Aventurine, Phainon and Jiaoqiu with a reader that prefers to sleep on the floor during summer, dressed in nothing but their underwear. And if the characters try to cuddle reader, the reader whines and nibbles their hand as a warning. Reader does love them, but when the nights are hot as hell, they dont want anyone touching their hot, sweaty and gross body, not even their beloved bf
Love in the Heatwave
Tags: Aventurine x Reader, Jiaoqiu x Reader, Phainon x Reader, Summer Heat, Fluff, Humor, Established Relationship, Domestic Moments, No Touching (Reader’s Choice), Light Angst, Teasing, Mutual Love, Playful Biting, Heatwave Shenanigans, Floor Sleeping, Implied Intimacy, Romantic Comedy.
Warnings: Mentions of heat discomfort and sweating, Physical affection refusal (Lighthearted), Minor body contact avoidance, Reader bites character’s hand as a warning (playful, not harmful), Lightly suggestive banter.
The fan hums weakly from the corner, barely pushing the summer night air around. The floor is the only bearable place to sleep, cool against your bare skin. Your underwear sticks just a little from the heat, and you’re sprawled out in a careful, non-contact zone.
The door clicks open.
You don’t need to look to know it’s Aventurine. You can feel his grin in the dark.
“Oh, darling…” His voice drips with mock tragedy. “Sleeping on the floor like a lost playing card tossed from the table. Where’s the glamour? The romance?”
You groan. “The romance died the second it hit ninety degrees inside.”
He crouches beside you, coat gone, shirt unbuttoned halfway, clearly thinking his usual charm is going to work. “You know, there’s an old gambling superstition—if you sleep alone during summer, luck skips right over you.”
“I’ll risk it.”
“Mmm, but what if I’m your lucky charm?” His hand brushes your shoulder.
You don’t even think about it—you grab his wrist, lift it, and bite him. Not hard enough to hurt, just enough to make your point.
“Ow—! You animal.” He’s laughing, but you hear the genuine surprise. “Are you… warning me?”
“Yes. It’s gross-hot. I’m sweaty. You’re probably sweaty. I don’t want anyone on me.”
He leans back on his heels, looking down at you with that too-knowing expression. “So you’ll bite me, but you won’t kiss me? Tragic.”
“Aventurine, if you keep trying, I’ll move into the fridge.”
He hums, as though weighing his odds, then sighs in exaggerated defeat. “Fine, fine. I’ll play the long game.” He tosses a light silk scarf onto you like it’s a blanket. “But don’t think this means I’ve folded. I’ll win the next round.”
And as he walks away, you hear him mutter just loud enough, “Even if I have to bring an air conditioner into this apartment…”
The summer heat wraps around you like a second skin. You’ve abandoned the bed entirely, stretched on the cool floorboards, breathing in slow, shallow pulls. The stillness is almost bearable—until the door slides open.
“[Name]?” Phainon’s voice is warm and low, the way he always talks when he’s not sure if you’re awake. “You’re… not in bed.”
“It’s too hot,” you mumble. “Floor’s cooler.”
You hear the soft sound of his boots coming off, then the heavier thump of his sword resting against the wall. “You could’ve told me. I would’ve brought a fan from the marketplace.”
“Mhm,” you say, eyes shut, already knowing where this is going.
There’s a pause. Then the faintest creak of the floor as he kneels beside you. “It feels wrong, sleeping without you near.”
You groan and roll halfway over. “Phainon. No. Don’t.”
“I can just—”
“No.”
“But—”
You reach out, catch his hand, and nibble it. It’s not even a full bite, just a lazy graze of teeth, but it’s enough to make him freeze.
“…Was that… supposed to be a warning?” he asks, amusement tugging at his words.
“Yes. I love you, but if you touch me right now, I’ll melt into a sweaty puddle, and then you’ll have no partner. Just… soup.”
He chuckles, sitting back. “You really think a little heat would stop me if you were in danger?”
“This isn’t danger. This is me asking you nicely not to cuddle.”
Another quiet laugh. “Understood. The hero withdraws… for now.” He shifts away, but not before draping his cape over your arm—a small weight, a familiar scent. “You’re still mine, even if I can’t hold you tonight.”
And when you finally drift toward sleep, you can still hear him, leaning against the wall nearby, humming a tune meant only for you.
The summer night presses down like a heavy blanket. The tatami mat beneath you is cool enough to keep you sane, so long as no one disturbs you. You’re just drifting when you hear the door slide open, and the faint, careful steps you know by heart.
“...You’re not in bed,” Jiaoqiu says softly. There’s no accusation in his tone, just quiet curiosity.
“It’s cooler down here,” you reply. “Beds trap the heat.”
There’s a short hum, the sound he makes when he’s filing away information. “I thought I might… join you.”
You groan into your arm. “Jiaoqiu, it’s too hot for that.”
His footsteps stop just beside you. “I can keep to one side. I don’t need to touch—”
The moment you feel his hand brushing the mat near you, you catch it and give him a gentle nibble. Just enough for him to still.
“…Are you biting me?” His voice tilts with surprise and faint amusement.
“Yes. That’s a warning. Too hot. No touching.”
He chuckles, low and warm. “I wasn’t aware that affection had temperature restrictions.”
“It does. And tonight, it’s at maximum restriction.”
There’s a pause, and then you hear the soft rustle of his robes as he sits down a short distance away. “Very well. I’ll be near, but I won’t intrude.”
True to his word, he doesn’t touch you. Instead, he takes out his feather fan and begins lazily fanning in your direction. The breeze is faint, but it’s enough to keep you from feeling suffocated.
“You really don’t have to—”
“I do,” he interrupts gently. “Because I love you. And because it’s the only way to be close without breaking your… very vivid warning system.”
You laugh, half-asleep. “You’re too good to me.”
“Only in summer,” he says, the faintest tease in his voice. “Come winter, I’ll make certain you regret banning my embrace.”
Living with no bed - The Art of Japanese Floor Sleeping.
Hello readers, I am here to tell you that I have officially been sleeping on the floor for over a month now and it is the most amazing experience I have ever had.
Why am I doing this you may be asking? There are a number of reasons for this but the main issue I have always had is back problems. As someone with mild scoliosis and just general discomfort when I sleep I have always had issues. I woke up about a month or so ago and was greeted with terrible back pain from the start and it caused me to seek council on google and YouTube. I found this video about sleeping on the floor to improve sleep and it would maybe help with my back issues. I was like “Screw it lets go!” This was an experiment. I wasn’t sure if it would work or even help.
The first night was terrible. I was soar and stiff when I woke up the next morning, but don’t let that discourage you if you are thinking about trying this out or have been thinking about it. It gets better. The second night I slept through the night and did not have as much pain. It took about 5 days to allow my body to get used to sleeping different. I felt so good on day 7 that I actually just took the leap and sold my bed off to my roommate that happened to need a new mattress and I haven't gone back on my decision. It has been the most amazing experience and experiment I have ever conducted. I urge you all to try it.
The real reason I did this though outside of the physical benefits is so I can be able to sleep anywhere that I want when I eventually get the opportunity to travel and speak in front of crowds of people. Being able to sleep on the floor releases you from the need to find a place to sleep with a bed. So for example, you go on a trip and the hotel you're staying at has terrible beds or they just aren’t clean you now have the ability to say “screw it, ill sleep on the floor.” It is great I am telling you. I eventually want to be living in a van and being able to travel and go wherever I want and be able to sleep soundly wherever I go.
Other benefits of sleeping on the floor are being able to clean up your bed and put it on a shelf in the closet and not having it take up so much space. I have a quite large bedroom at home so I have enough space to move but I am not the norm. Many people have much smaller apartments and spaces to live in than me so if this is you, sleeping on the floor can open up SO much room in your living space. We are all obsessed with the Murphy Bed design but the real issue I have found in that is when we wake up in the morning and put the bed in the wall you are cutting air circulation off from the bed which it uses to kill bacteria and viruses and germs that grow during the night and if you cant air out your bed you run into the issue of more filth.
Another benefit is being able to easily clean your sheets. We are supposed to wash our bedding at least once a week. This is something that most people don’t do. I know that before getting rid of my bed I hadn’t cleaned my sheets since I moved in almost a year ago. I personally wash my sheets now once every two weeks but that is just me.
Sleeping on the floor, for me has been the most amazing experience I have ever had. It has improved my sleeping habits, physical pain of sleeping, and more. I am now more rested when I wake up in the morning and I highly suggest that you take this article and consider this idea and try it out for yourself and let me know how it works for you.
Hi I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted but things have changed. I’m going to push myself further with minimalism as I want to see what I really don’t need to live with.
So I’ve decided to try a week of not having a bed. I’ll be trying japanese floor sleeping. I’ll have 1 blanked for keeping warm, a comforter/ duvet under me and a pillow. I will keep everyone posted as to how it goes.
Why do it? Well I’ve heard that it’s better for your back. It allows the body and spine to realign to its natural posture more easily.
The two biggest reason though are:
1: I want the space back that my bed takes up. I want to be able to just put my bed away every day and back out at night.
2: I want the ability to sleep anywhere comfortably. Over at a pals and no where to sleep? Use the floor. Just knowing I can is the what I want.
I will post and let you see how it is when I get everything tomorrow.
Alright guys, so I like to sleep on the floor, but I’m getting ready to move out to the country. What are some ways to keep mice and bugs away from my bed as I sleep?
The best thing about sleeping on the floor is that there's no way there's a monster under my bed. Worst thing about sleeping on the floor is that there's no way there's a monster under my bed.
So this is a update on my minimalist life. I have been sleeping on my floor for about a week now and it is the most blissful sleep I have ever gotten. The reason I started doing this was because I was talking to Chris and I said, "My bed hurts me when I sleep, maybe I should sleep on the floor?"(Don't know what I actually said but its close to that)
So starting this month on August 1st I slept almost the entire night on the floor. I laid in my bed for about a hour after I made it since I sat down to do something and just ended passing out for some reason.
The second night I slept on the floor the full night and then laid down for about 15 minutes on my bed. That was the last time I slept in a bed with the intention of sleeping. I have laid down and fallen asleep watching TV or something but that is it.
Quick note, I did a bunch of research about floor sleeping and found out a lot about how our bodies are made to sleep on a firm surface and that beds can cause a lot of back pain and other health problems and so on...So last night I took a huge step in this process of getting rid of my bed entirely. I tore down my bed fully and replaced the area of my room with the sleet I have been sleeping on the last week. I will be buying myself a Japanese futon to lay on at night but outside of that I will have nothing else between me and the floor. I will tell you this past week has given me the greatest sleep of my life. Barring my old mattress falling on top of me last night while I was asleep the experience have been blissful.You may be asking yourself "Why is she doing this?" well I'm going to tell you one thing.
I don't intend on staying in one place for much longer and I want the ability to just pack up and leave somewhere and be able to sleep wherever whenever.
For example, if you are staying in a hotel and the beds don't look like they are clean you can just sleep on the floor. Also, I am a minimalist and I am on a quest to getting rid of legitimately everything I own and don't need. My bed being one of those things.
I am working really hard on myself and finding new things every day that i didn't know I even owned and getting rid of them. I use a really cool method called the 90/90 rule.
The 90/90 rule:
If you find a object in your home(Cloths, junk, papers, etc.) and you have not used that item in the last 90 days or will not be using it in the next 90 days you should get rid of it. Most of those items that you can get rid of will cost you less than $20 to replace if you ever find yourself in need of something you have gotten rid of.
This last year has been the greatest year of my life, full of a lot of stress but all of it has made me a better person and finding out about minimalism has changed my life.
Remember minimalism is not about living without, minimalism is about living your life with intention and living your best life with less.
