bar "banana fish" / ash x reader

chap XVI

Ash drove you to your home so that you could take all of your things, important stuff like your clothing or tooth brush. Everything happened so fast, so suddenly. You and Ash are now going to live together, isn't it exciting? It's nice to be around him and it really will be safer for you; he seems to know who that attacker was and how to deal with him. And, basically, not so many things are going to change: you've been spending almost all your time with him lately anyway.

By the time you got back, blond man helped you unpack everything and find everything its places in the new place.

"I'm pretty exhausted," - you groaned, "Can I take a shower?"

"No, of course you can't." - He rolled his eyes.

You opened your eyes wider, confused, when you heard him cackling, "What?"

"Why are you asking a permission for that, dummy?" - Ash said, scratching his head.

"I- I don't know. Okay, then I'm going." - You stuck your tongue out and headed to the bathroom with your cute comfy pj's.

Not so long after, your clothes were thrown away. Stepping onto the shower cabin's cold floor, you turned on the warm ish water that began running down your neck and chest. Unrequired memories about yesturday's attack have been recollected in your head, making your legs shaken a tiny bit before your vision became wavy, heart beat was no longer steady.

He could've killed me if Ash did not react as fast as he did... He could've hurt Ash afterwards... What if something actually happened? Is this guy now angry because Ash kicked him out? What if he's gonna-

Head spinning, tear by tear started falling out of your glossy eyes with quiet yet audible sobs. Anxiety and panic filled up your whole body; you knew it was just some kind of an anxiety attack but you couldn't help but keep creating more and more scenarios, each is worse than the previous.

Knock, knock.

"Y/N?" - The voice from behind the door called out your name, "Are you alright?"

No answer followed, you did not want him to know you're that sensetive, it'd be-

"If you don't answer, I'm coming inside."

"I-I'm k." - you stuttered, cursing yourself mentally.

"Put something on." - Ash ordered.

You didn't have any thoughts in head, you just did it, wrapped a towel around your body, covering the chest and a little bit of your thighs, when the door eventually opened. Ash stepped in and, seeing your shoulders still shaking, he's made conclusions.

"It's okay now, really, don't think about him, Y/N," - he hugged you tight, patting wet hair of yours knowingly.

However, despite how emotional that moment was, Ash has soon enough realized you're only wearing this thin towel and his whole face filled with a red color.

"Erm, uh," - Ash puled away, "Let's just go do something together, relax and stuff, right?"

You coughed, "Yea-ah, you're right!"

When he left the bathroom, you breathed in relief, God, that was so damn embarassing.

But he actually helped me.

Again.

You didn't want to spend another hour alone in the bathroom thinking about his reckless actions, so you changed into pj's and came out to the bedroom, where Ash laid with a big plate of sliced fruits; you loved it with your entire soul.

"Wanna watch some tiktoks?" - Ash offered, tapping another free side of the bed.

Nodding, you laid next to him, biting an apple.

You and Ash are now touching with the tops of your heads so that it's more comfortable for both of you to watch tiktoks. He showed you his saved videos, some were just hilarious, some with beautiful sights and, as well as that, some were, surprisingly, books slash movie recommendations; he's got a lot of these. It was the most perfect way to spend this evening, just chill with yummy fruits and fun videos with someone who's become very precious to you in quite a short time.

And he smells like tobacco vanille eau de parfum by Tom Ford.

Your eyelids are smoothly shutting down more and more, sounds around you are becoming low-key underwater ish, which clearly means you're already half asleep.

Ash noticed that and went to take a soft thick blanket for you. He covered you gently and laid back with no phone, letting you sleep with no extraneous sounds or lights; you really deserve to get your rest.

"Good night, Y/N." - Ash whispered silently, mesmerized by your beauty. He knew it's the last time.