The last couple of weeks Eli had been grateful to be busy. Between school, the council and practice, there was barely any time to do anything else. Or even think about anything else.
Eli went into automatic work mode, keeping up with practice and rehearsal and homework. Everything seemed to be moving along just fine. She taught the girls the choreography and kept them in line, then she'd meet up with the individual groups and go over their steps more closely. The days when it was just her and Nozomi, things seemed to slow down and she was aware of every ticking moment. When it was just the two of them, she could feel herself get wound up so tight her muscles ached, and she was glad to get a moment alone when she did.
She hadn't come over to Nozomi's place on her own since that day, but it seemed like they'd both just been busy so she didn't say anything about it. And neither did Nozomi.
Eli barely thinks about any of that at all during their first "everyone and everything" big rehearsal. She's focused on catching any little thing that needs work in each performance that she's surprised when it's her and Nozomi's turn to perform their duet. A strange tension takes her over and she feels a pinch under her shoulder blades. The dance is not her best, she already knows it, but to hear the other girls agree just makes her face hot and muscles tense.
"I was, um--" she's out of breath (even though the simple dance was not all that strenuous.) She swallows and rests a hand on her hip as she brushes at the strands of hair sticking to her face. "Trying to convey the, um... separation? In the song? By, um" she motions between her and Nozomi. "Showing the space." She's not really confrontational, the way she can be when her steps are questioned. She doesn't look at Nozomi.
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Eli went into automatic work mode, keeping up with practice and rehearsal and homework. Everything seemed to be moving along just fine. She taught the girls the choreography and kept them in line, then she'd meet up with the individual groups and go over their steps more closely. The days when it was just her and Nozomi, things seemed to slow down and she was aware of every ticking moment. When it was just the two of them, she could feel herself get wound up so tight her muscles ached, and she was glad to get a moment alone when she did.
She hadn't come over to Nozomi's place on her own since that day, but it seemed like they'd both just been busy so she didn't say anything about it. And neither did Nozomi.
Eli barely thinks about any of that at all during their first "everyone and everything" big rehearsal. She's focused on catching any little thing that needs work in each performance that she's surprised when it's her and Nozomi's turn to perform their duet. A strange tension takes her over and she feels a pinch under her shoulder blades. The dance is not her best, she already knows it, but to hear the other girls agree just makes her face hot and muscles tense.
"I was, um--" she's out of breath (even though the simple dance was not all that strenuous.) She swallows and rests a hand on her hip as she brushes at the strands of hair sticking to her face. "Trying to convey the, um... separation? In the song? By, um" she motions between her and Nozomi. "Showing the space." She's not really confrontational, the way she can be when her steps are questioned. She doesn't look at Nozomi.