A few moments? Kaoru was going to need a little longer than that, but he was sure the other priests would understand. He stayed near as they walk, practically humming with a tension he was sure would have let up once he had set eyes on Seimei. But it hadn't, of course. Simply stuck in him, demanding more than the embrace they had shared.

There was nowhere to escape, really, in this part of the city. If they were lucky perhaps they could find a coffee shop somewhere with paritioned spaces, but the chances of that...?

There was another idea floating in his mind, however.

"...the Imperial Palace and Gardens are east of here."

...which Seimei was well aware of, of course, and Kaoru aware enough of that that he winced a little bit.

"I don't need to tell you that..."

Nor did he need to fumble like an idiot, and yet there he was.