It was busy at the lounge of the Caretaker Facility as the nurses were taking the residents for a little jog to outside.
Most of the residents were of retirement age, and the youngest beside Fang Raon was in their early forties.
"…Chaewon!"
The head nurse called out to the pretty nurse, who was waiting outside a door, and walked over to her.
"Yes?"
Chaewon looked over to her with a curious look.
"It's bath day today, and I was wondering—are you comfortable bathing that patient of yours—it might be weird for you since the two of you are of the same age.
"If you feel uncomfortable, some of the senior nurses can handle that for you."
The head nurse asked.
Chaewon looked at her silently for a moment, but then she shook her head and just smiled.
"I am fine. I can do it by myself."
"Alright!"
The head nurse said.
In that moment, one of the nearby doors opened, and one of the doctors rolled a wheelchair with Fang Raon on it.
"Is it done, Dr. Park?"
Chaewon stood up and asked.
"Yes, the tests are concluded. This young man was very cooperative throughout the entire procedure."
Dr. Park tapped Fang Raon on the shoulder and gave the reins of the wheelchair back to Chaewon.
She smiled, thanked the doctor, and started wheeling Fang Raon back to his room.
"…Well, how was it?"
Chaewon asked.
"…Nothing special. They are just checking what caused the sudden deterioration of my condition to cause me to become paralyzed, but I doubt they will find out."
Fang Raon said.
"You must have hope, Raon! The doctors here are very competent, and I am sure they will have answers for your condition soon."
Chaewon said.
"…"
Fang Raon didn't share the same sense of optimism as Chaewon did, but since she was nice, he didn't want to push his negativity on her.
"I guess you are right, Miss Chaewon. I just need to be patient."
He said, even though even he didn't believe what he just said.
"That's better!"
Chaewon smiled happily.
She then pushed the wheelchair over to the room, and flicked the lightswitch to illuminate the dark room.
"…Can you take me to the pod?"
Fang Raon asked.
"The thing is—it is bath time now."
Chaewon said and saw Fang Raon turn awkwardly quiet, as if that was the last thing that he wanted to do.
It almost made her giggle.
He was like a little kid not wanting to take a bath, but in this case, he just thought it would be very awkward.
She opened the cabinet and brought out a towel and soap. She then went to the bathroom and prepared the bath.
The warm water began to rise, filling the tub with steam.
Outside the bathroom, Fang Raon just listened silently as Chaewon worked on getting the bathtub ready.
She then left the bathroom and found some spare clothes at the cabinet, which were the same clothes that he was wearing now but cleaner and fresher.
It was the same old patient uniform that everyone in the facility wore.
"Alright, the bath is ready!"
She pushed him into the bathroom and took off his clothes—it would be cold, but the steam was already filling up the room, warming the air around them.
Then, Fang Raon was helped inside the bath, and the warm water enveloped him. It felt pretty nice.
The bubbles tickled his skin and entirely relaxed his muscles.
To get his mind out of the awkward moment, he started thinking about Black Online and what to do next.
'I will start with touring the floor, definitely. I don't think I will be in any hurry to try to advance to the seventh floor.
'I have heard that the difficulty of the bosses increases rapidly after the newbie floors, so to avoid an early grave, I better not try to Solo Clear this one.
'I will most likely try to reach the second level, find a party to join, and tackle the boss together.
'I have never been on a beach, so I could also enjoy myself there a little bit…'
Fang Raon's thoughts came to a stop as he heard soft footsteps approaching the bath, and the smell of a young woman tickled his nose.
His heartbeat unintentionally spiked.
"How's the bath? I hope it's not too hot."
Chaewon asked.
"…It's perfect."
Fang Raon said.
"Alright then. It's time to wash you. I will help you to get out of the bath now."
Chaewon reached out to Fang Raon, carried him out, and placed him on a small stool beside the bathtub.
"…Is this necessary? I thought it was only the bath?"
Fang Raon asked with a heavy sigh.
"Hehe, it will be alright. You will get used to this as we bathe our patients quite frequently."
Chaewon said, grabbed a sponge, dipped it inside the soapy bucket of water, and started scrubbing Fang Raon's back gently.
"Mm~ Mm~"
She was just humming a song that did calm down Fang Raon, but in the next moment, his calmness disappeared.
When she started scrubbing his shoulders, she leaned slightly forward, and her breasts touched his back.
It felt very vivid with her nipples poking his exposed back. There was nothing between and with his senses heightened, the feel was extremely clear.
Her breasts were soft, like pillows, and as he hadn't been able to see her, he didn't know that she was hiding such assets.
They were big.
'…Wait? Why is she naked? I thought the nurses would have some kind of bathing suits for this? Maybe because I am blind and she didn't think much of it?'
"Time for the front~"
Chaewon moved to the front and was about to start with his legs but then noticed that one part of him had reacted to the touch of her breasts.
It was standing tall in attention.
"Ahem…"
Chaewon shyly smiled and looked into his blind eyes with a blush spreading across her cheeks, and she then asked.
"You can feel?"
"…Yep."
Fang Raon replied awkwardly.
"…I am sorry, I didn't know. I've met few paralyzed people before, and they hadn't been able to feel anything. I thought you were the same case."
Chaewon said.
She was now burning with embarrassment.
"I should apologize. I should've told you."
Fang Raon said.
"…No, it's fine."
Chaewon said with a smile, and then she covered her hands with soap and grabbed his erected thing.
"…Miss?"
Fang Raon felt a chill run down his back.
"This also must be cleaned. If you leave it dirty, there might be all sorts of bacteria and infections that could develop!"
Chaewon said as she began to stroke his thing vigorously with her soapy hands, and Fang Raon just tried to think about anything else.
'Amitabha… Amitabha… Amitabha… Fuck!'