He couldn't help but laugh warmly with the way that Seimei looked at him, even though the look was less than impressed. Because it wasn't a parlour trick, not when there was good reason for it.

Following him through, watching Seimei settle on the mats and suddenly it felt like they were back, only they weren't back, really, yet he could only grin stupidly at the man from the doorway, like some lovestruck idiot until he was called and he could gather himself, moving closer to settle beside Seimei.

"You do understand..." one hand, lightly shaking, reaching out to settle over his love's, who he was sure understood, probably more intimately than Kaoru did, "...that this is the start of everything."