Imari stood just outside her door, the excuse she gave herself was that she was waiting for the servants with the bath and water, truth be told she feared confronting Kaim again. It had been so long since they had seen each other and yet her pulse still raced when she looked into his blue eyes. How she longed to touch him and hold him, to be touched and held in turn. The only man she had ever loved in this way and here she was terrified to go into the room with him again, the way he made her feel, so weak and confused at times. Yet at the same moment she felt strong, like everything made sense in the world when he was around her. Long she had dreamed of this moment to only wake to the empty and cold night, now here he was right there waiting for her and she was afraid to go to him. Maybe that was it? Maybe she feared that she was going to open the door only to discover that this was some sort of an elaborate dream and that he was gone still from her life?<br/><br/>Stop being such a silly child and go in there to him. Tell him how you feel, how you have always felt. Finally speak those three words that were on the tip of your tongue that day ten years ago when you parted. As you looked up into his eyes and stepped into him a bit, wanting to be close to him, to breath deep his comforting scent one last time to give you the courage to tell him how you felt about him. Donâ€™t be a coward like you were that day and just go in there and tell him.<br/><br/>Imari nodded to herself as if to affirm her thoughts and conviction before taking a deep breath and opening the door to her room. â€œKaim Iâ€¦.â€ she began but got no further as the sight of him shirtless stilled the words on her tongue, her breath caught in her chest as all she could do was stare at him mouth slightly agape and her cheeks flushing a red. As luck would have it her moment of embarrassment was interrupted by the servants who came in a moment or two behind her with the copper tub and several bucks of hot water.<br/><br/>Stepping out of their way Imari stood to the side a hand tucking a strand of her hair back from face behind her ear, whilst her eyes cast down to the floor. Her courage faltering now that the moment was lost to her and so she was left struggling to get a hold of it all again because she somehow knew that tonight was going to be her only chance to tell him of her feelings. He could disappear while she slept and then who knew when she would ever see him again, if she would ever see him again, at least if she told him how she felt she could go on with her life without the regret of not telling him how she truly felt.<br/><br/>The solid closing of the wooden door roused her from her musings, making her raise her head look over at Kaim a slow smile coming to her lips as she looked at him. The woman she had become emerging more now that she was relaxing and had made up her mind that tonight would be the night that she told him of her feelings. Moving to first lock the door she then moved slowly over to him, â€œI think you are going to have to lose the pants in order to get a proper bathâ€¦.want I should turn my back while you do that and enter the tub?â€ her tone soft with a bit of teasing in it as she looked down into his eyes from where she stood a few feet from him.