The Onsen, Saturday Afternoon

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The last time Hannibal had been here, he'd been cold and unprepared for taking any sort of swim even in something as warm as the onsen. Today, he was still a little cold but he had a towel and a proper swimsuit. And, while Toby was always good company, he sort of preferred the company he had with him today.

"Nice, right?" he asked, waving a hand at the onsen. "I was right."

[For his company but open place in town is open, of course.]

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"Oh, too bad," Hannibal said, working on getting his belt undone. "And my swimsuit's one less piece than yours!"

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"And yet, you're still going to lose," she teased, smirking as she wriggled out of her jeans.

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"Am not," he said and, having remembered he had shoes on, kicked those off before trying to get out of his damn jeans. "You're gonna!"

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Angela stepped out of her jeans, leaving her shoes behind with them. "Oooh, fighting words," she remarked, grabbing a hairband from her bag to bundle her hair up into a messy bun as she started toward the water. Multitasking was useful in these situations.

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"Feel lucky that I'm not a mean person," he said, finally kicking his own jeans off. "Or I'd just tackle you."

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"Feeling very lucky," she said shooting him a grin as she tested the water with her toe. Technically, he still has a chance to get there first. Depends what they're counting as 'in' here.

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"I could just push you," he said from behind her. Or he'd just be slow and admire the view. "That's a nice suit."

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"You wouldn't dare," Angela decided, smirking at him. "And thank you."

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"Maybe not today," he allowed. "But I would dare. If the circumstances were right."

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"Why specifically not today?" she asked, finally stepping into the water. Angela didn't particularly want to get pushed in, but she was curious.

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"Because I don't want today to be ruined because I push you into the onsen and you hurt something," he said, finally following her.

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"Aw." Angela grinned as she sunk down into the nice warm water. "Think I can give you that one," she decided.

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"Thank you," he said and slid in next to her, grateful that the snow showers of sugar had stopped. "You get snowed on yesterday?"

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"It was tasty," she said, sliding down a little to submerge herself to her shoulders. "And almost as difficult to get out of my hair as the glitter."

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"You ate the sugar?" Hannibal asked, grinning a little. "I was too afraid of where it had come from."

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"You didn't stick your tongue out to catch snowflakes on it as a kid?" she asked.

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"I did but I stopped that almost as soon as I figured out that these weren't snowflakes," he said. "Sugarflakes are a little different."

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Angela shrugged, unconcerned. "I obviously have no sense of self-preservation."

"I feel fine on it, so I'd say you just missed out on a free sugar high."

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"I got my sugar high other ways," he said and splashed some water her way. "How's your week?"

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"I spent most of it glittering," Angela replied. "Which was cute to start with, but got old."

"And did you get harassed by mistletoe today?"

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"The one in the doorway of our room?" Hannibal asked. "That thing was freaking pushy."

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"Normally, I'm a big fan of it," she said. "It's great. But I really like it better when it's quiet."

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"And it just does it's job?" Hannibal said. "Yeah, I agree. Did you manage to kiss anyone under it?"

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"I'm working my way up to that," she replied with a grin.

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"Got anyone in mind?" he asked, matching her grin.