Candlelit Bath

Basilio rubbed his eyes with a quiet groan as he rolled out of his bed and onto the pile of soft cushions he had placed on one side of his bed just for this reason as he despised having two separate beds in both bun and doll sizes; finding it ridiculous when he could simply set up small carpeted stairs to climb up instead. It was far easier this way.

Groaning as the Pride bun sat up in the cushions and rubbed at his head, his Hellfire diminishing to small embers as he dragged himself off the cushions and waddled out of his bedroom toward the walk-in closet right next to the main bathroom where he often preferred to keep his bathbombs, bubble baths, candles and such. It was simply the perfect place to place then.

".....Oh. Doll me really put most of the candles on higher shelves.....Did I at least have some foresight to put-YES I DID!" Basilio cheered briefly before groaning as his head throbbed. Rubbing at it with his paws as he crawled up a step nearby and scanned the shelf for the best candle to use.

"....That boy....I forgot how easily paralyzed I get with choices when I am feeling under weather....Still. It was quite kind of him to give me those candles despite my reluctance to accept..." Basilio recalled how his boss Casque had shown up at his door the other week with a few bags full of candles and insisted on him taking them; claiming they would come in handy and were from a friend of his. Basilio had yet to light any of the candles but there were plenty that had caught his eyes.
He would have to ask the Envy for more information on those as he had been curious about their origins. Knowing him, the friend owned a business and Basilio rather liked to have more information just in case of good potential business connections.

Basilio shook his head. No. Get out of work mode. It got you sick in the first place. Murmur this was going to be difficult wasn't it? Basilio reached in to pull a few candles forward and noticed one common thread among all of them: Wooden wicks.
His favorite. He had never liked cloth wicks of any type; finding them displeasing and wooden wicks were easier to trim plus the crackling sounds brought harmony to his Long Ears.

"I'm definitely going to have to speak to that boy. Wooden wicks? How did he-.....Actually never mind, I often burn candles over winter in my office and he's aware of that." Basilio shook his head with a soft chuckle. Casque really was quite keen when it came to picking up the smallest details from everyone around him. It was quite endearing and at times off-putting.

Now to decide which candles to take into the bathroom and light up. But did Basilio also want to take a bubble bath too? Murmur why is this such a difficult decision to make? Basilio groaned again. At least there weren't any seasonal scents--
Never mind, Basilio spotted a few autumnal ones and those were swiftly shoved away into the back, not feeling up for those right now. He did pull a few floral ones closer, thinking that those would be excellent choices to light. Now to pick which ones to take for his bath relaxation. Basilio opened a purple jar that had the name 'Allium' to sniff before closing it promptly. Too sweet! He opened another purple, this one more bluish that seemed to have the name 'Sage' for a sniff and closed. Also sweet. He pulled Lavender toward him, knowing them to be good for relaxing. Unfortunately it was also sweet smelling for him.

Fortunately, the golden jar titled 'Marigold', the pink jar titled 'Echinacea', and and white jar titled 'Snapdragon' were perfect so Basilio took then to the bathroom and set them around the bathtub, got it running with hot water and poured Echinacea-scented bubble bath in. The lights were dimmed and candles lit up as Basilio climbed into the bath to melt into the warm water soothing his aching bun body. He leaned against the edge and began to safely doze away, his hellfire dimming down into small embers buried inside the bubbly bath. The Pride relaxed so much in the bath that he did not hear the knocking at the front door nor the opening of that front door.

Diego frowned in concern when the front door he had been knocking on for a few minutes did not open up. That was unusual as Basilio always answered the door....That is unless he was... With a quiet sigh, the Greed rummaged around in his pockets until he pulled out his spare key and let himself in. There weren't any delicious scents waffling through the air which told him the kitchen was not in use so Diego headed toward the bedroom but stopped at the barely cracked door to the bathroom right next to Basilio's bedroom. From his previous visits, it was always kept open unless in use. Not to mention the dim animated lights that he could see in the cracks. What was going on? He gently nudged the door to the bathroom open and blinked at the mixed scents of marigolds, snapdragons and echinacea that greeted his nose as well as the sight of the bubbly bathtub with a dozing....Basilio in his bun form.
Sulfur, his boyfriend went and got himself again didn't he? From what Diego could tell, the Hellfire at the tips of Basilio's Long Ears and tail were diminished to embers and submerged.

Sighing softly as he approached the bathtub and knelt down in front of his sweet boyfriend before reaching out to settle a hand on the pink and grey head which had Basiliio stirring and glance up while blinking his tired dual pink eyes open. He yawned out a soft "Ah hey Diego...Sorry didn't hear you..." The hand on his head only continued to rub away and Basilio blinked up into Diego's amused small smile.

"Oh...Is it a non-verbal day?" At Diego's nod, Basilio shuffled away from the edge and glanced at the deflating bubbles. The candles were still crackling away but there was evidence of some passage of time. When he glanced back at Diego whose hands were moving. Normally Basilio would make more effort to pay attention but his head was still foggy and he shook his head "Apologies....I don't-...ah give me a moment to get out of the bath and dry up....Are you staying the night?" At Diego's nod, Basilio offered a tired smile as he shuffled out of bath and toward the towel nearby to dry his bun form with while Diego went to get the bathtub draining and put out the candles as Basilio shuffled out of the bathroom toward his bedroom with his boyfriend right on his heels.

"I'm-...My head is still foggy from the bath and yes I did overwork again. I'm really sorry...." Basilio apologized softly as he glanced up at Diego while standing at the foot of the steps leading up to his bed. He watched the Greed doll take out his phone and type something down before the phone's speakers came to life with

"It's okay, lover. I only worry. Take care please. Do you want to cuddle and get some rest?" At Basilio's nod, Diego bent down to pick him up and got settled into the bed with Basilio immediately dozing away on Diego's broad chest which had Diego smiling lovingly at him.