A Genius Thrown to the Wolves

Bath Time pt.2 Ch. 49

"Alright everybody, bath time!" Hisoka called out, stepping out of a room the boys now assumed was the bathroom. "What?! I don't want to take a bath!" Killua said, still slightly off put by the company they were in. Gon nodding and stepping in front of Killua slightly. "Kiyo~ get them bathed, I'll run out and get a change of clothes for the two of them." "Didn't they bring clothes?" "They did, but you saw that hotel didn't you? I didn't see a single washing machine so were doing a load of laundry tonight. I will not have that kind of dirt and grim linger around." "Alright." With that Hisoka walked out the door, locking it behind him, the boys relaxing a bit as a result and turning their attention to Kiyotaka. "Lets go." The boys hesitated. Was this really a smart idea?

"C'mon, you don't want the bath water to go cold do you?" Kiyotaka asked, swiftly picking the two up by their collars and bringing them into the bath room. "We're going to do this one at a time, so Killua go get in the tub, Gon you can sit in front of the washing station." The boys were a bit awkward, but relaxed a little when Kiyotaka gave them towels like you'd get at a hot spring. Killua still wasn't fully trusting, and kept a sharp eye on Gon and Kiyotaka. Though the heat quickly relaxed him, and he began to increasingly depend on the edge of the tub to keep him up. It was the perfect temperature. Kiyotaka rinsed Gon off, having been even more careful then his Aunt Mito when she used to give him baths, and sent him to the tub, calling Killua over. Kiyotaka waited a minute, but there was no sound of movement. He looked over to where Killua was and saw that he was half awake at the edge of the tub. Kiyotaka smiled warmly at finally seeing the boy relaxed. He went over and gently picked Killua up before setting him down in front of the washing station, splashing a very small amount of water on his cheek to wake him up. "huh? Oh, my turn?" Killua asked, he sounded groggy, but was sitting up a little straighter now. Kiyotaka began to massage the shampoo into his scalp like he had with Gon. Killua was immediately in heaven.

The massage felt really god, but Killua's heart ached a bit. He'd never felt this relaxed taking a bath. Ever. Not to mention this was the most gentle affection he'd received yet. He never looked forward to bathing, especially at home when he was younger. His mother and father were always so rough with him, clearly just wanting to get it done with. Right now though, the person behind him, was making sure to be gentle and thorough. Even when rinsing the shampoo out of his hair, Kiyotaka had a gently hand covering his eyes and tilting his head back to prevent any soap from stinging his eyes.

Killua was sad that Kiyotaka had finished washing his hair, but he also wanted to get out of the water and into dry clothes so he didn't complain and just went to get in the tub. "You boys wait right here, I'll go get the change of clothes for you so you can dry off and change." When Kiyotaka was out of the room, both boys turned to face each other. "I never want to leave" they said at the same time before sighing in contentment and sinking a little further into the warmth of the bath. 

Kiyotaka let them soak for a little bit while he went to get the pajamas from Hisoka, who had just gotten home. "How did it go?" Hisoka asked as Kiyotaka began looking at the options Hisoka had bought home. "It went well, I finally got them to relax a little bit." Kiyotaka thought for a second before picking up the two sets of pajamas he'd settled on, then turned to Hisoka, "While they get dressed, set up the pull up couch." Hisoka, walking by him to get to the couch, bent down and kiss Kiyotaka on his way, "Of course Kitten~ leave it to me." Kiyotaka just let out a small sigh of approval and went to check on the two in the tub. 

"I brought you pajamas. No fighting over who gets what." Kiyotaka watched as both boys lazily opened their eyes to look at him, lagging to understand what he'd said, before slowly making their was out of the water. Kiyotaka even had to catch and support Gon for a quick second because he wasn't fully present yet. It was also clear it was the same with Killua, his body was just running on auto-pilot. Once both boys were dressed, Kiyotaka dried their hair and led them to the newly made bed waiting for them. Gon and Killua plopped down and went to sleep without a moments hesitation. Hisoka was quick to fold the blanket up and over the two boys, making sure they warm enough under the covers. 

"Our turn!" Hisoka called out to Kiyotaka. "For what?" "A bath." Kiyotaka looked at Hisoka and saw that his smile was slightly off. "If you try anything funny you'll be sleeping in the ground with just your head sticking out." Hisoka blinked twice, processing the warning he had just received. "I wasn't going to! But just for clarification, does kissing count as 'anything funny'?" Kiyotaka thought for a moment. "Depends, I'll warn you if it gets to close." "Deal!" Just like that Hisoka was off to start their bath while Kiyotaka took a break to enjoy a nice glass of ice water. Just as he was about to finish, Hisoka came up behind him and kissed him right behind the corner of his jawline, "Bath's ready~" Kiyotaka prevented a small smile from forming, to stubborn to see the effect one small kiss had on his emotions. "Let's go then." Kiyotaka purred as he got up and brushed past him, leading the way for a momentarily stunned Hisoka.