Okay this entire chapter is PikoxMiki fluff. (I'm sorry I just love this pairing so much! :3) and it's fun writing fluff anyway XD

Piko was lying upside down on Miki's bed, his head hanging off the edge. Miki was leaning against the side. Neither of them were doing much of anything.

"What do you want to do?" Piko asked, staring into oblivion.

"I don't know. What do you want to do?" Miki said, reading a magazine.

"I don't know." Piko replied. "There's nothing to do. Everyone left!"

"It's nice to finally be alone though." Miki said sweetly, kissing Piko on the nose.

"Yeah." He sighed, turning over. "Whatcha reading?"

"I don't even know. Miku was reading it earlier, before she threw it at Rin and Len." Miki laughed to herself, throwing the magazine aside, and moving up to the bed to join her boyfriend. They lay side by side, staring at Miki's light blue ceiling, dotted with those little glow-in-the-dark stars.

"Hey, I have a question," Piko said, slightly hesitant, "why do you like space so much?"

"Um… it's a long story." Miki explained sheepishly.

"We have time." Piko said with a smile.

"Okay, I guess." Miki sat up. "It's just… Kiyoteru always nagged me, and Yuki needed constant care, and then Iroha too when she was released… plus I had to deal with Miku being a diva and Rin and Len being all over each other, Neru being a grouch and… I felt like space was an empty place where I could have some peace and quiet. Where I could be alone."

Piko sat up too now. He thought it would just be a simple story of childhood fascination. But now he realized it was something deeper than that, and he wanted to be there for Miki.

"That changed when I met Gumi. We were instant friends. She was someone who I could trust to be there, but not crowd and nag and whine like everyone else. She's like my spaceship. Even if I'm out there on my own, I'm still tethered to her, and if I need to talk or to be with someone I can always turn to her."

Piko knew it was completely unfair, but though his girlfriend was bearing her soul right beside him, he felt a twinge of jealousy for the green-haired girl.

"Well, what about me?" he asked, trying not to sound ticked.

"Hmm… I didn't even really think about that until now. But only because until now I didn't want to get my hopes up!" Miki said quickly, trying to cover up her obvious mistake. She thought about it for a minute, and then said, "I guess you're like the stars. At first you were there, but you were so distant I didn't dare trying to reach because I knew I'd just fall flat on my face. But you were still there, in the corner of my eyes, and though I didn't know it, I was still watching you, observing that unique way you twinkled. Slowly, with Gumi's help and advice of course, I got closer to you, and before I knew it, I was up in the stars with you. And I look down, to where I was before, and I have an entirely new perspective of it all. I feel like I can deal with Neru's constant insults, Miku lording it over everyone else… I can handle Yuki and Iroha now, and I – " she blushed and looked away from him, " – I understand where Rin and Len are coming from." She sighed and said with an air of finality, "and that's the end of my story. Pretty dumb, right?"

She smiled at Piko shyly, a smile that made his heart beat ten times faster.

"Nope," he said, and without giving her any time to reply, he kissed her, and they fell back onto the bed together. Then, without really thinking, Piko rolled over so that we was on top of Miki, pinning her arms to the bed and tying her legs with his tail.

"What are you going to do?" Miki asked softly.

"I'm going to do…" Piko leaned in to kiss her again, but then yelled, "this!" and started tickling Miki. She laughed and tried to pull away, but with her legs tied she couldn't move much. So she grabbed a pillow from behind her and whacked Piko in the face. He was stunned and loosened his hold on her legs for a moment, giving her the window she needed to push him off the bed and then tackle him.

"You are so – Mffph!" Piko's words were cut off by Miki's kiss. Using this as an opportunity, he slowly inched his hand over to where Miki had dropped her pillow, then hit her in the head with it. She jumped up and grabbed another pillow. They spent the next ten minutes pillowfighting, jumping off furniture and making a mess of Miki's room. Exhausted, they finally collapsed back on the bed, surrounded by the debris of their epic battle.

"Piko?" Miki asked quietly.

"Yes?"

"…What about me?"

"What about you what?" he laughed.

"If you're like the stars to me… what am I like to you?" She asked, turning to look at him.

"Well…" his heart was racing now, and those big, beautiful ruby eyes weren't helping in the slightest. "Everything." He said simply.

"Everything?" she asked, sounding slightly disappointed.

"You're my everything." He said powerfully, without looking away from her for a second. "Miki, I've loved you ever since I was released. The day I arrived here, everything seemed so strange and uninviting, and no one would pay me any mind, until you walked in. You just… everything about you, I fell in love with. You were my first friend, and you meant everything to me. You still do, and you always will." He clasped her hands. "I know it's not some big elaborate metaphor, but it's the truth. You are the world to me, Miki." And he kissed her again, but this time with more passion and feeling then ever before. They lay there, in each other's embrace, for what seemed like an eternity.

Until they heard a knock on the door. Oh, crap.

Who is at the door? :O

Did you like the fluff? I liked the fluff. Very much :3 FLUFF IS MY FAVORITE THING. /raging fangirl