CHAPTER 1: Sleepless in Tokyo

Events leading up to Naoki's accident in Episode 14 of "Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo 2"

AN: I'm considering making this one-shot into an actual story, since I have a few plot ideas. But I thought this little snippet was so cute I just had to share it. Leave me any commentary or reviews! I love reading them, they're like little ItaKiss deleted scenes for me; I crave them.

"The last portion of the report just needs to include the patient's hemoglobin, white, and red blood cell count with the new tests given by Doctor Nishigaki. Since Nishigaki-sensei suggested that the patient have an aminotransferas test, you should schedule him in tomorrow for these tests. Don't forget to schedule these with the Chief Nurse tomorrow. Other than that, I think the report is decent, Kotoko." Naoki finished, sighing in finality.

As he took a sip of his lukewarm coffee, he watched his wife type down the notes quickly. It was nearly four in the morning and it was clearly a long night. After two operations, three hours of clinic duty, and an hour in the ER, Naoki was mentally exhausted. Even though the unpredictable life of a doctor had him highly entertained, it was beginning to tax on his restfulness.

"Irie-kun, I'm done! Thank you for the help! Let me just print this and we can go to sleep!" the voice next to him chirped happily as she began to stack her medical notes and books away. Nodding, he got up and pulled the multiple bed sheets down; it was pretty chilly even though they had central heating in the house.

"Come on Kotoko, let's go to bed we have a long day tomorrow." mumbled Naoki as he slid in to their bed. In reality, he was more exhausted mentally; currently, the back of his mind was processing the procedures he assisted today. His mind was racing rapidly about the complexities of the human body when in reality he just wanted peace. Coffee and Kotoko's report did nothing but add fuel to the fire in his brain. Feeling the bed slightly dip to his right, he smelled the familiar jasmine lotion Kotoko used for her night regime.

"Ne, Irie-Kun."

"Hmmm?"

"Thank you for your help. I love you."

"I know."

"Ne, Irie-kun?"

"…Hmmmm"

"Are you sleepy?"

"Of course I am, Kotoko. Please try to get some sleep; It's been a long day." Naoki murmured, lying face up, studying the ceiling; it usually became a habit to do this before bed.

"Ne, Irie-kun."

"…What is it now?"

"Konomi-chan called me earlier today, saying that Yuki-kun gave her a kiss and said that he liked her! I told you they'd be a good match. I wonder how Yuki-kun grew the courage to do so." Kotoko murmured as she observed the ceiling as well. The one-sided love of Konomi paid off spectacularly; Kotoko was positive they were perfectly perfect for each other!

"Obviously it's because of my advice. Yuki just needed a nudge in the right direction." Naoki stated quite proudly. He knew Yuki like the back of his hand; even though both boys were quite terrible at talking about their feelings, he knew what it was like to be annoyed at the girl he liked. The only nag in the back of his mind is how long it took him to come to terms with knowing that he was in love with Kotoko. He would've dated her six years sooner. He'd be happier even back then. If only he had an older brother to receive life advice from.

Turning to face his wife, he explained:

"I just told Yuki to confront and talk about his confusion with Konomi-chan. He said he was annoyed with her sometimes and then questioned himself whether in reality he really was annoyed. I'm proud that he actually took the advice." Naoki added, eyeing his wife. She pouted.

"If only you knew this yourself in high-school! I would've gotten so many kisses and hugs back then and I wouldn't have missed and stalked you as much!" Kotoko whispered indignantly, slightly frowning at her husband. They would've joined clubs together, gone to dances, outings, even attend classes together!

Naoki raised an eyebrow as he tried not to laugh. His wife sure was cute when she was upset. However, she did have a point; they'd be able to get away with a lot back then. After all, Mama-Irie didn't set boundaries in their relationship. Pushing his perverted thoughts away, he scooted closed and hugged Kotoko while giving her short pecks on her face.

"Be thankful I didn't admit my feelings to you after medical school. Want to make up for lost time?" Naoki mumbled in-between kisses. Returning the short pecks, Kotoko pouted again.

"I'm so sleepy, but I can't get myself to sleep." Kotoko mumbled as she kissed his eyelids.

"Same here. I can't believe the caffeine hasn't worn off yet." He softly replied as he snuggled his wife. Maybe it was the beginning to another sleepless day? He had to report to the OR in three hours.

"Ne, Irie-kun."

"What?"

"Want me to wear you out? After all, you helped me out on my reports and I didn't even reward you." Murmured a surprisingly seductive voice.

His eyelids shot open in genuine surprise; Kotoko being flirty and seductive? This was going to be an interesting night.

An hour later, Naoki was extremely exhausted…for obvious reasons. Trying to regulate his heavy breathing, he glanced at his wife; her sleepy, yet satisfied face told him more than enough. Smiling smugly, he wrapped his arm around his still-naked wife and kissed her forehead.

"Ne."

"Mmmmm?"

"I'll help you out on your reports if it means I get this reward. I love you."

"Mmm."

Smiling, he finally drifted off to sleep.

However, life wasn't so forgiving.

RING RING RING-

Groaning angrily, Naoki shrugged off the covers as he smacked the alarm off. Not even a wink of sleep! Eyeing his sleeping wife, he sat up and glared at the rising sun.

He was going to need more coffee.

AN: Hope you liked this late-night snippet! Let me know if it'd be a good idea to continue the plot! Actually it's nearly 5AM and I coincidentally drank some coffee earlier and now I can't sleep. Please review with some comments or questions I'd be glad to hear them! For more ItaKiss info, discussions, posts, of any sort find me as "nitalemilade" on Tumblr!