Wow, these have been some stressing weeks at school. Anyways, I'm going to try and upload a chapter as soon as possible. Probably just lots of fluff this time, I guess. Filler-ish ~

"Come on Taiga, get up!" Ryuuji ushered, shaking her practically lifeless body carefully with his hands. "Taiga!" He hissed. She groaned and muttered something before turning on her side, facing away from him. "Taiga, we have school, remember?!"

"No, we don't have school," She grunted, pulling her balled fists up to her chest, retracting her legs towards her body. "Our class is still on a trip, remember? And you almost died?" She sighed, turning back to Ryuuji with big eyes. "You should rest. And I'm not just saying that because I want to sleep more. That too, obviously, but not just that."

Ryuuji sighed and slumped down next to her, leaning his head in his hand as he looked at her. "I forgot.. guess I must be pretty tired too." He huffed, rolling his eyes at himself. Taiga shrugged and looked into Ryuuji's eyes.

"W-wha.."

"I talked to Taiga earlier today. I told you that, right? I said that she could come live here. We have enough money to care for one more person, you know." Yasuko smiled brightly.

"Dad was just selling the apartment, he never said anything about me finding my own place." Taiga grinned sheepishly, tilting her head as she looked at Ryuuji.

"U-uh.." Ryuuji stuttered, though a wash of relief came over him. "That's.. fantastic." He smiled.

"And Yacchan even said she'd let us sleep on the same futon every night, so you should be grateful for that and let me use you as a pillow."

"Uh."

"Don't be ungrateful." She said monotonously, glaring daggers at Ryuuji. He shrugged with a little grunt and lay down on his back, Taiga resting her head on his chest, wrapping one arm around him. "There, see?" She smiled with closed eyes. "Good dog."

Ryuuji chuckled lightly, putting a hand on the back of her head, lightly patting at her hair. "Silly."

"Shut up," she smirked playfully, snuggling closer to him. "I'm trying to sleep."

…

"Seriously, that's so cheap and low quali-"

"No! I want instant ramen!"

"You know I can make much better than tha-"

"Raaaaameeeeen!" Taiga wailed, hitting her fist onto the kitchen counter stubbornly.

"Gah, fine." Ryuuji sighed, retrieving two cups of instant ramen from deep inside a cupboard, which they apparently had put there a while ago. "I'll make us ramen." He murmured. He was wearing a baggy sweater and sweatpants, while Taiga was still in her pajamas. They'd just gotten up, and Ryuuji was making breakfast, while Yasuko was sound asleep in her room. Even though she for once didn't have a hangover, she still had a sleepy heart.

Ryuuji started boiling water for the ramen, putting eggs into the water.

"Why are you putting eggs in it?" Taiga murmured, tilting her head.

"I can boil eggs in the same water, pour the water into the cups, and then add boiled eggs. It's pretty good." He said simply, clearing away some things from the kitchen counter.

"Oh. Ok." Taiga yawned, stretching her arms far into the air. Ryuuji let the eggs boil for a little while before carefully removing them from the water, to then pour it into the cups of instant ramen. He peeled the eggs and sliced them, adding them to the ramen before closing the lid to damp the eggs a little.

"There," Ryuuji sighed as he put the cups down by the table, sitting down. "It should be done in 4 minutes." He said, and Taiga nodded. Instead of sitting down by the table, she sat in front of the TV. "Why are you sitting there?" Ryuuji asked her, tilting his head.

"That's the great thing about ramen," Taiga grinned, "You can eat it while playing games or watching TV."

"Seriously.." Ryuuji uttered, narrowing his eyes a bit. "The norms I break for you. I just hope the gods of housekeeping will forgive me."

"Oh, don't be such a prude." Taiga teased.

"Shut up."

…

"Yaaaay! ~" Taiga beamed pointing at the TV with her chopsticks. "Did you see that? Did you, did you, did you?!" She smiled, and turned to Ryuuji, who currently had a mini tiger in his lap.

"Y-Yeah, I saw it." Ryuuji replied, looking a bit disgruntled. "Don't jump around like that when you're on someone's lap. It's tiring, and it's indecent."

"Hmpf!" Taiga pouted, and she started wriggling and squirming on top of him.

"Taiga, seriously." He squinted, and she put down her cup of ramen on the floor.

"Take, this!" She giggled, but then suddenly Ryuuji started tickling her sides. "Waaaah!" She wailed, her body stiffening.

"I told you to stop." He laughed, and she fell backwards into his chest as he kept on tickling her, and she laughed hysterically. "Do you yield? Do you?!" He teased, and Taiga bonked the back of her head into his chest so that he fell on his back.

"No!" Taiga grinned and jumped up on her feet, looking down at Ryuuji. She had a devious look on her face as she slowly brought her hands up, wriggling them towards the air. "Die, peasant!" She exclaimed and jumped down, tickling him all over the stomach.

"T-Taiga! No, stop that!" He wailed, and Taiga laughed even louder.

"Ryuuji, you sound like a girl!" She exclaimed, and he pouted.

"I do not!" He mumbled, and Taiga stopped tickling him.

"You did."

"Did not."

"Did too!"

"Tsh."

"I'm going to kiss you now. Is that okay?" Taiga tilted her head, looking down at Ryuuji's face.

"You taste of ramen." He grunted, and she narrowed her eyes.

"Like hell if I care." She cussed and then she kissed him. At first it was just a light peck on the lips, but then Taiga realized she wanted more, and so she took what she wanted. She ended up nibbling lightly on Ryuuji's lower lips, suckling a little on them afterwards. She nuzzled her head into his chest, giggling lightly to herself. "I really look forward to living with you, Ryuuji." She smiled childishly, and he couldn't help but to smile himself.

"Yeah. So do I." He smiled gently and put his hands on her back. She felt safe at first, but then it happened. Ryuuji moved his hands a little, and then placed his lips by her ear. "Tick~le att~ack~" He whispered, and a loud mixture of a scream and a laugh could be heard from the house.

I know this was a pretty short chapter, but it was mostly to just open up the new arc with them living together ~