A New Discovery (SouHaru Fanfiction)

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We arrived back at my house, and I unloaded all of the groceries into the kitchen. Haru followed me inside and sat in one of the stools at the bar. He watched me unpack everything and put things where they belonged with a dazed look on his face. He must not have known tidiness in the place we found him.

I began cooking Haruka's food first, due to him eying to bag with the fish constantly. "Do you want anything with it?" I asked looking over to the man. He shook his head softly. When will he finally speak? I thought to myself as I turn back to the stove.

As I let the saba seer in the pan, I emptied my pockets which included my wallet, some spare change, and my badge onto the counter. The raven eyed them and looked over to me questioningly. I nodded giving him permission to investigate the items.

He hesitantly grabbed my wallet, opening it to view its contents. Taking out each thing slowly, he lined them on the counter. The last thing he took out was my driver's license, which he held in his hand, reading it carefully. He then grabbed my badge, examining them both.

"S-Sous... Sou-su-ke." He pronounced each kanji slowly. His voice was soft and warm but medium toned.

"Yamazaki Sousuke." I spoke to him. "But you can call me Sousuke." I looked at him and grinned softly, putting a slight blush across his cheeks.

"Sousuke." He nodded setting down the items he was holding. He returned all of the things in my wallet exactly where he found them and returned the wallet to where I placed it, but he continued to admire the badge.

"That's my police badge. That's how I saved you." He looked up to me with soft, thankful eyes and grinned slightly. I patted the top of his head softly, slightly tousling his hair before turning back to the stove to turn over the fish. After a few seconds of seering it on that side, I removed it from the pan and placed it on a plate, before putting the plate in front of the man. I handed him a fork and a knife so he could begin to eat while I cooked my food.

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By the time I finished cooking my food, Haru was already finished eating his. He seemed to have no problems with it either; he did have some knowledge of things, but how much? I placed my plate in the seat next to the man, and walked around the island and sat in the seat. "Was it good?" I looked over to the man and asked him. His empty gaze was broken by my question. He nodded in response with a slight smile on his lips.

"So, do you usually bathe? Like shower?" The man looks at me with a confused look on his face like he has no idea what I am talking about. Before I am able to ask him anything else, he signs "Thank you." and begins walking towards the pool area. I look through the window as i watch him approach it. He takes off the clothes I had given him earlier and folded it beside the pool before jumping in. His transformation is truly beautiful. His scales and skin glistening in the end of the sunset's glow as the moon began to shine takes my breath away.

After moments of watching him in amazement, I clean up the kitchen from dinner and head upstairs to my bedroom. I flip on the light switch to brighten up the room and close the door behind me. I gaze out of my window to see the man still floating in the pool. Closing the curtains, I undress out of my clothes and walk over to my bathroom. The water in the shower begins to run from cold to warm. I look in the mirror as I wait and see that dark circles began to form under my eyes. 'Guess I haven't been getting much sleep, huh?' I think to myself as i run my hands through my slightly oily hair, due to the lack of a shower in a couple days.

Stepping into the shower, the now hot, almost boiling water, runs against my skin, stinging at first but soothing right after. All of the aches that my body seemed to accumulate in the past 48 hours that I had yet to notice are suddenly being released. I let out a groan of satisfaction as I let the water cascade down my body, through every crevice of my skin, hair, and muscles. I never knew how satisfying it could be to take a shower. I had been on long missions before, but always was able to bathe at some point during.

"What am I going to do with this man?" I ask myself as my mind ceases from wondering about my past. Whatever I am to do with him, it's going to be difficult to keep him hidden for long. I'm not even sure who else saw him in his merman form. I shake my head slightly from my train of thought to finish my shower.

Once I finish washing up, I step out of the shower and wipe myself down with the towel before wrapping it around my waist. When I step out of the bathroom into the bedroom, I see Haru in my doorway who appears to be shivering. He is wearing the shorts I saw him fold by the pool not long before, but now the shirt in his hands was nearly soaked. He had to have dried himself off with it before heading up here.