Soft daylight streams in beneath your eyelids, awakening you from what you can recall was a pleasant dream. Looking across the room, you take note that it's just past seven in the morning and you figure it's probably time to start moving. You groggily stir in bed, about to get up to begin your morning routine before suddenly realizing that something, or rather someone, is holding you down. Memories of last night flood back into your mind and you sigh. Adagio is laying beside you, an arm and leg outstretched across your body and her head resting against your shoulder. You can feel both her heartbeat and the contented rising and falling of her chest against your side as she breathes and you visibly melt in genuine adoration.
Deciding that you want to impress her with breakfast in bed, you cautiously attempt to wriggle your way out of her loving grasp, but to no avail. A thigh can be felt brushing against your leg and her arm slides across your chest, both tightening their grip around you. She inhales deeply, stretching a little and she raises her eyes to meet yours. "Where do you think you're going...?" She groans fondly with a sleepy smile.
"I was thinking I'd make you breakfast." You reply, pecking her on the lips.
"Mmmh..." She moans sleepily, giggling a little. "Sounds heavenly." She replies and you take it as your queue to get up, but not before she pulls you back down and lifts herself onto you in a more dominating position. "Not quite yet, though." She smirks, lowering her face down to yours and kissing you ravenously.
"Oh, my..." You pull back after a moment, smiling. "Feeling peckish again, are we?"
"You have no idea." She grins mischievously, shifting on top of you a little. "I have a rather inexaustible sex drive. One of the perks of being a siren..." She laughs, fastening her thighs onto your leg. "I'll have to thank our friends for letting me keep that trait."
"You, always horny?" You chuckle nervously at the thought, "Sounds like fun."
"Oh, believe me..." Her smirk widens, if at all possible. "I'll be sure to include you in said fun."
Suddenly, there's a rustling of bushes just outside your window. "Ow!" A familiar voice shrieks, "Ari, you stepped on my f-mmmph" Her sentence is drowned out by a loud hushing.
"Wow, really?" You chuckle quietly and Adagio rolls off of you and onto her back, pressing her hands up to her mouth to stifle a giggle, but to no avail. She bursts out laughing, her pleasant feminine tone ringing throughout the bedroom.
"What are you two dorks doing here?" She shouts amid her fits of laughter, getting up and making her way to the window.
"I'm sorry!" Comes Sunset's voice through the blinds, "I tried to stop them, but they were really determ-" She stops short as Adagio pulls up the blinds, revealing her nude figure to her friend. "Oh... H-hi Dagie..." Sunset looks away, blushing vibrantly at what she's just seen. "I um..." She stammers, "Wow, this is really awkward..."
"Is it just you three?" Adagio smirks at her reaction.
"Y-yeah..." Sunset replies, still not looking directly at her. "I-I think so..."
"Well, why don't you come in since you're here?" She grins, looking back toward you. "That okay?" She asks.
"Yeah, it's fine." You chuckle, scouring the floor for your boxers. "I'll get breakfast going... if I can find my clothes, that is."
She laughs as she strides naked down the hallway and opens the front door to Sunset. "Hey, you." She smirks and Sunset jumps in surprise.
"H-hey..." She replies nervously as Sonata and Aria come in behind her. "Wow, um..."
"Come in." Adagio steps aside welcomingly, ushering the three of them in. She turns back as a classmate from school is walking his dog on the other side of the street. Both him and his four-legged companion stop dead in their tracks, mouths agape as they look over. She giggles, casting them a crooked grin and a wink as she closes the door.
"So, uh..." Sunset begins, "You didn't happen to incinerate your... clothes... did you?"
"Not quite." Adagio laughs, eliciting a quizzical stare from Sunset. "It's a long story." She shrugs, "I can go throw on a towel, if you like."
"Oh, no no! It's just that I haven't seen you walk around so nonchalantly in the nude before..."
Adagio grins mischievously, "So you're implying that you've seen me walk around suspiciously while naked, eh?"
The realization dawns on Sunset after a moment and her face takes on a form of complete embarrassment. "What? No!" She cries, "I wasn't implying anyth-"
"Relax, Sunny." Adagio laughs, "There's no shame here. Shall we sit down?" She gestures to the nearby table. "Your face is so red, you look like you might burst into flames at any minute."
Relaxing slightly, Sunset sits down, a little more comfortable now with making eye contact with her friend. "So, what happened?" She asks tentatively, suddenly wondering why she's making such a big deal out of it.
"Well, long story short..." Adagio begins, a dreamy smile appearing on her face as she thinks back to the night before. "I didn't exactly manage to get out of my clothes quite fast enough, if you know what I mean..."
Sunset's eyes widen knowingly. "Wow... Wait, he's really that good at foreplay?" She asks, watching as you walk across the room and into the kitchen. Adagio nods, following her gaze. The four of them stare at you for a moment before you notice and you halt, mid-reaching for a nearby pan.
"...What?" You smile, laughing nervously and they all burst into a fit of giggles.
A short while later, the five of you are sitting around the table, each enjoying a plateful of scrambled eggs.
"Hey, Anon." Sonata pipes up, looking around the room. "Why don't you have a Christmas tree? We went all out this year at our place!" She waves her hands around in the space surrounding her to exemplify.
Sunset leans over, "Pinkie." She states matter-of-factly and you laugh as you recall how the school was so overly-decorated the day before.
Adagio lets out an exasperated groan. "Ugh, it wouldn't so bad if they were just on the outside. But they're inside as well, and they blink." She articulates. "Every single one of them."
"How do you deal with it?" You hold back a chuckle.
"Sunglasses." Aria deadpans. "Dark sunglasses."
"At least we don't have to use the heater anymore." Sonata chirps, "All those lights keep the house warm."
"Oh, I just can't wait to see our electric bill for this month." Adagio sighs, smiling weakly.
"Heh, then you can send it to Pinkie." You return the smile, before the five of you burst into laughter. "Honestly, though." You return to Sonata's earlier inquery, your smile fading somewhat. "I haven't celebrated Christmas for..." You pause in thought, counting on your fingers. "-eight years, now?" At this, the room falls rather silent.
"Why not?" Aria asks.
"Well, things were getting pretty bad back home, what with the war and all." You begin to reminisce, both Aria and Sonata momentarily sharing confused glances, but seeming to understand all the same. "Anyway," You continue, "I had planned to celebrate Christmas and get a tree, but I actually didn't come to that decision until just yesterday morning." You smile, looking at each of their faces before resting on Adagio's.
"That being said, I don't think I'd have had it any other way than how it turned out." You admit, eliciting a smirk and a giggle from her. "The tree can wait 'til next year. In the meantime, what are you girls doing for Newyear's?..."