"Benvenuto all'inferno!" What was already a long flight became even longer with the awkward silences between the two people who were forced to stick together. They took turns pretending to fall asleep or acting occupied on their phones, but there was no avoiding the facts that laid before them. Connecting flights, along with the sporadic question here or there only made the tension increase even more.
"So how long are we here for?" Mimi asked.
"Our layover's only an hour and a half," Izzy yawned.
"I've always wanted to go to Rome..…but maybe next time, I'll do it the right way," Mimi blushed.
"Just so you know, I didn't sign up for this. This was all TK's idea. I was just going to do this alone," Izzy shook his head.
"Really?" Mimi hummed.
"Yep," Izzy nodded.
"Hey Izzy, I have a question," Mimi bit her lip.
"Again, ask away. We're already so past a certain point," Izzy sighed.
"About that..…do you still think of me any different now?" Mimi asked.
"What do you mean?" Izzy sighed.
"Well, this was my first ever time doing something like this, and honestly, this will be my last ever time doing something like this. Yolei was right, this was a bad idea. Speaking of, I should video call her so she doesn't go crazy. And you're here too now, so she'll totally be more at ease. Hold on," Mimi pulled out her phone.
*ring ring ring*
"Hello?" Yolei answered the video call.
"Buon giorno, lovely! I'm in Rome and guess who I ran into!" Mimi panned her phone over to show Izzy's face.
"Izzy, is that you?" Yolei squinted.
"Yep, that's me," Izzy turned red.
"What a coincidence! Hey, where are you headed off to?" Yolei asked.
"I'm going to Miami. Same as Mimi," Izzy nodded.
"Even better. You'll keep an eye out for her, right? Did she tell you what batshit crazy stunt she pulled?!" Yolei said.
"Yeah, she told me. And don't worry, I'll keep an eye out for her," Izzy shot Mimi a look.
"Great! I can sleep better now! I hope you guys have fun with whatever you plan to do. Good night! Love ya!" Yolei blew kisses at the camera.
"Love you too!" Mimi nervously smiled and put her phone in her pocket.
"I'm happy that you're keeping in touch with Yolei, but what's going to happen when we get to Miami and she expects some random guy to meet you there?" Izzy asked.
"I could always say he stood me up, and I'll just stay with you until my returning flight. And in the meantime, I can still pose as your girlfriend around your coworkers. Why didn't you just ask me from the beginning? I would have been so happy to do so, and you wouldn't have to go through some website!" Mimi leaned against Izzy's arm.
"I didn't think of that. But again, the website wasn't my idea- it was TK's. He wouldn't even let me have access to the account until today, because he probably thought I'd cancel, and he wouldn't be wrong," Izzy said.
"Umm..…I have another question for you then. I've been messaging you back and forth for two weeks now, so are you telling me that I wasn't talking to you? I mean, I didn't know it was you at the time, but..…uh," Mimi turned red.
"Oh, those messages..…," Izzy snuck in a quick full-body glance. "Yeah, you were most likely talking to TK."
"Oh my god!" Mimi grabbed her blanket and covered herself up. "So that penis-"
"No, that's me. And I don't know how he took a picture of that, so I feel pretty violated myself," Izzy looked away from her.
"So does that mean now you've seen those messages..…and pictures?" Mimi held on to her blanket tighter.
"Yes," Izzy reluctantly nodded, avoiding eye contact with her.
"This is so embarrassing," Mimi blushed.
"You don't say," Izzy picked at his nail.
"Hey Izzy, I have another question," Mimi asked.
"Can it wait?" Izzy moaned.
"Not really," Mimi bit her lip.
"Fine, what is it?" Izzy sighed in defeat.
"Is it...really that big?" Mimi asked.
"Mimi..…," Izzy turned red.
"What? I was just curious," Mimi shrugged.
"Mimi?" Izzy turned to face her.
"Yeah?" Mimi smiled.
"Never mind," Izzy shook his head. As tempted as he was, at the end of the day, he was too polite to ask her a certain question himself. It seemed like she had read his mind however.
"Yes, I still would put it in my mouth," Mimi grinned mischievously as Izzy's eyes widened.
"Benvenuto all'inferno! Il volo per Miami partirà dal Terminal C tra 25 minuti."
"Hi, are you guys in the Mile-High Club?" a flight attendant asked.
"Huh? What?" Izzy turned red.
"I'm so sorry! I forgot, we changed the name to Denver Rewards Club. If you have our credit card, you get a complimentary drink of your choice for choosing this flight," the flight attendant said.
"Oh, yeah. I'm part of it. I purchased both of our tickets," Izzy said.
"Very well. I'll go ahead and check you in the system. Did you know that with our credit card, you also have free access to our Denver lounges worldwide. It makes airport waits much more comfortable," the flight attendant said.
"I wish we knew that before," Mimi stretched her arms up.
"Now you do. So, what can I get you guys to drink?" the flight attendant asked.
"Can you do a top-shelf Long Island iced tea?" Izzy asked.
"I'll have the same," Mimi nodded.
"Can do. I'll be back," the flight attendant nodded.
"So, we're part of the Mile-High club?" Mimi smirked.
"Mimi, it's a long flight crossing time zones and country borders. Let's try not to cross any other lines," Izzy pulled a bottle of pills out of his hoodie and popped some capsules in his mouth.
"Are you sure you want to do that? We'll be having drinks soon," Mimi frowned.
"It's okay, they're just sleeping pills," Izzy sighed.
"That's not what I asked," Mimi shook her head.
"Here are your Long Island Iced Teas. If you need anything else, we'll be in our cabin," the flight attendant said.
"Thank you," Mimi smiled.
"Thanks," Izzy nodded. He pulled out his phone and scrolled through his apps, checking for any new updates. He glanced from the corner of his eye to see if Mimi was doing the same thing. It appeared that she was preoccupied, listening to some music and scrolling on something. Out of curiosity, he opened up the cursed app that was downloaded on his phone and clicked on his inbox. This is what what she looked like underneath all of those layers, and he was so close to it, he could taste it. He gasped when he saw a new message pop up.
"How would you like to join the Mile-High Club?"
"Mimi?" Izzy looked at her in shock.
"Well, how about it? I knew what you were doing," Mimi smirked.
"I-I-I," Izzy stammered.
"I am going to the bathroom, and you're free to follow me in two minutes. Passcode is parakeet," Mimi kissed him on the cheek and got up from her seat.
"Oh god," Izzy could feel his palms getting sweaty. Never in a million years did he think he would end up in a situation like this, with a girl he still held a small flame for. He slowly paced his breaths and got up from his seat. He strode over to the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Parakeet?"
*click*
"Get in."
"Coming," Izzy opened the door and quickly closed it.
"Maybe this isn't the best place, but wouldn't you like to cross this off your bucket list?" Mimi said.
"I would have assumed that they would keep the first class bathrooms clean, but I guess I was wrong," Izzy winced.
"It's okay, we can make this work," Mimi pushed him against a wall and kissed him.
"Mimi..…," Izzy softly said, his body relaxing.
"Mmm hmm?" Mimi started kissing at his neck, her hands wandering up and down his body.
"Nothing," Izzy mumbled as he felt her fingers unbuckling his belt. He gently slid his hands under her shirt until he hit the lace band of her bralette. He slipped his hands underneath and gave her breasts a soft squeeze.
"Don't be shy, I know you want to play," Mimi whispered in his ear.
"If you mean it," Izzy lifted her shirt up and slung it over his shoulder. He softly kissed her neck, down to her collarbone, one set of fingers combing through her hair, another set of fingers sliding in and out of her in a satisfying motion.
"Mmm," Mimi let out small gasps in his ear, as she rocked her body against his. She reached into his pants and grabbed what she was looking for. "Oh, I couldn't get this out of my mind. Why were you hiding this from me?"
"How was I supposed to know you wanted it?" Izzy became more aggressive with his kisses, as they progressed into deeper sessions, with less space in between them.
"You are the perfect package and you don't even know it," Mimi gasped as she felt the suction of his lips on her hardened nipples.
"Mimi, let's just take in the moment," Izzy mumbled softly.
"If you say so," Mimi shoved Izzy against the wall and pulled down his pants.
"Mimi..…," Izzy gasped.
"We should take in the moment," Mimi gently rested her knees on the tops of Izzy's shoes and held on to his calves.
"Oh..…," Izzy felt himself melt like butter as he felt her plush lips wrap tightly around his hard dick. "Oh, Mimi..…you can stop- I'm getting clo, never mind. Oh god."
"Izzy..…,"
"Izzy!" Mimi pulled Izzy by his hoodie and yanked him upright.
"Gah, what happened?" Izzy shook himself awake.
"You must be really tired. Maybe we should switch seats? I don't want you falling in the aisle. Maybe it's best you have the window seat," Mimi cocked her head to the side.
"Oh…sure," Izzy tried to steady his breath as he switched seats with her. So far, everything about this trip was embarrassing, but Mimi seemed to be taking it more in stride than he was.
"Good evening passengers. We will be experiencing some turbulence, so we ask that everyone move their trays up and in locked position. Also we ask that you remain seated and buckle up until we pass through. Thank you."
"Ugh..…," Izzy groaned.
"Izzy, you don't look too good," Mimi frowned.
"Uhhh..…," Izzy shook his head.
"Here, I think you're gonna need this," Mimi winced as she handed him a vomit bag.
"Tha-" Izzy barely could finish his sentence before he crammed his face inside the bag. Yep, everything was embarrassing.
"Hi, welcome to the Walnut Historia. Do you have a reservation?" a receptionist stood by the front desk of a hotel lobby.
"Yes, it should be under Izumi. I believe I was being reserved a 2-room suite," Izzy said.
"Oh, about that..…I'm sorry, but it looks like the booking had changed. Were you not aware of this?" the receptionist pouted.
"What? Where are we going to stay?" Izzy looked shocked.
"I'm so sorry, we should have sent you an email alert as soon as your plans changed! But on the bright side, I think you'll be happy to know that you were upgraded to the Presidential suite. There's a lot of extra amenities, and you'll have a rooftop view of the coast," the receptionist smiled.
"How many rooms?" Izzy asked.
"It's a suite with an Alaskan king size bed, a business room, and a hot tub on your private rooftop deck," the receptionist beamed.
"So there's only one bed?" Izzy raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, but it's an Alaskan king size, so there's plenty of room for you and your girlfriend. You guys won't have to do that pushing the two mattresses trick- trust me," the receptionist winked.
"Huh-what?" Izzy stammered.
"Here are your key cards and your parking placard. You're up on the penthouse floor. I hope you have a nice stay," the receptionist smiled.
"Uh, you too…," Izzy grabbed his items and walked towards Mimi.
"Is everything okay?" Mimi leaned over a bellman cart.
"Depends on how you want to look at it. They changed my room without letting me know, so there's only one bed instead of two. On the other hand, it's supposed to be an upgrade since it's a penthouse suite. Sorry about that," Izzy shrugged.
"Are you kidding me? We're gonna stay in a penthouse suite! Imagine the view!" Mimi gasped. "Come on, let's get a move on, I bet you could use some rest!"
"Yeah. This trip did take a lot out of me," Izzy yawned as he pulled the bellman cart towards the elevator.
"I'm just texting Yolei that we finally made it!" Mimi took a selfie with Izzy in the background.
"Good idea," Izzy nodded.
"I'll call her in the morning. I'm just a bit tired now," Mimi stretched her arms up in the air.
"Here we are," Izzy pulled the cart out of the elevator and wheeled his way down the hallway to their room.
"Oh my god!" Mimi ran inside the suite. "Look at it, it's like a whole apartment in here!"
"Yeah, we're only going to be here a week," Izzy said incredulously.
"Oh my god! Did you see the bed? It's huge!" Mimi gasped.
"Whoa, I don't mean to exaggerate, but that bed is probably as big as my room alone back home," Izzy said.
"Come on! You have to jump on the bed! It's the first rule of staying in a hotel!" Mimi ran to the bed and hopped on in. "Wheee!"
"I thought the first thing to do is make sure that the rooms are actually cleaned," Izzy lifted the comforter. "Looks like coast is clear here, I'll check the rest-"
"Don't you ever have fun? Come on! Join me!" Mimi pulled Izzy up and bounced on the mattress.
"Mimi, this is silly," Izzy awkwardly tried to balance himself
"Isn't that the point? Live a little! We're in an awesome hotel in a gorgeous city! What could be better than this?" Mimi grabbed Izzy's hands and jumped in place.
"Fine, you win," Izzy made small bounces.
"I know you can do better than that. Jump higher!" Mimi leaped high.
"Sorry, I'm just a bit tired from the flight," Izzy muttered.
"I guess I'll have to do more of the legwork for us," Mimi bounced harder.
"Mimi, you're-"
"Oops!" Mimi fell over and crashed on top of Izzy.
"Uhh..…," Izzy groaned.
"Sorry?" Mimi nervously smiled.
"You're good, but I think we're done with jumping for now," Izzy moaned.
"Sounds fair. I'm kinda comfortable right now, I don't want to get up right now," Mimi sighed, as she rested on top of Izzy.
"That's bound to happen when you jump on a bed for five minutes," Izzy patted Mimi on the back and dropped his arm back down.
"I'm glad you understand," Mimi snuggled closer to Izzy.
*buzz buzz buzz*
"Ugh, I don't feel like getting that. It's probably work," Izzy groaned.
"Here, I'll get that for you," Mimi reached into his pocket.
"Whoa! You don't have to-"
"You're welcome!" Mimi handed him his phone.
"Hello?" Izzy answered his phone.
"Hey! How did you make your trip?"
"TK?" Izzy raised his eyebrow.
"And Matt! You're on speaker!" Matt sang.
"Put them on speaker!" Mimi whispered to Izzy.
"Ugh, hey guys. I'm just about heading to bed soon. What's up?" Izzy groaned.
"Oooh, I hope we're not interrupting anything!" Matt said.
"You're not," Izzy said.
"Except our bed-jumping marathon," Mimi blurted.
"Whoa, sooo who's the hottie?" TK gasped.
"Uh..…" Izzy and Mimi froze.
"Nononono," Mimi whispered.
"Sooo, funny story. I got stood up..…but I ran into Mimi who happened to be travelling in the same direction," Izzy winced.
"Huh, isn't that a coincidence!" TK said.
"Hold on, you're telling me that this girl stood you up?" Matt gasped.
"Yeah, but it's fine. I didn't want this anyways, so it worked out for the best," Izzy said.
"No, if you say you're gonna do something, you better follow through! I'm soooo gonna complain about this!" Matt growled.
"Hey, I'm not worried about this. I'm very much okay with this," Izzy sighed.
"You might be, but I'm not! I got ripped off, so I'm gonna tear these guys a new one!"
"Right..…you do that. Anyways, we both had a long trip so we're going get to bed," Izzy said.
"Hey before you go, Mimi- did Izzy tell you what he's in Miami for?" TK asked.
"She knows what you guys did, if that's what you mean," Izzy said.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him. I'm sad that your plans fell through, but I'll totally be there for him," Mimi teasingly twirled her finger through Izzy's hair.
"Huh, why didn't we think of asking one of you girls instead? I know one of you would be down!" TK gasped.
"And it would be a helluva lot cheaper! Ugh," Matt grumbled.
"Sure...we're gonna go now. I'm exhausted," Izzy said.
"Alright! But have funnn!" TK hung up.
"Ugh," Izzy tossed his phone to the side.
"Thank you," Mimi whispered and rolled off of Izzy.
"For what?" Izzy stretched his arms to the side.
"Covering up for me. The last thing I want is for TK or Matt to know that those were my pictures that they were potentially..…," Mimi paused.
"Yeah, I get it. Don't need to finish that thought," Izzy shook his head. "I'm not judging at all, but why would you even..…"
"I don't know. I've never done anything like that before- I thought that's what you were supposed to do? And the guy sounded young and handsome, I was just trying to think of it like a dating app with benefits. But I think I'm done with that, Yolei was right. I got really lucky this time, but you don't know what you're signing up for. I'm just really lucky that we got paired up together. I don't think I'd be able to do this with a stranger," Mimi sighed.
"Me too," Izzy took off his watch and placed it on the bedside table.
"I'm gonna get more comfortable. I slept decently on the plane, but I know we'll be better on this big mattress," Mimi grabbed some clothes out of her bag and went to the bathroom.
"Hopefully," Izzy said as he tossed his clothes to the side.
"Okay, I don't know about you but I'm ready for bed," Mimi came out with a delicate cami and matching sleep short and hopped into bed next to Izzy.
"Yeah, I could get to bed too," Izzy quickly shut the light off. Her pajama set was so delicate and sheer, he was able to flash back to some certain photos that popped in his mind. Now he had a new set of images that he couldn't get rid of.