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Yes I am finally back after a break. It's been a while and I needed to recharge my creative juices. But now I am back with new stories and new ideas.

Thank you to those who are still following me even after my long break.

I am currently working on other stories along with finishing the last chapter to Snow Days, so for those who have been waiting for a while for that it will be out soon.

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Chapter 1

It had been sunny all afternoon, a nice breeze was blowing and the flowers along with the trees were dancing in the wind. It was only spring time in the Leaf, so it wasn't a surprise when a storm had suddenly come through. I was sitting outside drinking some tea, when all of a sudden I could feel water drops hitting my skin. It was only a few at first, but then the storm had gotten heavy. I stood up, grabbing my tea and headed back inside. It was nice that it was raining, but I didn't want to get soaked either.

I watched through the sliding door as it kept falling. It seemed it wouldn't be letting up anytime soon which was okay. My flower could really use some extra water. Today was the day that Naruto was supposed to be coming home from his mission. He left a few weeks ago on a mission that required his needs by Kakashi and he was finally returning home today. While he was gone, the kids and I were had done a lot of things in hopes of keeping ourselves busy. We spent a lot of time hanging out Kiba and Shino because Boruto and Himawari loved to play with Akamaru. It also gave me time to catch up my teammates. The kids even went over to main house to stay with my father and Hanabi a few nights, leaving me in house by myself.

Right now, they were spending the night over there and would be home tomorrow. My father wanted to take them on a trip outside of the village for the night and I was fine with that. I was a little lonely at the thought of being home by myself again, but I had gotten word from Shizune that Naruto would be coming home today and that had up lifted my spirits. I missed him so much and I wanted to see him like crazy. Going to asleep without him by my side was hard when I was so used to feeling the warmth of his body next time mine. Along with the semi-ramen scent on his tan skin and the ruffles of his short blonde hair.

There was a knock at the front door that had made me turn around to look. 'I wasn't expecting any visitors today?' I moved away from the large window and made my way over to the front door. Who could be at the door? I don't think it my father nor do I think it's Kiba and Shino? Sakura's busy at the hospital and Saskue kind of knows when Naruto is home? Who could it be? I reached the door and twisted the knob, opening it to see a spiky haired man holding onto a blonde boy and they were soaked to the bone. "Shikamaru? Naruto?"

"Hey Hinata, how's it going?" I could tell something was wrong right when my eyes set on the two. "Come inside you guys." I moved over as Shikamaru pulled Naruto in with him. I hopped around the two so that I could close the door. Shikamaru had set Naruto down on the floor before moving to sit next to him. The boys tried to wipe away some of the rain, but that wasn't getting anywhere. All I could do was smile a bit. "I'll be right back." I ran upstairs to get the two some towels before going back downstairs. I handed each of them one before kneel in front of the two. "I'm glad to see you guys made it home okay." Shikamaru sighed as he rubbed the towel over his head and clothes. "Well, we would have been back earlier if this knucklehead hadn't got hurt."

I look over at Naruto and it was odd that he hadn't said anything let. I reach over to grab his towel while removing his headband so that I could dry his head. "What happened?" Shikamaru wiped his face before looking over at me. "We had just gotten into the Leaf and something happened with Naruto. He stepped on a branched the wrong way and slipped, landing on his back." I looked at Naruto but he wasn't moving. "He hurt his back, so I had to carry him all the way back."

Naruto wasn't so clumsy anymore, so it was odd to hear he fell. "Are you okay, Naruto?" He nodded his head just a bit. I ran my hand over his cheek to wipe some of the rain that was still dripping from his hair. Shikamaru had stood up and I watched him reach out, handing me the towel he was just using. "I should be heading home now, thank you Hinata." I smiled up at him, grabbing his towel. "No thank you Shikamaru…for bring Naruto back safety." The spiky haired man yawn, "How troublesome, but of course. I'll be seeing you later…Naruto, Hinata." I waved to him as he headed out, closing the door behind him.

"Does your back still hurt, dear?" Naruto nodded his head. Something had to be wrong with him. But I'll just wait for him to say something. "Let he help you upstairs, so we can get you out of these wet clothes." I was about to stand up until I felt Naruto grab my hand, pulling me so I was a bit closer to him. He was looking at me and this had been the first time I seen his face in weeks and god, I missed it so much. There some dirty marks and scratches on his face but he still looked like my Naruto.

"Welcome home, Naruto." He moved his other hand to reach between us so that he was cupping my chin. His big hand was unusual cold when it was normally warm. "…I'm home…Hinata." I smiled lightly at him. "Let's get you changed out of these clothes." I stood up and reached down to grab his arm. He pushed himself so that I wasn't pulling all his weight so that he could stand up. He wrapped his arm around my shoulders so that he was leaning on me. I felt him whimper a bit and felt his body tense up. "Sorry, Naruto." He just shook his head before letting out a breath. "I'm fine."

When I was sure he was okay, we started making our way up the stairs. I could feel Naruto tense up at each step, but he seemed fine. Our room was done the hall, so when we got up the stairs we made our way over to it. I opened the door and lead Naruto over to the bed. I sat him down gentle before going over to close our door. "Will you be okay in changing?" Naruto pushed himself up off the bed, "I'll be fine if I don't put a shirt on." I just nodded my head before turning away. I didn't want him to see the little blush on my face. I knew now wasn't the time to be thinking about Naruto like that, but I couldn't help it. I would never admit it to him but I loved to see him shirtless.

I stood by the door and watched him. He took of his pants first and I was surprised he got them off by himself without having to bend over. He was even able to step into his sweats without trouble either. He took his jacket off without help either, but when it came to him taking his shirt off, you could say...he tried. He couldn't pull it off and I just watched him wobble and squirm before breathing out in frustration. I didn't want to laugh but in a way, he looked a little cute. "Need help?" He looked over at me and I saw a small smile form on his lips. "Please?"

I walked over so that I was standing in front of him. "Arms up." He threw his arms up and I couldn't help but to chuckle at him. His arms were up and he had this innocent look on his face. He looked like a little kid begging for something he wanted and he looked too cute. I grabbed the end of his shirt and slowly pulled it over his head, watching as the tan skin on his chest was starting to show. It was hard to hide my blushing from Naruto especially when he was right in front of me, but I think I've gotten better over the years.

His shirt was soaked along with his skin. He dropped his arms as I stepped back to grab his wet pants too. I went to go place them in the bathroom so that they could dry a bit because I couldn't put them outside when it was still raining. I walked out of the bathroom to see Naruto laying across the bed. I don't know how he was able to lay down without grunting in pain, but he did. I walked over and sat down next to him. His arms were spread out on the bed and his eyes were closed. It was quiet between us and after a while I was starting to think he was sleeping. "It's quiet, are the kids not home?" he said in a deep low voice. He sounded raspy and sleepy and I loved to hear his voice like that. "They're with my father for the day, they'll be back tomorrow morning."

He nodded his head in a hesitated way, almost like he wasn't expecting them to be gone. "I wanted to see them." I turn to see he had a smile on his face. It was a familiar one that always showed on his face when he thought about the kids. "They wanted to see you too, I didn't know what day you were coming home but they kept asking for you." Naruto had tried to move and I noticed before he could hurt his back anymore. "Stay still Naruto, I don't want you to hurt your back some more." I moved so that I could push him back on the bed. "Sorry Hinata, it looks like Kurama doesn't want to help me this time."

I was confused on why his back was hurting in the first place. Normally, Kurama would have healed him within a few hours at most but maybe something happened and he can't right now. Naruto could get restless when he doesn't move around much, so it was going to be hard to keep him from moving but I had to do something about his back before he could do anything about moving. Suddenly, I had an idea. I knew the perfect way to make Naruto feel better, but I was nervous about doing it because I reverted back to my old self when it came to touching him. But I wanted him to make his back better... just until Kurama could make Naruto feel better.

"Hinata, what's wrong?" I was broken from my thoughts by Naruto. "You're seem nervous for some reason, what's up?" I hadn't noticed when I started playing with my fingers, but I did. I guess old habits don't ever die out. "N-Naruto, can I…" He shifted a bit on the bed so that he was looking at me more. He's eyebrows were in a frown and his eyes were opened a little like he was confused. Years ago I had learned to not be so nervous around Naruto, I mean we were married and even had kids…but it seemed like even the little things about him still made me weak. "Can…I give you a massage?"

I watched Naruto open his eyes to stare at me. I'm sure he was surprised by what I just said because it was unlike me to suggest something like that. I wasn't very vocal about things when it came to him but I wanted to do this. "I would love if you could." Naruto was smiling a sincere smile, one that gave me the confidence to do anything. I nodded my head, smiling at him. "Get comfortable while I get ready." I moved away from the bed as Naruto had rolled over.

"Hehe, I'm kind of excited." I could hear Naruto say as I made my way back into the bathroom. I grabbed a hair tie so that I could pull my hair back. I walked out to see Naruto laying on his stomach. There was a cheeky grin on his face and he was humming to himself. He almost had the same look on his face when he came back from eating at Ichiriku. I went over to grab the ointment from the night stand drawer, placing it on the bed next to Naruto. I took the hair tie from my wrist and held it in my hands as I gathered my hair so that I could put it into a ponytail. "You're so beautiful, Hinata."

I stopped mid-way to look down at the big blue eyes staring at me and I could feel the blush spreading across my cheeks. I think Naruto knew how to make me nervous just so that he could see my shy side. 'What a tease.' I averted eye contact because Naruto always made my heart thump like crazy and he was doing it now. I had only been wearing a light purple t-shirt and some black shorts, so I didn't have to change my clothes. I moved over to the bed and climb onto him so that I was sitting on Naruto's lower back. "Am I sitting where it hurts?" I asked him. He shifted a bit under me as to make sure that I would be okay. "No, you're fine. It's more of the middle and upper part of my back."

I nodded my head as I reached over to grab the ointment. Twisting off the cap, I scooped some in my hands before placing it down. "This…might be cold, dear." I rubbed the ointment together before I placed my hands on Naruto's back. Right as I did, he flinched a bit but them relaxed as I began moving my hands on his back. I activated my Byuakgan so that I could see if any of his charka point were blocked. There were a few that were blocked and was stopping some of the charka from flowing to certain parts of his body. I could also see the tense in his muscles along with a few bruises from the fall. I hardly ever seen bruises on him so this was kind of new.

Naruto had a very nice back and the years of training and battles had made his back well-toned. It wasn't super muscular but it had shape and definition. It was so nice to look at and I'm glad Naruto couldn't see my face right now because there was no way I could hide my blush. I enjoyed touching his back, the upper part was tense and stiff so I started there. Applying pressure into my hands along with a little bit of charka, I started unblocking some of his charka points. I worked on his shoulders a bit, slowly working my way around his neck. "How was your mission?"

"Mmm…it was okay. Kakashi always sends…Shikamaru and I on small missions." I was starting to see a bit of the tense releasing from his shoulders. "Is this okay, Naruto?" He hadn't said anything but instead nodded his head a bit. I took that as a sign to move below his shoulders causing Naruto to groan out, gripping onto the pillow under him. "Mmmmm, right…there." I smiled to myself because this idea was actually working better than I thought it would and Naruto seemed to be enjoying it as well. I moved my hands in a slow circular motion to keep the same tense going from his shoulders to his back. The charka on his upper back was released but as I looked down I could see the pit of his charka glowing brightly. It was Kurama.

"Naruto, what happened with Kurama?" I said softly to him. For a second, I thought he had fallen asleep because he was quiet, but then I saw a frown spread across his face. "…That stubborn fox…he's mad at me. Mmm, he was mad that I went…on that mission. He thought it wasted time…and knew… I could be doing something better." I chuckled a little at him. Naruto and Kurama always fought with each other from what he told me and their fights were just a way of them getting along with each other. "Then how did you really get hurt, sweetheart?"

I slide my hands down his back so that I was now doing the same thing to his lower back. Naruto had squirmed under me as I began unblocking his lower charka points. I reached over to grab more ointment, placing some right on his back. He hissed at either the pain or the cold ointment, I couldn't tell. "Mmm…I was…thinking about…you." I wasn't sure when I had stopped moving but I looked down to see Naruto's eyes looking up at me. "I was so excited to come home and not only see the kids, but I really wanted to see you too. I've missed you so much Hinata."

'He was doing it again…making me nervous, shy, weak.' I reached over and ran the back of my hand over his cheek. "I was thinking about you and I forgot we were running through the trees so I slipped up and landed on my back." Naruto melts my heart at times and he doesn't even know that the little things he does can do that to me. I wanted to kiss him so much, but I needed to finish his massage. So instead I leaned down and placed a kissed on his cheek, "I'm so sorry you got hurt thinking about me, but I've missed you too Naruto. I missed you so much."

I leaned back and got back to working on his back. I ran my hands lower and lower down his back until I came to his waist line. All his charka points were unblocked and the tense in his body wasn't like it was before. I knew my massage could only do so much to help him until Kurama would help him but maybe... I used this as an excuse to let my hands roam over his body.

I had been craving the warmth of his skin for so long and this had been a chance to let me touch him. You would think after being married to him that touching him wouldn't be anything new. That I shouldn't feel any different about it, but that could never happen. Every time my finger tip even grazed his skin, it was like an electric shock was running through me body…sending my nerves on high alert. It was almost…like touching Naruto was like my own personal high and I could never get enough of it.