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It had been a week, or two, or more, since your last shower, you couldn't have cared less to keep track of the time. Depression had taken a toll on your motivation and physical abilities. For those weeks, you just laid in your bed, only leaving to use the bathroom and occasionally eating food.
As you lay in your bed with your eyes closed, not knowing what else to do, you hear your front door swing open and a loud, cheerful voice yell “ engel! Im buh-back!" Toby.
Your beloved, proxy, boyfriend, Toby. you immediately perked up, sitting up in your filthy bed to look towards your doorway, where Toby had already been standing.
A wide smile stretches across your face until you realize you're filthy. You haven't showered, changed your clothes, or even brushed your teeth in weeks.
Toby reaches your bed in three long strides and slightly towers over the plain mattress that rests on the floor.
As he turns to take his hatchets off of his belt you start,
“Toby.. I'm sorry I'm disgusting right now. We can't cuddle or do anything..”
Toby paused, looking down at you with a sad and pitiful look on his face.
He paused before starting, a confused expression making its way over the sadness and pity,
“Kätzchen..” he paused before continuing, his eyebrows furrowing in frustration
“What do you muh-mean?” he questioned,his shoulders rolling upwards and neck cracking uncomfortably to the side as he quietly unclipped both hatchets from his belt and placed them onto the floor.
“I-i just,” you sigh looking down into your lap
“ I haven't showered in weeks, or brushed my teeth, or even changed my clothes. I wouldn't want to gross you out.. I'm sorry Toby."
You lift your eyes from your lap to look up at Toby, his mouth is slightly hung open in a gaping ‘O’ expression.
A wave of guilt crashed into you.
“Toby im sorry i j-just-”
“Thuh-that's outrageous!! Who told you to think that!” he loudly exclaimed as he grabbed your shoulders, looking right into your eyes.
“I-uh-”
He cut you off once again,
“ I could never be grossed out buh-by you! Not even a luh-little!” he scolded as a ripple of tics went through his body, coming out through shoulder rolls and neck craning and cracking to the side.
You just stayed silent, not wanting to upset him any further, a timid expression moved its way onto your face, Toby quickly noticed this and sat down next to you, suddenly taking a much softer tone with you.
“ hey hey, luh-look at me,” you turned slightly to face him,
“ I'm sorry for yelling, I juh-just love you so much and could never be disgusted by you, i huh-hope you know that.” he stated softly moving a strand of greasy hair out of your face.
You just leaned into him and wrapped your arms around his slender torso, burying your face into his neck where his brunette hair layed, you took a deep breath, taking in his scent as all of your stress melted away when he returned the embrace, wrapping his slender, but lean arms around you and resting his chin onto your shoulder.
“Cuh-come on,” he started, “lets go get you cleaned up mein liebe.” the soft familiar pet name rolled off of his tongue, soothing you further into his brown striped hoodie.
He pulled the covers off of your legs and picked you up into his arms with ease, walking over and pushing the slightly ajar bathroom door open with his foot.
He lightly slid you out of his arms and set you on the ground gently, letting you start to undress as he started the bath.
He turned the temperature nozzle to the left slightly, letting the watter become just the right temperature for you, even though he cant feel it.
As you stood there, unclothed and waiting for the tub to fill with water, toby turned to you, his eyes skimming over your nude body and a grin stretched across his face. He looked back at your face and stepped towards you, cupping your face into his hands and laying soft, plush kisses onto your face, making you unable to protest and stuck there, melting into his touch.
The tub quickly filled afterwards, toby guiding you to step into the tub full of warm water.you lightly sit down in the water, the warmth soothing your nerves.
As you sink in the water further, letting it slightly wet your hair, toby kneels next to the tub, pumping out a handful of shampoo into his calloused hand. He lightly nudged your head forward, you lifted up your head and leaned it against the edge of the tub, letting his skinny fingers massage the soap into your scalp and filthy hair.
As he lightly lathered the shampoo into your hair, it foamed up quickly and started dripping from your head down into the water. He softly lifted your head and placed it into the water, up to your hairline, just enough to wash out all of the soap.
As your hair flowed loosely in the water, he tousled it around under the water, letting the shampoo foam float to the top of the water. As you kept your eyes closed, just enjoying the atmosphere, he placed a loving kiss onto your forehead, just simply admiring you in your peacefulness.
All of the shampoo had been washed out of your now clean and soft hair, toby had pulled the drain and the tub had started to drain as you stepped out, quickly being wrapped in a towel that turned into a loving hug from toby, taking in his scent, you sigh and turn towards his face, placing a loving kiss onto his scarred lips, causing him to give you a big toothy smile with his stupidly cute bunny teeth.
God, you really do love this boy.
You lean into his chest,still in his warm embrace, sighing.
This is all you need.