[b]"Asuka-san, w-wh...what are you doing in there?!"[/b]

When she heard the astounded mention of her name call from the miko's lips, Asuka immediately tensed all her muscles at once, practically locking herself in place where she stood in that...definitely cold water, but despite the temperature surrounding her, how did her face get so damn warm all of a sudden. Her cheeks were possibly glowing beat red against the contrasting pale moonlight that fell upon her skin, glistening now off the stray beads of water that clung to her, as such did her damp clothing. "O-oro? Miko-dono! H-how nice to see you here, that it is." Nervously, the ronin gave a bit of a halfhearted grin to the girl and hesitantly scratched the back of her head with a free hand, while the other coyly censored her breasts, though they were shrouded and wrapped tightly in gauze bandages. The maiden, she was afraid Asuka might catch a cold or some sickness wading about in that brisk but relaxing stream, oddly more relaxing than what possibilities the Onsen could've held in its warm and rejuvenating waters, had Asuka obliged the opportunity instead of stayed to herself. Of course they were all women, but.....that was the point. Asuka just....grew nervous around her own, especially when they're disrobed. But wait....if staying in wet clothes meant Asuka could catch a cold....then was Hanami asking her to..... Immediately again Asuka turned red.

"Ah um! W-wait Miko-dono! I-i-I'm perfectly fine, that I am!" Hastily, she tried to call after the girl as Hanami fled for the Princess' kimono, the very same Mizuki had let Hanami wear when she fell in this very stream earlier today. "There's no need to gather more clothes for me, indeed there isn't, and I'm sure Hime-dono would love to have her kimono back, that I'm most certainly sure ehehehe....!" But no use. Moments later, the miko returned with Hime-dono's colorful kimono in hand. Asuka precariously observed as she nimbly made her way across the stones, so far so good until the last stone, practically green with as much slippery forest moss had grown upon it. "Oro!" Quickly, Asuka tried to rush over and grab Hanami before she fell into the water, but too late. At least she wasn't completely soaked like the ronin was, but still....she was close....very close to Asuka. "Ehehehe....well I guess that makes both of us who need dry clothes now..." Anxiously, Asuka replied, but immediately caught herself. What the hell was SHE implying now?! "Eh...umm....gomenasai, Miko-dono. I-I meant....well...I don't want you to catch a cold either, that I wouldn't." Humbly, she bowed her head to Hanami, already feeling the heat in her cheeks intensify into a burning blush. Why did she have to be a nervous wreck around this girl....?