Disclaimer: X-Men is owned by Marvel, Disney, I think Fox and probably other people I do not know about. I do not own it and am writing this just for fun.

All rights and thanks go to the creator or creators of the Kiss Meme. Thanks for the challenge.

Many thanks also to Spamberguesa for their wonderful story, Alternity that introduced me to this couple. Any one over the age of 18 should totally give it a try.

Kiss on the Forehead: Kitty x Eric

The light was still on when he went past her office at 10 pm and again when he woke up in the middle of the night at 3 am.

Stopping outside the door, he ran his fingers through his sleep mussed hair as he pondered whether or not he should see what was going on with her.

After all it was only recently that they had decided to try and be actual friends instead of two people who couldn't stand each other but lived in the same flat, so maybe...

Grimacing slightly as he realized that this new friendship obligated him to see if she was doing okay even though his body was literally begging him for his bed, Eric knocked lightly on the door calling out in a voice still groggy from sleep.

"Kitty, what are you doing in there?"

There was no response.

Sighing deeply, he grasped the door knob and opened the door to weary to bother calling out to her again.

The room was an utter train wreck causing him to grimance in distaste.

Slinking past piles of books and random bits and bobs of tech, he fetched up next to the large pale wooden desk where Kitty was sleeping her head resting on her folded arms on top of the desk.

Rolling his eyes, he gave her shoulder a hard shake and said brusquely. " Wake up and go to bed!"

Her only reply was to bury her face deeper into her arms.

Running a hand down his face as his journey back to his bed got even longer, Eric considered his options.

He could try waking her up again but the slowly gathering wet spot on her sleeve made him think that would prove a useless action.

There was also the option of wheeling her out of the room in her chair and just dumping her in her room like that.

Or and he hated himself for knowing that this was what he was going to do though he no idea why, he could pick her up and carry her to her room.

Grumbling to himself over his own foolishness and her incompetence in failing to get to her bed on her own, he gently pulled the chair away from the desk, catching her upper body on his shoulder and then pushing her back so that her head rolled against the top of the chair.

Tapping his finger against his chin he studied her for a second, one part of his mind wondering how on earth she was managing to sleep through all of this, while the rest pondered how best to get her out of the chair without touching her anymore than he had too.

Finally his sleep deprived mind said screw it and bending at the knees he slipped one arm beneath her knees and the other around her upper torso, making sure not to graze anything he shouldn't as he lifted her up.

Her head landed on his shoulder, her breath tickling his neck and her hair brushing his cheek.

The sweet scent of honeysuckle filled his senses and that along with the warmth of her against his body made his mind wander to previously unexplored areas when it came to her.

Shaking his head violently to try and swept them away, Eric moved quickly out of the room determined to get her to her bed and out of his arms before his brain thought up any more nonsense.

Reaching the door to her bedroom, he shifted her a little closer to him in an effort to get one hand free. An action that did not help with getting rid of the unwanted thoughts at all.

Shoving the door open with his foot, Eric decided that after he was done with this, he was going to have a drink. Or two.

Stepping into her room, he almost dropped her as his foot landed on a round object right off the bat.

Tightening his grip on her as he struggled to keep his balance, he swore under his breath resolving to take her to task tomorrow on the slovenly state of her rooms.

Amazingly not even this movement roused her, instead it caused her to curl up tighter against him,wrapping her arms around his neck as she nuzzled him a little with her nose.

Letting out a low groan, Eric gave her a venomous look and whispered between gritted teeth. "If you are pretending to be asleep, I promise you that I will make you wish you were dead."

Not even a flicker of an eyelash answered with threat.

Finally making it to her bed, Eric stooped down and placed her on the bed. Lifting her legs, he pulled the covers out from under her grateful she had at least had the common sense to take off her shoes before doing whatever it was she had been doing in her office.

Tucking her in he brushed the long strands of hair out of her face and on a whim brought on undoubtedly by the lack of sleep and temporary insanity, he kissed her forehead.

Just the once. Next to her temple.

Then feeling every sort of a fool he swiftly left the room in search of a drink ...or three.

Left behind happily curled up in her bed, Kitty slept blissfully on unaware of how her

life was about to be thrown into confusion.

Author's Notes:

Thank you so much for reading. I hope you enjoyed it.

And a very big thank you to Latina shewolf for your review. I'm so glad you liked it. Your review made me very happy. :) Hope you enjoy this one as well.