[The fact he seems to believe it so much makes her relent, for his sake more than any actual belief on her part. But what's the harm in trying? Well, aside from potential humiliation at her failure.
She leans back a little, startled when he stands, and she opens her mouth to instinctively protest as he walks right out on the water. And, you know, stays on the surface. She had been half-joking when she'd suggested walking on water before, she hadn't expected him to take it to heart or anything.
It's a little unfair, in a way, that he could read her well enough to know she'd be too curious not to. Then again, Yuri's fatal flaw of curiosity wasn't really a secret. So she stands and because she trusts Neji, there's no hesitation to grabbing his hand. Her gaze goes skeptically to the water again, though she's not sure where her concentration should be. Should she try to pretend to be light? Or for the water tension to be great enough to hold her? She tries to think of the water as being like glass, like it had appeared to her watching Neji.
The first step has her wincing, but, shockingly, she doesn't fall through, the water seeming solid beneath her. Well, the rippling aside that has her balance wavering slightly.
Her warning that it wasn't her doing it should've been that her surprise and her break in concentration hadn't caused the water to go back to its natural state, but she's too pleasantly surprised to worry about that. Yuri looks from the water to Neji, eyes wide as her hand squeezes lightly at his. Though Yuri isn't naturally inclined to showing a lot of emotion, the expression on her face is on of barely-concealed wonder. 'Am I really doing that?' She seems to be asking. Does she even dare to hope??
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She leans back a little, startled when he stands, and she opens her mouth to instinctively protest as he walks right out on the water. And, you know, stays on the surface. She had been half-joking when she'd suggested walking on water before, she hadn't expected him to take it to heart or anything.
It's a little unfair, in a way, that he could read her well enough to know she'd be too curious not to. Then again, Yuri's fatal flaw of curiosity wasn't really a secret. So she stands and because she trusts Neji, there's no hesitation to grabbing his hand. Her gaze goes skeptically to the water again, though she's not sure where her concentration should be. Should she try to pretend to be light? Or for the water tension to be great enough to hold her? She tries to think of the water as being like glass, like it had appeared to her watching Neji.
The first step has her wincing, but, shockingly, she doesn't fall through, the water seeming solid beneath her. Well, the rippling aside that has her balance wavering slightly.
Her warning that it wasn't her doing it should've been that her surprise and her break in concentration hadn't caused the water to go back to its natural state, but she's too pleasantly surprised to worry about that. Yuri looks from the water to Neji, eyes wide as her hand squeezes lightly at his. Though Yuri isn't naturally inclined to showing a lot of emotion, the expression on her face is on of barely-concealed wonder. 'Am I really doing that?' She seems to be asking. Does she even dare to hope??
(I mean, she shouldn't, but hey. She'll learn.)]