Bad Behavior

Sleepless Bath

I hadn't realized that I had fallen asleep for half the day. My pillow was warm, soft, and .... moving? When I looked a little up through my half lidded eyes I saw Thomas sound asleep with a small tear stain running down his left cheek.
I carefully sat up lightly unwrapping his arm from my back and moving my dark hair from my face. I went into his bathroom shutting the door and looking at myself in the mirror. My eyes were puffy with the same stain that was on Thomas' cheek but twice the amount and much more visible. I looked at the clock hanging on his bathroom wall reading 1:10am then back at the clear glass tub. I hadn't payed attention before but he had a technology bathroom with a blue tinted glass rain led shower and a clear glass tub with water jets. The walls and floor was made of black marble and one section of the wall was a screen with a see through glass remote to control everything. It was really beautiful and luxurious. I almost envied it.
I used the remote clicking the light button and moving it down to dim the lights so I wouldn't wake Thomas. I then pressed the tub button filling it with water also noticing the led light settings. It looked cool due to it being a see through glass tub. When it was filled I took off Thomas' clothes that hugged my form and sat in the bath. I then clicked the television button which activated the wall screen and pressed the entertainment symbol next to the music one and the previous film Thomas was watching resumed with loud moans and two naked women touching and kissing each other. Dang Thomas, now I know what you do in your spare time when you're alone. I quickly turned the volume low and exited out of whatever he was on and clicked on Netflix. I watched a few episodes of 13 reasons why then clicked back playing a song that I could release all my feelings of grief under. I then set the temperature of the tub to the hottest setting letting my skin burn again. I dunked my head all the way under the water laying down at the bottom of the deep tub and looked through the glass to view the screen not caring about the burning feeling on my skin or from the water filling my nostrils. Despite me running out of air I encouraged myself to stay under. Just a few more moments. It's safe under here. Up there everything becomes a reality again. My lungs began to ache. I screamed letting out all frustrations and anger forcing myself to stay under using my hands. I don't want to get out.
I heard the door open just as I finally surrendered allowing myself to come up. I instantly covered myself as much as I could the bath being glass not helping very much. He turned away quickly then spoke.
"Sorry, it's just really late then I heard muffled screaming and light splashes."
"I didn't want to wake you."
"It's so hot in here." He turned around avoiding looking at my privet areas grabbing my arm quickly letting it go from the heat and grabbing the remote. "Jesus, you have this set to 130° Fahrenheit." He then lowered the temperature to lukewarm and then examined the parts of my body that were visible. "You don't seem to have any burns. You're skin is just irritated."
The song changed to Winona Oak SHE and he looked at the screen horrified. "When you clicked on the tv button, you didn't ummm see anything right?"
"Nope." He sighed in relief.
"Just lesbian porn."
"Crap."
I gave him a week smile.
"Getting an inch closer to making you smile again." "Yeah."
"What are you doing taking a bath at like 2 in the morning?"
"I couldn't sleep."
"To be honest neither could I. Well I'm going to leave you be before it gets tempting."
"I really don't want to be alone. Just sit against the glass and we can watch a movie."
"I don't know the floor is really uncomfortable here just put this around you." He said handing me a towel then went into his room coming back with swim shorts on. He sat with me in the large, glass, squared tub grabbing the remote scrolling through Disney plus. "How about Dinosaur." I nodded my head settling in more comfortably. "Why couldn't you sleep? I mean when I woke up I saw a small tear stain on your cheek."
"Because you don't deserve anything that's happened to you. Not my me, not my your parents, especially not by Kyle." I winced at the mention of his name.
"I'm really scarred to press charges."
"I know. If you do though and you win imagine how much safer and good you will feel or others he might have done that to, and the future girls you'll be saving."
"And if I lose?"
"Then at least you tried and you'll walk out stronger."
"You're right."
I ran my hand through my hair, a part of the towel accidentally falling a little and I noticed Thomas glancing a bit at my exposed breast and I quickly covered it again. Towards the middle of the movie I was somehow sitting really close to him my leg on top of his and my bare back against his bare chest. I nonchalantly looked at him and his eyes sparkled down at me. His hand touched my neck skimming his fingers along my jaw line behind my ears. He gradually leaned his head forward towards mine and for a brief moment I almost let him kiss me. Almost. "We're missing my favorite part." I said scooting away from him, my grin was faint but still showed. I felt butterflies dancing in my stomach and my heart racing joyfully. "Sorry." He whispered. "Yeah, don't worry about it."