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Eric nodded and walked to the shower. He disrobed and stood in the shower. He ran his hand down his back, feeling the multiple scars that crisscrossed it. Especially.....He let his hand go up to his right shoulder blade. There was no scar there, but he felt it anyway, knowing what was hidden there. He shook his head. I can't keep thinking about this every time... he thought. Slowly, he pulled the shower curtain closed and began running the water. He turned the heat up and stuck his head under the shower head, feeling the water run through his hair. He closed his eyes.

Eric opened his eyes. He heard movement in the bathroom on the other side of the curtain. What Susuka had said about dark angels immediately jumped into his mind. He turned to face the curtain and watched a shadow move across it. It seemed to be looking around. Looking for him? Susuka wouldn't be doing that. She knows where I am, Well, he wasn't going to die standing in a shower.

He waited silently until the shadow seemed to turn its back to him. He moved quickly, pushing through the shower curtain, he wrapped his arms around whatever-it-was from behind, pinning its arms to its sides. He dragged it backwards into the shower. Water poured on them both as he leaned forward. With a start, he realized it WAS Susuka. "Oh no!" He said, letting go. "Susuka I'm..." His voice trailed off.

Eric looked down at her from behind. "I..." he paused for a moment. "I don't mind it that much..." he finished. "I mean, I'm sorry, I know you don't like it I didn't mean for it to happen."

A relationship...? Thought Eric. He briefly raised his mental resistance as several thoughts flooded his mind. After several seconds he lowered it again, his mind mostly blank, except for embarrassment and his actions. She probably thinks I'm a creep now... He thought. Everything that happened in the bathhouse flooded back to mind. He remembered the ice spikes and started, realizing they were in an enclosed space.

When she mentioned her PJs Eric felt even worse. Great, I've been in her house for maybe a few hours and I've already wrecked something of hers. Way to go, "I...I'l buy you a new set if they're ruined," He said.

"If your clothes are soaked you should take them off," said Eric, not thinking. "You could catch cold," The situation was new for him and he was having trouble stringing thoughts together while keeping them under complete control at the same time.

Eric didn't know what to do. Her back was to him and he could see that it was see-through. He tried to avoid looking and definitely thinking about it. It IS see-through He thought. He put his hand on her shoulder as the water continued to pour on them. "Are you....mad?" He asked.

Eric felt her press against him. He wrapped his arms around her. "Good," He whispered in her ear. "If you freeze us together like this, I'd be okay with that."