He knew, in the end, he could never have resisted wrapping his arms around her. He loved her too much to even resist, yet he knew that there were still some boundaries.

When will these boundaries finally fall down?

Waking up in the morning was a pleasant surprise for Kahoko, although the blue-haired person holding her wasn't such a surprise.

But… nothing happened. Does this mean he doesn't… no, don't be stupid, Kahoko

She turned around slowly to face Len, doing her best not to wake him. She smiled upon seeing his sleeping angelic face.

Who would think, behind a face like this, lay one of the coldest yet warmest people I've ever met. It's strange to think of it…

When we do have to part, would I be able to survive without these moments? Or those moments?

Her mind flashed back to all the intimate times with Len. Her fingers lightly traced his face, wandering along the soft skin of his face, stopping herself from touching his delicate lashes.

Ryou had woken up in the middle of the night to find Nami still pored over her reporter's notes, and had to drag her to bed before she did another all-day sleep in.

It's already hard enough for us to meet up, then for her to waste a day purely sleeping… yet, how she does it amazes me…

Although, Nami had woken up earlier than he expected (in fact, only 3 hours after he dragged her to sleep) and was well in time for breakfast.

I can think of that time, and the time before… the first was at 4:30pm, the other was a full day…

"Ne, Ryou, we should meet with Tsukimori-kun and Kaho-chan again, right?"

He shook his head and sighed.

Trust me to believe that she didn't wake up early only for more information on her latest scoop.

"In which case, maybe it's easier for me to head back to work early, hmm?"

He smirked to her expression.

"Sheesh, Ryou! We came all the way here and you want to head back already? Come on, let's go for breakfast -"

"Okay, okay, I get it…"

He wondered how long he would be able to stay asleep, knowing that she was so close, her breath audible, her fingers softly making their way around his face.

Kaho.

How that one word meant absolutely everything to him.

He opened his eyes and placed his hand on her wandering hand. He found himself once again looking into her eyes, and he swiftly separated the distance between them, kissing her lightly.

"Good morning, Kahoko"

She smiled at him.

"Good morning, Len"

He had sat up to look at the clock on the bedside table. The date was strangely familiar to him.

Two days before the duet. Four days before Kaho leaves.

He turned to look at her. She was still enjoying the warmth of the bed, yet her hands had found their way around his waist, effectively trapping him from leaving.

He turned towards her and raised an eyebrow.

"What do you think you are doing, Miss Hino?"

He heard her giggle, and felt her hands wander elsewhere. He sighed as he realised where this was going.

I may not be able to get out of bed this morning.

I wonder if I should be ecstatic or worried about it.

Author's Note: it's been SOOO long. Like, crazy long.

While I promise it wasn't anything like me being lazy; it's just that life is so busy now. Even more so than before.

To thank everyone for their patience (or was it something else?) here's something just for you!

EXTRA SECTION – post Chapter 2, Kisses and Wine

I'd have liked to say that the bowls and wine and water and everything else cleaned themselves, just so I could be with Kahoko for the rest of the night. Yet, alas, that was never going to be the case.

You would think they would invent self-washing dishes. Seriously.

It had taken Kahoko much longer than expected to bring her to a bed to sleep in. After all, she had wrapped herself around me, and we had been curling on the tv…

Thank goodness she doesn't keep the same sleeping pose for too long. Although, am I really meant to be glad about that…?

I could feel myself blush thinking of what lay on the other side of that question.

So here I was, at some awful time of the morning (what was it, 2?) washing dishes. Part of me was comfortable that I could walk myself over to Kaho's side if I ever needed to, yet part of me knew that temptation was only at the corner…