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Kim was all but shaking just from the sheer amount of nerves he had. It was so far from where he even thought he could be in expressing his emotions, well with out a guitar and a microphone at least.

He looked up to Riley, " T..that was just my feelings. If the time comes to ask for real, it will be with both of you here." his breath caught a little in his throat. " I love and respect the both of you. I wouldn't want you to speak for Will on something so important." even though his eyes might have been rimming with tears he smiled. " You're even so cute when you cry. What am I going to do with you?"

He took the newly formed pick in his hands carefully. " Of course I will." and because it was something Riley gave him chances are he'd never strum a guitar with it, no risk of breaking or chipping such a gift allowed. " Thank you."

Riley laughed and rubbed at his eyes. He cried so easily that it was silly sometimes. But he didn't apologize for it because he wasn't ashamed of his tears. Why would he be? Letting out a breath, he smiled at his boyfriend.

"Keep loving me a lot I hope."

Because that was all he'd ever want really. Leaning forward, he pressed a kiss to Kim's lips. "Let's get and have that bath."

It was sweet and endearing the way Riley cried. Except when it was tears of sadness. That was a different story all together and he would break a face if someone made Riley sad.

" Always." he said with a smile meeting him for that kiss. " Yes, bath before I freeze my ass off." he said standing up to cross to the tub.

Moving with him, he went over to get into the bath with him, waiting for Kim to settle first before getting down to sit in front of him. Leaning back, he sighed happily as he was surrounded by warm water, bubbles, and someone he loved so very much.

"This feels amazing..."

The water and the bubbles was nice but Riley is what made this bath amazing. as soon as they were in a comfortable position he brought his arms around Riley and leaned in kissing his shoulder.

"Mm it does." he said softly against Riley's shoulder. " I have been meaning to ask you, if you know what kind of animal gave you the scales?" Kim had envisioned an exotic fish of some type with the colors.

"Oh. Apparently not an animal."

Lifting a hand up, he lightly touched his own mer ear. From Kim's position he could probably see his gills behind his ear if he moved Riley's hair too. "I think that I'm a merman. Not so long ago I got stuck in the onsen in full transformation for a few hours."

Kim smiled gently, " I guess if you have to turn into something at least it's something cool." he leaned in to kiss one of Riley's ears. " I wondered but I didn't know much about this place and the magical things it can do yet."

Riley shivered at the kiss to his ear. Those were sensitive, you know! But he loved the attention so he had no complaints at all. "I guess magical creatures are an option too. What kind of creature do you think that you'd be?"

Kim hmm'd against Riley's ear, his hand moving up to trail a bit of water along Riley's arm. " I think I would like to be a Lion, or some other big cat like that, but knowing the luck I have, I will probably get a big hairy gorilla instead." he said with a little chuckle.

"I don't think you'll be a gorilla. And even if you are that just means you'll get to be even stronger for wrapping me up in your arms. And, I'll still give you lots of kisses." He giggled a bit, just imagining it. But really he thought the others suited Kim more. Wild cats...

"You'd make a beautiful lion."

He gave a small smile and wrapped his arms around Riley just a little tighter. " Might not fit as well in bed like that though, at least a Lion you can cuddle and not worry if you might smell like bananas." he said joking.

" I hope it is one of those kinds of cats."

"It would be fun burying my face in your big mane too. I think Will would also love that."

Twirling his finger, he made a little bubble of water rise up and swirl in pretty patterns. For no other reason than it was fun and pretty honestly. Sort of like giving them a private show.

There was a half chuckle. " That is because you two are wild and I could totally see you both charming some kind of big wild cat to cuddle on."

Kim watched the show that was being put on and snuggled closer to Riley. " Any form I am in I will love both of you."

"Animals are apparently drawn to us and don't want to hurt us. We're beings of nature so they think we belong with them."

Riley smiled at Kim's words, nuzzling back into him happily. "Did you know I almost pet a wild wolf once?"

" Oh, that totally explains why I was attracted to you guys." he said making his best shot at a growling bear noise.

" That some how does not surprise me at all. You have a way of taming even the the most angry beasts."

"My parents were so scared because I was only a small child at the time. It was long before I knew what I was. All I knew was that it wouldn't hurt me. My parents didn't know that though and rushed to get me away."

Riley hummed softly in thought. "Sometimes I think back to that day and wonder if maybe that wolf could have ended up being my friend if they hadn't pulled me away."

" Maybe." Kim said once Riley had finished speaking. " But I wouldn't let my kid near a wild animal either. I mean, unless I knew that there was something else working there." he tilted his head. " You grew up pretty normal? I mean like a regular human would?"

"Yeah. In London. I didn't even know I had magic until I was eighteen. But I'm thinking I might have started using it when I was sixteen and just thought things were coincidences because I never knew anything about magic." Riley had always just thought it was stories until his world had been rocked. "Normal school, normal dating life, normal family trips..."

He shrugged a bit. "I haven't had a lot of normal since I was eighteen."

" You probably did, I mean you kind of used it with that wolf when you were pretty small already." he said bringing his arms a little tighter around Riley. " I didn't believe in it until I came here." he paused for a moment, just soaking in not only the warm bathwater, but the warmth of the moment with Riley.

" Normal is subjective anyway." he said after a while. " You're perfect to me, just the way you are."

The words made him smile and he arched his back so he could reach back and touch his boyfriend. He loved how good Kim was with words. He was quiet but when he spoke he always knew to listen to him.

"I have a lot of work to do on myself but I'm getting better! I'm really happy you like me as I am though."

" I think everyone here does." he said giving a soft smile. " We are all healing from different things in our lives after all." he nuzzled into the touch as they spoke.

Relaxing again, he played with Kim's hair and rested his head back on his shoulder. "I hope I help with your healing. I promise you help with mine."

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