Title: The thrill of your touch brings delight…
Author: kira
Rating: T
Characters: Ban/Jak
Genre: fluffy romance
Words: 500
Summary: Jakotsu's loving touch eases Bankotsu's tension…
Warnings: none
Prompt: touch

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Bankotsu stretched. He felt stiff and sore from a vigorous workout that morning, and hunching over the low desk in his study only intensified the ache in his muscles. The young leader of the Shichinintai rubbed the back of his neck, hoping to ease the kinks out of it. Just when the idea of soaking in the bathhouse started to sound rather seductive, his paramour appeared in the open doorway, carrying a tray with the remains of lunch on it.

Bankotsu groaned. He felt more sore than hungry and if he knew if he even hinted to the cross-dresser that he wanted to go sit in the bathhouse and soak, Jakotsu would want to go with him. As much as he loved a quick bit of fun with him that had the added spice of possibly getting caught together, all the fifteen year old wanted to do was sit there alone and do nothing. But that would upset the older boy and cause more trouble than it was worth. So when he asked for permission to enter, Bankotsu reluctantly let him in.

"You can put that over there, Sweetness," the fifteen year old said, indicating the corner of the table off to his left. "I'm not very hungry right now…" He pretended to be absorbed in a pile of correspondence from various daimyo asking for the Shichinintai's help.

"Okay…" Jakotsu did as he was bidden. "Are you alright, Aniki-chan?" He frowned.

"Yeah… why?" Bankotsu replied as he looked up at him.

"You seem… tense."

"Oh…" The fifteen year old grinned wryly as his paramour walked around the table to knee behind him. "And you're go-oooh…"

"You are tense," Jakotsu quipped as he kneaded his young lover's shoulders. "Very tense…"

"Yeah…" It hurt, but it also felt good and Bankotsu felt himself stating to relax under his paramour's touch.

"Aniki-chan… this would work better if you took your kimono off." When the fifteen year old failed to reply, he added, "I promise to just rub the tension away, nothing else…" He giggled. "Although, a lil nookie is also good for tension."

"Jakotsu…"

"I'm serious, Aniki-chan. I promise no 'stupid stuff' as Ren would say."

Bankotsu sighed. He had to admit it felt good even if his cotton kimono felt scratchy against his skin. "Okay…" The young leader of the Shichinintai stiffly moved to comply.

"Here, let me help you." With an ease born of practice, Jakotsu removed the younger boy's kimono. He silently resumed massaging Bankotsu's shoulders, his long, slender fingers deftly loosening the knotted muscles.

"I overdid it this morning…"

"Uh-hunh…"

"That feels good, Sweetness… You have no idea how much it hurt to touch it before…." He groaned appreciatively as Jakotsu worked his way across his shoulders to the base of his neck and back.

"Thanks…" the cross-dresser murmured as he worked his way down his young lover's back.

"Stop…You're hehehe… tickling me…hehehe…"

"Sorry…"

"Sweetness?"

Jakotsu paused. "Yeah?"

"Wanna go 'soak' in the bathhouse?"

"I thought you'd never ask…"