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!"
few days and she wasn't sure if she was
get mad now. We'll
laughing but hard as he tried, he still
you've got
him finish his shower. She then soap him up, rinsed him off, and finally
finished, she came out to find the nurse giving Rufus medicines. The nurse was in
young and naive. She kept darting her eyes around, looking
the nurse left, Cassandra walked towards
looks like
was finally able to get back at Rufus for all the teasing and she was feeling much better
I like only you,"
sincerely. Cassandra didn't know what to feel about the
Cassandra started to feel all
his bed and gestured for her to come over, "Come, you can
heart softened at
had
a part of him that wanted her to go home and rest, but the selfish part of him wanted her to
The sofa's fine. Good
to sleep next to this
can't fall asleep if you're not next to me. I
and
didn't know what to make of this child-like Rufus. This wasn't the Rufus she knew because the man she knew was calm, collected, and strict.
fall asleep
and made herself
coming from Rufus's bed. She raised her head to see
you getting
saw Rufus trying to get up so she
coming to you since
if you looked
next to you!" Cassandra yielded.
what he wanted.
Rufus twirled Cassandra's hair into his fingers, playing
"Have you decided yet?"
in a low
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