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"Good morning, Minori."
Accompanied by these words was a gentle pressure against her cheek, dredging her consiousness out enough to be able to comprehend a bit of what was happening. Though, her thoughts were still wrapped in a dreamy, warm haze, tucked under the blankets much like she was.
"Did you sleep well?"
The touch traveled up to the top of her head, a light pull on her hair, fingers whisking across her scalp. Minori mumbled something incomprehensible, pushing herself into the touches, rewarding her with a soft laugh from her partner.
"I suppose so. You look comfy."
"Mhm."
"Is it alright if I join you?"
I don't mind at all, Haruka-chan, appeared somewhere in her mind, but the effort to speak was a bit too much at this point. She squeezed out a sound that sounded like agreement.
A moment later, the weight of the blanket left her, only to be quickly replaced by a warm weight passing over her to press on her side, a comfort greater than any blanket or pillow. Minori reached for the new presence, her hands finding purchase in soft fabric. She curled her fingers, and pulled her close.
Minori inhaled deeply. The familiar scent of detergent and Haruka's body wash was always comforting. Arms wrapped firmly around Haruka, she slowly released her breath, nestling further into the familiar warmth, feeling the weight of her head atop hers.
"My love," Haruka sang softly.
Minori shivered as that warm voice reached her ears. A light, melodious, sweet voice, suffused with affection, directed at her. Haruka was saying that to her. Even if Haruka said it two thousand- no, twenty thousand, no, sixty million times, she could never get tired of hearing it. Her legs kicked against the blanket, happiness bursting out with no other place to go but motion.
Her words were flowing a bit more easily now, thoughts reaching her mouth with less effort than it had been. Oh, maybe she was waking up a bit more? That was good, though hopefully she wouldn't say anything weird.
"Yours, if you want me, Haruka-chan."
"I do."
Those words settled into her chest, right next to her heart, a vague wish forming to hear those words reverberate into the future, someday- gosh, Haruka would look so pretty in a long, flowy dress.
And then, she'd pull Haruka close, lean in, feel lips press against hers-
Wait, couldn't she do that one right now?
So she blindly felt around until her hands landed on what she knew to be Haruka's cheeks, so soft…
"Haruka-chan, could I get a kiss… please?"
Under her fingertips, she felt Haruka's cheek tighten, her body hesitating for a fraction of a moment, and then, Haruka nodded. Still, that microreaction was important! Maybe Haruka wasn't comfortable right now, and was just indulging her.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course. Just caught a bit off-guard."
Minori paused.
Then, she wound her arms around Haruka's shoulders, pulling her up and close to press her lips to Haruka's.
Holding her, Minori could feel Haruka's figure relax, her energy flowing into the kiss. A calm contentment radiated from her, putting Minori's lingering worries to rest. She let herself fully indulge in the touch, warmth shared between them, holding Haruka close for a few, intimate moments.
Minori could have stayed like that forever, but it was getting a little toasty under the blanket and maybe she should probably move it away or something…
She pressed into the kiss a bit more before pulling away and nuzzling back into Haruka's chest.
Haruka moved her hands up to rest on Minori's shoulders, massaging small circles into her nape. Minori shuddered, melting into the gentle touch.
Come to think of it, she felt like she was actually melting. Warm sunlight poured through the window blinds. It was starting to get a little toasty, was it late enough in the day that it was starting to heat up? Wait, how much time had she spent in bed today?
"Um, Haruka-chan, what time is it?"
"It's around 11:30am."
Minori's eyes flew open, which was perhaps not the greatest decision as near-noon sunlight from the window immediately blinded her. She squeezed her eyes shut to spare them for a moment, then glanced at the nightstand for her clock.
"Oh my gosh, it's that late already? Haruka-chan, why didn't you tell me?" Minori whined. "I mean, it's not good to just laze around in bed all day! And-"
Minori clasped her hands over her mouth, her actions of the morning coming all back to her at once.
"Oh… I was doing embarrassing, sleepy stuff again, wasn't I?"
Haruka's eyes twinkled, bringing her hand up to cover what sounded like a laugh, before she smiled. "Yes, but I think it's cute, so I let you."
"Mhgrmhnm," Minori grumbled, feeling at least somewhat betrayed by her girlfriend, who was supposed to love and care for her.
Despite that, she still turned to look at Haruka, even though her cheeks were burning up and she could barely look at her without feeling like she wanted to go dive into a trashcan and never come out. Still, now that her eyes were actually open, wow, Haruka was even more stunning when she was looking at her. Obviously.
"Nooo, you can't let me embarass myself." Minori mumbled. "What if I do something really stupid, and then you think I'm stupid, and then you don't want to date me anymore?"
Haruka looked at her, an eyebrow gently raised.
"Okay, I know I'm stupid and you're still dating me."
Haruka exhaled a soft noise of amusement.
"I don't think you're stupid. Just a little silly, but that's one of the things I like about you." There was a brief pause, where she caught Haruka glancing away for a moment, before she then added, "I don't think there's a person who's met you and gotten to know you who doesn't adore you."
Minori's cheeks flamed. She looked away, waving her free hand in front of her face to try and deflect some of whatever Haruka was doing to her.
"That-… that's kind of insane, Haruka-chan. I'm just me, you know."
"I wouldn't want you to be anyone else." Haruka replied assuredly. "Maybe I am kind of insane about you, but I will proudly and happily accept that label."
"Guh."
There was nothing much else to say to that. Haruka smiled warmly at her, and Minori felt a quiet shiver run down her back.
"By the way, did you know that you talk in your sleep?"
Uh oh.
"Uhhh…" Minori started.
"When I came back in from my run, you said something like, 'oh Haruka-chan, I thought you were leaving?' and I told you I already left, and you said 'oh.'"
"Haruka-chan stop you're going to kill me." Minori mumbled weakly, which of course only fueled her to keep going.
"I asked you why you thought I left, and you said that I wanted to go to all the IKEAs."
Minori blinked at her, confusion momentarily outweighing her embarrassment.
"What?"
"And then I asked you if you wanted to go to IKEA, and you said, 'I do, but I'm drunk.'"
"We didn't even drink anything last night!" Minori protested. "Besides, even if we had, I wouldn't have even been drunk because this happened in the morning, so I had slept enough, so I think the conclusion here is that asleep Minori-chan is kind of insane and you shouldn't listen to anything that she says."
Haruka only chuckled at that.
Minori buried her face in her hands, trying to hide away some of her embarrassment, but since she actually had the energy now to rub her two remaining braincells together, she couldn't help but think of how pretty Haruka looked in the morning light. Not that she hadn't had that thought before, but it was just so true all the time! The sky is blue, Airi likes cats, and Haruka is pretty.
She peeked out of her hands to look at her through her fingers.
Minori hadn't really thought about it earlier, but now that she wasn't melted onto Haruka like sliced cheese, she actually noticed what Haruka was wearing, which was- wow. That sleeveless shirt did a lot to highlight those well-muscled shoulders and arms, arms which she knew could pick her up as if she was as light as a feather.
"Damn." Minori whispered. Haruka looked at her inquisitively, and she realized her mistake too late.
"Hm?"
"Uh, nothing!" Minori scattered, perhaps a bit too quickly, then quickly flipped around and curled up into a little ball of shame. Even though Haruka was her girlfriend, it still felt a bit disrespectful to look at her like that.
But, heck. Haruka just looked so stupid kissable, so much that it wasn't fair. Minori… really wanted to kiss her girlfriend, but augh, maybe she probably shouldn't kiss her if she was thinking about all of this. That would only be even more disrespectful. But Haruka might think that was stupid, maybe she was being stupid, she should probably just ask what Haruka would think about it…
Yeah that would be a good idea.
"Can I, um? Can I kiss you… again? Haruka-chan?"
Haruka smiled.
"Where did all that sleepy confidence go? I thought that was h-"
Haruka suddenly cut herself off, her unshakeable composure faltering for a moment, which Minori had witnessed before but was still a bit startling every time. She blinked at her, and Haruka turned away.
"Haruka?" Minori poked.
"It's not important." Haruka responded, looking back at her, pulling out a smile so dazzling that she was momentarily blinded. Oh gosh, Haruka's smile is so beautiful, Minori thought in a daze, before realizing what was going on, shaking away the sparkles, and turning to face her with a look that she tried to make as offended as possible.
"You can't just distract me with your stupid and pretty idol smile when you don't want to share what you were saying! That's super unfair, Haruka-chan." Minori crossed her arms.
"What are you talking about? This is a smile just for you."
Oh, wow… wait, hold on!
"Haruka-chan!" Minori yelped, grabbing her shirt. "Stop trying to distract me! Just tell me what you were going to say already, okay?"
A beat passed. Haruka's mouth opened, but no sound came out. Her tongue dipped out for a moment, wetting her lower lip, then she spoke.
"I thought it was-"
A blush appeared, rosy as the dawn, which only fueled her curiosity.
"You thought it was…?" Minori prompted. Haruka leaned back a little, as much as the looseness of her shirt would allow, and looked away.
(A little voice in the back of her head noted the absolute insanity of her, just some random guy, having national idol Kiritani Haruka in this type of situation, although it was mostly drowned out by her need to know what Haruka wanted to say about her.)
Another beat passed, Haruka's rhythmic breaths going in and out, her chest rising and falling. Finally, she glanced back, and spoke.
"I thought it was hot," Haruka admitted.
"Oh- um-"
Minori bluescreened for a moment. Her? Haruka thought she was hot? Had she ever even seen herself? She-
She took a breath and forced herself to stop thinking.
Then, she balled up all those thoughts, pitched them out of the window, and grabbed Haruka by her shirt to pull her close.
Haruka's blush swept across her face.
"Ah-"
Minori cut her off by essentially slamming into Haruka with a kiss, moving one hand to cradle Haruka's cheek and using the other to hold her there. She pushed into it, pressing her lips against a flustered Haruka until she warmed up the courage to responded in kind, returning the kiss with just as much enthusiasm as Minori had started with.
Minori leaned into the kiss more, and more… until she felt herself falling forward and there was a soft thump as Haruka's back hit the blanket.
She instantly sat up, her face flaming, an apology ready on her tongue, until she saw the wide-eyed look on Haruka's face and a blush that mirrored her own, and took a breath and stored it away.
"Did you think that was hot, then…?"
Haruka blinked up at her, and then nodded wordlessly.
"Okay, that's um… yippee!"
There was a silence.
"Did you just say 'yippee'?"
"…No."
"Yes, you did."
"I didn't do that. That would be stupid." Minori mumbled. She felt an arm wrap around her waist, and despite herself, she melted into her as soon as she was brought close.
"Not stupid, just a little silly. My love. Silly puppy."
Minori looked away, blushing, because what else could she say to that? She could almost feel her tail wagging, thumping against the bed.
"My love," Haruka repeated, capturing her gaze and smiling, a smile just for her that never failed to make her heart race. She brushed away some of Minori's bangs to kiss her forehead, "I love you. That includes how silly you are sometimes."
"Heh…"
There was another silence, but it was comfortable, Minori basking in the warmth of the hug from Haruka.
"…And yes, it was hot."
Minori squeaked, burying her face in Haruka's hug again, unable to contain her love as she heard those words.