Taking a bath together

After Reagan publicly referred to her as 'wife' in front of everyone, Crystal was unsettled. Crystal even openly asked Made to take her horse away from Reagan's horse. And Made who was wise enough could only smile when Crystal asked him to do that, Made was wise enough to act. As a person who was once young, Made knows that the newlywed couple is in a process of adaptation that is not easy, especially with their two very different backgrounds.

"Thank you for today Bli, this is really a new experience for me," said Reagan as he continued to give affection to the black horse who had been his friend for almost five hours.

Made smiled. "I'm so happy to hear that, I hope you don't get bored if you have to play with horses again."

"How could I be bored, I just want to play with them again if allowed," said Reagan honestly. "But that's impossible, is it?"

"The horses need a little rest and a meal, if you want we can continue again in the afternoon when the sun is starting to go west." Wayan, who loves horses so much, answered Reagan's words with enthusiasm.

"Wayan."

Wayan immediately chuckled at Made's words who gave him a warning.

Likewise with Reagan who also immediately smiled a little, his eyes glanced at Crystal who was drinking coconut water given by Bayu, Made's younger brother.

"Looks like we've had enough playing around today, there are people who look so exhausted and need rest and I don't want to see them get sick from too much extreme activity like the last two days," Reagan said quietly, trying to keep his voice from being heard by others. Crystals. Reagan didn't want Crystal to get a big head.

Made pursed his lips at Reagan's words. Not wanting to disturb Reagan and Crystal, Made then invited Wayan and his young brother to return to the stables and resume their work. After the good-natured people were out of sight, Reagan then approached the table where Crystal was enjoying the freshness of the coconut water that had just been picked from the tree a moment ago.

"Already or want more?"

Crystal raised her head up, towards Reagan who was standing in front of her. "I'm still thirsty."

"Don't drink too much water, save your stomach for food. This morning you only ate a little," Reagan said again.

"But.."

"And I'm also very hungry, so quickly finish the coconut water and go back to the room."

Because her stomach was already hungry, Crystal slowly removed her lips from the stainless straw and hurriedly got up from her chair following Reagan's words to hurry back to the room. Seeing Crystal's obedience made Reagan happy, Reagan subconsciously grabbed Crystal's hand and led her to walk to their room through quite a number of stairs from where they are now and Crystal herself who was so surprised to receive this unexpected treatment from Reagan could only surrender. Crystal was completely confused with her heart.

The fragrant aroma of the food that was served on the dining table immediately made Crystal and Reagan speechless, both of them were hypnotized by the scene in front of their eyes at this time.

"Want a shower or..."

"I'm going to eat, Reagan," Crystal said in a low, half-whispered voice. "I'm really hungry."

Reagan smiled a little. "Okay, let's eat first then, but before eating we have to wash our hands and feet. Don't let us eat with the sand that is still attached."

Crystal chuckled, somehow Reagan's joke sounded so funny to her ears.

Unable to resist the temptation, Reagan and Crystal finally went to the bathroom to clean their bodies of the remaining sand. However, an unexpected accident occurred. Crystal, who was washing her feet under the automatic faucet suddenly hit the automatic sensor which immediately made water fall like a raindrop on her head and Reagan who was also in the same bathroom.

Crystal immediately screamed loudly when the cold water touched her head, she looked panicked when she saw Reagan who was also drenched like herself.

"S-sorry Reagan, I didn't mean to," Crystal said frantically. "I really didn't mean to, it looks like my hand hit the sensor so that the water came out."

"It's OK."

"Huh what?"

"It's okay Crystal, maybe we really need to take a shower before eating," Reagan said with a smile. "So you don't have to apologize."

"But…

"We can shower together to save time," Reagan said back. "You can shower inside and I shower here."

Crystal gulped, even though their bathroom currently had two sections separated by a curtain, but still it made Crystal uneasy. Because the curtain separating the inside and the outside was see-through.

"I'll be facing the other way and won't peek if that's what you're afraid of."

"N-no, I'm not afraid. I'm just worried about the food outside, I'm afraid the food will get cold if we take a shower first," Crystal stammered. Crystal was looking for a reasonable excuse to refuse Reagan's invitation to take a bath together.

"The longer the two of us argue like this, the faster the food that has been prepared for us will cool, so it's all up to you. If you don't want to take a shower now that's fine but I still want humans right now to be able to eat in peace, after all it will be dangerous if we don't shower and dry ourselves properly after being exposed to water like now. Especially before we played water on the beach, it feels like bathing with warm water is the most appropriate choice now," said Reagan again as he took off the t-shirt that was already soaking wet from his body, instantly the rows of Reagan's stomach and chest muscles were clearly visible to Crystal.

Crystal squeezed her fingers tightly, what Reagan said was true. With a body that was already soaking wet like this she would get sick if she didn't shower properly. Because she didn't want to get sick, Crystal finally chose to make peace with herself. With such a heavy step Crystal walked to the other side of the bathroom, which was still dry because of the curtain, then she turned on the warm water which then made the transparent curtain a little blurry from the hot steam. Smart girl.

Since Crystal had started to shower, Reagan did the same thing. Although there was a bit of disappointment, Reagan was quite satisfied with being able to bathe in the same room as Crystal as it is today. Reagan had not yet realized that he had begun to be attracted to Crystal, after almost three or four days of spending time with Reagan he began to feel small vibrations rising within him. A feeling that Reagan was still trying to deny.

There was no way a Reagan West would like a girl like Crystal, a girl whose origins were obscure and utterly unattractive. A girl whose beauty was far below the beauty standards of Reagan West's ex-girlfriends.

Continued