章 441: Butterflies

"Good morning, Jewel," Tom greeted with a twinkle in his eyes as he watched Lucy's eyes slowly flutter open when her bedside alarm bell went off. 

Lucy smiled when she opened her eyes and saw Tom's face hovering above hers. He was lying on his right side with his body propped up on his elbow. 

Tom kissed her eyes making her laugh as she weakly pushed him away, "Good morning, Ace. How long have you been up? Why didn't you wake me up?" She asked, turning her mouth away from his face so that he won't be disturbed by her morning breath.

Tom smiled when he noticed what she was doing, and turned her face towards him. He wanted them to be completely comfortable with each other in every state they found themselves in.

"I've been awake for some time now. I didn't wake you up because I didn't want to rush my favorite morning ritual," Tom said, and Lucy looked at him with confused eyes. 

"What ritual?"