"Are you going to try to touch it every time?" There's too much worry in Gojyo's eyes for his smirk to be convincing; Hakkai adds, in a gentler tone, "I'm fine."

It doesn't even hurt, after all. It's other people he hurts when he gets careless about his thoughts or feelings, and he can't even allow himself to regret it without compounding the problem.

He raises his eyebrows at Gojyo, and adds, pointedly, "Then it's where I tell you to take yours off, too." The last time they'd had this conversation, he'd been almost a stranger to Hakkai: a compelling stranger from the beginning, but a stranger nonetheless, and one Hakkai hadn't felt himself willing to order around.

As Gojyo's shinki, on the other hand, it's very nearly his place.