Welcome to Gaia! ::

Ryu used another towel to dry himself off, along with the now unfurled length of hair that he always kept in a long braid. His hair reached to just above his rear. And thanks to the water and generally cleaning of it, it had a lusterous shine to it, like the sea on the night of a full moon. In fact his body also seems smoother thanks to the bath, like the water eroded the sharp or rough edges that came with what seemed a chiseled body. He looks to Lyoko and asks "did you enjoy this bath?"

Ryu gave a nod and said "good." He'd also finished drying off and gathered a bath robe tying it around himself. He gestures her to follow him back into his bed chamber. He they went back he asked "have you ever braided your's or someone else's hair before?" It should seem obvious with that question, what his next likely question is.

Ryu gave a nod and sat down on the bed, setting next to Lyoko his "fin" end clip he used to hold the braid together. The clip looked almost exactly like the end of his tail when in his true, dragon form.

Ryu had closed his eyes while she combed and braided his hair. Once done he reaches back and grabs his braid, feeling it, then smiles. He looks back to her and smiles "thank you Lyoko, just as I like it." He releases the braid and letting it slide back behind himself once more.

Ryu smiled and said "it's an old custom I was raised with. A warrior loyal to their lord let their hair continue to grow, symbolizing their growing loyalty to that lord. Cutting it ment severing one's ties to that lord and thus leaving his service without the honor that came from all those years of service. Believe it or not, While I am lord of this land, I still serve an even greater lord than I."

He chuckles some as he turns to look to Lyoko "I suppose it does, but he leaves me to rule my land and the people on it as I see fit." He stands and removes his towel from around his waist and goes to get dressed for bed, saying "Not that I consider you to be like a typical slave, more like a pet at the lowest..." Looks to her with a smile "lover at the highest rank." He turns and resumes getting dressed.

Ryu smiled as he heard this question. He returned to the bed and climbed into it, sliding in partly under the covers. "Well I'd had a number of strangers entering my lands that day, so I went to see whom was this newcomer, meaning you. When I saw whom and what I'd found, I was intrigued, a vampire out in the daylight, not a common find, and a warrior no less. I thought to myself, that I could hardly let such a find slip from my grasp, and besides...." he reaches a hand under her chin, gently lifting her gaze towards his and says "I also am quite found of beauty in it's many forms." He gives her a kiss and smiles "does that satisfy your curiousity?"