A/N: Hey everybody! Welcome to my new story! First up: Angel and Collins! Now, there's a MAJOR fluff warning with this chapter - I tried to tone down the gooeyness, but it just wouldn't work! I mean, it's not MY fault Angel and Collins are cuter than...uh...cute puppies? Oh well, on with the show!

Angel always knew that it was going to be a good day when her lover woke her up by kissing her gently. "Mmm..." Angel's eyes flickered open."Good morning, baby." she smiled sleepily.

"Good morning, my Angel." Collins grinned, holding something warm to Angel's lips. She sniffed the air, and the smell of melted chocolate made her mouth opened her mouth eagerly and Collins slipped a chocolate covered strawberry inside. "Your favourite." Collins said knowingly.

"Yum." Angel smacked her lips cheerfully. "You remembered."

Collins nodded. "And I bought pink roses, and champagne - the good stuff, not that cheap junk we had at New Year's, and I called in sick for work, so we can spend the entire day together -"

"Hold on, honey." Angel propped herself up. "This is all wonderful, but what's the occasion?"

Collins laughed. "Well, it's Valentine's Day, Angel, remember? Anyway, as I was saying -"

"Baby..." Angel bit down on her lip.

"Yes?" Collins asked, Angel hated the thought of wiping the elated expression off of his face.

"Collins, this is all very sweet of you, but...Valentine's Day was last week." Angel smiled appologeticaly.

"What?!?" Collins yelped, counting the days frantically on his fingers. "How could I have missed out a whole week?!" he growled, recounting.

"Well, it did take us all a week to recover from New Year's." Angel said, kissing her lover on the cheek in the hopes of preventing him from having a stroke. It sort of worked - Collins's chest stopped heaving dangerously, at least.

"But - but, why didn't you tell me I forgot Valentine's Day?" Collins whined.

Angel shrugged. "I didn't think it was that important. I mean, you've been so busy at work, and everything. Besides, it's just Valentine's Day. Does it really matter you forgot?"

"Did Roger forget?" Collins retorted.

Angel chewed on her lip. "Not exactly - he and Mimi had a candlelit dinner on the roof."

Collins rolled his eyes. Trust Roger to be romantic the one time Collins needed him not to be. "Did Maureen?"

Angel shook her head. "She took Joanne dancing, didn't flirt with anyone the whole night."

Collins groaned, burying his face in his hands. "You must think I'm a complete idiot."

"Of course not!" Angel insisted. Collins snorted.

"Well, you may be a complete idiot, but you're my complete idiot!" Angel snuggled closer to her lover to demonstrate the point. "Now, why put all this stuff to waste?" she popped a chocolate coated strawberry into Collins's mouth. "I say that we celebrate Valentine's Day right here, right now, to hell with traddition."

An ear-splitting grin spread across Collins's face. "You're amazing, you know that?"

"I know." Angel winked. "Oh! And we may have missed Valentine's Day, but we're just in time for Chinese New Year!"

Collins raised an eyebrow. "You thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Cheap, questionable brocolli chow mein?" Angel guessed.

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Collins kissed her cheek and reached for the phone. "Happy Chinese New Year, baby, even if we're not exactly Chinese."

Angel settled back against the pillows. "Oh, have I never told you? I'm one sixteenth Chinese." she beamed.

Before Angel knew what was happening, Collins was on top of her, kissing her fiercly. "You. Are. Amazing." he murmured, punctuating each word with a kiss. "I love you."

Angel stiffened beneath him, and Collins realised his mistake. Was it too soon to tell her he loved her? They had only been together for two months, after all. He pulled back to look at her. She wasn't angry, or scared, or even upset. Her beautiful smile was so large it practically blinded him. Well, he hadn't been expecting that.

She kissed him back enthusiastically. "I love you too, you silly, wonderful, stupid man."

Collins felt his heart soar at the words. "You mean it?"

"I've known it from the moment I met you, sweetie." Angel rolled her eyes. "It took you long enough to realise."

And then he was kissing her again, all other thoughts forgotten.

It was, without doubt, the best Chinese New Year Thomas Collins had ever had.

A/N: Have your brains all turned to mush? Good! The next couple is Mimi and Roger, so that'll be full of angst for everyone :)! Anyway, reviews make me very very happy, so please press that button and make my day!

-Ellie :D