No, they (prepare to) have a bath

"Okay, fine, we can have a bath then."

"Haven't you already bathed?"

Smiling, she replies, "I would love to bathe together with you, I don't care if I've already bathed."

"If you wish, we can go to my bathroom."

After a year and half, the halls of my apartment finally hear footsteps, and those footsteps stop at the door of my bathroom.

Putting her palm on the door, I hear, "It's been a long time since I've been here, the softness of the wood feels like I'm in an entirely new home, rather than a frequently visited place."

"Well, this is also my first time using my bathroom in so long, and also my first time bathing with you".

She giggles, and says "I can see that you're blushing, you don't need to worry, just relax and let me scrub you clean", her voice's melody is like that of an angelic harp.

I turn the knob; the Turkey red tiles and the antique white walls have by and large remained the same as they were 2 years ago, except for some accumulated dust. The sink, shower, and bathtub, however, seem as if no time had passed.

"Shower or bathtub, madam?"

"Shower, and no need to be so polite, you're really making me giggle a lot today."

"Hey, I want to see you happy and smiling, can you blame a man for wanting to see such a beautiful woman happy?"

"Well, would you look at that, looks like now it's your time to blush", those words come out from my lips with an air of confidence; then I feel a light hit on my shoulder.

"Stooop!"

"Alright, alright, let's go in."

"I want to undress you though."

"In that case, then I also want to undress you."

Her cheeks flush crimson red.

"But-but, you've never undre-"

"It's alright Chloe, you suggested that we bathe, I'll be seeing you naked regardless, how about we remove each other's clothes at the same time?"

"Alright, fine."

And with that, her dark skinny jeans and beige blouse stop hugging her figure, and she removes my attire, starting with my yellow gloves, which had become difficult to remove, followed by my grey-ish lab coat, lime green cotton T-shirt, and dark blue jeans.

"Damn, your clothes are really sweaty, the colour of your lab coat seems to have darkened because of the sweat, it's almost black in your armpit region, and these gloves should've been easy to remove, but I assume that because of the constant wear that's no longer the case. Still, it's just one more indication of all the hard work that you put in for me."

I see that big smile across her lips once more, "I can't thank you enough for what you've done for me, I never asked you to isolate yourself or break your back to make the tampon-shaped machine, but you did it anyway, and for that my gratefulness cannot be expressed by mere words. The joy that I now feel, the satisfaction that I'm basking in, I can't put it into words, from the bottom of my heart, this joy, this happiness, is so great, I feel like I'm no longer a human, but rather the personification of happiness, truly, I can't thank you enough, Lukács."

"Wow, you haven't called me Lukács in a long time, you usually call me Lew."

"I'm just that happy about what you've done for me, it's hard to put it all into words."

"Very well, shall we go into the shower?", I can feel my cheeks red by both her happiness and seeing her naked body.

"Yes, let's go!", I catch her grinning.

[This chapter ended up being REALLY long, I planned to write the full bath scene in this chapter, but nah, it's probably the length of 4 chapters.]

(this is a rough idea of what I imagine he looks like, created by Dall-E)