A/N: This is YukixMachi (there are spoilers in this authors note, not in the fic...) After Yuki starts college post series, and Machi comes to visit on weekends. It's been a few months since the series ended. Please enjoy!!!

Light Up The Night, Love

When they sleep, they hold hands. She lies awake at night full of wonder focused at the warm hand in hers, pale and slender fingers curled around her own.

Marveling at the fact that he is willing to sleep lying next to her; that he will not leave her behind, she stokes her index finger along the curve of his hand under the blankets.

He rolls over to face her, startling her thoughts so that they scatter like a flock of birds into the sky. She had been wrong — he wasn't asleep yet; he'd never been. Yuki couldn't wake up that fast.

"You're awake?" she nods and flushes and frowns because isn't it obvious? How does she ever manage to waste her time around him asleep, anyways? It is so precious, so wonderful. So happy.

He smiles, and it lights up the night.

His room is fairly cluttered. Not as bad as her apartment, but the trash desperately needs to go out and his course work is spread all over the floor and the dresser.

"Do you want to sleep? Or would you like to stay up?" he has moved closer to her, and she can hear his heartbeat, and he is warm and heavy, pressed against her so close. But he is asking her opinion and she wants to answer him.

"Stay awake." she watches him suspiciously, seeing the fun dancing in his eyes. Those eyes have come a long way, and they have brought her with him. They lure her in. And on the edges, there is something stalking her.

He is suddenly above her, pinning her arms to the mussed bed, breath hot in her face. She reaches up instinctively, kissing his soft, full lips. He lowers himself until their bodies are pressed together. Running her teeth over his bottom lip, she smiled when he moans.

They gasp for breath and he grabs her and rolls onto his back so she is sprawled on top of him, and he cuddles her to his chest, fingers weaving through her hair.

His mouth whispers her name.

A/N: Wow, I took long enough finally writing this down. I've had the idea for nearly a year now. Please review!