"Well, it's true… I suppose you look a bit different now." Takumi's eyes wandered along the other's chest. While scars and burns weren't out of places given their line of job, Ikoma's body was now filled with contraptions and straps used to stop the virus.
"I suppose it couldn't be helped if you don't wanna… you know, with me anymore." Ikuma answered, his eyes trying to avoid his. "I'm a Kabaneri now, after all."
'So, that's how you're playing it?' Takumi thought. It's not that he didn't understand the other's hesitation. Although Ikoma's mind hasn't changed, his body wasn't human anymore. Takumi couldn't say that didn't scare him a bit, but still… him and Ikoma had been together since practically forever.
He wasn't going to be the one to reject him.
"Ikoma?"
"Yeah?"
"Let me touch you." And without giving the other time to react, both verbally or psychically, he pressed his hand to the other's crotch.
"W-What are you doing?" The other reacted, trying to not scream.
"This part of you is still human enough, it seems to me." His hand pressed on Ikoma's crotch, feeling the other's erection.
"Takumi!" Ikoma's voiced was filled with a mixture of confusion and embarrassment.
"I'm not going to run away." He answered him, looking him in the eyes.
Ikoma looked back at Takumi. Takumi wasn't physically as strong as him or sometimes lacked of courage, but right now, in his eyes, he could see no sight of exiting. "…Thank you," He muttered.
"Heheh," The other giggled. "Besides, lt's not like I'm not getting anything out of this. We really need to test your stamina as a Kabaneri, don't we?"
"Humph," Ikoma sighed, but a mixture of a smile could be seen on his lips. "I guess we do."
"Do you want to…?"
"Mumei and the others are sleeping in the other rooms."
"Hmm, I guess you'll have to settle for a hand job then," Takumi exclaimed, his hand touching the other's erection, feeling the heat. "Yep, still functional! Looks like the virus didn't damage your sexual functions!"
Normally Ikoma would tell him to stop being silly, but he felt that behind the other funny words, there was a somehow honest attempt to console and comfort him.
"Now then..." As Takumi's hand started to move, his thumb massaging the other's gland, he pressed himself toward Ikoma to the point they could feel each others breath. "Let's test your new Kabaneri abilities, alright?"