-1"Mizuki go away!" he complained at her as her warm sleeping form snuggled closer to his very awake one. There was no answer, not that he'd expected one. She was an oblivious sleeper as always and Sano felt he had as little chance of waking her as he did of winning the Olympics that spring. This was not something he found likely.

"Mizuki, you're killing me !", he whispered as she latched herself onto him, her hands closing on fistfuls of his shirt around his back. Though she remained asleep, Sano was unable to unclench her hands. "I can't keep being a gentlemen if you keep crawling into my bed."She slept on, not noticing the position she was putting him in.

Sano groaned in frustration, she was in small shorts and a t-shirt; and she was vest-less, he realized as she cuddled even closer. Against him, she felt like the girl he knew her to be and he wished silently that she would admit her secret to him so he could tell her that he loved her.

"Sano I love you", she mumbled in her sleep as one arm slipped dangerously close to his rear-end, He groaned again in frustration.

This was impossible to handle. He loved her with all his heart and he was hot and he was starting to think he might need a cold shower and she was definitely not helping his peace of mind with her rubbing and cuddling. He had to make a decision about how he would continue his life with her, if he could survive the night.

Sano made his decision quickly and silently, he kissed her lips very softly and wrapped his arms around her small body. He let himself be the man he always wanted to be with her. Just for tonight, he would be that man.