Closing his eyes again he decided that retreat would be cowardice and he wasn't willing to give Xellos that satisfaction. A few other kinds maybe --
Wait a minute where did that come from?
Frowning he sank deeper into the water. He knew where that thought came from. It came from loneliness, from isolation, and from the naked and quite sexy looking mazoku sitting only a few metres away from him. With a lot of emphasis on that last one. When the hell did that happen? Not that it really mattered anymore. Not to his mind and definitely not to his body, which was making its own dissatisfaction known in a very un-ignorable manner.
"Something the matter Zel-chan?" Xellos asked pleasantly. "You have such a dark expression and you're fidgeting. While the former is quite like you the later certainly isn't."
Zelgadiss didn't bother replying.
"Was it something I said?"
Zelgadiss growled and sank lower into the water. A moment later he almost jumped right out of the bath as he felt Xellos' foot brush along the inside of his leg.
"Oh, sorry, I didn't realise you were so close." The mazoku said with a mischievous grin.
"The hell you didn't."
Xellos just kept smiling.
Scowling Zelgadiss closed his eyes again. This time he didn't jump when Xellos repeated the caress. It was certainly not helping the situation his body was currently in. "You're certainly accident prone tonight." He muttered darkly.
"You didn't move your leg." Xellos pointed out reasonably.
"No, I guess I didn't." He answered, deciding to take a chance.
"Hmmm." Xellos even sounded smug when he wasn't saying anything at all. Still, Zelgadiss wasn't all that upset as the mazoku was getting a little more adventurous with his feet.
"You know, the water's a lot warmer on this side of the bath." Xellos said conversationally as his foot skimmed dangerously close to where Zelgadiss really wanted it to go.
"Oh really?" He whispered harshly, biting his lips as he waited for a change in Xellos' cares, which the mazoku refused to give him.
"Yes." He just barely grazed the side of Zelgadiss' shaft. "Much warmer." One more teasing stroke and then Xellos pulled his foot away. Zelgadiss repressed a whimper of frustration as he opened his eyes and found Xellos smirking at him.
"Well, maybe I should move." The chimera said softly and Xellos chuckled.
"Make you should."
Taking a deep breath Zelgadiss slipped across the bath.