Shattered Angel (Book 1)

Part 14: Bath Pt. 3

SURPRISE!!!!!! I actually updated the story even though I said I wasn't going to! *flashbacks* Welp I guess I should explain why. I'll tell you at the end of the story. Now, LET THE READING COMMENCE!
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Ichigo's POV:

Tears...

That's what was falling into the water...

I looked at Shiro and see that he's a dark shade of blue and his eyes are shut tightly while he quietly sobs. I reach over the bath tub and hug him. "I'm sorry Shiro..." I whispered in his ear. "I didn't mean to touch your scars....I'm so sorry...".

He then broke down sobbing and covers his face. I just stay there hugging him, shamming myself for going too far. After minutes of hearing Shiro sob, every sob slowly cracked my heart with guilt, his sobs turn into sniffles and he's leaning his head on my chest.

I turn his face to look at me and I wipe the remaining tears. I look at him with guilt and look down ashamed of myself. "I went too far....I'm sorry Shiro...." he sniffles and lifts my head a small smile on his face. "I-It's ok Ichigo. I k-know you w-would be curious. I j-just got a bit overwelmed. D-don't worry." He looks at me with a small, broken smile. I look at him with guilt still evident in my eyes and mutters an 'okay'.

I look down slightly so my bangs can shadow my eyes and asks him to pass me the soap and sponge. He does and leans forwards again so I can acually clean his back. He shivers whenever my fingertips accidentally touch his skin but just takes deep breaths so he can calm down. I finish cleaning his back and change the sponge since the black had now changed to a taupe grey.

I gave him the new sponge and told him to clean the rest of himself while I clean his head. He leans into my touch and I see his arm starting to slow down. I lean over him a bit just to see that his eyes are closed and he has a small smile on his face.
I smirk and chuckle lightly, suddenly getting an idea. I grabbed the cup next to me and sneakily filled it with water while scrubbing Shiro's head with one hand.

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I quickly stop scrubbing and dumped the water on Shiro's head. I watch as he sits up and his eyes open in an instant with a small yelp. I couldn't help it as I fell on my side and started laughing.

Shiro's POV:

I was enjoying Ichigo scrubbing my head, when he suddenly dumps water on my head out of no where! I freaked out a lot but I heard him fall on his side and start to laugh. His laugh was so angelic, it's rare to see Ichigo smile and rarer to hear his laughter.

I watched him laugh with a smile on my face but turned to the side to act like I'm mad. I crossed my arms and say "Jerk...." He slowly stopped laughing and sits up again. "I'm sorry Shiro. I shouldn't have done that."

He goes over to me and tries to hug me but I move away still acting angry. He tries again and this time I let him. He puts his head in the crook of my neck and mumbles another 'sorry'. I shiver at the feeling but thought of my revenge in that very instant. I mumbled something incoherent and as expected Ichigo lifts his head up to look at me and says, "What?" I quickly yelled "REVENGE!!" I pulled him into the water by his arms so he gets his whole upper body dunked into the water.

I started laughing hysterically as he comes up sputtering curses. He seems pissed since him and his shirt are all wet now thanks to me, but as I continued my hysterics his eyes turned softer and more loving though his facial expression stayed the same pissed off look. I slowly come to a hault, a breathy laugh escaping every now and then, and I wiped my eyes due to laughing tears.

I felt his eyes on me as a bright, true smile was left on my face but it fades quickly when I realized Ichigo is still staring. "W-what?" I got self-concious with the continuous staring and started to blush looking away from his eyes. "I just like your laugh and your smile" He said it with such confidence that I blushed harder and tried to make a comeback.

"W-well I like y-your laugh and smile t-too..." When I said that, he got the slightest blush on his face and just kept smiling. I couldn't help the small smile that came across my own face as I blushed a little more.

After that, we finished my bath and after a struggle drying myself and putting my gown back on, with boxers this time, Ichigo carried me back to my bed and layed me down. He went over to his chair and turned it to face me then sat down. After moments of silence he decided to break it. "So, since we don't know each other very well, how's about we play 20 questions?"

I furrowed my brows. "What's that?" Ichigo looked at me with a bit of surprise but explained anyways. "20 questions is a game where one person asks 20 questions and both people answer each question. So do you wanna play?" "Alright but you ask the questions." He nodded and so the game started.

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Story Word Count: 907

Total Word Count: 1025

So...did you like it? Yes? No? Maybe so? Anyways explination time. Everyone knows of the U.S. Presidential Election correct? Well Trump won and since I am hispanic and feminine, I got a bit depressed. You guys should know that I write better when I'm depressed, an example is part 5, so the election sparked up my some ideas and so this chapter was created. I hope you guys like it anyways. Bye puppies!