Hellow ItaKiss-lovers! ^_^ I watched the Korean Drama Playful Kiss and I just loved it :D It's my absolute favorite series to write about :) Someone asked me if I could write some nice ongoing story about it, and I thought I could do something like that ^_^ Well, this one won't be ongoing forever, but it'll surely contain 26 chapters. Yess we're going A-Z with Kotoko and Naoki :)

This story will be a series of oneshots, but they do go in chronological order, so not randomly. There might pop up some darker chapters here and there (chapter 2 isn't very happy), and there might also come a M-rated chapter but then I'll warn you before hand ^^ But the whole story may be kind of slice-of-life like, we just follow Naoki and Kotoko around in their marriage ;)

I'm now uploading the first three chapters, and I'm starting on the fourth one asap! :) I hope you will enjoy it ! Reviews support me all the way! :D

A – Anniversary

"Irie-kun! Good morning!" Naoki grumbled and turned away. It was Sunday, early in the morning, and his wife was already standing at is bed side, trying to wake him. "Mohh, Irie-kun get up already!" She started pushing and poking him, trying to get him out of his bed. But he just kept his eyes closed and ignored her. He finally had a Sunday off, so couldn't she just...? "Why so cheerful already… it's too early..." He mumbled, shaking her off grumpily.

"Don't you know? Today's the day of our anniversary! We've been married for eight whole years now, and I want to celebrate it," Kotoko said. Naoki sighed and turned to look at her. He still wasn't totally used to her pregnant form. She seemed to be in her final phase and they were told that she would soon give birth to their child.

"Celebrate it," He repeated, and Kotoko nodded. Before he could give a proper answer, the door slammed open, and a screaming Mrs. Irie wrapped her arms around Kotoko. "Congratulations Kotoko-chan! Onii-chan!" She said in an over-emotional way. "Oba-sama! Thank you!" Naoki grumbled and turned away again. So early in the morning, and so loud they were!

When they finally made him get up, he showered and changed, what Kotoko had done already, and then went downstairs to join them for breakfast. "So what do you want to do?" He asked after sipping some of Kotoko's deliciously made coffee. "Well..." Kotoko began, and Naoki waited and hoped she didn't create some tiring schedule again. "I just want to be alone with you for the day!" Kotoko said with a shy smile.

"Hmm we could go to a museum-"

"- you don't like museums..."

"Or.. maybe the movies..."

"You fall asleep during movies..."

Kotoko didn't seem to mind that each of her ideas was kicked down by her grumpy husband. "Or…" The doorbell rang, and Kotoko stopped talking. "Oh, I'll go!" She said, but Mrs. Irie motioned that she had to stay and continue. "Okay thank you!" Kotoko said as Mrs. Irie went to open the door.

"Or we can just take a walk outside? Oh but..." Kotoko had already taken a look out of the window, seeing that the rainy weather didn't look very welcoming. Naoki just listened while reading the newspaper. Their previous anniversaries they mostly went out together too.

They'd go on a trip, a zoo or an aquarium, but he doubted Kotoko would be able to do much with that pregnancy. Kotoko was indeed a boring partner when watching movies too... What was it that they could do to make the day at least a bit special?

"CONGRATULATIONS!" Kotoko and Naoki jumped in surprise. Kinnosuke and Chris came barging in, and before they knew it they had their arms around them and hugged them. "Chris! Kin-chan!" Kotoko squealed cheerfully. In their married life, Naoki had already gotten used to being hugged by Kotoko's friends.

"You told them?" Naoki asked, and Kotoko nodded with a huge grin. "I did! But..." "We thought, we could come and celebrate with you" Kinnosuke said as he handed Naoki a bottle of wine. "I didn't expect you to come for real!" Kotoko said happily and she hugged Chris again. "Yes, thank you, Kinnosuke, Christine," Naoki thanked them politely. "Here take a seat," He said, and went to the kitchen to get some drinks for them. Just as he reached the kitchen, the doorbell rang again.

"I'll go this time" Kotoko said. She opened the door and squealed in surprise when she was covered with confetti. "CONGRATULATIONS!" Two voices chirped. "Satomi! Jinko!" Kotoko couldn't believe her eyes. Her two friends were standing at her door, holding a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of wine. "Long time no see!" Kotoko hugged them and studied them. They were totally dressed for a special occasion - her and Naoki's anniversary - while she on the other hand as just dressed casually. Not that she would fit in any of her neat dresses with her pregnant form...

"You both look so good! How did you know?" She asked, not remembering telling her old high school friends about the anniversary as well. "Kinnosuke told us. Haha, back in high school we would have never expected this day would come! Eight years!" Satomi said happily. "We thought we'd drop by early, we weren't sure if you two were going out," Jinko said.

"Irie! Congrats!" They yelled at Naoki when they entered the living room. Naoki was surprised, but greeted them anyway. 'It's only eight years, nothing special about that,' He thought, but he couldn't help but smile when he saw Kotoko's cheerful face. Mr. and Mrs. Irie got them some drinks and snacks, before saying they had to leave somewhere. "Yuuki is upstairs, but he'll meet his girlfriend in the park at two o'clock," Mrs. Irie said. Kotoko could hear vaguely a voice coming from upstairs, yelling "she's not my girlfriend!", and she laughed. "Okay then, have a nice day!" She and Naoki went outside with them and waved goodbye. "Well then, you have guests" Naoki said when they entered the house again.

Before Kotoko could say anything back, the doorbell rang again, and Naoki walked back to the door. "Geez, did they forget something?" He sighed, but he was surprised to see Sudou and Matsumoto Yuuko standing at their door.

"Uh hi! What brings you here?" He asked with raised eyebrows. "Your anniversary of course! We had nothing to do so we thought we'd stop by, looks like we chose a good timing," Matsumoto said, looking over his shoulder at the crowded living room. "Hey! Nice to see you again!" Kotoko squealed and she greeted them. Naoki sighed as he closed the door behind them. He couldn't believe everyone was getting all worked up because of an eight-year anniversary.

"So Naoki, tell me how you're managing, being married to her for such along time," Matsumoto Yuuko asked, receiving a glare from Kotoko. While chatting, the four of them joined the others in the living room. "Hey! More people! Makes the game even more fun!" Satomi said cheerfully. "What game?" Kotoko asked, while Naoki got Matsumoto Yuuko and Sudou some drinks. "This! Let's play" Satomi said, holdinga card game up.

They all chatted and played the game until it was already three o'clock. Yuuki had already left, and Kotoko's father had called once from work, informing them he would be home late. Naoki and Kotoko had a lot of fun, it had been a while since they saw their friends. The doorbell finally rang again and Kotoko got up. She opened the door and her jaw dropped. Marina, Tomoko, Motoki and Keita were standing there.

"Congratulations!" They said cheerfully, and Kotoko happily threw her arms around them. "You guys don't have to work today?" She asked. "Nope!" They said. "And I just got back from work," Keita said. Just when Kotoko wanted to close the door, a hand stopped it from closing and she opened it again. "Wait for me!" Kotoko's eyes widened in surprise. "Nishigaki-sensei!" She squeaked his name. "Yeah, Naoki mentioned it at work, so I thought I'd drop by while I was in the neighbourhood," Nishigaki said, and he shook her hand. "Congratulations to the both of you, may you be married for many, many more years... Or, maybe it's been enough already, and you could leave him for me?" Nishigaki flirted, hovering over her and making her back away. "N-no thank you" Kotoko said with a blush.

Naoki entered the hall, seeing Nishigaki hovering over his wife. He closed the door again so the noises coming from the living room softened, and approached them. "Let's just not do that," He said, pushing the flirty doctor away from his wife, and Kotoko giggled.

"What are you doing here?" He asked his colleague, giving him an annoyed look for trying to flirt with Kotoko again. "I thought it was a hint when you mentioned it at work," Nishigaki said, pulling off his coat and inviting himself in. Kotoko actually couldn't believe that Naoki had mentioned their anniversary at his work. Her husband was still full of surprises, even after eight years!

"I thought you had to lead an important surgery today?" Naoki said, trying his best not to sound too much like his superior wasn't welcome. They entered the living room and Nishigaki looked up in surprise at the crowd. "I did, this morning," Nishigaki said, taking seat next to Keita. "I see," Naoki said, and he walked to the kitchen to get him a drink. He still couldn't believe everyone was inviting themselves at their home. He thought Kotoko wanted to be alone with him, wasn't that the plan? He looked at her, and saw her laughing with her friends. Ah well, as long as she had fun.

They had all fun together until the end of the day, and eventually everyone suggested to have dinner together. So they all went to Kotoko's father's restaurant. Nishigaki had to leave for his night shift at work though, so they parted right before the restaurant. But even without Nishigaki they still were with many, surprising Mr. Aihara when they all entered the restaurant. "Woah, Kotoko! You could've warned me!" He said, but seeing Kotoko's adorable begging eyes he reserved them a table. They had dinner, ordered drink after drink and enjoyed their night all together.

"So Kotoko, tell us some interesting things about Naoki!" Satomi had gotten a little tipsy from all the wine, and was now trying to get into the nice little details about their marriage. 'The effect that alcohol has on him,*' Kotoko thought to herself with her mouthful. "Yeah, how is he in bed?" Marina asked, and Kotoko choked on her food. "Heh come on guys!" She laughed and she blushed. "Come on, tell us!" They demanded.

While Kotoko had fun with the girls, Naoki sat a few chairs further from them, chatting with the men and Matsumoto Yuuko. He sometimes gazed at his wife. He just loved it when she smiled, and today she was smiling all the time. They should invite their friends over some more, if this was the effect it had on her.

Meanwhile, Naoki's parents who had received a phone call from Mr. Aihara arrived at the restaurant as well, and it slowly got late. At 10 o'clock Yuuki came in, and was surprised by Kotoko hugging him. She hadn't had any alcohol because of her pregnancy, but the day made her so happy that she was all hyper and cuddly. "And how was your date?" She asked him. "Mind your own business!" Yuuki said, but everyone noticed he was blushing. "How cute!" Yuuki blushed even more at all the attention.

They talked and drank until it finally was time for them to leave. While Kotoko's father had to spend the last hour at the restaurant, the Irie family went home already. "Pheww!" Kotoko let herself fall on their bed and spread her arms. "Today was fun wasn't it!" She said cheerfully. "Yeah," Naoki said, taking off his blouse.

"But I thought you said you wanted to be alone together?" Naoki asked. "Huh?" Kotoko turned, still laying on the bed with her hand supporting her head. "You know, I didn't get any attention from you at all today," Naoki said with a mischievous glint in his eyes, mocking disappointment. Well, there was a hint of truth in there. And he was right, Kotoko had only been busy with their friends, and she and Naoki had barely exchanged words.

"Oh…" Kotoko blushed and looked away. "Hehe sorry, I just.." She couldn't finish her sentence, since Naoki sat down on the bed, bent down and kissed her. "Just kidding," He said, before kissing her some more. It was disappointing they couldn't really do anything sexual, with Kotoko being very pregnant, but he still felt delighted with the feeling of her lips on his.

"And, what did you tell them?" Naoki asked. "Hmm?" Kotoko had her eyes still closed and enjoyed how Naoki caressed her neck. "They asked you how I'm in bed," Naoki said, and Kotoko's eyes shot open. "W-what? You heard…" Naoki smirked and kissed her again. "Just kidding," He said again. "You don't need to say anything," He whispered in her ear, and he kissed her neck.

Kotoko giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck, enjoying this passionate side of him. Even though they didn't spend the anniversary together like she wanted to, she still had a lot of fun and would treasure the day of their 8th anniversary forever.

End of this chapter