Chapter 142 (Asher's POV)

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April 1st

Asher's POV

"Bubba I don't know..." my papa hesitates as I shove them towards the door. "Please enjoy your birthday" I beg them and they give each other unsure looks.

"Why don't we just stay in? Have dinner?" They mumble as I groan into my hands. "I heard you talking about going out to celebrate! I'm not going to ruin it!" I narrow my eyes at them.

Dad looks the other way tapping his foot. "Do it for me... pretty pleaseeee" I plead, hugging the both of them. They look at each other and sigh. "Fine" both grumble grabbing their coats.

"Bye-bye!" I cheer pushing them out of the door. "You will not leave this house got it, I love you" he goes scary, but quickly kisses my head. "Sorry bubba we're just nervous- I love you" he apologizes also kissing my head.

"I love you too, goodbye" I giggle managing to get them out of the door. They open their mouth to say something but I turn on my heel and leave, waving to them the best I can without looking. I didn't get far as I waited for the door to close.

"Herb?" I call for the elf and he runs to my side. "Hello friend" he smiles up at me and I rock back and forth timidly. "Can you walk me down to Atlas's room?" I ask and he nods excitedly.

"Thank you!" I cheer and hold my hand out for him. He takes it and we walk down silently to Atlas's room. "Thank you" I repeat leaning over to hug him.

He hugs back before running off. I didn't take any time to open the door, closing it behind me. "Shit- hey Angel" he grumbles running into his closet.

"Again" I whine covering my eyes. "I'm sorry" I turn around putting my head against the door. "It's fine love, ok I'm decent" he chuckles and I turn around just to flip back into the door. "Atlas- that's not decent!" I shriek. A towel- only a towel.

"Well I'm not going to shower with clothes on" he chuckles and I groan. "I- I'm going to go now" I stutter going for the door nob. His hand slams against the door and I freeze.

"You could always join me" he breathes heavily as I choose not to move, answer, or breathe really. "A-Atlas" I stammer extremely red. "An early birthday present" he murmurs moving the hand to my waist. The other one I assume is holding up the towel.

"Early birthday present?" I choke out and he nods pressing himself against me. "I- let's go... quickly" I fumble with words as he leads me over to his bathroom.

"You know we're both adults now, you can't give me any more of that I'm a minor crap" he chuckles feeling me up. "You're definitely in a good mood" I huff as he leaves me to turn the shower on.

Who am I kidding, I'm too insecure to do this, I can't do this. Atlas grabs me a towel stopping to kiss my head. "Thanks for actually joining me" he hums putting his hands in my shirt. I rest my head back on his chest as he runs his hands over my stomach.

"So handsome" he compliments me as I look into the mirror. He was staring at me through the mirror with a smirk. His hands grabbed the bottom of my shirt lifting it. I hesitantly raised my arms and he threw the piece of clothing to the ground.

He hummed a small tune while tugging at the hem of my pants. I helped him take them off and let out a breath as I hurried to take my boxers off. Turning, I hide in his chest just wanting to hide.

Opening the curtain he steps in holding my hand to follow. I immediately go back to burying my head in his chest. "Are you okay?" He asked rubbing my back. I nod before looking up at him. "J-just, I don't want you to look at me" I admit and he pouts.

"Baby you have a wonderful body, everything about you is just- it's amazing" he gushed his hands running down my sides and over my hips. "Are you doing your hair?" I try to change the subject.

"Oh- yeah" and I succeeded, subject changed. I turn away and grabbed the shampoo, putting the tiniest bit in my hand. I turn back around to see him giving me a small smile.

"Turn" I huff and he does with a chuckle. "Okay, Mr. bossy" he continues laughing as I go onto my toes to massage it into his scalp. I smile watching his blonde hair turn white and soapy.

"Okay you've got to wash it" I wipe the soap on his back and he turns to step forward as I back up against the wall. He stands under the showerhead using his hands to wash the suds out. I watch in awe at how good he always looks.

It was short-lived as he scrunched up his face with a grunt. "My eyes- I'm stupid!" He shouts as I put my fist to my lips stifling the laugh. "Ow- that hurt more than I thought it would" he groans furiously rubbing his eyes.

Stepping forwards I wipe his forehead trying to get the soap away from his eyes. I gently take his hands away from his face and put my own on his cheeks bringing him down to my level. He squeezes his eyes shut and I blow on them lightly getting a chuckle from him.

He stands blinking rapidly. "So that's how it feels" he laughs as I look up to him worried. "Are you okay? Does it still hurt?" I ask wiping his cheek. "It's just a little soap I'm okay" he mumbles.

I nod turning back around for the conditioner. His hands find my waist and I stop for a split second. I thought it over and bent over to get the product regretting it as he presses himself against me.

With a gasp, I stand back up and his arms wrap around me. "Atlas, let me finish washing your hair" I whine. The water rains down on us as I look off to the side, my hair practically covering my eyes.

"Let me enjoy this time with you" he smiles leaning over to kiss my shoulder. "We can go cuddle after you're clean" I explain as his lips make their way up my neck.

"You don't like being in the shower with me?" He asked as I bring a hand up to his messy hair. "I don't like being naked" I remind him and he seems to go quiet for a minute.

"You know that really sucks because I love seeing-" I quickly quiet him. "You really don't need to finish that" I spit out. He doesn't listen, of course he doesn't listen. Why would Atlas listen?

"I love seeing you nakeddd" he sings as I blush heavily. "Atlas you are too blunt" I shake my head before he turns me around. "I'll let you finish washing my hair if I can get some kisses" he puckers his lips and I look away but nod. "That's all you want?" I sigh in relief and he cocks his head to the side-stepping back so he wasn't getting drenched in water.

"Ash you know I'm not going to force you into anything, I will not do that sort of thing to you. We will decide together but let's not discuss this right now" he hums drumming his fingers on my hips.

"I love you" I cry hugging him tightly. "I love you too" he laughs kissing my nose. "Okay, you can have those kisses" I giggle and he smiles the nicest smile in the world as we move into each other.

"Not the most romantic kiss in the rain, but it works" he jokes and I laugh at it trying to stay serious enough to kiss him. Going on my toes he meets me halfway and we press our lips together for a sweet kiss except I was still laughing, who knows why.

It was a lot harder to kiss than I expected. The water sputtering between our lips just made me laugh more and then I could feel him smiling into it and I lost it, realizing he was also trying not to laugh.

I pull away and burst into laughter resting my forehead on his chest. "You're happy" he cheers and I look up at him confused. The water pounding down on my face so I look back down not wanting to drown myself.

"I love when you're happy" he continues. "Well, I'm happy" I reassure him. "That's good... I love your laugh" he adds and I stare at him confused. "What's with you all of a sudden" I continue laughing still confused.

"You're so handsome"

"Atlas you're being weird"

"I love you too"






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