The morning sun peeked through the curtains, unfortunately aimed at Eiichi's right eye. He groaned and faced the other direction. Then he felt something press on his back. He turned his head around and opened his eyes. He found a blurry image of Hikari trying to hug him from behind, even while she's still asleep.

He sighed and turn himself around again. He reached for the curtains and pulled on it to cover the opened part. What a great morning to have long arms...

Hikari stirred a bit and snuggled into her pillow more. Her face just sinked into the pillow while the rest of her body was covered by the blanket, aside from her arms that were now wrapped around him.

He played with her hair until she woke up. Her eyes opened, but he knew she still couldn't see him. "Hmm?" She groaned while stretching. "Good morning..."

"Morning." He replied, stroking her cheek. "You didn't have any more nightmares, right?"

Hikari shook her head. "You?"

"None." Eiichi shrugged.

Hikari sat up on the bed and stretched once more. Eiichi got hold of his glasses and put them on, before sitting up next to her.

"Eii, what time is it?" She asked as she stood up.

"Just a bit later than 6.30 am." He rolled his shoulders and stretched his neck. "Let's just get breakfast or something. The rest normally wake up at 7 or so. Yamato's probably up, but he's bound to be out jogging right now."

"He goes that early everyday, huh?" She asked, slightly amazed. Well, Syo goes out around the same time and Ryuya goes way earlier.

"Yeah." He stood up and looked down on her. She was still shorter than him. By 15 centimeters at least. How cute~ but... He smirked as his arms went around her waist from the front. She lightly blushed and she realized that her clothes had lifted up while she was asleep.

She fixed the sides of her shirt, but he still refused to remove his hands. "Eii?"

He poked both of her sides causing her to yelp. "Next time, don't use those small clothes." And he proceeded to tickle her as she flushed and giggled.

~~~~~

After she finished showering and changing and all that, she went to the dining room.

"Sora." A white haired man called.

"Oh, Shion, you're up." She smiled. "Good morning."

"Good morning." He replied, nodding. "Amakusa... Will help you today."

She smiled. "Thanks!"

That was when Eiichi came in to the room. "Oh, Shion. Up already?"

"I slept here last night." He replied.

"What? Why?"

"I was watching tv and then I fell asleep."

"Oh... So you just woke up?"

"No. Yamato..."

"...What did he do?"

"I woke up when he was carrying me to my room... After that I cleaned myself and came back here."

As the two continued their conversation, Hikari went to the kitchen to fix herself some breakfast. However, when Eiichi came to check on her, he found her just standing in the middle of the room, being confused.

"Something wrong?" He asked, making her jump.

"Ah, erm... Yeah." She said with an embarressed look. "I can't... Well, you know."

He chuckled. "Alright. Get out of there. I'll make breakfast."

She flushed red, but nodded and did as she was told. It's only been a short while since she started living there. She still hadn't figured out what is supposed to be placed where. At STARISH's dorms, Masato and Ren taught her all the simple stuff and took her to the kitchen as many times as possible. It is, after all, improper for a lady to not know how to cook... That's what they said anyway.

She sat by the dinning table and Shion went beside her. Shion watched her head to toe. Something about her seemed more... Cheerful. At least more than yesterday. His gaze went to Eiichi, who already had eggs on their respective plates. He seemed to be in a good mood as well. Did something happen between them?

"Eiichi." He called out.

The response he got was immediate. "Hm?"

Should he ask? "... No bacon please." Maybe not right now.

"Got'cha." The brunette moved the bacon from his plate to Yamato's.

Hikari sat there listening to the constant sizzles coming from the pan with a smile. She loved imagining whatever it is her boyfriend's doing. Yet she can't imagine what he looks like. Nor does she want to. Afterall, she doesn't want to picture him the wrong way.

Her thoughts went to what happened last night and her smile unintentionally widened. Minus the nightmare part, it couldn't have been any more perfect. Maybe they could do it again...

"Sora." Shion's voice voice made her jump. "You're turning red."

At this, she flushed more and a loud thud came from the kitchen. Shion turned to his leader, who was rubbing his forehead. Apparently, Eiichi bumped his head on a cupboard. That was rather unusual.

Either way, he reverted his gaze and stared back at Hikari. "What were you thinking about? You've been smiling and blushing for the past five minutes."

He heard another thud, but chose to ignore it. She chuckled nervously. "It's nothing, Shion. Don't worry. I just tend to over-think about things. That's all."

Shion didn't believe it, but nodded and tore away his gaze. "And Eiichi... Are you alright?"

"... Good. Definitely good. Can't be better." The brunnete said as he rubbed the top of his head. Being tall has it's... disadvatages. Damnit, I probably shouldn't have thought about the height difference earlier. Fragging karma.

Eiichi handed them their respective plates and that was when Yamato arrived. The man was greeted by an over excited Eiichi, an equally cheery Hikari and, being the normal one, a wave from Shion. Yamato sat across Shion, meaning beside Eiichi, who is across Hikari.

"Extra bacon today?" He asked. Then he saw Shion's plate. "Oh. Again? What do you have against bacon?"

"This brand... It's too salty." The fluffy haired boy replied. "I prefer the other one."

"The one Kira tells me to get and I ignore when we go shoppin', right?" He muttered.

"Yes. That one. Exactly." Shion said as he stared at his muscular friend.

Yamato shrugged and ate the bacon. "I think these are just fine. I mean, it would be better if it was in bigger pieces, but the taste is still good either way." Eiichi made a mental note to not trust Yamato with groceries next time.