A New Discovery (SouHaru Fanfiction)

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Once the doctor came back with the discharge papers, I signed them and handed them back. After the doctor closed the door, I grabbed my bag, rummaging through it. I grabbed a light blue button down shirt and a pair of shorts. I handed them to the man who was now sitting on the edge of the bed in the hospital gown.

"You can change into this. I'll step out so you can have so—." Before I could finish my statement, he had stood up out of the bed and was undressing. Who even is this guy? I thought to myself. I turned around to face the wall so the man could have some privacy as I zipped up my bag.

When I turned back around, he was standing by the edge of the bed. The shirt was way too big for him. It was baggy all over and went to about halfway down his thighs, and the cuffs extended past his hands so just the tips of his fingers were visible. I couldn't believe how cute he looked in it. I looked away, coughing to clear my throat, my cheeks slightly pink.

"Are you alright to walk to the car?" I grabbed my back and held the strap over my shoulder. The man gave a small nod as I headed to the door to open it for us. Something. Finally. I grinned internally.

We walked out of the hospital to my car, a solid black Dodge Charger. I popped open the trunk with my keys and tossed my bag inside, closing it after. I then settled into the front seat as the other settled into his. Starting the car, I drove off.

"So, do you speak?" I asked jokingly to break the silence as I looked over to him and he had one knee raised to his chest. His gaze was averting watching different things as they passed by. "I'll take that as a no for now." I turned my gaze back to the road and put on my blinker before turning. "Can you at least tell me your name? Or write it down if you can?" I reached in my cup holder and grabbed an empty gum wrapper and a pen out of my pocket before handing it to him.

The man finally looked at me, allowing me to see his eyes for the first time. Wow. Blue like the ocean. The man meekly took the items out of my hand and placed the thin paper on his knee, grasping the pen in the other hand. After he finished writing it, he handed the items back to me. I dropped the pen in the cup holder before looking at the paper. The writing was nearly scribbled, but it was legible.

"Ha-ru-ka? Is that right?" I questioned and he gave a slight nod in return before snatching the paper back from me. He took the pen and began writing something on the paper before handing it back to me. The last kanji was circled but with an X on it. After a few seconds of thinking I understood. "You prefer Haru?" He nodded again.

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The rest of the car ride was quiet until we made it to my house. It's a fairly big place, despite me living by myself. I parked in the driveway and turned off the car. I looked over to Haru to see that his eyes were wide in amazement.

"Have you seen a house like this before?" I asked him. He shook his head softly from side to side, his eyes not breaking his gaze. "Let's go inside." I opened my door and stepped out before going open Haru's door. He looked up at me from the car with his lips slightly parted, still in amazement. I held out my hand to help him out of the car. I was surprised when he actually took my hand.

We walked over to the front door, which I quickly unlocked. I let him walk into the big foyer before me so I could shut the door. He walked into the center of it and looked around. To the left, there were the stairs and a door to a room; and to the right, was another bedroom and a hall to the living room, and dining room. Upstairs was my bedroom, the kitchen, and a smaller living room.

I began showing him around the house, and every room leaving the back of the house for last. In the living room area there were huge floor to ceiling windows that viewed the back porch. When I took him out to the back porch, I heard a small gasp from him as he took sight of my pool. He stood by my side and looked up to me as if asking permission. I nod with a small smile on my face, and he quickly undressed leaving my clothes beside the pool and dove in.

When he emerged from the water, his fin was now visible again. So I wasn't seeing things. I thought to myself. Rolling up the legs of my pants, I walk over to the pool and sit on the edge, letting my legs dangle in the water.

It was nearly sunset already. The sky was orange and pink and nearly every other color. I leaned back onto my hands, looking up at the sky's cotton candy clouds. My trance was broken as I felt small waves in the pool get closer. When I turned my head to face the pool, I was surprised by a soft pair of lips against mine. Shocked, I back away from the pool, scurrying to my feet. I looked into Haru's eyes to try to understand why he did such a thing to basically a stranger.

He took one of his hands and put it lightly against his chin before pulling it away. After thinking about it for a second, my mind remembered the smallest amount of sign language that I knew. He was telling me thank you. Without speaking, I touched my fingers to my forehead before bringing them down in front of my face, signing "You're Welcome."

I shook my head to get what just happened off my mind. My stomach then growled, completely tearing the thought from my mind. "Shit." I mumbled remembering I didn't have anything to cook here for one, let alone two. Turning back to face the pool, I ask. "Want to come to the grocery store with me? I need to buy something to cook." He seemed uninterested and continued to float around the pool. "You can choose what you want." He instantly turned to look at me with a twinkle in his eyes.

"I'm going to change. You can just put back on what you had before." I walked over to a cabinet in the wall and grabbed a large towel and placed it by the clothes before heading back inside.