𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐓 | #𝟏 ✔️

𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐗

"What is it, my dearest?" He asks, bringing his hand up to carefully stroke my ginger hair. I shake my head and hum in response, only lifting my head up and smiling at him.

"I can't wait to get home and lay in bed with you." I sigh, the butterflies in my stomach are happy at the thought of it.

"I know, Sunshine." He whispers, his voice gentle as he pulls my head down softly and plants a kiss on the top of my head.

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I wake up to hear Rainer's deep voice harshly speaking at someone.

"For the last time, I don't care! You either do it or else I'll have you fired." He scolds and I open an eye to see him with his phone pressed against his ear before he pulls it away, pressing a few buttons and then shutting it.

He sighs deeply, his chest rising and falling as he sets his phone down. I watch him rub his eye with one hand, the other running through his messy blonde hair.

"Rainer?" I say, my voice groggy and there's a weird sensation in my throat which causes me to cough. He immediately turns his head in my direction, a smile tugging on his lips.

"Gold. Hi." He smiles, leaning down to kiss me. I smile, kissing him back just as passionately and after a few-long seconds, he pulls away.

"Did I wake you, lovely?" He tugs a strand of hair behind my ear. "I'm sorry, it's apparently chaos at the office and Ms. Elizalde can't handle it." I chuckle softly and yawn, placing a palm over my mouth and turning my body to stretch.

It takes me all of my strength to get up from the bed, immediately walking over to the bathroom to wash up. I look at myself in the mirror and I want to puke at the sight.

My hair is frizzy and all tangled up, my skin is as dry as a desert, and my left eye is red. I feel embarrassed at the thought of Rainer watching me sleep when I look like this.

I turn the sink on, not wasting anymore time and quickly washing my face. The warm water hits my skin and I want to sign out of relief.

My hand goes over the skin of my cheeks, chin, and forehead before I turn the water off and swipe the excess water off of my face. I look slightly better, though my eye is still red and I can smell sleep on my clothes.

After wiping my face with a towel, I walk out of the bathroom and bite back the urge to rub my eyes again. Rainer has his laptop out and is typing an email out as I sit next to him.

I rest my head on his shoulder, watching him work a bit and even correcting him from time to time which he only chuckles at. Then, his phone screen lights up and both of our heads turn in the direction of it.

It's a notification from 'Mamma 💐' And some Italian text is under it.

"Right, you speak Italian!" I beam, making Rainer scrunch his eyebrows as he picks up his phone. His eyes scan the text before his thumbs start to type a response.

"What about it?" He asks.

"Say something in Italian." I twist my body and lay on my stomach, looking up at him with a smile as my chin rests on his collarbone. His gaze shifts between me and his phone before he sets it down again.

"Ogni volta che ti vedo, non importa dove, voglio solo ricordarti che sei mio."

"What did you say?"

"People annoy me." He says.

I scoff, not believing him a single bit.

I'm about to speak again but a flight attendant cuts me off. "Hello! We just wanted to inform you both that we'll be landing soon. Would you guys like some help getting your things ready?" She smiles, holding a hand out and pointing it in the direction of our messy bed.

"I still feel sleepy though, love." I pout, giving him the puppy eyes and the flight attendant chuckles awkwardly. Rainer nods, bringing a hand to my head while the other types on his laptop.

"Okay. Ask the pilot to do another round."

"What?" She exclaims.

"You heard me." He simply says, tapping a button before tilting his head up to look at her. "Do another round."

"Mr. Morelli, that's very unnecessary and a waste of fuel I—"

"My wife said she wanted to take a nap, no? Now she's going to do just that while the pilot does another round. He can fly us wherever, just as long as we stay in the air until she wakes up."

The flight attendant scoffs, looking at him in disbelief. I try to hold back my smile when he gets back to work like it's nothing.

She drops her hand to her side and walks away, stomping her feet on the floor of the plane. The second she shuts the curtain that separates the area of the cabin crew and the passengers, I chuckle softly.

"You should've seen the look on her face!" I laugh, playfully hitting Rainer before rolling onto my back and inching closer to him. My eyes scan the blank ceiling as I sigh then yawn, the drowsiness starting to come back to me.

"Rest, love." He whispers against my hair, caressing it softly before kissing it.

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