#i bet later in the night os looks into a mirror at his chest and scrutinizes it lmao. like 'are they really that impressive?'

[cremeriie]

Osvald tugged at the ruffled sleeves of the stolen blouse, unused to wearing such finery-let alone one so frivolous. Uncomfortably, he clasped the topmost button that sat a little too close to the neck for his liking.

"Oh, you shouldn't have that buttoned all the way up, it's too stuffy looking!" Ochette commented, seemingly reading his mind (or his obvious grimace.)

"Agreed." Castti replied, not looking up from her pestle and mortar.

A quiet sigh of relief left his lips, and Osvald quickly unbuttoned the offending fastener. However, the force and speed of his movements caused four more under it to also snap open.

From the back of the small room they had rented, Throné tittered, "You should leave it like that, Professor."

Temenos glanced up and smirked, "Indeed, you should."

Osvald raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

At Temenos' sly shrug and Throné's devious refusal to answer, Osvald turned to Partitio, who had his hat lowered over his eyes to conceal his awkward flush.

"Shucks, how do I put this? Y'see, out of all of us you have the most..uh...well defined physique...y'know?"

His eyebrow simply rose higher.

"Jeeze guys, a little help here?"

Hikari resolutely shook his head. Agnea covered her face with her hands. (Whether this was out of shame or hilarity was not clear.) Partitio turned pleadingly back to Temenos.

"Worry not, little lamb, I couldn't possibly let you suffer any longer. Osvald, what our fine merchant here is trying to say is-"

"You've got great tits."

"Why, Throné, I was getting to that!" Temenos playfully admonished as the thief snickered into her drink.

All at once, Castti coughed to unconvincingly hide her shocked laughter, Hikari closed his eyes with a painful expression, Agnea, still hiding her face, started to shake with mirth, poor Partitio groaned in embarrassment, and Ochette simply looked on in confusion.

Osvald, for once in his life, was stunned silent.