The Shield of Galar

A Carefree Day

Bea smiles as she wakes up, Gloria's naked body pressed up against her, and her legs wrapped around Bea's. Her body at this point is craving her morning run, despite all the walking they have been doing, the morning run is routine. Yet, her heart and mind, have never been more content to lay comfortably in bed than it has the last few mornings. This debate that she has had with herself just about every morning makes her wonder. She had told herself earlier this week, that she would give up her morning run to wake up like this every morning, but is that something she would actually want to do?

She feels Gloria stir a bit on top of her, but the brown haired beauty on top of her remains sound asleep. As the smaller trainer tries to move her hand afterwards, Gloria's eyes flutter open a tiny bit and look up at Bea.

"Morning," Gloria mutters out, her voice soft.

"Morning cutie," Bea responds as she frees herself and gets dressed. "Get some more sleep, I'm just going to get a quick workout in, ok?"

Gloria just yawns and nods before leaning in to give Bea a kiss and laying back down. Bea, frozen in place a bit after the kiss, feels herself shiver in pleasure before stepping out into the crisp morning air. Looking out over the still darkened sky, she grabs her flashlight and then heads deeper into the cave to run around there for a bit.

Gloria wakes up and looks around the tent. She wasn't sure how long she has been asleep for after Bea left, but she still hadn't returned. Quickly sliding on some panties and a nightgown, Gloria steps out of the tent, leaving the sleeping Marnie in there alone, and goes to start the fire back up.

Her breath shows in the air in front of her, as she rubs her upper arms to try and keep herself warm. Grabbing some more of the wood Gawain had collected the day before, Gloria builds a fire and gets it started without the assistance of Cinder. Warmth fills the cave as the fire slowly catches the larger logs.

She hears Allister coming over to join her as he flops down next to the fire wrapped up into a shirt long enough to cover most his body.

"Sleep well?" she asks and he nods.

"Still getting used to not wearing the mask though," Gloria nods and grimaces

"You don't have to give up wearing the mask you know,"

"I know, but I want to. It is something inherently tied to my past, and I would like to focus on the future instead. I can't do that by hiding forever," Allister looks up and meets eyes with Gloria,  the dancing flames reflected in his purple grey eyes.

"Well, if that is what you really want. You know all of us will support you," Allister smiles as Gloria says that.

"What she said," Marnie yawns, and plops herself next to Gloria, then leaning over and resting her head on the Champion's shoulder. Gloria and Allister both chuckle, and shortly there after the fourth member of their group joins them as well.

"Enjoy your run sis?"

"Yes, it was nice to get to it again. Even if it meant sacrificing something beautiful," Bea states, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

"Not like I'm not still here," Gloria chuckles. "Besides, I think it is good for you to stick to your routine. If you broke it just because of me, I'd feel pretty guilty,"

"If I decided to stop doing my morning run, the only person to blame would be me," Bea replies and sits down on the opposite side of Gloria from Marnie. "So what are the plans for today then?"

"No plans, just chill out here and enjoy our last day of vacation together without having to pack up and rush to a new site. We can do whatever we want today, especially since we should head out pretty early tomorrow in order to get far away from here before calling a taxi to grab us,"