I didn't really seem to get a lot of reviews on the first chapter, but nevertheless, I suddenly had a couple of ideas for upcoming chapters, so I decided to keep going with this story, and hopefully it'll get more attention. Here's chapter 2 ~

Taiga slowly opened her eyes, flinching a little from the sun hitting her face.

She lay flat on her stomach, her face pointed to the side. Ryuuji wasn't there.

Taiga sat up slowly and started rubbing her eyes before giving out a big yawn.

She started to wonder where Ryuuji had gone, and for a second, she even considered the thought that he'd bailed on her. But that wasn't the Ryuuji she knew.

Taiga suddenly noticed the tempting aroma that entered her nostrils, and she heard noises coming from the kitchen.

As she stood up and walked into the kitchen, she saw Ryuuji standing with his back turned to her, and he was frying something in a pan. Taiga moved a little closer, but Ryuuji didn't notice her footsteps because of her light weight.

'I'm not even sure what to say to her. Will this entire morning be awkward?' Ryuuji thought as he fried the eggs in the pan. He started scratching his head a little.

'She was obviously sad last night. Maybe she only wanted comfort.. maybe she didn't even mean what she said.' Ryuuji thought deeply, not really knowing what to feel. The only feeling he was sure of was the anxiousness.

As he continued to ponder on his thoughts, he felt something nudge carefully at his sweater. He turned around, but didn't see anything to begin with.

"Huh?" He said right before he looked down into Taiga's eyes. His eyes widened a little in surprise. He felt awkward.

"A-ah, good morning, Taiga." He said, nervously. Taiga didn't answer him, she just stared at him for a while, still pinching his sweater with her fingers.

Ryuuji looked slightly confused, but then Taiga stood on her toes and rested a hand on his chest, the other one on his shoulder, and she put a light, slightly nervous kiss on his lips.

Ryuuji just stood there, dumbfounded, not really knowing what to do. He blushed as Taiga broke the kiss and looked at the floor.

Taiga nervously scratched her cheek with her finger.

"W-what are you making?" She asked with a flustered voice, which Ryuuji just realized was incredibly cute.

It took a while for Ryuuji to come to his senses, still blushing from the kiss.

"Eh.. Oh! I started frying some eggs, and I thought I wanted to make you a nice breakfast now that it's weekend and everything, so I thought I should make some p-pork cutlet." He smiled nervously, looking to the side.

Taiga looked up with a happy glint in her eyes.

"Tonkatsu! ~" she uttered, as a little child on Christmas eve. Ryuuji smiled at the tiny girl in front of him.

"It'll still be another 30 minutes for the food to be ready, so you should go ahead and take a bath. I already had mine. I put out some fresh towels for you." He stated.

Taiga had to keep herself mischievously as she made a joke Ryuuji never thought he would hear her make.

"What a waste," she said, making a pouting face "we could have taken one together!"

Ryuuji backed up and banged his hip into the kitchen counter.

"Ouch..! What are you-" he was blushing like crazy, standing there dumbfounded.

"Only joking, of course." Taiga said, laughing a little. "Silly dog!"

She took off to the bathroom, leaving Ryuuji with a nervous look on his face.

"Phew.." he sighed, looking relieved. He was not prepared for that kind of joke so early on. He turned around and continued preparing the breakfast.

As Taiga walked into the bathroom she looked a little surprised to see that Ryuuji had been in her apartment and gotten her an extra change of clothes. She couldn't help herself from smiling.

As Taiga emerged from the bathroom in a new set of clothes, which were a little more comfy than her black dress, she sat down at the table with a towel wrapped around her head.

"Just in time." Ryuuji smiled as he walked into the room with a plate in each hand. He put them down on each side of the table, one in front of Taiga, and he walked back into the kitchen to get the teapot.

As he walked back into the room with a teapot in one hand and two teacups in the other, he noticed that Taiga was suddenly sitting on his side of the table, having moved her plate over. She sat traditionally on her knees, her hands tightly pressed down on her thighs, and she looked down, embarrassed.

"Taiga?" Ryuuji said, looking at her as he put the teapot and the cups down on the table.

Taiga blushed a little and talked as she still looked down.

"I-I thought that maybe we could sit next to each other now that.. eh-" she broke herself off, not willing to continue. Ryuuji sighed a little and smiled before he sat down next to Taiga.

"In that case, let's dig in." He said, grabbing his chopsticks. Taiga brightened up a little.

"Yes, thanks for the grub!" She said, enthusiastically, digging into the food.

When they were done, Taiga thankfully rubbed her stomach, letting out a big sigh.

"That was delicious." She said, cheerfully. Ryuuji was about to start cleaning up, and he reached for Taiga's teacup, thinking she was done. At the same time, she reached for the cup to take a sip, and their fingers brushed against each other.

They both blushed a little, turning their heads. They blushed even more as their eyes met.

After just staring at each other for a while, Taiga suddenly moved over to Ryuuji and spread her legs over his knees so that she practically sat on his lap, and she hugged him.

"Thanks for always taking such good care of me, Ryuuji." She smiled carefully.

"Nothing to thank me for, really." Ryuuji said as he put his arms around Taiga.

"Of course I have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I'd be leaving off of fast food!" Taiga answered him, a little playfully.

Ryuuji laughed a little at her statement. "Yeah, I guess so."

Taiga snuggled her face into his chest. "But really, Ryuuji. Thank you."

Ryuuji blushed a little as the girl he had recently realized to be so cute, snuggled into him. "You're welcome, Taiga." He said with a gentle voice.

Taiga moved her arms around Ryuuji's neck and placed her chin over his shoulder, resting her face on it.

"So, what should we do today?" Taiga said with a cute voice as she softly planted a kiss on Ryuuji's neck, not knowing that it would make him blush furiously. He finally managed to stutter out some words.

"W-well, I was thinking about going to the s-supermarket, because I wanted to make you and Yasuko a nice d-dinner tonight."

Taiga smiled and hugged Ryuuji tighter. "That sounds good."

I know this chapter is kind of short, and it doesn't really have a lot of meaning, but considering this is my first fanfic, I want to make this more of a "feel-good" story, not something overly dramatic and serious. This chapter was mostly just to announce that I will continue to work with this story, and I'll probably write some other stories later on. Until next time ~