So, I had this done a little while ago, but I decided to hold it off until Valentine's Day, or the day before considering that's what it is now. This was partially inspired by a piece of artwork on DA, which I will find and put a link to in my profile. Fluff galore! Enjoy.

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Tiana sat at her kitchen table. Her eyes physically hurt from everything before her: guest lists, RSVP's, flower samples, names of bands that wanted to perform at the reception-that list would go fast when they found out they had to play with a gator-, and much else. She huffed to get a curl out of her eyes.

Naveen watched her, the last dish still in his hand, only half-washed. Before Tiana said anything, he turned back and finished it. He couldn't help but stare, though. She had that effect on him. They were alone in the room, but not the house. Eudora was locked up in her room working on Tiana's dress. She loved her son-in-law, but she warned him that if he valued his life and he wanted to live to see his wedding day, he wouldn't step anywhere near that door while he was here.

Naveen stepped over to the table and sat down next to Tiana, kissing her temple. The corners of her mouth turned upward a bit in response, but she didn't take her eyes off the papers. He absentmindedly started toying with her hair as he glanced over the guest list to see which of his relatives were coming-he hoped none of the ones he truly detested wouldn't bother to come.

"Naveen," Tiana said in her warning voice a few minutes later. He snapped back to reality. He realized he had not been looking at the list but had been staring at Tiana with the same few questions running around his head. Tiana gently removed his hand from her hair and patted it.

"I can't concentrate when you do that," she told him. "I can't even concentrate right now. My eyes hurt from trying to read all these names. You can look through them. They're all Maldonian so you'll know how to pronounce them." Tiana slumped over, resting her head on her arms. "What're you thinkin' 'bout?" she mumbled.

Naveen shrugged. "Many things. Mainly your hair," he admitted. Tiana sat up and gave him a weird look.

"My hair?" she asked, not sure if she heard him right. Naveen nodded and tucked one of her curls behind her ear.

"I realized just now that I have never seen your hair down," Naveen explained. "It's always up." Tiana nodded in understanding, her mouth widened in an "Oh!" of exclamation.

"Well, it bothers me if it's on my neck for too long, especially in the summer. Plus I'm always cookin' and ya have to have your hair tied back when you cook."

Naveen ran his fingers through the hair in Tiana's ponytail. "May I see it down?"

Tiana gave kind of a nervous laugh and started sorting the papers into piles. "Well, this fascination with my hair has been rather strange, but you best be goin' now. It's gettin' late." He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms, refusing to move. Tiana looked around the room, as if expecting her Mama to swoop in and save her any moment. Naveen took this moment to gently pull on the band holding up Tiana's hair.

"No!" she snapped, pushing his hand away. She tightened the band more. "You don't need to see my hair!"

"Why not?" he demanded. Honestly, what was all the fuss about? It was just hair! Why couldn't he see it?

"Look, Naveen. My hair is just one big mess of curls that stick out at every angle imaginable. It looks like a bird's nest. You don't need to see it!" She smoothed her hair nervously and turned away to the kitchen to see he had put everything away where it should be.

Naveen frowned and huffed. "Need I remind you that we are going to be married next month? I am going to see your hair. I will have a lifetime of opportunities to catch you with your hair down."

Tiana turned her chin up defiantly. "I will make sure that never happens."

"How?" Naveen challenged.

"Where there's a will there's a way," Tiana sang. She sat back down at the table, facing Naveen so she could see him if he tried to lunge for her hair. "Subject change: when's your family coming in?"

"Most of them should be in about a week before the wedding. One is showing up within the next few days but I don't know who." He paused for a moment, drumming his fingers on the table top. "You remember our first kiss, yes?"

Tina had to hold back a snort. "Believe me, Froggy, I'm not going to forget it any time soon."

Naveen rolled his eyes. "Yes, well, when was your first kiss?"

"With you," Tiana replied immediately, not looking up from the papers.

"No, I mean your first kiss in your whole life. I swear I will not be jealous unless he happens to live nearby."

Tiana shook her head. "With you," she insisted. "My first kiss ever was with you." She went back to the papers and scribbled something on the paper. Naveen's grin grew wider and wider.

"Really?" he asked. Tiana nodded and finally noticed the dopey look on his face.

"Does that really make you that happy?" she asked. Naveen nodded.

"Yes, it does, but…what would make me even happier-"

"Forget it; you ain't seein' me with my hair down."

Naveen crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at his princess. "We will see about that."

"Subject change, again," she decided. "Who was your first kiss with?" Naveen's face reddened.

"Oh, is that the time! I should really-"

"Naveen," Tiana warned. "I already know you've been out with thousands of women. You can tell me."

"It was not thousands," he corrected. "And I don't remember who …" He trailed off at the look on Tiana's face.

"You mean you're tellin' me, that your first kiss was too insignificant for you to remember?"

"No, no, no!" Naveen corrected hurriedly. "It was very significant, I assure you."

"Then why won't you tell me?" Tiana pressed. Naveen groaned and put his head down on the table.

"Remember when I said that all women enjoy my kiss?" he asked, sitting up and running a hand through his hair. Tiana nodded. "Well…you see, I may have…embellished on that detail…just a little."

His princess quirked an eyebrow. "Embellished?"

Naveen huffed. "Fine, I lied straight through my teeth."

"Lied?" Tiana asked, confused. "Why were you lyin' 'bout-" She stopped short, realizing what Naveen was saying. A smile spread across her face. "You mean you never kissed a girl before me? Ever?"

Naveen groaned. "Please, do not make fun. Yes, I lied. Yes, I dated a few women but I never wanted to kiss any of them and if you ever met any of them you know why. I had to wait until I was twenty to finally kiss a girl but-" He was cut off by Tiana's lips on his own. After a few minutes of kissing, Tiana pulled away and went back to the papers as if nothing had happened.

"Not that I did not appreciate it," Naveen began, his brain still feeling like mush, "but what on Earth was that for?"

Tiana smiled. "Because I see absolutely nothing wrong with the fact that we both had to wait a while for our first kiss. And when we did get our first kiss, what are the chances it would be with the person we were gonna end up spending the rest of our lives with?"

Naveen nodded, understanding the logic and wondering why he didn't see it before.

Like I said before, this was partially inspired by a piece of art on DA. It was also inspired by my thoughts of "What does she look like with her hair DOWN? We got to see every other princess with her hair down. Why not Tiana?" So check out my profile for the link and I hope you enjoyed the chapter.