Slowly but surely, the sun was creeping in through the cracks in the curtains. The tiny sliver of light began to gradually illuminate the inside of Aria's bedroom, revealing the chairs, the wardrobe, and especially her bed. Soon enough, the miniscule sunlight reached her eyelid, and within moments, she stirred. The middle Siren sister awoke, letting out the usual loud yawn she always did at dawn's first light. Her hair down, it was very clear that she wasn't wearing anything under the covers right now, but then, given that she was a Siren, that was probably no surprise. Now, Aria was by no means a morning person, as her usual demeanour could probably show, but even so, she found herself smiling on this particular morning. For there, lying sound asleep beside her, was Wiz. He was quiet, he was unmoving and he was hers. Before long, she raised her hand, gently twirling a stray strand of his hair, and this, naturally, led to him waking up also.

"Good morning," Aria said in a somewhat soothing voice.

After a brief time of general early-morning grogginess, Wiz finally woke up in earnest, letting out a yawn almost as loud as the one Aria had given. It took him only a few moments to truly get his bearings, and as soon as his eyes drifted over to his girlfriend, he smiled.

"Hey...sleep well?"

Aria chuckled.

"Like a log. You?"

Wiz stared up at the ceiling, still smiling.

"Always do after we...you know."

Aria stared at him hungrily.

"I gotta say...you've been doing pretty good. Not many guys can hold out that long."

A small look of pride came to the boy.

"Well...as my Grandpa used to say...if you've got yourself a great girl...you've got to work to keep her."

Nudging herself closer along the bed, Aria draped her arm over his chest, making little circle patterns upon it with her finger.

"And believe me...I'm loving your work, Wiz."

The two laughed together, and when those chuckles died down, the boy, seeming more than a little tired in spite of his good night's sleep, looked over to her, seeming both nervous and excited in equal measure.

"So...do you want to...you know?"

Aria knew immediately what he was asking, and for a time, she certainly seemed like she was considering it. But, after a while, she paused, pondering their being together in this position. Then, in a surprising move, she simply shrugged her shoulders.

"Actually...how about we just...talk?"

Wiz looked to her, taken aback by that.

"Um...talk?"

Aria smiled.

"Yeah."

Wiz blinked slowly.

"But...you're usually pretty regular with this stuff, Ari. I come over, we go to bed, you do me all night, we sleep, then we wake up and...just keep doing it even more."

Aria rolled her eyes.

"Sure, but...maybe it'd be nice to break up the routine every once in a while? What do you say?"

As before, Wiz looked up to the ceiling as he considered that.

"Well...I still can't feel my hips right now."

The Siren smirked.

"I'll take that as a yes."

Moving closer to him, her face was now barely an inch away from his, and she spoke in that low, husky tone she knew he liked.

"So...how's your basketball practice been going?"

Though still unsure about this, Wiz looked to her, smiling.

"It's...it's been going pretty good. Coach says we should be ready for the match against Crystal Prep by next week."

Aria nodded.

"I've seen you do your stuff. You're pretty good out there."

Wiz blushed at that.

"Thanks. But I'm still not as good at sports as Rainbow or Applejack...or even you come to think of it."

It was Aria's turn to look prideful.

"Hey, when you've got literal centuries of experience in being active, you tend to pick up a few things."

The two shared a laugh together, and when it was over, it was then Wiz's turn to speak.

"So...got anything fun planned for today?"

Aria again shrugged her shoulders.

"Just normal stuff. Sonata's dragging us to see some kids film at the theatre later. She's pretty excited. I just hope they serve a decent soda over there when we go."

Wiz nodded.

"Sounds good. I'm glad you and your sisters are enjoying yourselves like that."

Aria let out a dry laugh.

"Yeah...guess we could use it. Our jobs can get kinda stressful sometimes. So yeah, it's pretty sweet to get a break from it every now and then."

She looked over to him again.

"And you? Hanging out with any of your friends?"

Her boyfriend thought on that.

"A few. Sandalwood suggested taking our dogs to the park for a bit of a run-around. And then I've gotta go home because it's my turn to cook dinner tonight."

Aria's lips turned into a smile.

"I imagine your family would like that. I've tried your cooking, Wiz. It's nice. A bit too spicy sometimes, but still nice."

A nervous chuckle escaped the boy.

"Thanks, I...I appreciate that."

Then, he watched as his Siren girlfriend nuzzled up to him, and for a time, the two very much enjoyed the warmth of simply being next to one another in this bed. However, as time passed, Wiz looked to her with a degree of curiosity. He hesitated for a time, but then, after gathering some small measure of courage, he asked the question he'd been wanting to ask for a while now.

"Aria...why did you want to just...you know...talk?"

Slowly, Aria looked to him, her earlier confidence wavering by just the tiniest bit.

"I told you before...I've known plenty of guys, and my time with them was usually...well...it was usually just sex and nothing else."

A thoughtful look came to her.

"When you and I started dating, it was pretty much the first time I ever had a relationship that didn't just boil down to that. We talked, we had fun, we hanged out, like friends."

Sultriness returned to her.

"And believe me, as much as I appreciative being able to not be pent-up anymore...I guess I just wanted a morning where...we could just do what we'd been doing before...well..."

Glancing up to him, Aria resumed her earlier, hungry expression.

"...before I started to ride your brains out."

Even though his sexless days were long behind him, Wiz at least still had it in him to blush at a remark like that, which caused no end of amusement for his lover. But, as that particular moment passed, and the boy calmed down a touch, he looked to her, his expression softened, and he leaned forward to, to Aria's surprise, give her a quick kiss upon her forehead.

"...I'm...I'm glad we could do this then. It was fun. Talking with you, it's...it's good."

Though at first surprised by this unexpected tender moment, Aria soon rolled with it, snuggling closer to him and once more enjoying the warmth of it all. Then, after this loving silence passed, Wiz looked to Aria with curiosity.

"So...when do you think we should get up?"

Aria sighed in an exasperated way.

"Just...just wait a little longer. It's Sonata's turn to do breakfast this morning...and let's just say I'm not in the mood for double-triple maple-syrup pancakes again."

Grimacing, Wiz laughed.

"Yeah...good call."