Taylia woke up again early the next morning, grateful that it was a Saturday. Getting up from her warm bed, she ran the shower on hot, letting steam fill up the bathroom. Just as she stepped out of the shower, she realized her clothes were still in her bedroom. (It's one of those attached bathrooms) She opened the door with a towel wrapped around her body just as a knock came on the door.
"Tai? You awake yet?" Tala asked as he opened her bedroom door.
As soon as he saw Taylia standing there wearing nothing but a towel, his face turned about as red as his hair, muttering a quick apology before very hastily shutting the door. Taylia hurriedly grabbed her clothes, mentally kicking herself for even thinking of not wearing a towel before. Ten minutes later when she was fully dressed and ready, Taylia stepped out of the room to find Tala leaning against the wall by the door, trying to calm his blushing fit. Unfortunately for said redhead, making eye contact with Taylia only made him blush all over again.
"Er, sorry about that, Tai." He said sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.
"There is such a thing as waiting for a reply you know."
"Don't rub it in."
"Aw, is my widdle ickle Tala-kins em-ba-wessed?" She teased, making Tala turn another shade of red.
"Oh stop it."
Taylia took a few deep breaths to keep from laughing, failing miserably.
"Tai, seriously."
"Ok, ok, spoil my fun."
Tala shook his head, but before he could make a witty comeback, he suddenly slipped and landed on his backside on the ground.
"Smooth Tala, real smooth." Taylia commented.
"SAIYANA! WHY THE FUCK DID YOU MOP THE FLOOR!" Tala yelled downstairs.
"Someone's gotta do it!"
Tala grumbled as Taylia tried to pull him up to his feet, but because of the slippery floor, wound up falling all over again and taking Taylia down with him. Taylia's breath caught in her throat when she realized she'd landed right on top of Tala, hands resting on his chest and their faces only an inch or two apart.
"Sorry…." Both muttered at the same time, blushing furiously.
Meanwhile downstairs, Saiyana had just gotten over a very uncharacteristic giggling fit and Kai was staring at her weirdly.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you." He stated bluntly.
"Guilty as charged." She replied slyly.
Kai rolled his eyes. Still, he had to admit it was one of Saiyana's better pranks. She had a notorious evil streak and would always pull some kind of prank whenever the mood needed brightening. Saiyana walked over to Kai and stood behind his chair, hands on his shoulders. He was studying Dranzer again, no surprise there.
"You really shouldn't overstress yourself by staring at your blade all day."
"I don't stare at it all day."
Saiyana put her hands on her hips and cocked an eyebrow.
"Really?Name one time you weren't training or doing something you normally do in your spare time that didn't include you staring at Dranzer?"
Kai was silent. She was right, he did do that a lot.
"Hmph." He folded his arms over his chest.
Saiyana rolled her eyes.
"You pulled another all-nighter didn't you?"
"So what if I did?"
She sighed.
"Today I want you to just relax, ok?"
"You know I can't do that- Mmmmmm….."
He got cut off when Saiyana started massaging his tense shoulder muscles.
Sly git.
She knew he couldn't resist one of her massages, at least, not easily. He let his eyes drift shut and his head lull back into her waist as her skilled hands moved up and gently rubbed his temples. Saiyana smirked inwardly.
Works every time.
Much to her surprise, his hands took hold of her wrists and his eyes opened.
"Nice try, but no chance."
Saiyana's face contorted into a cute pout.
Wait, did I just think she's cute? Snap out of it…
"You're going to take a day off even if I have to knock you unconscious and lock you in the basement."
"We don't have a basement."
"Your room, then."
Kai cocked an eyebrow, making Saiyana's face light up with her trademark smirk, which could only mean one thing; she was absolutely serious about what she said, and if it meant anything else, it couldn't be good.
"Alright, but only because I want to live."
"That's what I thought."
Before she could react, Kai had leaped out of his chair and whirled around Saiyana, putting him behind her and in front of the staircase leading to the door.
"Oh no you don't."
As Kai made to go down the stairs, she tackled him from behind, sending both tumbling head-over-heels down the stairs. They hit the bottom of the steps with a 'THUD!' with Kai on top of Saiyana, one hand behind her head to keep her from hurting her head on the floor from the impact. Both of them were panting, and at the same time unable to breathe. The close proximity made Saiyana's cheeks tint pink with embarrassment, making Kai smirk as he got up off her and pulled her back up to her feet. Little did they know, two pairs of eyes, one topaz blue and the other gray, were watching from the top of the stairs.