Phoenix turns the paper over and frowns.
"That's all it says...weird."
"In a perfect world, it'd be some sort of honeymoon suite. But considering where we are, I bet it's some sick torture room." Gokudera shifts the position of his arms and starts walking down the hall.
"Well it's on a living floor so it's probably not a torture room...but just to be safe, why don't you put me down so at least one of us can fi-Wait...in your idea of a perfect world you would have us move into a honeymoon suite?"
"Fuck. Did I really say that out loud?"
"Yes you did. Now put me down."
"Shit. Well...I'm still not gonna let you down. I'll just take my chances with this." Gokudera looks up at the doors he passes as he walks down the hall.
"Come on! This is bad for you and if this is a trap, you need to be able to fight! I can walk down the hall! I promise!"
"You couldn't even walk to the fucking door before! No, there's no way in hell I'm letting you down. Look we're almost there anyway. So deal with it."
"Jerk...What if I said my ankle feels a lot better now?"
"Then I'd say that's bullshit and ignore you."
"You're so lucky I love you or you would be in a world of pain right now."
"Yes, of course Phoenix-sama." Gokudera breathes out a laugh as they arrive at apartment 40. He takes a deep breath. "It's now or never."
Gokudera balances Phoenix on one arm while she supports most of her weight by hugging closer to his chest as he opens the door. Phoenix's jaw drops as Gokudera walks through the door, shutting it behind him with his foot.
"This...is...beautiful!" The couple is standing in a wide open living space complete with couches, TV and sound system. The walls are painted a light purple and through an open archway Phoenix can see a gleaming kitchen, the appliances state of the art and never used. The balcony door stands slightly open, letting a soft breeze in to the room. Off to the right and up a small flight of stairs is a door that Phoenix assumes leads to the bedroom. "Why would Reaper give us this room?"
Gokudera's eyes were as big as dinner plates.
"What the...fuck? So it is a honeymoon suite? Reaper sure is smoking some heavy weed or some shit because this is just...Jesus it's beautiful."
"But why? Reaper doesn't do anything without a reason. This makes no sense."
"Like I said. He's probably smoking some heavy shit right now. This is just incredible." Gokudera walks up the stairs and pushes open the bedroom door to see a large room with two sets of drawers, a king size bed made up with dark red covers, two bed side tables each with a lamp and a master bath that is visible through a half open door. "I think this bed is bigger than my apartment."
Gokudera says as he walks to the edge of the bed.
"Well it is bigger than mine! Can I be put down now?"
Gokudera smirks. "As you wish, Princess."
He tosses her onto the bed but instead of laughing like Gokudera expected, Phoenix looks down sadly.
"Please don't call me princess."
The smile falls off Gokudera's face. "W-Why?"
Phoenix hugs her knees to her chest and blinks back tears. "That's what my dad called me."
'Way to go Hayato. You made her sad. You're such a fucking douche!' Gokudera crawls onto the bed and sits next to her.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know. I was just trying to be funny."
"No. It's fine...like you said, you didn't know." Phoenix sighs. "There's something wrong with this room..."
"Why do you say that?"
"I don't know...I can't quite put my finger on it." Phoenix looks around the room thoughtful and Gokudera looks at her patiently, knowing that she'll tell him when she's figured it out. Out of the corner of his eyes Gokudera tries to look around for anything suspicious. "Ah! Figured it out."
Phoenix smiles and Gokudera quirks and eyebrow.
"And this is?"
The Irish girl smiles slightly. "Take off your shirt. Then we'll see if I'm right."
Gokudera blushes. "W-What? I thought you didn't want to..."
The blush deepens as Phoenix gets closer to him.
"Don't argue, just do it." Gokudera eagerly takes off his shirt, almost ripping it in the process. "Yep, that's what was wrong." Phoenix pushes Gokudera onto his back, smiling. "You look better without your shirt."
"W-W-What? Aydan...what are you doing? I thought..."
The Italian smoker gulps as he sees a seductive look on Phoenix's face. She kisses her boyfriend passionately, giving him no chance to resist before pulling back slightly.
"Damn, do you have any idea the affect you have on me?" Phoenix shakes her head and sits up, not looking at Gokudera. "Sorry, didn't mean to do that..."
Phoenix can feel her face getting warm as Gokudera stays laying on his back, completely awestruck.
"N-No, it's fine. I just...I was surprised."
The redhead risks a glance at Gokudera. "What's with that look on your face?"
"W-What look?"
Gokudera tries to shake the expression off his face.
"The 'deer-in-headlights' look."
"You just fucking pushed me down! Of course I'd be...surprised."
Phoenix looks away embarrassed, a slight pink tinge in her cheeks.
"Ah...that...Hayato I'm sorry...I never meant for that to happen."
A hurt expression appears on Gokudera's face as his girlfriend's words hit him.
"Yeah...never supposed to happen." Gokudera covers his face with his hand and gets off the bed. "Sorry, I just gotta go cool off."
"No...Hayato come on. That's not what I meant!" Phoenix falls back on the bed as Gokudera leaves the room. "That's not what I meant."
Gokudera walks out onto the balcony and leans against the edge of the railing, folding his arms against the cool stone and breaths out deeply. He rests his head down on his folded arms and looks out across the city.
"I shouldn't have reacted like that. I keep getting so fucking sensitive whenever she says things like that." The boy sighs deeply. "Damn it."
Gokudera straightens as he hears the sound of someone limping heavily comes from behind him and turns around completely when he hears Phoenix say.
"Hayato?"
"What are you doing up? You should be resting..."
Phoenix limps over to him, grimacing with every step.
"So should you."
Gokudera smirks slightly. "I'll rest when I die.
Phoenix smiles slightly as she levels with him.
"No, you'll rest now." Phoenix stands next to Gokudera, leaning against the railing to take the weight off her ankles. After a moment she takes his hand and interlaces their fingers. "I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."
The green-eyed teen looks down sadly. "No...I wasn't exactly uncomfortable. It just felt..." He sighs. "It just hurt, ya know? I mean, all I could think about was 'What if we really had done it and all she'd say is 'Oops, that was a mistake' or 'That wasn't meant to happen' A bunch of scenarios just ran through my head." The younger teen holds onto his lover's hand tighter. "I'm sorry, Aydan. I overreacted."
"That's not what I meant." Phoenix sighs. "I have...well I guess you could call it a split personality. Most of the time I have a good hold on the other side of me, but sometimes that hold slips and she comes out. It's not that I didn't want to, it's that I didn't want you to see her."
"A split...personality?" Gokudera tenses up a bit but shrugs it off. "Hey, as long as she doesn't try to kill me, I'm fine with it." The last sentence takes a second to sink in. "Oh. You...wanted to?"
Gokudera smiles softly and kisses Phoenix, happy in knowing that she wanted him just as he wanted her.
"Well not really a split personality...but something close. But don't worry, she won't try to kill you. She's a part of me and so she loves you...but with her it's more of a physical thing. Of course I wanted to, but I'm not ready...you know?" The girl grins as Gokudera kisses her again. "Come on, it's late. We should get some sleep."
"Yeah, I'm tired as hell. But I'll only go if you sleep next to me."
Gokudera grins as Phoenix leads him inside, leaning heavily on him so as to keep her weight off her ankle.
"Where else would you sleep? There's only one bed." Phoenix kisses him as Gokudera scoops her up in his arms to go up the stairs. "And I wouldn't have it any other way."