✻ █  ▌▌ℙ𝕝𝕖𝕒𝕤𝕖 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣  ( 𝒾𝓂𝓅𝒶𝒸𝓉 )  ࿐ᐤ  

                【𝑀𝐸𝑀𝐸𝒮】⇢ ᴬ ᶜ ᶜ ᵉ ᵖ ᵗ ᶤ ᶰ ᵍ 

      ○ = ᴀ ʜᴜɢ (x3)

         ❝ …  !! ❞

                █┆❜ ♛;  The engineer stumbled back from the impact, her shoulders tensed as their musculatures impendingly coalesced. She was momentarily rendered distrait by the startling gesture       with her brow ridged at the invasion of space as nuances of befuddlement pillaged her pacified physiognomy. From the forgotten nether of her mind, a disjointed concept of affection unearthed itself, promptly and severely festering the crevices of her cognition.   

          ❝ You are… hugging me. ❞

Anilith’s outward cordiality continued to baffle the austere engineer, causing the prominence of her cheeks to shift through the warm color spectrum as she remained poised within the other’s amiable vicinity. Steely gaze eventually flickered in defeat, fuschia crown bowing to insinuate a subdued resignation; although the embrace was not unwelcomed, Yukina is presently too smitten to her disciplinary to indulge in the prospect of such gesture.

  ❝ … ❞

Calloused palm ventured forward to idled upon her companion’s lower back, the pad of Yukina’s thumb grazed Anilith’s spines awkwardly. How do one reciprocate affection again?