Having grown up in a culture where communal bathing was simply another family activity (albeit one he wasn’t all that fond of) and working in a field where the naked body lacked any romantic contexts whatsoever, Minoru had a peculiar point of view on this kind of thing.
“You don’t have to. It’s not like the tub is really big enough for two people. And you need the water to be a lot cooler than people do.” He scratched his head. This was definitely not the ryokan they all stayed in during the Japanese leg of the tour, after all. “Oh, and that’s the milky pack! Mama said it makes the water not so see-through.”
His mother had reasons for suggesting those beyond the moisturizing effect. The woman definitely knew her boys.
Literally sitting on top one another in the bath was a bit much for Minoru, and might be for Ziggy too, honestly. The last thing either of them needed or likely wanted were completely mixed signals. But he was perfectly content to sit next to the tub while Ziggy soaked. And maybe, “… okay… sure, I’ll give it a try. At least the nails. Maybe the skin… depending on what you do.”
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“You don’t have to. It’s not like the tub is really big enough for two people. And you need the water to be a lot cooler than people do.” He scratched his head. This was definitely not the ryokan they all stayed in during the Japanese leg of the tour, after all. “Oh, and that’s the milky pack! Mama said it makes the water not so see-through.”
His mother had reasons for suggesting those beyond the moisturizing effect. The woman definitely knew her boys.
Literally sitting on top one another in the bath was a bit much for Minoru, and might be for Ziggy too, honestly. The last thing either of them needed or likely wanted were completely mixed signals. But he was perfectly content to sit next to the tub while Ziggy soaked. And maybe, “… okay… sure, I’ll give it a try. At least the nails. Maybe the skin… depending on what you do.”