Fourth chapter. Things are getting sweet and fluffy, right? Reviews are good. They keep me going.

The sound of birds chirping wake me. The first sensation of the day is bright orange daylight stabbing my eyes.

The second is Kirei wrapped around me. I smile without looking at her and I move my hand down her long hair and across her back, stopping at the small of it.

With a rustle, she wakes, removing her hands from around my waist and rubbing her tired eyes. She peeks up at me and when she sees I'm awake she hastily unwraps herself from around me. With a blush, she stutters.

"Uh, sorry Goku.. You're just rea'y warm."

I chuckle lightly and pull her back into me, knowing she feels chilly with my absence.

"Kirei, it's alright. I told you last night, I don't mind." I snuggle my face into her hair, noticing how messy and tangled it is. I sigh and move my face away.

"We have to get you cleaned up." I said neutrally.

She looks at me curiously. "But Ah showered yesterday."

"I know.. Hold on." I stand and purposely throw the blanket over her entire body, including her face. I chuckle again, and jog to the bathroom before she can remove it.

"Goku?" He small voice chimes from the 'bedroom' as I open the bathroom door and quickly grab my unused hairbrush and strolled back into the room.

I poke my head in, smiling. "Miss me?"

She beamed back, the sunlight again breaking around her, making her look almost angelic. "Ya got no idea."

I maintained my smile and made my way to my side of the bed again.

I have a side now.

"Alright, Kirei, sit up and face that way." I pointed the the wall opposite myself. "I'm gonna brush your hair."

She complied without question and wiggled herself closer to me. I sat the same as her, working the brush slowly through the ends of her hair.

Why am I doing this for her?

Her hair is very long. Almost Raditz long, now that I think about it. My dead brother would've been jealous at the beautiful length of hair I have in my hands. I smile, moving higher into the mess of tangles and gently brushing them out.

Once at the crown of her head, I remove the last of the tangles, and now I see that the tangles made it look shorter than it actually was. The hair would probably pool around her ankles if it was any longer. I sigh, and run the brush through it again, knowing it feels good on her end.

"You're hair is really long." I say, pulling the brush through it again.

"Ah know. It gits in the way sometimes, too. Ah considered chopping it off with a sharp rock once, but Ah don't think Ah could handle lettin' it go."

The curls in her hair were even softer now. I ran a hand over them, appreciating the softness.

An idea popped into my head.

"Alrighty, Kirei. I'll be back again, hold on.

I stood and jogged into the bathroom again, finding the small package of hair ties Bulma left for whenever she came over. I snatch one and run back into the room, skidding comically, and plopping back down on the bed again. Kirei laughed lightly and turned away to the wall again.

Using the skills I learned hanging around Bulma and Master Roshis girl visitors, I pulled Kireis hair taut, separating it into three thick strands.

"I'm going to braid your hair, just so it's not so it the way."

"Awrighty, Goku."

With a smile I greedily ran my fingers through it again, then beginning the process of braiding.

"Left over, right over, left over, right over..." I whispered my little mantra to myself until I reached the end of the rope, tying it off with the stolen hair tie.

The length was considerably shorter now, but still very long. About waist length. I flipped the rope of hair over Kireis shoulder and she cooed.

"Goku! This looks so pretty!"

Feeling brave, I lean forward and hug her from behind, playing with the ends of the hair.

"You're pretty."

A small laugh shook her body, and she turned to look at me.

"Phss, naw. I'm not pretty."

I pressed my face into the looser portion of hair by her head, shamelessly smelling it.

"You're right." I whisper lightly into the side of her neck.

After a moment of her deflating I continued my statement.

"You're beautiful." I smile into her soft skin, hugging her tighter.

I feel her heart rate speed under her skin and the blush heat it up.

"G-Goku?"

"Mhm?"

"W-what are we gonna do today?"

Her nervousness was palpable. I move from her, laying my head on her shoulder.

"Well, I was planning on going out and fishing for a while, and I can teach you how to talk again."

"A-alright."

I groan as I stand, muscles sore form being hunched over Kirei for so long. I bring my arm over my head and stretch, bones popping. I turn and smile at her, but stop at the sight of her expression.

Her face was all red and she was looking at the wall, stroking her braid. She blindly reached over for the blanket and wrapped it around herself.

"Kirei? You alright?"

She snapped out of her trance at beamed up at me, face still red. "Yeah, Goku! Ah'm a'ight."

I shrug and move to the kitchen, throwing food over my shoulder and on the counter to make for a decent breakfast.

I throw a few (dozen) eggs on, whisking them with a fork. Once in a skillet, I put bread in the toaster, thinking on how Bulma was nice enough to give me all these things to keep myself afloat. It was a wonder how he didn't think to give me one of those service robot things that cooked for me. I decide to make a few extra things, including bacon, and throwing some cheese into the scrambled eggs.

Once done, I move them off the heat and into dishes. Setting everything on the table, I feel a pair of arms wiggle under mine and around my waist. I chuckle and turn when done setting the table. Kirei still had her heavy braid resting on her shoulder, a small smile on her small pink face.

"Hey! Breakfast is ready for you." I say, stroking her back. She gives me a thankful look and stretches up, struggling to reach my face.

She decides to kiss my jaw, sending shock waves through my whole body.

I can't feel my legs.

I stare straight ahead, awestruck. She bounds away happily, sitting down and serving herself like I showed her the day before.

"Thanks, Goku!"

I touch my jaw lightly, still staring at nothing. "N-no problem."

I gear her pause. "You awright?"

I shake my head of the trance and sit at the table. "Y-yeah, I'm okay." I shovel random food on my own plate, eating quietly.

After a few minutes of silence, Kirei speaks.

"Ah like fishin'."

It's getting so much easier to write these chapters now that things are getting cute.

Until next time! (Probably later today?)

~MVO