Omake Chapter 1: Hey… Would you like…?
The night was beautiful and calm that evening, with the crescent moon lighting the night sky.
The sound of water slightly rippling a bit as someone enters the water. The warm sensation of the hot warm touches the human skin delights the senses as the person's muscles slowly relax and unwinds themselves letting all the tension go.
It was the shrine maiden taking a nice warm bath after her battle with the ECHOES in the Bamboo Forest of the Lost.
"What a day… I can't believe how crazy things have gotten," said Reimu relaxing in the bathtub back at her shrine.
"Hey Reimu-chan? Is the water good enough for you or do you want me to heat it up some more?" called out Chris who was heating up the bathtub outside by throwing wood in the furnace under the bath house which was located behind the shrine.
"Yeah… it's perfect," cooed Reimu in a relaxing tone as her body sinks into pleasure with the warm water wrapping around her body like a blanket. Her arms resting on the top of the rims of the tub and her legs stretch out, one crossing over the other, over the rims as the rest of her body stays submerged under water with her head tilted back with a smile on her face as she enjoys her bath with a cloud of mist slowly covering the room.
"Sorry about today Reimu-chan," apologized Chris.
WHOOSH
"Huh? What are you apologizing for?" said Reimu as she moves closer to the window close by the bathtub, the sound of water rippling as Reimu leans her face out of the window to see Chris wiping his hands with a towel.
"Well for not telling you everything and getting you hurt when fighting the ECHOES," sighed Chris scratching the side of his nose.
"Listen, it's my job to beat up any bad guys threatening this worlds and its resident. It doesn't matter who or what comes my way, I always beat them and return to relaxing at the shrine. Don't apologize for something like that, I can take care of myself," assured Reimu matter-of-factly.
"If you say so… still…," replied Chris.
"Would you knock it off? It's annoying, but I appreciate your concern," said Reimu sighing a bit, "And thanks for helping me. You're OK in my book."
"Thanks!" smiled Chris.
Reimu returns to back to her regular position of lying back to enjoy the tub. However a thought popped into her head and return to the window smiling a Chris a bit who was still cleaning up the area.
"Hey Chris…" Reimu started to say.
"Hm? Something wrong?" asked Chris looking back at Reimu.
"Would you like to take a bath with me?"
SNAP
Chris shook his head a bit, eyes widen a bit, and gave Reimu a hard look with a smile acting like he didn't hear that.
"Um… I'm sorry Reimu, I didn't quite catch that. I must have misheard you, what did you say again?" asked Chris acting natural with his fingers pressing against each other as he looks at Reimu.
Reimu gives him an even wider smile.
"I say, would you like to take a bath with me?" Reimu said again.
Chris' eyes flashed up and his face intensely heat up, with a bright red face, and stumbles back a bit.
"Ah… ah… I… um… appreciate the offer, b-but I must… politely decline… I still," said Chris walking backward nervously.
CRASH
Chris accidently puts his foot into a bucket of water, when he steps back, and trips onto his butt, having the water splash on him, and gets back up to take off the bucket while hopping backwards.
"I STILL HAVE TO… UM… FINISH SWEEPING OUT IN FRONT! YEAH, THAT'S IT! SO… YEAH… GOTTA GO!" declared Chris as he zipped away from the scene.
But he just finished sweeping earlier…
Reimu sits there in the bath with a deadpanned look on her face before she breaks out into laughter.
"HAHAHA! He's too much!" laughed Reimu enjoying the scene that Chris displayed earlier.
He's such a silly boy…
After sometime, Reimu finishes her bath and exits out all dress into a fresh pair of her shrine maiden clothes and walks to the front of the shrine to see Chris sweeping the shrine's floor.
He honestly swept back here? Teehee… he's too much Reimu thought to herself.
"Hey Chris!" Reimu cried out.
Chris turns around to greet Reimu, but his face is still a little red from the earlier question Reimu gave him.
"Sorry about earlier, just wanted to tease you a bit," smiled Reimu.
"That's… OK, but honestly… that wasn't funny," grunted Chris with his eyes closed.
"And to make it up to you, I've already heated up the bath for you to take," said Reimu with her hands together in a pleading gesture.
Chris tilted his head a bit and returned a smile. "Oh, thanks! Yeah, I DO need a bath… I hate not being able to bath or take a shower at least once a day!"
"Enjoy!" said Reimu as Chris heads over to the bath house. "Just…"
Chris turns his head around to hear what Reimu has to say.
"Don't go thinking about me in the bath from earlier," Reimu playfully said.
Chris' face heated up a bit.
"REIMU-CHAN!" shouted Chris as he runs away with Reimu giggling in the background.
At the bath house, Chris has yet to take off his clothes to use the bath as he just stands there staring at it. He can't get his mind off what Reimu to say him earlier.
Don't go thinking about me in the bath earlier
Stream came out of his head as his face became bright red, as the words are still fresh in mind.
Don't think dirty thoughts about Reimu… Don't think dirty thoughts about Reimu Chris mentally shouted to himself staring at the bathtub that Reimu.
The one she uses everyday to clean her beautiful fair white skin, her silky hair, and wash her entire body from head to toe. Her elegantly frame enjoying the warmth of the water, relaxing and appreciating the sensation of the water wrapping around her body… her lovely… figure… in the moonlight…
SZZT… STATIC…. SZZT…
"AHHH!" Chris yelped.
Chris bangs his head against the wall, his face even redder than before.
I must not think dirty thoughts about Reimu… I must not think dirty thoughts about Reimu… I must not think dirty thoughts about Reimu…!
Chris repeats these words in his head and bashes his head into the wall to prevent himself to thinking about Reimu like that.
"What's the matter Chris? It's natural for boys to think about girls like that," chimed in Virus, enjoying seeing Chris punishing himself like this, popping out from Chris' psyche or soul.
"I can't…! It's ungentlemanly like to think about girls like that…! That's… insulting to Reimu and treating her like an object!" bellowed Chris.
"What? Don't you find her quite fetching?" teased Virus.
"Because shut up!" roared Chris, face even redder.
"Can't argue with that," snickered Virus before retreating back into Chris' mind.
Sometime later, Chris returns from the bathtub having finally taking a bath and approached Reimu who's sitting on the porch in the front of the shrine sipping some tea as she waits for Chris.
"Welcome back," said Reimu putting down her tea, "How was your bath?"
"I'm pretty sure you know how it went!" scowled Chris with his arms folded.
"Really? Didn't think you like taking long baths," giggled Reimu.
"Because of what you said, it took me thirty minutes to actually get the words out of my head and by that time the water was cold! I had to re-heat it!" stated an angry Chris.
"Hehehe… now you didn't think about me like that in the bath, did we?" smirked Reimu.
"Absolutely not… that's was mean Reimu-chan," pouted Chris.
"Sorry, but with everything today I needed something to ease my mind… and your expressions are really adorable," answered Reimu.
"Not funny," stated Chris looking away with Reimu giggling at his suspense.
The moon hovers above the two, as if giving the two the spotlight.
"Hey Reimu-chan… can I ask you a question?" asked Chris looking back at Reimu.
Reimu tilted her head in curiosity. "Sure, what is it?"
"What would have happen… if I took you up on that offer?" Chris asked nervously, however he already knows the answer to that question.
"Oh!" Reimu's eyes widen up a bit and then gave Chris a sly cheery smile, "Well, if you did take me up on that offer and came right in, I would've blast with my 'Fantasy Heaven' Spell Card."
Chris sighed. "I thought so…"
"What? Did you really want to take a bath with me?"
"What? Huh! NO… I mean, no. I shouldn't, we're friends after all and that would be an invasion of your privacy," said Chris waving his hands out in front in defense.
"Hahaha… I'm just teasing you again Chris-kun," giggled Reimu with a smile.
"REIMU-CHAN!"
Author's Note: This is the first omake chapter of my story and there will be many more later on that's canon to the story, unless I say otherwise. They're short funny little skits and I hope you enjoy this one.
I had this in my mind for a while and I thought it would be good for a few laughs as Chris tries to stop himself from thinking dirty thoughts of the shrine maiden who's letting him stay with her. And I wanted to show Reimu's playfully side, though she may seem be out of character a bit… but for these omake chapters I kind have them acting like that to be funny but still contain their personality to the best of my abilities.
The next chapter will return to the story and Chris will return to the Scarlet Devil Mansion where he'll finally meet Meiling and Koakuma… no Flandre yet, but I have a small cameo with her in the next two chapters. Don't worry… Chris and Flandre will meet soon enough when he returns to the Mansion for the third time.
I hope you readers enjoy my story and continue to support this story. Reading your reviews makes me happy and fills me with confidence to continue writing.
Until next time my faithful readers!
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