Tecna and Timmy 9: theres only one bed and we sleep as far away from each other as possible but wake up cuddling

There were supposed to be two beds. How hard was it to make sure there were two beds? Tecna wouldn't consider herself a normally violent person, but she had half a mind to beat whoever had messed up senseless. It took a minute before she remembered that Musa had been the one to make the reservations and the realization that Musa had likely messed up on purpose hit her hard – like she would possibly do to Musa.

She and Timmy had been sent to Oppositus on a scouting mission to see the state of the realm after Valtor's attack and to figure out what they could about the attack and Valtor. When the girls had learned Timmy would be the only specialist going, they'd volunteered Tecna to go with him. Honestly, Tecna was happy to go – she and Timmy were a couple, after all, and it was a great opportunity to spend some time together – but this single bed scenario was too far out of her comfort zone. They'd barely kissed that much; they were nowhere near sharing a bed.

"Well, looks like they don't have any other rooms available" Timmy announced as he entered the hotel room. "Apparently a lot of homes were destroyed, and people have been staying in hotels."

Tecna nodded silently, running her hands over her thighs nervously. Timmy took a seat on the plush bed beside her and stopped her hands from rubbing through her pants. Once he was certain she wouldn't inadvertently start a fire, he laid back on the bed, stretching his arms out into the down comforter. At least Musa had had the foresight to get a double bed and book them in a nice hotel instead of a cheap motel. That didn't mean Tecna would forgive her though.

"I think there's a sleeping bag in the ship" Timmy told her, sitting back up beside her. "I can sleep on the floor while we're here."

"We're here for two nights, Timmy. I don't want you to be tired and uncomfortable because of me."

Timmy shrugged and gave her a soft laugh that made her heart bounce out of her chest. "I've slept in more uncomfortable places than a hotel room floor. I don't mind."

Tecna was about to object, but the redhead was out of the room and on his way to the ship they'd parked out front that took up much more than their allotted single parking space before she could speak. He returned five minutes later with a blue bag the colour of the Red Fountain uniform rolled under his arm. His head swiveled trying to figure out where to set up before he accepted that the only spot was beside the bed; the room was nice, but it was far from big.

Once the sleeping bag was unrolled, Timmy came to the unfortunate realization that he would not be able to sleep in it. "This must be the one Brandon accidentally spilled coffee on during our last mission... I guess he forgot to get it cleaned..."

"It's okay, Timmy. We can share the bed."

"Are you sure?" He looked up at Tecna, who wore an inscrutable expression. He knew Tecna had boundaries and that she took time to open up to certain things. Besides their first kiss after their time in the resort realm, they'd only kissed a handful of times and Tecna was only now beginning to initiate them. This would be beyond her comfort zone; he had no doubts about that.

Tecna insisted it was fine and abruptly announced that she was going to get ready for bed before Timmy could argue or she could change her mind. She wasn't convinced that it was a good idea, but it was the only option besides Timmy sleeping on the floor – which she refused to let happen. As she brushed her teeth, Tecna tried to rationalise that it would be fine; it was a big bed, there was plenty of space for both of them.

When she exited, Timmy was already in his pyjamas. He was sitting on the edge of the bed, legs crossed under him, snacking on a donut hole. He offered her one, but she refused, citing her freshly brushed teeth. Timmy brushed his own teeth and the two of them settled into the bed. As if sensing her discomfort, Timmy kept himself on the far side of the bed. If he moved anymore, Tecna worried that he might fall off the edge. She worried she might fall of the bed as she herself was also precariously close to the edge of the bed.

It took Tecna close to two hours to fall asleep. She was too distracted by her pounding heart, Timmy's light snores and the heat that she could feel radiating off of him. Eventually, somewhere close to 1am, she drifted off to sleep.

When the alarm they'd set the night before rang, Timmy grabbed the phone from the bedside table and turned it off without ever opening his eyes - a bad habit he'd developed during his first year at Red Fountain when they'd been forced to get up at 4:30 for drills. He returned his arm to its previous placement and was surprised to find that the torso wasn't his. He finally opened his eyes, and was even more surprised to find Tecna's head on his chest. The fairy was mumbling something about telling Musa to turn her music off. Most shocking, however, was that he was still near the edge of the bed and Tecna had scooted across the king-sized mattress to him.

Timmy considered waking her, but he was very much enjoying the proximity. A few more minutes wouldn't hurt, he told himself as he rested his cheek against the top of her head. He hooked his arms around her and nestled in closer.

When Tecna woke half an hour later, she was a combination of shocked and embarrassed. The proximity, however, was nowhere near as uncomfortable as she feared it would be. In fact, it was nice. Really nice. Nice enough that once she'd gotten over the shock, she laid her head back on his chest and threw her arm over his body. Maybe she could understand why the other girls loved cuddling with their boyfriends so much.

Eventually they'd had to get out of bed to work on their mission, but when they went to bed that second night, there made no pretense of trying to staying apart. They laid in the middle of the bed with Tecna's head on Timmy's chest and his arms wrapped around her. The couple fell asleep almost instantly and remained curled up together until the next morning. The next evening when they'd get back to Alfea, Musa would ask how everything went and Tecna would have forgotten all about her desire to assault the musical fairy. Instead, she'd give Musa no satisfaction, just a quick 'fine' and an enigmatic smile.