The onmyoji was just as baffled by the reality of everything as Kaoru. Maybe moreso, since for the boy it had been a short time ago that everything happened, but for Seimei it was another era entirely.

He let his face be held in place, content to feel the soft palms against his skin where he had abstained from human contact as much as possible for all those years. It felt so good, being touched by the person he had quite literally been saving himself for. He wanted no one else to sully him.

"It couldn't have been sooner. It had to be precisely the right time. That so happened to be today, those few moments ago. You have nothing to apologize for and nothing to feel guilt over. If you insist upon taking some imagine blame, you can make it up to me by letting me hold you a bit more." That was all he needed, just time to make himself realize it was all true and he had indeed been loved and in love.

"I'm sorry I left you," he added after a time, dark eyes steady, calm, expression gathering a sense of peace.