Showing a Fun Time (for Devilish53)

[Dubski]

The relatively new wrestler Toshiko Ito had just finished in the gym for the day. As usual, she had put forth a rather intense workout session to keep up her cardio and conditioning. It also helped her keep up her rather shredded physique. She never checked to see the amount of body fat she had, but it had to he negligible, and currently anyone could see it for themselves in the locker room of the LAW gym. She had wiped the sweat from her head and chest and disrobed herself down to her black sports bra and underwear. She wanted her body to breathe a bit before she put on clothes again, and she always felt better without the construction. The Japanese performer then sat down in front of her locker, toning out the noise of the people around her. She had her hands on her thighs as she simply thought.

And as Toshiko thought, she found herself feeling... disappointed. Often, she had a mask on to disguise her expressions, and if her currently untamed, long black hair didn't help shroud her face when she hung her head, or else they could see how she looked. Ito felt as though she was missing something, and it weighed on her.

Heaving a sigh, and having spent enough time in the locker room, Toshiko picked herself up off the bench she was on and decided she would go to a sink and wash her face before leaving. Her mind was still fleeting, which was normally a rarity for the typically stoic wrestler. And then all of sudden, she turned a corner from the lockers and nearly toppled over one of the girls who were there!

Toshiko suddenly jerked back and adopted a defensive pose, mostly out of instinct, and then she paused and decided to bow her head apologetically. "I am sorry. I... was not paying attention," professed Ito, not having to apologize for such a thing often at all, much less in only her bra and underwear either. That last part didn't seem to bother her, but it was more just doing something clumsy that she was bothered by.

[Devilish53]

Given that Viviana Accera's last encounter in the locker rooms of LAW was not a fruitful one, to say the least, each and every time Viviana found herself in one, she never stopped looking over her shoulder. And having today committed to a run on the treadmill that lasted what felt an eternity, the state of the tall Italian's legs meant that in the off-chance she was set upon again by whomever or whatever, it would likely go the same as the first time.

To her luck, today would not be the day she was set upon. Though, she certainly let loose quite the scream, as at first, it appeared to be just that.

Spoiler

"WOAH SHIT..!" Her hands raised as this unknown, similarly stacked figure bumped into her only lightly, Viviana shot to her feet, turning side-on from the figure with hands raised and fists made.

"Ohh..Hehe..." A blush sitting quickly upon her face, Viviana put both hands to her thighs as she bent forward, her tensed figure going completely relaxed as the largest of breaths came from her lips. "N...No worries...it happens...!" A gleam to her face, given in place of yet another brutal beat down it appeared to be merely a woman not watching where she was going.

[Dubski]

As Toshiko had her head bowed, it gave her the moment to consider what she had just seen from the woman in front of her. She picked her head up and then had a most estudious look on her face. The Japanese girl didn't return the smile (not that she smiled much at all to begin with), and she certainly didn't come across as friendly with her first full on look Viviana would get of her was one that seemed like she was analyzing her. The scantily-clad woman slowly moved her arms to cross over her chest and she took a step closer to Viviana.

She noticed Viviana was very tough-looking in her own right, and yet she had screamed loudly upon impact with her. And she showed a great deal of relief after Toshiko had apologized. By now, many seconds had passed with Toshiko just staring at the Italian woman, until finally she spot with an entirely neutral look on her face. "My name is Toshiko Ito. You look as though you are a reasonably tough woman, and yet you looked terrified of me for bumping into you. Explain to me why you were afraid, and state your name," said Toshiko bluntly, not really making the greatest of first impressions with her rather formal introduction and following demands.

After a beat, Ito realized her rather poor introduction. It was something she had always tried to improve, and was always hopelessly bad at, and normally that wouldn't bother her, but she knew it typically offended people or otherwise made them feel uncomfortable. For that reason, Toshiko's gaze shifted away from Viviana as she turned her head slightly and added, "...It is also nice to meet you. Would you like a handshake?" It was still a rough attempt at a greeting, but Toshiko still hoped it was enough to show she could be at least the tiniest bit friendly.

[Devilish53]

Viviana found herself recoiling yet again as the stacked figure before her spoke, but not out of fear. Unsurprisingly, out of curiosity.

"H..Hello...Toshiko...I...Ahem...My name's Viviana. I just thought you were someone else, that's all..." Her face rather tensed up, though not purposefully, Viviana's hands raised to wave slightly left to right, as if to shake off the moment and its awkwardness. Face only turning more curious as Toshiko raised a hand, Viviana opted to simply raise one back, gripping it tightly and giving a single upwards then downwards motion before releasing.

"Viviana...Accera..." She'd note to add, on the off-chance this fellow stacked beauty knew her sister, though it was merely a topic to break the silence that soon followed, not be one that she was keen to discuss.

"So...you...just been for a workout?"

[Dubski]

Toshiko continued to study Viviana. She was a bit awkward herself, not that the Japanese performer had any right to judge her on that. While the jacked Italian had claimed she thought she was someone else, Ito knew there had to be more to that. Giving her a fleeting curious look through narrowed eyes, she thought it better to let it go. It wasn't her place to pry, no matter how much she may want to. She shook Vivi's hand though, firmly. Viviana had a firm handshake too, and she seemed to appreciate that. Despite first impressions, it did seem that the Italian had some confidence, or could fake a good grip.

But then she repeated her name, this time with a last name. She looked at the woman who she had bumped into wild mild confusion in her eyes. Did she expect her to know her somehow? Was it wrong that she didn't? And the follow up question didn't seem to make Toshiko any less confused as her mouth twisted slightly into even more confusion. Was there something else a gym was used for? Toshiko knew she was socially awkward and a little sheltered from the outside world, to say the least.

So after a moment of thought, she replied. "Should I know you..." Toshiko started, then said the name with the same inflection as Viviana had just used. "Viviana...Accera...?" she asked, her tone feeling like she was on a tight rope, trying to make sure she was not making some kind of social faux pas. "And I have just finished working out, yes. Is there something else that a gym should be used for?" she asked her second question more carefully. Although her expression didn't show it, being ever neutral, she was asking the question from a sense of insecurity if Viviana was listening close enough. She truly didn't know the answer to this question, having spent very little time at a real gym until recently. At the very least, if it came across as a dumb question, then Toshiko could hope that it would come across as a joke to the girl she had just almost tripped over.

[Devilish53]

The mention of that surname was only meant as a ice breaker of sorts, again Viviana held no actual interest in discussing a legacy that was more her sisters than her own at this point should Toshiko recognise the name. Rather awkwardly however, though understandably, she didn't. Viviana's hand nonetheless came up behind her back, to scratch a awkward itch.

"N..No worries, just might be a name you may have heard of..I guess..?" Eyes looking pretty much at the floor, Viviana herself was studying Toshiko as much as she was being studied herself, though more seeking a way to break the ice and awkwardness that was reaching quite a high level.

"And..yeh..I suppose now you put it that way..." Nervous grin coming to her mug, Viviana muttered a lowly if honest laugh, as she realised she wasn't at all helping the tension with such curious questions.

"You...You been in LAW long?"

[Dubski]

Toshiko might have thought that Viviana would have had something of an ego if the Italian thought she might have heard her name, but this girl could barely string a proper conversation with her, let alone have an ego over herself. Part of Ito thought it may have just been herself that made it difficult for her, but nonetheless tried to speak to her despite it. She did clarify that the gym is only for working out, so at least it seemed as though Toshiko wasn't at total fault for this conversation being more awkward than it should be.

The Japanese woman canted her head to the side, looking more inquisitively at Viviana when she asked her simple question of her. "I have not been here long, no. I am still very new," replied Toshiko, not really offering much in the way of any more details that might make a conversation flow better. Instead, she focused on just how awkward of a time Viviana was having with it.

She was never one to avoid striking at an issue directly, so she may as well give it a shot with this, despite not really knowing exactly how to breach any sort of subjects like this. "I sense you are uncomfortable Viviana... Accera," she started, again mimicking the way that Vivi had stated her name, thinking it was just the way to say it. "I have been told before that I have a somewhat... chilly personality, and that I am somewhat uninviting, so I am certain that is part of the reason why this is difficult, and I apologize for that." Toshiko made the self-criticisms rather nonchalantly, just wanting to get it out there before Viviana could discover it herself, if she hadn't. "Although I am not sure if the fact that I am talking to you in a bra and underwear is also making you uncomfortable as well. If it would make you feel better, I could change," mentioned Toshiko, uncrossing her arms from her chest and letting them rest in front of her toned abs. She raised an eyebrow to Viviana, as if to study her reaction to that assumption.

"Or, alternatively, you could undress to your bra and underwear to alleviate the awkwardness," said the Japanese girl, her face unchanging from the near-unreadable it had been before. But after enough time for Viviana to digest what she had just spoken, Toshiko would add, "That was a joke." Her expression also did not change to anything such as amused or relaxed in any way, as one might sound when telling a joke. And, in case she wasn't woefully bad enough at disarming an awkward situation with comedy to begin with, Toshiko continued to speak. "Because it would be just as awkward for you to strip in this situation, and it would not make it any less awkward or uncomfortable at all." The only expression on Toshiko's face at this point would be one expectance. She had attempted a joke, which was very out of character for her. But then, she had felt recently that she ought to exit her comfort zone. She was expecting some sort of response to it, but hoping to get a positive one from her current conversationalist.

[Devilish53]

Again scratching that non-existent itch, Viviana only nodded mentally towards that comment Toshiko made of herself possessing a chilly persona. She herself wasn't the sort to be outwardly nasty, save for against foes befitting such a treatment, so on the outside all she gave was yet another rather awkward smile. When the fellow toned beauty gave that apology though, Viviana had no reason to doubt it, even if it was the equivalent of a robot giving its sorrys. It wasn't until the comment that followed however that Viviana truly blushed, as she stepped back, arms coming forward as if to defend herself from an attack that was never coming.

Toshiko being in her underwear given the scenario was hardly a noteworthy fact. But the point being brought up certainly made things all the more tense. Even more so when with that question that followed, with the persona of Toshiko making it seem almost genuine at first.

"I..ERM..MMM.." Shuddering as her eyes went everywhere but Toshiko, the toned powerhouse once more relaxed as this quite unnerving figure stated her joke.

"Ohh..yeh...mhm...that'd...that'd be weird..." Eyes almost watering with how awkward the scenario indeed was, Viviana even found her back to the locker room as she somewhat slumped against it. To say she was lost on what to say next to such a stern, unmoving figure, was a understatement.

[Dubski]

Toshiko stared and watched in anticipation, expecting Viviana to react positively to her joke. Perhaps she would even laugh. It was her first step towards proving to this girl she was more normal and friendly than she came across. But then it became clear that not only would Viviana not laugh or even offer her a charitable chuckle or smile, it actually upset her even more to the point that she seemed as though she were cowering from her. A girl who seemed as strong and powerful as Viviana Accera was cowering from Toshiko in her best attempt to be a positive and friendly person.

And in an instant, Toshiko's chest tightened. She felt a feeling she rarely ever felt before. The Japanese girl's stoic appearance went to a frown, not able to hide how she felt at this moment as her eyes dropped to avoid Viviana's, as though she could not bear to look at her right now. Ito put a hand to her chest and she then sat on the bench nearby to them. She felt despair.

In a quiet voice, like a scolded child, Toshiko said, "I am... truly awful at this. I am sorry Viviana... Accera. I never intended for this situation to become... whatever it has become."

She debated stopping there, not wanting to show any further vulnerability or weakness in front of Viviana, and realizing that everything she said seemed to just make things worse. But she normally kept any feelings bottled in or channeled them somewhere. But perhaps, if this girl understood her perspective a little more, she would be able to at the very least forgive her. So she looked up at the stacked Italian, a frown etched profoundly on her lips and her eyes showing a bit of regret. "I am rarely bad at things I try, but I am just... horrible at just socializing or speaking with people. I have been sheltered for much of my life and when I ran into you, I thought perhaps I could just speak with someone who had a similar interest, and I was just trying and I just can't read people's emotions in a conversation and I know there are things that are not normal about me that come across as off-putting and all of this is just so frustrating and..."

Her voice trailed at the end as she swallowed hard, putting an end to her much more impassioned rambling, going back to her tiny voice and averting her gaze from Viviana. "...None of this is your problem. I only ask for your forgiveness, Viviana... Accera." Toshiko would then bow her head down further, almost to shield her face and her shame, and ran her hand through her hair to get it out of her face. She didn't expect much from Viviana at this point, and she wouldn't have blamed her if she just ran away right now.

[Devilish53]

Things quickly changed once again, though in a much more positive way than simply threatening to nerve racking. Barely containing a audible aw as Toshiko spoke, Viviana's eyes softened, given she could hardly find the scenario to be a negative one when this figure whom she just met was being so honest. There were many risks to be taken when putting oneself out in the open as she just had, after all. And Viviana, the somewhat sweetheart of her family, couldn't help but smile.

Stepping forward, raising her arm, Viviana only stopped herself from giving this toned figure a tight embrace purely because it could have made the scenario awkward somewhat again. Instead, that hand went to Toshiko's shoulder, as her eyes went elsewhere. Mostly, to her belongings.

"Hey...do..do ya wanna go...grab a drink, maybe a bite?" Smile still to her face, she'd seemingly look to see if this new-found friend needed to pack up things first. Either way, it became very apparent Viviana was interested in talking with the tough-faced beauty before her, now the awkwardness had completely faded.