{Tattoo}

You wake up in a bed not your own with no clothes and breath that smells like the bastard child of green apple schnapps and straight vodka. You roll over only to hit Aqua, and Terra wraps his arms around you from behind to pull you against his chest, and now you know where you are, you're in Aqua's bed in Aqua's apartment. It's late in the day, you can tell by squinting vaguely in the general direction of the windows and holy shit you're hungry. Your shoulders also hurt, but you don't think about that when you sit up, causing Terra to frown and Aqua to mumble. You breathe on them for shits and giggles, getting up while they both moan about hurling.

You quickly figure out that standing and walking is not in your best interest, because the world seems hell-bent on spinning as fast as it possibly can, so you sit at the edge of the bed and hide your head in your hands. You contemplate throwing up, but then realize that Aqua would murder you and you have quite a will to live. Even if you have to deal with breath that smells -and tastes- like the bastard child of green apple schnapps and vodka. What the hell did you even drink last night? Everything's kind of fuzzy, you remember Aqua protesting over shots, then joining you and Terra in drinking them, and around the third you start to lose track of what exactly happened. You think you went somewhere?

Terra sits up and looks at you, one hand pressed to his eye. "What are you doing, Ven? Come back to bed."

"I'm hungry," you inform him, and wave grandly to the door. "Want to cook for me?"

"God no," the brunet responds, but he gets up all the same, climbing carefully over a sleeping Aqua to sit beside you. You lean against his chest, before squinting at his arm.

"Why is there gauze on your arm, Ter?"

He looks at you for a second, then down at his arms, head cocked to the side. "No idea." He peels it back, and you lean over to get a better look.

"Are those wayfinders?"

They are, and there's three of them forming a triangle, incredibly detailed about about the size of your thumbnail each. They're exact replicas of the ones you each own, and you admire the work while Terra groans loudly. "They're pretty, you got tattoos last night? You must've been smashed."

Terra pulls your hair gently, and you bat his hand away like an annoyed child. "I'm not the only one, you've got gauze spots all over your back, Ven."

You open your mouth to object as you bend and twist to see and feel, but sure enough, you do, three small squares of it. Two are on your shoulders, one each, and the third is at the base of your spine. You have a feeling you already know what's under the squares, but you have Terra confirm for you, just in case. He nods, and you roll your eyes heavenward because of course the three of you are maudlin drunks, why wouldn't you be. You sneak a peak at Aqua, before pulling the covers down just a bit.

She's as naked as the two of you, but there's once again three gauze patches, this time on her hips and under her belly button. You lean over to kiss her awake while Terra trails his fingers up her leg, and she's laughing by the time you blow a raspberry on her stomach. She sits up, blue hair framing her sharp face, and Terra kisses her knees while you brush her hair with your fingers. "What are you two doing?"

"Discovering that we're horrible drunkards, and so are you," Terra tells her, large hand covering her dainty one. Aqua laughs and allows the two of you to pull her into a sitting position, not even questioning her newly inked skin. You have the feeling she's the one that suggested the whole event last night, and she probably wasn't as drunk as the two of you. You don't mind though.

Terra actually leaves the bed first, standing up and searching for his pants, or at least his underwear, while you and Aqua lounge together, a mess of twined legs and arms. He flicks both of your feet once he's half-dressed, and you laugh before getting up and wrapping a sheet around you. Aqua pulls a face, but she lights up quickly when she spots Terra's shirt hanging over the back of her desk chair, and she pulls it on. It goes practically to her knees, but she's gorgeous, and neither you or Terra try to convince her to remove it. The three of you march out to the kitchen, where you perch on the counter while Aqua and Terra start to make food.

You check the clock when you're all standing around eating, Terra leaning against the counter to your left while Aqua mirrors him on your right, and aren't really surprised to see it's about four in the afternoon. "Guys, I've got to go soon."

They complain, they always do, but you've got work at six and you really need to stop by your house for a shower and a change of clothes. You run your tongue over your teeth, and bump cleaning your mouth to the top of your priorities list.

Aqua kisses your cheek, and softly asks you, "Why don't you just move in, Ven?" Terra looks up from his plate at that, and she looks at him too, adding, "You too, Terra."

You look at her, then Terra, then back and forth until your head starts spinning again and you take a break to choke down some eggs. You think about it, frowning hard, while Terra plays with your hair as gently as he knows how.

"You know," he starts, scratching at your skull with dull nails, "this place is almost as close to our jobs as our houses."

Aqua nods enthusiastically, eyes lighting up, and you focus on swallowing. "It is! I've checked." She blushes when Terra looks at her strangely, defensively continuing with, "What, I've been thinking about it a lot! I only really get to see you two on the weekends, and even then, sometimes you two have work, or I have work, and I just." She stops then, playing with her fork before setting it down, fingers knotting together.

"We miss you too, Aqua," you tell her gently, and you pull her close because she looks like she wants to cry, and you honestly can't take Aqua's tears. Terra shifts closer to wrap his arms around the both of you, and you lean into him. "I'd like to move in, but your place is kind of small, Aqua."

Terra nods his agreement, and you hear a sniffle below your head. "We could move into a different apartment? There's a two bedroom one that just became available a few floors up, I could talk to the landlord," your girl suggests, and you smile at her hopeful tone.

"Sure," you agree, nodding your head.

"I'm fine with that," Terra adds, pressing a kiss to first Aqua's forehead, then yours. Aqua looks up with unabashed delight, and you laugh when you kiss her. She kisses you back, lips soft and tasting vaguely of cherry alcohol, and Terra's fingers trace your spine while he sucks lightly on your shoulder, careful of your new tattoo.

The three of you end back up in the bedroom, though now you sit in a small triangle, admiring each other's inked skin. You all agree that Terra's was the most uncreative, a triangle on his arm, but you love the placement of Aqua's and she murmurs delighted sounds when you show her yours.

Her wayfinder occupies your left shoulder, Terra's is housed on your right, and your own is at the base of your neck, in line with the other two. Aqua has your wayfinder on her right hip, just below the protruding bone, Terra's on her left, and her own right below her belly button. You waste half an hour kissing her arms and sides while Terra rubs her shoulders, and she gently brushes your hair back and forth with her fingers.

You know you have work to go to, but right now you're delirious with the feeling of their hands and lips and bodies against yours, and you can't even remember why you've never moved in with them before. Your eyes slide closed while you smile, and Aqua laughs while Terra sighs, and you allow the feel of them to slowly pull you under.

A/N:

haha, yes, this is the same prompt challenge as the homestuck one! i just really love it, and wanted to do a separate kingdom hearts version. sue me.

enjoy wayfinder babes being wayfinder babes.

-vin