Koshi's Curse

Bath Time

Resigning himself to his fate, the silver haired setter remained tense in the girl's arms, not enjoying this situation at all. This was not how he'd expected his day to go. Daichi and him were going to surprise the rest of the guys with ice cream after their hard work in the scorching gym, but instead he was about to be bathed by his best friend and his little sister? Even if he was a cat, it was humiliating!

On the way to the bathroom, Kokoro passed by their younger brother's room and popped her head in.

"Look Yasu, Nii-san has Suga-san's cat for a couple days. Isn't he cute?"

Turning away from the video game he was playing, the brown-haired boy that looked strikingly similar to Daichi, peeled back a headphone and stared at them.

"It looks like it's sick, what's wrong with it?"

Suga made a choked noise, almost exclaiming a rebuttal and then remembering he was supposed to be a cat. Flattening his ears, he ducked his head and glared at Daichi miserably, watching as the captain Covered his mouth and worked hard to stifle his laughter. Even his sister shook her head, giving him an admonishing look as she hugged Suga.

"You're both dumb, there's nothing wrong with him, he just needs a bath. Nii-San has been a horrible caretaker, poor Button deserves better." Kokoro declared, turning from her brother's bedroom and continuing down the hall as Yasu called lazily after her.

"Oi, what did I do?"

"You insulted precious Suga-san's cat." Daichi snickered, following after Kokoro to make sure she didn't completely traumatize his teammate.

Entering the decent sized bathroom, Daichi leaned over the side of the white tub and put the stopper in the drain before turning on the water, bringing it to a warm but not too hot temperature.

"Alright, give him here." Daichi said, reaching out for the cat and then frowning as the girl pulled away from him.

"Come on Kokoro, he's had a hard day, let's just get this done so we can eat lunch."

Jutting her chin out slightly, Daichi's sister handed Suga over but lingered by his side.

"Fine, but be gentle with him."

"I will." Daichi assured, kneeling beside the tub and giving his sulking friend a reassuring smile.

Lowering the reluctant cat, Suga began to squirm as the brunette set him into the filling tub, his mind instantly going to panic mode. Although this water was warmer, the setter was overcome with fear as he remembered falling into the Koi pond, the urge to scramble to safety taking over.

Not proud of the pathetic meow he let out, Suga sunk his claws into Daichi's arms and refused to let go as he began to tremble. He didn't like this, he wanted out!

"Ouch, Suga- Er, Button. That hurts, calm down."

"He's scared Nii-san. I bet he thinks you're going to let him drown." Kokoro speculated, kneeling beside her brother and taking down the shower head to begin carefully soaking the flustered cat.

Letting out a broken noise that almost sounded like 'Daichi' Suga began to struggle to get free, digging his nails into his friend and accidentally scratching him as he tried to scale the side of the tub.

"Ouch- Stop that, you're making this harder than it needs to be. Stay still."

Easy to say for someone who wasn't being held down by a giant pair of hands. Sugawara was aware they belonged to his friend and therefore should be able to trust him, but it was more instinctual to try and flee. He wanted to speak so badly, to beg Daichi to let him be with human words instead of distressed meows, but couldn't with Kokoro there. Hiding in a trashcan behind the gym was beginning to look better by the second.