Athena's POV
Sleeping in the tour bus is probably one of my most favorite things. The sound of waking up to traffic...not so much. But it's better when Conan wakes up next to me. "Stop staring at me" I smiled, hiding my face in the white bedsheets and in tangles of my hair. "I wasn't staring" he smiled, pulling me closer to his body. "I wanna sleep in all day" I took a sharp breath, stretching out my body.
"Athena, babe I'm not performing today" I looked up at him in excitement. "Seriously?" He nodded, looking down at me in awe. "I'm down for sleeping in all day...but I might've planned some things for us to do" I smiled up at him, tracing the design of his shirt onto his chest with my finger. "You plan now?" He rolled his eyes and put his hand up to my hair, twisting little strands. "Yes I plan now" he smiled, proud of himself.
"Florida is a nice place" he was right, but I have a feeling he's gonna be whining about the temperature. Apparently it's been bipolar, random rushes of breeze for long times, after it's gone it's like you were placed into an oven. "What are your plans besides drinking coffee all day?" He scoffed, offended but giggled it off. "It's a surprise"
"Oh come on! Tell me" I sat up in the bed, poking his cheek. "It won't be a surprise anymore if I tell you, dummy" Conan doesn't really plan things...maybe a date at a nice restaurant every couple weeks but he always tells me beforehand, so this got me excited.
I threw my leg over his torso, leaning in close to his face and gently taking him into my hands. "Why are you so pretty? God I'm so jealous, this isn't fair" he smiled widely before going in for a kiss. "Uh uh Gray, you gotta tell me what the surprise is first"
"I'll tell you after" he grabbed my jaw lightly, placing a kiss on my lips. "Gross! You haven't brushed your teeth!" He continued to place little kisses all over my face till we were a fighting mess. "What! Are you scared of my germs?" "Yes! Go away" I pushed him off of me before I left the room, going into the main section of the bus. "Mornin love birds" Hayley smiled, Conan coming behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist, his head tucked into my neck.
"I went to take the trash out, I'm quite literally sunburned" India chuckled, "you're being extra, when I went out it was nice" "you went out at 5am India, it was literally dark" I smiled at the conversation going on behind us, Conan still attached to my waist as I got started on breakfast. "What do you wanna eat today Cone?" "Coffee" I got started on some eggs, also warming up the coffee maker so Conan could get off my back for a bit. I'm always the one who has to remind him to eat, he quite literally forgets all the time. With the amount of coffee he drinks he "doesn't" need food for energy.
He was especially clingy today, grabbing onto me at every second, I found it really cute. The girls always tease us but it's cause we're cute together, so it's okay. "Do you ever get tired of eating eggs for breakfast everyday?" He ate the last of his scrambled eggs, taking the last sip of his coffee. "Yea...but theres not a lot of things you can cook on this bus without stinking it up" "sure there is...like banana bread!"
"I would be so down to make banana bread, but we don't have bananas, babe" he frowned, getting up from his seat and into the bathroom. Maybe I'm the clingy one, he's been gone for not even 5 minutes and I miss the warmth of his body on me. I get cold super easily, and it's worse on the bus because the girls insist on having it cold as fuck. I could get frostbite it's so cold. Conan likes it too, he says it's comforting and makes his coffee taste better somehow?
"Athena...you remember what I said this morning?" He peeled out from behind one of the bunks curtains. "Yea, are you gonna tell me!?" He scoffed. "No, I'm gonna show you...uh, I'll pack your stuff, cause I don't wanna give you any hints" he winked, leaving me confused. He's so weird.
"Okay then...what should I wear?" I stood at our bedroom door with my hands on my hips, Conan already digging through my suitcases. "Wear this" he threw a folded pair of jeans at me and a baggy shirt, pulling out my tote bag. "Hey, out! You can't see what I'm packing" I went into the bathroom to change and fix myself up. It was a casual outfit so I didn't put too much effort into my appearance.
It was already dark out so I tried to come up with some scenarios that he might have planned. A walk maybe? But why is he packing? Are we gonna go camping? What's this boys deal?
"Okay, I'm ready" he carried the "cafe gray" tote on his shoulder, fixing his button up. I inspected his outfit, he would wear this anywhere but maybe camping...? Oh I don't know. "Okay can you pleaseeee tell me where we're going? What if you didn't pack something I needed?"
"It's not like we're gonna sleep there Athena, it's just...yes, now let's go I called an Uber" an Uber at 8pm? Seriously? That's probably really unsafe. Okay I guess?
When the Uber pulled up I was hesitant to go in but if we did end up being killed Conan has his location on, they'll find our bodies some way or another. It wasn't that far, we honestly could've walked but that's probably more unsafe.
"Have a nice night!" Conan paid the Uber, taking my hand as we walked towards...the beach! "Oh nice, sand" I teased and he started walking a little faster, knowing it annoyed me. "Conan are we- are we gonna swim?" "If you want? I brought extra clothes incase we did, but it's a tad cold for that now isn't it?"
The weather did get lower on the ride here, too bad I didn't bring a sweater. "And I brought a blanket, cause you're lame and you get cold" "I am not lame! You're lame" I snatched the blanket out of his hands, sitting down on a rock by a tree. "Look at the stars" he pointed up at the sky, something about Florida man, everything is either 10x more boring or 10x more exciting, this was the second one.
I don't think I've ever seen so many in one place, it was gorgeous. "Conan" "hm?" "Did you bring my camera?" He stayed silent for a bit before starting to look through the bag. "Uhm, no" I smacked him on the shoulder. "See! I should've packed, you're slow"
"I am not slow! I was just thinking of more important things" I took a moment to look at him and then the starts, I couldn't tell which was more beautiful...ha I'm kidding, Conan obviously. "It's getting cold" my arms were practically freezing off, the rips in my jeans weren't helping my body either. "Do you wanna leave?" I shook my head. "We've only been here for like 30 minutes"
"It's not that bad" "says you, you live in an ice cave" I shook my head. "I like it cold" "it's giving Will Byers" we broke into a fit of laughter, it slowly dying down as we took a little time to take pictures of the sky. "We should make a TikTok!" Conan suggested excitedly. He walked up the grass, placing his phone down on the fence to record. I took a second to look at the surroundings, noticing the sign on the fence. "Conan! Look at that" the sign read something about dangerous snapping turtles? Good thing we didn't swim. We could be in the E.R right now.
"What if a snapping turtle ate me? Like just ate my whole body? What would you do?" "I would leave you there, not my fault you were slow enough to get eaten" he frowned, offended. Making me laugh. "I didn't mean it!" He walked up the hill grumpy, grabbing his phone.
He sat down next to me to watch the TikTok, rewatching it probably hundreds of times. "You need to stop teasing the fans" "People watching is a masterpiece, they can wait" he posted the video, logging off the account.
We talked and cuddled for about an hour, it started to get really cold and I couldn't take it anymore. "My legs are gonna freeze off" I wrapped the thin blanket around myself tightly.
"I miss my bed" I yawned, readjusting the bag in my hand. "Me too" he sighed. "Oh shit! I almost forgot" he pulled out his phone quickly. "Forgot what?" I yawned, peeking over to the phone. "It's still a surprise you know" I huffed, not fighting it. I was too exhausted. "Follow me!" He grabbed my hand, taking us closer to the city. We walked in silence for about 5 minutes, Conan walking into a creepy ally and turning the corner.
"A hotel?" "We need a break from the girls" we checked in, rushing to the elevator to get to our room. "Oh my god! A bed" I threw the stuff on the floor, giggling as Conan wrapped his arms around me and plopped us on the bed. "We should order room service" he was already onto it, ordering some desserts and a charcuterie board..? Extra but sweet.
We settled in bed, luckily Conan brought me a pair of his pj pants so I wouldn't be uncomfortable in my jeans. Conan was surprisingly paying attention to the movie, me on the other hand...I was tired from today. "If I was her I would've-" "cone-"
"Hm? Yea?" I took a second to admire the boy in front of me, it's crazy how good he's aged, it's the hair.
"I'm going to sleep" I reached over to play with his hair, smiling before messing it up. "The disrespect-" he fake cried, turning off the tv and taking my hands around his waist. Of course he wants to be the little spoon, unfair. "Wow, little spoon again?" I mumbled. "I realized how uncomfortable it is to have you sleep on top my arm you know" I rolled my eyes, putting my chin on his shoulder and holding him tightly. I never wanna leave.
A/n:
Hehe I love Athena and Conan they need a ship name 😭❤️
Wrote this for my dear friend Mel, hope you love it 😭 also I hope this met your expectations cause...I TRIED TO PUT AS MUCH AS YOUR IDEA IN IT AS POSSIBLE 😭🙏
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