" The city's peace really strikes you when you walk here like this."
He found it ironical that she would say so, since they walked here about an hour before noon, where there were usually the most people outside, attending their daily shores. But he understood what she meant, however, and nodded as he agreed.
" It does… makes you not want to leave, " he answered and looked down at her as they walked side by side through the crowded pathways.
" Yeah, you're departing today, right? Me too. At what time are you?" she asked and he kept his eye steady on the crowd as he remembered, and then returned his gaze down upon her.
" About two hours after noon. And you?"
" An hour after that."
Morpheus and Niobe contently walked on in silence through the crowd, just happy with the company the other one was giving them. Careful to hide it from each other, they even smiled occasionally…
She walked into the room as he stood by the bed, packing their bags. She found the scene reminiscent of when he had entered before going here this time, entered into their shared room onboard the Neb, where she had stood and packed their bags.
She found it sweet how he just knew what to pack. Not that there were that much to select from, but still.
She walked up behind him as he shut the bags together, finishing the clasps around them. He motioned for their shared bathroom and she went into it and grabbed their toothbrushes, and brought them back to him, saying nothing. Luckily, he said something.
" You said goodbye to the others?" he asked and she nodded, brushing her hair back behind her ear.
" Yeah. They sent their best wishes to you, too, " she answered as she went to his side and sat down at the bed. She sighed, closing her eyes.
She didn't know why, but she had felt so tired of late.
" Perhaps we should have rested even more, " Neo commented, sitting down by her side. He had noticed her tiredness and she smiled at him, as he reached out to touch her face. She smiled at him and turned her face towards him, nodding.
" Perhaps we should have, " she said as she yawned and it caused his eyebrows to furry into a worried line. She could be tired sometimes, they all could, but she usually never was this tired around noon.
" At what time are we supposed to meet Morpheus and Link at the dock?" he asked her, knowing that's he knew such things better than him… she always had, and would.
" In about an hour and a half to be precise, I think… how so?" she wondered, looking at him, from tired eyes. He half-smiled at her, and kissed her brow, and motioned for the bed.
He lay down on it, and motioned for her to follow his example and so she did, laying down next to him. She let him spoon behind her, resting into the warmth of his embrace, smiling. She kept it as he began to play with her hair, spinning it around his own fingers, and she loved the relaxing feeling it gave her.
Too relaxing, it would appear, because in another minute she found herself falling asleep, imagining his fingers tracing other parts of her body…