Starshine Resort
the sunlight hit the Lucario's face as it finally reached the window, making her groan from her peaceful dream "Ugh.. go away sun.. five more minutes.." she grumbled and turned on the bed, but unfortunately for her, the Lucario's body was already starting up ("Curse being a steel and fight type, always ready to go for miles") the jackal thought still trying to get comfortable. If it was for her, Nera would keep sleeping, she didn't know when was the last time she had taken an actual break, heck she knew her partner never took a rest unless it was mandatory, or if she were to be knocked out.
("Speaking of her..") Nera looked to the side, and there she was, sleeping without any worry on her face, Renamon was always on alert, even in a friendly place, but Nera couldn't blame her, that is how the Digimon was raised, it was in her nature to be cautious. So the Lucario always enjoyed this rare moments of her mate being in complete peace, there was no battles, no important quests, not even an errand, just peace.
A piece of lavender cloth caught the Pokémon's attention, it was one of the golden fox's arm braces hanging on one of the chairs, the other one was also on the furniture piece, with a Digivice right on top of it. Nera didn't know why Renamon had those arm braces, they were made of cloth and had minimal protection, they were more for looks rather than being practical, but he vixen always had them, even took care of them as if they were treasures, this got the Lucario's gaze go to said mate's arms and paws, now lacking the pieces of cloth.
While the golden and white fur was similar to her lower limbs, Renamon's arms looked.. exquisite, they were rarely seen by the Lucario since she only took them off when washing herself or when sleeping in one of their homes, but if they were resting in any other place, those arms were always covered. And here was the perfect moment for the aura user to enjoy it, but just as her paw was going to touch the golden fur, a voice interrupted her thoughts.
"You know that staring is a bad thing, right?" the tone of the voice was both sleepy and serious, but those azure orbs filled with wisdom and serenity focused on her, a faint twitch on her mouth, showing she was smirking at the curious canine "What gives you the right to stare at me like that?" Renamon asked as her nails tapped her mate's paw.
"I think I'm entitled to do that, and many other things" Nera responded with a smile "That is what comes to be your mate, I get to be with you, whether you like it-" she took the fox's arm and kissed one of her knuckles "Or not, you are stuck with me." She didn't care what time it was, the Pokémon was probably going to spend it on the comfort of the couch, snuggling with her personal warmer.
"And I shall be shackled to you until the end of days, much to my misfortune" the Digimon could feel the Lucario rolling her eyes, she gently cupped her partner's cheek "What time is it?" she asked with a smile on her face. While she was known to always be prepared and cautious, this day just felt in peace, there was only single thought on her mind, said thought was staring at her, those rubies that had so much passion and mischief were so honest, like an open book.
Nera looked around for a clock or anything to tell the time, but nothing could be seen, but that was also for her lack of interest to move. "Do you care for it?" she responded, but the arm pulling her and the feeling of a soft mane on her back told her enough. "Still in the dream world?" she chuckled with the feeling of the Digimon's nod on the back of her neck.
"Let's just be like this, the world could be on fire." the vixen said, and immediately regreted saying that as she felt the jackal's trembling "Oh you were on fire last night, who would have thought I would lose my stamina first?" she joked, and the hug just got stronger "we still are in the honeymoon phase of the rellationship" her tone got softer, holding one white paw with her black one.
"And if things get rocky, we just fight it off, just to end up like this" her partner commented, losing herself in the scent of the fighting type Pokémon "Don't ever lose that mischief of yours, life would be boring.." she tried to sound relaxed, but her ever coming worries would never leave the fox, something that the Lucario caught on with ease.
Turning around to face her love, Nera could see the fears behind that calm demeanor, even though they have been together through so much, the vulpine never stopped having such doubts and terrors, but she knew that they were justified and the fox did fight them "You know me, I'm almost as stubborn as you, so don't think that life will take me away, we have fought enough to decide when to go" she caressed one of her ears, making it twitch unconsciously.
"Good thing you are the optimist here" Renamon commented with a sniff, but she was smiling "How did we ended up here? Last thing I remember was the balcony." the digimon was trying to remember their activities on the other night, but by the look she received from her partner, they were far from innocent. "Oh trust me, an old lady would have fainted and a teenager would die because of a nosebleed." the Lucario laughed at the flush appearing on the vixen "It is good to have our fun here and there, but-" she put a paw on her chest, feeling the beathing of her heart "Last night, we mated, we gave ourselves to each other, our raw emotions, we showed our happiness, our sadness, even our anger" she traced a spot of red on Renamon's shoulder, she knew she had other marks were blood got out, from both of them. "We showed everything, our bare souls to each other."
The digimon was dropping silent tears "I just wish to remember one of the happiest moments of our lives.." this was one of the times that she truly felt the impact of losing her memories, she wished so much to know the day she and her partner became mates, looking at the one person she could truly give everything to make her happy showed that the Lucario didn't mind. "I would give you anything and everything.." she tried to not make this a bad time for them, and the kiss on her lips managed to ease her worries as if they were mere dust against the wind.
After a few seconds, both partners took some breaths to get oxygen back to their lungs, with Nera being the first to talk "There is no need for mourning for the past, we are in the present and we can make even better memories, yesterday's night was an example of that." she hugged her mate, letting the digimon release her emotions "You gave me your power by fighting with me even in the darkest times, your fear and anger as proof of letting me see your inner demons" she started making gentle patterns on the vixen's back "Your happiness and laughter when I could see you in your brightest time and your heart and soul when you were the most vulnerable, letting me inside your most sacred sanctuary, you even gave me your life so I could keep on living."It took Nera more minutes as Renamon let the floodgates open, and she could see the golden aura of her partner shine with such intensity that showed this was the right thing.
Sniffing, Renamon looked at the canine, a real smile on her face, she was about to say something when the sound of something grumbling alerted both furred beasts, the source of the sound was between them, being their stomachs. This earned a laugh from both of them "Guess we need something to get our energy back" the Digimon commented as she got up, stretching her limbs and arching her back, much to the pleasure of the Pokémon, who couldn't not see such display of flexibility.
Nera was still in a state of trance when she felt a towel fall on her face, she got back on reality when she saw her mate with a teasing smirk "You won't help me with the shower?"
It took less than a second for the Lucario to run to the bathroom and close the door.

