A/N EDIT: This was originally a one-shot but some things have changed! I will explain things at the end!

Lazy Mornings Are Best

The sun shone brightly through the window curtains, enough to light up the room, but not enough to force someone awake due to sheer discomfort. A slight breeze rustled the tree branches outside, though inside the house, no sound of it was heard. It was early morning, maybe around 7. The room wasn't too big but it had a fresh atmosphere to it. Simplicity has its own charm after all.

Hope shifted under the blankets, clumsily bringing his hands to his eyes, rubbing them slightly after moving his silver bangs away from his face. His vibrant green eyes slowly opened, blinking a few times before focusing on reality. It was funny how even in the days in which he could sleep in without facing any dire consequences, he always woke up pretty early. He assumed the habit of sleeping little and working a lot was hard to push away. Not that he complained; he enjoyed mornings. Well, most mornings. We all know there are days in which no godly force can will us out of bed until the evening, and Hope was no exception. He looked at the ceiling for a few minutes, wondering what to do during the day. No errands had to be run; those had been taken care of yesterday. The more he thought about it, he realized that he literally had nothing to do today. He could enjoy the day however he wanted. Now days like these were rare.

He was 21 years old now and he was working hard to become the next leader of The Academy, a scientific expedition group that focused on research centered around the history of both Pulse and Cocoon. But on more personal matters, his life had taken quite a turn.

Hope lowered his gaze from the ceiling and looked to his side, shifting his pose so he could do that more comfortably. He was met with none other than Lightning Farron's sleeping face – peaceful and with the faintest of smiles across her features, with her strawberry blonde hair clumsily falling all over her. He couldn't help but smile. Nobody would guess that this woman was the Guardian Corps soldier so many once feared, not to say that some don't still fear her for good reason. There was just so much more to her than the cold glares and sharp remarks and Hope was happy beyond words that he had gotten the chance to see that, to love that. He honestly considered himself to be extremely lucky.

How they had ended up together was a rather long story, too long to narrate in full detail on a lazy spring morning, but somewhat simple in its plot. His feelings for her mostly started when he reached the age of 18 and only kept growing with time.

He had genuinely cared for her, never leaving her side and in return she eventually opened up more and more to him, eventually falling for him and consequently allowing herself to love him without restraint. Their relationship blossomed with time, and every day, as cheesy as it would sound to both of them, they found themselves loving each other a little more. Of course, this did not mean that their personalities or habits changed, not at all; for the true magic in all of this was their ability to accept each other fully for who they were, being able to love each other's imperfections as parts of their general perfection instead. Lightning was still quiet, sometimes violent (mostly when Snow came into the picture), she was still very fond of glaring and could be quite snarky if she wanted to be but she could also be caring, loving and gentle and supporting and all of those qualities and a few more made up the Lighting he fell for and Hope wouldn't have it any other way. In return Hope would be mostly optimistic, somewhat patient, loving and gentle, but vulnerable at times. This does not mean that he wouldn't be childish, loud or rude at times either.

But going back to reality, Hope merely stared at the woman beside him, quietly looking at how the covers rose and lowered with each breath. "She must have gotten the day off today, or else she would've probably woken up at 5 or maybe even earlier." Hope thought, thinking about how their usual mornings were. When she didn't have any special missions, they would get up at around 5 in the morning, dashing through the house and ready to go by 6. "Still, work or no work, it's surprising that she hasn't woken up yet." he smiled at her sleeping figure thinking that she had probably worked some extra time the day before. His life was no easier; he studied constantly and worked hard for The Academy. He was very intelligent and very agile in combat by now (mostly thanks to his routine training with Lightning) so they always made sure to send him as part of expedition teams. He would keep everyone in line (and safe) and would get the chance to talk to experienced scientists, learning all he could. Though in fact, he was primarily brains over brawn.

At this point, Hope slowly started to approach Lightning. She stirred a little in her sleep, managing to lay down on her back. But this didn't affect Hope in the slightest; he just kept getting closer and closer, slowly raising himself until his lips brushed against hers. He placed his lips above hers, backing up a little bit when whispering "Good morning, Light." lightly enough as to not disturb her, clearly enough for her to hear if she were somewhat awake by now. Lightning opened her eyes a little, lazily muttering "G'morning, Hope. Now go back to sleep." with a slight smile before turning to the side, throwing an arm clumsily over Hope's torso, placing her head against Hope's chest and seemingly dozing off again.

Hope let out a small chuckle and made himself comfortable, draping an arm over hers, effectively locking them both together. He laid his head near hers, his nose barely touching her soft pink hair. He closed his eyes again as the thought hit him.

"Yeah, this is what I'll do today."

A/N: This chapter is rather uneventful, I know, but I merely wanted to create a peaceful, content atmosphere that didn't require much action. Like the title says, I just wanted a lazy morning. This is the first thing I've written in about a year and the first thing I post on here so I hope I didn't ruin it too much, haha.

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EDIT: This will now become a series of related one-shots. This means that although they will be related to each other, and will most likely follow a time frame (Although possible flashback-ish chapters might happen, mostly to explain their relationship and how it happened I suppose.), they will be fully capable of standing on their own unless I say otherwise. They will be the ups and downs of every day life. I'm not sure of how long this will be in the end, it depends on response. FEEL FREE TO SUGGEST THEMES, PLOTS OR PROMPTS FOR NEW CHAPTERS! I MEAN THAT! ;A; pls

*Oh and please note that there will not be a complicated multi-chapter story plot, things will remain relatively simple.