AN:This is a heavily edited first part of a bigger fic that's actually a dirty fic that you can find on my Ao3 account, called Roadtrip Hullaballoo. This is just fluff though.
It had been a long time since the mice traveled together, the idea of a road trip was so thrilling that neither could resist the urge of it any longer, though Minnie made Mickey promise that if something unusual happened that he'd let the local authorities handle it and not go gallivanting off himself to deal with it. They were just starting their road trip to random tourist destinations, and Minnie decided to get the map (since Mickey had yet to buy one of those new-fangled GPS things) out of the glove box to direct him to their first destination, Neptune Inn. The under-the-sea themed motel that Goofy and his son Max told them so much about. Minnie had a nagging feeling that Mickey was getting lost, hence needing the map.
At the moment it was getting dark out, so they really needed to get to that Inn. Eventually, after Minnie's ever faithful guidance, they found it and coincidentally managed to get the exact same room Goofy and Max had, complete with under the sea theme: see-through water beds with fake fish in them, mermaid nightlight, coral dresser, fish lamps, seashell headboards and decorations everywhere, weird sea grass carpet, the whole shebang. The only surprise was in the bathroom that Mickey was pretty sure Goofy had never mentioned.
"The bathtub is a Jacuzzi?!" Minnie squealed in in surprised delight. What girl wouldn't want to relax in a Jacuzzi after a really long day?
"Must be new ta the motel or at least this room. Goofy said there was a public Jacuzzi in the back of the motel itself. He never said anything about one being in the bathroom." Mickey contemplated.
"Oh Mickey, let's put it to good use!" She grabbed his hand with a pleading look in her eye.
"Hubba wha-? Ya m-mean right n-now?" Mickey sputtered and stuttered with his embarrassed panicked stature coming back to him full swing after certain events that were edited out for reasons you, dear reader, will find in the other more adult version of this drabble.
"Of course! You brought your bathing suit with you, right?" She asked though she knew the answer already since they had planned to occasionally go to a few water parks along the way during their trip.
"Well yeah, but-!" She interrupted him with a kiss to his cheek.
"Perfect! I'll change in the bathroom and get it all set up. Just knock when you're ready Mickey." She replied cheerfully as she got her bathing suit from her luggage and went into the bathroom. Mickey didn't hear a click so he knew she didn't lock the door.
Oy vey, she was going to be the death of him. Just what was a guy like him with a dated moral code from the 30s supposed to do? Keep yer dirty thoughts ta yerself and do what she tells ya that's what!
So, even though Mickey was incredibly reluctant about this sudden arrangement, he WAS incredibly exhausted from driving the whole day, and thus did as he was told, putting on his bathing suit and knocking on the bathroom door. She called from within saying the door was open and everything was ready…including her.
Hesitating for only two seconds, he let himself in and was stunned yet again by his girlfriend's beauty, as he had been from the moment they met and anytime he caught a glimpse of her in very flattering lighting, though lighting had nothing to do with it in this case. For he was mostly stunned by how gorgeous she was in her new white bikini as she sat on the edge of the Jacuzzi tub (she didn't seem to have turned on the bubbles yet)…holding a sponge and some soap.
"Want me to wash your back, Mickey?" She asked cutely. She really liked those Japanese customs didn't she? Mickey couldn't help but look at her skeptically, and if she started flattering him with pet names his initial suspicions would be correct that she wanted something out of him.
"Ya don't hafta Min." He said casually, though his skeptic eyes betrayed his genuinely casual tone.
"But I want to, you've been at the wheel all day and I know you must be exhausted! It'll be more like a massage if you want." She offered with pleading eyes.
He was exhausted, enough that his skepticism melted away in favor of getting that cleansing massage that she so generously offered, so he humored her, but that didn't stop him from wanting to tease her a little.
"Yeah, I am pretty tired, but alright, I'll let ya wash my back," he sighed, trudging toward her and then straddled the edge of the tub next to her. "Let me just…" Crack! "Ah, much better. Okay, go ahead Minnie." On the surface he cracked a kink in his back but the true intent was to flex his back muscles at her while he was at it. She quickly became awfully quiet back there and had yet to make any movement. Thus he guessed his little ploy worked, but just to make sure… "Minnie? Ya doin' okay back there?" Glancing back he saw her shake herself from her mesmerized trance.
"Y-yes, you're fine! I-I mean I'm fine! I j-just forgot th-that you h-had back muscles is all!" She stuttered quickly, jumbling over her own words in her flustered frenzy.
Mickey chuckled at her, he didn't have to look to know that she was blushing. He glanced at the bathroom mirror that was diagonally to his right and noticed that it had hinges. He reached up and opened it, angling it so that he could see her in the reflection. She noticed this and giggled, and then playfully tugged on his ear with her free hand.
"Mickey~"
"What? If ya oogle me even though it's just my back side, then I should be at the very least obligated ta oogle you Min." He teased with a cheeky grin.
She giggled again and hugged him from behind. "You big silly thing you."
Mickey grabbed the folufa that was loosened from her grip and tossed it into the sink. Then he turned in her arms so the lower part of his body was facing in towards the Jacuzzi tub while his upper half turned toward her as he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer to him. Just a little closer, so she'd get the idea to put her feet in the water with his. Which she did and even pulled herself the rest of the way closer to him.
"Aishite iru, Minnie-chan." He said sweetly. Minnie blushed in knowing exactly what he said. 'I love you' in Japanese, complete with her Japanese pet name, so she couldn't help but return the favor in full.
"Watashi mo aishite, Mickey-kun." Which was of course 'I love you too' in Japanese, plus his Japanese pet name.
Mickey raised an eyebrow at her, and couldn't help but comment on one little thing. "Not Mick-kun, 'cause it sounds better?"
Minnie rolled her eyes at him and then replied, "You're really gonna correct me on proper grammar for your name? You know how I am, Mickey, I like your name just as it is, and I will never ever shorten your name to the one syllable if I can help it." As if to prove her point she kissed him and then scooted closer herself onto his lap.
"Alright, Min, if ya say so, not like we would even really use honorifics anyway since we're that intimately close." Mickey chuckled and scooted them both into the water, turning on the bubbles while he was at it.
"Oh, goodness, I nearly forgot about that, but you're right, we don't need them." Minnie giggled and snuggled her face into the crook of Mickey's neck.
Mickey welcomed her new little adjustment and couldn't help but start cooing other sweet nothings, which she reciprocated in kind as soon as she caught onto his pattern of saying 'I love you' in various languages. "J'e taime" French first and foremost of course since Minnie has always loved Paris, France and the language itself. "Yo te amo" Spanish, "Yo ti amo" Italian, and so on and so forth, kissing each other after each sweet nothing.
Eventually, as Minnie was finally giving Mickey that washing back massage that she owed him (since he interrupted her earlier), she noticed that he was getting a little too comfortable. The hot water was definitely getting to him, as his head kept drooping and he could barely keep his eyes open. She knew that enough was enough.
"Alright buster, I think that's enough Jacuzzi time for one night." Minnie said firmly as she stopped the bubbles and pulled the plug. Mickey yawned and stretched, stunning Minnie with his back muscles once again momentarily until he spoke.
"Thanks, Minnie. Now I'll be able ta sleep like a log tonight." As cheerful as he sounded he couldn't hide the drowsiness in his tone otherwise.
"We'll both be sleeping like logs tonight. In fact, I'm more than ready to sleep like the dead." Minnie quipped and giggled as soon as she got a chuckle out of him for that one.
And so, both mice got out of the tub, dried themselves off and did the same thing they did to change into their bathing suits, only this time they were getting dressed in their pajamas. Plus the mouse that changed in the bathroom had to be the one to knock, of course they switched off, so it was still Mickey knocking. Once the coast was clear, he came out of the bathroom and just plopped onto his chosen bed, murmuring 'goodnight' to Minnie in his pillow. Minnie softly giggled at him since his body was still wiggling with the ripples of the water bed. Then she tip toed over to him and planted a small kiss on top of his head, whispering 'goodnight' to him as well.
