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"What are you thinking about?"
Ichigo's attention was drawn away from the serene lake and he looked down to his side to meet his wife's golden gaze. They had decided to go out and take a walk through the local park as the spring weather had finally managed to push away the chill of winter frost. Briefly the wind picked up, pushing her dark locks over her eyes and causing them to dance with a violet hue in the dimming light of dusk.
He wasn't quite sure when it happened, but he was so much taller than her now. He had always been, since they had first met. But now, into his adult years? It was almost comical how he dwarfed his wife by more than a solid foot.
He wrapped an arm around her, his hand resting on her waist and his thumb rubbing across the fabric of her sweater. It was amazing, in a way, just how much of her fit right into his hand. How deceptively small she seemed next to him now that he was an adult. And, despite knowing how powerful and capable she was on her own, it filled him with a profound sense of protectiveness.
Ichigo leaned down and kissed the top of her head. "I was thinking about getting you pregnant."
The effect was immediate. Yoruichi jumped away from him, though his hand ensured she didn't make it too far, and she began to sputter. "P-p-preg-Ichigo!"
Her eyes went wide and, even through her dark skin, the flush of embarrassment was beyond evident on her cheeks.
"I thought we agreed on waiting a few more years before we have kids!" Her voice was a harsh whisper.
"I know, and we did." He gave a half-hearted shrug. "Still, can't stop myself from thinking how hot it would be to ravage you all night and fill you up."
Yoruichi's mouth went wide before she gave a scandalized growl, "I-chi-go."
And even as she ground out his name, she started slapping his arm while nervously looking around. Fair enough. Not ten feet to their left was another couple and just a stone's throw away to their right was a pair of young kids making splashes on the lake's surface with some sticks that had been lying about.
He held back a chuckle as he pulled Yoruichi into his arms and against his chest, resting his chin right atop of her head. Another dynamic of their relationship. As flirtatious and bold as Yoruichi was, it turned out not all the prim and properness of a princess' noble upbringing had been scrubbed from her being when she had absconded from her heritage. Surprisingly, his bride had a certain conservative side to her once their nuptials were made official. She wasn't the traditional housewife, far from it. But Yoruichi was very keen on keeping their relationship just that, theirs. She did not welcome outsiders in the bubble of reality that was their marriage.
As for Ichigo himself, well, quite simply: Yoruichi was just that damn beautiful. When their relationship had crossed that boundary, he found himself lost in her body. Her lithe curves and grace in his hands. Her heat melding into his own, her gentle moans as he pressed himself impossibly deeper into her. Sometimes he wondered if was a side effect of having an inner Hollow, because he seemed to lose all sense rationality and turn into some primeval savage when it came to worshiping his wife in bed.
His arms tightened around her. "Sorry, sorry." Though he failed to keep the laughter out of his voice.
She pulled back from him, her eyes half-lidded in a glare and Ichigo bit the inside of his cheeks to keep himself from smiling at how adorable her ire was to him. He leaned down and kissed her cheek. "I'm sorry."
Her glare intensified so he leaned down and kissed her other cheek. "We'll pick up some salmon on the way back and I'll make your favorite."
Yoruichi regarded him for a moment before clearing her throat and looking away. "Idiot, I'll overlook it this time...and I suppose we could practice after dinner."
He raised an eyebrow. "Practice?"
Her voice was steady, through she still failed to meet his eyes. "Baby-making."
Ichigo blinked twice, and Yoruichi gave a girlish yelp when he all but carried her out of the park.
A/N: discord. gg/JV97AUmAr7
