The House That Flint Built

This is the house that Flint built

"Flint, can I open my eyes yet?"

"Not yet, Hinawa. Just a few more moments."

Flint was holding his young wife's hand, guiding her gently as she kept her eyes closed. He told her he had a surprise for her, and she eagerly went along with him.

"How about now?"

"No, dear, not yet."

Hinawa pulled a pouty face, the one that Flint told her was "absolutely adorable" every time she did it, with her pink lips all puckered out. Flint continued to lead her, making sure she wasn't going to trip on anything. Finally, after what seemed like forever, Flint stopped. Hinawa smiled.

"Can I open them now?"

"Hold on, Hinawa. Just a second."

"Flint, I swear this had better be good."

I hope it's good too Flint thought to himself. He started to walk behind Hinawa, placing his hands on her small shoulders.

"Are you ready for your surprise?" he whispered to her.

She nodded her head.

"Okay", he said before taking a deep breath. "Open your eyes".

Hinawa opened her eyes, blinking as she took in the sudden amount of light. She stared straight ahead of her, with an audible gasp leaving her mouth.

In front of her and Flint was a house made out of wood. A wooden door stood in the middle, right in front of Hinawa. There was a window on each side of the door. From what Hinawa could see, it wasn't too big, but it wasn't too small either.

"Is that…?"

"Yep, that's a doghouse for Boney".

Hinawa put her hands over her mouth at the sight of it all.

"Flint! What, where, how….?!"

Flint gently turned Hinawa to face him.

"I wanted to build you a house. One where we could live, with our future family, and grow old together. It took some time, but I got Bronson and some of the other people to help out with the building. It was a group effort".

"Flint….this house looks exactly like the one I drew. Did you….?"

Flint glanced down at the ground.

"You used my designs, didn't you?"

Flint blushed a little.

"I wanted to make it absolutely perfect. I- hope you don't mind."

Hinawa placed a hand on his chin, bringing it up to look at her.

"I love it."

She stood up on her tiptoes a little in order to kiss him lightly on the lips. Even though they were married, they both still found it awkward to kiss each other. After their lips parted, Flint took one of Hinawa's smaller hands into his larger one.

"Do you want to see the inside?"

"Oh yes"

Flint led Hinawa to the wooden door, where he then proceeded to pull out a key on a string. He placed it into the keyhole, until he could hear a small "click", signifying that the door was unlocked. He put the key away back into his pocket.

Hinawa started to walk towards the door, but Flint had another idea. He picked up Hinawa in his arms, like he did on their wedding day, earning a little surprised "eep" from his wife.

She turned her head to look him in the eye.

"You always had a way of sweeping me off of my feet".

He blushed a little at her words, kissing her on the forehead.

"I try, my dear".

And with that, he carried her over the threshold of the house, into the house where they were going to start their lives together.

Author's Note: I felt that there was a lack of Flint and Hinawa fanfiction, so I decided to write this short piece. I got the title from a nursery rhyme called "This is the House that Jack Built", where events build up on each other. I hope to do something like that with this story and expand upon it.

Also, I haven't written anything besides papers for college in the past few years, so this is my first step back into fanfiction. Hopefully I can keep working on it, and any comments and tips would be greatly appreciated. Have a good day!