Gentle.

"Shikera, Noah wants to..." Ethan felt his breath caught in his throat, as he took in the view before him. Subconsciously, his hand swiped the icon to disconnect the call and he knew it would not be continued anytime soon. He put the phone on the towel stand right beside him.

Standing there in the midst of the fog enveloping the walk-in shower cubicle was Shikera, completely naked and exposed. She had her back turned to him and all his eyes could see was that she was well... wet.

"Fuck," he cursed beneath his breath, willing himself to turn away from her, but his legs refused to move. Instead, they took a step forward.

Shikera turned to face him just at that moment, her eyes blank as if she was not surprised to see him in there.

"Noah wants what? Did he call?" she asked, her soft voice snapping Ethan out of his thoughts. She raised her brows at his unfocused gaze, an attribute which she had never associated to him. What was he thinking?