Modern Dating: A Practical Guide

Honeymoon Period

It's been a long day.

That's what Nagisa hates about flights. It's like no matter what, once you're on an aeroplane it may as well be limbo. Maybe he would have expected to be a little less bored with Karma there, but... Karma... well considering he's very much not a morning person, Nagisa thought they'd be just fine with the early evening flight. Even with his 'budgeting'. Despite that, Karma basically fell asleep the second the plane was in the air.

Karma's just lucky he looked cute resting on his shoulder, or else Nagisa might have been mad about it. Considering he'd somehow been unable to take even a nap for the combined sixteen hours of layover and flight time, he'd had a lot of time to develop a grudge.

By the time they finally reach Faleolo International airport, Nagisa's pretty beat. Even with the time difference though, it's still only late afternoon. At least it's a lot warmer than Tokyo, which is kind of nice. Or maybe he's grasping at straws, since the only thing he's really wanted to do so far is collapse onto the luggage carousel.

Not that they have stowed luggage. Another victim of Karma's budgeting.

Speaking of which, Karma yawns beside him, stretching his arms the moment they get outside. Not that that takes particularly long, considering the airport is a lot smaller than Narita. "Nice, palm trees."

Nagisa just gapes for a moment. If all Karma wanted were palm trees, he can think of countless places that wouldn't have taken sixteen hours travel time.

"C'mon," Karma presses his weight on his shoulder, "lay it on me."

"Huh?"

He rolls his eyes. "Don't act like you didn't bring some kind of custom printed guidebook."

Nagisa finds himself glaring. "It's not printed, actually."

"Gimme," Karma says, though he's smiling in a way that causes Nagisa's annoyance to fade.

"Fine," he says, trying to ignore how easily he was worn down, and hands over his phone.

Karma's eyes widen as he reads. "You seriously figured out escape routes in case of a volcanic eruption?"

"I wanted to be prepared!"

He just responds with a snicker. "I mean, probably more useful than this part about coconut trees though. Seriously? Have you been playing too much Donkey Kong or what?"

Nagisa's eyes narrow. "They're a real danger! Some people say 150 people die to falling coconuts around the world every year."

"Ah," Karma grins fiendishly, "so you'll stop bitching about the car rental then, hm?" He pats him hard on the head. "Gotta protect all of this with a roof."

"Haha," Nagisa laughs without humour.

Karma's hand moves down to his shoulder, tugging him into his side. "In some parts of India, people kill the elderly by forcing them to drink coconut water."

Maybe he's a little disturbed that Karma just so happens to know that.

Whatever the case, that conversation is prevented from following a dark turn by the car in question, which Karma seems mildly pleased about. Nagisa's main concern was the added cost really, though Karma had successfully won that argument. Maybe an added factor is the fact that the last time he was in a car with Karma ended in 30,000 yen's worth of fines, and only narrowly avoiding the threshold for license suspension. Though, they had saved someone's life as a result of that.

The radio plays out automatically when he turns the key in the ignition, filling the car with some relaxed music. At least it's less unnerving to close his eyes and focus on that, rather than Karma's driving. Until he feels a kind of rocking movement that is. Are they on the ferry already? He hadn't expected the sea to get this rough.