Caution with the hot springs temperature, please! part 2

Ryu found himself between a rock and a hard place, or more like he was rock hard in a place.

Words are a funny thing, they are simple thoughts without shape or physical manifestation, yet they hold the power to take a life, bind people together for life and also shake a person to the very core of their existence.

"Sera... I love you"

She was stunned, those ephimeral words resounded inside her mind and she couldn't tell if she had imagined them. There was not a trace nor a record of those words and she couldn't be sure unless she asked, but the words refused to come out of her mouth.