A/N: This one is a continuation from the last sunrise/sunset oneshot titled, "A Sight to See." By continuation, I mainly just mean it follows after, nothing like, plot important, it just falls in the same theme. Now, enjoy!

Chapter Summary: Rayla likes sunrises now. It's as simple as that. With the way she wakes up, she has good reason to.

Callum likes taking evening naps. It's as simple as that. With the way he goes to bed, he has good reason to.

In actuality, they're just a couple of sappy kids.

Word count: 952

Good Greetings

Warmth.

That was the way Rayla's mornings always began. The very second her mind started to retain some semblance of consciousness, she felt a comforting warmth press up against her forehead. And each and every morning, she smiled with her eyes shuttered because she knew the source of her warm rise was none other than the Mage sleeping with her. Or rather, awaken before her. The very second she peered her eyes open, they were met with a glowing, graceful sunrise outlining itself around the one boy she admired so much. In other words, a very good start to a day.

"Well, someone certainly looks happy," Callum teased as he stroked a loose strand of hair from Rayla's face.

She chuckled as she blinked her eyes into focus. "What? Can't a girl just enjoy a nice mornin'?" she inquired with an elated pitch. Rising up, she propped her elbow on the grass beneath her and rested her face in the palm of her hand. "Besides, the morning view's certainly something."

The boy before her developed a small blush, but shook it off with a laugh. "How is it that it's been barely a minute and you already have something to quip?" he pondered at her with a longing look, to which she smiled gleefully.

"Well how do ya nearly always manage to wake up a minute before me, just in time for a morning kiss?" she shot back.

He proudly smirked. "It's easy to wake up when you're reminded of something important," Callum stated confidently.

Rayla rolled her eyes. "In that case," she leaned over, bridging the gap between them with only a hair of an inch, "I guess ya can say the same for my quips!"

Callum grinned. "Good to know I'm important too."

"Like ya didn't already know," she mused, lightly thumping his chest.

"Good to be reminded every now and then." He winked back.

"Aye, but how 'bout ya remind me how good morning kisses are?" she teased with an arched brow. "I've seem to forgotten?"

A sly smirk formed on his lips. "Gladly." And a comforting heat soon exchanged between them.

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Warmth.

The very exact feeling Callum felt every single evening, before taking his evening nap. Not often did he do so, but when the opportunity was presented or if that was the only chance for rest, Callum would find himself embraced with a pair of soft, supple lips up against his temple. A sudden warmth would stir up inside his mind, and then like wildfire, spread throughout his body—creating a tingling sensation that would send him into a comforting slumber. This presence lasted him a good cycle of sleep, enough to dream a good dream, with a lot more warmth involved, but most importantly made him feel safe.

He spared a quick, cheeky peek at the perpetrator and smiled at the sight of the girl sneakily walking away. She would always be perched a good distance away, crouched down at some vantage point perfect for her highly trained ears. She always made sure to look away, her back toward him as if she knew he would be peeking at her. Of course, she knew he knew, but she still made the effort of hiding it. She simply just crossed her arms and glanced off into the distance, eyes toward the horizon of the setting sun. Callum couldn't help but gander at the gleam outlined before him.

It was perfect.

She stood there, basking in the remaining light of the sun, cautiously looking off to their surroundings, wary as ever. She glistened with the streams of sunlight and relaxed in the comfort of a slowly rising darkness—her element. Callum gave up on fighting his smile the first time around. At this point, it was routinely of him to watch her before he slept. Which, obviously sounded creepy out of context, so he never made a habit of bringing it up in fear of relentless teasing.

"Oi, go to sleep."

And, so much for that attempt.

He released a fake snore as he shut his eyes.

Rayla giggled. "For real," she slightly pressed. He could hear her footsteps approaching. "Or is this flat cave too hard on your bottom?" she asked in a baby voice.

Callum peeked one eye open and smirked at her taunting pout. "Hardy har," he sarcastically shot back. "It's not the ground, it's the lack of comfort that has me so restless!" he dramatically exclaimed.

Rayla rolled her eyes. "I'm not cuddling. I told ya, I take watch for a bit," she stoically stated.

He pouted back. "Well how can I sleep?" He furrowed his brows as he grew a frown, "You kissing me all the time before I wink out certainly doesn't help me tucker out. In fact it's the opposite effect!" The assassin's brows rose. "Oh, not… not in that way, but—you know what I mean!" he hastily shouted.

Rayla burst into a fit of giggles, kneeling closer to the boy at her feet as she held her stomach. Callum merely watched with a blank face as his girlfriend tried to compose herself. "Sorry, sorry, I'm tryin'—"

"To tease me."

"Aye, always," she cleverly quipped. Proudly smug at his frown, Rayla sunk down and grabbed Callum's head with both hands, holding both cheeks within her palms. "But, no, seriously? Do me a favour and actually try to catch a few winks?" She leaned in and pecked his lips, kissing his edges ever so delicately. So brief, but long lasting—just like the sunset. "We'll cuddle later."

Callum sighed as he watched her walk back to her spot. What a ridiculous request. Like it was that easy.

A/N: This is actually a cool achievement for me because this is the shortest oneshot I've ever written and I'm actually quite proud of it! That's not to say I'm going to keep writing oneshots less than 1000K words from now on. I've just always wanted to write one that's 1000K but also something that I'm satisfied with, and this turned out good!

Review Response:

SassySapphire: Whelp, at this point you really shouldn't be surprised. :P. Sorry, but that is true, 28 or I guess now, 27 more oneshots to go. Who knows what other twists I might try? Sorry to disappoint!

Tomorrow? Flowers! This one actually had me stumped for awhile. boy, it is a toughy.

Until next time,

- Bleh