"Why not both?" REWRITE

Part 10

// You know the drill babes. BTW should I keep Paradise in the story? I'm trying to keep it more serious this time but I can keep her if you guys want :) //

   It was finally the day of my mission, and I was gushing with excitement. I had packed all my things carefully with the the help of my bunkmate, and I was ready to go explore the little sleepy town of Chicla, and in addition, Peru. We would obviously be focused on the mission, and catching José, but depending on how quickly we completed the task, we'd get a few days to relax and enjoy our time there.

   I was waiting in the heliport, my suitcase in hand, way earlier than I needed to be. I was there even earlier than Ghost himself, who was always yapping about being on time.

   Slowly, people started to show up. Ghost, Soap, Gaz, Price, Alejandro, Rudy, and finally König arrived around 6am, and Price gave us all one more quick briefing before we all hopped onto the prepared heli and buckled in. I was sat between König and Ghost, the former chatting up a storm with me and the latter talking to Soap across from us. It was a little tight, being sandwiched between two massive men, but they both tried to shift and make more room as we sat down.

   It was an uneventful ride to be completely honest. About 20 minutes in everyone was either on their phones or sleeping. König was slumped up against me, his huge frame squishing me against Ghost, who seemed less than pleased to have me so close to him.

   After a good hour or two Ghost finally spoke up, shifting his shoulder underneath me and moving his arm to be behind my head. "You're uncomfortably close... might as well make it comfortable," he grumbled, loosely wrapping an arm around my shoulders and casually pulling me closer again, my head pressed against his chest.

   I let out a huff, closing my eyes for a moment to fight back the sudden blush that threatened to spread over my face. After a moment I looked back over to König, watching as he was practically snuggling up against my side despite how I was leaning away from him now. It was kind of cute, seeing this massive, muscular man cuddling up to me while he slept.

   I let a smile tug at my lips for a moment before looking back over to Ghost, watching his phone for a moment as he scrolled on TikTok. His "for you" page was literally all cars, dogs, and men cutting wood for some reason, but it was entertaining nonetheless.

   A couple minutes later, the two men's body warmth grew too much to handle, the gentle rocking of the heli slowly lulling me to sleep and the whirring of the heli's blades a background noise behind the quiet chat Alejandro and Price were having over the mics.

 4 hours later

    As the heli landed, I was jostled awake by Ghost, who's eyes were squinted up in either a smile or a cringe. "You drooled on me, mate," he huffed, retracting his arm from around me to point at the spot of saliva on his hoodie I had left. He then added, with a shake of his head, "you also talk in your sleep. It was a right scare hearing your knocked out ass go, 'Hello?' in that little sleepy voice of yours," he then ruffled my hair, standing up and stuffing his phone in his pocket.

   "Sorry," I mumbled, lifting a hand to rub at my eyes as I sat up in my chair.

   "It's alright, mate," he replied back gruffly, rolling his eyes at me behind his mask before pushing away from his seat and climbing off the helicopter.

   "Y/nnnn," I turned, looking over to König, seeing his hands up under his hood, rubbing at his eyes as well. I hummed softly, shifting in my seat to turn to face him. "How was the trip?" he asked, and I tilted my head slightly.

   "It was alright, I fell asleep on Ghost and he didn't seem too happy about it," I laughed softly, and König laughed as well, raising from his slouched over positioning to stand and then help me up.

   As König and I climbed out of the heli, the bright sun bore into my eyes, my hand lifting up to cover my face from the burning rays.

   "Mi belleza! Your poor, beautiful eyes!" I looked over, raising an eyebrow in confusion at the Spanish accented words. My squinted eyes landed on Alejandro, who was quickly approaching with a grin on his lips. As he reached me, he extended his arms towards my face, and before I could jerk back, he slipped a pair of shades over my eyes.

   "There you are, mi Vida! We must protect those gorgeous eyes from this devil sun," he flashed me a grin and a wink, and I had to hold back a snort as I returned his smile.

   "Oh, thank you, Ale. I appreciate it, wouldn't want to go so blind I couldn't see your handsome face anymore," I teased back, and he tilted his chin up in amusement. 

   "Of course not, mi Vida. I wouldn't want you to miss out," he reached out again, putting a firm hand on my shoulder and giving it a squeeze before turning back to walk over to Rudy and Price.

   König let out a quiet grunt behind me, placing his massive paw on my shoulder to direct me towards a car that was waiting to drive us to our hotel.

   We quickly grabbed our things from the second heli that had followed ours and loaded into the car, waving goodbye to everyone else with an excited grin.

   At the hotel, we checked in quickly, rushing up to our shared room like a freshly married couple on their honeymoon, an excited bounce in my step.

   "My God," König groaned as I flung open the door, pushing his large frame past me to plop down on the singular bed in the room. "Sleeping in that helicopter was probably the best travel sleep I have ever had, but it was still was not satisfactory to my back," he groaned, rubbing his back.

   "You were sleeping on me," I pointed out, and he let loose a soft snort.

   "You do not make a good support pillow then," he mumbled back, leaning back against the bed, his arms spread out wide at his sides. I looked him over subconsciously, my eyes flickering over his exposed midriff and the trail of dark hair that led down to his pants.

   "Well, my bad," I joked back, walking into the room and setting my things down on the left side of the bed, nearer to the door, and with the only outlet near the bed. "I get the left." I stated, and he grunted in understanding before rolling over onto his stomach and then pushing himself up to his feet.

   "I will try not to crush you or kick you off the bed," he teased, poking my side as he wandered to the bathroom. "This is not nearly big enough for me to shower," he grunted after a moment, and I looked over to see the shower. 

   "That's a pretty big shower for a hotel actually," I hummed back, and he rolled his eyes at me. "Maybe you should've showered before we left," I teased, and he shot me a harsher glare than before.

   "I did," he grunted, closing the bathroom door and going back to open his bag. "I just like to shower every day, like you should," he started throwing his things in the drawer across from the bed before pausing.

   "What the hell?" he rumbled out, reaching into the drawer and pulling out... a bottle of lube.

   I had to physically hold back a loud bark of laughter at the sight of the tiny bottle in his massive hand, holding it at arm's length like it would bite him.

   "That's what we get for getting the honeymoon suite," I giggled, and he snorted before throwing the lube at me.

   "Shut up, y/n," he huffed, watching as I ducked and the bottle splattered all over the wall behind me. "Oh, great, it was open!" he scoffed, throwing his hands up. I couldn't hold back my laugh this time, my eyes widening as I watched the bottle fall to the floor and the goopy liquid slowly slide down the pretty red wall paper.

   "Why would you throw it at me?" I laughed back, and he rolled his eyes before continuing to throw his things in the drawer.

   "Because you were running your mouth, which is very unbecoming of a lady," he huffed back sarcastically, waving one finger at me in a disapproving manner.

   "Fuck off and kiss my ass," I challenged back, raising an eyebrow at him playfully. He snorted, mumbling something under his breath that I couldn't quite hear. I shrugged it off regardless, flopping back onto the bed and sinking into it. It was surprisingly comfortable for a cheap hotel, the mattress bouncing slightly underneath my weight.

   "You should not make threats like that. One day someone will take you up on it," he huffed quietly, and I laughed again as I settled back against the pillows.

   "Who gives a shit?" I hummed, to which he grunted. After his things were all put away in the drawers of the dresser he had claimed, he walked around the room, hands on his hips.

   "Get up and turn out the lights," he instructed, and I obliged, hopping up from my spot on the bed to flick the light switch off. König glanced around, ducking down low and even under the beds, and I watched with slight amusement. 

   "I am checking for cameras," he grunted, but I already knew that and simply hummed in response. After a minute he then walked into the bathroom, clicking the main room's lights back on as he inspected the mirror. 

   It was all precautions that all units always followed when they had to stay in a hotel, no matter how fancy or expensive it was. 

//you guys reading should also check your rooms for cameras and make sure the mirrors aren't one ways when you stay somewhere. stay safe <3// 

   After his thorough inspection was complete, he sat back down on the bed, the frame creaking under his weight.

   "I am going to take a nap," König stated, leaning down to take off his shoes and some of his padding. I raised an eyebrow at him and let out an amused noise.

   "Okay, grandpa," I teased, and he threw his shoe at me, which I smacked away before it could hit. 

   I quickly left the room before he could throw anything else at me, leaving him to get changed and tucking our key into my pocket. I took the elevator down from our floor, pulling Ale's glasses down over my eyes as I pushed outside the door of the hotel.

//IK I SAID I WAS KEEPING IT SERIOUS IM SORRY. I couldn't resist the lube joke 😞//

//Next update might take a little longer than normal because of school starting back up, but i promise I'll work on the story as often as possible. I'm actually enjoying writing again! Love you guys, hope you all had a great summer <3//