Bath time -Sakuraoi agere fanfic-

Bath time

Aoi and Sakura were doing some finger painting with the other littles in the activity room, and it was starting to get very messy. Aoi bounced happily as she placed her entire hands in paint and pressed it against her paper, also getting it all over the table and herself. Sakura was watching her tiny one enjoy herself, happy she was having such a good time but also wondered if all that paint would come out of Aoi’s hair..

As she was wondering about the cleanup, Aoi’s cheerful voice broke her thoughts, “Lookie, lookie mama!” She held up her paper proudly, on it was a flower made from her handprints and two messy stick figures standing beside each other that represented her and her mommy. 

“It’s so beautiful, sweetheart, thank you very much.” Sakura gently took the painting from Aoi and placed it on a drying rack. “We’ll come back for this later, okay?” Sakura said as she turned back towards her small one. Aoi nodded excitedly, and then held her arms up. 

“Up, up!!” Aoi bounced as she shouted, waving her arms to catch her mama's attention. Sakura chuckled to herself, “You're a bit messy right now little one, don't you think you should take a bath?” 

Aoi's face instantly lit up and she squealed and started kicking her feet excitedly. “Bath bath!!! Bath time!!” 

Sakura picked up the squealing Aoi and carried her to the washroom entrance, and stopped at a box filled with various bath toys. “Which ones do you want this time, little one?” She let Aoi out of her arms and let her choose some bath toys. Aoi excitedly grabbed a handful of various items, and looked up at Sakura with gleaming eyes. “Is all these ones ok, mama??” 

Sakura nodded, “Yes those are perfect hon, great choices.” Sakura took the bath items from Aoi and placed them in a small basket, and carried them into the actual bathroom, while Aoi followed behind her. 

“Ok little one, we need to take a quick shower first before we can hop into the tub, ok?” Sakura said, looking at all the paint splatters covering the little Aoi. Aoi huffed for a moment, but seemed to understand. “Otays mama..” Aoi took her paint covered clothes off and placed them into the laundry basket that was next to the bathtub.

Sakura got some small stools and placed them under the showerhead. “Come and sit, sweetie, I'll scrub your hair out first, pick out a shampoo you'd like.” Aoi went over and sat on the stool, picking out some coconut scented kids shampoo. Sakura turned the shower on, and water washed over Aoi as she giggled. “Hehehe, it's raining!!”

Aoi was holding her hands out, trying to “catch the rain”, and Sakura took the opportunity to pour some shampoo onto her hands and lather them into Aoi's hair. “Close your eyes, sweetheart, I don't want any shampoo getting in your eyes.” Sakura told Aoi gently, as Aoi whined. “But but but, den I can't see you…” Aoi turned back towards Sakura worriedly. “It's ok baby girl, I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere.” Aoi nodded slowly, and closed her eyes. 

Sakura scrubbed the paint out of Aoi’s hair and rinsed it quickly. She also gently scrubbed soap over Aoi's body, and got rid of all the paint on her. “You're all clean now, honeybun!” Sakura said to Aoi as she did some tada hands. “Yay!! Can we get in the tub now mama?” Aoi bounced excitedly. 

“Yes darling, we can get in the tub now-” Sakura couldn't even finish her sentence before Aoi practically ran to the tub and hopped into it, giggling the entire time. “Yay! Yay!!” Aoi splashed around, and dragged the basket full of bath toys to her. She picked out a mermaid doll and started splashing around with it.

“Looks like someone's excited huh?” Sakura said happily, grabbing some bubble bath solution and showing it to Aoi. “Do you want bubbles, little one?” Aoi's eyes lit up and gasped dramatically. “Ooooh!!! Bubbles bubbles!! Pwease!!” She pointed to the water, and dipped her mermaid doll in and out the water as if to say “she wants them too!!” 

Sakura poured some bubble bath solution into the water and swished her hands around, making bubbles. Aoi was squealing and giggling happily and kicking her feet, making big splashes in the water. “Hey now, don't give me a bath too!!” Sakura said teasingly, happy that Aoi was having such a good time. 

Aoi eventually calmed down a bit, splashing her mermaid doll in the bubbles. “Don't you want any more of your bath toys, baby?” Sakura asked Aoi as she showed the basket full of bath toys to her. Aoi shook her head. “Nuh uh, no thankies! Am happy I gots my mermaid and bubble bubbles!!” She was always like that, where she got focused on one thing and was satisfied with just that.

After some splashing around in the bubbles, Aoi was starting to prune up due to being in the water for a while, and Sakura noticed. “Hey, little one, don't you think it's time to get out the bath now?” Sakura asked, knowing it wouldn't go over well. Aoi huffed and crossed her arms, shaking her head no vigorously. “Nuh uh!!! No no no ways!!” She practically yelled. Sakura sighed, “You have to get out soon baby, you're getting all wrinkly..” 

Aoi looked down at her hands once Sakura said that, and saw her hands were starting to look like raisins. “Mmmmm…. But but.. I don't wanna get out, I havin funs..” She looked down at her hands sadly, and then back up at Sakura. “It's ok little one, we can always have bath time again anytime. We should be checking up on your painting soon anyway, shouldn't we?” Sakura brought up her tiny one’s art as a way to distract her from the fact that she's getting out of the bath. 

Aoi seemed to have forgotten about the painting, remembering it once Sakura mentioned it. “Oh!! Uh huh, we needs to check it!! I can gets out mama!” Aoi stood up in the bathtub, and walked out reluctantly after Sakura drained it and helped her put up her mermaid toy. Sakura got a fluffy hooded bear towel for Aoi and wrapped her in it. “Hehe dis is so fluffy and warms!! Thankies mama!” Aoi smiled happily at her carer. She slipped on some slippers as she and Sakura headed out of the bathroom.

Sakura and Aoi headed to the activity room, and Sakura went to the drying rack to look for her little one’s painting. Aoi sat down in an empty chair as she waited patiently, chewing on the fluffy towel’s sleeve. Sakura pulled out a familiar looking paper and waved it in the air a few times. “I think this is dry sweetheart, let's take it back to our room.” 

Aoi squealed and waved her arms excitedly. “Yay!! Can we hang it on da fridge mommy??” Sakura smiled and grabbed Aoi's small hand. “Of course dear, this deserves to be shown in an art museum, but our fridge will have to do.” Sakura laughed a bit to herself as she guided a giggling and skipping Aoi back to their room. Once they had reached their room, Sakura hung the painting proudly on her fridge with a mermaid magnet. 

Aoi squealed and jumped around excitedly, practically dancing. “Alright, alright, let's calm down some now, ok hon?” Sakura gently kissed Aoi's forehead and sat on the couch in the front room. Aoi hopped onto the couch with her, and cuddled up into her side, humming happily. She was so happy that she had such a wonderful mommy, and her mommy was so happy she had such an adorable little.