This is dedicated AGAIN to Leanan becasue he helps me write bits when I get stuck god bless u
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Tahno lead me to his bathroom and told me I could clean up in there, or, if I needed some help to just ask. I nodded and wiped my hand across the bottom of my nose. It came away smeared with blood.
"D'ya think you could hive me a hand? I've never been this messed up in my life! I've been bruised a couple of times in practice, but this? This is ridiculous." I asked, pinching the bridge of my nose. He nodded and started taking some things out of the cupboard above the counter.
"Where shall I sit?" I asked, looking around his bathroom. It was huge! There was a bath that was in the corner, and you could swim in it, a shower in the corner diagonal from the bath, and the other typical bathroom items.
"Uuh, on the counter, if that's okay with you."
I climbed onto the counter, and sat down facing him. He gently pulled my fringe backwards and held it in place with some hair pins.then he wiped my face with a wet towel before taking some antiseptic wipes and cleaning my cuts up. My nose had stopped bleeding by now. He did that on my arms too.
"I'll leave you to get undressed, and then just call me back in when you're ready okay?" Tahno told me, turning on the taps in the big bath, after helping me down off the counter. I nodded, and he shut the door. I slipped off every item of clothing I had on except my sarashi. I took the scarf and put it on the counter. Then I tapped lightly on the wooden door, signalling that he could come back in. My arm was across my torso, held in place by my other arm.
"I didn't realise earthbenders wore sarashi's." Tahno smirked at me. I slid down into the bath, the water was the perfect temperature! Tahno partially unraveled the sarashi that covered my chest so he could wash my back. His long fingers carefully skirted over my back, cleaning all the cuts and bruises. He touched one particuarly sensitve spot and I flinched, holding back a whimper. "Ouch." I mumbled, as he accidently touched yet another sensitive spot.
"Sorry." He spoke softly, continuing to trail his long fingers up and down my back. After a couple of minutes he stopped and pulled away. "I'll leave you to get dressed, just come out when you're ready." Smiling he stood up and walked away.
Standing, I hurriedly dried myself and got dressed. Once dressed, I walked out of the room to find Tahno. He was leaning against the wall, fiddling with his thumbs.
Rushing over to him, I smiled and hugged him. "Thank you, Tahno." Jumping slightly, he chuckled and wrapped his arms around me.
"Ayaka? There's something I've wanted to do for a while." And with that he pressed his soft lips to mine. For a few seconds - which seemed to stretch out for hours - I did nothing, but suddenly I came back to my senses and pulled away.
"I'm sorry Tahno." I spoke quickly, feeling incredibly guilty as the look of hurt flashed across his face. "I'm so sorry.. But I don't feel that way about you." Frowning, he pulled away but I pulled him close again. "You do give good hugs though." Smiling, I hugged him tightly. Slowly, we sank to the floor and I ended up curling up in his lap, resting my head against his chest. We stayed like that for a while, just being in eachothers presence, when I yawned really big. When I thought about it, I didn't really sleep properly last night.
"You sleepy, Little Lady?"
I nodded slowly, rubbing my eyes, my head resting heavily against his chest. Somehow, he managed to stand up and pick me up at the same time, then carried me to a bed. He put me down on a soft matress with crisp white sheets and dark blue pillows. "You can sleep in my bed. I'll go in the spare room." He turned to walk out, when my hand darted out and grabbed his, pulling his down next to me.
