[ honestly, after all that teasing, this sudden bout of sincerity from him looks and sounds a bit facetious. it doesn't help either that he's pushed her hands off of her hair, insisting his own attempt to wash her hair and eliciting an annoyed sound from her. lumine's lips purse as she stares flatly at him. like what even?

in any case, lumine turns away from him, ducking out of his reach and finishing off her hair under the spray of the shower. anything to keep him from getting him to touch her again. ]

You can thank Aether. [ and his lack of presence in the teapot. ] Otherwise he'd be nagging at you right now for even getting into the bath while I'm here.

[ and if he were around, she'd be left to finish her shower in peace. really, she wonders if her brother left her alone with ajax as some kind of test or lapse of judgment in him. she's thinking it's the latter. ]