210 A glimpse of what’s to come

"Look, I know that you're absolutely brilliant, but sometimes you can be real stupid, you know that?"

At the harsh words, Dahlia did her best to look sheepish, averting her eyes from a rather irritated vampiress all while also trying to not pay too much attention to the overly needy vines that continued to crawl and explore all over her body. Not in a creepy way mind you, these vines were far too shy for anything unsavoury. Rather, they behaved more like a curious but shy puppy, both hesitant to approach but endlessly inquisitive. Already, Dahlia had found them quite cute.

"Uhm, well, you see Val, we were talking and -hnrk–"

Just as the girl went to make a well thought out apology and explanation however, one such vine decided that it was a good time to explore and shoved itself up her nose, cutting her short and leading to Valentina snorting while restraining her own laughter.