Hinata shook her head as her husband bounded off like a child. She was still so in love with her husband and all his child like antics. Making her way to the bedroom she laid out some fresh pajamas for Naruto after neatly folding her own night gown. She caught her reflection in the mirror and sighed. Suddenly feeling self-conscious she grabbed a towel from the linen closet and wrapped it around her before going back to the bathroom.

Steam engulfed her as she opened the door.

"Anata…"

" hm." Naruto replied. He was already in the tub; his head resting against the edge and arms hanging over the sides. " Come here hime."

Hinata went to her husband. She turned her back towards him as she removed the towel and awkwardly climbed in next to him still facing away. Naruto could sense something was amiss.

"What's the matter hime?"

"It's nothing Anata, sit back and I'll lean up against you."

Giving in to his wife's commands Naruto adjusted himself so Hinata could rest up against his chest. But he could still feel something was bothering Hinata; even after she settled against him her arms were still taught around her chest and waist.

"Hime, what's wrong? Tell me."

Hinata sighed. "I'm just a little embarrassed about my body. I think I need to get back into training regularly and maybe ask Sakura-san to help me get rid of my stretch marks."

"WHAT?!" Her husband exclaimed. "Hime, you are as beautiful as the day I married you! Why would you think like that?"

"Oh, I just….I….I saw myself in the mirror and I guess I didn't realize how much my body has changed over the years." Her arm instinctually tightened over her belly. In actuality she was probably only 5 pounds more than before she had kids and she was still very lean and toned. Despite being retired she still trained with her children from time to time and even with Hanabi on rare occasions.

"Hinata, baby, your body is a testament to your strength and love." Naruto wrapped his arms around her and caressed her curves. " You carried two human beings in here" Moving his hands to cup her voluptuous breasts, "and you fed them with these. Your body is amazing Hime."

Feeling comforted by his words, yet still a little embarrassed by his groping, Hinata turned around to give her sweet husband a kiss.

"Thank you Anata. I don't know what came over me."

She settled back to their previous position and rested her head against her husband's shoulder.

"I love you Naruto-kun."

"I love you more."

...to be continued on AO3

A/N: Hey everyone sorry this is a short chapter but I wanted to give some sort of "ending" that was still acceptable for FFnet guidelines. The story gets VERY explicit in the next chapter so it's going on my A03 account instead. You can read it there in it's entirety or on my tumblr.