothing, peaceful, and sweet aroma of cherry blossoms fluttering about the air, soft pink petals drifting to and fro, culminating with the starlit sky of night.  Such a lovely time it was indeed.

[color=ed145b]~"Well...here we are."~[/color]  She whispered upon reaching the dorm hall.  Twas quiet now, the sounds of girls embroiled in mock battles with wooden weapons succumbing now to the silence of the night.  [color=ed145b]~"I suppose we shall go our separate ways now, but I will see you early, Ryuko-chan.  Oyasuminasai."~[/color]  Asuka was about to bow to her and bid her a good night...but...something else she thought of.  A simple goodbye, it wasn't good enough, no...not for Ryuko-chan.  Her eyes...she couldn't stop staring into them, languid and lingering, such lovely amber shades lulling her deeper into a euphoric state.  Then, a surprise.  Tenderly her hand cupped the girl's petite chin, such a gentle touch of skin, then...a kiss, not on her lips...at least...not yet, but on her forehead, a simple display of her affection, nothing more, nothing less.  A soft smile she gave to Ryuko-chan and into the building she disappeared wondering...what sort of impression had she left on the sweet little girl other than her lips?

[@sassy1085] [@Bryn] [@Framing A Moose]

Another respectful bow she gave and off to bed she was following behind Rin to the dorm hall.  And what timing when Tohru made it just mere inches from the building, that she witnessed quite the spectacle, Hanazono-Asuka, a girl more noted for her deviousness and her brutality, acting rather smitten with one of the girls, Ryuko Tohru believed her name was, Drake Ryuko.  [color=6ecff6][i]Hmm...perhaps I did misjudge Asuka too much, just as she had misjudged me.[/i][/color]  She pondered, not realizing that Rin had already left her behind.  [color=6ecff6]"Eh?  Rin-san, wait up!"[/color]  Tohru quickly followed behind, trudging up the stairs and down the hall of the third floor, finally, collapsing in her bed with a relaxing sigh.  From her shelf she grabbed a book to read, the [i]Book of Five Rings[/i] by Miyamoto Musashi.  She was always brushing up on her history, especially of the martial arts.  A few chapters she read then set the book down, already her eyes heavy and barely able to stay open.  She yawned deeply, nestling her head into the warmth of her pillow, and gently...Tohru drifted off to sleep.