Prompt 10 - Rain
"Close your eyes, here comes the rain!" Han shouted as he poured warm water over Jaina's head, making his three-year-old daughter shriek and giggle.
"I want rain too!" Jacen called from the other end of the bathtub, splashing his hands in the sudsy water. "Daddy, gimmie rain too!"
"Okay," said Han, filling the container with water and blowing the suds off the top. "Close your eyes for the rain!" As he poured the water on Jacen's head, the toddler giggled so loudly that it echoed off the refresher walls.
"Daddy! More rain!" called Jaina.
Han sighed. "You guys do know I'm gonna have to actually wash your hair at some point, right?"
"Rain!" Jaina insisted.
"All right, all right, but I wash your hair afterward."
He poured more water on Jaina's head, but then of course Jacen wanted more rain too, after which Jaina wanted even more rain and then Jacen wanted even more rain. They continued in this manner until Han felt like he had dumped the whole bathtub on their heads.
"All right, all right, that's ENOUGH rain!" he finally declared. "No more rain until your hair's washed, you got it?"
With that, the twins simultaneously stared up at their father, making their eyes as big and round and irresistible as possible.
"No . . ." Han said carefully, averting his eyes as if the twins would hypnotize him if he looked at them for too long. "No, no, no, I ain't fallin' for the cute eyes tonight. Your mother says I gotta be more assertive with you two, so that's what I'm gonna do."
"What's 'as-er-tiv'?" Jacen asked.
"It means she wants me to make sure you do what you're told," said Han.
"We are," said Jaina.
"Then let me wash your hair!" Han grabbed the bottle of fruit-scented children's shampoo from the edge of the bathtub. "Now, whoever goes first gets an extra dose of rain to rinse!"
"Me! Me!" both twins shouted at the same time, each one grabbing for the shampoo.
"Now wait, wait calm down . . ."
He didn't get a chance to finish his sentence, since the twins knocked the shampoo bottle out of his hand and into the water.
"Whoops!" exclaimed Jaina.
Han groaned. "Pick it up, guys."
"I don' wanna wash my hair!" shouted Jacen, folding his arms and giving a pout.
"Well if you don't wanna wash your hair, you don't get more rain."
Jaina blinked up at her father. "Daddy, are you grumpy?"
Han twisted his mouth at his daughter. "Yeah, a bit. Sometimes I get grumpy when you guys don't behave." He grinned down at his children. "Would you guys like to help me be less grumpy?"
The twins nodded eagerly.
"Great!" said Han. "Now what do you think would help me not be so grumpy?"
The twins looked at each other and grinned, then looked back at their father.
"RAIN!" they shouted in unison.
Before Han could react, Jaina filled up the container with bath water and dumped it in Han's face, leaving him soaked and sputtering.
"Well . . ." Han coughed out, "that wasn't exactly what I had in mind."