Takono woke up to the smell of eggs. She sat up in bed, letting the sheets slip down as she stretched, then snatched them back up. It was cold! She shivered a little, then flopped back down on top of the warm pillows and mattress. She could get up later, no big deal. She closed her eyes to get some more rest, and let her mind wander into sleep.
"Ohaio Gozaimasu my dearest Takono-swan" Sanji said suavely, then blinked when he saw his little wife still in the queen size bed that they shared. He smiled and tip-toed out of the room. Once he was out of the room, he shut the door quietly then walked to the kitchen for a surprise. He picked up a fold-out tray, made sure it was folded, put the plate of eggs and a piece of toast on the tray, and headed back to their bedroom. He opened the door, wincing at the slight squeak in the door. He would have to get that fixed. He silenced his stride, with the help of the carpet, then went over to the bed, put the slightly heavy tray down on the nightstand that sat next to the big bed, then turned his attentions to the girl huddled in the sheets. Sanji reached out and shook her slightly. She moaned, turned over and enclosed the comforter around her more tightly. A smiled worked its way onto Sanji's face. He shook her again, no harder, then withdrew his hand and waited for a reaction.
Takono sat up again, her head a mass of bed head, and looked in Sanji's direction. She rubbed some of the sleep out of her eyes. She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror and started to flatten her hair to her head. Sanji chuckled a little, and seized Takono's interest. She looked over at him and beamed her wonderful smile. Sanji couldn't help but smile himself. Takono practically fell over reaching for Sanji, but he leaned over and Takono caught herself on Sanji's shoulders. He embraced her as well.
"Good morning, Sanji-kun!" Takono greeted him. He squeezed to tell her that he had heard her. They both let go at the same time, and Takono caught a glance of her breakfast in bed. She gasped in delight, and reached for it with fingers groping empty air. Sanji twisted his lean body around to get a sight of what Takono was looking at, and smiled again when he saw. He righted his body, then stood up and took the step that he needed to make it to the nightstand. He picked up the tray with one hand and unfolded it with the other, and set it over Takono's body. She sat up straighter with her eyes were sparkling. If it tasted anything of how good it smelled, Sanji was getting better at cooking, if that's possible. Takono grabbed the fork and jabbed into the seasoned eggs. She put the full fork in her mouth. She could have sworn that the Nutcracker was playing on her tongue. Sanji's visible eye formed into a heart as he listened to her 'yummy' sounds as she crushed the baby chickens that never had a chance under her teeth.
"Do you need anything, Takono-swan?" Sanji asked after she swallowed. She probably wouldn't have heard him past the tastes in her mouth. Takono ran her tongue around the inside of her mouth, partly to think and partly to find some hidden pieces of eggs that had escaped her tongue before. Her mouth was a little dry. She had gone all night without a drink, and even before bed the night before she had been a little thirsty.
"Orange juice?" Takono requested. Sanji was all too happy to oblige. He noodle-danced his way out of the room to the kitchen practically singing out to her,
"I'LL SQUEEZE THE ORANGES MYSELF MY LOVE!!" He got to the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator and took out a few oranges. He peeled the citrus fruit deftly, taking off all of the white skin-like inside of the peeling that he could, with the orange peel all in one curling piece, and the core-like in one piece as well. Grinning in triumph, he threw it in the fridge. It could be used later. It was packed with vitamins, and when ground and cooked with the right ingredients, it would taste good. He remembered when he used to squish the orange during the peeling, and it would come off in little bits and pieces. And the core never came out just right, either, and he would usually be sprayed with the sticky juice by the time he was done too. He was glad that he had learned how to peel an orange the right way. Breaking out of his reminiscence, He grabbed a cup out of the cupboard. He grabbed the orange in just the right way, and squeezed with the correct amount of pressure. Juice poured out of the bottom, right into the cup and without spilling a drop. He checked how much juice was in the bottom in the cup, then threw the rest of the drained orange in with the peel. He started on the second, and moved onto a third. It was a small cup, so it only took a little more than a few oranges to fill the cup. He added only a pinch of sugar. It shouldn't be too sweet, or it wouldn't taste right. He walked back to the room carefully, but still smoothly. Takono was chewing a little on the buttered toast when he walked in. They smiled at each other, and Sanji set down the cup of orange liquid on her tray.
Takono grabbed the cup and took a sip. If perfection was liquid, this was it. It wasn't too sweet, but saccharine enough to quench a sweet tooth the size of Africa. She swirled it in her mouth, then swallowed and sighed. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Sanji leap right over her and the bed, and landed on the other side of the bed, and without rocking the whole mattress so that her food wouldn't spill. A few ripples ripped through her juice, but that was all that happened. Sanji sat down and scooted closer to Takono. Takono dug into her morning meal again. She couldn't get enough of the buttery toast and spiced eggs. No matter how much you had of Sanji's cooking, it just wasn't enough. Takono didn't feel like getting her hands dirty in bed, so she started trying to cut the toast into pieces. Sanji reached over and engulfed her hands with his and cut the piece of toasted bread into pieces with her hands in his own.
When the meal was gone, even the tiniest crumbs had vanished, Takono sat back onto her pillows and sighed ultimate contentment. She swiveled her head to look at her lover, and showed off her white teeth again.
Sanji held out his precious cooking hands. Wonder swept over Takono. His hands were the most important part of him, to him, and he was offering them to her. She was touched by his offer. Takono placed her own hands into his. She squeezed gently and smiled softly at him. They held each other in a comfortably loose grip. Sanji's one eye dropped every hint of lust, and was replaced by sentiment. She stared into his visible blue eye. She could stare at it for forever. He seemed to be soaking her in through her bottle green eyes. He seemed to be pulling her toward him by the gaze in his cobalt eyes. She moved closer, her soul drawn to him. He seemed to be taken over by the same feeling. He was inching toward her. Why was time moving so slowly?! It was frustrating. The love of her life was right there, and yet so far away. Now only a few inches. Takono thought she might scream. At the last inch, Her eyes had drifted shut and her breathing had seemed to slow. The next thing she noticed was soft flesh against her lips. After a few moments, Sanji slowly started moving his mouth against hers, then started speeding his movements ever so slightly. He waited a little more, then parted his lips and sent his tongue out to tentively explore her lips and to gain entrance.
Takono had thought that she had been enjoying herself before, but when her sweetheart started begging for entrance, her heart took off. She separated her lips and let Sanji in. His mouth closed around hers and his tongue gladly took the chance and skimmed inside her mouth. She couldn't believe it, but he tasted better than his food. Maybe a little like smoke, but that was okay. He was trying to quit, and he had probably had one a while ago. She hadn't noticed before, but her lungs were burning. She didn't want to stop, but it wouldn't do any good to die while she was kissing him. Slowly, she broke away with a wet sound from Sanji's tongue being pulled from her mouth. She panted a little from lack of oxygen and a reason that also had set blood in her fair cheeks.
Sanji watched her a little. Then, he took one of his prized hands and ran the backs of the fingers down her flushed cheeks and smiled. He willed his heartbeat to slow. It couldn't listen to his mind when his heart was watching Takono…