SELENE
I leaned my head back, closing my eyes and relaxing while soaking in the tub, taking in the lovely smell of lavender oil in my bathroom inside my room. I just finished bathing the puppy and now, it was my turn to take a nice, long bath.
"Ah, I could sleep like this." I commented with a content sigh escaping from my lips because taking long baths like this always calms me down and helps me relax. Especially since the weather today made the perfect temperature of the water I set earlier even a hundred times better, or even more than that.
I heard the bathroom door open, snapping me awake from my short daydream. I opened my eyes and turned to look at the person near the door and to my surprise, it was only the dog.
"Oh, hi there, fluffy." I greeted with a smile, "What's wrong? Do you want to take another bath?" I asked, watching as it quickly made its way to me and barked excitedly.
"Okay, then. I'll take that as a yes." I giggled, motioning for it to come closer before picking it up and prompting it on my knees before I started to gently rub my strawberry-scented shampoo all over its fur after I did so to my hair, "I didn't have enough time to buy a different one for you, so this will do for now. We'll have the same smell now. Don't you like it?" I asked before I laughed when it started barking again.
I started rinsing him again after a few seconds, laughing even more when it started to bark and shake the water off of him, that's when it hit me, "Now that I thought of it, I never really had the time to think about giving you a name, right?" I asked and the dog barked again, something I took as an answer.
"What kind of name should I give you, though? Um, Roland? No, that sounds… ew." I cringed at the name I thought and so did fluffy for sure, "Hmm… How about Eustace? No, that's the name of the grandpa in the cartoon I watched as a child. Now that I thought about it, I've been watching that over and over up until now." I said, remembering all the times I've rewatched Courage the Cowardly dog.
"Your name should be as cute as you are." I pointed out before I resumed my thinking, "How about Poochie?" I asked, trying to tease the puppy and to my surprise, it huffed, its paw splashed water into my face, it was a good thing my eyes closed before the water could enter, "Ouch! My eyes! Sorry, I was joking!"
I sighed, my mind blank since I couldn't come up with a name suitable for him and to his liking before another name came to mind, "Okay, don't splash more water on me, I have a new name idea," I said, before shielding my face with my arms, "How about Onyx?"
I unshielded my face to see him happily wagging his tail, much to my relief, "Ah, thank goodness you liked that name, otherwise, you might have splashed the entire tub on me." I muttered before I took a small towel nearby and dried Onyx's fur before I gently set him down on the tiled, slightly wet floor, still not leaving the bath tub, "There you go, wait for me a while, okay?" I asked before I relaxed in the bath once again and rinsed my hair off any shampoo and rinsed the bath foam from my skin.
"Selene! The movie is getting intense!" I flinched when the door suddenly slammed open, hitting the wall and revealing Ruka and Axiesse standing there, "I swear, it's the best one I've watched yet-"
"Knock before you open the door, you idiots!" I interrupted Ruka while yelling at them, throwing a shampoo bottle at them making them groan before closing the door, after I got out of the bath tub and wrapped a towel around me, I quickly locked the door before I got changed and finished applying my lotion unto my skin and unlocked the door, heading outside and into my room while drying my hair with a towel to see Ruka and Axiesse laying on my bed.
"Oh, you're finished? Finally, that took a while." Ruka commented nonchalantly turning to me before going back to look at her phone, scrolling through what I assume to be her social media account while still laying on my bed and playing Taylor Swift songs and right now, it's "You belong with me", one of her many favorites and I admit, I also like her and her songs a lot and it's not even a secret because why would it be?
"So, care to tell me why you two barged into both my room and bathroom without permission and without even knocking?" I asked, resting a hand on my hip while the towel hung loosely around my shoulders, tapping my bunny slippers covered foot waiting for their answer.
"We just wanted to tell you that the movie you recommended was amazing!" Axiesse beamed, hugging Onyx who looked like he was going to pass out anytime because of how tight she was holding him.
"That's all?" I scoffed and they nodded, "Okay, whatever but do you mind letting Onyx go, Ax? He looks like he's being crushed to death and he doesn't seem to appreciate it."
"Onyx?" She asked, turning to the obviously suffering and suffocating husky, "That's your name? That's kinda cute." Axiesse grinned before letting go of the puppy who seemed more than grateful to be able to breathe properly again and came running to me afterwards, rubbing its cheek unto my ankle in what I assume to be an act of him thanking me in his own cute little way.
I bent down and pat him in the head lightly for a while before I picked him up, took my hairbrush, sat down on my bed and sat him down on my lap as I brush my hair, taking extra care and being extra gentle at the ends since it might get tangled.
"You're not going to blow dry it?" Axiesse, who was laying beside the distracted Ruka, asked, pointing at my hair with one of her eyebrows raised.
"No, I'm not in the mood today, I'll just let it dry naturally." I answered, putting the hairbrush down on the nearby bedside table when I finished brushing my hair, "Plus, I'm too lazy."
"Yeah, lazyness is a pain. It'll also damage your hair if you blow dry it often. It's a good thing that your hair is already straight so you wouldn't need to use a straightening iron but hair dryers will also damage your hair." Ruka explained, finally putting her phone down and closed her eyes, seeming to relax while Axiesse did the same.
"Wow, you two are really comfortable in my apartment, huh?" I remarked, scoffing before I rolled my eyes and laid down, Onyx also laying down on my chest making me smile since he seemed to really like laying on my chest before I started patting his head.
I looked at the ceiling, countless thoughts running inside my mind before I quickly shrugged them off, not having the time and not being in the mood to think about them, wanting nothing more than to just relax before I heard Axiesse speak, "That's because your bed is very comfy, soft, nice and warm." I was about to inquire what she meant by that really random excuse but then, I remembered that I remarked that they seem to be comfortable in my apartment. I lightly snorted and gave a sarcastic "yeah, right" as a response making her and Ruka laugh, I also laughed softly, being very careful not to disturb his highness' peaceful nap on my chest since he might scratch me given that he already deliberately splashed water unto my face and almost my eyes earlier.
I felt the bed dip making me turn to my left to see Shannie laying down beside me, she smiled at me which I returned before I moved over a bit to give her more space to lay down on. It's a good thing my bed is king sized but that makes it difficult to wash the bedsheets and pillow cases when I change them every week because, just like my dad, I'm a clean freak but unlike him, I'm milder and more laid back, I wouldn't clean everything everyday since I also get lazy.
I was about to fall asleep due to the peace and quiet before my phone vibrated since I put it in silent mode. I sighed, realizing that I forgot to mute everything and turn even the vibrations off before I reached for it, opening the message and when I recognized the familiar number, my eyes went wide.
To: Selene Jade
From: Rika editor
"Selene Jade Young, I presume
you're already finished with the
three chapters, yes? If not, please
hurry it up so I can edit it.
It's taking so long already."
"I freaking forgot I was supposed to finish it and turn it in today!" I yelled, surprising my bed buddies, including Onyx, "Gosh, I'm stupid! Wait, I'm not, but still!"
"You also forgot something else!" Ruka pointed out, also yelling at me.
"What?" I asked nervously, what did I manage to forget now? Homework? My chores!?
"You forgot to cook or buy us lunch at the vety least, Selene!"