[It helps that her heightened emotions have added to her haste, the need to be anywhere else pushing her to move just that little bit faster. It's not enough, naturally. Running from Aether had been a foolish idea. Born only from her horror than any real logic. She'll be embarrassed about that, as well, later. First kissing him without permission and then making him track her down after? Truly the entire evening has been full of her behaving shamelessly.
She notices him closing in on the gazebo far too late. Though for a brief moment she considers the idea of trying again. On the off chance he'd decide it wasn't worth the effort. But even now as panicked embarrassment sings through her veins, Ayaka knows that's a foolish plan. It might work with some people, but not with Aether.
The best she can do is retreat to the far side of the gazebo, keeping a pillar between them even as she pulls her fan out to hide her face behind it. Time to regain that composure she's so famed for having. The icy daughter of Kamisato clan.]
My deepest apologies, Aether. [If there's a slight quiver to her voice, she trusts him to be polite enough to not mention it.] I behaved in a way that was unbecoming. It was most boorish. I'm not sure what came over me, but it felt safest to leave.
[To run from the scene of the crime, effectively. A curl of guilt and shame churning in her stomach at the thought. A flush heating her cheeks as she remembers what happened. She really...oh dear.]
Ah, this is her punishment then for entreating an archon not her own, of course.
She notices him closing in on the gazebo far too late. Though for a brief moment she considers the idea of trying again. On the off chance he'd decide it wasn't worth the effort. But even now as panicked embarrassment sings through her veins, Ayaka knows that's a foolish plan. It might work with some people, but not with Aether.
The best she can do is retreat to the far side of the gazebo, keeping a pillar between them even as she pulls her fan out to hide her face behind it. Time to regain that composure she's so famed for having. The icy daughter of Kamisato clan.]
My deepest apologies, Aether. [If there's a slight quiver to her voice, she trusts him to be polite enough to not mention it.] I behaved in a way that was unbecoming. It was most boorish. I'm not sure what came over me, but it felt safest to leave.
[To run from the scene of the crime, effectively. A curl of guilt and shame churning in her stomach at the thought. A flush heating her cheeks as she remembers what happened. She really...oh dear.]