Restless Waves

Chapter 33

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It was midnight when Kaerius needed a salt bath. A huge part of him was willing to go to the beach so he could swim in the sea for an hour, but he was in a hunter's home, and the shallow waters were not safe at night. Kaerius shuffled to the end of Rowan's bed and watched the human peacefully.

Rowan had headphones on and was studying. Sometimes, he lost track of everything when he was deep into interesting topics. Rowan kept forgetting Kaerius was even in the room. He remembered when he felt him, and his heart did a little dance of excitement.

Kaerius stopped trying to talk to him a few hours ago. Rowan wanted time, so Kaerius would give it to him.

Kaerius's skin felt tight as he moved to the bathroom and watched the white tub fill with cold water. Rowan had a large bath in his home. It was much bigger than the one at the hotel.

When the water almost reached the top. Kaerius's eyes drifted to the human again. Rowan was hunched over his laptop, lost in the screen. Kaerius reluctantly edged towards him. When he was close enough to tap Rowan's shoulder, he slapped it, not thinking it would scare Rowan.

It did.

Rowan gasped and pushed his chair back into the radiator. When he saw Kaerius standing with his hand still hovering in the air, Rowan relaxed and put a hand over his heart. "Sorry," he breathed, feeling his elevated pulse. "I forgot you were here."

"Salt," Kaerius said, and Rowan stood up, matching his height. "Bath."

"Ah," Rowan said knowingly.

Kaerius's eyes followed him to the other side of the room. Rowan pulled out a box of sea salt and gave it to him. "Use as much as you want. I'll buy some more tomorrow." Kaerius sniffed the box and went back to the bathroom. He felt Rowan's presence behind him. "This door leads to my mum's room," Rowan said, pointing at the door on the other side of the bathroom. "Lock it when you're having a bath. She can't see you, but you'd wish she could if she locked you in to use the toilet."

Kaerius's face grimaced until he poured the salt in the bath to force a nicer image in his head. "Human sleep soon?" he asked. Rowan's eyes looked a little red. Kaerius noticed that he rubbed them a lot when he was ready to sleep.

"I'll go to bed when you're finished with your bath. Don't rush, I'm not too tired."

Kaerius knew that was a lie. Rowan felt exhausted. Kaerius could tell because he felt it too. When Rowan returned to his desk, the sea creature's heart hurt for him. Even when Kaerius didn't deserve Rowan's attention, he was still kind and considerate and making Kaerius feel welcome in his home. Rowan really did have a good heart, one that was too pure to be close to Kaerius's veins of poison.