Me: GUYS GUESS WHAT. I'M FINALLY FINALLY DONE SCHOOL! I'M SO HAPPY YOU DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.

Kashino: I think they can, considering you used all caps. You know, DOING THIS doesn't make any difference. You just look like you left the caps lock on by accident.

Me: ... Oh be quiet. :(

Kashino: But it's so true.

Me: Whatever. Anyway, here's a quick little drabble I wrote for fun, cause you know, I can! No more homework and studying for me. I'M FREE!

Kashino: *Sigh* I guess now I'll have to deal with more of you-

Me: So, enjoy and as always, I do not own Yumeiro Patissiere! :)

Kashino: Hey! I wasn't finished!

Cuddle Buddy

What is that? Kashino Makoto thought groggily. He felt very warm and comfortable, lying in bed. It was different from his bed at the apartment though, it was tougher and definitely a lot less luxurious. Yet, he felt cozy and content, not too sure why.

Little light was coming through the frail window, a thin beam of early morning sun filtering across the wooden floor boards. Something soft and breezy blew against his cheeks and he moved his arms to rub his eyes, but found them held to his sides.

Confused, he willed his eyes to open, breaking through the sleep that had formed on his lashes. And surprisingly enough came face to face with none other than Amano Ichigo.

Her head rested gently on his shoulder, as she exhaled she blew at his face. No wonder he had woken up. His whole body stiffened. What was going on? He tried to sort through memories in his sleep fogged mind. Right. He and Ichigo were at Monsieur Blanc's place. They had been there for one night already.

Though, he still didn't know why he had woken to Ichigo glued to his side. He thought about the cardboard wall they had set up the night before. Tilting up his head ever so slightly, he spied it on the floor, bent at awkward angles and obviously pushed away in their slumber. He turned to look at her, and he had to admit, she looked quite cute.

Her face was not as he usually saw it when she slept. For one thing, she wasn't drooling; most likely, she wasn't dreaming about sweets. That was a pretty rare occurrence. But then again, her cuddling him was an occurrence he thought would never happen.

The weirdest thing was, Kashino didn't hate it the least bit. In fact, he rather enjoyed it. Despite the prickly character he had been labelled with, he had to admit. He really did like Amano Ichigo.

She was definitely the sweetest person he had ever met. He loved the way she smiled all the time, how her optimism just lifted the spirits of everyone she was around. Countless times, they had only made it so far in the grand prix because of her. He liked the cheer she greeted him with all the time, always casually looping her arm around his and giving him that gorgeous smile.

Ichigo murmured in her sleep, scrunching her eyes tightly. She turned over, her forehead pressed against Kashino's cheek. He stared for a while, absorbing the feelings he felt. Her hands rested gently on his chest, and he wondered if she could feel his heartbeat. His arm was tucked under her body, wrapped around her shoulders. He felt so close to her in that moment, and felt almost guilty that he was enjoying the moment without her.

The aspiring chocolatier was quite aware that his face was a brilliant shade of red. Ichigo just had that way about her, always confusing his feelings and making him blush. But he supposed he liked that too.

She seemed quite content as she snoozed beside him. Her lips were turned up in the slightest of smiles, her eyelashes fluttering softly, as though she were going to wake up soon.

Speaking of waking up... Kashino lifted his head once again to look at the clock perched at the front of the room. Judging from the time he read on it, he and Ichigo should get up soon.

Though he was blushing like mad, and probably looked 10 times more ridiculous than he thought, Kashino quietly began to shake the slumbering brunette. She moaned, not enjoying being awoken while so comfortable. She moved in closer to him, her head cradled in the crook of his neck. Her lips were against his skin; as lightly as the beat of a butterfly's wings and she murmured quietly, "5 more minutes..."

Kashino felt as though hot coals had just burned the rosy skin of his cheeks, though he said nothing. Ichigo curled up closer and he sighed contently. Shyly, he turned his head and pressed a short and sweet kiss on her forehead.

5 more minutes definitely wouldn't hurt.

Me: So I hope you enjoyed! So anyway, I've got a few announcements to make because of the summer. So I'll start now.

1) There's a poll on my profile that I would love for you guys to answer! Because MJMS is wrapping up pretty soon (we're down to the last arc! :D) I want your opinions on what story I should do next. I've listed all the names in the poll, and summaries on all the stories listed are just below on my profile. So please vote for what you would like to see! :)

2) Also, I recently joined a group called "Sweet Writers: Unique!" We're just a group of fanfic writers who love writing fluffy fanfictions. If you're interested in joining, just pm leavepandasalone and I'm sure she'll let you join. Just tell her Mikashi-chan referred you! :D I'm actually the "senpai/sensei" of the group and I'll be mentoring all the newbies in the group. So... LOL. If for some reason you wanna be mentored by yours truly, the group is definitely somewhere to go! :D

Alrighty. So without further ado, I'll start the review reply. ^_^

BTWS GUYS. Thanks so much for allowing me to hit 400 reviews on this story. I'm so incredibly proud and I'm so happy to have all of you wonderful people supporting me! :')

~*Reviewers' Corner*~

Neko-chan2604 - LOL. The chapter was kind of inspired from my lack of sleep from exams and summatives. LOL. Thank you! I'm pretty sure they went swell :)

14AmyChan - Yup. Poor Kashino. I always make him suffer. It's so much fun! As sadistic as that sounds x3

MoonRaven-15 - That's my favourite kinda story to write. I love the "falling point". You know? Where someone just realizes they're falling head over heels for someone extremely special? That my favourite :')

Kitsune Jackson - LOL. Dramatic eh? I'm really bad at dramatic, so nah. It was just light and fluffy Kashigo romance! Ehehe. I've always seen Kashino as someone who could over-complicate things, so... ;)

RedNeko22 - Aw, thanks! You're a sweetheart! :D

Kuroi Neko Kagamine - ROFL. Yeah. It's like, "Darn it. If I'm not sleeping because of such a romantic dream, I could at least dream of the romance!"

MissLovelyPrincess - I don't know. They just come to me sometimes. Usually they have some sort of tie to something that happened to me in real life though. LOL. Thank you! Ever since Grade 9 English, I've been trying to mature my writing style. (I'm not 12 anymore. LOL. I'm trying to grow as an author xD). It's great to hear from you! Whoever did such horrible things to you is just jealous! Work hard Elise-chan ^_^

Shuusui11-11 Blade - Aw, sorry. I'm not very good with updating when it comes to the school year. That's why I cram it all into the summer. LOL. You're so sweet. Thank you! :)

Deathly Jester - Aww, I hope you get better :). LOL. Kashino falling in love is the most ridiculous thing though. He's such a cutie, I could just hug my cute chocolatier to death ^-^"

StrawberryDream15 - Aw, HANA-CHAN *blushes* You're so sweet to me! LOL. But really though, I've been trying to improve lots over this year. My goal for the year was to reshape and mature my writing style, so I'm glad it's working! Fluency was always a problem for me when I started writing 4 years ago, so I'm glad it's improved! :O

Rei Star - Comfortable as in, Kashino and Andou know each other so well, because they're childhood friends, nothing is awkward between them xP. Seems as though everyone can relate to a lack of sleep. Ah, the generations of today. LOL. I'm probably the worst though. Haha. ^_^"

bakamonostalgic167 - Kashino is so cute when his lovesick side is showing! LOL. I hope you liked the update :)

DarkXFeatheredCosmic - Yeah... Ichigo trying to help really wasn't helping at all. But I just love the idea of Ichigo fussing over a woozy, sleep-deprived Kashino x3.

spykids41399 - Aw, why thank you! I like this writing style! So I plan to use it a lot more! :)

PuddingMonkey526 - Bless your soul. Thanks for such kind words! And yes, I'm Filipino; very proud to be one too! One of my summer projects is to learn Tagalog. LOL. Thanks for making me smile with you're sweet compliments! :)

And as always, thank you to everyone who reads but doesn't review, favourites, and follows. You all mean the world to me!

Until next time,

(Which I hope'll be real soon!)

xoxo

~Mikashi-chan :)