Hero

Chapter Five: Vanilla

Günther's eyes shot open, it was Wilhelm. A bright smile bloomed on to his small face and he scooted out from under the bed and hugged Wilhelm.

"I thought you were Nanny." Günther giggled softly which made Wilhelm smile. He hugged Günther back and took in a deep breath, he needed a bath, he didn't smell too nice. Wilhelm pulled back from the hug and looked at Günther seriously.

"You need a bath." Wilhelm said, Günther's smile dropped from his face making Wilhelm feel a little guilty. Günther looked into Wilhelm's eyes, his full of wonder, he sat forward and took a breath.

"What is a 'bath'?" Günther asked honestly not having a clue what a 'bath' was. Poor boy, doesn't even know what a bath was. Wilhelm was shocked, this boy doesn't know what a bath is, he stood and took Günther's small hand, leading him to the bathroom.

"Stay." Wilhelm said before shutting the door and going down to the kitchen. Günther sat on the toilet in the bathroom and looked around unaware he was sitting in a bathroom, on a toilet nonetheless Wilhelm walked into the kitchen and saw Nanny searching for something, he stepped in and leaned against the archway with his arms crossed. "What are you looking for, Nanny?" Wilhelm asked with and unpleasant smirk across his face. Nanny turned to him and rubbed her forehead.

"You are supposed to be in your room young man and I'm looking for the vanilla. Are we out already?" Nanny said as she glanced around the room again. Wilhelm nodded and tapped his first and middle finger against his chin in thought.

"I'm pretty sure it is in the top left cupboard." Wilhelm mentioned, and returned his hand back to it's place across his chest. Nanny nodded, going over to the top left cupboard and grabbed the vanilla.

"Thank you, now go up to your room." She said walking to the bowl on the counter and plopped a few drops in it. Wilhelm nodded as he walked to the stairs.

"I'll just be taking a bath." Wilhelm shouted before he walked up the stairs. Wilhelm walked down the hall, grabbed the two towels from the linen closet and walked into the bathroom, locking and closing the door behind him. Günther looked over to him and smiled up at him brightly once again. Wilhelm moved Günther, placed the towels on the toilet before pulling Günther to crouch next to the bathtub. Wilhelm began to explain, "we are in a bathroom, you were sitting on a toilet, the sink is what is next to it and this here is a bathtub. You and I are going to bathe in it. A bath is the word used to describe one cleaning themselves." Günther looked to each object as Wilhelm pointed and explained, he now understood what he meant. His mother told him about these thing before as well, she just used different words to help him understand when he was younger.

"Okay, I understand." Günther nodded with an understanding smile. Wilhelm smiled back and nodded before turning the water faucet on to fill the tub and plugged it. Wilhelm stood, walked over to the cupboard under the sink and grabbed both shampoo, a bar of soap and bath bubbles. He walked back to the bathtub and started to pour some of the bath bubbles into the water but put the bubbles back under the sink. He placed the shampoo and soap bar on top of the towels on the toilet next to the bathtub. Günther placed his hand in the water and played with the bubbles. The water was warm and the bubbles felt fluffy, he giggled at the feeling of the bubbles tickling his hand. Wilhelm turned to Günther and pulled him from the bathtub get a whin in protest.

"I'm going to give you new close okay, they are some of my old clothes. So please take your clothes off and let me throw them away." Wilhelm explained. Günther sighed with a nod before starting to remove his dirty, stained, rag like clothing. Wilhelm faced away from Günther and began to remove his clothes as well. He folded his clothes and placed them in a neat pile on the ledge of the sink. Günther handed Wilhelm his nasty old clothes and Wilhelm placed them in the small garbage can next to the toilet. Wilhelm thought, I sort of feel bad for him.