Challenges of Living Together

Vacation

Ouf, I haven't updated COLT in a long while, I'm sorry!

I figured I could update tonight since I start work on Monday and I won't have a lot of time to update. I'll do my best though. That being said, I'll shut up.

Characters: Prussia, Canada

Disclaimer: This challenge always infuriated me since I found out about it right after I finished writing "Olympic Fever" 25 which has the two of them going on vacation.

Challenges of Living Together

Vacation

It was supposed to be a calming and relaxing break from their hectic lives. The intention was good and Matthew was touched by the gesture, but the fact remained they had flown six hours to get to this tropical island and it was raining. Hard.

Gilbert purchased two tickets with the money he made at the bistro where he worked and he surprised Matthew with the flight schedule about three weeks ago. He had been really looking forward to the trip, but the weather was not on their side, so far.

"Why the hell does it have to decide to rain when the awesome me gets here?" Prussia complained.

"Get over it, I'm sure it'll clear up, we've only just gotten here."

"I dunno about this, somehow, I have a feeling it's going to rain all week." Canada chose to ignore the comment and instead took their suitcases to their room. They spent the first evening of their vacation looking at the facilities of the hotel and going out to a fancy dinner the Prussian had made reservations to prior to their landing.

Supper was lovely and the two of them had a good time, despite the weather. They returned to their room after that, since it was still pouring and they decided to get better acquainted with the mattress and bed frame of their room, instead.

The following morning, they woke up to clear skies and Gilbert dared to hope it would be nice throughout the rest of the day. His hope was short lived for the moment they finished breakfast, the skies opened up and it started raining cats and Gilbirds.

They ended up going to the indoor pool and spending a few hours there, but Canada could tell Prussia was extremely disappointed their little time off wasn't going as he had planned.

In the afternoon, it stopped raining, but it was still gray and chilly so they bundled up as best they could and took a walk by the boardwalk. They window shopped a bit and then went out for dinner. Any outdoor activity was suspended that evening. since it started raining once they finished supper, again.

Prussia sincerely felt as though Old Man Fritz had gone and abandoned him up there. They ended up watching movies together in their room and Matthew fell asleep against Gilbert's shoulder halfway through the fourth movie. The Prussian closed everything off before getting some rest himself.

Their second day on what was supposed to be a tropical paradise, but was so far a giant rain bucket started off gray and cold just like the night before and Prussia wanted to go to the beach. He was fed up of spending his time cooped up inside. Canada assured him he was still having a nice time and he couldn't be blamed for the weather. Gilbert hadn't wanted to hear a word of it.

Matthew found a deck of cards in the night table and they played many, many games of "go fish". After the eleventh game, however Gilbert had enough.

"This is so un-awesome! You know what, Mattie? I say we go outside anyways! We didn't come all the way here to spend our time in the hotel. I'm sure we can find something to do." The older man didn't even give him a chance to retaliate that he grabbed Matthew's hand and dragged him outside.

They stopped by the concierge desk and Prussia asked if there were any tours they could do, despite the crappy weather. The girl looked into her computer and found them something that would give them a tour of the tropical forest. Gilbert didn't care where they were going, as long as they did something.

The tour ended up being pretty amazing. They had their own tour guide since no one else called and even though it was raining, the large foliage managed to stop most of the water. Gilbert took many pictures that afternoon and as a treat, the tour guide showed them some water falls to which they were allowed to jump off of. Now that had been fun.

The following day, despite the still shitty weather, Gilbert decided to ignore the rain and go to the beach. It was a very humid day and the water wasn't too cold so the Prussian was happy. Sure, it wasn't the same thing as when it was nice and sunny outside, but it was better than nothing. The highlight was when Canada finally joined him in the water.

In the end, of the six full days they were on the island, it rained on each and every one of them. But despite the weather and the not so promising start to their little vacation, they still managed to have a good time and enjoy the reprieve from everything.

It didn't matter what the weather man threw at you or where you went for a vacation. What truly mattered was what you made of it.

And as irony would have it, on the day they left, it was nice and sunny outside and by the time they were back home, Prussia had caught a cold. At least it had been worth it.

OWARI 21

TO BE CONTINUED

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Started writing: June 9th 2010, 10:40pm

Finished writing: June 10th 2010, 12:49am

Started typing: June 27th 2010, 8:33pm

Finished typing: June 27th 2010, 8:56pm