Esper Harem in the Apocalypse Chapter 18 - Relaxing Bath

Chapter 18 - Relaxing Bath

Sadly, Rudy had to stop jerking off because he couldn't get hard again. He pulled up his pants and went downstairs to eat dinner with Rebecca.
The dinner lasted for 15 minutes, but neither Rudy nor Rebecca uttered a word.
Rudy couldn't even look at Rebeca's face because he was too ashamed.
Sure, it wasn't that weird for a mother to accidentally see her son beating his meat. It happens to most teenagers, mostly.
However, for Rudy, it was more embarrassing because he may be in the body of a teenager, he was mentally still an adult.
And for a son to get caught when he is at adult age is not embarrassing, but it's humiliating. But, it was his first time getting caught while doing such a thing.
In this previous life, Rudy only masturbated when he was alone at the house. However, the house was always full after Rebecca remarried.
After eating dinner, Rudy decided to take a bath to cool off his mind. So he entered the bathroom and made sure to lock the door properly this time.
He washed his body with soap and remembered they never had shampoo.
SIGH!
Rudy used soap to wash his hair and rinsed his body with water.
He glanced at the bathtub and saw it was filled with water.
'When I took a bath in the morning, it was empty. So that means mom must have used it just now when she came back from work.'
Rudy got up and dived into the bathtub to relax. He closed his eyes and muttered, "I haven't relaxed in a bathtub since my final exams at the university. After that…"
"After that, what?" a female voice asked.
Rudy opened his eyes to see the ghost girl sitting in the bathtub in front of him. However, Rudy didn't look surprised.
"What are you doing here?" Rudy asked in a calm voice.
"I have always been with you, but you didn't notice me until now," she replied with a smile on her face.
"I thought you passed away for something since I destroyed the tunnel," Rudy remarked.
"Nope… I think I have possessed you," she said with a grin on her face.
"Well, that doesn't sound dangerous at all—- wait…" Rudy raised his brows and asked, "You said you were with me all the time?"
The ghost girl nodded without saying anything.
"So… you saw me doing…"
"You mean the 'Student-teacher porno' you were watching? Yes, I saw that too," she replied with a grin on her face.
"For your information, I was too horny to read the title, so I clicked a random video," Rudy asserted. "But… how do you know it was a porno? I mean… you said you don't remember anything… uhh… but this is common sense…"
The ghost girl giggled and said, "After the tunnel was destroyed, I got some of my memories. Although I can't seem to remember anything about me, I remember all the basic mundane things and logic of the world."
"Like?" Rudy asked with a curious look on his face.
The ghost girl moved her gaze to Rudy's snake and said, "Like you currently have a boner, so you are horny."
"..." Rudy thought of covering himself, but there was no point doing that. She had already seen it.
Rudy splashed some water at the ghost girl, but the water passed through her body.
"You can't touch me, nor I can't touch anything," she said with a sad smile on her face. "You were able to touch me in the tunnel because I was a bounded-ghost. But now, I am a free ghost."
"Get out here and let me relax." Rudy waved at her and said, "And aren't you like 18 years old? You shouldn't be here."
"Well, I spent eight years in the tunnel, so I am 26 years old. Far older than you," she commented.
"Well, jokes on you because I am much older than I look," Rudy replied and imitated the girl.
"What's your story?" she asked with a curious look on her face.
"...."
"Come on, tell me. I told you my story, right?"
"Argh!" Rudy groaned and told her everything.
There was no harm in telling her because no one else could see or hear her. And besides, he needed to share his burden with someone.
"So you were in an accident when you were 23 years old, and then you spent the rest of your life in the hospital? And now you are somehow back in time as your old self?" she uttered with a baffled look on her face.
"Yup. I know it sounds crazy, but…" Rudy shrugged his shoulders and said, "Not as crazy when I am talking to a ghost here."
"How much time did you spend in the hospital as a cripple?" she asked.
"Around six years, I guess….?"
"And how much time in the experiment center?"
"Umm… uhh…" Rudy pondered for a while to remember the time, but unfortunately, he couldn't.
"I can't… remember…"
Rudy knew the time he spent in the hospital because there was a clock on the wall of his room. However, there was no clock or calendar at the facility center. Not only that, he had soon become blind, so he had no sense of time.
He could have spent ten years or maybe even 20 years there, but he had only spent three years. However, he didn't know that.
After seeing the sad look on Rudy's face, the ghost girl closed her distance from Rudy and tried to comfort him by hugging him. But unfortunately, she passed through Rudy's body without touching it.
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Author's note- Yes! He will be able to touch her in the future!
Also, as stated in the chapter, he was 23 years old when everything happened, so his mentality is that of a 23 years old man. He wants to forget his past life, but he can't. You might not have paid attention because it was stated in a single sentence, but he has nightmares of his past life whenever he falls asleep. It's traumatizing for him.
Moreover, he had spent his teenage years working and studying hard, and he never got to experience his adolescent life. So this is his first time experiencing one. That's why, sometimes, he would make 'teenager-like' choices in the future chapters.
This chapter concludes the first volume. Look forward to the second volume!
On this occasion, I am conducting an open poll for the name of the next harem member. Start commenting now! And if you like the names in the comments, then like the words, so it will be easy for me to select from one of them!
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