Dawn
The early morning sky was splattered with stars. The first creeping tendrils of light had yet to fade the luminance in the inky night sky. Inside Haruhi slept bundled in a cocoon of blankets, gentle dreams cradling her in their arms. Her calm was shook abruptly by the shrill ring of her cell phone. With heavy hands she fumbled about for the offensive object bringing it to her ear.
"Hello?" she answered groggily.
"Haruhi, my beloved," Tamaki's musical voice cooed.
Haruhi sighed into her pillow, before glancing over to the clock, "Do you know what time it is?" she demanded her voice still thick with sleep.
"Just past four am," Tamaki supplied seemingly unperturbed by his love's hesitance. "Come outside, I have a surprise for you." With that Tamaki hung up the phone leaving no room for argument.
She could've gone back to sleep and ignored him but there was no such thing as ignoring Tamaki. So instead, she rose on wobbly feet, and threw a jacket over her pajamas. Her footsteps were light as she slipped out the front door and into the biting cold outside. Tamaki was waiting arms open to envelop her in shared warmth. She sighed into his chest despite herself; it always felt so good to be in his arms.
Tamaki guided her, hand resting in the small of her back, down the steps. She was ushered into an awaiting car, whose heat was turned on full blast. Tamaki kept her wrapped in his arms, her head cradled against his chest. He spoke little but a childish smile of delight painted his features. The car came to a halt not far from her house and Tamaki lead her out, covering her eyes with his long fingered hands.
"No peaking," he cooed into her hair.
She merely scowled behind his hand; she never was one to enjoy surprises. They climbed up stairs and walked a fair distance, Haruhi cloaked in darkness, anchored by the steady rhythm of Tamaki's heart. Finally he stopped, hands lingering over her eyes.
"Don't look until I tell you," he whispered, his hot breathing fanning across her cheek.
She nodded despite herself. She could feel his excitement rolling off him in waves, in the insistent way he touched her, in the quick beat of his heart. She held her eyes closed tightly. Shivered slightly from the cold, Tamaki wrapped his arms tighter around her enveloping her in his protection and warmth.
"Just a couple more minutes," he said at an excited whisper.
They waited in comfortable silence Tamaki watching, Haruhi waiting. Then very gently, he pressed his lips to her temple and breathed, "Now."
Haruhi opened her eyes, a dark stretch of landscape opened up before her. Every bit average and yet breathtaking as the dawn slowly crept across the horizon, brilliant colors of orange and pink shifted over the buildings casting them in their warm light. Haruhi looked back up at Tamaki with a sort of question in her eyes.
"This is the first sunrise we've ever watched together," he offered with a soft smile before pressing a chaste kiss to her brow.
Haruhi smiled, leaning back into his warmth. With his strong arms around her and the steady rhythm of his heart, she knew this wouldn't be their last sunrise together.
