Monkeys and Misakis

Chapter Four: Bubbles

Even though Saruhiko was still a bit ticked off about what Kamamoto had taught Hana, he let the thought pass through one ear and out the other as he carried Hana into the specially designed bathroom made just for her. The tiles on the wall that bordered the bathtub were a kind of sea color, the blue-green kind of sea in fact.

Saruhiko sat Hana on the plastic, Disney princess stool that served as the place where Saru would wash Hana's back from time to time. After he did this, he proceeded to fill the shiny, white tub with warm water and strawberry smelling bubble mix. Once the bath was overflowing with bubbles, Saru got Hana out of her pajamas and placed in her in the lukewarm water.

Rolling up his sleeves and getting to his knees, he was readying himself to wash Hana's hair who was squealing with glee, throwing the strawberry-pink bubbles all over the bathroom. Saruhiko frowned slightly at the thought of cleaning up the mess later but the thought passed. For he had a mission, given to him by Misaki, to give Hana her morning bath. So he was determined to accomplish it.

Pouring the citrus scented shampoo onto his hand, Saruhiko proceeded to wash Hana's black, slightly curly, hair. Once the shampoo was on he began scrubbing, not too hard for he doesn't like to hear Hana be hurt or cry.

Hana was playing with her yellow rubber duck while Saruhiko was washing out the remnants of shampoo out of Hana's hair when they both heard footsteps hit the bathroom floor. Alas, it was Misaki with Hana's change of clothes. Misaki placed the clothes on the bathroom counter before crouching down next to Saruhiko to join in on cleaning Hana. But Hana was not in the mood to be cleaned, thus meaning, bubble time.

Hana started throwing the rose colored bubbles into Saruhiko's and Misaki's face. This resulted in Saru's glasses fogging up, making him blind as a bat, while the soap got into Misaki's eyes, causing him to rub his eyes furiously, and hiss at the pain. On the other hand Hana was cackling her famous belly laugh. She was laughing so hard that she could barely breathe. But unfortunately this had caused her to start sputtering.

Saruhiko and Misaki immediately came to her aid despite the burning sensations in both of their eyes when they heard her coughing up a storm. Saruhiko was patting and rubbing soothing circles up and down Hana's back in attempt to calm her down.

"Hana! Are you alright!?" Cried Misaki.

"Hehe don't worry MamaSaki, I'm fine, I'm fine," she said weakly in an attempt to wave it off.

Misaki made grabby motions with his hands as a signal to Saru to give Hana to him. Once Hana was in his arms he started to cradle and coo her.

Misaki signaled with his eyes for Saru to hand him the fluffy, white towel, which he did.

Once Hana was dry and she had stopped coughing, Saruhiko and Misaki dressed her in a cozy, white sweatshirt, which was a smidgen oversized, and a pair of cute, light gray capris. After putting her hair into tiny tails (they're pigtails but Hana insists on just calling them tails) and sending her off to play with her toys, Saruhiko and Misaki stayed behind to clean the bathroom mess up.

Both sighting in relief once the bathroom was cleaned, Misaki leaned against the sink counter to take a breather. Saruhiko was watching Misaki and while he was staring, he noticed a patch of bubbles left on one of his cheeks. Taking his chance, Saruhiko swiped his finger across Misaki's face, wiping the soap away while turning Misaki's slightly flushed face into his direction.

Saruhiko then leaned down and captured Misaki's pillow lips. After pulling away and gazing down at Misaki's face, he saw that the chestnut haired boy was flushed with embarrassment.

"W-w-what was that for? Stupid Saru...," grumbled Misaki while he covered his face.

"Tch, there were just some bubbles on you."