Blood Moon (girlxgirl)

23.- Bathtime

Bela didn't want to hear any of Ambrosia's complaining and went up to draw a bath. Ambrosia huffed, crossed her arms, and looked down at Lupita who had slowly begun leaning further and further into her.

"Are you ok?" she asked and softly poked her shoulder. Lupita simply hummed and looked up at her with those pairs of foggy eyes. Her eyes were gray, though they looked more like the moon. Looking more into her eyes, Ambrosia noticed they almost seemed glazed over. "Your eyes are interesting."

"Thank you," Lupita said softly and Ambrosia saw a small smile make its way to her face.

"Are you sure you are not blind?" Ambrosia asked. It might be an insensitive question, but she wondered. The girl had no pupil, except for the one spot in the middle of her eyes that seemed to be darker than the others.

"It's complicated," Lupita said and looked down while pulling the blanket closer around her.

"Do you want me to stop asking about it?" Lupita nodded and sniffed. Ambrosia guessed it was a sensitive topic and they stayed in comfortable silence until Bela called them.

"Come on girls!" she shouted and Ambrosia stood up from the chair and looked behind her to see if Lupita was going to follow her.

"Wait a little," she said and slowly stood up. She wobbled a bit in place and tightened her hold on the blanket before nodding and following Ambrosia as she walked up the stairs to the bathroom. Ambrosia could see Lupita looking at the pictures beside the staircase and holding on to the railing as she pushed herself up each step. The pictures showed Bela and Gulterio through the years, whether it was black and white or in colors, they were always smiling.

They continued up the stairs and made it to the second living room they had. Ambrosia was mostly the one to stay up here while the adults stayed downstairs. This was a little smaller though, but by no means little as there was a large couch, two plump chairs, and a big TV in front of it all. There were also bookshelves to the side and three doors to the other. The closest door to them led to the bathroom, the one after that was the guest room, and the last one was Ambrosia's room.

They went into the door that was closest to them and there was Bela. Her hand was in the water and she smiled at them when they entered.

"I hope you don't mind a little lukewarm water," she said. Ambrosia looked to her side to see Lupita tilt her head.

"L-luke...warm?" she asked in a small voice and sniffed the air. "What is that?"

"It means that the water is not very hot but not cold," she said and smiled at the werewolf. She walked over to them and carefully led her to the bath. Lupita carefully stuck her hand in and Ambrosia could see a small smile on her face.

"It's nice," she said and shook her hand after she took it out. She then looked over at Ambrosia with a childish look on her face. "Want to feel?" she asked. Ambrosia smiled and came over. She stuck her hand in the water and felt the soothing feeling envelop her hand.

"It's very nice," she said and looked over at Bela after taking her hand out. "What do I do?" she whispered, not that Lupita wouldn't hear.

"I leave and you help her," Bela said in a normal voice. "If that is okay with you," she said and turned to Lupita who was swishing her hand around in the water, Ambrosia followed her gaze. The girl looked up and nodded before going back to being mesmerized by the water. Bela and Ambrosia turned to each other again and Bela gave her a smug look. "You know where everything is, but use the soaps without much smell."

Before Ambrosia could even register what Bela had said, the woman had left. The door closed silently and the two girls were left alone. The only sounds that could be heard were the sound of the water rippling when Lupita dragged her hand around in the water.