Despite my drunken stupor I wasn't plastered enough not to blush at her words.
"W-what?"
As it became clear to me that she hadn't heard me, I listened to her turn on the water and start up the shower and stood up, staggering slightly.
Fuck, whiskey's no joke.
I stared down at my feet to try and steady myself but couldn't help swaying. I was tempted to go lay down when I saw Peri come back to stare at me, hands on her hips.
"Well? Are you gonna get in the tub or do I have to nurse and clean you?"
"You don't got the balls," I slurred stupidly.
Obviously, she's a girl. Fucking idiot.
I knew I'd said that out loud when she snorted. She was walking towards me and I backed up slightly, trying to stay on my feet as she stood directly in front of me.
I gulped the bitter taste of the alcohol from mere hours ago still lingering heavily on my tongue.
"You're wasting water and you smell like lost hope. Get in the shower."
I pouted and she tried not to laugh. "But I wanna take a bath."
She rolled her eyes and sat me down before walking back to the bathroom, muttering something about me being childish.
******
It's Christmas Eve. I was twelve at the time.
My grandma had asked me to go round up the kids so we could go out to dinner since my uncle had told us he had to work Christmas day.
I walked up the stairs and peaked into Kyle and Kaleb's room, where Michael, Joshua, Kevin and my brothers were.
"Hey, guys, Grandma said to get ready, we leave in fifteen minutes."
They all jumped up excitedly and grabbed their shoes and as they came towards the door I stopped them.
"She also said to make sure you brushed your teeth."
All five of them looked up at me guiltily and grabbed their toothbrushes before running down the stairs. I caught Michael just before he got there and he looked up at me, confused.
"Where are the girls?"
He shrugged. "Trina went downstairs to watch something on TV."
I nodded and told him to go get his older sister, watching him leave. When I turned around I noticed my cousin Regina peaking out of my aunt's room, smiling at me.
"Yoogi," she whispered, a devious look in her eye as she beckoned me over. I looked around then reluctantly walked towards the door as she disappeared behind it. I was already weary of her strangely intimate interactions with me at this point but it was expected of me to get everyone downstairs and ready for dinner and I couldn't disappoint Grandma.
I slowly pushed the door open and barely registered the moisture beneath my hand, afraid she'd jump out and scare me again but only walked into a seemingly empty bedroom.
"Regina?"
The only light besides the cloudy afternoon light seeping through the curtains was coming from the bathroom, the faintest sound of water dripping echoing.
"Gina, we're leaving in a little while, Grandma wants us all downstairs."
I gulped, afraid she intended to push me in as I slowly approached the door. When I was less than a foot away she reached out with wet hands and yanked me into the bathroom by my collar, earning a painful gasp from me, which strangely came out as a gurgle.
******
I sat up straight in the tub when Peri knocked again, rubbing my eyes and choking. I hadn't even realized I'd fallen asleep but my entire head had been underneath the water and I was now trying to cough up the water that'd gotten into my lungs when I'd gasped. Just as I calmed down and was about to answer the door opened and Peri walked in, her eyes covered.
"I'm sorry, you didn't answer for over five minutes and I got scared- you've been in here for nearly an hour and then I heard you coughing," she said, eyes still covered. She held out a towel to me and I grabbed it, carefully covering myself as I stood despite the hands over her eyes.
She peaked then completely snatched her hands away from her face.
"Did you fall asleep?" she asked with a worried expression.
I nodded, wiping the water from my face and still clearing my burning throat, my eyes watering.
"Shit, I knew I should've helped you. You jackass, you should've just taken a shower!"
She snatched another drying towel from the rack behind the door and started drying my hair, that concerned look still on her face.
"Maybe you should've bathed me," I joked, trying to lighten her mood.
She left the towel on my head and slapped my stomach. "I left clothes on the bed, get dressed, man-child."
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Was gonna do something else with this but my Jimin feels rn....
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