The next morning 18 woke up and took in her surroundings. Sunlight poured in from the window and her night gown laid on the floor at the foot of the bed. She cudled deeper into Krillens warm cheast. She could hear his heart beat through his skin.
Bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum.
She loved the sound of his heart. She could almost feel it pounding life through his body.
Bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum.
Beneith her she felt him stir. She sat up and pulled the sheet up to her neck.
"Morning, lover." she said stroking his head.
Krillen looked up and grinned. He streched and his smile grew. "Good morning." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close.
18 placed her head back on his cheast. Bu-bum, bu-bum, bu-bum.
"How are you feeling?" he asked.
She shifted her weight. "I'm still a little sore." she said. "But I'm fine."
"Good." he said. He kissed her forehead. "We have to get up soon."
18 groaned. "Do we have to?" She kissed his neck. "Why don't we skip today and wait till tomorrow?"
Krillen sat up and 18 had to grab for the sheet. Krillen noticed and smiled gently.
"How aboout you take a shower and I'll go make some breakfast?" he said stroking her cheek. She turned into his palm and nodded. Krillen kissed 18 on the mouth and got out of bed. He didn't bother to cover himself as he got dressed. 18 felt a little shy but didn't stop looking at his well shaped nude body.
Once he was dressed he kissed her one more time, deep, and went downstairs.
18 went into the shower room and turned the faucet on full blast. When she stepped under the hot water she sighed. She reached for the soap and began to lather up her body. For the oddest reason this morning, she felt like she could do anything today. She had heard of the prase afterglow before, but now she understood it. She was glowing after the long night she spent in Krillens arms. She rinsed out her hair and turned the water off. She stepped out and wrapped a towel around her waist.
She opened the bedroom door and peeked out. When she saw no one she ran across the hall to her own room to get dressed.
She put on her jeans and her usual black and white top. When she went downstairs she already heard Master Roshi and Oolong up.
"Quit hogging the syrup!" roshi said trying to pull the bottle out of Oolong grasp.
"I am a hog! What do you expect?" Oolong said not letting go. The pair continued to struggle as 18 sat down at the table. Krillen stood humming at the stove flipping pancakes.
"How many do you want 18?" he asked.
"None, thank you." she said reaching across the table for the pitcher. "I'll just have some juice."
Suddenly the lidof the syrup container opened and splattered all over the two quarreling men. Roshi grabed a napkin and calmly whipped off his face. He turned to 18 and asked,"Are you two gonna spare again today?"
18 was about to answer yes when Krillen said, "No. I have some errands to run in town today."
She stared at him as he sat down next to her and started to eat. What errands? she thought. Yesterday he hadn't mentioned anything about going into town. He had even said tha the looked forward to there next match! Was he planning to go easy on her from now on just because of what happened last night! 18 felt her anger rise.
Suddenly she felt something grab her hand under the table. She looked down and saw Krillens hand holding hers. She gazed at him and saw him wiggle his eyebrows at her. Her anger fadded. What was she thinking? She knew that Krillen would never go easy on her in battle. He better not, she thought smuggly. She squeezed his hand.