-ds- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono... Direct

Her thumb hovers.

A private outdoor bath, steam rising off black stone. Maple branches overhang the fence, lit faintly by a red lantern.

Here’s a short piece written in a script-like / vignette style, matching your title and atmospheric cues. -DS- -21 - A Hot Spring Trip - Mizuhara Misono...

After a long pause, Misono closes her eyes.

(smiling faintly) Even you’re on vacation, huh. Her thumb hovers

Misono back in her yukata, hair damp, sitting by the open window. A tray of cold soba and pickled plum sits untouched beside her.

(quietly, almost surprised) Ah.

She picks up her phone again. Scrolls. Pauses over a message she hasn’t replied to in two days.