Chapter 375: Arc 5, - 69: Lune Rose Floraison
"Are you done yet?"
"No, just finishing up some last bits," Hotaru hollered over from the vanity towards the open door—a pen of eyeliner in hand.
"We have to leave in fifteen minutes, I didn’t expect you to be late," Jotou poked her head in and held the doorframe with both hands on either side.
"Sorry housecat, sometimes it just takes a little more time," Hotaru kept her sights in the mirror as she raised the eyeliner.
Her ankle-high leather boots of maroon thumped against the wood as she walked in wearing a dull orange skirt that went past the knees and was kept away, aided by an unseen petticoat underneath.
Three buttons of copper hue went down the secured stone-grey vest that had ruffles along her waist and some around the buttons.
Under it, a white shirt with a few bits of extra fabric around the shoulders and the wrists to give it some textural designs—around her collar had a large silk floppy bowtie of white that rested above the top of her vest.
With her face adorned in light bits of makeup, she tightened her lips before she exhaled, "Come on, let me do it."
Before Hotaru could even place a dot on her eyelid, Jotou had gently swiped away the eyeliner she held. The redhead’s brows furrowed-
The blonde took Hotaru by the chin and angled it to face her. Hotaru’s eyes widened instead. "Eye down please," Jotou stared.
The redhead fluttered her lashes a smidgen before adhering to her request. Jotou held her chin softly and began drawing it onto her eye—deft and smooth, like the strokes of a brush.
Hotaru’s tail shifted from side-to-side and let out a little hum from her lips as her face took on a pinkish hue. She leaned into the soft fingers that held her and gazed into the smoky quartz-like eyes that watched back, filled with a familiar concentration.