"I'm going to go ask Shaz now, alright? Continue on packing, I should only be there for a minute." Toki nodded, excited that they could finally find out if they get to escape for a week on their own. Trevor had left her standing in front of her door. After they had eaten Trevor had Toki start packing and he came back a little later to report that he was going to go. She hadn't invited him into her room because she had everything strewn about her room so she could pack it and she didn't want him to see the mess. She watched him go and went back to her room.

She looked around at the piles, and smiling she began to pack everything up into her bags. She had taken an inventory on everything she needed multiple times all she had to do was pack it up. Spending a few minutes putting everything into her duffel bag neatly she looked to the other side of her bed to see more piles of things that would certainly not fit into this one bag. She sighed and got on her knees and ducked her head under the bed to grab her second one. They were smaller than the average bag, and it just took one to get her through any trips she might have, but she didn't know what to expect this time around and decided to pack extra.

She got the rest of her necessities into the other bag and smiled contently, wiping her hands on her pants, looking around her room for anything she might have forgotten.

"No, I think I've got everything now, don't I?" She spoke to herself, mumbling and she realized she had extra time on her hands. "I wonder if Trevor has started packing yet. . . Hmm." She left her two bags lying on her bed and ventured out into the hall, headed towards Trevor's room. I don't think he'd mind if I stopped in to help him get started on his packing. Either way it shouldn't matter. She decided as she reached his room and tested the door. She found it unlocked and stepped carefully inside, but before she could even think a small droid sped over to her, whirring and beeping madly. It bumped into her leg once or twice and she realized what it was doing.

"Oh, hey, Zap. It's Tokijin, Trevor's girlfriend, remember? I'm not trying to intrude or anything. . ." She was a little surprised she had managed to remember the bot's name. She had only seen him once before. The droid stopped its attempt to rid her from his territory and seemed to stare up at her for a moment, seeming to take in the sight of her. It beeped once out of defeat and returned to its spot in a corner. She let out a laugh and it whirred angrily, questioning her reasons for laughing. "Oh, nothing. You're just so cute!" She laughed again, but this time didn't get a response from her new little friend.

She stepped farther inside, looking around the space in which Trevor lived, she felt as though she was intruding on his personal space, but she wanted to help him pack since she had not seen a suitcase anywhere. She looked around the room for a suitcase and located one under the bed and pulled it out, dusting it off with her hand before flopping it onto the bed and zipping it open. She looked around, rubbing her hands on her pants nervously before pulling out clothes that she had figured he would need. She got to work, and before long she had a collection of clothes folded, lying about his bed. She didn't want to dig too much around so she cleared a spot among the clothes so she could sit. She sat down on the edge of his bed, still feeling a little like a violator. She didn't quite like intruding on his personal space, and it took a lot to convince herself that she needed to stay put instead of high-tailing it out of there.

But she ended up sitting there for a minute or two so she laid back onto the bed, leaving her feet on the floor, stretching her arms. She let out a content sigh and closed her eyes, taking in the smell of the clothes surrounding her, and without meaning to enjoying it. But she jumped slightly as the sound of the door opening filled her ears and she sat up instantly, looking around innocently.

"Scare you a little bit, thief?" She shook her head as he entered the room, and gave the little droid a light kick.

"Not at all. . . Except a little. I didn't expect you back so soon." She wouldn't have made herself so comfortable if she knew he was going to be back soon. She brushed the hair away from her eyes, staring up at Trevor, waiting to see his reaction to how she had torn apart his room.

"Been packing?" She nodded quickly. He didn't seem upset that she had started for him.

"Yeah. There was a few things I couldn't find, or didn't want to dig through your mess for, so I figured I'd just pack what I could and leave the rest for you." She reached behind to to grab one of the shirts she had disturbed and folded it up neatly and set it in his suitcase.

"Did he let you in?" He nodded to the droid as he glanced around the packing she had started. He didn't seem mad or anything so she felt relaxed now.

"Yeah, he let me in. He objected at first but when I told him who I was he didn't have a problem." She let out a laugh as the droid ran into the wall after being blinded by a pair of Trevor's thrown socks. She de-blinded the droid and folded his socks up again, returning them to his suitcase.

"So what did Shazam say?"

"Well. . ." She saw the disappointed look on his face and instantly felt regret and was saddened. She heard him sigh, and returned her gaze to his eyes as he continued. "We've got a week, let's finish packing and get out of here."

She felt immediately relieved and hit him on the arm for leading her on like that. "You meanie!" She laughed as she stood up and walked slowly to the door before leaning against the wall. "I've got most of your suitcase packed. Is there anything else I need to get?"

"Did you pack a swimming suit? Might be a good idea just in case," he filled her in as she shook her head. Ooo. A swimming suit. Hopefully there's going to be a place to swim. Trevor hadn't clued her in about where they were going but she liked a good surprise and hadn't pestered him about it. She nodded and left the room, giving him a smile before she returned out into the hallway.

She quickly returned to her room and found the swimming suit she had bought on Forman II and tried to decide which of the two duffel bags would be able to hold one more item. She had to pull out some shirts and put in her swimming suit and was replacing the shirts when she heard a knock and footsteps. A figure stood beside her and helped her by pushing down on her shirts so she could get the zipper closed.

"Ah, thank you." Trevor reached over and slung her second bag over his shoulder, she was about to ask what he was going to do with it when he spoke.

"Shall we go?" She looked at him curiously. He hadn't filled her in at all and she had expected to leave in a few hours, maybe, not right now.

"I didn't know we were leaving right now. . ." Ah well, the sooner the better.

"Well, I requested transportation to where we are headed, and the VEN came through with a shuttle they didn't need. We're going to be sent out and dropped off, and luckily for us the trip out to Cordoun isn't very long." She looked at him as they began to make their way to the hanger.

"Cordoun? I've never heard of it. Is it a forest place?" She cringed, silently hoping he wouldn't confirm her fears. He wouldn't bring them to a forest planet again would he?

"Ah, well, I've never been there myself but it's supposed to be amazing. You'll have to wait till we get there to find out what our plans are though." She looked at him curiously, but didn't question him. She was getting more excited with all the little hints he gave her. She switched her bag from one shoulder to the other as they reached the hanger. It smelled pleasant to her, the smell of oil and grease. It was a comforting smell to her, much like the scent of rain. She let herself breathe in deeply as they walked over to the shuttle Trevor pointed out to her and was amazed by the shine of the craft. They're letting us take a shuttle as nice as this one?

"That's our ride. Let's get on board and get out here, I don't want to waste any more time then we have to." Toki smiled, nodding as they ascended up the ramp and took their seats. Toki was taking in her surroundings as the pilot walked over to them, nodding to each of them politely.

"You're the two who are headed to Cordoun?"

"We are." Toki felt Trevor slip his arm around her shoulders as the pilot returned to the cockpit. She listened to the noises of the craft start up and the ramp retracted and then they took off.

"I'm so excited! Are you sure there isn't anything else you can tell me about our destination?" She looked up at him with hopeful eyes as she wrapped her arm around his side and pulled her legs up onto her seat, sitting on them comfortably. Trevor let out a laugh and shook his head.

"No, I already told you I wasn't going to fill you in until we got there."

"Oh. Well I had to try in any case." She pouted jokingly for a second before resting her head on his shoulder.

"Well it won't be a long ride. We'll get there soon enough." He looked down at her, smiling.

"If you say so. Then I'll trust you." Toki was more excited than she realized. The last vacation they had had been on Forman II, and that hadn't gone so well. Plus that had been with the entire squadron. And she had gotten him hurt. Multiple times. In either cause she was just hoping that this wouldn't turn out like every vacation she'd been on and it would be a nice, peaceful week spent with the man she cared deeply for.

Without anything going on, she felt suddenly drained. She didn't know if she had gotten up too early, or had been up too late the night before, but she felt like now would be a very good time for a nap. She let herself yawn and she closed her eyes, burying her face in Trevor's shirt. She felt him run his fingertips gently through her hair and the lights seemed to dim, and she took hold of the offered hand of sleep, and slowly receded into the world of her dreams.

* * *

She was suddenly awakened as a shudder ran through the ship, and she slowly opened her eyes, only to shut them as harsh light penetrated her delicate eyes. She took a deep breath and squinted, only to see Trevor's knee. She sat up, rubbing her face slowly. She must have moved in her sleep. She had been using Trevor's leg as a pillow. She stretched her arms above her head and let out a loud yawn and looked at Trevor. He was still asleep. She hated to wake him up but it seemed to her like they had arrived at their destination.

"Hey Trevor. Time to wake up." She gave him a peck on the cheek as he slowly opened his eyes and she stood up, testing her weak legs before searching for a bathroom. She found it and returned a few minutes later to find Trevor no longer where she had left him. She was about to go into the cockpit when he came out.

"Well, we're here. But it's too late to see anything. It's already dark outside."

"Oh, darn." She was slightly disappointed, but she went over to help Trevor with the bags, this time talking both of hers, letting him handle just his bag this time. But before leaving the shuttle Trevor stared at her for a second before burst out laughing.

She gave him a cross, confused look. "What?"

"You have marks on your cheek from my jeans." She reached up to touch her cheek, and found that it had taken on an odd line-y pattern instead of the usual smoothness.

"Oh, I suppose you're right." Trevor shook his head still smiling.

"Well, the ramp is already down so we can go." Toki nodded and was about to follow Trevor down the ramp before running quickly to the cockpit.

"Thank you!" She said to the pilot with a smile, thankful for his service. He nodded, returning the smile. She then dashed down the ramp to catch up with Trevor but only ran into him at the bottom. She let out a quite 'oof'.

"Heh, you alright?" She nodded and looked up at him, sticking her tongue out at his cocky grin.

"So what's the plan now-" Before she could finish asking Trevor put a finger to his lips, shushing her.

"Listen." She did. At first she wasn't quite sure what she was listening for exactly, but then she heard it. The sound was that of waves crashing against rocks. She also noticed the smell for the first time. The air was crisp, filled with the scent of salt. Her heart beat faster at the familiar smell and noise.

"An ocean?" She gave him a full smile, completely overwhelmed with the thought of seeing an ocean.

"Yup." He smiled back, knowing full well that he had done well with his destination choice.

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"Goodnight to you too." She waved with a grin, closing the door behind her. She leaned against the door, sighing happily, a silly grin plastered to her face. A few second later she heard the sound of body falling against water bed and she giggled quietly. Well Trevor is certainly enjoying his water bed. She walked further inside, looking at luxurious room, afraid to touch it. It seemed like if she touched anything it would lose some of its glory because she couldn't meet the standards of the room. She walked over to the window and stared out onto the view that was Cordoun. She rested her head against the cool glass and inwardly sighed. This was fantastic and she loved being here, and it all made everything worth while being here with Trevor. But she was feeling a little spoiled. She wasn't used to fancy rooms, just to simple cabins on ships, and not a single drop of luxuriant anything anywhere.

She moved away from the window and sat on the bed gingerly, not wanting to upset the water too much. She gave one last look around the room, burning it's image into her memory before she pulled a Trevor and threw herself onto the bed. Ooh. So nice. She buried her face in the lush, fluffy blankets before a bell went off in her head. Oh yeah. Need to get clean, don't I? She forced herself to get off the bed before locating the bathroom in the hotel room, not all surprised at the fancy granite counter top, or the artistic carved marble above the mirror, or the huge sized 'fresher. The bathroom has to match the room. Of course.

Soon after exiting the bathroom she found that the fresh water on Cordoun tasted very, very bad. She figured it was because she wasn't used to it, but she hadn't encountered water before she hadn't liked, but this was a little over the top for her. She soon got on her pajamas which consisted of a t-shirt and sport shorts. She walked over to the window for the second time, running a comb through her hair, she stared out the window. She then opened it a crack, and stuck her ear out the window, listening carefully. There it was. She felt herself smile as the sound of waves crashing against rocks reached her ears. It was so close. She opened the window a little wider and backed up slowly, still facing the window, listening to make sure she could still hear it, she crawled into the slowly, letting herself be enveloped by the blankets. The sound still reached her ears, and it lulled into a dreamless, peaceful sleep.

* * *

She felt the bed suddenly ripple slightly and she opened her eyes slightly to see Trevor sitting on her bed next to her. Oh? Morning already?

"Mmm? Good morning." She felt her smile be covered up by a yawn and she stretched one of her arms out before returning it under the covers which she proceeded to pull up to her face, covering her nose. "You're already dressed and smell like shampoo. What time is it?" She looked around the room. Sunlight was pouring in at full force into her open window.

"It's about eleven. I've been up for a little while now." She felt her face turn to frown, but Trevor couldn't see that.

"Did I miss breakfast?" She grinned stupidly as he laughed.

"I'll go wait in my room and let you get ready. They're still serving brunch, then I figured we could go for a walk along the beach, maybe down to the docks. I stepped outside earlier to try and get an idea of where to head first." She nodded and watched him go. After the door was closed she sunk back into her bed, closing her eyes for a minute. She lie there content until she heard her stomach protest her sloth attitude, grumbling loudly. Alright, I'm up, I'm up. She set her feet on the floor, still sitting on the bed and let out a yawn, accompanied by a stretch. She then stood up, and lumbered slowly to the bathroom to fix up her now dried hair. She figured she would let it hang loose today. If she was lucky there wouldn't be too much of a breeze so she wouldn't be blinded. She then pulled out her outfit for the day, choosing to go with shorts that stopped above her knees, and a light boat neck style short sleeved shirt. She assumed she wasn't going to be able to control herself and she'd walk into the tide, but not go in too deep. She then sat on her bed, pulling on her shoes. It's been so long since I've seen an ocean! I hope breakfast doesn't take too long. She then went into Trevor's room and they made their way down to the lobby.

Trevor seemed to know where he was going, so she just followed him, but the fish tank caught her eye once more and she wandered over to it, but Trevor soon noticed her absence and laughing, he pulled her away from it and led her into the restaurant. They had a buffet style restaurant set up and they set to work filling their plates. Toki's eye was soon caught by a colorful array of fruit and she picked an assortment of the food, piling them carefully onto her plate. She also found warm toast, and put a couple pieces of that on her plate, but not before grabbing a small pack of butter. She saw an interesting looking fruit and questioned about it to the cook, nodding thankfully when he told her what it was, letting out a small laugh. She took a piece for her, and then one for Trevor, but not setting this one on her plate. With a mischievous smile she waited until he was looking the other way before she set it quickly on his plate.

Breakfast went without incident and Toki got Trevor to eat the sea apple she had snuck onto his plate. They let the hotel feeling full and began their walk to the ocean. Trevor slipping his hand in hers as though to keep her from running off ahead of him, which she didn't mind because she would have done.

"It's sooo pretty! And. . . It's purple! That's so weird!" At this point Toki let go of Trevor's hand and ran ahead of him to the ocean, feeling like a child in her joyous wonder. She pulled of her shoes quickly, throwing them off in random directions and stepped into the warm, light purple water. She didn't venture much farther in as the tide came to her. She heard Trevor's voice behind her.

"If I remember right, something in the planet's ground dyes the water purple. Sort of a cool effect, hey? We should put some in a bottle and take it back for Nazgul to keep. I don't think you can drink it though." She nodded, although a inquisitive smile found her lips. I'm pretty sure you can't drink salt water whether it's purple or not. Trevor nodded towards the other side of the beach and Toki grabbed her shoes quickly, not putting them back on on account of her wet, sandy feet.

Something dotting the ocean nearby caught her eye. She looked out over the water in wonder as a boats sped back in forth through the water. She hadn't noticed it before because the water in front of her head her solid attention, but boats where everywhere on this ocean. Some of them were so lovely looking, and her eyes fixed on them as they flew past.

"I wish we could do something like that, but it's probably so expensive. . ." She mumbled quietly to herself, not realizing she was speaking out loud. She was very content with just the hotel being right next to the beach. But Trevor began to raise her curiosity as he lead her over to the dock that was surrounded by boats and she made him stop for a moment so she could put her shoes back on. An empty dock would be a little bit nicer than one filled with boats that block out the view. But they were fabulous looking boats, she had to admit. ". . . I don't see why we have to look at these boats. They are pretty, but it's kind of like teasing me."

"Oh, it's alright." She looked up at him, his eyes searching, for what she couldn't figure out. She shook her head, unable to figure it out and kept walking her destination being the end of the dock, but she couldn't get that far on account that the hand she was holding wouldn't let her go any farther, and then she looked at the smiling Trevor as he pulled her from the main dock onto a smaller one, leading her down this path. This time he seemed to have a destination in mind, but this only left Toki confused. She suddenly felt her hand grasp nothing but air as Trevor let her go and ascended up the ramp onto the boat.

"Get off of there, that's not yours!" She tried to make herself sound playful, but she was slightly worried that an angry yacht owner would come around the bend, shouting at the two to get away from his boat, and she was looking around wildly. But that didn't happen. She looked up at Trevor and squinted slightly. Oh . . . Keys. . . To the yacht?

"I rented this yacht for us to spend the week on. She's beautiful, hey?" She stared at Trevor mouth open and looked up and down the length of the boat. It was a big one, at least by her standards, as she hadn't been around yachts much.

"Well, why are you just standing there? Come on up!" Trevor laughed at her shocked demeanor and waved her aboard. She walked up a small gangway before stepping onto the boat, looking around the deck. It was so much different from looking at it from the side. She simply gave Trevor a look that made him laugh again and she walked around the deck, scoping it out.

She was standing at the bow with her hands on the railing, staring out onto the ocean when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist.

"So do you find it to your liking?" A voice said playfully in her ear. She turned her head to look at him and gave him a light kiss on the lips.

"It's beautiful."

"Well I'm glad you think so. Because whether you like it or not, you're stuck here for the rest of the week." Toki laughed and escaped from Trevor's grasp, walking around to starboard, checking out a small compartment quickly.

"You know, I don't think I'd mind that too much." She looked around once more before questioning, "So when do we set off Captain?"

"Well, check out is at noon, it's about 11:45 now, so we need to hurry back to the hotel so we don't end up paying for another night that we don't stay for." He followed her around as she searched, looking in little compartments and nifty places for holding rope and the like. It was a new thing for her and she felt like a child who had to inspect everything before anything was going to happen.

"Ok, sounds good. Let's head back then." The descended down onto the dock again and didn't take the time like they had going down the beach that they did going up it. They wanted to check out of the hotel quickly. By the time they made it back up to their rooms they had about three minutes to grab everything and scurry down the lobby, both of them laughing as reached the receptionist's desk after Toki ran into Trevor with one of her bags, almost making him topple over.

"Go grab a taxi and I'll check us out." Toki nodded and headed out to the front of the hotel by the street, and hailed for a taxi several times before one finally stopped for her. She was putting her bags in the trunk by the time Trevor came out and he followed suit, throwing his bag in the back as well.

They slipped into the speeder, Toki before Trevor. He told the driver to take them to the dock, and the gruffy man nodded and took off. The ride in the speeder got them there so much faster than walking would have taken, especially with them having three heavy bags. They got out of the taxi as the man dropped them off near the docks and Toki unloaded the trunk as Trevor paid the man. Toki headed towards the docks, a bag slung on each shoulder as Trevor walked behind her, slightly slowed as he had picked up his bag to avoid having to trouble himself by dragging the wheels across the wooden planks.

Trevor let out a laugh as Toki walked right past their branch of the dock in all her excitement and he had to wave her back on course. Oh, whoops. She blushed slightly as she stepped into the yacht.

"If you want to put our bags below deck, I'll get her started." She nodded as Trevor directed her to the stairs and Toki set her bags down hurriedly, not taking any time to look around like she normally would have. She then got Trevor's bag and dragged it down the stairs in haste. She scurried back up to find Trevor in the pilot house.

"Well, once we take off the mooring lines we'll be able to get going." Toki leaned against the doorway, watching Trevor. "How does that sound?" He turned to look at her, smiling.

"Sounds like a plan."

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The view was amazing. Tokijin sat in awe as she stared at the scene before her. Cordoun's sun was angled just right so that it would hit the ocean in a beautiful sparkle of reflective light. They were far enough away from the beach that they looked like little cottages that fit right into the scenery, adding a soft look to the already delicate scenery. Tokijin sighed happily. She wasn't used to this type of thing. She had never been treated to this sort of luxury before. She had only been given a small number of gifts in the past, but this one by far was the one that topped them all.

A yacht, on an ocean, without a single care in the world. It feels like paradise, and of course one detail makes it all worthwhile. She felt a smile reach her lips and she stole a glance at Trevor, looking away quickly before she met his eyes.

She was still amazed at everything they had crammed into this boat. She hadn't been expecting anything like she had witnessed down below. The ceilings were lower than what she was used to, but that didn't matter for the quality and detail that this beautiful machine held. She shook her head, still unbelieving that this was actually happening to her. But she loved and cherished every minute of it.

"So were we just going to chill today?" She was wondering but she was hoping that maybe they could just hang around the yacht today, getting used to it and what not. The ocean was calling her, but she wasn't going to quite give in yet. She was still wary about the darn thing's color, but water was water, and water is for swimming, so she would swim in it no matter what color it was, but just not now. I wonder if Trevor's one of those swimming type of guys. I've never actually asked, nor have I .

"Yeah, that had been the plan. Why? Do you want to do something today?"

"Oh, no. I was just wondering. I'd just like this to be our do nothing day. Except maybe try my hand at that pool table. I would like to play pool."

"Have you ever played pool before?"

"Oh, sure. Lots of times. . . But you'll have to refresh my memory on how to hold the pool stick thing." Tokijin had never played a game of pool in her life. And to prove her point she held up her hands, like she was holding a rifle to her shoulder, taking aim but cupped her hands like a pool cue was placed in them rather than a deadly gun, and this earned a laugh from Trevor. But the game looked like fun and she never got her chance to play it before. She wondered curiously that when the balls went into the pockets, did they just stay in the respective pockets? Or did they do the cool go-into-the-pool table thing and end up on a side of the table, all lined up neatly in a row. Or did something totally different happen?

"Heh, yeah, we'll play some pool. But you've seriously never played before?" Tokijin shook her head, shrugging slightly.

"Nu-uh. Never had pool back home and it always seemed a little intimidating on the ship to me. I never attempted it." She leaned her head on Trevor's shoulder, subconsciously ending the conversation, not wishing to go into detail about what 'home' had been or continue the topic of how she had missed out on simplicities of life that seemed like a normality to other people.

Now that she thought about it, she couldn't recall ever learning anything of Trevor's past and although in return, Tokijin had shared nothing of her own. She preferred to let the dead bury the dead, and never intentionally got involved in any conversation that would require her to speak of what she had experienced and would have rather soon forgot. She had thought that hell was a place called home at a young age, and refused to let her thoughts wander too far back to her days on Farhen Rina. She would only remember the happy days. Days that weren't plagued with death and suffering. She was happy now. For once she was truly happy. She didn't want the despairing thoughts of her past to ruin that.

She let herself smile and looked up at Trevor, her eyes met his, filled with content and compassion. She moved into a half standing position, one knee still resting on the edge of her chair and Trevor watched her move with curiosity, his arm hanging limp after losing its place of rest on her shoulder. She bent over him and gave him a kiss on the lips, one of her hands found his face and rested it there gingerly as she let out her all her emotion and thankfulness in that single act. She slowly backed away, releasing him from her grasp and her fingertips reluctantly left the warmth of his cheek.

"I'm . . ." She stood up fully, setting both feet on the deck and looked around, ". . .Going to go below deck and find a little something to eat." She left him sitting there and she could feel him watching her as she descended down the stairs. She sighed quietly as she looked around the room. She found herself wandering towards the kitchen area and began a thorough search through all the cabinets, looking at their contents, only to close them in vain and let out a sigh. She wasn't sure why she had ran after kissing him. She had now thoroughly succeeded in confusing herself.

She was wondering if it was because of the thoughts that had ran through her head, seconds before she had moved from her chair. The thoughts of not deserving had returned from earlier. . . Except this time it wasn't about the boat. Her eyes wandered back towards the staircase that led up to the deck. Why did she feel like she didn't deserve his kindness? She looked down at that had felt the warmness of his face and goosebumps ran up her arm. She loved being around him, talking and listening to him, but why did she have this gut-wrenching feeling?

She sighed again, looking around the kitchen. She walked out of it and walked deeper into the belly of the yacht, going down one more floor. It was cooler down here, and she ran her hand along the wall as she walked. She didn't want to be filled with such doubt. She wanted it all to go away. . . This insecurity was taking away from the time they could be spending together. She was selfish in thinking this way. Maybe she wasn't deserving of the love she had received from that man . . . But he was happy, nonetheless. She would be horrible to take that happiness away from him. If what she was made him truly happy, she would not argue with herself about the nature of her being worthy as a human being.

She found herself in the sleeping area. The doors were open and Toki found herself leaning against the door frame of Trevor's room. His suitcase was leaning against his bed and the dim light from the overhead lights gave the room a quite and peaceful look.

"Toki? What are you doing down here?" Toki spun around, not wanting to be seen looking into his quarters and walked over to Trevor who had just come down the stairs and had seen her frame in the dimly lit hallway.

"Oh, nothing. Just contemplating on changing into something lighter or not."

"Oh. Ok." Trevor rose an eyebrow slightly, curious as to why she would want to use up two outfits in one day, but he wasn't about to question the nature of a woman.

"Yeah, let's go up on deck, shall we? It's awful dark down here." She was about to grab one of his hands to lead him back up on deck when the hand she was aiming for moved out of range to turn on the light switch he was standing right next to. He gave her a mischievous smirk as the once dark hallway was immediately filled with a bright, blinding light.

"Ah. . . Right. . ." She grinned sheepishly and finally caught she his hand in hers and started back up the steps with Trevor trailing behind her, chuckling quietly.

Toki let out a small sigh as she let herself fall onto her bed. Am I really that bad at pool? She let out a small laugh and pushed herself off the bed and began to dig around in her duffel bag before pulling out a black tank top and white shorts. Even though they had spent the day doing basically nothing, time had sped by and left her drained. She pulled on her pajamas and began to run a brush through her hair when she heard footsteps. A small mischievous smile found her lips and she tossed the brush back onto her bed. 

She opened her door to see Trevor walk into his own room, leaving the door open behind him. She walked quietly across the hall, waiting for him to get close enough to get to the bed so she wouldn't hurt him. She then ran and jumped onto Trevor, tackling him onto the bed. She had planned her attack carefully so she wouldn't hurt him in case her tackle fell short and he missed the bed. But she had met her mark and she wrapped her arms around his neck, burying her face in the back of his neck.

Even before she had met contact with him she was laughing in such a silly manner, but Trevor didn't help when he decided to reach up and tickle her sides, which for Toki was a very ticklish spot. She let out a small cry of surprise surrounded by laughter as she quickly let go and fell onto the bed, covering either of her sides with a hand.

"Having fun?" He turned over to look at her, and she was still giggling. Her hair had gone wild in the process and was now blocking most of her view with streaks of blue and brown. She watched him sit up and knowing it was safe now, sat up herself and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek, a small reward for taking her tackle so well. She hadn't realized it but that wouldn't have been something she would have normally done. She would have been afraid of his reaction too much, but it had been the in the spur of the moment and she was glad he was still happily content.

"Absolutely." She settled against him, leaning on him and before she knew it her eyes were starting to droop. "I think it's time we got to bed though, I want to have strength to swim tomorrow. Do you swim?" She had been telling him her thoughts when she remembered that she never really figured that out. She look up at him, still through pieces of unkempt hair and she smiled happily as he nodded.

"I swim, but tomorrow I'm going to try some fishing. The next day we'll both go swimming though, ok? You can test the water tomorrow." Oh, sure. I'll be the test dummy. She would have stuck her tongue out at him but she remembered that was a thought she had kept to herself. She nodded slightly and sat up to give him another kiss. She was leaning against him and had to release him before she would knock him over so she stood up and waved as she walked out his door, bidding him goodnight.

She walked into her own room, closing the door quickly, leaning against it. She put a hand up to her lips, feeling the warmth that still remand there. She let out a small laugh, slightly embarrassed of herself. She shrugged it off quickly and fell on her bed, embracing it's warmth. She then quickly scuttled under the blankets and got comfy. She laid there in the dark, seemingly too excited to sleep. But she could feel the sleep tugging at her eyes, bidding her to close them and surrender herself to her dreams. She touched her lips through a smile one last time, and closed her eyes, sleep taking her almost instantly.

* * *

She let out a loud yawn as a slight light began to fill her room. Tokijin turn to lay on her back, staring up at the ceiling for a few minutes before sitting up. It seemed like she had only been asleep for about fifteen minutes, but nevertheless she felt energized and ready for the new day. She rolled out of bed with thoughts of the ocean quickly filling her head. She dug once more through her duffel bag and pulled out her swimming suit, as well as light clothing. She pulled off her pajamas, quickly donning her swimming suit, then followed up with a light purple t-shirt and light gray shorts and out of habit pulled her hair up into a loose bun.

She walked over to the door, pulled it open slightly and stuck her head out into the hallway, looking it up and down carefully. With no sign of Trevor, she stepped out into the empty hall, goosebumps running up her legs as her bare feet hit the cold floor. She looked down at her feet for a second and forgetting all stealth, went back into her room and pulled on her white flats before venturing out into the hallway again and heading up the stairs, taking them two at a time. She looked around the ship and sniffed once. A delectable smell filled the air, making her empty stomach growl with protest.

She made her way slowly to the kitchen, wondering what she would find. She knew that the smell that filled the salty air couldn't be something simply out of a microwave meal. She reached the kitchen and saw Trevor emptying the contents of a frying pan onto a plate, but he was busy with that task, and didn't notice her enter.

"Oh, something smells good." She wandered over to the kitchen's island, inhaling deeply at the scrumptious smell. She stood on the opposite side of the table, Trevor on the other.

"Heh, it's only bacon and eggs. I was wondering when you were going to get up. I decided to start breakfast and was going to wake you up if you weren't up by the time I was done." He then moved back to the stove to take a second frying pan from the heat and transferred the bacon onto a larger plate. Toki watched him for a minute and then moved around to his side and through a light kiss on the cheek said "Good morning" and went to find herself a cup and some fresh water. When she came back to the island Trevor had then divided up the eggs, pulling out forks for them both.

"Want to eat up on deck? It's nice out this morning." Toki nodded and put her glass next to the sink before taking a plate of eggs in one hand and the silverware in the other while Trevor picked up the remaining eggs and the plate of bacon. He led her up the steps and out onto the deck and quickly picked out a place to sit. Two chairs were separated by a small table, on that they set their food and quickly seated themselves in the chairs. Toki quickly grabbed herself a couple pieces of bacon to start off before digging into the eggs. They ate mostly in silence, but it wasn't because of a lack of conversation topics, but rather they were occupied with eating.

"Hey, what time is it anyway?" Toki asked after swallowing a mouthful of eggs.

"Well, it was almost eleven the last time I checked the clock. I think it might be closer to eleven thirty now." Toki nodded, digesting this small fragment of information. She stared up at the sky, slowly chewing on a piece of bacon. She was looking for any signs on the sun. Noon was mainly the hottest part of the day on any planet, and she had no desire to get extremely burned. The last time she had gone swimming was on her first Nazgul vacation and that had been a while ago, in a lake, which couldn't compare to the ocean. She finished off the last of the eggs and offered the last piece of bacon to Trevor, who declined so she took it herself, sticking it in her mouth before taking Trevor's plate from him, stacking it on her own and grabbing the bacon plate and heading down below deck, careful not to lose the bacon that was hanging freely from her mouth.

She got the plates to the sink and began to clean them. Hrm. . .I need to find a life preserver. She would be going swimming here in a few minutes and she had no intention of leaving the water for a long time and she wanting something to grab onto so she wouldn't have to get back on the yacht only to take a rest. She absentmindedly finished up the dishes and put them to dry, totally ignoring the washing machine that was right next to her at the sink. She ran back up to the deck to find that Trevor had pulled out a fishing pole, and now was getting ready to cast it into the waters.

Toki quickly found the circular life preserver hanging up on the outside of the pilot house and tied the rope that was attached to it to a hook on the side of the yacht and threw it down into the water. She looked over the side and watched it land with a splat and watched it sway on the rock of the waves for a moment before looking around. Trevor was at the bow and Toki was at starboard, close to Trevor. She quickly pulled off her shoes, followed by her purple shirt and ripped off her shorts. She ripped the hair tie out of her hair, letting the strands fall about her face. When Toki had gone shopping she had found herself a royal blue bikini top with matching short-like bottoms, both pieces were adorned with a flower pattern.

"Well, I'm gonna go in now. Hopefully this water won't kill me." Toki said to Trevor as she began to climb up the railing.

"Well, I doubt this place would be a vacation spot if the ocean water killed people." He had ripped his attention away from his fishing pole in time to see Toki reach the top of the railing and dive in. He set it down carefully, leaning it against the railing and walked over to the spot where Toki had dived in, waiting for her to surface.

Toki, meanwhile, felt the wonderful sensation of the water around her. She felt as free as she did while she was flying. Except in this situation she wasn't faced with imminent death. The only thing that was dangerous in this situation was how likely it was she might accidentally drown herself. She didn't want to surface, but only the protests of her lungs made her kick up towards the air.

She let out a gasp as she surfaced and let out a small cough. She had accidentally kept herself down for too long, and she was breathing heavily.

"I was wondering when you were going to come up for air." Trevor let out a nervous laugh, and Toki mentally slapped her forehead. She had to remember Trevor was here and she couldn't scare him with her crazy swimming techniques.

"Sorry, heh." She moved the hair away from her face and just swam in place for a moment looking up at Trevor.

"Well, just be careful. This is an ocean. I don't want to have to go in there and get you." She nodded, and swam away from the boat, understanding his concern. She looked at her surroundings and suddenly remembered she was swimming in a purple ocean. She laughed aloud at this, and took a deep breath before submersing herself once more.

* * *

Toki grabbed onto the life preserver, breathing heavily. She had been swimming against the ocean current for close to what felt like an hour now, and she was tired. Her arms were weary and her legs felt like they were just about to give out. But she was happy. Satisfied and happy. She would figured she would sleep well tonight. She then let go of the life preserver after taking a short break and swam to the stern and climbed up the small metal latter that was located there, heaving herself with the little remaining strength she had to get back onto the boat. She then walked slowly over to starboard and pulled her life preserver back out of the water, untying it from the boat and she wound back up the rope before hanging it back on the pilothouse. She walked back to the stern and located Trevor sitting in a reclined chair, one hand holding onto his fishing pole and the other was draped across his face, presumingly to block out the sun.

Toki let out a small giggle as she realized he had fallen asleep. Toki let out a yawn and eyed the chair next to his. The sun cast it full rays onto this side of the boat, and it looked like a lovely place to take a rest. Tokijin followed suit, sitting down in the chair quickly, reclining back in happily, the sun fell on her full force, drying her off faster than any towel could.

She soon found her eyes growing heavy, and they began to droop as she let out a satisfied sigh, before quickly falling into a dreamless slumber. But before she knew it she was ripped away from her peaceful sleep by a loud noise. She mumbled something and turned from her back onto her side, now facing away from the noise.

"Toki! Tokijin!" Toki realized someone was calling her name. She opened her eyes and looked around, and the thought of how long she had been asleep quickly popped into her head.

"Toki! Wake up! Look at me!" Trevor was kneeling next to her chair and she felt a hand on her arm. She turned over lazily and stared up at his confused face.

"Hi." She let out a drowsy hi, still not fully awake.

"Toki, look at your hand. . ." Toki's eyebrows furrowed at this odd request, but she did as she was told and looked at her hand. At first she was not comprehending what she was seeing. But as the sleep began to wear off the sight in front of her eyes began to hit home. She jumped up and off her chair, and stared down frantically at her body. She was purple! She let out a horrified moan and looked down at herself, trying to get a look her back and her legs. She was still in her swimming suit, and it seemed as though someone had painted her a light purple color when she was asleep. She gave Trevor a horrified look, and he just sat there, still kneeling next to her chair, and then he let out a loud, boisterous laugh.

"Why are you laughing?! I'm PURPLE!" Trevor's laughs continued as he stood up and walked over to her, looking her up and down. At this point her cheeks grew red underneath the purple, as she realized she was still in her swimming suit and he was analyzing her thoroughly.

He stopped laughing long enough to stare at her face. "You know, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Remember when I said some kind of chemical on the ocean floor dyed the water that color?" She nodded. "Well, it must have gotten to you as well." Toki let out a squeak of surprise as Trevor poked her forehead when he said 'you'.

"But. . . But. . . I don't want to be purple. . ." Trevor let out a laugh and shook his head.

"I don't think you have much of a choice at this point. Come on, let's go below deck, ok? We'll get you something to drink." Toki let out an exasperated sigh as Trevor walked towards the stairs, picking up her shirt, shorts and shoes as he passed them. Toki felt rooted in place and only dared to move when Trevor turned around to motion her forward with his shoe-filled hand. Toki let out a moan and followed him down below the deck. Now that she really thought about it, she was indeed, very thirsty.

Tokijin let out a happy yawn as she entered her room. It had been the perfect end to a perfect day, and she hoped tomorrow would be just as good. She stared down at her arms as she walked towards her bed, trying to rub off the purple that was still there, but only succeeded in supplying herself with a distraction so she had time to run into the corner of the bed.

She let out a gasp of pain as the corner bit into her shin and she sat down on the corner of the bed to examine her newly acquired wound, the events of the day whipped from her current train of thought. The small cut glimmered brightly in the dim light, and she winced. That might hurt tomorrow once she got back into the water. It wasn't all that deep but it tingled slightly and she rubbed off the blood with her hand before it got too messy. She looked around for a place to wipe her hand off on, but not finding anywhere she sheepishly wiped it on her shorts, pretending she had done no such thing. It didn't matter much because there was no one else around, but nevertheless she scurried onto the middle of her bed and dove under the covers.

She laid there for a minute staring up at the ceiling before realizing she had forgotten to turn off the lights. She jumped up quickly before hurrying towards the light switch and flicking the switch with a dramatic wave of her arm. She quickly got back under the covers of her cozy bed and sighed happily. She felt like it would take her hours before she would be able to fall asleep, but then the fatigue finally set back in that had been momentarily forgotten and she dozed off into a peaceful sleep.

* * *

She woke up as the morning sun rested gently on her eyelids, calling her from her deep slumber and she answered the call quickly. She blinked a few times before she took a sharp intake of breath and stretched her arms above her head. She sat up slowly, staring around her room incoherently before she realized where she was. She moved sluggishly, pulling her feet over the side of the bed and stood up slowly before stumbling towards her bag. She rubbed the sleep from her eyes with one hand while she dug through one of her bags with the other, trying to think of what she wanted.

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