"You're one of the few people in the house I really like." Nova smiles, genuinely at her. She meant it. After the past few days, she had seen herself leaning towards certain people instead of everyone, like how it was in the beginning. Ashley was one of those people. She was neutral, didn't try to stick herself with one person in the house, and was sweet. "I think after you ran into the pool naked, you broke your shyness wall down." She laughed.

Ashley smiles "I like you a lot too Nova you're like one of the coolest people in the house" She says with a smile "And I know like I could trust you which probably sounds kinda weird right?" She laughs a little then nods "Yeah that definitely helped break the shyness"

"Oh, well, I'll have to make sure to change that later tonight," Vara says with a wink when Mariko comments that the molesting sprinkler was the most action she's had all night. The nights between them had been absolutely beautiful, making her forget that she was with several other people in this house, with the world watching. "Yeah? Where do you want to go?" she asks, curious about Mariko's decision.

"Oh..." Vara says softly, looking down at her hand in Mariko's. "Okay, that's fine." She tries to sound happy, but she was a little disappointed. She was ready to have Mariko live with her, but she was willing to accept that she was going to move back to her home country. "I've never been to Japan before. I guess I'll just have to come there some times..."

Nova smiles at Ashley. "Same. I trust you as well."

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The next morning, Nova wakes up and takes a shower and then grabs a bowl of cereal. Once they were finished she washed her dishes and then heads outside to reclaim her spot on the hammock outside.

Elle head already been awake for a few hours or so, and now was sitting at the table in the kitchen area when she sees Vara walk in.

"Hey V, sleep well after last night im so glad your still here"

Mariko awoke in the bed. It wasn't her bed,or vara's bed. It had become The Bed. Vara was gone,but mariko knew she had been kissed by vara. They did that sort of thing now,always a kiss to the sleepy one. Vara had been right,this thing between them did deserve a chance. It was way to early to describe it as love,at least in a relationship sense. Mariko had loved vara at a friend level for quite some time. She felt very...sure of this with Vara. She had yet to feel vara wanted anyone else. Even when she was speaking with daisy. If you had a pulse,chances were good you wanted to fuck daisy. The thought never crossed mariko's mind that vara would do anything with daisy. Nina...mariko never felt that sure of. Unsurprisingly,mariko had a very high sex drive. so her theory was if Nina did not return that enthusiasm to her,she must be ggetting it elsewhere. With contentment mariko finally gets out of bed. She grunts as she stretches. Still stark naked she makes her way to the showers.

Vara turns to Elle and smiles, tightening the robe she was wearing a bit. "Hello there, Elle, darling. I slept great." She smiles. "I'm glad I'm still here, too. That was nerve-wracking, to say the least..."

Vara smiles brightly at Elle, happy to be her best friend - at least in the terms of in the house. She felt bad for thinking earlier in the show that she wouldn't still be friends with these people after the show. Now she knew that she would definitely see them again. "Yeah, I was scared, too. I was sitting there, talking to Daisy, and I was thinking, 'If I get called right now, this is going to turn into a really awkward conversation...'" She laughs a little. "But thank you. Let's hope I keep up this string of good luck next week."

Vara grabs a bottle of water from the fridge and leans against the counter. "Hmmm... I don't know yet. Maybe play some pool in the rec room? Or go swimming? What about you? You got anything fun planned?"