[and there's something about the roughness of Ikki's hands that just lights a hotter fire in Kazu: they used to be softer, before he was the Storm King, and now they can stir up hurricanes out of nothing]
[the amount of volume Kazu's throat wants to make is ridiculous and he finally just clamps both hands over his mouth and tries to stare at the ceiling because looking at Ikki and closing his eyes are equally terrible options]