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ever since candy apple had gotten back from a mission shadow milk ordered her to do, she’d been gloomy and staying in bed because she got scolded for not being able to complete the task at hand. black sapphire has been worried over not seeing her out of her room in so long.
”capple,” a voice called out from outside candy apple’s closed bedroom door. “may i come in?” the voice was familiar to her, and she had recognized it instantly. her older brother, black sapphire. she rolled over on her bed, so now she was lying on her back. her head turned slightly to read the clock. 7:17 pm. what could he want?
“yeah..” she had barely forced the words out of her throat before the door creaked open, and a familiar figure stood in the doorway. normally, if he had come in her room, she would’ve been sitting up, yelling at him to get out. but today, she didn’t even have the energy for that.
his eyes roamed the dark room, the only light sources being faint and small, like her digital alarm clock and the small white dot at the bottom of her tv rim. “it’s dark in here, how long have you been in bed?” he noticed the faint outline of a few empty water bottles on her nightstand. good, that means she’s been getting up and going to the bathroom regularly.., he thought to himself. she responded to the question with a simple answer, “since i got home from that task the other day..” it sounded like she was forcing herself to her the words out, as if it was exhausting to speak.
he couldn’t help but roll his eyes at that, not the answer he was looking for. “..okay…and when was that? you have to give me more to work with.” she grumbled in annoyance before answering, “a few days ago..”
”good enough. “ he walked over and sat on the edge of the bed. “when’s the last time you ate? and the last time you bathed?” he interrogated.
”both since i got back…” she muttered, looking directly up at nothing. that startled black sapphire. “what?! a few days you said?” the only thing he got back from that was a simple “yeah.”
“okay, get up.” he spoke, standing up from his spot on the edge of the bed. she sat up slowly, her elbows popping from being in one place for who knows how many hours since she last stood. “huh? where are we going?” she asked, her head tilting like a confused dog.
“you’re gonna take a bath and i’m gonna make you food.” he spoke, already dragging her by the wrist. she spoke back fairly quickly, maybe standing made it easier to talk. “i can do it myself..” she whined, just typical complaining.. black sapphire just ignored that, leading her into the bathroom and turning the water onto a warm setting, not too cold, not too hot.
”after you’re all finished, come to the kitchen.” he instructed, to his avail, candy apple just nodded, accepting defeat, and realizing black sapphire doesn’t take no for an answer.
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after black sapphire left her in the bathroom to undress and get in the tub, she did just that, taking off the too big for her shirt and sweatpants she took from sapphire’s closet in which he never noticed. she stepped in, sitting down. the water engulfed her in a warm embrace, making her body feel warm for the first time in a while.
she felt tired and hungry, so she tried to make it quick. she squirted shampoo from the bottle into her hand and rubbed her hands together, before lathering the soap onto her head, scratching her scalp. she then layer back into the tub, making sure all of the soap rinsed out. she stayed in that position for a while, before sitting back up and repeating the process except with conditioner that she put on the ends of her hair.
she stepped out of the bath, a cold rush hitting her feet. the last drops of warm water dripped down her body as she grabbed a towel from the cabinet under the sink and drying her hair and wrapping it around her body.
her eyes darted to the locked door, before she creaked it open, poking her head out. she noticed clothes lying neatly, nice and folded on the floor. her hand slithered out to grab them before swiftly snaking her hand back in and shutting the door. she looked down at the clothes, just a plain white t-shirt and pink pajama pants, along with a pair of white socks. probably the first thing sapphire saw in her drawers and closet that was easy to grab.
she slid the pajama pants on hastily, feeling the warmth and comfort she had been yearning for. she then threw on the shirt and socks before draining the tub and stepping out of the bathroom, making sure to grab a hairbrush on her way.
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black sapphire stood in the kitchen, making simple sunny side up eggs and plain toast. he figured since candy apple hadn’t eaten for so long, bland food would be easiest on her stomach. she would thank him later.
footsteps trailed down the hall, followed by the much familiar voice of candy apple cookie. “sapphie?” she called, turning the corner and seeing him standing there, in front of the stove.
”i’m making you eggs and toast.” he mumbled, using the spatula to take the eggs off the pan and put the 2 on the plate, and right then, as if on cue, the toaster dinged, popping up as black sapphire put the piece of toast on the plate aswell. he walked over to the small island, where he set the food down. “eat.”
candy apple sat at the island, handing black sapphire the hairbrush. “can you brush my hair while i eat? pleeassssee?” to that black sapphire just nodded, responding with a small, “yes” as he took the brush from her hands, combing through her damp hair.
maybe life isn’t so bad after all.