2 Chapter 2- Enviable Couple.

Triiing~ Triiing~ Triiing~

Ichirou's eyes opened wide as soon as the alarm went off, he stretched out his hand at a lightning-fast speed to dismiss the alarm, afraid that it would wake up Hikaru. He moved his neck to look at the peaceful face buried in his chest and sighed in relief. He tried to raise his upper body, only to realize a delicate arm was wrapped around his abdomen.

Ichirou smiled at his lover's cute antics and grabbed her arm as gently as he could and placed it on the mattress. Hikaru subconsciously mewled in disappointment as she sensed Ichirou's presence leaving her side. Ichirou stretched out his arms and cracked his neck, ready to get up and start his day. However, as soon as his feet landed on the floor, his body shuddered and he raised his arms to hug himself.

"Cold…"

Ichirou muttered through his chattering teeth, his shoulders could be seen trembling slightly. He retrieved his phone from the side table, the time displayed on the screen was five-fifteen in the morning. Ichirou nodded in satisfaction as he grabbed a warm hoodie and trousers from the closet. He then left the room as quietly as he could, checking on Hikaru to make sure he hadn't woken her up.

Ichirou then proceeded to wash his face and brush his teeth, after that he grabbed his headphones, put on his favorite pair of running shoes, and took off from his home, apartment number 704, in high spirits. He descended onto the ground floor, nodded at the sleepy security guard as he left the building's gate, and began running after queuing up his favorite hip-hop songs.

After about thirty minutes of jogging, Ichirou returned to the lavish 'Rengoku' apartment building. He repeated the procedure to gain access to the building. Ichirou stepped back onto the seventh floor and placed his shoes in the shoe rack outside apartment 704. However, this time, he didn't actually enter the house, instead, he headed over to the door of the desolate apartment 703 and fished out the keys from his pocket.

Ichirou entered the apartment and headed straight for the kitchen. He moved around in the kitchen with familiarity as he grabbed two pans, one was being used for boiling water, while the other was being used for heating milk. He poured the milk into a cup and added honey to it and stirred slowly, making sure not to spill anything. He then proceeded to make himself a cup of black coffee with the bubbling water.

Ichirou cleaned after himself and left through the door connecting the two apartments after making sure no electrical appliances were left switched on. After walking through the door and closing it behind him, Ichirou appeared in the same kitchen in which Hikaru was cooking the previous night. With both his hands occupied by cups, he walked towards their bedroom, and after struggling a bit to open the bedroom, he finally managed to enter and smiled at the sleeping beauty.

"Hikaru! Wake up! It's already 6:15!"

Ichirou waited about thirty seconds, but after getting no reaction whatsoever, he raised his voice and called out again.

"Hikaru! Wake up already!"

Hikaru's eyebrows twitched, and after another round of urging by Ichirou, her eyelashes trembled as her eyelids slowly moved. Hikaru raised her body, the blanket resting on her figure slowly slid down, revealing the enticing scene hidden within. Her upper body was bare, so her voluptuous breasts jiggled about with even the slightest of her movements

Hikaru raised her arms, stretching them to their limits. Ichirou could hear the light sounds of some of her joints cracking.

"Ahn~~"

A seductive moan escaped Hikaru's lips. Ichirou's eyes widened as he recalled their sexual escapades from the night before. He could feel his body reacting, but he somehow composed himself and silently continued enjoying the mouth-watering performance.

Hikaru, after seemingly satisfied with stretching, proceeded to move her fingers through her long and dazzling hair. She unhurriedly reached out towards the side table and retrieved a hair clip, using it to temporarily bring her disheveled hair in control.

As the hair covering her face was swept away, Hikaru's ethereal face was revealed to Ichirou. She turned her neck toward him, a heartened smile plastered on her face. Ichirou smiled back, and while lifting the arm which held the cup filled with milk, said aloud.

"Come on now, the milk will go cold."

"En!"

The blanket slid down Hikaru's lower body as she kneeled on the bed, disclosing her pearl white thighs and black shorts that didn't belong to her considering their size. Hikaru slowly crawled towards Ichirou, making sure to appear as seductive as she could. As Hikaru approached the edge of the mattress, she raised her upper body, stood on her knees, and opened her arms wide. Ichirou faintly smiled and allowed himself to be captured. Hikaru's arms circled his waist as her face snuggled into his chest.

"This is unfair."

"Hm?"

"Both my hands are occupied… I can't even hug you back."

"Hehehe~"

Hikaru cutely giggled as she hugged Ichirou even tighter. Hikaru was unusually obsessed with hugging, she had always been someone who'd prefer snuggling on weekends instead of going out. Hikaru rubbed her face against Ichirou's chest and said with a sweet voice.

"Good morning, Ichirou."

"A very good morning to you as well, Hikaru. Now, let's get a move on or we'll be late."

"En."

"Here."

"Thanks."

Ichirou waited for Hikaru to change clothes, and then they moved to the living room where they consumed their respective drinks while watching the morning news. The two sat side-by-side on their favorite couch as they faced the television. And after the drinks were done with, they were relaxing before the hectic day.

"You can sleep for a bit, I'll prepare breakfast."

Hikaru said while laying on Ichirou's lap. Her arms clutched around his waist, trying to draw warmth from him.

"Nah, it's fine. I'll prepare for that quiz today."

"Hm? Quiz? What subject?"

"Physics."

"That's Kyoko's subject, isn't it? It should be easy for you, right? Didn't you go through the entire syllabus last weekend?"

Ichirou shook his head as he began stroking Hikaru's hair.

"The quiz is on the new material taught," Ichirou's expression turned grim. "I just hope she doesn't mess with me during the test."

"Pfft… Yeah, Kyoko likes to do that, doesn't she? But she's only like that with those she loves, don't take anything she does too seriously. She considers you a friend, a very close one at that, she's just too embarrassed to admit it."

"Yeah, well, about that… Sigh~ She should learn to act her age… You remember that time she found out about us?"

"Pfft~ Hahahaha~" Hikaru laughed out loud, she stuffed her face in Ichirou's stomach to stifle her laugh. "That was sooo awkward~! I remember that friend of yours being so dumbfounded as well~!"

Ichirou chuckled a bit as he patted her head, gesturing for her to get up. Hikaru reluctantly left his lap and pouted in dissatisfaction.

"I'll freshen up and change. Do you need any help with breakfast?"

"No," Hikaru shook her head softly. "Leave that to me. You should go and change."

"Okay."

Ichirou bent over and planted a quick kiss on Hikaru's lips before he stood up, stretched his arms, and walked toward the bedroom.

Hikaru, who was left behind on the couch, lovingly stroked her lips, her cheeks a faint shade of red.

"And you call me unfair…"

Hikaru muttered to herself, her eyes couldn't hide the infatuation she held for Ichirou. With newfound determination, she stood up and gathered the cups, and headed over to the kitchen. Her footsteps were light and her mind was refreshed.

"Let's cook~!"

Hikaru carried an adorable smile as she made preparations to cook a hefty breakfast. They say you can cook better when you cook for the one you love, and that saying was extremely true in the case of this particular woman.

Ichirou would usually use his motorcycle or car to commute to school, but they were currently unavailable to him, as such, he would be taking the train for the immediate future. Ichirou could just travel together with Hikaru in her car, but it could lead to unnecessary risk, so they avoided doing so. At the end of the day, Hikaru was a teacher and Ichirou was a student, even though he might be eighteen.

This was the other thing that made Hikaru less guilty about dating Ichirou. Although Ichirou was a sophomore in high school, he was already eighteen years old, the reason being his parents moving in the middle of the year when he was attending kindergarten, as such, he has always been a year behind. It hadn't been such a big deal before, as being one year older doesn't matter much in elementary school or middle school. However, being eighteen when all your classmates are seventeen was surely an enviable thing, and Ichirou's classmates made sure that he was aware.

Back to the topic.

Hikaru and Ichirou were completely infatuated with each other, however, this didn't mean they were stupid. They were cautious, extremely so, to the point one could call them paranoid. Their paranoia stemmed from the fact that both of them treasured their relationship too much to let it end with something stupid as being discovered by the school or another student.

The last time they slipped up, two people had ended up discovering the nature of their relationship. No matter how the two felt when it happened, as the saying goes, everything that happens is for a reason, and it ended up being a turning point for their relationship. The cause being…

"Kyoko~ My weight hasn't been increasing even though I am eating so much~!"

"Really? How much do you weigh now?"

"Eh…? I was around forty-two kilograms last time I measured."

"And what's the problem?"

"My weight should be fifty kilograms at the very least! I am underweight according to BMI."

Hikaru stood at around 160 centimeters, which was an ample height for a woman, so when she said that she was underweight, it wasn't an exaggeration at all.

"It's fine~ You worry too much. And it isn't like you don't eat well," Kyoko glanced at the three-layered lunch box Hikaru was eating out of. "Did Ichirou say anything about it?"

"T-That… He says that everything I eat goes to my chest or buttocks. So it's good."

Kyoko laughed heartily as a tear formed at the edge of her right eye.

"Hahaha~ That little pervert… Isn't it fine then?"

"Well…"

Hikaru pouted cutely as she threw a piece of sashimi in her mouth.

"You know… I had so much fun today with Ichirou during his test."

"You…" Hikaru looked over and stared fiercely at her best friend. "You didn't go overboard, right? He was just talking about it this morning too… Please don't trouble him too mu- Hey, w-why are you staring at me like that?"

"You are so lucky Hikaru… You get to live with your boyfriend… Going to sleep in each other's arms~ Eating meals together~ Snuggling in the winters~ Oh how I wish my boyfriend was half as mature and reliable as Ichirou."

"Hey, it isn't all sunshine and rainbows like you think… Live-in relationships are very hard, you know?"

"Ara~ Really?"

"En!"

"Really?" Kyoko looked Hikaru straight in the eyes. "Tell me, is it really not fun?"

Hikaru's determination came crashing down as all the wonderful memories she had made with Ichirou hit her all at once.

"No…" Hikaru shook her head. "To be honest, it's really fun. No, 'fun' would be an understatement, it's absolute bliss. Sure, there have been fights and arguments, and there was that time when we almost broke up. However, once you get through the 'initial stages of living together, what follows is just pure heaven. It fills you up with satisfaction and happiness every single day… Just being in the same room, breathing in each other's smell, watching television together, playing games together, being wrapped in each other's arms, the good mornings and good nights… It's really special and lovely… I still can't get over the fact that my life is this perfect and blissful."

Kyoko, who was listening to Hikaru with a dazed expression, snapped out of it and her mouth formed a pout.

"So enviable… I mean… Y-you are breaking the law here, you know? He's your student and you're dating him, so immoral!"

Hikaru couldn't help but giggle at her best friend's cute reaction.

"…We've been over this so many times, Kyoko. Also, your boyfriend is quite a charmer himself, aren't you satisfied?"

"Well… I am not unsatisfied… But when I look at you two enjoying your life so much while living together, it just makes me jealous, you know? Though Shoji is a great person, he's a little unreliable."

"I know what you mean~ My Ichirou's the best though! Just today…"

Hikaru started narrating with a dazzling glow on her face, while Kyoko listened with a sheepish look. As the two chatted away happily. time passed by in the blink of an eye.