A/N: Hello again, all! Kairi-san here again with an update to the story. Sorry about the wait, I had other more important things to deal with. I apologize for any OOCness. I know that Chi has no sense of touch as a persocom in the manga, but for my story she has a limited sense of touch as a persocom. Please forgive my taking liberties. Rated T for later chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Chobits, CLAMP does.

Without further ado, Chapter 2!

Chapter 2: The Morning After

Several hours later, dawn broke out over Tokyo and business was already flourishing. Cars ran by in a hurry. Honking was the music of the morning. Honing in on a certain apartment, an alarm blared in Hideki's ears. Groaning, he rolled over to turn it off only to notice that Chi was holding his hand in her sleep. He smiled and reached to turn the alarm off. The alarm stopped, he got out of bed. Glancing back at Chi, he decided to let her sleep a little while longer. She had seemed worried about something recently, sleep would help her get over it.

Quietly, he walked into his living room. The laptops were still asleep for now. Hideki sighed, at least he would not have to endure Sumomo's exercises and Kotoko's sarcastic remarks for a while yet. He liked them, but they got annoying after a while. Only Chi was not affected by their antics.

Turning the light on, Hideki stretched out his muscles. Everything was as they left it the night before. The futon had been moved into couch-position. A blanket was draped over one side of the futon. A DVD was sticking out of its player. Hideki noticed that the television had been turned off. He did not remember turning it off, but he must have. Satisfied that nothing had been disturbed, he moved into the kitchen. The kitchen was spotless as Chi liked it that way. He had decided to make breakfast this morning to surprise Chi. He may not be a good cook, but he would do anything for love. Chi shouldn't have to worry so much. Searching the cabinets, he realized he would have to get groceries soon.

Looking into the refrigerator, he pulled out a carton of eggs and various other items to make tamagoyaki. Grabbing an omelet pan and a bamboo mat, he got set to cook. Fifteen minutes and many messes later, he finally managed to get the egg rolls cooking on the stove. That was where his luck ran out. He heard a squeal from the living room.

"Master Hideki! Sumomo is awake! Time for Master's exercises!" Sumomo yelled.

Hideki groaned. Putting the burner on low, he went to the living room to face the inevitable. There he found Sumomo jumping up and down energetically from her place on the coffee table next to the futon. She had woken Kotoko up by now. The other laptop glared at the energetic one. They both looked up at him as he entered.

Still glaring, Kotoko walked away in the direction of the kitchen. Master Hideki had come from there, so it must be quiet in there. More importantly, it was away from the bratty, energetic persocom known as Sumomo. They may have been the same size, but they were as different as night and day. Once there, Kotoko saw the stove was on and immediately made it her job to watch the apparatus on the stove.

Back in the living room, Sumomo looked into Hideki's eyes. Still jumping, she put Hideki to work doing jumping jacks. He complained and tried to get out of it, saying that he had food on the stove, but Sumomo ignored his complaints as usual. Chi had still not woken up which worried him. He needed not worry for long.

In the bedroom, Chi woke up. She flexed each of her man-made joints to make sure they were all still working. Moving her head slightly, she noticed the flower on her chest and smiled. Hideki must really love her to place a flower on her chest while she was asleep. Putting the blossom on the nightstand next to the alarm clock, she got out of bed. Walking to the door, she heard groaning and Sumomo's commandeering from the other side. She must have slept for longer than usual. She was usually up before the laptops were.

Satisfied and eager, she hurriedly got dressed in one of her frilly dresses. Taking another look across the room, she decided that she should flaunt the blossom on her person. It was a symbol of love after all. Placing the flower in her hair, she walked out into the living room.

"Hideki! Chi is awake!" she announced to the entire apartment.

In-between groans, Hideki smiled. Temporarily distracted, Sumomo decided that Hideki was fit enough to stop her morning exercises for the day. He practically ran to Chi's side. Nothing else mattered at the moment but Chi. He took her hand in his and kissed it gently.

"I am glad, Chi. I love you," he said in reply.

Chi smiled. "Chi loves Hideki more! Chi wants to repay Hideki for his present!" She bent her head down to show him the flower in her hair.

Finally noticing the flower, Hideki was puzzled. He did not know where the blossom had come from, but it certainly was not from him. A pang of jealousy hit him uncontrollably. Before he could tell Chi otherwise, Kotoko yelled from the kitchen.

"Master! The food on the stove is now black!" Kotoko announced.

Alarmed, Hideki and the other two persocoms ran to the kitchen. Kotoko was jumping up and down next to the stove, crying out in alarm. Dismayed, Hideki turned off the stove and put the now-burned tamagoyaki in the wastebasket. So much for making breakfast himself, he thought. A forlorn look on his face, he turned to Chi. She turned her head in amused worry.

"Hideki must not worry! Chi will make breakfast to repay Hideki!" she said in reaction. She turned to the cabinets to get to work.

Still dismayed, Hideki went to his room to get dressed. The laptops both shook their heads. This day was turning out to be more unusual by the minute.

A/N: Well, there's Chapter 2. It would have been longer, but my Dachshunds have been begging to go out for the last 30 minutes, but I wanted to get this out beforehand. Please read and review!