Nadine did not take bubble baths very often. This was the first time in years she'd been in a house nice enough to make her even consider it. She knew that bubbles did not actually come with the tub – there weren't hot, cold, and bubble settings. Even though there should have been. What she hadn't been able to remember was if a special, bubble-dedicated product was actually necessary. Was it possible to just dump a bunch of soap in the tub, and get bubbles that way? Was special bubble liquid actually a thing, or was it just repackaged dish soap sold at a premium?
These questions were moot, because Grayson actually had special bubble stuff, regardless of whether it was secretly just dish soap. It was very cute, anyway, how smug he was trying not to look. Less cute was his tone, which had her cocking her head to the side reflexively. Was he embarrassed about having bubbles, or irritated that she wanted them? Hm. That little frown clarified nothing.
"If you wait, I can go with," she suggested to the door. There was no response. She attempted to be quick about rinsing off, just in case, but by the time she was done he was slamming the door.
Well, what the hell.
And it wasn't like she could text him for cigarettes. Not that she would, when she didn't think the habit would suit the sweet thing she wanted him to think that she was. But if she'd gone with him, she might have been able to maneuver something...
She looked under the counter as long as she had time to kill, and there was not the cheap pink bottle of whatever that she had anticipated. There were, however, a lot of... bars. And balls. And miscellaneous other shapes. Extremely fragrant and often very pink shapes. Either someone had given him a lot of unwanted gift sets, or he had a secret lust for bathing in technicolor.
Or it was that mystery ex.
Should she take a bath? It had been sort of tempting, before, but now it had lost the appeal. No one was here to see her looking cute, and he certainly wouldn't be joining her after storming out of the house. So it seemed to her, anyway. She chewed on her thumbnail as she tried to decide what it was that she was craving, and how best to satisfy it. Absence of anyone to do it with knocked cuddles and sexy bathtime right off the list. Cozy? Cozy. She wanted to feel cozy. Get comfy in bed? No, she'd already slept all day, she didn't want to be in bed unless there were activities involved. The living room was too big to be cozy. Unless.
She left the bathroom, and put on the sweater that Grayson had almost offered her before fucking her instead. She buried her nose in the knit to smell it, and found herself almost irritated. What if he wasn't back before morning? She headed back to the guest room as she considered the possibility. It'd serve him right if she left. If twilight came and he wasn't back, she'd step outside before she changed so she could leave incognito. If he only liked hanging out with her when she was a dog, he could go to the damn shelter.
She pulled comforters and pillows off the guest bed, piling them high in her arms and dragging some behind her as she brought them downstairs. She dropped them on the floor of the living room, and started pulling and pushing the couch to where she wanted it. Then she went to the kitchen, and dragged two stools into the living room. Arranging the furniture of choice into a rectangle, she pulled the cushions off the couch to drop them on the floor with the pillows. Then she draped the sheets and the comforter over everything.
Hm. Maybe a bit smaller than she might have liked. This could use some string lights. Maybe he had a box of Christmas stuff somewhere? With her luck, he'd be touchy about that, too. Those Christmas lights belonged to his dead cat. Also he's Jewish. He just respected his cat's life choices, until it was murdered. In a bubble bath. While he was distracted masturbating. So now he associates erections with dead cats and guilt. Also she tricked him into fucking on the Sabbath. The secret, non-Saturday, no-fucking Sabbath.
Harrumph.
She went back upstairs, and retrieved the previously neglected laptop in the guest room. Hopefully it did not also belong to his dead cat. On a pile of pillows and cushions, she made herself comfortable in her fort, with only the light of the laptop creating a faint glow through the sheets. She found a YouTube playlist of new releases, and set it to play in the background while she opened another tab of other, different videos to make her laugh.
These questions were moot, because Grayson actually had special bubble stuff, regardless of whether it was secretly just dish soap. It was very cute, anyway, how smug he was trying not to look. Less cute was his tone, which had her cocking her head to the side reflexively. Was he embarrassed about having bubbles, or irritated that she wanted them? Hm. That little frown clarified nothing.
"If you wait, I can go with," she suggested to the door. There was no response. She attempted to be quick about rinsing off, just in case, but by the time she was done he was slamming the door.
Well, what the hell.
And it wasn't like she could text him for cigarettes. Not that she would, when she didn't think the habit would suit the sweet thing she wanted him to think that she was. But if she'd gone with him, she might have been able to maneuver something...
She looked under the counter as long as she had time to kill, and there was not the cheap pink bottle of whatever that she had anticipated. There were, however, a lot of... bars. And balls. And miscellaneous other shapes. Extremely fragrant and often very pink shapes. Either someone had given him a lot of unwanted gift sets, or he had a secret lust for bathing in technicolor.
Or it was that mystery ex.
Should she take a bath? It had been sort of tempting, before, but now it had lost the appeal. No one was here to see her looking cute, and he certainly wouldn't be joining her after storming out of the house. So it seemed to her, anyway. She chewed on her thumbnail as she tried to decide what it was that she was craving, and how best to satisfy it. Absence of anyone to do it with knocked cuddles and sexy bathtime right off the list. Cozy? Cozy. She wanted to feel cozy. Get comfy in bed? No, she'd already slept all day, she didn't want to be in bed unless there were activities involved. The living room was too big to be cozy. Unless.
She left the bathroom, and put on the sweater that Grayson had almost offered her before fucking her instead. She buried her nose in the knit to smell it, and found herself almost irritated. What if he wasn't back before morning? She headed back to the guest room as she considered the possibility. It'd serve him right if she left. If twilight came and he wasn't back, she'd step outside before she changed so she could leave incognito. If he only liked hanging out with her when she was a dog, he could go to the damn shelter.
She pulled comforters and pillows off the guest bed, piling them high in her arms and dragging some behind her as she brought them downstairs. She dropped them on the floor of the living room, and started pulling and pushing the couch to where she wanted it. Then she went to the kitchen, and dragged two stools into the living room. Arranging the furniture of choice into a rectangle, she pulled the cushions off the couch to drop them on the floor with the pillows. Then she draped the sheets and the comforter over everything.
Hm. Maybe a bit smaller than she might have liked. This could use some string lights. Maybe he had a box of Christmas stuff somewhere? With her luck, he'd be touchy about that, too. Those Christmas lights belonged to his dead cat. Also he's Jewish. He just respected his cat's life choices, until it was murdered. In a bubble bath. While he was distracted masturbating. So now he associates erections with dead cats and guilt. Also she tricked him into fucking on the Sabbath. The secret, non-Saturday, no-fucking Sabbath.
Harrumph.
She went back upstairs, and retrieved the previously neglected laptop in the guest room. Hopefully it did not also belong to his dead cat. On a pile of pillows and cushions, she made herself comfortable in her fort, with only the light of the laptop creating a faint glow through the sheets. She found a YouTube playlist of new releases, and set it to play in the background while she opened another tab of other, different videos to make her laugh.
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