Awkward. This is so awkward.
When Bokuto had said that we were going clean ourselves up, this is not what I'd expected at all. I thought that he'd simply put my in the sink and washed everything off and then he'd go take a shower. But no, that was not what he had in mind at all.
The warm water felt nice coming down on me, but I didn't really have time to enjoy it. I was too busy trying not to look at Bokuto. Yes, that adorable idiot decided to just take an owl into the shower with him instead of doing what most people would have assumed he'd do.
While he often walked around in nothing but his underwear at home, (much to his sister's annoyance,) I'd never seen him without clothes on. Even if I'd grown used to seeing him in nothing but his underwear, I had no intentions of seeing him naked any time soon. Thus the reason I was trying desperately to not look at him.
After he'd gotten all of it out of his hair, it was then my turn. The ace lifted me up and I tried to avoid looking down. That was the last thing I needed to see right now. He held me in one arm while the other hand tried to wash everything off. Luckily I was small and most of it had landed on Bokuto, so it didn't take very long.
Once it was all done, Bokuto set me down on the floor and I quickly turn to face away from him while he dried off. After a moment, he dropped the towel down on me. I felt it move all around me, drying as much of the water as possible.
When he was done, he removed the towel from me. And when I looked up, guess what I saw? Yep, the exact thing I'd been trying not to see: a naked Bokuto. He was crouched down next to me, grinning like there was absolutely nothing wrong with this scenario at all. Of course, he had no idea who I really was. I was just his pet owl, so there was nothing wrong in his eyes.
I quickly turned my gaze down towards the floor and closed my eyes. Hopefully Bokuto would just think I was tired; not flustered about seeing more of him than I should have.
When we were finally back with the others, I decided to stay away from him for awhile. Spotting Fukunaga, I decided to hang out with him. At least he was safe to be around.
Slowly making my way over, I weakly rested my forehead against his leg. He could tell how I was feeling, so he asked what happened, in owl of course. The answer was two simple words: "Naked Bokuto."
Fukunaga laughed and patted my head comfortingly. Was has been seen can never be unseen, but with the help of a friend, you can forget. So for the rest of the night, I stuck with the quiet spiker from Nekoma, sharing a conversation that no one else had any hope of understanding.
It wasn't until it was time for bed that I finally returned to Bokuto. Even if I felt awkward about what I'd seen, I still loved him. And no matter what, I wanted to stay by his side as long as I could, even if that meant that I had to stay an owl to do it.
