“You can stay,” she said with a smile. It didn't really matter to her much. Philotes was a girl, that was way different than bathing in front of her brothers. They were boys, and Harmonia wasn't comfortable with boys seeing her naked. Regardless of the fact that she was related to them. “If you want to. I mean, it would be nice to have someone to talk to”
Even though Philotes had caught her off guard and had been spying on the erotes, Balance found herself liking her. Though, she really wished she could take back all her easily confused rambling from earlier. She wished she was better at talking to people. Well that and that she wasn't always having to be supervised when she needed to go do things. It always felt like she was being forced into someone's company. Whether it was her parents or her brothers or even her older sister Peitho, someone was always there to keep an eye on her.
At least the erotes were too distracted by themselves to notice she wasn't where they could see her. And while she had Philotes with her, it somehow felt different. Less like she had someone to supervise and more like a friendly companion.
Then she realized, as she toed the water and fiddled with the girdle on her peplos, that she was going to be able to enjoy this rather than feel rushed. Much like she had been able to when she was much, much younger. It often felt like she was moving so fast: undress, bathe, redress; all in as short a span of time as possible to avoid being seen by whoever her chaperone was. Though, it was different with Peitho, she was also a girl and that didn't present the same problems as the erotes did. But she didn't often go with Peitho.
Looking over her shoulder as she took her girdle off and set it on the grass. “Thank you.”