<em>Back in the baths.</em><br/><br/><em>Reiko,</em>Kyo didn't say it alloud but the words rang in his imagination in ways they hadn't since he'd first met the stoic and  magnificent Naruni.<em>You make the torches burn bright.</em><br/><br/>Kyo rose, manhood half visible just bellow the water, that he could bow deeply.  “Asahina-san, your smile brightens my night.”<br/><br/>A few months ago, he'd told Naruni,<em>Your elegance lightens my every step.</em>That wonder had never faded from his voice as Narumi became a friend—simultaneously magnificent and distant.    She'd never heard another inspire the same light in him before.<br/><br/>When Narumi presented her full title, Kyo's eyes flickered to his magnificent friend.  He watched her poised expression and firm challenge as she spoke, then smiled ever so slightly as he took a moment to savor her beauty before they both sank down into the water.