vacation; au
It was always such a joy for the two of them to get away for awhile in the summer. Hope always thought that saving up the vacation time was totally worth it, especially since they were always able to go to Bodhum - not only was it the best little seaside town they could ask for, but it was also Lightning's hometown, which just made it even more special for them.
For almost two glorious weeks, they'd gone to the beach (much to Hope's pleasure, since it meant seeing Lightning in a bikini), saw the town's annual fireworks festival, and wandered around through the throngs of tourists.
Though they'd been coming here for vacation for several years, somehow, Hope always managed to learn something new about Lightning every time they did. It was like being here brought out who she really was, now that she'd somewhat dealt with the painful memories Bodhum used to bring her.
And that made him happier than anything.
…What would make him even happier, however, would be if they weren't met with a torrential downpour on their second-to-last day here.
Hope sighed heavily, flicking off the television. "Looks like it's gonna be going on all day." He didn't look particularly impressed with this fact. He would have much rather had another beach day so he could stare at Lightning's navel ring.
She hummed a little, still staring out the window. Their house was right on the beach, which right now, gave them the perfect view of the crashing waves. And it wasn't even marred with tourists, since likely everyone else was staying inside. "Maybe not." With a gesture of her head, she added, "It's already letting up."
"It'll probably rain all day, though."
"Yeah." Lightning stared for another moment, then, to Hope's surprised, smirked slightly. He'd been with her long enough to realize what that meant - some crazy idea was forming in that pretty head of hers.
"Light…?"
She vanished into their bedroom for a few minutes, reappearing in her bikini and a towel around her neck. She threw his swim trunks at him unceremoniously.
"Put these on."
"Huh?" His thought process had gotten distracted by that glorious navel ring.
Lightning rolled her eyes as though she could tell what he was thinking, and leaned down - which didn't help his thought process at all - and held up his swim trunks. "Put these on."
"Why?"
"You're questioning me?"
"N-No. Of course not." Hope smiled sheepishly, making his way to the bedroom to shed himself out of his normal clothes, wondering what the hell was going on in Lightning's mind. Surely they weren't going to go out there, in all that rain…?
There was only one way to find out.
Quickly, he put on his swim trunks and grabbed a towel as well, though he wasn't really sure why - the rain had let up to something more light and steady, but it was still going to get soaked.
Any questions he still had went unanswered as Lightning simply grabbed his hand and let him onto the beach, his toes wiggling in the damp sand. He had to admit, it was nice for the bottom of his feet not to burn.
They wandered over to what was usually a deserted area of the beach - and of course, now it was completely empty due to the rain. Lightning dropped her towel and jogged into the waves before Hope could say anything, and he watched with a little smile as she submerged herself, clearly enjoying it.
And he simply watched with huge eyes as her bikini top suddenly went flying past him to land on the sand, her bottoms following a moment later.
Lightning chuckled at his wide-eyed expression, standing to her full height, which had her halfway out of the water…which just made Hope stare some more, naturally. Though her looks didn't have much to do about how he'd fallen for her, he had to admit that it was times like these he wondered how the hell she could be so inhumanely beautiful.
"Are you just going to stand there, or are you going to join me?"
Hope blinked a few times and shook his head a bit as though to clear his mind, responding with a grin as he stripped off his swim trunks to join her in the waves.
"I'd be crazy to refuse."