[makoto holds onto it, luckily avoiding the bottle from dropping to the sand. he squirts some onto his hand and is now applying the cold cream onto rin's shoulders, down his arms, and back towards his back.]

This is a lot better than how much it's going to hurt later on if we get a bad sunburn. Remember back in July? Putting shirts on was painful.

[and, besides, he's very careful. as an older brother and now someone else's boyfriend, it's an extra amount of everything that makes makoto protective and catering placed onto another person willing to receive said open affections.]

So, just be a little patient.

[makoto tans, after all, whereas rin isn't as lucky.]

[rin's face gets some sunblock too, and makoto puts the cap back on once he's certain he's done.]

--are you sure you won't want to wear a shirt?

[an older brother, in the end.]