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It took them a while to find an inn, but eventually, they found a dinky one near the coast of Ionia, facing Valoran.

The inn was quiet, unlike other ones that are lively with lots of people from all walks of life. There was no one else except for them and the inn manager.

"This is still weird for me, you know." Icarus commented.

Ahri looked at him, tilting her head and raising her eyebrow, with a smug look on her face.

"You're with a girl who has nine tails, and you're on another planet with magic. I think I can get why you still think things are weird. For goodness' sake, you've been here for like… 6 hours!"

"No, I don't mean that! It's just… Back on Earth, everything was… Laden with technology. It's like I've traveled back in time." He looked around the inn, noting the torches on the walls and the stone floor. It was like the medieval ages.

"We can talk about Earth later, come on, we need to get a room." Ahri said, taking his hand and leading him towards the counter.

"Hey. We'd like to rent a room, one night only." Ahri said, rather airily, while twirling her thumbs in midair.

"That'll be 17 gold."

"I don't have money." Icarus whispered to her. She looked at him and down to her dress, trying to find a pocket. She looked at Icarus again.

"Shush. Not a word." She whispered back. She turned back to the manager, trying to make small talk. She put one of her hands behind her, and summoned a magic orb.

"Whoa." Icarus whispered, stepping back a bit.

Ahri hesitated for a while, before suddenly releasing the orb, making it hit the manager's face. His pupils widened and he seemed to fall into a trance.

"You will give us this room for free. In fact, anything we get from here is free. For life. Do you understand?" Ahri asked.

"I will give you this room for free. Anything you get from here is free for life." The manager replied blankly, his eyes unseeing.

"Good. Now, awaken." Ahri said, her voice suggesting this was normal for her. The manager's pupils shrunk back to their normal size, and he seemed to regain control of himself.

"We'd like a room." Ahri stated, her face as bright as ever.

"Sure! The one to your right. It's yours for free. Anything you buy, it's on the house!" the manager said, rather cheerfully.

"Thanks!" Ahri said.

They walked towards the room, opening the door and closing it behind them. It was rather cozy, with a fireplace keeping the room warm.

"Only one bed." Ahri commented.

"Oh, I can go ask the manager to get us a room with two beds, if you—" Icarus was silenced by a finger on his mouth.

"Forget it! We're staying in this room."

"Why?" Icarus implored.

"Only one bed." Ahri said again, rather sultrily. Icarus found it too tiring to argue, and examined the room. He found it quite comfortable himself. To his surprise, he found it on par with the high-quality hotels back on Earth, only this time it was more cozy.

He remembered what Ahri had done to the manager, and couldn't help but feel sorry for the lad.

"I sure hope you're not going to do something like what you did to the manager to me." Icarus said to her, rather seriously.

"Why?"

"I don't like… doing things I don't want to. It… brings back bad memories." Icarus said solemnly, sitting on the bed.

Ahri sat down next to him, patting his shoulder, her tails following suit.

"Don't worry. I'm not going to do anything like that to you." Ahri said, smiling.

Icarus looked back to her, and returned the smile. They stayed like that for a few minutes, staring at each other, before Icarus spoke up.

"You know, your eyes themselves are already pretty hypnotizing." Icarus commented.

"Really? Then I command you to kiss me!" Ahri said, half-joking.

She didn't expect a response, but was surprised when Icarus leaned in.

"Whoa, whoa, I was joking!" Ahri said, giggling.

"I know, I'm just… getting a little sleepy. Today was a big day." Icarus said, yawning.

"Then go ahead and sleep, silly!" Still giggling, she pushed Icarus onto the bed. To Icarus' surprise and dismay, she climbed on top of him.

"Look, I like you Ahri, but this is way too soon for us to be doing… this." He gestured at their position.

"Don't you worry. I'm not going to try anything. I just need someone to cuddle with. I'm sooo cold."

"Cuddling with someone not one day after they meet is still weird, you know."

"Oh, come on! I just want to cuddle." Ahri said, trying her best to perform her own version of the puppy eyes. Icarus couldn't help but smile, as well as sigh.

"Fine."

"Yay!" she proceeded to cuddle him while she was on top, much to Icarus' dislike.

"Could you…?" Icarus started, while putting her on the other side of the bed. She looked up at him and said;

"This is actually better." She wrapped her hands and tails around Icarus again, effectively acting as his blanket as she drifted off to her sleep.

"This is actually quite comfortable." Icarus thought, while becoming drowsy himself.

Icarus woke up quite comfortably. A quick glance to his right told him it was still quite early in the morning. He looked down onto Ahri, who was nuzzled into the crook of his neck, her hands still wrapped around him, tails covering them both.

He looked at Ahri and smiled. "She's not too bad herself." She was quite a beautiful woman. Her jet black hair and her white skin and tails combined nicely with her red dress. He wondered where she got the dress from, but decided not to question it.

Then, two voices started talking in his mind.

"She's an incredibly beautiful girl. She likes you too, why do you reject her?"

"I don't want to ruin a friendship."

"Sex isn't going to ruin a friendship!"

"I don't want sex. I want something deeper. I don't want to be a plaything."

"Oh come on!"

He silenced both of the voices before returning back to reality. He looked at Ahri again, who was still sleeping. Then, he got an idea.

He gingerly removed his arm from Ahri's grip, making sure not to wake her. He slowly put it behind her ear, and started scratching it, curious what her response could be.

To his surprise, Ahri started to purr, like a cat would. She moaned in delight and hugged Icarus tighter.

Icarus couldn't help but giggle at the sight. He didn't stop scratching her ear for a few more minutes until she woke up, her ears perking up as she sat up quickly.

"What were you doing to me on my sleep?" Ahri asked him accusingly.

"Nothing! I was just… curious and decided to scratch your ear. You seemed to really like it."

"No, I don't!" Ahri said.

Icarus didn't respond, raising his eyebrow, smiling smugly at her.

"Fine. I liked it. Can you do that one more time, please?" Ahri asked as she cuddled with Icarus again.

Icarus had no reason to not comply, and started scratching her ear again.

Ahri started to purr involuntarily and hugged him tighter again.

"That feels really nice…" Ahri said dreamily.

"I hate to admit this, but I like doing this to you. It's cute." Icarus said, still scratching her ear. Ahri smiled against his chest.

"You aren't leaving soon, are you?" Ahri asked him nervously.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean, you're not leaving me soon, right?" Ahri asked again, this time slower.

Icarus chuckled.

"No. I'm not leaving you, Ahri. You're quite nice to be with." He smiled at her.

"Good, because I swear to god, if you are leaving me anytime soon, I'm going to find you and I will kill you." Ahri joked.

"That kind of ruins the point of finding me in the first place, silly."

"Yeah, but you get what I mean."

They didn't move for a few more minutes.

"Can we be like this all the time?" Ahri asked, a tinge of longing in her voice.

"Well, I have no reason to say no to that. I like this too." Icarus noted.

"Yay!" Ahri smiled.

"But we have to get moving soon."

"5 more hours!"

"That's a bit excessive."

"I just… Let's just stay here for a while more. I like this." Ahri said.

"This is very unusual for… friends to be doing, you know that?"

A pang of sadness hit Ahri like a rock, although to her dismay, she didn't know why. She shrugged off the feeling before replying to Icarus again.

"To repeat what I said yesterday, you're with a girl with nine tails, and on another planet with magic. I don't find this unusual at all."

Icarus sighed again, before resigning to her argument.

"Come on now. Let's go." He said, patting her on her head as he tried to get out of the bed. Ahri pulled him back in, cuddling with him even tighter.

"One more minute! No, ten! No, twenty!"

Icarus grumbled.