The Golden Pear [YA - Featured]

♫~Notes 80~♫

 Freya froze, her heart slowing down as if it saved energy for the burst that came in the next second. Her arms wrapped around her chest, and her body hunched.

"Sorry, didn't mean to startle you." Kagetsu hid his head between his shoulders. "Just wanted to leave here these towels, the room service just brought them."

He headed to a small cabinet in the corner, putting them inside. He took two and hung them next to the shower.

"Can I help you with something? Like brushing your back?"

Freya shook her head in disbelieve.

"Oh, right. I could hurt you. Sorry, that was dumb of me. Enjoy your shower." He waved her goodbye and left. In the door, he scratched his cheek, pondering about something.

'W-What?' Freya let down her arms. Red in the face, she covered her eyes. 'Right. This is Kagetsu, but still... isn't he a boy?'

She reached for the showerhead, turning on the water.

'But he is trans, so that makes him a girl, right?'

She let her body relax under the stream of water, washing away the stress and dirt.

'That's how he acts, so... even if he has the body of a boy...'

She shook her head, massaging her body with a bubbling sponge, hiding her body behind bubbles and aroma of dark chocolate and coffee.

Before she splashed the bubbles, she massaged shampoo into her hair, giving it the care she skipped most of the time in her old flat. As the bubbles revealed her burned skin, her nose wrinkled.

'And he doesn't look at me with disgust or stare at my scorned body. He isn't like most of the kids I have met.'

Perhaps that was the reason, she couldn't be angry at him. 'But it's still embarrassing. I should explain it to him before he gets burned.'

After drying her body and hair, she left the bathroom. She gestured to the oldest brother, it was free, and Rigaku went there to take a shower too. Given he didn't ask her, it seemed nobody noticed Kagetsu saw her naked.

The flat was big enough, so they each had their own room for doing homework and studying, but they preferred to stay in the living room. Freya quickly found Kagetsu in the kitchen, slurping a tea and browsing something on the internet.

She peeked over his shoulder, freezing for the second time. There were pictures of naked ladies, and only a handful of them had bras or panties.

Kagetsu leaned his head backward, noticing her. "Is something wrong?"

She pointed at his phone.

"I'm researching."

Arching her eyebrow, Freya sat down.