"It's not that you're unfit - you're just unused to this kind of interaction. And that's perfectly all right - certainly not anything you have to apologise for or feel bad about." Murmured quietly, his hand continuing to trail up and down beneath the water, "…you never have to apologise to me at all, Seimei."

He stroked through Seimei's hair again and let them sit in silence for a while, just the two of them and the water. When he thought back to their first bath together… it was amazing, how far they had come since then, never mind the very beginning.

He ducked his head slightly to kiss the side of Seimei's neck.

"But... my love, if we sit here much longer we're going to shrivel up and disappear completely."