Lukas woke up on a Sunday morning by the light shining directly on his face and birds chirping in one of the trees outside his window. He was just about to get up and close the blinds when he remembered that they were still laying on the ground in front of the window, waiting to be put up after his recent move. He looked to his left and right if there was a spot on the bed that still had a little shade, but most of that space was taken up by his still-sleeping girlfriend, Kathrin. It was her idea to move into a bigger apartment, after he had graduated from his master's program in business and she would continue with the last stretch of her law degree. Typical for her, Lukas thought, he was sure, she knew exactly which side of the queen size bed would allow for better protection from the sun and chose accordingly. She made most of the decision in their relationship, and Lukas was usually happy to go along with it. He felt it was one of the reasons, why they had been together ever since they got paired up in the dance class his parents had him enroll in when he was 16 to learn the basics of Standard and Latin dances.
He enjoyed the dancing as it gave him a nice workout which he had been missing after a sudden growth spurt cut his previous ambitions in gymnastics, well, short. With almost 6'3, he had grown too tall to really be competitive and his coach told him about as much. He was still free to join the training, but seeing his former team mates succeed in ever more complicated routines on the floor and various apparatus', wasn't as much fun. He soon took a liking to dancing and together with his partner and soon girlfriend, they became quite the pair at. They made a good wonderful couple, him being almost 1,5 heads taller, with broad shoulders and a lean built from his days as a gymnast and her slender body fitting perfectly onto his in the various figures they were required to perform in their routines. Lukas knew that dancing wasn't seen as the most masculine of sports, but he was used to the ribbing from some of the boys on the soccer team who were convinced that only "fags" would willingly choose that discipline. But it was Lukas who had the last laugh when he watched those same guys stumble around a few years later in the preparatory classes for the graduation ball, which he and Kathrin taught so there would be no major embarrassments on the dance floor later. He knew a lot of the girls were envious of his girlfriend for having such a smooth partner and even the guys had to begrudgingly admit the chemistry happening when they were on the floor.
But graduation was now almost seven years ago and while they at first wanted to continue dancing even when they decided to move-in together when they started university together, Kathrin's schedule didn't really allow much time for that. She was dead set on being on top of her class in every exam, which made for a lot of hours pouring over books in the library and at home. Lukas, while being far from a slacker himself, still tried to take it more easy in his studies, leaving room for friends, parties, working-out, and, as it turned out, most of the chores at home that Kathrin was too busy for. He didn't mind his girlfriend calling the shots in their relationship. He adored her and their sex life never suffered too much under the stress of their studies, regular date nights and holidays made for a fulfilling relationship for both of them, and he felt no pangs of envy when he saw his guy friends' attempts at flirting in bars and clubs or online. Why would he look for unfulfilling one-night stands when he had something real at home? He gently kissed her shoulder and up her neck, but she sleepily grunted and turned away, mumbling she would prefer to sleep for a few more minutes.