Next to you 2.0

Disclaimer: Took a bath but left a note: "TheOceanspray99 doesn't own sh*t!" God, how rude.

The alarm clock rang. Roberto yawned as he slammed the snooze button. He rubbed his eyes and looked around the room. Sunlight bled through his curtains and right onto his bed. Good for him, he needed it. He nudged Rahne beside him, "Hey, its morning, we better wake up."

Rahne groaned, "Why are you up?"

He let out a chuckle, "Don't you know me? Roberto Da Costa? Morning person?"

"No, I know that. But I figured that after what happened last night, you wouldn't have the strength to lift your pinky," Rahne explained.

Roberto put his hand in the sunlight, "Not to be tooting my own horn, but I do have one hell of a stamina." He sat at the foot of his bed with his feet hanging off as he stretched in the sunlight. He was wearing a white skin-tight tank top and a pair of brown boxer shorts. It was weird; he was wearing his sleepwear when he barely slept last night.

Rahne hugged him from behind and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "You do; a very good one as a matter of fact. I never thought anyone could last that long." She took advantage of her body weight and pulled Roberto back down onto the bed.

"Hey! Rahne, what are you-" She pinned him down and kissed him. Playfully, they wrestled in the bed for dominance, mainly on who would end up on top. Rahne won.

"Pinned ya!" she said proudly.

"I can deal with that," Roberto sat up against the headboard. "C'mere." Rahne leaned in and kissed him passionately.

For some reason, whenever they kissed, they became lost in a different world where nothing else mattered. An earthquake could've hit the mansion at this very moment, and they wouldn't care. Heck, an earthquake wouldn't even move them. Not even Apocalypse had the strength to push them apart. Nothing did, except the need to look at each other again.

Roberto took a moment to gently stare into Rahne's piercing green eyes. His hands ran through her soft, red hair, which she let down for last night.

Then, he let out the greatest words in the world: "I love you."

For most girls, those three words would've hit them like a pile of bricks falling from a skyscraper. But Rahne wasn't most girls. Instead, these words soothed her mind. It was like a great weight had been lifted from her shoulders, allowing her to be free.

Instead of speaking, she kissed him again. Roberto moved down the bed so they were currently lying down. Good for Rahne, this was a more comfortable kissing position.

Rahne released her lips from his, "I love you too."

Roberto smiled.

"Still want to get up?"

"Not anymore."

A/N: I was looking back at some of my past stories, and remembered the first version of Next to you. Honestly, that version was a piece of sh*t. So, for fun, a maybe a bit for NaNoWriMo, I wrote a revised version. As you can see, I did not delete the first version because I wanted something you guys could compare it too. So I hope you review and tell me, which version do YOU think is better: 1.0 or 2.0? I wanna know.

All right, TheOceanspray99, out... for now!