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Relaxation

Ryuu yawned and stretched as he walked toward the hot spring. He had changed into swimming trunks in his room this time, so he didn't have to go into the changing room. He opened the door and stopped, seeing Fu and Tayuya both already in the hot spring, Fu wearing the same bikini as before and Tayuya wearing a small black bikini that covered more than Fu's but that was still smaller than he was pretty sure bikinis were meant to be. Fu smiled as she saw him and motioned for him to join her. He tossed his towel onto a table off to the side, closing the door and walking over to the spring, stepping into it and sighing, enjoying the water for a moment before making his way to Fu, sitting beside her.

She immediately turned, straddling his lap and wrapping her arms around his head, kissing him. He kissed her back happily and Tayuya huffed off to the side. Both ignored her so she splashed them. Ryuu and Fu both grinned wickedly. Then, in mere seconds, Tayuya found herself lying beside the spring, drenched even more than when she had been swimming and not entirely sure how she had ended up there. Fu turned, retaking her place in Ryuu's lap and returning to kissing him. He kissed her back, his hands resting on the side of her hips.

"Are you to gonna fuck or what?" Tayuya asked after several minutes.

Fu pulled away instantly, both of them blushing scarlet. Ryuu glared at Tayuya who shrugged.

"What?" Tayuya asked.

"We're only thirteen," Ryuu said.

"And I'm only fourteen," Tayuya said. "What's your point."

Ryuu bit back a statement that would have settled the argument but that he knew would have hurt Tayuya, badly. He sighed.

"No," Ryuu said. "We're not going to."

"Okay then," Tayuya said, slipping into the pool and beginning to float. "Now that that's settled, kindly stop making out in front of me. It's weird to see kids as young as you acting like that."

"You're barely a year older!" Ryuu said.

"That's beside the point," Tayuya said.

Ryuu sighed, resting his head on Fu's shoulder as she did the same. For a while, they stayed there. Then, Ryuu pushed off the wall, using chakra to make himself float and lying down, floating on the surface of the water, Fu lying on top of him, smiling. They stayed there for what felt like hours, Fu drifting off to sleep and Ryuu drifting off into a sort of half sleep. Then, sometime around noon, Ryuu woke Fu up, standing and holding her against him until her feet were under her and she was standing for herself. They climbed out of the pool, drying off and Ryuu headed back to the house to change, Fu using the changing room. After a few minutes, they headed out into town, going to Ichiraku's.

"Well look who it is!" Teuchi grinned. "Haven't seen you two in a while. What can I get you?"

"A bowl of pork ramen," Ryuu said.

"Three beef please," Fu smiled.

Ryuu chuckled as Teuchi nodded, moving to get their food started.

"I still never understood how you could eat so much," Ryuu said. "Even with Chomei."

Fu smiled. "All Jinchuriki have ridiculously high metabolisms. We have to replenish our own chakra reserves and also our Tailed Beasts' chakra."

Ryuu nodded, smiling. "Still though. Three bowls to start with? How can you eat so much here and yet only eat what we cook at home? You must be starving all the time."

"Not really," Fu smiled. "I have a food stash in the dresser."

Ryuu laughed. "Of course you do. How have I never noticed you sneaking food?"

Fu simply smiled and Ryuu shook his head. Teuchi brought them both their first bowl and they began to eat, Fu's all but vanishing. Just as she set her empty bowl down, Teuchi picked it up, setting her next bowl in front of her. She ate that one just as quickly. Ryuu shook his head, smiling, and drank the broth from his at the same time as Fu emptied her third bowl.

"Any more?" Teuchi asked.

"Three more please," Fu smiled.

"One for me," Ryuu said.

Teuchi nodded and brought them both out more. Once they had finished that round, they both called it quits and Ryuu payed, the two of them heading to the top of the Hokage Monument to cloud gaze. And there they stayed as the day passed, the sun creeping toward the horizon. Finally, the time came and they stood, Fu wrapping her arms around him and flying them into the air to watch the sunset. Ryuu smiled as the light began to form tendrils.

"It feels like so long ago that we last watched this," Ryuu said.

"It has been," Fu said. "We haven't done this in months."

Ryuu nodded, resting his cheek on top of her head as her head rested on his shoulder. They watched as the brilliant yellows and oranges faded to reds in the sun's light, then to pinks. Ryuu really didn't want this to end. He loved watching these sunsets with Fu. He loved everything he did with Fu. He felt a flicker of fear that someday she might not be there but forced it away, closing his eyes and losing himself in her presence. After a few more minutes, he felt them descending and opened his eyes. They landed in his back yard and walked inside, heading to their room and closing the door. Then, he pulled his shirt and pants off, pulling on a pair of pajama pants and climbing into bed. He glanced at Fu just as she turned toward him, completely free of clothing. He blushed crimson again, Tayuya's words from earlier returning to his mind. He fought that back as Fu climbed in, kissing him then laying her head on his chest, smiling widely as she listened to his heart rate.

"It's been a while since you've been this nervous," Fu smiled.

"It's been a while since you've actually been completely naked in bed too," Ryuu said. "Why tonight?"

"The full moon is in a couple of nights," Fu said. "I won't be able to sleep if I have clothes on this week."

Ryuu nodded, struggling to slow his heart. However, every time Fu shifted, every time she had to roll her head to the other side to try to get comfortable, or pull a leg higher, or slide it lower, or move her arms to a different spot, he was reminded of the fact that she was nude and his heart would go right back to its nervous stutter. Finally, she lifted her head, smiling up at him.

"Your heart's making it hard to sleep," Fu smiled.

"That's your fault," Ryuu said.

Fu smiled, moving up and kissing him, Ryuu kissing her back. Fu placed her hands on his chest to hold her weight and he rested his hands on the small of her back. They continued to kiss for several minutes, Neither wanting to separate even to breath. However, after a few minutes, Fu finally pulled back. She stared down at him, a small smile gracing her lips, and he smiled up at her as well.

"I'm glad I was sent to the Hidden Waterfall Village," Ryuu smiled.

"So am I," Fu agreed, kissing him again. "Although, Shibuki started to get annoyed with me for how much I was talking about you."

Ryuu chuckled. "Were you now? What about?"

"Everything," Fu smiled, kissing him.

He smiled, kissing her back. After a few minutes, she pulled back, settling back onto his chest again, again listening to his heart pounding away in his chest, giggling to herself. He shook his head, smiling, and began to run his hand through her hair. After a few minutes, he began to drift off to sleep and she smiled, closing her eyes and struggling to do the same.

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