He watched the man as he spoke those learned and practiced words with ease.  There was no heart to them, though Kado couldn’t find fault in it.  Part of him wished his new and lovely husband would speak his mind and open up to him a little.  The rest of him understood that it was best he not.  Their situation was still a delicate one where maintaining the peace was a necessity, and if Taiga was so unhappy in their marriage that he had to keep lowered this mask of demure appreciativeness to carry through it, then Kado would not force it from him.  He would instead keep a silent hope that things would change over time.<br/><br/>Those thoughts fizzled at the reveal of Taiga’s body.  It was just as lovely as his face, and the light played with ease across lean muscle.  Kado tried to be brief with his admiration, even if he craved to test out the apparent soft texture of that skin with his own hands.<br/><br/>Was it wrong to be so interested?  Could one be called overeager when it was their own married partner?  Kado knew he had an unending pool of lust inside of him which he’d inherited, and so he sometimes struggled to understand what was acceptable to most and what was too much.  He tried to pull his focus into his own clothing as Crow worked to remove it.<br/><br/>Taiga then spoke, though now it was directly to Crow.  While it meant little to him, Kado knew that most looked down on those like Crow, the docks not where respected families hailed from.  It still weighed on Crow, though he wasn’t sure if it was worry about what others thought or if it was self-imposed disappointment.  Haruki had adored him from the beginning, though, and Kado had found in him a dear and loyal friend.  Others were not as accepting.<br/><br/>It was then both a little surprising and heartening to hear Taiga’s response.  Kado closed his eyes and smiled.  He could at least be assured that he had married a gentle soul and not a vicious one.  That was good, because Kado wouldn’t have been able to allow his friend to be mistreated.<br/><br/>Feeling reassured that he had made the right decision, Kado began pushing at the inky black clothing to reveal broader shoulders, and generally a larger physique, than what sat next to him.  He was far less shy when it came to physicality.  He was, however, uncertain as to how Taiga would feel about the remarkable openness of his friendship with the stunning household servant.<br/><br/>“Crow,” he spoke, voice low.  “That will be all for now.”