My eyes flew open at the sound of my alarm. It was time to get ready for work and head in. Samething, different day. I thought about sitting up but this time I was completely aware of the pressure against my lower body. I pulled the banket off to see Chi still alseep, drooling on my stomach. I krinkled my nose and poked her in the cheek.
"Chi." I say in a low voice. She whines and rolls over, smearing the drool. I grimace and poke her again. "Chi get up. I have to go to work." Her eyes slowly open.
"Chi go to?" She asks as she sits up and rubs her eyes, still half asleep. I stand up and pause. Do I bring her with me? Am I supposed to? I think about it as I wipe my stomach with a wet wash cloth.
"Umm..." I say. Well, how would I watch her if she don't come with me? I tilt my head as I think. "Yes. Chi has to work too." I tell her, sliding my fingers from button to button as I close my shirt.
"Let's go!" She says happily running to the door.
"Wait!" I yell after her. She freeze where she's at and looks at me over her shoulder. "Come here." I curl my finger, beckoning her closer. She turns around and runs to me. I look down into her face, just inches below mine.
"Juuz-" She begins, but I cut her off by shoving a warm wash cloth in her face and rubbing it around. When I pull it away she looks as if a thousand cameras had just gone off in her face. I couldn't help but to let out a little laugh. "Can we go now?"
Eyeing up my white shirt that she's wearing, I shake my head. "No." I unbutton the top three buttons and push them down her shoulders. "Pull your arms out." I instruct her. She follows my direction, and takes her arms out of the shirt then looks at me for what she's supposed to do next. "Lift your arms." She reaches for the ceiling so I can wrap the arms around to the back, but then I try to button one cuff to the other the shirt just falls to the floor.
"Bath time again?" She asks, peeking at me squatting behind her.
"No. I need to tie this so it don't fall." I explain as if she understood.
"Tie?" She repeats looking around. "Tie!" She exclaims pulling my untied neck tie from around my shoulders and holding it out to me.
"Good girl, Chi." I tell her as she drops it into my hands. I gently pat her on the head then pullthe shirt back up her body to try and make it in to a dress again. Once I get it positioned right, I wrap my neck tie around her waist and tie it into a bow behind her back.
"Pretty." She says in a low voice, tracing the stripes on my tie with her finger.
"Chi." I call out to her. Her head snaps up and her hair falls into her face. She lifts her bangs up to the side trying to look at me. "Now we have to do your hair." I say, studying it. How do you do hair that long. I go to my closet and grab the last of my two ties then return to the bathroom. She watches me closely while I pile her hair in my hands at the top of her head. "Spin in circles." I tell her. She tilts her head confused but listens to what I tell her anyways. Once I have her hair all twisted together, I wrap my other tie around it and let it twist up into a pile. The final result is something tha resembles a bun. I nod in approval and tuck try to tuck in the end of the tie, but fail several times. Fed up with trying to make it stay I take my own hair clip and clip it in place. "Stay." I tell it.
"Chi is pretty!" She marvels, looking at her reflection. I use my remaining clip to pin my bangs to the top of my head, knowing that it was the best I could do with only one clip. Chi gasps looking at my reflection in the mirror then turns around and looks at me.
"Huh?" I ask, peering down at her as I squeeze an excessive amount of tooth past on to my tooth brush. I look down and jump seeing the mountain of toothpaste falling off.
"Juuzou is cute." She says gazing up at me. I jump again turning my attention to her feeling my cheeks get hot. She said I'm cute?
I turn and shove my toothbrush and toothpast mountain into my mouth, trying to pretend I didn't hear her. When I finally tear my eyes off her and look into the mirror, not only is toothpaste foam bubbling around my mouth like I have minty fresh rabies, but my cheeks are pink from her compliment. Am I blushing? I move closer to the mirror to get a better look.
"Magic in mouth?" I hear her ask from behind me.
"Mhmm." I hum, scrubbing my teeth more. I glance at her in the mirror then have to do a double take. She was holding the bar of soap and was about to take a bite out of it. I reach behind me and snatch it out of her hand as I spit the foam into the sink. "Not this magic. This magic is not for mouth. It's only for body." I explain before slurping up water and rinsing. I spit out the water and rinse my toothbrush then realize it's the only one I have. Is it okay to share? I eye it up then look at her. Sharing is nice. I shurg and squeeze more tooth paste onto the brush. "This it magic for mouth. Only for mouth." I explain. "Do not shallow it. It will make you sick." I tell her as I pull her mouth open and begin scrubbing her teeth.
When I finish she giggles and growls at her reflection in the mirror. "Chi is monster." She says before holding her hand up like they are claws and growling at me. I shake my head and wipe her face with the wash cloth again.
"Rinse." I tell her holding water cupped in my hands out to her. She slurps it up and swishes it around.
"Ahhh." She sighs with a smile, wiping her mouth with the back of her arm. I look at her astonished. I did tell her not to swallow it right? "Tingley." She says looking at her teeth in the mirror.
"Hey, Chi. I told you not to swallow that." I say in a firm voice.
"But, Chi was thirsty." She tries to reason. I shake my head and roll my eyes.
"Go put on those slippers." I say pointing to a pair of red house shoes. She bounces out of the bathroom to where I'm pointing as I slip my own shoes on.
"Can we go now?" Chi asks squating down and staring at the door knob.
"Yeah." I say opening the door. As soon as it's open she takes off like a rocket. I stare after her running down the street wide-eyed. Does she even know where to go? I wonder and watch her bolt across the street. Nope. I look to my right and see the weird rope thing thats supposed to hold the curtains open. I grab it and hang it around my neck then go chasing after her. "Chi." I call after her but she runs even faster. I turn down an alley way and pick up my speed planning on cutting her off at the other end. Luckily, everything goes as planed and we collide as I reach the opening. Just as Chi is about to fall in the street in on coming taffic, I grab her arm and pull her agaisnt my chest, wrapping my arms protectively around her. She looks up at me in surprise.
"Juuzou saved Chi?" She asked.
"Chi, that was vey bad." I scolded her, dropping the lasso I had made in the curtain rope around her neck. "Don't ever do that again." I warn shaking my finger as I pull he rope tighter to secure it, while trying to catch my breath.
Chi just smiles up at me. "Chi is sorry."