Okay, this is all filler-ish stuff that leads up to the next part of the plot. Sorry but it's nessisary!

Chapter 9

Not to long after, they stumble across a small house tucked back in a secluded area of the trees. Kina smiles in approval as they go up to the front door. Shino unlocks it and opens the door. Kina takes a step forward and is surprised by Shino picking her up bridal style and carrying her through the thresh hold. "Well that was interesting." She says as he puts her down. He just shrugs and shuts the door.

"You're stuff should be upstairs. They already threw all my things out here." He says, almost reading her thoughts of changing. She merely nods and races upstairs, it doesn't take her long to find their room and change.

As she comes back down stairs a knock resonates off the door and Shino opens it. "Bachelor Party!" Kiba shouts and holds up a bottle of sake which Shino suspected (quite rightly) was half empty.

"Isn't the bachelor party supposed to be before the ceremony?" Kina says as she reaches the bottom of the stairs.

"What? The ceremony was today? Aw man I thought it was tomorrow!" Kiba grabs the doorway for support as he hangs his head.

"I told you it was today!" Tenten pops out a huge cardboard cake wearing a thin bikini.

"Get back in the cake!" Kiba say harshly.

"Don't talk to me like that!" Tenten growls back.

"Jeez, temper! And I thought Ino would be difficult. Speaking of, have Neji and Ino gotten hitched yet? We could go over there!" Kiba says triumphantly. He turns to ask Shino if he wants to come but the dog boy only receives a door slammed in his face.

"I'm going to bed." Shino announces and Kina nods. She was tired to but she needed to find her headache medicine first.

It wasn't in the kitchen, or the downstairs bathroom. The guest bath upstairs was lacking her pills as well. She finally entered the master bedroom and slipped in the joining bath to find her pills set out on the counter with a glass of water lined up next to them, which she suspected was Shino's doing. She takes the meds with a smile and strips down to her underclothes (tugging on a tee shirt she had nabbed earlier) before reentering the master bedroom.

She hesitates on actually moving towards the bed. "Are you coming?" Shino asks quietly. Though the soft mattress looks inviting, Kina can't make herself do more then sit on it. "If you're that nervous I'll sleep downstairs." He sits up.

"No, sorry. It's okay." Kina lies down slowly and pulls the covers up. She takes a deep calming breath and finally closes her pale orbs.

Shino's eyes open to the startling image of Kina's face mere centimeters from his. As his mind pulls out of its dreamy haze he notices her arms around his neck and his arms around her waist. It was a perfectly normal position for a married couple, an ordinary married couple anyway, but their marriage wasn't exactly normal…or consensual. He tries to slip away but her grip refuses to budge, leaving him stuck. She moans and nuzzles into his neck causing the poor bug user to blush a dangerous shade of red. 'I'll endure it. How much longer could she sleep for?' He reasons.

Ten minutes later he was becoming impatient and a little hungry as well. 'Okay, new plan…' Just as he was pushing her arms above his head she whimpers and wraps her arms tighter around him. He sighs and lets his hands fall back to the mattress. If he didn't want to wake her he was just going to have to endure it a little longer.

Without warning Kina releases him and sits up quickly, breathing rushed and eyes out of focus. Her gaze quickly shifts as Shino gets her attention by sitting up beside her. "Are you okay?"

"Uh, fine. J-just a nightmare." Kina pants and tries to calm her breath. Shino finally pushes the covers off and heads downstairs. Kina glances at the clock. "Seven already? I usually don't sleep so late. I guess I should make breakfast or something..." She finds her pale yellow robe and ties it around her as she descends the steps. She goes into the kitchen to find Shino looking through the cabinets. "Coffee or tea?" She asks.

"Tea." He responds and sits down as she fills a kettle with water. A silence encloses them as they wait for the water to boil. "You cling to things in your sleep."

"Do I?" Kina asks surprised. "I thought I only sleep talked." She rises from her seat to get the whistling kettle. "How did you sleep? I hope I didn't wake you." Kina pours the steaming liquid carefully.

"I slept fine. Do you always have nightmares?"

"No, just most of the time." Kina responds and the silence returns. Things were becoming increasingly uncomfortable between them, it was a wonder how they made it through the first morning, or the second. But after a few weeks they managed to fall into a suitable pattern and the air became more relaxed, though still with its awkward moments.

There was a bit of yummyness but not much. Sorry, this is more of a fluff story then a lemony/limey story.