Rufus turned serious all of a sudden as Cassandra washed his back.
"Why do you have so many scars on your back? What happened?"
Cassandra hadn't noticed all of Rufus's scars until today. While most of them had already faded, they still didn't disappear completely.
She'd never seen his back this close when they were together before. 'Why did he have so many scars?'
"I fell from a cliff and got caught with one of the branches so those are scratches,"
Rufus said nonchalantly. He didn't say more but it was obvious that there was definitely more to the story.
Cassandra scrutinized the scars closely. She reached out and stroked them. The scars were flat on the skin so they couldn't be felt by the hand but the discoloration against the skin was a bit alarming. This was definitely a serious injury before.
"Does it hurt?"
Cassandra reluctantly held the shower head in her left hand and used the other to stroke Rufus's scars. Her fingers brushed the marks carefully, afraid that Rufus might get hurt.
What happened? Rufus wasn't telling her anything—he was mysterious like that and Cassandra's heart longed for him.
"No. Do you feel bad for me?"
Rufus asked with a smile on his face. He cocked his head to the side and gazed at Cassandra.
"Should I?" Cassandra pouted.
Rufus thought she was adorable for caring enough to touch his scars. Did she really believe that Rufus couldn't do anything just because he broke one leg?
"You're not making any sense. If you don't stop, you're going to have to take a shower on your own!"
Cassandra's face reddened as she tossed the shower head into Rufus's hand.
He wouldn't stop making fun of her even if all she was trying to do was help him! Well, if this was how he was going to be then she might as well just leave him to himself.
Cassandra turned around to leave but Rufus grabbed her arm to pull her towards him.
"Come on, let's finish what you started,"
Rufus said, smiling. Cassandra could tell that he was only teasing her.
"No, I'm leaving!"
days and she wasn't sure if she was still okay with
now.
he tried, he still couldn't get the
got
had to help him finish his shower. She then soap him up, rinsed him off, and finally patted him dry with a towel.
came out to find the nurse giving Rufus medicines. The nurse was in
She kept darting her eyes around, looking everywhere but
nurse left, Cassandra walked towards Rufus.
like
playful smile on her lips. She was finally able to get back at Rufus for all the
but I like only
said sincerely. Cassandra didn't know what to feel about the
Cassandra started to feel all the
gestured for her
softened at the sight of
exhausted and drained Cassandra had been
wanted her to go home and rest, but the selfish part of him wanted her to stay with him so he could see her whenever he
The sofa's fine.
than to sleep next to
not
and
the Rufus she knew because
fall asleep if you're
and made herself comfortable on
silence until Cassandra started hearing some rustling noise coming from Rufus's bed. She raised her head to see what was going on, but next thing she
are you
to get up so she ran towards
was coming to you
guise of innocence but if you looked closely, there was a glint in his eyes.
next to you!" Cassandra yielded.
got what
on the bed side by side, Rufus twirled Cassandra's hair into his fingers, playing with it lightly.
"Have you decided yet?"
in a
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