I guess what I'll do with these chapters is to do a switch thing. One day is filled with excitement, the next is the day for the characters to rest and maybe stick some fluffy fluff in their hotel-room lives. Please enjoy this chapter as well!
Both parties were extremely tired of walking around in the Bellagio, so they decided not to do anything that day.
Phoenix woke up and looked across the room to Maya sleeping in the bed next to him. She was turned to him, and her sleeping face seemed so gentle and peaceful, unlike her jumpy and devilish persona when she was awake. Maya seemed like an obedient, well-mannered angel when she was sleeping, and maybe Phoenix liked this view of her better; she wasn't as much as a pain when she was asleep.
Then she suddenly woke up, and found Phoenix staring at her intently. Her eyes widened with greeting, and a smirk crossed her face as she raised both of her eyebrows quickly.
Phoenix could not help but cross over to her bed. He brought his laptop with him, and told Maya of his plan to video chat Pearl.
"Ah, that's a great idea! Wait, does Pearly know how to use a computer?" Maya did not mind that Phoenix went into her bed, and continued with her spunky self.
"I hope so. I taught her how to connect with us, so I'll contact her right now…"
Phoenix turned on the laptop and started to connect. The next moment, Pearl's bright face showed up on the screen.
"Ah! Mr. Nick, Mystic Maya! If I can see you, does that mean I used the com-pyoo-tur right?"
Phoenix and Maya both laughed and nodded their heads.
Pearl clapped her hands. "Oh, goody! What did you do? Mr. Nick, did you do anything… romantic for Mystic Maya? It is Christmas, after all!" Pearl turned a cute shade of pink at the thought of Maya and Phoenix being romantically involved.
Both yelled at the same time, "Pearls/Pearly! We aren't like that!"
Pearl laughed and ignored their comment. "Please, tell me all the great adventures you had."
Maya smiled and started. "Well, there's a lot to say. First, we went…"
Maya and Phoenix just sat in the bed in their pajamas for the rest of the day video chatting with Pearl. The adventures have yet to begin.
"Haaaaaaahhh! A fountain? That is definitely romantic, Mr. Nick!
Y-Yeah, I guess so.
Nick, what are you doing blushing?!"
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Once again, Franziska woke up with Miles's arms around her and his warm breath flickering on the back of her neck. She turned around and gazed at his sleeping face. Peaceful, it was; there were creases of a nightmare on his face, but it was smoothed over by her presence.
Franziska didn't even get up; her legs were simply too sore to move, so she slept some more, and ended up sleeping the whole day.
Miles woke up at some point, also. He would have liked to get up, but Franziska was snuggling with his arm, and if he moved it away from her, she would have woken up. Franziska isn't a very pleasant person to be with if you forcefully wake her up, and plus, she looked really adorable cuddling with his one arm. Since he couldn't move, he decided to go back to sleep, and Miles ended up sleeping for the rest of the day, too.
What both pairs basically did the whole day was stay in bed and waste time.
"My legs are sore, Nick! I'm staying here!
I'm not asking you to move; my legs hurt, too."
"Mrmmph… Fool… Mmph…"
