The silver-haired teen looks down at the unconscious redhead and sighs.
"You really know how to worry a guy, don't you Aydan?"
He rests his head on the edge of their bed, keeping Phoenix's hand in his. Gokudera kisses Phoenix's hand and just watches her, waiting for some change. Then, very softly, Phoenix speaks.
"Like you do any better."
Gokudera's head snaps up, his eyes wide.
"A-Aydan?"
"No, I'm her ghost here to haunt you."
Phoenix laughs, her eyes closed, and Gokudera taps her hand.
"Oh shut up." He climbs up on the bed and places a hand on either side of Phoenix, positioning himself right above her. "Is it really you Aydan? Come on look at me."
Phoenix opens her eyes and smiles as she sees Gokudera's face directly above hers.
"Now that's what I wanted to see first thing. Who else would I be?"
Hayato smirks, bending down and kissing Phoenix gently.
"I don't know, just...not the same. I had to make sure it was you. The Aydan I fell in love with."
Confusion flashes across Ayden's face and then realization.
"I broke didn't I? Hayato, I'm sorry. You shouldn't have had to deal with that."
Gokudera shakes his head.
"No, it's okay. You didn't really do anything...rash. I'm fine. Don't worry. It was just kind of awkward, especially having to sleep on the floor."
Gokudera laughs a bit.
"By me not doing anything rash I'm assuming that you mean I didn't try to jump off the balcony?"
"Nope, not at all." Gokudera raises his hand and ruffles Phoenix's hair. "You were a good girl"
Phoenix smiles.
"Well enough of that!"
She pulls Gokudera down and kisses him, smiling as she feels Gokudera smirk against her lips. The silver-haired teen bites Phoenix's lip teasingly and kisses her a bit more fiercely, glad to have the woman he loves back to normal. As the kiss becomes progressively more passionate Phoenix wraps her arms around Gokudera's neck, and only pulls back out of desperation for air.
"So w-what was I like?"
Phoenix pants for a second before reaching up and kissing Gokudera again, one hand tangling itself in his hair and the other slipping under the collar of his shirt, feeling the skin of his back.
"The same as always. Stubborn." Gokudera kisses the corner of Phoenix's lips and trails down along her jaw. "You depended way too much on that asshole 'Cesar.'" The boy leaves a bright red mark in the area right below his lovers jaw. "I'm glad you're mine now."
"I-I'm always yours, Hayato..." Phoenix pants as she feels Gokudera's lips on her neck. "How did y-you bring me back?"
She pulls him back up to kiss him again and Gokudera gladly complies. Their lips stay locked together for a while before Gokudera breaks away to answer, blushing a bite.
"I kissed you...well, your body."
"Well you know what they say about true loves kiss."
Phoenix laughs a bit and Gokudera lightly shoves her arm.
"Oh please, don't start getting all sappy on me now."
Gokudera says as he laughs along.
"Ní dóigh liom go mbeidth mé ag éisteacht a thabhairt duit."
"Come on, you can't just pull that Gaelic shit on me. What are you saying?"
"That I don't think I will listen to you. Anois raibh Hayato a fhios agat go bhfuil tú an rud is fearr a tharla riamh dom? Am an run is fearr? Ní féidir liom fiú smaoineamh faoi chónaí le amach agat."
"And why the hell not!" Gokudera frowns. "Non sei un gioco correctto."
"Oh and you are?"
"Of course I am!" Gokudera does a double take as he realizes that Phoenix understood Italian. "YOU SPEAK ITALIAN!"
Phoenix laugh.
"Un po" She kisses Gokudera lightly. "I speak a lot of languages."
Gokudera's eyes narrow.
"And how come you never told me?"
"I also never told you that I speak Gaelic. Why are you so bothered by this?"
"I'm not...bothered, I'm just upset that you never told me you spoke my language. It's actually pretty cool, really. Ti amo, Aydan." Gokudera kisses Phoenix and smiles like an idiot. "I feel like it finally means something now that I know you can understand it."
"It always means something, no matter which language you say it in." Phoenix kisses Gokudera. "I'll teach you how to say something in Gaelic if you like."
"Oh yeah? Like what?"
"You'll just have to wait and see. So you up for it?"
"Of course I am!"
Phoenix laughs.
"Okay, repeat after me." She speaks slowly, enunciating. "Is breá liom tú"
**Laughs**
Okay, repeat after me.
**Says slowly**
Is breá liom tú."
Gokudera hesitates.
Is...breh-ah lee-om too. Like that?"
Phoenix laughs and says it slower.
"Is...breá...liom...tú."
Gokudera listens intently to her words, watching her mouth as they form the words.
"Is...breá..liom...tú. Did I say it right?"
'Well your accent could use a little work but...I love you to Hayato."
Gokudera's eyes widen and a bright blush appears on his cheeks.
"W-Wait, that means I love you?" Gokudera plays with a stray lock of Phoenix's hair. "You
re such a sap, you know that?"
He fights back a happy smile and fails completely.
"What? You're allowed to say it in your native tongue but I'm not?"
"No. It sounded weird in Gaelic."
"It did? I like the way it sounds. Is breá liom tú. It just sound right to me."
"Well obviously, since it's your native tongue. Which reminds me, were you born in Ireland? I thought you were from Chicago. Like born and raised and American. You sure do act like it."
Gokudera laughs and Phoenix smiles.
"I was, but my dad spoke Gaelic. Well he had to because my grandfather refused to speak anything else. So I picked it up from him. Apparently I was speaking Gaelic before English. Why? Does it bother you?"
"No, it doesn't bother me. I just want to know more about you." Gokudera kisses the girl under him. "I like hearing about you, your background and your family..."
Phoenix laughs.
"The only reason I know so much was because my parents kept a video diary of my life. Maybe once we get out of here I'll show you..."
Gokudera lays his head against Phoenix chest and hears her steady heartbeat.
"I'd like that...very much."
Phoenix laughs slightly.
"There's one where my dad tried to prove that I favored him over my mom." Her laughter dies out. "The first time I watched it I had to turn it off. Not because it was hard to watch or because I missed him...but because I realized I was just like him..."
Hayato closes his eyes and takes a deep breath as he hears her hear skip a beat.
"I bet he was a great father. Better than the crappy one I have..."
"He was...I wonder if I'm still like him..."
Gokudera pushes himself up and looks in Phoenix's eyes.
"I didn't know your father, but I'm sure you still are. I always hear that our parents live within us, and I like to think that's true..."
"And I'm the sap?"
"W-what? I'm not a sap! I'm just being honest."
"I thought I told you already, I like it when you're sappy."
Phoenix smiles and grabs Gokudera's shoulder, pushing him on to his back and resting her head on his chest.
"Easy there, no need to get so feisty."
"Oh shut up. You don't even know half my strength."
"If it's anything like what it's like in bed, then you're freaking wonder woman."
Gokudera laughs and Phoenix looks up with a sly grin.
"Oh I held back even then."
Gokudera quirks an eyebrow.
"Oh really now?"
He pokes her side, smiling when she laughs.
"Well I didn't want to hurt you.
"And how could you possibly hurt me? Hm?"
Phoenix pulls herself up so that her face is directly above his.
"Oh, so many ways."
Gokudera feels a shiver crawl up his spine.
"You're being threatening and yet freakishly seductive at the same time."
"Yes...I seem to be very good at that." Phoenix grins and goes back to laying on his chest. "Your heartbeat is really soothing"
"Mine? Your tit-I mean your heartbeat was relaxing as well."
"Real classy Hayato."
Phoenix rolls over so her back is to him.
"Oh come on, you know I was just kidding!" Phoenix doesn't look at him so Gokudera rolls onto his side and wraps an arm around her waist. "Baby, I was joking."
"I'm not forgiving you this time Hayato."
Phoenix's voice is cold but there is a small smile pulling at the corners of her mouth. Gokudera snorts.
"Yeah fucking right."
The silver-haired teen pokes Phoenix in the side and tickle her. Phoenix curls into a ball while laughing.
"Stop that!"
Gokudera grins and tickles her some more.
"Not until you admit you'd forgive me no matter what!"
Phoenix continues to laugh but manages to get out a single word.
"N-Never!" Gokudera's hands slip under Phoenix's shirt and his cold hands touch her sides. Phoenix gasps at the feeling. "Jesus Christ! That's cold!"
Gokudera smirks.
"There's more where that came from."
He moves his feet under her jeans and presses his really cold toes on to Phoenix's caves.
"You evil bastard!" Phoenix laughs. "I'm still not forgiving you!"
She smiles slightly.
"Aw, come on!" Gokudera rolls his body over on top of Phoenix's, crushing her. "I won't get off until you give in."
Phoenix pushes Gokudera off her and then rolls over on top of him, holding him down with one arm, her bicep becoming fully defined for the first time. She pushes her hair out of her face and smiles down at Hayato.
"And what will you give me if I do forgive you?"
Gokudera grins seductively.
"I vaguely remember you liking a certain act I performed with me lingua."
"Tempting...but sorry, not good enough. What else you got?"
Gokudera thinks about it for a bit.
"I might actually ask Blue for rubber?"
Phoenix laughs and rolls off her lover before placing her head on his chest once again.
"You're my favorite idiot."
"I better be!" Gokudera wraps his arms around Phoenix and hugs her tightly. "You're my favorite little crazy."
Phoenix laughs and hugs Gokudera around the stomach.
"I'm safe with you Hayato. Right?"
"Depends on what you mean by safe. I can't guarantee you're completely sperm-free so..." The boy laughs. "Don't worry, you're safe. I'll always protect you. You know that."
"Just making sure." Phoenix yawns. "I love you Ha-."
Her words fade out as she falls asleep, tightly hugging Gokudera.
"You're such a lazy bum. Falling asleep already." He yawns a bit. "I'm not even that sleepy..."
Gokudera rests his head against the pillow, his nose buried in Phoenix's hair, mumbling something incoherent as he slips out of consciousness.