Summer came every year, for a whole three months — a season full of heat, sweat, and not being able to focus because your work clothes felt too damn stuffy. So what was so special about a season, one normally meant for holidays, that your boyfriend never took breaks on?

The answer? Right in those lines.

After all those months of bugging him to step away from his ruthless routine of waking, working, sleeping, waking, working, sleeping over and over again, of finding him exhausted and sometimes even agitated, he finally took your much-needed advice and brought you to a relaxing resort away from the bustling city of Tokyo to enjoy the Summer heat.

...With two other teenagers (who were, ahem, more so kids). Despite that, you were determined to make this a relaxing holiday for him; it was a time for the two of you to have some fun, enjoy each other's presence and to step away from your responsibilities — well, at least a few of them.

Now, herr you two were: two beach loungers sat close to each other on glimmering sand, the small table previously separating you two moved to the front, holding two lime-soda cocktails, with a large cabana cloaking you from the Sun's hot but pleasant rays. You were laying on your stomach, back facing Aki as he casually sat on the beach lounger next to yours, hovering over you as he applied sunblock to your body, his cool touch marking your back, gliding all over with minimal pressure. For once, he seemed.. relax. Like he didn't have a million things on his mind at once.

"...I still can't believe we're on holiday." The word sounded foreign to him, a single touch of disbelief, even more so to you as it left his lips — it was, for once, not carrying that tired tone whenever you brought it up, but instead a lightness, like it weighed nothing. How it was supposed to be. His hand slowed momentarily as his gaze drifted from your relaxed visage to the two troublemakers splashing about in the water, tossing a beach ball around — the same one that caught Power's eyes immediately as you two were getting the essentials at a nearby stand for the beach, to which Denji had referred to as "childish" but was certainly being proved wrong.. and by none other than Denji himself.

A rare sight indeed — no, not Power and Denji fighting like they were the finalists for the World Cup.

Aki actually relaxing. Aki actually feeling on ease.