A Mexican Present [Gio&Nim | Saga]

She loved him so much, she had no idea what to do if he left her, she did not ever feel this confident, sexy and loved before and she never wanted to lose that moment. And as he lay by her side and she turned to roll on her stomach, she did snuggle close to him and put her chin on his shoulder. "You came prepared for everything, where have you been all my life?" She giggled, what an idea of an anniversary gift, she loved this, did she already told him she loved him? Many times but today too? He was stroking her back softly and she closed her eyes with a smile on her face. "Hm, what would they have, I would like a soda." She mumbled as she would just enjoy this moment, what a start of a holiday trip, sixteen-hour flight suddenly felt like not that bad. She looked up and met his lips with hers. Oh why tell him again, he knew. It was so obvious and yet she wanted to say something, "This is a great start of the holiday."

She turned her attention to the television screen as he pointed at it. "Yea let's do that. I don't want to sleep yet." Because well, though... it would be nice, the two weeks of spending time with him all the time, that was going to be wonderful.

For some reason, it felt like a honeymoon and yet it wasn't allowed to be felt like that because obviously it wasn't. She shouldn't hurry things that way. They were together for almost a year and she should not ruin the idea of going too fast, though there were still a thousand questions that she had for him, she wanted to focus on the here and now. Or well the here and Mexico. She snuggled close in his arms as they figured out a movie and would use the strange combination of this couch-bed to sit a little more upright and just watch television until they would sleep.

When they arrived at four in the morning in Cancun, she was exhausted, she had slept a little bit but she wouldn't mind sleeping some more. Surprisingly she had slept very comfortably and without any nightmares, again. She leaned on Giovanni the most, holding his hand as they left the aeroplane, leaning against his warm body while waiting for their suitcases to be dropped and eventually following him around when they were trying to get a cab to bring them to the hotel. Easily found in the end as the hotel had booked them a cabby. It helped Giovanni putting the suitcases in the trunk and she climbed close to her boyfriend and dozed off a little while they drove for about twenty minutes to the hotel. She was still awake enough to realize the security here and at first it freaked her out, but then she realized what Giovanni must have booked; something luxurious so it made sense that there were fences and all. They arrived in a compound and after about five minutes driving it seemed to be the road to the hotel. The cabby took their suitcases out and put it in front of the hotel steps and the bell boy immediately came to pick it up. She was surprised there were people awake here, she had never been to such a luxury thing. The check in went smooth, she did not notice much about it as she looked around the compound, the reception was an open room, looking out over a green garden with three different paths leaving the building.

Nimue was a little more awake now and she was curious, it seemed it wouldn't take too much time anymore for the sun to rise and she heard her name softly being said and hurried back to his side and smiled, she already loved it here. They followed someone that would bring them to their room, having a little zigzag path that would lead them to the front of the building on their left, once they passed the garden. There was a building with again all open space in the middle and what looked like apartments on the left and right of that building. They were on the left, brought up to the third floor (the highest) and the room furthest away from the stairway. When opened, it looked again like something out of a movie or a honeymoon suite but she did not care, the bed looked amazing, they had aircondition and it was so pleasant. She thanked the person who brought them here, handing him a tip with the new money she got and she would close the door and kiss Giovanni. "You spend a lot on this, that-" no, she shouldn't make it a big deal. "Thank you, you are amazing." Yes, he was here now and she was going to enjoy that. She quickly moved to see the bathroom and get most of her clothes off to use a damp towel to clean herself, she felt disgusting but she would shower tomorrow, now she wanted to sleep.

This place was so pretty and she checked out the room and everything when they arrived. Almost dazed when she had walked towards their room. She opened the door to their balcony (much bigger than the one at her apartment) and she looked outside. It was still dark of course, it was close to five in the morning and well there was a little bit of moonlight that showed her the sea. The sound of the waves crashing on the beach made her giddy and happy, oh she had missed that sound. She kept the door open for the breeze but closed the bug-curtain that was in front of it. She would go to the bathroom to clear herself up from potential sweat and dirt before climbing in the big bed with fluffy pillows, and white sheets. "It's all so pretty here. I never actually went on a holiday, so this is impressive." She could get used to it, was that selfish or bad?

She should switch to pj's at this point but a clean t-shirt was fine. She would figure it out later but right now she wanted to sleep. Dropping her head in the pillows she opened her eyes to look at Giovanni and held up her hands to invite him to come snuggle and sleep. "What will we do tomorrow?" She asked once she felt comfortable in this bed (it helped that she was absolutely exhausted) and she snuggled a little closer ad pulled up her legs when rolling on her side. Tomorrow was only a few more hours away but she would want to sleep in this comfortable bed next to her boyfriend for a couple more hours. Apart from that, the idea to spend two weeks with him all the time, this was amazing and she couldn't wait for the day to come.

Her eyes closed as well, she wasn't going to talk too much anymore. But she was curious for their plans for tomorrow. When she heard Giovanni yawn, she followed quite quickly after and opened her eyes a little to give him a kiss still. "No never, my family didn't go on a holiday and here I didn't have the money and so on." She yawned again and she would nuzzle a little closer, half over his chest and just feeling content with her position. She would just want to know more about his plans in Mexico or if they were still open to do whatever so they could make plans. She did not mind either way as long as it was nice. For a few seconds, before drifting off too sleep, she was afraid they would have a horrible fight because two weeks all of a sudden was long, especially if their one trip had been one night in Disneyland. What would happen? She was soon already distracted by listening to Giovanni's idea for tomorrow and she gave a firm hm sound, "Sounds like a good plan."

Just being on the beach, discovering the area around the hotel and all, that did sound good, so she agreed and drifted off to sleep without saying much more. She would wake up the following morning, almost falling out of bed and curled up in the fluffy white sheets and she got a little confused with where she was, but before she could panic or something she realized she was in Mexico, on a holiday. She wanted to see the ocean and dropped the sheets off herself and stood up and pulled a t-shirt over her head to get onto the balcony and take a deep breath. It must be almost around noon, so much for not fucking up their sleep schedule. Today was beautiful and she smiled to herself and wondered what she had done to get so lucky.

There was a soft still summer breeze and her hair albeit tousled by her sleep was sweeping away from behind her and she closed her eyes and took in the sea salt air and the general sense of the country. It was beautiful in her opinion and though very different, it reminded her of home. She made a soft squeaky sound when she felt arms around her but obviously who else to expect than Giovanni. It was easy as he talked to her quickly after and the tense feeling of her muscles quickly left her body, Uphondu stopped chatting and Iwayo unchained her body from being in durability mode. She leaned immediately back against his shoulders and put her head softly against his as he leaned on her left shoulder. "Isn't it amazing?" she asked because that's how it felt, that is also the answer to finding her favourite spot. She could not wait to discover the area of the resort and everything, with him. She felt like a year ago, where they tried to get her a wardrobe and she fell in love with him so easily. His kindness, his attention to her, everything was wonderful and how she had wanted to kiss him but it went wrong all the time... They even fell in a ball pit and she couldn't help but giggle. "I can't wait to go out and see everything they have here, but I am also starving." Surely the plane had served food but it had been hours ago.

She let him kiss her cheek, turned around in his arms and gave him quite a harsh kiss on the lips. "Thank you." She would go back inside to open her suitcase and find something to wear... a bikini with a dress over it? Was that appropriate? It would be considered easy and she would love to get out and just go on exploring everything but food, ugh everything all at once, please. She would change into her bikini and wear an easy summer dress over it. Once done, she made sure to braid her hair and pin it in a bun on her head so it would not get in the way or tangled or something alike. She would check up on Giovanni and twirl around him to show her happiness and well her dress. "It says there is a plaza where you can eat, near the reception, shall we check it out?"

Iwayo told her when they relaxed that they should take this opportunity to fully relax and heal. Everyone would have to agree on that, even Nimue. She stood there, watching over the ocean and for a second an explosion of pain was felt in her chest. It had nothing to do with actual physical pain but she wondered about her father, as usual. Surely this would remain for a while but the closer they get to the year of his passing the more she hated it. She hated how it happened, how she had not stopped it and how she was now something that represented all the good in the world, yet she had not been able to save him. It was something she might never get over and yet people had the nerve to call her naive. Itching fist to smack those with a hard punch in the face but she would not, she wasn't the type for that, unfortunately. But she leaned against Giovanni, wondered if he would get along with her father and just shook off the feeling, it would not help. So she tried to be enthusiastic again, about the view, about the hotel and about getting food. She had no idea where but she was sure it was easy to figure it out. She turned around to give him a big fat kiss and walk on back into their room to find something easy to wear and ready for the beach day. She had no idea he was flabbergasted, stunned or anything by her kiss and the stuttering as she just hummed and went to find clothing.

She wanted to ask him about her dress but noticed he was gone and raised her eyebrow. Finish dressing up and noticing he came back after she was reading a folder, she wanted to ask, but she smiled first as he complimented her. "You missed the best part." and laughing shortly, "I wear a bikini underneath so after this I am going to jump in the ocean." Today she was in a swimming mood, no one knew her here and she wanted to enjoy that. Giovanni would notice she wasn't hiding her red markings today and could just go out as Nimue.

They would get out of their room and she noticed the difference in temperature immediately, it had been less obvious on the balcony for sure! She took his hand and just slowly tried to walk back the steps of early this morning to go and find the reception. There they found a little pathway to their left that ended up in a big glass building where most of the doors and windows were open, lots of seats and tables and in the middle different places to get food, it looked wonderful. "I hope we aren't too late, it's already noon."

She couldn't wait for a swim but they should first eat and discover the place, swimming with a full stomach wasn't pleasant anyway either. She fuzzed over having everything and thus did not notice that Giovanni did check her out, her face, the lines on her face, the markings of her family and potentially the bit of scar that was shown from below her bangs. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear they were a continent away from her other life, it was something to consider. She wasn't sure if she should say anything or not but at this point, she decided not to when she noticed it from the corner of her eye. Keys to their room, wallet, identity, everything, for now, they could maybe bring it back before going to swim, she would see, it all depended on how the system worked at the beach, right? So once ready she would suggest to go out and take Giovanni's hand. She wanted these days to be romantic and nice, holding his hand, walking close to him, everything really.

The signs Giovanni would see were in English and Spanish and it was easy for the two of them to find the path back to the reception. Nimue enjoyed the garden places in between, watching the palm trees, the flowers, everything they had and even jumping up when they saw an iguana. It was quite big and she giggled a little before making their way to the reception and finding the dining room. As she asked if they were late, Giovanni did not seem to consider this and spoke about the Mexican cuisine. They walked on and checked around before hearing voices and seeing other tourist looking people still having lunch. A girl came over to them asking if they spoke English or Spanish, Nimue shortly looked at Giovanni, they spoke either of the two but not together and she wasn't sure what to say. She said both and indicated at herself for English and him for Spanish and just wondered if she should try and study Spanish too if she was already studying Italian. The girl explained this was the main plaza where they could have breakfast, lunch and dinner at almost every hour of the day and they could order and see the buffet, there were all sorts of things. English Breakfast, but also make your own omelette and all sorts of fruit, smoothies, toast, everything you could pick and it looked rather fresh. Nimue would nod and thank her with a gracias before letting go of Giovanni's hand (or at least depending on where he would go) to try to get some small pancakes and some fruit. They could pick a random table and she would follow back and instead of sitting opposite him, she wanted to sit rather close. Yes, she was going to be the clingy girlfriend and she already hated it but well it wouldn't change for now.

They would eat not too quickly and Nimue asked if they should discover the rest of the hotel and what came with it before going to the ocean for a swim, or if he had other plans what those would be.