Mm, I'll hope so.

[higekiri will raise a hand then to run through hiza's hair, an idle motion as he seems to think to himself]

... to be a blade and only a blade was rather simple, I think. It was nice, to watch only, and not to feel.

Even so.. I think moments like this are nice.

[and he'll move to press his face against hiza's cheek, nuzzling briefly]

We are softer than we were before. Warmer.