The warm water that fall in the big bath tub...

The little smoke that could be seen in the room....

And there stand two person in front of the bath tub.

A girl without her dirty clothes that is hiding in a big towel.

And a tall demon that is waiting for her to get in.

- Come on child. Go in it without the towel.

The kid shake her head a lot.

- I-I don't wanna!

- Yes you do!

- N-No I don't!

- You do!

- I don't!

The demon was getting enough of this. He grab the towel and tank it away from the little girl.

- You go in the bath now! Or else I'll... I'll...

The girl was covering her body in a shaking way. On her body there was a lot of scars.

The demon was again surprised by those scars. He even stare at the long one on her back.
'Who the hell could do that to their own kid?'though the demon in disgust for what the girl parents did to her.

- P-Please don't hit me..

The demon shake his head and get out of his though to see the little girl kneeled on the floor, hugging her legs close to her chest with eyes closed. He sighed again. 'Guess this cannot be help...'

The girl waited to be hit. But instead she heard the noise of something that fell on the floor. She open her eyes and glance over to the demon to see that he was naked except he had the towel wrap around his lower part of his body.

She blushed a little.

- Now we both are equals...

He either have on his body some scars but not a lot has the girl has. There is a big one that goes on the top left hand of his chest and goes down to the bottom hand right. Then he got another one that pass to the lower part of his chest from the right and goes straight to the left.

The small girls watch the scars on him, like she was impress of them. She even think he was like her. Attacked by someone who don't like her. She slowly stand up with her hands only covering her lower part.

- Y-You too get hit because no one love you?

The demon scratch the back of his neck has he think about what she just say. 'She must think this scar are like I'm being abuse... But those are only battle scars.' He though has he felt a little nervous to tell her that.

- Kind of...

Her eyes seem to sparkles a little suddenly.

- Then... Then we are partner!

The demon flinched to that. But then he look at her a little confused.

- P-Partner?

- Yes!

She beamed has she raised her arms up for a second before she quickly cover her lower part again.

- I-I mean yes...

The demon look at the embarrassed girl. Then he glance over to the bath tub.

- Now will you go in the bath?

The girl nodded and slowly goes in the bath. The water was warm and it was new to her. This sensation of something hot hitting her cold skin. She sit down and appreciate the warm temperature.

- T-This is so cool...

The demon smirked to the sight. He sited down on the cold floor and put a arm on the bottom of the bath tub.

- That is what you call a bath child.

- R-Really?

She look to him curious.
He nodded then he grab a bottle of bath shampoo.

- Yes, and there is also some bubbles in it.

He open the bottle then, he pour some of the green looking like liquid from the bottle in the water. The girl look at the liquid that evaporate slowly in the water.

- Bubbles? What is bubbles?

She asked curious.
The demon smirk got bigger.

- You'll see dear.

He put his hand in the water where he had put the bath shampoo. Then he moves them a little fast and some bubbles could be seen being formed. Then he turn on the water again after he remove his hands.

The girl watch with sparkles in her eyes amazed to the bath getting all bubbling. She even try to catch the bubbles that fly up over her head.

The demon only chuckles when he see her like that. Then he stop adding more water in the bath tub.

- It's fun to have a bath right?

The girl look to him and nods a lot with a happy face.

'That is a better face than the one with being afraid..'He though in relief.

Then he grab the sponge and the soap.

- Are you ready to get clean child?

She tilt her head a little. Then her eyes look to the sponge and the soap puzzled.

- clean? Like when you clean the dishes? Or when you clean the clothes?

Again the demon feel like it's going to be a hard work to explain something to a child.

- Yes.. Like those but, instead it's your body that you clean child.

The girl nodded and then she was going to grab the soap.

- Then I am ready to clean my body!

The determination could be seen on the kid face while the demon was surprised that she understand what to do. When she use the soap on her body the demon decide it was better to not watch her do it. So instead he play with some bubbles stick on the water surface.

The girl soon stop cleaning her body when she watch the demon play with the bubbles.

- Do you want to clean your body too?

The demon stop what he was doing.

- what? No no I-

- Don't be shy! And isn't it your house? You are also naked...

She said the last sentence in a low tone. Like she did not want him to heard that sentence but he heard her clearly and he blushed a little in embarrassment.

- You know that... I am an adult and you are only a child?

- yes... And what's wrong with that? We only are only going to clean our body..

The demon got a bad though about what she just said. He rubbed his forehead while thinking. 'She is too innocent...'

In the end he got in the bath tub with her.

'This is awkward for me... But the kid seem to be happy to see that I'm in the bath with her with her..'

He then shrugs and decide to clean himself too. The girl watch him do it then she copy him.
He notice her copying when he was finish cleaning his body.

- Looks like you did copy me... Now how about I clean your hair? They seem to be very dirty too.

She giggles and nodded.
He got in action in processing to clean her hair with a special bottle for hair shampoo.
He put some in his hands then he start to massage the kid hair then he playfully make a funny hairstyle since he never had to touch someone hair before.

- Is it good little one?

She seem to like the massage on her hair since she did not answer him. She even almost feel like she is falling asleep there.

- I take that silence has a yes...

He then clean the hair shampoo on her head by pouring some water on. After that cleaning moment in the bath. The both got out with towel on them.

- Now how about you get some new clothes ?

- new... Clothes? For real?

He nodded and goes walk out of the bathroom. The girl follow him. Both where walking in a long hallway with only towel on. Does this look funny to see? A tall demon in a big towel walking to somewhere. With like a small human that does the same way has him?

Well that is what is going on right now.

Once they got to the room where the demon had lead the way for the girl. The man went over some closet and open them to show a lot, and that is a lot of clothes inside. He search something inside while the girl watch the room she was in. She notice it to be the demon bedroom with how the wall colors are and also the picture of him with some friends, or maybe it's his family?

- Is this your family there?

She said pointing over the picture has she glance over to him. He only froze a little has he keep searching something that could suit the kid. He sure have to put her clothes that fit for her.

- Mister?

She raised down her finger and take a step closer to him with hesitation.

- who are they?

He got an old looking white shirt that seem to be suitable for the little girl.

- This people on this photos are... Some old friends and there is either some of my family..

The girl looked worried when she heard him say that in a sad tone. He throw the white old shirt to his bed then he search some clothes to wear for him. The girl look to the old white shirt then to the demon.

- Is this what I have to wear?

He take his time to answer the little girl.

- For today yes... I will have to go tomorrow bought some clothes that fit you better. But now you will have my old shirt with either one of my small and old underwear..

She blinked then went over to the old shirt has she drop her towel on the floor. She put the old white shirt on her then goes to found the underwear since she see that the demon was busy trying to found something to wear. 'Where is his underwear?' she though while scanning the room.

- If you dear search them, they are in the box from the closet next to me.

She flinched a little. She have to get used to the demon reading her though. But now she knows where are the underwear. She search in the closet then she found the box with underwear inside. She keep searching until she found a small underwear that seem to be old.

- Found it!

She said with happiness has she raised it in the air. The demon take a glance over to her when he got out the clothes he needed.
He smiled has he then put his clean clothes on the edge of the bed and come over to her.

- That's great you did it child. Now you better put it on than playfully swaying it around.

She stop moving around her arms has she nods to him and does has he said. It was now the turn of the demon to wear his clothes while the kid was getting busy at watching the pictures on the walls and the one standing on the night stand. 'He sure seem to be happy on those... He is lucky to be loved.. But why does he have the same marks on his body has mine?'

- Those marks you saw on me are battle scar.

Said the demon that is now in his pyjama has he was standing behind her. She got surprised to not have heard him move over. Guess she was to focus on the pictures...

- Mine and yours came from different moment. Me it was because I got attack by my enemies. You... They came from your parents right?

The girl hold on the white shirt and nodded.

- Yes...

- Did you do something wrong to get them?

She shake her head. She don't think it was bad what she did in her life for her parents.

- N-No... My mom always said bad and mean things to me. It's her who made those marks on me.. My dad.. He.. He was only watching me get hurt. A-And sometimes he would interrupt my mom to only do what she does but in h-his way.

She feel like she is going to cry again. She remember the bad time she got there and the demon could feel how she is feeling right now. So he picked her up from the floor and hugged her. She was again surprise by the warm embrace. But she hug him back.

- What about we both go have something to eat in the kitchen?

After asking that question a sound came out of the girl belly. She blushed a little and nodded.

- Y-Yes...

He chuckles and goes out of his bedroom with her.

- Then let's go eat young one.

To be continue...