Daichi’s head jerked up in alarm at her assumption, the shock draining some of the red from his face.<strong>”What?! No no! That’s not it!”</strong>As he spoke, his hands lifted ahead of him with articles still in his grip as a pacifying gesture as though her were going to push back at the phantom weight of that accusation. As a result, he absentmindedly removed the barrier that hid the way his gym shorts tented rather impressively against the pole beneath.<strong>”I think you’re the exact opposite of boring and would love to stay and talk with you!”</strong>There was a moment of silence and his eyes saw hers flick elsewhere for a moment and then his moved to his raised hands. His eyes went wide with comprehension and his face somehow managed to flush the most intently it had thus far as he was overwhelmed with mortification.<br/><br/>In a flash his hands moved to cover his embarrassment, doubling up the barrier using both his clothes and her towel as his body all but folded in on itself.<strong>”I didn’t-! It’s just-…”</strong>Daichi gulped and then let out a sigh to help regain his composure enough to organize his frantic thoughts. He moved to the toilet and sat upon the porcelain surface, putting Sarah’s towel on the edge of the tub and leaving his clothes on his lap. When he spoke again his voice was clear if no less timid as he spoke in a voice so low that it was practically a whisper.<strong>”It’s just that you’re the first girl I ever seen naked… It took me by surprise is all.”</strong>When he said that, he couldn’t bring himself to meet her gaze, but was at least able to look at her through his peripheries rather than stare holes through his feet.