The Hike
Disclaimer: I do not own NCIS, the characters would be married and having children by now If I did.
Tony's feet were numb; he should've listened to Ziva when she told him to change shoes for the hike. He wasn't going to give her the satisfaction by complaining though, so he continued down the trail. Ziva knew though, she saw the way his gait had changed after they traversed a stream a few meters back.
"Tony are you doing okay?" Ziva called from a litter farther up the trail. "Are your feet wet yet?" Tony sent Ziva a scathing look and kept on walking. Ziva laughed and waited for Tony to catch up. When he did she said, "I am just kidding Tony."
"I know Ziva; let's just get home so I can get dry." The pair finished their hike and drove to the apartment they had recently moved into together, unbeknownst to Gibbs. Tony immediately took his shoes off, but not gracefully. He ended up on the floor in a pile with his feet twisted beneath him. Ziva strolled past his crumpled form.
"If you were trying to be cool, you failed," Ziva remarked as she took her own boots off.
"Sorry we can't all be as graceful as you Ziva," Tony grunted as he untangled himself.
"You sound like a five year old," Ziva said teasingly. "Will you ever grow up?"
"You know what they say, we never really grow up, we just learn how to act in public."
It could be argued that you do not even know how to do that." Ziva walked into the bedroom to change into something more comfortable.
"I know how to act in public, sometimes I just choose to misbehave in public. It's what makes life fun." Ziva reappeared, and seeing that Tony had only gotten as far as unlacing his shoes, leaned down and pulled them off for him.
"Now go change. You should have listened to you know."
"Don't remind me, I got wet feet because of not doing so," grumbled Tony. "How about this, if you promise to never mention this incident again, I'll kiss you right now." Ziva contemplated his offer.
"I love you, but Abby's reaction will be pure silver, so sorry my little hairy butt."
"It's 'pure gold', and it's your loss." Tony walked into the bedroom to change, giving Ziva his signature look, complete with a wink and a suggestive smirk.
Ziva stood still for a few seconds before saying, "I might be telling Abby, but I would not say no to that kiss."