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That Morning
By emeraldheels

He opened his eyes to the blinding sunlight, blinked several times, then smiled when he saw her sound asleep in his arms.

He detached one of his hands from her waist, and tucked her brown locks behind her ear, out of her face. He carressed her face, so gently that she would have felt that it was just the wind. His fingers lingered on her lips, and her smile appeared. He continued carresssing her face, and she snuggled into his shoulder.

He put his hand on her neck, and kissed the top of her head. He felt her smile widen, and she wrapped her arms around him tighter. He chuckled, and placed his hand on her back.

He then took a deep breath, taking in her scent - she always smelt like heaven to him. He counted her breaths, hearing it come and go. It was so peaceful, so.. wonderful.

She eventually moved her head away from his shoulder, and opened her eyes to look into his.

He smiled at her, "Morning, Mdm. Hinamori."

She raised an eyebrow, then laughed. "You seem to like calling me that alot."

"Well, it is a fact, isn't it?"

She smirked at him and acted as if she was thinking really hard, "Hmm, I don't know."

He gave her a kiss on her lips, and she sighed. "My dear, as much as I loved it, you can't cheat like that all the time!"

He laughed and it was his turn to act, "Cheat? All I did was to kiss you."

She rolled her eyes, "Fine, you win."

He chuckled, and pecked her on her forehead. He continued carressing her face, and whispered to her, "You're so beautiful."

"I've always been, haven't I?"

He smirked, "Always? Hmm, don't think so."

She acted that she was going to cry, "Aww, you're hurting my feelings."

He chuckled, "You really need to go for acting classes, love."

She sighed, "Damn, I seriously need to improve on my skills."

They laughed together, and laid like that for a period of time. Then, she finally spoke. "I love you."

He smiled, "I know."

She glared at him, "You're not supposed to answer me with that."

He faked innocence, "Oh? Then what should I say?"

She pouted, and snuggled into his shoulder again. "Forget it."

He wrapped her closer to him, whispering into her ear, "I love you too," and kissed her temple.

Momo smiled, "Hm."

"By the way, Mrs. Hitsugaya," said Toushirou, "Happy 1st Anniversary."

Signing off,
emeraldheels .