A New Discovery (SouHaru Fanfiction)

Fishy

Ch. 4 Fishy

Closing the door to my room, I waked over to my window looking over the pool from the second floor. I could see Haru sitting right outside of the pool, drying his tail with the towel. Leaving the window, I walk into my bathroom, taking off my nearly still damp uniform. I lay my badge on the counter as I unbutton the shirt. After taking it off, I could smell the dampness still lingering on my body. Not taking a shower in two days probably wasn't a fantastic idea. A quick shower couldn't hurt.

Before stepping into the shower, I crack the bathroom door slightly for the air to circulate out of the room. The warm water pouring down onto my body was so soothing, almost like a massage, rubbing out every crick and pain I seemed to have. I looked up to the ceiling, letting the water flow down me.

My mind began to wander back to the man and what he was even doing here. We're him and I destined to meet? I shook my head, putting it under the stream. It couldn't be. I'm just imagining things.

After washing up, I got out of the shower, tussling my hair dry with the towel before tying it to my waist. When I opened back up the bathroom door, Haru was standing in my room wearing only my tee shirt, which covered all of his extremities. He lifted up the shorts in his hand and with his other, lifted the side of the shirt slightly.

I walked past him in my room and opened a drawer of my dresser and pulled out a pair of boxers for him. They were older and fit me tightly so I figured they would probably be best for him.

"You can go in the bathroom and put them on. I need to get dressed, so just close the door." I handed him the underclothes; and he nodded, exiting to the bathroom and shutting the door behind him.

At least I still had my towel on. I thought to myself. I don't know what I would have done if I had walked out without it. Sighing in relief, I pull some boxers out of the still open drawer. I let the towel fall from my waist onto the ground before stepping in and pulling up the underwear.

Quickly, I grabbed a tee-shirt and shorts out of another drawer, casually tossing them into my bed. After I was able to pull on my shorts, Haru emerged from the bathroom dressed, while I'm still shirtless.

"Is there no privacy with you?" I asked somewhat in annoyance since it was the second time he walked in on me in the past five or so minutes. He tilted his head slightly to the side as he began to sign something again.

His hand closed with his fingers extended by his chin, he opened them up as he moved his hand around his face then rested. Beautiful. Was what he said. A small shade of pink tints my cheek as I look away and quickly pull on my shirt. Last thing before we left, I grabbed a pair or flip flops out of my closet for the man to wear. I dropped them in front of his feet and he easily slipped them on.

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The car ride to the store was unsurprisingly quiet. Being that I had not much to talk about and he was currently mute, I played music for the ride. I eased the car into a spot and turned to the man before shutting it off.

"Do not walk away from me in here. Stay by my side, I don't want you getting lost." I looked at him, this time waiting for a response. He nodded and I pulled the keys out of the ignition. There was no telling where he would go unmonitored.

Once we were inside, I saw a familiar gleam the man's eyes. I assumed he had never been in a grocery store either. A smile spread across my face in amusement. Even though the look wasn't completely plastered across his face, he was still beautiful with that glint in his eyes.

We began strolling up and down the aisles. I pull a few things from the shelves that I know that I'll need; pasta, rice, soup cans, etc. After I got most of what we needed, we came to the fresh meats. The store that I would always go to had a butcher so all of it was fresh, they even had some fresh seafood and fish.

"Sousuke-kuuuuun!" I heard a familiar female voice from behind me, and I turned around to see a girl with long red hair approaching me.

"Gou-san. How are you?" I asked her as she opened her arms wide, giving me a huge hug.

"I'm doing great! And you??"

"I'm alright. I'm currently taking care of..." I turned to motion to Haru only to see that he's not at the basket. I looked around and see him by the seafood case, staring inside of it. "I'm taking care of him." I pointed him out to her and she nodded.

"Rin was telling me about that, but he didn't say much. Something about it being confidential." She pursed her lips and looked to the side. "Anyway!" She snapped back to the conversation, "It was nice seeing you, Sousuke-kun!" She gave me a big hug before continuing her shopping.

I rolled the cart over to where the man was and stood by his side. He was holding some sort of fish in plastic wrap, and he was staring at more.

"So, you like saba?" I asked watching him for a response. He quickly nodded and looked up at me with pleading eyes. "Put it in the basket." He softly smiled up at me, melting my heart. This is the first time I see him smile. I thought as I grab about seven mackerels out of the cold case and place it in the basket. Meanwhile, Haru still held his tightly in his arms, hesitating before setting it down in the basket.

I then quickly got some seasonings that I could use to cook the fish before heading to the checkout. I stood in front of the basket unloading all of the items for checkout while the man stayed quiet behind the buggy. After I checked out, everything was loaded into the car and we headed back to my house.