Onsen [Tuesday evening]

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After a weekend of being bloody freezing, the steaming water of the onsen looked insanely inviting, Mat decided as he yanked his shirt over his head (leaving the scarf on, and no, he didn't care that it looked rather odd). He found a spot to sit to yank his boots from his feet, then watched the door, waiting for his lovely date to arrive.

Hopefully she wouldn't be accompanied by heavily armed relatives...

[Mat is waiting for his date, but the onsen is open!]

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Leia arrived not long after, no heavily armed or otherwise relatives in sight, and hopefully it would stay that way. She grinned at Mat and teased, "I certain would never mistake you for being ten."

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Most ten year olds didn't have the scars Mat did on his arms and chest. He grinned at her. "That is very good to hear. Hello."

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She noticed the scars but didn't comment on them, at least for now. "Hello," she said, shedding her coat. "This is going to feel wonderful, isn't it?"

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"Yes," Mat said eagerly. "It was worth getting turned around four times before I found the place."

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"It is a little out of the way," Leia agreed. "If I'd gotten lost, I'm sure I never would hear the end of it."

She'd already put on her swimsuit before leaving the dorms, so she pulled her shirt over her head, revealing a non-metal bikini top.

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Mat let out a little whistle. "Wow."

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Leia grinned. "My aunts had no idea I packed this."

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"I'm very glad you did," Mat said, grinning widely and shimmying out of his breeches.

Two Rivers smallclothes were, well, not the most attractive underwear you'd ever see--a bit on the longjohns side of things--but it wasn't like he'd heard of swimsuits.

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Leia kicked off her shoes and pulled off the rest of her clothing, then sat down and swung her legs over into the water. "Mmmm," she sighed. "I think I'm finally beginning to thaw out from the weekend."

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"It wasn't that bad," Mat said, though he'd slid into the water with slightly unseemly haste. "I think you're just spoiled."

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"I've been accused of that before," Leia said, kicking some water at him.

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"And what happened to them?" Mat asked, lifting an eyebrow and flipping water back at her.

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"Depends on what I had handy to throw at them," Leia said, laughing as she lifted her hands to try to shield herself from the water.

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"Hopefully nothing too heavy," he teased, splashing her again.

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"Now that would depend on how cute they were," Leia said, losing the battle to not get wet, not that she terribly minded anyway.

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"Where do I rank?" Mat asked, grinning in what he hoped was an adorable way.

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Leia slipped into the water. "You'd get something very soft," she said.

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Mat swung his arm to drape over this side of the onsen, just in case she wanted to move closer, and smiled again. "That is very nice to hear," he said. "So what do you think of our classes?"

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Leia did, in fact, drift closer. "I don't understand the point of the difficult woman class," she said. "But the battles class is interesting."

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"Especially if there is some crazy man who stands in the snow to yell the news at us," Mat said, shaking his head. "How private can most conversations really be?"

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"And the squirrels," Leia said. She looked around, half-expecting to see one with a tiny notebook. "That crazy man didn't seem to care much for you, did he?"

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"I think it was probably because half of the dorm was in my common room," Mat laughed. "But I couldn't pick the crazy man out if you asked me to, so I guess it doesn't really matter much."

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"And half the women were flirting with you," Leia grinned, splashing more water at Mat.

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"It's because I provided meat," Mat said, nodding. "It's terribly manly or something."

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"And it has absolutely nothing to do with how charming you are," Leia teased.

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"Well, perhaps a little bit," he teased back.

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"It's a curse you've learned to live with?" Leia said. She drew closer and leaned in as if to kiss him, but instead put her hands on his shoulders and tried to dunk him under the water.

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Mat sputtered as he was dunked.

Underwater, he flailed for her leg, trying to dunk her down with him.

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Leia's victory was short-lived as she was yanked underwater with a laughing shriek. She flailed her arms, trying to escape.


[I must sleeeeeeeps. :( ]

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Mat let her up with a laugh. "You look lovely," he said. "Really. Wet is a good look for you."

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Leia flipped her wet hair. If it splashed Mat at all, it was purely unintentional, really! "Suits you, too," she said.

She caught hold of one end of his scarf. "Why are you still wearing this? Though I suppose it makes it easier to pull you in."

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Mat looked a little uncomfortable. "You don't think it's tremendously stylish?" he teased. "It goes with my medallion!" He held up the carved silver foxhead.

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"Does that mean anything?" Leia asked, tugging Mat closer so she could take a better look at it.

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It was silver and cool to the touch, with the eye of the fox shaded like the ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai: a circle split by a sinuous line. "It's a good luck charm," he said with a smile. "It bothers some of those difficult women I was talking about in class--their magic doesn't work on me while I wear it."

Which was why he never took it off, yes.

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"Does that mean you're immune to my charms, too?" Leia teased, fingertips brushing against the amulet.

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"You have a different sort of charm," Mat said, reaching a hand out toward her cheek.

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"Good answer," Leia said, leaning in to kiss him.

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Mat leaned in and slid his other hand down to rest at her waist as he kissed her.

This had been a brilliant idea, he congratulated himself.

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Leia slipped her arms around his neck and pulled him close. She certainly wasn't going to argue that thought. At all.