chapter 9: The Usual?



A couple of weeks have gone by since the incident with Cooper and it almost feels like a dream... except for seeing Brahms coming in and out of the walls. Right now, I was making pancakes for breakfast with Brahms sitting at the table waiting patiently. "I'll be done in a minute Brahms. If you want, you can grab some of the pancakes now while they are still hot."


I heard a seat squeaking against the floor and footsteps coming closer to me, I look up at him as he gets a plate and grabs a few pancakes before sitting down again. I've found that he's quite a shy person which I don't blame him for not having an interaction with other people for a long time, but he sometimes makes the effort to say a couple words. Plus, he seems to be ashamed of his face, so it took a few persuading words to make him comfortable enough to have his mask moved to the side, but still covering the area that he doesn't like so we could eat together.


I finished up on the pancakes and grabbed my own plate of them to eat. I walked over to the table to eat, I decided to give him some comfortable space between us by sitting a chair away from him. "I hope enjoy them, and there is more in the kitchen if you want anymore." I look at him with a smile, I turn back to my plate and start eating them after putting (favourite topping) on them.


Brahms got up after eating to get another plate of pancakes, when he came back though, he came over and sat next to me. 'Guess he wanted me to sit next to him.' I looked up at him seeing that he was looking at me and smiled, he pointed at my plate, "Could I try yours." I look at my plate and nod thinking that he must have wanted to try my (favourite topping) out.


I cut a piece of pancake with the side of my fork, stabbed it, and carefully guarded it to his mouth. Once he ate it, his facial expression lit up with satisfaction. I chuckled, "Do you want to have the same as me?" he nodded repeatedly, I got the (favourite topping) and placed it on his plate if pancakes. He instantly dug into his food, while I finished up on mine.


*Time skip to the study*


We were listening to music while I drew like usual, Brahms was sitting next to me completely focused on my every move I made. "Do you want to draw with me, Brahms?" I look up at him to see that he was unsure about himself, "Don't worry, you don't have to be good at art to do it." I gave him a sweet smile as I took a piece of paper out of my book and spear pencil out of my pencil case to give to him.


He started to do some scribbles before tapping me on the shoulder to get my attention, "Could you teach me how to draw a person?"


"Sure Brahms. Let's do a face; first you draw a circle, then put a line vertically through the circle and a bit under it, "I look at his paper to see if he was doing it correctly, "then make a horizontal line through the circle, which will help you know where to draw the eyebrows and eyes, after that you shape out the jawline from the side of the circle to the end of the vertical line." I looked at his paper again, he was doing pretty well for his first time drawing a person.


"You're doing great Brahms, now you just have to add the neck, a bit of shoulders, and face of the person." I showed him how to do the rest and we continued our art lesson till near dinner.


I look up at the clock seeing that I should start preparing dinner soon, "It'll be dinner soon Brahms, so I'll get it started. What do you feel like having?" I pack up my stuff and stand up while Brahms does the same, thinking in the process. "Could we have Lasanya again... but your mum's recipe this time." I nodded my head as we went towards my room to drop off my things, grab my recipe book, then head to the kitchen.


I got the ingredients out and got was halfway done when I felt a presence behind me, so I looked back at Brahms, "You need anything Brahms?" he didn't say anything just stood there, "do you want to help out?" This time he nodded, I instructed what he can do, like mixing the white sauce while I dealt with finishing mixing the mince and the tomato sauce and chopped slices together.


Once the Lasanya was done, I cut out two pieces to the sizes both of us wanted and placed them on the plate to let them cool first, "What do you want to do while the food cools down, Brahms?" I sat down at the dining table and looked up at him for a response. He thinks of something and walks away leaving me confused.


Minutes go by before Brahms comes back with something behind his back, "What you got there Brahms?" I wait patiently for him to show me, when he did, it was the doll Brahms with its face fixed up, "Did you fix his head Brahms? It looks just like new!" I stood up and walked towards him, he seemed rather proud of himself when I said that. I reached my hand up and pat his head then the dolls.


"I think the food should be cooled down enough now, how 'bout we go eat it." I started walking towards the kitchen again with both Brahms' tagging behind me. I took both plates and put them next to each other at the dining table, Brahms puts the doll down next to him then he comes to sit next to me so we could have our dinner.


*Time skips to bath time*


The worst part of the day has now come, bath time....


The reason I say is because I have to wash Brahms and he will not take no for an answer, "Come on Brahms, it's not very comfortable for me to wash a grown man in the bathtub. Sure, there are bubbles to cover that up but-" he stopped me from continuing. "No!" He used his regular voice which took me off guard not being used to it since he doesn't use it unless he's unhappy or angry.


I huff and brush back some hair from my face, "Fine, fine, you win. Now while I'm not looking, strip and hop into the bath." I had already done the bath just before the conversation happened. I turned around and covered my eyes for extra protection, I heard some shuffle of clothes being taken off and put on the ground then heard him slowly getting into the bathtub.


Once I knew he was in, I turned around and took his clothes to put into the basket I brought for washing clothes, "I'll be back in a minute, just soak in there for a bit and play with the bubbles, okay." he hummed even if he didn't want me to, he knew that the laundry room was right next to the bathroom anyway. I went to the laundry and put his clothes and mine into the washing machine, put what was necessary in and turned it on. I then speed walked towards his room which now has his actual sized clothes in there now, and grabbed underwear, blue striped pyjamas, and a singlet.


I speed walked back to the bathroom and the sight before me was so adorable, Brahms had a bunch of bubbles on top of his head and even shaped a mustache under his masked nose. I felt like I was melting, he turned my way, and his eyes went wide right before he sunk into the bathtub from embarrassment of being caught.


I slowly walked up to him with smile on my face, "Aww, don't hide Brahms. I did say you could play with the bubbles while I was gone plus, I just thought you looked so adorable." I could see the red blush from his ears when I said that. I sat down on the stool next to where he was, I picked up some bubbles and Brahms watched as I put the bubbles in my head as well.


"See, you're not alone anymore; I do it to when I have baths," I smile down at him, then out of nowhere he tackles me with a hug almost making me fall off the stool, "...I appreciate the hug, but you just soaked me with bath water." I pat his back feeling the water dripping down from both of us.


He let go of the hug but still held onto my shoulders and started looking over me, my shirt was hugging around my folds and the outline of my bra, and my pants tightened themselves around my thick thighs. I felt a blush arise to my cheeks as I realized what he was doing so I tried to cover myself. "Please stop looking Brahms, it's making me uncomfortable.... how 'bout I quickly clean you off and get you to bed, hmm?" He removes his hands and sits down in the tub again; I get the face washer and start cleaning him off.


*Time skip to bedtime*


My clothes were still mildly damp, but I didn't feel comfortable having a shower with the thought of Brahms not in bed yet. I tucked Brahms into bed while the doll Brahms sat in a comfortable chair next to the bed as requested by Brahms since both wouldn't be able to fit in the bed, "Goodnight, Brahms, see you in the morning," I kiss his forehead and pat his head, the event that happen the first night I said goodnight hasn't happened again... yet.


"If you need anything don't hesitate to knock on my door, okay." I turn the light off, give him one last smile and walk out to do my assigned things. After that, I walked to the laundry to check in the clothes were done. When it was, I took them out and put them into the dryer since it was too late to hang them outside, I walked back to my room, put my stuff away and tucked myself into bed falling asleep. 

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