She sinks into the water up to her shoulders. Her expression doesn’t relax immediately — her brow stays tight, as if waiting for something to go wrong. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...
She chews. Looks out at the dark garden. She sinks into the water up to her shoulders
Her thumb hovers.
(quietly, almost surprised) Ah.
She picks up her phone again. Scrolls. Pauses over a message she hasn’t replied to in two days. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...
But the water keeps steaming. The wind moves the maple leaves. Somewhere inside the ryokan, a wooden kachin echoes — a guest sliding a fusuma closed.