Watch Your Step (CLOSED; TAERIN)

Oh, right. Now that she thought about it, Yuri did figure this girl wasn't actually Japanese, both in facial features and name. She was between assuming Korean and Chinese for a bit there, but the mention of Korean music solved that puzzle for her. Damn, now she wanted to sneak some pictures in even more. She rarely got the chance to run into cute foreigners.

"I don't really have a 'type,'" Yuri lied. Obviously she couldn't tell what type of photography she actually engaged in, but she could cook up a general story about it. In truth, the following statement wasn't far off from what was actually the case. "If I see something I like, I snap a pic. That's pretty much it."

Once they reached the bottom of the stairs, Yuri turned the conversation around again. Couldn't chat too carelessly about her "hobbies," lest she give anything sensitive away. "You ever do live performances, or give out recordings of yourself? I'm kinda curious now, about what sort of music talent would get someone into this school."

Well, taking a picture of something you'd like is acceptable. As long as it involves a camera, it'll pretty much be photography,but Taerin doesn't really know much about it other than just taking pictures, so she didn't really have much of a say to that. "I did only one live performance which was a ballad song in my freshman year. And so far, I think I only released two recordings. I'm still practicing with what style I should do before actually releasing more songs." Taerin explained, shrugging. It was always better for her to test her ways of production before releasing any more songs into the public. Sometimes, she might just go ahead and release it anyway.

"Also, do you mind one day showing me what kind of pictures you take? I'm just wondering what you... well, 'like'."

Always back to her photography... And damn, she didn't have an answer for this one.

Yuri stopped, placing one hand on the wall at the bottom of the staircase. She needed a quick way to avoid the question... Distraction, a change of subject, a non-answer response that would prevent follow-up questions. Actually, she had the perfect way to divert attention from her photography hobby. An ironic bit of help, actually.

"Eh... I think I might need your help after all," Yuri said, gesturing down to her injured ankle. It did still hurt, but not enough to have her actually want help with it. Merely part of the distraction. If it was between looking suspicious for not answering the question and eschewing her own reluctance to accept assistance, it wasn't a hard choice. "... You mind? Don't wanna give the nurse too much work."

No doubt she'd have it brought up again at some point, though... Yuri hardly had any pictures that she actually could show to people, so she would need to gather some before they next saw each other. What could she even photograph though? Was there even anything in this city worth snapping pictures of?

The girl suddenly stopped in her tracks as it seems she really does need some help with her ankle. Just a few minutes ago Yuri looked like she could handle the ankle and now all of a sudden she couldn't. Well of course pain can always come and go just like that, so Taerin couldn't really argue. "I don't mind at all." She said, finally about to put her physical assistance to work.

Taerin honestly figured she could princess carry Yuri, considering if she tries to give her a piggy back ride, chances are Taerin might somehow hurt the ankle even more when she tries to grab it, and the other method would be trying to assist the girl by holding one side and aiding her in walking, but if she couldn't continue walking now it really wouldn't make sense to try anyway, right?

Taerin would first hold her hands out as she squatted down halfway, attempting to then scoop up Yuri in her arms in a form where Taerin would do a princess carry but very slowly since she didn't want to try and hurt the ankle. She promised herself that she wouldn't try to do anything weird or out of the blue; now was literally not the time for that at all if she wanted to keep this on a good end. "So, about those pictures." She reminded Yuri, obviously remembering that the girl didn't really get to answer Taerin.

"Great, than-wah..!"

Yuri was prepared to climb onto the girl's back, so finding her feet suddenly off the ground before that was quite a surprise. The way she squiggled about might have caused a momentary difficulty in picking her up, but she wasn't a heavy person by any means. Once she was up and in Taerin's arms, she had to take a pause for a bit to collect herself. Alright, this was weird... Not to mention a little embarrassing, but she could go with it.

Stifling an awkward cough, Yuri settled into the taller girl's arms and did well to prevent an equally-awkward blush. She did refrain from eye contact and keep her gaze pointed ahead as they began to move again, wondering just how this would look to anyone that might have seen them... and then she was asked about those pictures again. Damn, she forgot to keep the conversation flowing away from it because she was startled.

"Ah... W-Well, uh, actually..." stuttered Yuri, fishing through her brain for some kind of excuse, distraction, or explanation. To think she had managed to go this long without anyone pushing for info on her photography... How had she not come up with a convincing story yet? No, wait, that was a stupid question. Literally any answer would work but the truth. Think, think...

"... Er, social venues," Alright, brain, weird reply. Improvisation was key here, what sounded believable with that? "Y'know, for advertising and stuff. I figure most people won't appreciate the artistic value of a photograph, so I should start with the common stuff. Things like weddings, parties, tourist sites, all that."

This girl was surprisingly light; not too sure if she was light as Taerin, but she was surely light. Asides from the squiggling movements, it wasn't all that hard for Taerin to pick up Yuri. Honestly, she felt a little cheery as she was princess carrying her. Not creepy at all, right? Right. ...Right? For Taerin's sake it's right.

"Oh, that sounds interesting. Helpful, if I might say. Still, one day I'll see those pictures to see what you've found." Taerin said, softly chuckling. She wouldn't care if the pictures were boring or exciting, beautiful or not, she just wanted to see is all.

Taerin then suddenly found herself leaning her face near Yuri's neck, attempting to give just a light nuzzle to her neck as Taerin smiled for a moment. She couldn't help it when the girl stuttered for a moment, it was just too damn cute! She'd keep going at it for a few seconds, but it would all change if Yiri put a stop to it. Still, Yuri was soft nonetheless for Taerin to resist~

With a slight nod, Yuri scratched gently at one of her ears. "Sure, eventually," she replied, quickly scanning her memory of the city to think of potential locations to photograph. She knew her way around pretty well, but she'd never roamed it in a tourist-like manner, so as far as what was actually worth taking pictures of, she couldn't really think of anything. Her next trip off campus, it seemed, was going to consist of a lot more sightseeing than usual.

Next came an unexpected contact on Yuri's neck, at which she raised a puzzled brow. She naturally leaned her head and lifted a shoulder to intercept, a mild flinch in Taerin's grasp as a brief tickle spot was hit, and responded with a confused, "... Uh, you alright there? If you've got something on your face, I'm not a napkin."

She only managed that interception after a couple seconds of pause, caught off guard by the suddenness of whatever the heck it was supposed to be. Maybe there was a bug on her neck that Taerin was trying to shoo off.

... Clearly Yuri was oblivious to the intent behind that gesture.

"Oh, sorry." Taerin apologized, pulling back. She was lucky that the girl seemed to be oblivious to Taerin's nuzzle. The good part of that was she technically got away with it. "My nose was itchy and I'm carrying you right now, so I figured I'd do that." She explained with just a mere white little lie. In fact, her "nose was starting to itch again" a minute later, so Taerin repeated the same action she did before, which was nuzzling her face at Yuri's neck again.

Maybe one more couldn't hurt... or two, or three, just until they make it to the nurse's office.

A skeptical eyebrow lifted on Yuri's forehead as she pondered whether or not she should believe that answer. Taerin had shoulders, after all, it wasn't like she couldn't itch it on those. Might have been an uncomfortable positioning, but it was definitely less awkward. For Yuri, anyways, it didn't seem like Taerin caught on to how odd it was. Well, she'd let it slide for now.

"Oh, there we go," Yuri noted, chin-gesturing toward the nurse's office finally in sight up ahead. It was then that she felt another nuzzle on her neck, twitched like before, lifted her shoulder to block again. She didn't say anything this time and just waved a "shoo" hand as if trying to scare off a fly as they finally reached the entrance to their destination.

Hopefully once she was inside and placed down, she wouldn't have to deal with that nuzzling anymore.

"Ah, great." Taerin said, feeling a little relieved that Yuri pointed out they were close to the infirmary. Finally both of the girls have found the nurse's office. And about time, too. Not that Taerin was plotting anything or anything... she was just curious if it was on the other side of the school building or something is all. This gives Taerin a good way to at least figure out where the nurse's office is. It was just a shame Taerin couldn't hold and carry Yuri in her arms any longer. Good thing they reached the office, anyway.

Walking through the conveniently opened door, Taerin looked around for a moment. It definitely felt cozy, that's for sure. It looked like it, so it would definitely feel like it. It also looked like the nurse wasn't here at the moment. How convenient. Strolling herself to the bed, Taerin squatted a little as she finally placed Yuri down on her back as carefully as she can, attempting to lay her down on her back, hopefully not hurting the ankle in anyway. If she did, then oops.

When Taerin laid Yuri down, she then decided to scoot herself a little on the bed besides the redhead, sitting close next to her. "I'll just stay here, just to keep you company." Taerin said, as she then placed Yuri's bag down on the ground. ...Oh crap, Taerin must've left her bag up on the roof when she chased towards the redhead and yanked her down now that she thought about it. Ah well, she'll get it later.

Taerin suddenly placed a hand on Yuri's injured ankle, barely tracing both index and middle fingers along her skin on the ankle at first, and then just at a very slow snail pace, to the thigh right afterwards. "Asides from from the whole thought of you committing suicide and getting injured, I realize that you're cute. Very adorable, if I must say." She complimented, giving a small smile as she tilted her head with a giggle.

Nurse gone, eh... Well, no big deal. Yuri wouldn't need but maybe an ice pack or something, she was sure those would be easy to find. Doubtful that the nurse would mind them borrowing one for a little bit, and it'd only be for maybe ten minutes or so anyways. Maybe the nurse would even drop back in at some point, she probably knew more about sprained ankles than either of them anyways.

As they reached one of the nearby beds, tucked away behind one of those privacy curtains, Yuri prepared herself to hop down and take a seat, only to find herself actually being placed on the bed directly. She briefly questioned in her head the need to lay down instead of just sit, but she shrugged it off, flopped gently onto her back, and situated her ankle in a comfortable position. At least, as comfortable as she could get it while sprained.

With a slight nod toward Taerin's offer to stay, Yuri was about to fish her phone from her pocket when she felt the girl's fingers on her ankle. Not entirely odd at first, but as they started moving upward--not to mention the out-of-nowhere compliment that went along with it--Yuri moved one of her own hands to intercept and nudge away Taerin's. "Ah... Thanks?" the girl replied. "And, uh... You too. Very pretty eyes you have."

Huh. If she didn't know any better, Yuri would've assumed Taerin was trying to flirt.

Hands being nudged away by Yuri's own as Taerin kept tracing her fingers along the girl's thighs, Taerin quickly grabbed the hand that nudged away her own, having a soft grasp at first. "Thank you, but I must say yours are far more beautiful than my own." Taerin shot back the awkward compliment given. Taerin's eyes were actually one of her strong suits in beauty; no makeup or anything, just being all natural. Then again, she didn't really care too much about beauty. It was about being herself that matters. But in this situation, Yuri's eyes had a more relaxing atmosphere in Taerin's opinion.

It also looked like she wasn't aware that Taerin was flirting with her. Good. This meant that Taerin would technically have the more upper hand until Yuri realizes what the Korean girl is trying to do. Until then, why not enjoy the moment? With that said, she brought Yuri's hand close to her face, where she rubbed it gently for a few moments in the palm of her own hand before pulling it to Taerin's lips where she would then plant a soft kiss at the back of it.

"You also have such smooth skin; very pleasant to touch." Taerin said. There's a good chance the girl could just slip her hand away from Taerin's grasp, but who knows what else might be up her sleeve for that matter.

Okay, this was getting weird pretty fast.

She could probably play it off, though, she thought. Yuri replied with a somewhat confused smile, tugged her hand back right after the kiss was planted, and used an elbow to start propping herself up. "You, uh... think maybe we should call the nurse in..?" she asked, hoping to divert Taerin's attention. What time did the nurse actually go home again..? Surely she couldn't have just left and forgotten to lock up, right..?

In any case, Yuri was on her way to actually sitting herself up, a tad uncomfortable lying down with what was going on. She wasn't totally certain just yet, but it did kind of seem like Taerin was hitting on her... Yuri wasn't used to anyone but guys flirting, and despite her preference toward women, she really had no clue how to handle one in a situation like this. The extent of her romantic endeavors with girls were performed through a camera lens, usually in bushes or around corners.

Taerin couldn't help but giggle as Yuri pulled her hand back, sitting up afterwards. It also looks like the girl was not only lost by what was going on and a little crept out, but probably nervous as well. If there was one thing Taerin had to list on what she liked, it was probably girls being oblivious to the current position they were in. Or just people in general. Here in Fuiki however, it's girls. "Now, now. I'm sure the nurse is probably at a very important meeting or so; don't want to disturb her on whatever she's doing. Who knows? Maybe she must've taken a step out momentarily." Taerin suggested.

"Please, relax yourself. I'll be here until the nurse comes in. Who knows how long she'll be out? She might not be here at all for all we know~" Taerin said. It was no doubt her intentions were somewhat getting more and more obvious. Her voice didn't have that friendly and canny sound it once had before or that ultra apologetic tone either. It was something else; as if she suddenly grew obsessive.

"So until then, don't stress yourself; rest a little more. We don't want you trying to injure that ankle more if you tried to walk now, seeing how it apparently the pain was starting to come back again." Taerin cooed, as she would place both of her hands on Yuri's shoulder, trying to push her back down on her back. This little push had some force in it. Afterwards, Taerin would slowly drag her hands down to Yuri's chest, barely putting any pressure on it.

"Don't worry, I don't bite..." Before finishing her sentence, Taerin brought her face closer to the girls as her kind smile had transformed into an ominous smile. Finishing her sentence with a whisper that sounded like a threat in a way, she then finished it off with just one word, with some emphasis on top of it, too.

"Much."

A change in tone now, in addition to behavior. Alright, that settled it, something was going on here.

Yuri wondered briefly exactly what time it was, and what time it would've made sense for the nurse to have taken off. The sun was nearly down by now, so the school itself was probably empty of at least students at this point... If that was the case, there'd be no reason for the nurse to stick around, she figured. So she was most likely on her own here. Wonderful. Okay, how to deal with this...

To the hands pressing her back down, Yuri gave just a forward-lean in protest, expecting them to let up. The pressure applied soon had her on her back again, though; not exactly a necessary position for a healing ankle. Clearly Taerin had some kind of other intention here, which--as Yuri noticed in sync with a rather visible blush on her cheeks--probably had something to do with the hands she soon felt on her chest.

A quiet squeak in surprise preceded Yuri moving her own hands downward, which quickly grasped at Taerin's wrists and moved to lift the blue-eyes girl's hands up and away. When the heck did this personality shift happen? Did Taerin hit her head or something when they toppled over on the roof?

"I-... I think my ankle's feeling better now..!" replied Yuri, eyes open wide in surprise as Taerin's face moved close to her own. She began to shift uncomfortably, trying to scoot away, using her hands in a flustered attempt to stop any continued groping. "I should be getting back to my dorm now, homework to do now..!"

Along with that, Yuri made a careful attempt to get up...

Taerin would be lying if she would say that she wasn't amused by the situation in general, which includes Yuri's visible blushing; much to her satisfaction and make the level of adoring her higher. Already this was a great little "welcoming gift" as she arrived to this academy. She felt Yuri's hands cupping her wrists, stopping Taerin from groping by pushing them away. 

Taerin's wicked smile shows more hostility as Yuri gave excuses, followed by trying to make a run for it. She loved it when a prey tries to run for its life from a vicious predator; entertainment for Taerin. "It's a little early to worry about homework, don't you think? You can probably do it a little later, you know?" She suggested as she would pull her hands back to stroke Yuri's chin for a moment before quickly planting herself on top of Yuri, still having her malicious smile in tact with her lips.

"So like I've said," Taerin began again, wrapping her arms around Yuri's waist. "Relax, stay calm, don't be so tense and don't worry." She said, bringing her face back closer to Yuri's own again. "However, you may want to worry if you try to run now or do anything funny. I can get a little... violent when someone tries to run away from me. So unless you want that ankle of yours to twist, I'd suggest you'd be a good girl and follow my directions~" Taerin cooed again with a threat, looking friendly while giggling a little. 

She was honestly prepared for whatever Yuri might try to do, mainly on running or even landing a cheap shot. Obsession has now taken over Taerin's body, she's at the point where she could just devour this girl. Figuratively... and literally in this situation, of course. Running would be called for a good chase. Hitting on the other hand in terms of an attempt to distract her and run, well, all hell would break loose from Taerin.

Alright, this wasn't working. She had no clue what had come over Taerin at this point, but the one thing Yuri was sure about was that she didn't exactly like where this was going. Her attempt to get up was quickly foiled by the other girl climbing on top of her, followed by a close-up of their faces again and some rather... concerning words. The heck was that about? Did this girl just threaten her?

Flustered though she may have been, Yuri was not one to be intimidated. She bit her lip, stifled her embarrassment for a moment, and moved her hands now to be placed on Taerin's shoulders. "Enough joking around, get off..!" she replied with a bit of a growl in her tone, aiming to push the taller girl away and, if possible, off of her entirely. All of that boxing practice meant she had quite the arm strength, but Taerin had the advantage in both position and gravity. The success of that attempt likely depended on what shape the one on top of her was in.

Geez, what happened to the cute, cheerful girl she met on the roof? Seemed like Taerin pulled a total 180 since they got here. Either she was serious or it was a really bad joke, and Yuri hoped it was the latter; sure, she liked girls, but she wasn't up for this kind of stuff. She kept that stuff all in her head. Then again, maybe she wasn't being taken seriously.

In an effort to change that, Yuri tried to get one of her legs moving--the one without the injured ankle--and deliver a jab with her knee to Taerin's gut. Not very hard, she wasn't trying to actually cause damage; just enough to possibly discourage the girl from going any further.

It was cute to hear the girl to think that Taerin was joking around. This could be taken as a sick joke; she didn't really mind some dark humor once in a while. However, this was all how she really felt and even if this were to be some joke, Taerin wouldn't take it that far, especially with someone she barely even knows. The lip biting and growl from Yuri was obviously entertaining and exciting Taerin even more, she just couldn't handle it. However, she was then pushed off as the girl shoved her back with both hands on the shoulder. It didn't push her completely off, but it did manage to at least back her away from Yuri's face and unwrap her arms around her waist.

Just before Taerin could go back to repeating the same action she did before with an attempt of a harder grip, she felt a moderate amount of pain surging in her stomach. "Shit!" She hissed in her motherly tongue, which was of course Korean while she hugged her stomach momentarily. It may not have hurt that much, but that didn't mean she was able to shrug it off so easily. Taerin began to spat out colorful words in Korean all to herself before she can get her focus back on Yuri.

After a few seconds of recovering, Taerin's once sinister grin has shifted into a threatening frown. Pulling her hands away from her stomach, it was now her turn to growl, except this one was just full of quick rage. Usually she would try to steam it off without using violence, but this girl practically lived on violence for almost most of her life. Instead of backing down now, Taerin did the opposite.

Taerin jumped off the bed as she would then grab Yuri by the the collar of her shirt, attempting to haul her off the bed. If it was a success she would shove her down on the floor, followed by sitting right on her legs where Taerin would violently yank Yuri's uniform bow off so she would be able to tie the girl's hands together. "Now you've really pissed me off now." She snarled. Leaning over, Taerin would begin to charge for the girl's neck as she would try to just give a light bite on the skin, breathing heavily on it to release some steam out of her. She wasn't going to go overboard just yet; only a simple knee to the gut got her tempted. Anymore tricks given and Taerin would be sure to not hold back.

When Taerin jumped up, Yuri thought she'd gotten her point across--that she'd be left alone now. So, with quite a visible frown, she moved to finally sit up and prepare to take off.

But then a pair of hands grabbed at the collar of her uniform, jerked her forward, and didn't take very long to roughly toss her off the bed and onto the floor. Yuri really did not expect things to go this far, so her surprise was evident in her expression as she fell, and the painful sensation of trying to move with her injured ankle prevented mid-air retaliation. She exhaled an uncomfortable "oof," her head knocked slightly against the floor, and she remained dazed and confused for a moment after that.

By the time Yuri shook her herself back to her senses, Taerin had both pinned her down by sitting on her legs and... tied her hands up as well? That fast? How in the... Where the hell was this going? "G-... Get off of me..!" Yuri shouted, squirming in place and attempting to toss the girl off of her with awkward twists of her body. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" She had pissed Taerin off? What an ironic statement.

The teeth against Yuri's neck warranted an awkward gasp, the breath on her skin inducing a bit of a chill down her spine. Alright, this had gone way too far. It was beyond creepy at this point.

Her hands were tied up and her legs immobilized, but Yuri still had her elbows; as resourceful as she was, the girl bent her arms and aimed to jab one at the side of Taerin's head, hoping to knock her off somehow. It was some really bad positioning on her part, though, so chances were it wouldn't do much but just cause some frustrating pain.

The jab given to Taerin's side made her exhale with a large huff. While it did hurt like hell and almost caused her to fall off on her side, she still managed to stay on the girl, feasting upon her neck. Kisses and licks were being made as she clutched onto Yuri's shoulders. Finally pulling back, Taerin quickly moved down to the stomach area, where she would proceed to lifting up the girl's shirt where only the stomach would be revealed.

Still having that crazed look on her Taerin, she first gave a quick and widely open palmed slap to the stomach, just to get Yuri back for jabbing her on one of her sides. Then, she began to show some affection to her stomach now; kisses, even licking and sucking came in play. She was now having that soft sensation linger onto her lips and the inside of her mouth as she did so. While doing that, Taerin's threatening expression turned back into a happily wicked look. She planned to go even further, and that's what she was going to do. "Now let's see those pretty panties of yours~" She smiled widely.

Going down to the skirt area, Taerin's original plan was to lift up the skirt and take it from there, so she placed a hand on the hem of Yuri's skirt. However, she stopped for a moment as that malicious look on her face started to wear off. Her eyebrows arched as if she was beginning to feel some sort of sorrow emotion, follows by her eyes gaining back some remorse feeling instead of that insane look she had in them. Her hand also began to tremble a little as if she was scared of pulling up that skirt. It wasn't that she was scared, she was just coming onto a realization. A big one.

"...I...I...I..." Taerin tried to spat the words out of her mouth while her voice trembled, but she couldn't. Oh God, what the hell was she doing to this girl this whole time? "I... s-shit..." She cooed again, her hand releasing the hem of the skirt as she then began to slowly remove herself from being on top of Yuri, and afterwards started to back away a little. "D-D-Damn... it... " Her words first came off as a low murmur as if she was speaking to herself. Taerin honestly had no idea what the hell was happening right now as stupid as it may seem, other than obviously sexually harassing this girl, in which Taerin would try to deny.

"I...I'm s-s..." Come on, Taerin. "I-I'm... I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" She yelled, repeating her apology as much as she can, curling her knees up to her chest, shoulders shrugging up and her hands going on the side of her hand. "I-I didn't m-mean to do all of that! I- W-Well- I don't know! I don't know what I did! It just... It just happened!" She said, fingers digging into her hair. Honestly, she had no idea what just happened. Really!

But Taerin was very aware of her actions, so it would be true to say she was lying; she just wanted to deny the fact that she was reenacting the past; stuff like this was the reason why she got into so much trouble in her school days in her father's home country. She wanted to put that all aside and try to start a new life; a new leaf. But instead instead of making her past history, she was instead repeating it.

"I-I'm sorry...I-I really am..."