Time Warp (Kuronue and Youko Kurama)
These days the only place to get a decent bath was at the hot springs. sadly, those springs were more than a few miles away and Kuronue did not fancy walking that long just for hot water. He made do with the deep riverbed nearby their latest place of residence. The water was frigidly cold and did little to get the blood out from beneath his fingers, but it was clean and he felt like he could stay there forever and a day. His bones ached. He was coming to the end of what he could take in energy reserves. Right now he would have loved to just lay back and sleep.
Sleeping in water was a bad idea though, so he pulled himself up and out of the water, pulled his clothes back on and made his way back to Kurama and his hideout, slipping in without a sound, or at least trying to. Avoiding the fox was the best way to get rest, for now. He loved him, yes, and because of that he didn't want Kurama to see how exhausted he was.
Sleeping in water was a bad idea though, so he pulled himself up and out of the water, pulled his clothes back on and made his way back to Kurama and his hideout, slipping in without a sound, or at least trying to. Avoiding the fox was the best way to get rest, for now. He loved him, yes, and because of that he didn't want Kurama to see how exhausted he was.