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Ahh, there was something to how easily Shinji eased into that closeness. Something warm and fluttering but undeniably... more than that. "Mm, sounds good."

Thank you for letting him return the favor for all those lovely scritches from earlier. He was determined to deliver the whole luxurious experience. Get that lather going, banish all that chocolate with vigorously careful circles. It was nice to run his fingertips across his scalp, but there was something more to be done here.

It was real easy to curl those fingers in Shinji's hair, gently tilting the other boy's head up so Kai could lean in and steal a kiss.

Shinji had said that they didn't need to stop, but even with that in mind, he can't stop the short, "Mn-" of muted surprise that escapes him when Kai steals that smooch. It's good, though, very good if the way he presses forward is any indication. Between the warmth of the shower and in his chest, and the very comforting motions of Kai's hands in his hair, there's very little room for too much bashfulness or hesitance, not when smooches are still a fairly familiar path to be treading.

There's still a trace of that chocolate on his lips, and Shinji breaks the kiss long enough to lick the taste off his own lips before moving back in to reconnect. More smooch please.

If more smooch was what Shinji wanted, more smooch is what he would gladly be given.

The comfort in its familiarity was unspokenly desired. Kai had ideas about where this path could tread. Some were still wild even for his bold hands to put into motion. A kiss though, he knew what to do with a kiss. It felt a lot easier to chase that sweetness with a smooch, to indulge in some of that eager hunger overtaking his motions.

The hint of chocolate was nice, but Kai was sure that Shinji was the sweeter taste. He was going to help himself, thank you.

That's something Kai's always welcome to help himself to. Enjoy!

Shinji lets out a short, content sigh through his nose as he slips one of his hands up, tracing his fingers lightly up Kai's neck before letting them get tangled up in his hair. With a slight tilt of his head, he presses in a little more insistently. How good, he thinks to himself, Kai is to him, to keep spoiling him with so much affection. Shinji really ought to make sure Kai feels just as spoiled in return.

Whether or not Kai was spoiled should never have been a worry. Every sweet moment was something to savor, so stumbling into something like this felt like all the daydreams it echoed. He hadn't known what to do with daydreams. The reality made it easy when Shinji was so insistent.

The shiver that ran up Kai's spine through all the heat of the water was a shock. Enough to gasp against Shinji's mouth, giving Kai just enough pause to remember what else he was doing. He peppered one more softer smooch as he untangled his hands from their soapy home, bringing some of those bubbles down to gently rub at Shinji's cheeks.

Oh? Oh! Right. A clean time. Shinji was definitely letting himself get wrapped up enough in the promise of 'continuing' that the soap hitting his skin comes as a slight surprise.

Perhaps it's some mixture of that surprise and the way Kai's chosen to go about sudsing him up that shakes a small, single laugh out of him. Cute... he really is shockingly cute. "Here, lemme just..." lean on over super quick to retrieve some soap for himself, for his own antsy hands ready to get back into Kai's hair.

Excuse you, Shinji, the cute one here was you. Greedy as Kai was for all that hungry smooching, he was just as eager to eat up every laugh he could coax into existence. There were no regrets for this move.

Kai grinned, waiting for Shinji to get his dollop before he slid those suds down to his shoulders. He bowed his head, presenting him with his dirty gold prize. "All yours."

Shinji would have to argue - Kai's plenty cute! Something about that tough looking exterior hiding someone so soft and attentive, someone who's willing to be so patient and careful with him... it's charming. He's cute.

"Thank you very much," just what he was after! Time to lather up, letting his hands sink into Kai's hair in a more productive way. There's a pretty obvious benefit for that gold-kissed hair, giving any progress at working that chocolate out a process with a nice, clear result. You'll have a perfectly clean head of hair in no time, Kai, just give Shinji enough time to gently work all that soap through it.

Perhaps............ they were both cute.

But there we go. Kai hummed through a pleased sigh as Shinji got to work. There really wasn't any getting enough when it came to something like this, simple as it was. "Feels nice," he said quietly, ever so slightly pushing his head towards Shinji's palms. More of that, please. "It always feels real nice."

Perhaps... Perhaps. An outside source might need to weigh in on it.

Rather than arguing, though, getting those content little noises and affirmations is a much better plan. "Yeah?" he breathes out, as if he hadn't managed to piece this information together himself by this point. He slows those circles down a bit, offering up a more deep and careful massage as he works through Kai's hair. No matter how tough that skull of his might be, giving it this kind of gentle treatment is probably long overdue with the sorts of trouble Kai had been putting it through before. "I'll have to remember that."

Find more idle moments to use an excuse for these pet-downs, just like before they started off on this whole adventure.

"I'll be happy to give you more any time you want."

Mystery: already solved. Kai had a feeling that Shinji had already had it figured it long before now. Those careful fingers had woven through his hair plenty of times already, Kai doubted he'd ever actually have to ask. Seemed like Shinji liked it just as much. Still, a little bit of concrete feedback seemed overdue.

"Mmm, you always know when."

Kai lifted his head just enough to catch Shinji's eye. "Another thing I love about your hands."

Even while they're busy exchanging sweet and affectionate gestures like this, Shinji's unprepared for how a statement like that one would make his heart flutter. His hands still in surprise for just a moment, before he moves them down to either side of Kai's head and carefully runs his thumbs over his temples.

That daring peek is definitely rewarded with a look at some choice color hitting Shinji's cheeks, though his expression quickly shifts from surprise to something a little more... somber. "I'm glad... I can be putting them to good use." How nice that they can be doing things that make the people he cares about happy, and holding on to these important things.

Kai's expression stayed soft, his own thumbs tracing tender lines over Shinji's collar. Shinji had been putting in a lot of effort to make those hands into something new. They weren't going unnoticed.

"They're doing a good job," he assured him. "Really. Can't wait to see what they do next."

Figuratively speaking. ... Also probably literally, considering the situation at hand.

How convenient it is that Shinji's hands are currently fit to hold Kai in place, as he leans in to plant a small, quick kiss on the others lips. Turns out what they'll do next is that - probably not entirely surprising, but hopefully as welcome as those pets had been.

"For now, they're going to help you get cleaned up." But after that, who knows! The sky is truly the limit, as long as what he does lets him see that soft expression more. "And then... we'll see what happens after that."

As it turned out, kisses were also highly coveted. The only tragedy was that it was so quick. Kai was left watching him with lips parted softly in surprise, but the delight was still dancing in his eyes.

Maybe it wasn't just delight though. The rush of the shower was probably enough to mask the hitch of his breath at those very open ended words. He nodded, paused, and nodded again as he made himself give Shinji's shoulders some spirited pats. "Yup!" Getting clean! Was the task at hand! Sure was!

"How's it lookin'?"

Goodness, goodness...! Pretty much immediately after the words were out of his mouth, another flash of color hits Shinji's cheeks. Perhaps he didn't mean for it to be such an open-ended statement, free to let minds wander where they please, but... he's not really going to take it back, either. Wander away, both of you.

But not, like, out of the shower. Not just yet. Clean is the actual important goal here, and he'd like to at least keep that in mind for as long as possible. "Pretty good...?" As much as he can tell through all of that soap, anyway. "Let's rinse you off and get a better look."

Clearly only the cleanest thoughts for clean boys now. They both just had very helpful hands. Useful for all kinds of tasks! Like rinsing.

"Good plan." Kai flashed Shinji a sudden grin, pressing forward suddenly to lightly bump him chest-to-chest. Time to scoot under the bulk of the stream with as many little shuffles as it took to get them both fully under the water. They had to check on your hair too, Shinji! Scoot scoot.

Oh! Scoots time! Shinji's a little surprised at the sudden bumps, but takes enough of a step back to get that water flowing over the both of them, briefly squeezing his eyes shut as he does. Not gonna have any soap getting in his eyes today, nor chocolate, after all of this.

He slips one hand down to Kai's shoulder to keep himself steady while he gives the water enough time to rinse off anything particularly dangerous. Give him a moment to wipe his face off really quickly, and, "Does it seem okay...?" Might be a little tougher to tell at a glance than Kai's hair, but, as long as the effort was made... that should be fine.

Or hot sauce. Or anything else that would be terrible to get in one's eyes. These peepers were safe. Thank you, cleansing waters.

Kai gave his head a little shake as if that would do anything to help de-soap his already rinsed hair. They were still under the stream though, so this did approximately nothing for anyone. There wasn't even a chance for his hair to go wild, getting immediately smoothed back out. Still, Kai grinned as if he had accomplished something and lifted his hands up to push them through Shinji's hair. "Let's see."

Time to see what the swept back look would look like on him as Kai diligently combed his fingers back. "Hmmhmmm... s'feelin' pretty good to me."

Probably not as ~rebellious~ of a look as Kai's slicked back hair, but definitely different. He hums softly at that hand running through his hair, equally pleased at the report of a clean head of hair.

"Good." That means they can move on, even if the hands-in-hair aspect of this has been very nice. "Let me get your back really fast, then."

Kai leaned in to pepper a kiss on that cute bare forehead, making his departure from Shinji's hair easier to go along with. It was all so nice, Kai was almost loathe to encourage Shinji do anything else. As much as he loved a good pet though, the allure of a back rub was enticing enough.

"Sounds good." He already knew it wasn't that bad, Shinji had already said as much. Was that going to keep him from turning around? Of course not. There you go, buddy, it was all yours.

He'll make sure to make short work out of whatever mess there is back here - and there certainly wasn't nearly as much to contend with as there had been with their hair. Even if it isn't as exciting as being face-to-face and everything that entailed, but maybe those soapy hands working at his shoulders and back will be worth it.

And, maybe, Shinji won't be as quick as possible about it, now that he's got his hands working at Kai's back. Maybe he can take just a little extra time to rub the muscles in the other's shoulders a bit, wanting to ease away any tension they might be holding. And would it really be so bad if he lingered for a few more moments after that, trailing his hands down Kai's back and around to his waist, even if it doesn't result in any meaningful scrubbing?

For Shinji's part, it's worth sacrificing a little bit of potential smooching time to just kind of... admire the other boy. How nice, truly.

Who could say this wasn't exciting in its own way? It wasn't like Kai was used to being admired in any way. The hands at his back weren't new, but the way they lingered was. They didn't have anywhere to be. Kai could just melt into this for a little while, ignoring the heat crawling across his cheeks.

He exhaled softly as those careful hands worked across him. Probably this kind of simple thing shouldn't have made his heart race so fast? And yet. There it went, picking up the slack as his breath stilled with those touches at his waist.

Kai's hands drifted down, carefully settling over Shinji's. "S'nice."

"It is," he answers, leaning in to gently rest his forehead against the back of Kai's shoulder. Warm skin under warm hands, surrounded by warm air and warm water. So cozy, so intimate...

He rests there for another moment, and once he's sure that the water's managed to rinse away enough of the soap he'd left there, Shinji presses a kiss into that shoulder. "That should be good." Nice and clean. He will, however, not initiate pulling away. Not just yet.

"Mm, thanks."

Staying just like that for a bit was just fine. Encouraged, really, because Kai wasn't actually sure what came next. It felt like this was a "and then" sort of situation. There were things, but settling for this tasteful nude hug was perhaps. Best. For now?? For now. Yes.

Kai trailed his fingertips over Shinji's wrists, turning his head a bit to try and look at the other boy. "Maybe it's your turn."

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