Kaim shared an outward breath with the world, his body completely relaxed as the pool of water sloshed over his torso whenever he moved his waist. He hummed through his nose this time, it had been so long since hot water had befell him, until now it was practically ten years of rain and cold streams. With both his eyes closed he opened his right, watching Imari gather up his clothes which she most certainly didn't have to do. With the brief re-closing of his eyes they suddenly sprang open again as Imari pushed a warm washrag onto his forehead allowing the water run down his cheeks and neck, he sat up properly and spoke back to her, "Imari you d-.."<br/><br/>There was no use in finishing that sentence, over time those ten years ago Imari had grown tolerant of Kaim's incessant need to do things for himself and just ignored his speeches and smiled in moments like these.<br/><br/>"Now that doesn't seem right." Kaim tilted his head to the side to look at her with a single eye, a small smile at the corner of his lips, "I was usually the one who got you into those deadly situations right from the beginning, if anything. I owe you." He chuckled to himself again and relaxed his head back into its original position, his torso lurching forward a little repeatedly as Imari began to scrub the soap suds deeper into his scalp causing him to sway backwards and forwards gently.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Well there is one thing that you could do for me Kaim...."</span><br/><br/>"Oh?" Kaim leant backwards a little, with his knees bent upwards and his hands ungracefully covering his groin from view, his head bumping into something quite soft causing a small blush to arise in his cheeks. He coughed and shifted to lean to one side looking up at Imari, "Whats that Imari? I don't have alot of coin on my person at the moment.."<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"Stay with me....."</span>It hit Kaims ears hard, he could have misinterpreted it in so many ways. Stay for company, stay as a partner or stay for the night perhaps?<br/><br/>Kaim listened intently, his eyes widening that little bit more with each round of speech Imari began, spilling her guts to him, guts that mimiced his although he didn't spill any himself. Kaim stared up at Imari still, leaning his head forward again to stare at his feet at the other end of the bath, thinking on what she had said before..<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">"I love you Kaim...."</span><br/><br/>Kaim closed his eyes tightly for a moment, his right hand shaking, waiting to see if Kaim would use it to feel his heart thud against his chest, making it more obvious to Imari about how he felt. Kaim rested his hands on his now lowered knees, looking down to the bottom of the tub. He had felt the same, for so long, it was painful even though he had lived a dozen of Imari's lifespans worth he still hadn't felt this feeling before, not for 190 years before he met her..and 10 years after they had parted..until now when those feelings were re-ignited.<br/><br/>He took a deep breath trying to calm his throbbing heart, he turned his head to look over his shoulder at her, "They're hunting me Imari, me and my people. They won't stop.. and ten years ago at the crossroads, I made that mistake of trying to protect you..by sending you away from me. It must be known now that I have always felt the same way, even the nobility that elves have of no interspecies relationships wouldn't keep me from you."<br/><br/>Kaim took a small pause to catch his breath, "Ever since I watched you hold off that horde of Orcs in our first battle together, my heart was stricken with feelings I did not dare embrace. But as we ventured..as we found ourselves in many predicaments..the walls were knocked down, and my feelings grew for you." Another pause, his hands fumbling with each other nervously as he turned more to look at her, "They won't stop until my people die, or halt them..I couldn't risk you being killed because of associating with me.."<br/><br/>Kaim leant up a little and brought up a wet left hand, he held his palm across Imari's softened cheek, his thumb running over the arch above, bringing it over too her earlobe as he whispered to her, "Amin mela lle..Imari" A pause as his blue eyes fluttered up to stare at her emerald pair, "I love you.."