When I got to the bathroom, I carefully shut both doors almost all the way, keeping the one to the bedroom partially open just in case Bruno needed anything, and took the hottest shower I could stand.
And, just sayin’, but Bruno’s shower got super-duper hot.
I’m talking, burn the piss out of your inner organs hot.
I. Loved. It.
By the time I was done, my skin resembled a red cherry, and I felt cleaner than I’d ever felt in my life.
My water heater at home didn’t get that hot. And the water heater at my parents’ house, though it was new, never really stayed hot long enough to call it worthwhile.
Sharing a house with seven thousand people would be like that, though.
If the shower wasn’t running, the washing machine and or the dishwasher was.
There was just not enough supply to keep up with demand.
However, Bruno’s place didn’t have that problem.
I was smiling when I stepped out of the shower onto the fluffy bathroom mat.
Even the mat was soft.
It was like this man had prepared his home specially for me.
If he kept it up, I might not ever leave.
Smiling at that, I walked over to the sink where I’d tossed the t-shirt I’d procured and dropped the towel—again, my God, it was so soft and fluffy.
Leaning forward—I reached for the shirt and thought I heard a groan.
However, when I turned to survey the bed where I could clearly see Bruno’s face, it was to find his eyes closed and his big body breathing easily with sleep.
Frowning, I turned back around and pulled the shirt over my head, sighing happily when I felt it settle into place around my neck and shoulders.
After I was ‘dressed’ I picked up the towel and headed for the kitchen to see what I could make us for dinner.
I wouldn’t call myself a chef or anything, but I was capable of cooking a meal.
A meal, might I add, that would pass muster if push came to shove.
Cooking was just one of those things that took time away from reading or napping or generally sitting down and being immobile, and I tended not to do those things if I didn’t have to.
But when I opened his fridge, it was to find it fully stocked.
Hell, there was even meat sitting on the shelf.
Sadly, when I looked at the expiration date, it was all out of date, even the milk.
So, throwing those things away, I went through his freezer, pulling out a pound of meat that resembled hamburger.
After putting it in a bowl of cold water to thaw, I looked through his cupboards and then stalled on what I thought might be the pantry.
However, I couldn’t figure out how to open it.
It took me a good two minutes of searching to finally realize that the thing didn’t slide, push in, or pull out. It pushed up.
Which was super cool.