Despite the wind, the deafening sound of cloth whipping in the midst of free fall, and any number of things that should hold her senses and keep her in that state of heightened panic, she could feel that. The way his lips curled close to the shell of her ear, breath calm and even.
Opening her eyes, she attempted to look up, to try to see his face.
He was—
Then all at once, something changed. They were still falling, but the sound, it was... different? Wait, what was— ]
—!
[ Head lifting from his shoulder in time to see what almost looked like feathers dancing on the wind. Then all at once, they were moving in a completely different direction.
Up.
It wasn't a scream this time, but a deep gasp, her grip still tight around him but not as urgent. Looking up at him with wide eyes as he carried them both through the air. Almost like they were flying...
They were flying.
(With strings attached, but details.)
And as they vaulted through the sky almost weightlessly, her heart raced. For what felt like absolute terror before, knowing that he was in control the whole time (hence the smile... cheeky bastard), it changed quickly to wonderment, her head turning out to try to see as much as she could.
Enjoying it? Maybe a little. Or more than a little, considering how positively transfixed she seemed to be in that moment.
And in a moment that strangely felt like it both spanned the breadth of a second and an eternity, he steadied her, her feet finally touching something solid again. Holding on to his left arm to help steady herself—it's not as hard as she thought it might be, but she still seemed a little unsure of her footing—she kept a hand there, near the crook of his elbow as if it were nothing unusual at all. Looking up at him, it took her a moment to find her voice. ]
I... yes. Yes, I'm all right.
[ It was a bit breathless, the sound of her heart racing in her ears and the rush beginning to subside. The adrenaline high, however...
How did you—
No, there were more pressing matters. The ayakashi, and getting inside unnoticed, which she hopefully hadn't ruined by screaming bloody murder like that. She probably did, didn't she... ]
okay first you're Batman now you're Spiderman make up your damn mind Allen.
Despite the wind, the deafening sound of cloth whipping in the midst of free fall, and any number of things that should hold her senses and keep her in that state of heightened panic, she could feel that. The way his lips curled close to the shell of her ear, breath calm and even.
Opening her eyes, she attempted to look up, to try to see his face.
He was—
Then all at once, something changed. They were still falling, but the sound, it was... different? Wait, what was— ]
—!
[ Head lifting from his shoulder in time to see what almost looked like feathers dancing on the wind. Then all at once, they were moving in a completely different direction.
Up.
It wasn't a scream this time, but a deep gasp, her grip still tight around him but not as urgent. Looking up at him with wide eyes as he carried them both through the air. Almost like they were flying...
They were flying.
(With strings attached, but details.)
And as they vaulted through the sky almost weightlessly, her heart raced. For what felt like absolute terror before, knowing that he was in control the whole time (hence the smile... cheeky bastard), it changed quickly to wonderment, her head turning out to try to see as much as she could.
Enjoying it? Maybe a little. Or more than a little, considering how positively transfixed she seemed to be in that moment.
And in a moment that strangely felt like it both spanned the breadth of a second and an eternity, he steadied her, her feet finally touching something solid again. Holding on to his left arm to help steady herself—it's not as hard as she thought it might be, but she still seemed a little unsure of her footing—she kept a hand there, near the crook of his elbow as if it were nothing unusual at all. Looking up at him, it took her a moment to find her voice. ]
I... yes. Yes, I'm all right.
[ It was a bit breathless, the sound of her heart racing in her ears and the rush beginning to subside. The adrenaline high, however...
How did you—
No, there were more pressing matters. The ayakashi, and getting inside unnoticed, which she hopefully hadn't ruined by screaming bloody murder like that. She probably did, didn't she... ]