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Chapter 38

Head over heels

Shino was a man that was not prone to asking questions when he could find the answers himself. Oftentimes he questioned if he made his beloved wife happy. If he were to ask, he had no doubt she would respond with a resoundingly positive answer. But Shino was a rather perceptive and quiet man. And the times he questioned his wife's happiness he would sit within their home and watch her.

The way she sighed gently as the sun danced across her skin left him jealous of it's loving touch.

The way her walk seemed to dance across the floor of their home, the way they could sit in comfortable silence for hours left him knowing her heart was full. When he watched her dance and sing in the kitchen, more of a balter than anything organized, and the contented sleepy sighs each time he touched her told him in no uncertain terms that her soul was satisfied.

Even the way she complained about the dirty dishes told him there was nothing greater for her to turn her irritation to.

She paused in the middle of cooking and song that accompanied it, to consider him. He had been silent throughout one of his observations of her and she had sensed something different than his usual patient silence.

"Shino-kun, is everything alright?"

This may have been one of the things he loved about her the most. Her concern for him was not unexpected but heartwarming none the less. She had so much love in her heart that she felt the need to pull others to her warm glow to pass on the sense of peace she always had within her. As he watched the concern pass over her knitted brow he couldn't help but feel the love radiating through him.

Wordlessly, he stood from the table to pull her back against his chest. He felt her concern evaporate instantly as she rested against him with a sigh. He pressed kisses to her head, temple, cheek, and neck as he greedily drank her in.

She giggled happily. "What brought this on?"

"Do I need an excuse to love my wife?" he whispered against her collarbone.

"Well, no," she said.

He continued planting kisses to her skin as he ran his large hands along her hips.

"Shino-kun," she chided without conviction, "the girls are still awake." His deep groan in her ear told her that he didn't care.

"You'll make me burn dinner," she protested weakly.

"We can go out to eat," he growled out softly.

He knew she had a weakness for his voice. The rare times his tone changed to a husky "come hither" one she never failed to be drawn in.

He continued his ministrations and his assault upon her flesh while he waited for her to decide. Just three more kisses and a hand against her stomach and she was his.

She flicked off the stove and pulled the pan away to a cool spot. The second she let go of the pan handle he whisked them away to their bedroom where nothing could keep them from being lost in each other.

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