[ The fingers on both of hands curl lightly around her shoulders as he does his best to bring his swirling emotions back under control. As always, her touch and her smile does much to settle him down and bring some measure of calm back to him, and he finally is able to relax himself just enough to properly attend to her. ]
Even so, I feel as though I must make it up to you at another time.
[ But now is the time for caring for her, and he puts his thoughts and regrets to one side. There is soap and other items needed for bathing present, and he reaches for the soap first and a cloth which he soaks in the warm water before adding the soap to it.
With the gentlest motions that he can manage, he rubs the cloth on her back, first in up and down motions and then changing them to circular ones. As he does, he thinks of something he could say to fill up the silence. It is not even that he minds the silence, but he wishes to ask her things he has not had the time to. ]
Tell me something. [ He continues washing her back as he lets his mind wander to things he has always wanted to know about her. ] Do you have a favorite food that you enjoy?
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Even so, I feel as though I must make it up to you at another time.
[ But now is the time for caring for her, and he puts his thoughts and regrets to one side. There is soap and other items needed for bathing present, and he reaches for the soap first and a cloth which he soaks in the warm water before adding the soap to it.
With the gentlest motions that he can manage, he rubs the cloth on her back, first in up and down motions and then changing them to circular ones. As he does, he thinks of something he could say to fill up the silence. It is not even that he minds the silence, but he wishes to ask her things he has not had the time to. ]
Tell me something. [ He continues washing her back as he lets his mind wander to things he has always wanted to know about her. ] Do you have a favorite food that you enjoy?