The bathhouse was so very simple. It was made of treated wood, and was very spacious. Lined with benches, water outlets, and bathing supplies scattered around, the bathhouse seemed like it was made with a lot of thought and care put into it.

Even though it was so simple, it gave Sin goosebumps for some reason. She hadn’t seen many different bathing areas in her life, other than the ones at her home in the Underworld or her personal bathing room in Devil’s Secret.

Rai flipped a lever.

The whole room slowly began to steam up, and water began to flow from the water outlets.

“Okay, so there’s a lot of stuff to break down.” Rai said.

“Mhmm. I’m listening.” Sin replied.

“First, this is a lever that starts the waterflow. I have no idea how Jin made this work, but he managed to create a whole system for getting a constant flow of water on-demand. I’ll let him explain that all whenever we get time.

For now tho-”

“Rai.”

“What?”

“Just shut up and strip.”

“Wha-...”

“It’s a bathhouse. I don’t need to know how it works. But what I do need... is you... naked... right now...”

“...”

“...”

“...”

“Well? Go on.”

“... Right.”

The natural steam forming in the room from the hot water flowing throughout the bathhouse made it a bit more difficult for either Rai or Sin to see the other’s flushed cheeks.

Sin watched with anticipating eyes as Rai took his trousers off and put them in a basket just inside the entrance.

Rai came back over to her after putting his clothes away.

“... Undergarments t-too...” Sin said, not all that convincingly.

“Huh... You know this goes both ways right? And what if mum or Jin walk in? It’s not like there’s anything hiding us here...”

Sin immediately felt a small preview of the embarrassment she’d feel if either of Rai’s family walked in on them completely nude.

“Okay. Not fully nude then. This will still do juuuust nicely.”

Sin enjoyed the view. Other than Rai’s seals and his undergarments, he was completely naked. She internally squealed in delight.

“Alright then... your turn, your highness.”

“Did you just... Don’t make me squeeze those cheeks of yours! And I don’t mean the ones on your face, Rai!”

“Pfft. You really hate that, don’t you?”

“Yes. Yes I do. I thought after all this time, that my hatred for being called a Princess didn’t need a re-examination but if you so badly felt the need to refresh your memory then I’ll just have to give you 3 spankings.”

“... You just want to spank me...”

“Nonsense... Well... No, you’re right.”

“Sin.”

“Right, sorry.”

Sin took off her loose linens and put them in the basket beside Rai’s. She also made sure that her chestwrap wasn’t too tight while she was over there. Sin tied up her hair into a ponytail as well.

As Sin returned, Rai lost his mind.

“... Damn... you were so right.” He said.

“About what?”

“What you said earlier.”

“Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?”

“Ahaha. Don’t worry about it now. C’mon, let’s get clean. I still feel all sticky and sweaty from chopping the logs earlier. And you’ll need to feel fresh for your training with Jin.”

“Aww... No sexy time then?”

Rai shook his head.

“No sexy time... for now.”

“Alright. That’s fine. I’m still going to enjoy this though!”

“As you should! Okay, come to one of the benches. There’s these weird oilfang coils that Jin dulled down which work really well as scrubbing tools!”

“Wh-... Oilfang coils?! Aren’t they super expensive though?”

“... They are? I remember Jin just showing up with them one day and dulling them down with a sanding stone.” Rai said. He’d begun filling a bucket of warm water.

“Oh... well, it is Jin, so I guess he would’ve just gone and killed them all himself. But oilfangs are... based all the way on the other side of Zenith, around the Isle of Chimes... what the fuck?”

“Don’t ask me. He’s a man of many mysteries.”

“I guess so.”

Rai sat Sin down.

“Close your eyes.”

She did.

Rai slowly poured the bucket of warm water over her.

“Gotta get you soaked before soaping you up and scrubbing you down!” He said jubilantly.

“Well, you’ve done just that. Come, come, soap me up!” Sin said, raising her arms.

Rai grabbed a bar of soap from just beside him.

“I helped Jin make these bars. The normal, bland, soap bars are normally bad for your skin, y’know. But these ones we made to be good for you. They use queen bee jelly, and a honey extract that makes you smell soooo good!”

“Huh? You helped Jin kill a queen bee?”

“Hell no! I just gathered up all the stuff while he killed them all.”

“Ah. That sounds about right.”

Rai started gently rubbing the bar against Sin’s back, eventually reaching round to her arms, armpits, and chest. A layer of lather formed as he did so.

Sin tapped her leg.

“Don’t forget down here.” She said.

“Don’t you worry, I’ll clean all of you.”

Sin giggled lightly at his words. She liked the sound of that.

Rai moved on to her lower body. He took extra care to soap up as much as he could. He even gently massaged Sin’s feet as he applied the soap to them.

“Why... why does that feel so good?” Sin asked.

“Don’t ask me. Maybe you’re developing another fetish.”

“Just because you learned a new word doesn’t mean that everything has to conform to that word, Rai.”

“Yeah, you’re right. But if you like it, then I can massage your feet more often. I... kinda like it.” He said.

“Then please, by all means.”

Rai massaged Sin’s feet for a little longer.

“Mmm... I really like that.” She said after a while.

“I’m glad. But I think I’ve massaged your feet enough for now, so I’m gonna scrub your back.”

“Yep, that’s fine!”

Rai grabbed the oilfang coil that was bundled up into a ball of coils. He started rubbing it against Sin’s back gently, before digging in a little more with every few seconds passing.

“Tell me when it’s too much.” He said.

“Just go as hard as you want. I won’t be hurt by it. I mean, have you seen my back? You wouldn’t be able to tell me it’s not as toned as my front.”

“You’re right about that. I adore how beautiful your body is, you know.”

“Mhmm... that’s what I thought.”

“But... at the same time... just because it’s toned doesn’t mean it’s strong.”

“Rai... I’m also a fighter. Of course I’m strong.”

“... Right.”

Rai scrubbed Sin’s back with more force than he’d initially applied. Soft moans and groans came out of her as Rai scrubbed. Once he thought her back was clean, he moved on to the rest of her body.

After Rai’d finished scrubbing, he filled up the bucket with water again.

Rai grabbed a cup from the supplies area just next to the bench and brought it back.

“Arms up.” He said.

Sin raised her arms.

Rai took the cup and poured the water down Sin’s body, starting with her arms, working his way down.

Once he’d done that, Rai splashed the remains of the water in the bucket on Sin’s face.

“Pfff. Phuea. Puh. Puh... Hey! What was that about?”

Rai held a smirk as he looked at her. He said nothing.

“Oh, you cheeky bastard! Better keep your eye out, lightning boy.”

“OooOooOOOo. SpoooOOooOoky!” Rai replied. He made accompanying ghostly gestures.

Sin stared at him, deadpan.

Rai burst out in laughter.

“I wouldn’t be laughing if I were you.” Sin said. “It’s your turn next.”

“Ah... shit.”

“Yep. C’mon, sit your stupid butt down here.” Sin tapped the spot on the bench beside her.

Rai sat down.

“Also, you were right about the soap. It smells so nice! I wouldn’t even call it soap really. Most soap bars smell really mild or don’t even have a smell, but this is really sweet!”

“Yeah. I’m quite proud of that one.”

“Mmkay. Now... where do I start?”

“You can start wherever you want.”

“Then...”

*Sniff sniff*

*Sniff*

“... Sin.”

*Sniff sniff*

“You must have a smell fetish. There’s no way you don’t with this much sniffing.”

“... Okay fine! It’s not really a fetish, but I just really like how you smell. But please... don’t laugh at me for it.”

“Why would I laugh at you? No, I wouldn’t do that. Definitely not. Mm-mm. Nope. Nada. Denied.”

“What the fuck are you saying?”

“... I was gonna make a joke, but then I thought actually maybe I shouldn’t make a joke about something like that.”

“Well... I... appreciate the quick pivot, I guess?”

“No, really. I mean, I really like the rose scent on you. So it’s completely fair for you to really like how I smell. If you wa-”

“Sorry to interrupt but... can we stop talking about it now please?”

“Yeah, sorry.”

“I’ll start with your back.”

Sin filled up the bucket with warm water, like Rai did. While the bucket filled up, she tied Rai’s hair into a bun since he hadn’t done so before they came in here.

Once the bucket was full, Sin kissed Rai’s cheek.

He turned to ask a question, Sin thought, so Sin answered before he could.

“Sorry, I just wanted one.” She said.

“No no... I was gonna pull you in for a big one.”

“... Oh. I thought you were gonna ask why I did that...”

“Nope. You can kiss me all you want. I’ll ask why maybe sometimes, but most of the time I’ll always just quietly appreciate it or reciprocate it with something more.”

“... Noted. Okay, eyes closed.”

Rai closed his eyes.

Sin slowly poured the bucket of water over him to soak his body.

She grabbed the same bar of soap that Rai used, and soaped up his body. Sin made sure to really lather Rai up. He was still sticky and sweaty, so it took a couple soaks and soap layers to make a good lather.

“Can I... explore you? Just a little?” She asked.

“Yeah. Feel free.”

Sin used her free hand to feel around Rai’s body. She knew that he was toned to be athletic and lean, but upon feeling him properly now... Sin felt even more attracted to him than before.

Sin was also a little surprised to find that Rai had very little body hair. She wasn’t sure why she was surprised, given that Sin had experienced very little of other men. But still, she felt like she’d expected to see at least some leg hairs, or chest hair. But Rai was very much... hairless. Like a hairless monkey.

Maybe all of his hairs went to his head, hahaha!

Okay Sin. No shit jokes now, c’mon.

She finished soaping Rai up by returning the favour, and massaging his feet.

“Wow... that does feel good!” He said.

“Right?! It just makes you feel so good in so many ways.”

“Okay... we’ll have to exchange foot massages because this... this is amazing.”

Sin smiled to herself.

She continued massaging Rai’s feet, drawing soft moans of pleasure out of him.

To her surprise, Sin noticed something that she knew was relatively large already, poking up from underneath Rai’s only layer of clothing.

She slowly moved towards it.

Rai stopped her.

He shook his head.

“I already said not right now... you have more important things to worry about.”

“Okay... I’m sorry. I know you said not right now, and I should’ve respected that. But, in all fairness, I saw you getting... excited. And I thought that maybe that meant you wanted... well... you know.”

“Not exactly... I mean, right now I’m very excited, but I can also control myself. Just because my body reacts in one way, doesn’t mean I have to follow it. If I’ve mentioned that I don’t want to do it, then that’ll hold true until I say otherwise. Got it?”

“Yeah. I’m sorry, again.”

“It’s alright. I’m also sorry for ruining the mood, y’know.”

“Nah. We’ll always have time for that, but me being ready to train probably comes first right now, like you said.”

“Alrighty! Get back to it soldier! My body ain’t gonna scrub itself.” Rai said with a huff.

“Sir, yes sir!” Sin said with a bouncy salute.

Rai reached over and pulled Sin’s chestwrap back up to her breasts. He reached around to tighten it a little bit.

“And this, should stop me from getting too excited.”

“... Oops. Haha...”

Sin didn’t even notice. She’d forgotten that she was even wearing it.

Pushing aside her momentary embarrassment, Sin grabbed the oilfang coils and started scrubbing. She enjoyed this part a lot. Rai groaned and moaned in a way that made her excited. And Sin just couldn’t get enough of it. But, she’d already been scolded once. And she had to learn how to respect Rai’s boundaries, so Sin didn’t act on her desires right now.

After she’d finished scrubbing, Sin filled up the bucket again. She got the cup ready as well.

“Arms up!”

Rai raised his arms.

Sin took a second to look at Rai’s armpits.

“You really don’t have any body hair at all, huh.” She whispered under her breath.

“What was that?”

“N-nothing!”

Sin used the cup to pour water down Rai’s body, washing away all the dirt from scrubbing the lather.

All of the water flowed down into a drain near them.

“That felt good.” Rai said.

“Ditto. It felt amazing.”

They both dried themselves using soft, heated, towels that rested on shelves near the baskets. Rai turned off the waterflow as they did so.

“You ready for your lesson with Jin now?”

“Yep! I felt really refreshed from that clean, so I’m very ready! And... in hindsight I think you were right. I’d be way too tired if we... uh...”

“You’re only gonna appreciate that even more once you’re done, because you’re gonna use pretty much all of your energy for this training.”

Sin withdrew a fresh set of undergarments from her spatial storage. She stripped off her current, soaked, set. Rai did the same with his own underwear. They got into fresh sets, and took out their baskets of clothes.

The both of them put their clothes on, and were ready to go.

“Alright, c’mon.” Rai said.

“Wait... is there anything I should mentally prepare for?”

“It’s better to go into this blind, I think. You won’t be able to learn properly otherwise.”

“... Alright.”

Rai and Sin left the bathhouse.

The bathhouse was just behind the house, as it was an extension of the back garden. Which meant that they had to walk back around the house to get to the front.

As Rai and Sin circled the house, they saw Jin stood outside.

He was waiting.

Sin audibly gulped.

Jin looked over at them.

“Come. Let’s begin.” He called out.