(continuation after Vacation Vexation)
Well, the initial excitement of wanting to go and Kurogane going too, was then met with the reality, and a certain anxiety. While Fai was super excited, he was also completely nervous and anxious, and double guessing himself. He couldn't stop worrying about it that he ended up calling Kurogane at work, asking if it was really alright and was he sure and was it too late to just give them to the kids, or to another couple who could really use a vacation more.
Kurogane groaned mentally as he listened to Fai. He should have known this would be coming. Fai and his self-depreciation were once more running high. He leaned back in his chair, "What's this? Don't think you deserve a vacation?"
"Well, I…" Kurogane could hear the hesitation in Fai's voice.
"Shut your trap, Fluorite." Kurogane decided he was not going to listen to Fai think of another fifty excuses as to why he probably shouldn't go. Or to why someone else was more in need of a vacation. Or whatever reasoning he could think of as to not think of himself first for once. He just wasn't.
"Now you listen close, and you listen good. Your had better be packed and near ready to go when we get home, or I will wring your skinny little neck till you pass out, tie you up, stuff you in a duffel bag, and then overnight you. Then I will follow you there, and while there, anytime you think of running off beforehand or acting like you're intentionally sabotaging the point of a relaxing getaway, I will knock you out. Do you understand?" He hoped that would do the trick; sometimes talking like that got through the fluff that seemed to block the blonde from getting simple things like this. Sometimes, Fai just had to think like he didn't have a choice, or it wasn't really for him first, for him to just do what it was that he really wanted. He hoped he'd been right about this being one of those times, that it wouldn't have to come to actually doing any of those said things. The complaining of his manhandling and how terrible Kuro-bondage was would be bad enough. That is, if Fai hadn't died from suffocation issues from strangling him and shipping him in a duffel bag.
A quiet little squeak came over the receiver as Fai became a bit startled, nearly dropping the receiver. "Ah… alright. I-I get it. I… I'll see you later, then."
After a weak pause as he stared at the empty space in front of him, gently setting the phone down beside him, "I … can't believe it."
"I can't believe … We're actually going!" Fai jumped up in joy, before he thought of something, "Oh god, what do you bring to a place like that?"
"Oi~! You bring your skinny ass, some clothes, your emergency inhaler I know you keep hidden in your top right dresser, just in case, and some snacks for the road; now hang up and get to work…!"
"K-Kuro-sama…!" Fai squeaked before quickly picking up his phone and pressing the end call, repeatedly, just for good measure. He'd completely forgotten he hadn't actually hung up, and was now bright red. After a few minutes of trying to kill his mortification, he made some very important calls, properly preparing for the trip.
"Was that Fai?" Tomoyo said coming over, and sitting down on Kurogane's desk, "Seems you two were having a heated conversation. I hope everything's alright on the home front."
Kurogane turned to look at his boss. "Daidouji-san," he said in greeting to his boss. "It's nothing. That idiot just needed a firm talking to."
Tomoyo smirked at Kurogane, "So what are you two arguing about this time? After the Flour Fiasco when you…"
"Daidouji-san…! Is there a point to this interrogation?" Kurogane said a bit flustered, not needing a reminder of those earlier events, that had caused a serious stir in both personal and work life, "Seriously, it's nothing. The idiot just was not wanting to go on the vacation he wanted to go on."
"And why does Kurogane have to follow him and make sure he does?"
When he heard that, he knew his boss had at least overheard his entire conversation, and wasn't going to get out without answering some more of the intimate details. "Because… it's a trip for two … And he wanted it that way, then tried to back out saying he didn't need it. The moron."
"Hmm… So where are you shipping Fai? I'll make sure to send them my best regards."
"I'm sure you would. However, I don't know either. Fai still has the tickets he got in the mail from winning some contest, and I never saw them good enough to get an exact address or name."
"Ohoho you don't say." Tomoyo said, with that smirky smile of hers that he knew did not bode entirely well.
***
Fai was joining Sakura at the table, now back from working at his Café, and after baking and decorating a batch of cupcakes, they'd settled down at the table to enjoy them. Sakura had some homework left, and Fai happily helped her with it. Once they'd finished, Sakura eagerly asked about what was going on that had Fai extra cheery today at work. Fai began to explain his own Sakura-approved version of how the planning for the trip occurred to Sakura.
"…, and that's how it happened. Kuro-sama really has a way with words."
Sakura looked at Fai, enamored, as Fai bit into one of the cupcakes they had frosted earlier. "Wow. So you two will be going out of town this weekend?"
"Can you imagine it?" Fai asked with an amused lilt. "I wish we could take Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun too; unfortunately, there were just the two tickets."
"Don't worry about it; Syaoran-kun and I were planning to go to the movies Saturday night anyway, so I hope you two have a great time together," Sakura said with a big smile.
"Thanks Sakura-chan," Fai said, hiding his sense of relief. He was glad that Sakura and Syaoran would be having fun this weekend too. That made him feel better as well, knowing while he was away, the kitten and puppy would have a chance to play. After work of course.
***
After loading the car up with their things, Fai checks that they have everything and everything is ready to go, twice, before buckling up in the passenger's seat. Kurogane shuts the backseat door securely, locks up the apartment, before climbing into the driver's seat, and buckling in. Putting the keys to the ignition, he starts the car, and begins to drive away.
***
One long drive later…
"Oi, Fluorite… we're there," Kurogane said, shrugging the other awake.
Fai sleepily opens his eyes, "Mm, already?" he says with a yawn and a small stretch of the arms. Fai slowly climbed out of the vehicle, and stared at the place. He had never been to one although they had always sounded like a good time. Still, here they were…
"Well… better go figure out which room is ours," hummed Fai, stretching out some of the car ride cramps.
As Kurogane climbed out himself, rolling his shoulder a bit, he turned to face Fai, "Room? As in, only one?"
"Maybe. Would Kuro-rin have a problem sharing a room with me?"
"I don't if you don't," Kurogane said feigning nonchalance as he pulled his arm to stretch it out before allowing them to rest at his side.
"You sure?" Fai asked.
"Yeah, what about you? You fine with it?"
Fai shrugged, "Either way is fine with me."
After checking in, the boys are shown the way to their room. Room. And boy was it a room. The master honeymoon suite, to be exact. Fai's eyes widened as he stared at it. Their entire place could fit in the room. "Wow…"
"Huh … it's a lot bigger than the room the brat and I had to share."
The coloring was a soft caramel with plush carpeting a private bathroom and small kitchen, cupboards, dressers and closets to store belongings, a living room with a magnificent panoramic view of the surrounding lands and some of the springs, and then there was the bedroom. "This … is a room?" Fai said, as though he'd stepped into someone's mansion and they said 'oh this old thing? It's the small one.'
"It's a resort, right? … I think extravagance is part of their thing." Kurogane mumbled as he brought their things in and set them inside.
"Yeah, I'll say…" Fai said still slightly dumfounded.
"Have you never even been in a hotel before?"
"Only when I was back where we used to live," Fai murmured.
T-Minus seconds until Fai started walking around exploring, finds something awe-inspiring before spastically checking out every little detail of the room, like a child on Christmas, Kurogane calculated.
Fai began looking around the place, acquainting himself with their temporary home away from home. It was a self-guided tour as he looked at things, still a bit dazed and in awe by all of this. Kurogane waited a little while, as he watched Fai instead. Fai, whom up to this point had never before seen the ocean, opened up the curtains wide, and got an eyeful. Bright sky with lazy clouds, springs nearby and grassy hillsides, twisting roads that led about, white sandy beaches with people playing with balls and sitting under rainbow striped umbrellas or basking in the warm summer rays, and the crystal clear waters that spread past the horizon line, and children and younger adults splashing about near the shore. A couple were running on the beach line. Fai just stared for a long while before Kurogane approached him.
"It's … beautiful."
"It is, isn't it?"
Fai turned to the other, "Kuro-pu … you never told me how pretty it is."
"I'm not for pretty words."
Fai smiled, turning back to the view for a while with a soft smile, just watching, before going to see the other things about the place. Opening up one of the doors in the room, he made a quiet squeal, "Kuro-rin… come here. Come see our bathroom."
Well, Kurogane wasn't too far off, he surmised following the other to the extension of the room where Fai had walked in and was examining it. Inside was the usual bathroom necessities, along with a private hot tub and plush towels. A selection of aroma therapeutic oils were nearby as available options. They had definitely gotten a luxury suite. Just the bathroom itself was a closet smaller than combining both of their bedrooms together. "Huh."
Fai had made his way over to the hot tub and began to read the instructions on how to use it. "Whoo…this thing even has a bubbly setting … I wonder if that's anything like taking a hot bath made of champagne … shaken not stirred." Fai said turning to face Kurogane with a grin.
"Don't tell me you have never used a hot tub either," Kurogane said with some disbelief. "Besides, you'd get drunk if you took a bath like that."
"Mm…It's been a while since I used the public pool's… but Kuro-ru… this is a private jacuzzi. We don't have to share it with anyone else while we are here."
"Yeah, well, you can just fawn over the tub all you want. I'm gonna go check out the bedroom. You had a nap on the way here. I didn't." Kurogane walked over to the bedroom, opening up the door to it and looked inside. He quietly shut the door, and returned to the bathroom. "Fluorite… did you ask for a 1 bed or a 2 bed?"
Fai looked up from looking at the shampoos and soaps and other cleansing products placed in the room. "One of course. You agreed sharing a room was alright. Why do we need to take up two of their rooms?"
Kurogane bit his bottom lip for a moment, taking in a breath, "By 1 or 2, they were referring to how many beds you wanted in the room, not how many rooms.
"Whaa-? Y-you mean…?"
"There's only one bed."
