She bobbed her head a bit, trying to follow along with Ryo’s song on her piano, but it was a very strange tune. She had never heard anything quite like it and found it difficult to keep up, especially as somebody as untrained as her. Nevertheless, her struggle was quickly interrupted by Nathan’s return.<br/><br/>She saw his smirk when making his request, and she couldn’t help but smirk right back with unyielding eye contact, knowing what he was referring to now. She toyed with the idea of drawing him up a cold bath instead of a hot one like she had promised, but she narrowed her eyes a bit, her smirk never wavering, muttering, “nah...too mean.”<br/><br/>She stood from the piano stool and led him to his room. “I’ll be right back. Just make yourself at home, alright?” She spoke to Kyo before heading up the stairs with Nathan.<br/><br/>“Just head right on in there.” She nodded at Nathan towards his room, “There is a tub already partially filled with water behind a folding floral printed screen, but it’s probably a bit too cold for you to get into right now. I’ll be right back with some hot water, just sit tight.” With that she walked away for a moment, heading into a room at the other end of the hall to grab two tin buckets of water that she had had hanging above a second fireplace. With one handle in each hand, she steadily, and slowly, lifted them from the flames and carried them back to Nathan’s room, taking care not to spill. It was a small struggle, but she breathed through the heavy loads she carried, finally putting them down just inside the door to the bedroom. She sighed and wiped the bits of sweat accumulating from her brow with her sleeve. Once she caught her breath, she poured one of the buckets into the bath, a heavy steam rising into the air above it. The other one she left next to the tub for him to pour as he saw fit. With her hands on her hips, and another sigh to catch her breath, she asked with her usual smile, “is there anything else I’ll be able to help you with?”