The lovers laid in bed, darkness cloaking them as they laid side by side, hands intertwined. Time stood still when they were together like this. Both of them in a euphoric, dream-like state. Almost asleep, but far too aware of the other's presence to dare miss a moment with them.

Stomach full, and heart at rest, Naruto laid his head upon Hinata's shoulder and let out a blissful sigh.

He didn't know it could be like this. So very good, so very unreal. He was constantly in awe of her, of how she made him feel. He couldn't understand how he had been missing out on this his entire life. He couldn't comprehend how he had never noticed her in this light.

He tried to push those thoughts away, though. After all, they were together now. He knew her now, every part of her. Sometimes he was sure he was just a tiny bit obsessed with her.

He studied her profile, the moonlight illuminating her petite face. He wanted to run his finger down the bridge of her nose, place kisses upon her soft cheeks. He needed to run his tongue across her plump bottom lip. It was no longer a question, he had to have her to function.

"Now I understand why one of the three shinobi prohibitions are women," He mumbled, remembering what his mother had warned. He had memorized every word she had spoken to him, but what she had said about Jiraiya-Sensei and the prohibitions? That had gone over his head...until now.

"What did you say, Naruto-Kun?" Hinata said, gently running her fingers through his hair.

He looked up at her and smirked, "You've heard of the three shinobi prohibitions?"

"Yes."

"I'm convinced you're the reason why the third one is women."

"Excuse me!?" She was about to sit up, but Naruto had her pinned under him. She wouldn't be moving any time soon.

"You don't know what you do to me, Hinata. You should've seen the thoughts running through my head while I was gone. I could've been killed by how distracted I was. You just had to choose to become a sex demon right before I went off on a mission?"

Hinata glared at him, not taking his assessment very kindly.

"Okay, maybe sex demon is a little harsh," He laughed and looked up at her undoubtedly reddened face. He couldn't resist pressing his lips to hers. She opened her mouth slightly, an unconscious reaction no doubt. She was tempting him, always tempting him.

He broke from her slowly and mumbled, "So lewd."

She shot him a glance but didn't fight him further.

His arm wrapped around her waist once more and he breathed out as he laid his cheek on her breast. He had always imagined how soft they were, his sixteen-year-old self especially obsessed when he was faced with Hinata's sudden growth spurt upon returning from his training with the Pervy Sage. It was the first time he had really had that kind of sexual interest in a girl, even if he didn't quite understand it. He wouldn't let her know that, though.

He wondered if she minded the attention he placed on her body, but then again, figured she would say something if she did. He always noticed her staring at him as well, especially when he went without a shirt. It made him smile to think the attraction was mutual.

She wasn't reserved like before, not in the slightest. When they were alone together, she became a whole other person entirely. Shikamaru was right after all, unsurprisingly.

"I never ever would have imagined there was this side to you," Naruto said, squeezing her to him, thinking of everything that led up to this moment.

He could feel her head turn away from him as she said, "What side?"

"This. You being...you? I don't know how to explain it. I just...you were always so quiet, so shy. It never occurred to me that..."

"I had a personality?"

Naruto's eyes widened, he hadn't realized what he was implying, "N-no! I didn't mean it-"

Hinata giggled, "I didn't mean it, I understood what you were saying, Naruto."

"See, this is what I'm talking about. You make me flustered...when have I ever been flustered," He pondered out loud.

"I like seeing this side of you too," She admitted with a sheepish smile.

He couldn't help but kiss her when she said that. Naruto had thought endlessly about getting to know Hinata but never realized that she too was seeing him in a different light.

"We have to go to sleep," He said in a sigh.

"Then stop talking," Hinata laughed, pushing Naruto's shoulder gently.

"But the sooner we fall asleep, the sooner morning comes...and when morning comes you have to leave again."

"I don't want to go either."

"Do you have to?"

She nodded, "I'm training tomorrow morning with Hanabi and then I'm leaving on a short mission in the afternoon. I'll be back in the evening, though."

"Long day ahead."

"Mmhmm."

Naruto reluctantly mumbled, "I leave again in a couple of days."

They both let out a sigh at the same time, making the couple erupt in laughter.

"I wish we could just stay like this forever," His heart fluttered as the words left his lips. He couldn't help but imagine her as his wife, as the person he went to bed with every night and woke up to every morning. He wished every moment could be like this one.

He realized he had been foolish to think sex would cheapen their relationship. If anything, it made it so much more vulnerable, so much more real. They were now two adults intertwining their lives together in every sense.

"Hinata?"

"Yes?"

"When you think of the future...what do you see?"

She smiled, "I thought you said we needed to go to sleep."

"Humor me."

"It's already past midnight."

"You just don't want to answer, do you?" He asked, looking up at her.

"I see you, Naruto-Kun. I see us together, happy, at peace."

Naruto's heart did a somersault in his chest. He had to ask, "Children?"

"Two. They're perfect, they look exactly like us," She said without missing a beat.

Naruto propped himself up on his elbow to meet her gaze and asked, "Two? Only two?"

"How many do you see?"

"Four, but they look more like you."

"Like me?"

"The spitting image of you. All of them."

She shook her head, "Four is a lot of responsibility, Naruto-Kun. Especially as Hokage."

"Hokage, huh?"

"Without a doubt."

He huffed, "You're right. Maybe two is a good number for now."

"You say this as if we're planning to have children soon."

"At this rate..."

Hinata knocked his arm from under him, making his cheek hit the mattress roughly.

Naruto sat up and chided her, "You're the one who told me to just pull out!"

She reddened, even in the darkness he could see how embarrassed she was, "I-I think it's time to go see a doctor."

"O-oh Hinata, I didn't mean to..."

She shook her head, "You're completely right, I've gotten carried away. We're so young, we shouldn't need to worry about that yet."

"We're not that young," He said, taking her hand in his.

"You just turned nineteen."

"It feels like we've already lived an entire life. Would it really be that bad...if we started a family sooner than later?"

Hinata's face went from red to completely pale, she was almost the color of his white sheets, "Naruto...are you saying...now...um, that we should start trying now?"

"NO! Oh god, no. I'm sorry, Hinata. I'm just so bad at having these conversations. If you want to try to find preventative measures, that's fine. I'm just saying that I wouldn't mind if we...you know...had a kid right away."

"We haven't even seriously talked about getting married yet."

"You know my intentions, Hina," He said, placing his hand upon her cheek, "Right?"

She placed her hand upon his and nodded, "I do. But...if we're being intimate now...we should be smart. I realize I wasn't, and I'm sorry."

"You don't have to apologize, I was just as eager to forgo that step."

She smiled, "I want to have children with you Naruto. I want to be your wife. More than anything, I want that dream you have of us to come true. But all in good time, right?"

He was always rushing into things, he knew that. It was ultimately one of his downfalls. He had tried so hard to keep a level head with Hinata, but she had him living in a daydream. He wanted to make his visions of the future come to fruition sooner than later.

She was right, though. At least, in the sense that it didn't all need to happen right this second. And also about the preventative measures, they'd definitely been stupid in that department, even if he did pull out just in time. He remembered Iruka-sensei's comments about little Narutos running around and smirked. It wouldn't be the worst thing to see, but if he wanted to be able to marry Hinata and earn the respect of her father, perhaps it was best if they didn't have any unplanned accidents pop up before he could ask for her hand.

"You're right."

"I usually am," She responded, laying back upon her side of the bed and curling into him.

His heart was truly full. He had never thought he'd know the feeling, but here he was, letting it bring him to his knees day in and day out. Living in a daydream, constantly in awe, obsessed, and for the first time, completely and totally in love.

"I love you," He, kissing her as gently as the first time their lips had touched, "And I can't wait to see it all unfold."