A/N: So I'm back! I just got a brand new laptop that functions as a tablet as well, so I'm super excited to finally type. I hated my old desktop computer and never used it… most of my updates were previously written off my phone. So here is another chapter for you. Please read and review :)
"You did what where?" Ichigo asked Toshiro, his eyes wide in disbelief.
"We had sex. In my lab. On the counter," Toshiro responded back. He could barely hide the smirk that danced across his lips.
"I still don't truly... I mean... Bro you don't even let me bring food inside when I visit you," Ichigo said.
"No food in the lab. That's just gross."
"Oh, but a naked grad student is okay?" Ichigo said as he cocked an eyebrow.
"She wasn't naked," Toshiro said.
"Still. Your Doctor Hitsugaya, the single most strict person I know and all it takes it the right girl to make you completely forget your love of the rules," Ichigo said.
"My lab, my rules."
Ichigo had known something was up the moment Toshiro has strolled into the gym with an unmistakably smug look on his face. It only took a few questions before Toshiro had told Ichigo of his earlier encounter with Momo in the lab as well as the new development in their relationship.
On his part, Ichigo was ecstatic. Personally, he had always thought that a good lay and a great girl were all Toshiro needed to relax a bit. The recent weeks had proved his theory to be correct. Toshiro's frosted mannerisms were disappearing, slowly replaced with witty jokes and small smiles. Ichigo would never admit it aloud, but he preferred this happier version of Toshiro to the old icey one.
"Well... I'm glad everything is going well again," Ichigo said as the two continued their workout.
"Again... yeah," Toshiro said.
"Mhmmmmm," Toshiro sighed as he pulled Momo closer to him. The two were wrapped up in his sheets, exhausted from their earlier activities of the night.
"What is it?" Momo asked as she turned in Toshiro's arms to face him.
"Nothing," Toshiro said as he buried his face in the warmth of Momo's neck. "I was just thinking about how great it is to just be with you."
It had been two weeks since their steamy encounter in the laboratory solidified their relationship. Although there had been no more incidents in the lab, outside of work the two had been virtually inseparable.
"Well, you don't have to hug me so tightly," Momo said, half joking and half serious. "I'm not going anywhere."
"Whatever," Toshiro said as he kissed Momo on the forehead.
"And we should really be getting to bed. We have to be in the lab early tomorrow."
"It's my lab, I can show up when I want," Toshiro retorted. He was thoroughly enjoying himself and had no intentions of ending the night early.
"Yes but I can't," Momo argued. "I have three weeks left in your lab and I would like to tie up the research I've been conducting there before I go."
This response elicited a long moan from Toshiro. He propped himself up on his elbows before turning to Momo. "Please don't remind me of how little time I have left with you."
"Oh stop being so dramatic," Momo said as she playfully hit him on the shoulder. "I'll be in a lab a floor or two above yours and you will still see me all the time after work."
"Yes but I like how it is now when I can see you whenever I want, even at work," Toshiro said with a smile. He reached out to pull Momo closer to him. "I'm going to miss having you in the lab."
"We still have three weeks left. Calm down. Besides, remember when you thought of me as nothing more than a nuisance?" Momo teased with a soft smile.
"You were never a nuisance," Toshiro said softly. "It was simply a bit of a challenge to find a way to incorporate you in my line of work, but if I must say so, you have done an admirable job."
"And I will continue to do so for the next three weeks," Momo said as she slightly shifted in Toshiro's arms. "But for this to happen we need to go to sleep."
"Sleep?" Toshiro said as he began to kiss Momo's neck. His lips curled in a soft smile as he watched her shiver under his touch. "How can I sleep with you right here and so vulnerable at that?"
It took all of Momo's self control to place her hand on Toshiro's chin to stop his lips from continuing their exploration of his neck. "You'll have to manage. Please, it's time to sleep? And didn't you have your fill of this earlier?"
"I'll never have enough of you," Toshiro said frankly. Despite his words, he gave into Momo and began to settle down into the sheets of his bed. "But, it seems you have had enough of me."
Momo looked at him crossly before breaking out into a gentle smile. "Oh shut up, you melodramatic fool." She leaned in and gave him a sweet kiss on the lips before nestling up against him. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight my dear," Toshiro replied as he wrapped an arm gently around Momo. "Sweet dreams."
Momo found that dating Toshiro Hitsugaya, PhD, was both incredibly overwhelming and underwhelming. At the University, she found it harder than ever to escape his outstanding reputation. Fellow colleagues would praise him incessantly for his hard work, sharp mind and strict regard for ethics. He was well respected by his peers and admired by his students. Those who found out that she had somehow secured a way into his lab for the summer- not to mention his heart- did not stop to remind her to take full advantage of the opportunity her acquaintance with one of the most brilliant minds at the university provided.
On the other hand, it continued to surprise Momo how ordinarily average the acclaimed genius was in real life. For one thing, Toshiro was as standard a guy as can be. His wardrobe consisted of Polos and work out shirts. He spent his nights on ESPN and he went to the gym with the utmost regularity. If it wasn't for his academic credentials, Momo would never had guess that he was a genius. In some ways, Momo was thankful for this. Although she had always been bright and received good grades, Toshiro's genius slightly intimidated her, even after they began dating. To see him live his life as an average guy made her smile.
Yes indeed, Momo thought one afternoon as she sat under a tree in the park watching Toshiro play fetch with Hyorinmaru, she sure was a lucky girl.