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It was early morning when Saitama woke up to the tap running water, he looked around from where he was laying down on the futon and found his cyborg companion nowhere to be seen, his futon was empty but not folded in the corner like usually when he woke up, very unlike Genos. The bald hero then sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes, this was strange he thought to himself,
usually Genos also woke him up for breakfast. But it seemed that today was not the case, as saitama changed out of his pajamas to a t-shirt and shorts he heard the sound of someone turning off the water.
The sound was coming from the bathroom, so Saitama strolled over to the wide open bathroom door to greet his disciple a good morning, however the words died in his mouth when he saw Genos sitting in the bathtub naked while furiously scrubbing his arm with a sponge. Genos didn’t seem to notice him in the doorway though so he opted to catch his attention instead of standing where he was and waiting for Genos to see him.
”Genos? what are you doing?” as soon as Saitama said that the blonde cyborg quickly turned his head to the source of the sound, he seemed so immersed in what he was doing that Saitamas voice startled him. ”Oh!” he squeaked and dropped the sponge. ”Sensei, I am just cleaning my plates. however, this grime is not coming off.” Genos said the last bit with frustration and a small frown on his lips.
It was a little cute in Saitamas opinion, Genos always got easily frustrated with small things, although that is something he needs to work on it was still something he found adorable about Genos. Not that he would ever tell him that, hes never been good with words, even if they were together now, if only for two weeks but still.
Apparently Genos wasn’t only one distracted, because the older man didn’t notice him getting up from the bathtub till he was was standing with a towel wrapped around his waist, the younger man was giving him a strange look as he dried his hair with a second towel. Saitama then rememberd their conversation they were just having. ”Well..” he started, rubbing the back of his hairless neck ”how do you usually clean yourself?”
The cyborg hung the towel by the sink and bent over to pick up his pants. ”when i was living with doctor Kuseno I had high pressure water cleaning me” the dragged the zipper of his pants and buckled his belt. ”similar to a car wash, Sensei” he finished with.
The bald hero considered it for a second, a car wash? Saitama didn’t like wasting money, that was a fact most of his associates knew very well, however with his disciple it wasn’t as cut and dry. he could afford to indulge his boyfriend once in a while whether it was going to a bath house (especially now that he knew it didn’t even work on him??) or taking him to a car wash, besides, Genos deserved it with all the work he has been doing to get stronger. Even if Genos gestures outweigh Saitamas by a long shot, it is at least something to show his appreciation. So Saitama made up his mind, hes doing it.
”a car wash? we could go visit that” It was almost concerning the look of genuine shock Genos gave him, was he that bad at treating his boyfriend? ”yes Sensei! we haven’t had breakfast yet though” the older man sighed at his partners enthusiasm, was it really necessary to be so loud at 7 am in the morning? ”after breakfast then, i’ll go wash up and you go make something” Saitama gave him a quick kiss on the cheek making his companions fans start humming gently. ”thank you Sensei” he got a kiss back, on the lips this time.
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It was a few hours later that they finally made it over to the car wash, the closest one was in city J, but Genos insisted they run there instead of taking public transportation. Saitama was worried at first how he would explain to the owners that he was gonna put a person where a car should be, but luckily (and surprisingly) due to the cyborgs popularity, the owners reluctantly complied if only for concern of his safety. And it took half an hour to convice Genos not to pay for it, only with the promise that he would get to pay for the groceries later.
So the older man was stuck waiting ay the other end of the wash while holding Genos clothes for him, he was probably getting sprayed with water and soap at the moment, the cheap kind that still smelled nice. But the look on Genos face from this morning still bugged him, is this a sign he needed to show his appreciation some other way? Saitama was more a quality time kinda guy, although Genos was content with that, maybe he should give gifts a shot? or try saying nice things? he didn’t really know, but he would certainly try every goddamn love language there is for his cyborg.
And speaking of the devil, said cyborg was walking up to him with a shining smile on his face, literally and figuratively speaking too, the dudes whole body was shiny from head to toe. So much so that it was a challenge even looking at him, why did it have to be so sunny today?!.
”Thank you Sensei! now my plates are in primal condition” he said, making quick work of putting on his clothes as they began walking, much to Saitamas relief.
”Youre a bit TOO clean dude…” even if it was easier looking at him with a shirt on, his arms were still a problem, too bad Genos hated sleeves. ”Could you put a jacket on though? you are seriously going to blind someone with that” Saitama groaned, keeping one hand in front of his face. ”I’m sorry, but I didn’t bring any extra clothes with me, and we still have to go grocery shopping in this city” the bald man shrugged before taking off his hoodie and handing it to Genos. ”I know you don’t like sleeves and all, but you should wear mine util we’re home at least”
when the blonde began steaming Saitama quickly got upset ”Oi! whats with that face? why do you get so flustered when i only do small things for you??” he then took the hoodie reluctantly, and gave him a small grin.
”You’re very sweet to me...its just hard accepting affection from someone as incredible as you Saitama” he uttered while pulling the hoodie over his head, and now it was his partners time to get flustered
”oh…shut up!” Saitama chuckled despite his words, and put his arm around Genos’ waist. Maybe they should go out more, they could try camping together… yeah camping sounds fun.