-ds- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono... [ Top 20 CONFIRMED ]
She lets her head fall back against a smooth rock. Her hair floats around her like ink spilled in warm tea.
Soft trickle of bamboo shishi-odoshi — then clack.
(quietly, almost surprised) Ah.
I forgot what quiet sounded like.
Her thumb hovers.
She nods once, small and firm.
(mouth half-full) Tomorrow — one more soak before checkout. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...
She picks up her phone again. Scrolls. Pauses over a message she hasn’t replied to in two days.
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.
A private outdoor bath, steam rising off black stone. Maple branches overhang the fence, lit faintly by a red lantern. She lets her head fall back against a smooth rock
A single firefly drifts past her line of sight. She doesn’t try to catch it. Just watches.
(to herself) Even hot springs come with notifications.