Daryl can't help, but frown when the woman damn-near rams into him from behind with her purse and doesn't even notice; or if she does notice, she sure as shit doesn't care. She seems oblivious to everything and everyone around her except for what she's looking at in front of her.

This is why Daryl hates shopping and never does it. And if he absolutely has to go to the store for something, he likes to go at an "off" time; like Sunday morning when most folks are away at church. He sure as hell never even entertained the idea of going to Target on a Saturday afternoon like the rest of the damn county. But this is where Beth had wanted to go so this is where Daryl finds himself, glaring at a woman who has her head so far up her own ass, she doesn't even notice.

"Do you hate this one?" Beth asks, cutting into his somewhat murderous thoughts against all mankind.

He turns his head to see Beth holding up a package of a different shower curtain – this one white with blue stripes. Beth says they need a shower curtain and not just the clear plastic lining. Daryl doesn't get it, but he doesn't ask for her to explain. They're married, it's her bathroom now, too, and if she wants a shower curtain, fine. He'll come to Target – on a flipping Saturday – and look at shower curtains with her.

Let everyone in their town say that Daryl Dixon doesn't love Beth Dixon. All they have to do is see him doing this with her to rethink their opinions – that neither he or Beth asked for – on their marriage.

"'s nice," Daryl says because it is. It's fine. It's a shower curtain.

Beth must be able to read his mind because she laughs a little and sets it down in the cart, along with another package of a new plastic liner. "Ours is getting a little mildew on it," Beth explains even though he hadn't asked. "Sometimes, it's just easier to throw it out and buy a new one then trying to clean it."

Daryl shrugs and doesn't say anything to that. He's not that much of an idiot to expect his wife to take a shower with mildew. When they were dating, the clear plastic liner without a shower curtain was fine because they weren't married and she was just coming over. But now, they're married and she's moved in and his wife deserves anything that she wants in their bathroom.

Now that the shower curtain is out of the way, Beth heads down the aisle and Daryl follows with their cart. That woman is still there, studying shower hooks and Daryl resists the urge of steering his cart right into her backside. He somehow doubts that Beth would approve of him doing that.

In the next aisle, there are towels. Shelves and shelves of towels and Daryl nearly drops his head and groans. This is killing him. She has to know that this is killing him. No one knows him better than Beth and she should damn well know that coming to Target, on a Saturday, shopping for towels is just damn-near torture in his opinion.

Beth, though, doesn't ask him for his opinions on colors – thank God. She seems to know exactly what she wants and after taking just a moment to locate the towels that are on sale, she begins choosing towels in whites and greys, not taking a moment to pause and ask Daryl if these colors are alright with him.

"Oh!" She then exclaims and stops. "Green is your favorite. Should we get a shower curtain with green in it?" She asks, looking at him with her big eyes; as if this is one of the most important decisions they'll ever make in their life together.

Daryl can't help, but smirk as he leans forward against the cart bar. "'m not lettin' you back in the other aisle so we're just gonna have to live with blue in a shower curtain," he replies.

A smile blooms across Beth's lips even as she rolls her eyes and she finishes picking the rest of the towels they apparently need though Daryl is tempted to point out to her that he doesn't know about her, but he only uses one towel at a time.

"Alright," Beth takes a deep breath and smiles brightly at him. "Now, we just need to go look at rugs for the back laundry room and then we're done."

"Thank God," Daryl can't stop himself from muttering and Beth lets out a laugh when she hears him.

Coming to walk at his side, Daryl begins to push the cart from the aisle, but Beth stops abruptly and Daryl finds himself stopping with her, wondering if she's remembered something else they need to get while here. But it's not something they need. Daryl recognizes that right away. She's looking at little bathrobes for babies – different ones with hoods that make the baby wearing it look like different animals.

"Isn't that adorable?" Beth asks him with a smile as she looks at a gray robe with an elephant hood, complete with an elephant's trunk.

Daryl looks at the robe and then at the pretty, soft smile across his wife's face. She looks so happy – and so damn pretty – looking at the baby bathrobe, Daryl finds himself smiling a little, too.

"Yeah," he agrees. "'s pretty adorable."

He's going to have to remember that little robe. He and Beth haven't talked about having kids right away – haven't even talked about having kids at all, but he figures it's going to happen eventually. What the hell kind of world would it be if Beth wasn't a mom? But hopefully, by the time they do have their own little baby, Target will still be selling that robe.

Hell, if it makes Beth smile like that again, Daryl will even come here on a Saturday to buy it.

Daryl thinks that it's pretty damn obvious that he'll do pretty much anything if it makes his wife smile.

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I had a blast with Daryl's inner monologue in this one. I hope you liked the random! Thank you very much for reading!