She felt him stir beside her, but remained in her stillness except for the hair twirling as he scrolled through his datapad. There were only a few times where she welcomed the physical closeness, the safety and comfort she felt beside him was incomparable to anyone else she knew. However, even then, she still had her preference for distance, a deep reminder seeded in the darkness of her subconscious that rooted deeply with memories. The redhead exhaled softly, letting those doubts that lingered leave when Emryc spoke, asking about her hair thing.
Tiamat smirked, but was finding it took some effort to find her words. Her twirling slowed until she stopped, letting the hair fall from her grasp. She wasn't entirely sure why she did it, in fact, she didn't even think about it until it suddenly became obvious like now. However, what was apparent, she did it often around Emryc.
A small coy smile appeared and her cheeks lightly reddened, "I don't even realize it." she sighed, and turned to face him. Using her palm and elbow to prop up her head, Tia continued, "I do it either when I'm trying to flirt, or when I am looking to sooth myself." The woman paused, thinking, as there seemed to be multiple reasons, but the effort to list all of them seemed tiring. "Don't other girls do that when they flirt with you?" she asked. Surely she was not the only one, she'd seen the behavior often with her peers back on Corellia, and even in holo-dramas and movies, girls did it too. For her, it did not seem too unusual.
@Sreeya