Isana of the desert

"The helicopter-" The corners of his lips pull down in an upside down grin - the helicopter was pretty ridiculous and funny. "Mhm..." He almost wants to laugh. Funny how before Isana came into his life, Shino would never smile or laugh - not that maturity doesn't also have a part in these little changes but she played a big role in his opinion. She's funny.

"I'll think about it." He decides. Perhaps he'll dance, perhaps he'll just shake it before they get down to business. "Since we just ate cake, would you be willing to go on a walk before I cook diner?" They did things out of order; ate dessert before diner... And probably will eat dessert after diner, too. Since when has be become so lenient?

#DO YOU WANT TO PERHAPS TAKE YOUR SUNGLASSES OFF #yeah i jumped to skip to here #kikaichuno

Isana agreed to a walk before dinner. It would be nice to work up their apetite again, and besides, she area around the Aburame compound was perfect for an afternoon walk.

They walked hand in hand along a forested area, chit-chatting about anything and nothing at all. It always felt so easy talking to him. Before they started dating, Isana's concern had been that she would struggle getting Shino to open up. Turns out, he could actually yap for ages once you were willing to listen to him.

Once they returned from the walk, Isana watched Shino as he prepared them dinner. She offered to help, of course, but he wouldn't hear it! It was her birthday, after all. And well, she liked how he spoiled her, so she wouldn't insist too much.

They ate the dinner in his lab. Buri Daikon with a side of rice. And extra raddish, which apparently, Shino loved.

To Isana's surprise, the dinner was just as good as the cake. Was Shino just good at everything? She could hardly speak during dinner, as she was too busy shoving it into her mouth! Not very refined, but very appreciative.

After dinner, it was beginning to get dark. Finally. Because Isana knew what was in store next...

She tilted her head as she looked at Shino with an expectant smile.

"So," she said, clearing her throat softly. "What do you want to do now?"

"Right. The birthday girl gets to decide." Shino sits straight, fingers intertwining over the table and air serious. "I am but a slave to your desires." He says in a serious tone but Isana should know that he's joking.

As another gift... Is Isana trying to fish for more gifts? She wants more than he's already giving? How greedy! "Can I say no to the naked dance? Because I'd prefer dancing with clothes on. The reason for that is... Because it's..." How can he explain that? His cheeks turn a little red, he can't help the embarrassment. "My... It's going to swing and I don't like that. It would distract me from my moves."

#She wants this now #sorry #kikaichuno

Isana knew Shino was joking about being a slave to her, but also... Well, he probably wouldn't say no to anything she asked for. Birthday or not. He was pretty willing to go along with her desires, after all. And that was mutual.

Even if he did make a pretty good case against the naked dance... Actually, Isana can't decide if that's a sight she'd like to see or not. It certainly is fun to imagine! "Oh, that... That is a good point," Isana admits, biting her lips. Damn, she wants to see it even more now! "Maybe we can see it more as... part of your moves, not distracting from them?"

It can be a star of the show, too!

Isana clears her throat. "I mean, I think it would still look good! Like a sexy version of when you did the helicopter!"

"Only the apron!?" Shino gives Isana an outraged look. "In our future home, I wouldn't be opposed... But Isana, as of now, my father is in the house!" There is no way he's getting naked in the kitchen with his father around! Which is why he reorganized his shed for a private birthday.

"I'll cook and move the food to here... I suppose I can get naked once we are seated here." Would it be the same? No, but it'd be better than nothing.

"I'm sensitive to light. A dark and sexy atmosphere would suit me, as long as it's dark." Shino nods, "Will you also get naked for diner?"

"Well, yes, not now! I would never want to... engage in anything like that in front of Shibi-san!" Isana agrees, her eyes widening slightly at the idea. She respected Shino's father too much. Even being intimate together with him in the same house still felt... awkward. She was very grateful that Shino had his own space where they didn't have to think about thin walls or anything like that.

Him getting naked here seemed like a good compromise. She could live with that.

Isana wondered what exactly made his eyes so sensitive. He had mentioned something similiar before, but never in detail as to why. Were they really light or something? She couldn't help but imagine again!

Forcing herself back to the conversation, Isana gives Shino a teasing smile. Would she get naked? Well... "Maybe I will, maybe I won't," she says vaguely. "It's my birthday... Maybe as another gift, I will just watch you all night. Have you do a show or something."

A sexy dance, perhaps? She wondered if Shino would even attempt that.

"I see." It makes sense. After all, on his birthday, he spent the day with Isana and spent the next one with his friends. Shino eats the last of his plate before raising a brow. "Cute apron?" The corner of his mouth lifts in a small, amused smile. "I can cook with an apron, sure." He has one. Is it cute? Well... It's an old lady apron, the bug designs seem to be limited to ladybugs and butterflies for women.

Shino was never one to care about gender norms so his apron is white with cute little red ladybugs.

He feels her stare and for a moment, tries to ignore it. He can't ignore it for that long. "Will you be able to wait till diner?" Shino teases, "The sun is still bright and I require obscurity."

Seeing Shino smile never failed to make Isana smile, too. He really had the cutest little smile. "I'm looking forward to it. Oh, did I mention, you have to wear the apron - and only the apron?" Isana teased him. "That will be the rule for baking in our home."

She didn't mention the fact that it would mostly just be a rule for him. He would find out soon enough!

Isana blushed a little as Shino had caught her obvious staring. She hadn't meant to be so blatant about it! But she also couldn't help it. "Of course, I can wait!" she insisted. Though she wasn't sure it was true.

She smiles a little at his choice of words. Obscurity. "Do you mean you require a dark, sexy atmosphere?" Isana jokes.

Honestly, at this point, she's not sure what to expect!

"That's right. I'll also cook diner. Its not cooked yet." Shino grabs her wrist for better control and sucks her finger into his mouth. Just one suck and he releases her to return to his own slice of cake.

"Did you have a party with your friends planned?" He thinks to ask. Surely, her friends will also want to celebrate her birthday! He can't just hog all her attention to himself... However tempting it is. How selfish of him it'd be.

"I don't think I want to become a baker but I can bake more often." Academy teacher looks to be his favored path so far, he loves teaching and children are fun.

#kikaichuno #She cant decide #eyes or dick #whats most tempting

Isana freezes mid-bite as Shino mentions her friends. Right. Should she have included them in her birthday plans? Well, most of them were back in Suna and couldn't have been dismissed anyway. And for Isana, choosing a holiday around the time of her birthday was very intended. After all, she had wanted to spend it with Shino. She could always catch a drink or something with her friends when she got back home.

"I'll celebrate with them when I'm back," Isana finally answers, after giving it some thought. "For today, I didn't have any other plans. I didn't know what you had planned!"

She had wanted to keep a clear schedule for it!

"As long as you bake and I get to eat it, I won't complain," Isana hummed. "Especially not if you wear one of those cute aprons while doing it."

Though he probably wouldn't get to keep it on for long... The idea of being so domestic with Shino is enough to make her want to rip his clothes off immediately!

No, Isana, keep it in your pants. She had other things to look forwards to today, too.

As she thought about the idea of seeing Shino's eyes again... She couldn't help but stare at his face.

"The reason why our strawberries are sweeter is because we've been cultivating wild strawberries in the most natural way possible. These strawberries would not do good in a modern cultivation method." Before Konoha, his clan were nomadic, like many. They kept many of their ways till today and back then, finding fruits and veggies depended on specific forested areas his people would occasionally visit and return to. Now, they plant things the way they were always found in nature; in disorder. It makes cultivating wild species easier.

Despite Isana's reassurance, Shino frowns slightly as her slice falls apart in her plate. On the pictures, it kept itself together so well! Oh well, it better be good. Shino cuts a small slice for himself - and nearly drops his plate at Isana's sudden exclamation!

"Really?" It's that good? Shino quickly takes a bite and- Smiles faintly. It is! What a success. Perhaps it's his calling to start baking more. Isana is loving it so much that she's getting whipped cream all over, including the tip of her nose. How cute... He'll definitely start baking more often.

Shino reaches over the table to swipe his index finger over her nose, catching the frosting. Then, he sucks it off his finger. Sexy, he knows. "It is good." He agrees, verbally this time. "Eat as much as you like."

Isana doesn't have to be told twice that she can eat as much as she wants. She was going to go for both seconds and thirds!

She smiles at him when he gets the cream off her nose and sucks it off his finger. He looks so good! He definitely knows the effect he has on her.

"Thanks. Please let me know if I have any more on my face. I just can't slow down!" she laughs. "If you ever change your mind about being a shinobi, I think a bakery would be perfect for you. I'd stop by all the time!"

Isana is joking, but also, not really. She'd get sweet desserts from the sexy pastry chef every day. She'd gain weight rapidly for sure!

"Your note also mentioned a dinner here later," Isana says, slowly wiping some whipped cream from the corner of her mouth. She offers Shino her finger; would he want to lick it off her, too?

"Did you also cook that?" she asks.

Shino looks at the little smoke produced by the blown candles, taking a moment to appreciate the smell. He wonders what kind of wish she just made... Does it involve her career? Does it involve money? Or them? Whatever it is, he also wishes it to come true.

"I did. It was a difficult process but I believe I've made it right." Down to the placement of the strawberries on top of the cake; a strawberry shortcake. The most difficult and confusing part was to place the second cake layer on top of the first one with the cream and strawberries inbetween. In fact, it broke in two... But one can't tell with all the frosting.

"I took the strawberries from our garden." The best ones, in his opinion. "Be careful when cutting it. It, uh. It might fall apart..."

#kikaichuno #He has all sort of skills

"It looks beautiful," Isana says, her smile softening further now that she knows he did in fact made it from scratch. "And the strawberries from your garden are the best ones. They're sweeter than any I've ever bought at the marked." It's not just something she says to be kind; it's true. Now, do they happen to taste better because she is biased? Maybe. She's not sure what the science behind that might be.

"It doesn't matter if it falls apart a little. We're going to eat it, anyway. What matters is how delicious it will taste," Isana reassures him, as she begins cutting the cake. It does collapse slightly when she transfers it to a plate, but it also just reveals how amazing the berries and cream inside looks!

Isana can't resist taking a small bite as she waits for Shino to cut his own slice. Her eyes widens as the sweet taste hits her tongue. "Oh, wow. Shino, it's so good!" she exclaims. "Seriously, taste it!"

She takes another bite, some whipped cream smudging her nose without her realizing. She is really shoving it in now! Isana had no idea her boyfriend was such a good baker.

"It's not strange. Not to me." In fact, if she starts doing that, he might reveal his secret plushie collection and sleep with some too when she's around. Many people would call him childish for doing so, so he tends to hide them... Being a shinobi - one with high self-expectations - took a hit on his childhood. His love for childish things began only recently.

"Yes, of course." Shino takes out a bag of birthday candles. For whatever reason, he brought them but didn't add them to the cake. He adds five, lights them and...

"Happy birthday to you... Happy birthday to you..." He's not even singing, he's just saying the lyrics. "Happy birthday, happy birthday. Happy birthday to you, Isana."

Now she can make a wish!

When the candles are lit, Isana looks at him brightly, fully expecting the birthday song from him too. Emphasis on the song part. When he instead just says the lines, she has to fight to keep a straight face. It's endearing but mostly hilarious to her. Still, she doesn't want to make him feel like she's laughing at him! So she's doing her best to keep it inside.

"Thank you, thank you," she simply says instead, turning towards the candles. Making a wish is easy. Since being with Shino, she's developed wishes for the future she didn't dare dream possible before.

When she blows out the candles, she feels a calm sense of happiness, knowing her wish is pretty much guaranteed to come true.

"There," Isana says, looking at him proudly after getting all the candles with one try. "Now we can eat it. Did you make it yourself, by the way?"

"I'm sure." He's been thinking about it for a while now and concluded, through hints and trick questions here and there, that Isana might not react negatively to discovering this part of himself. Plus, their relationship has been going strong! If he keeps hiding, it might convey distrust and put a strain on their development, which Shino absolutely wants to avoid!

"I also like plushies." Shino blurts out, following a question he's asked her before. Her answer wasn't a direct 'yes' but he understood it as a 'yes'. Taking the cake knife, Shino presents the handle to her. Nobody but the birthday person should cut the cake! And- oh. His brows raise, lips pressing into a thin line.

"Should I add candles on the cake for you to blow?"

#Now I want cake #kikaichuno

Isana smiled as Shino randomly blurted out his love of plushies. She had figured he did; it had come up in conversation a few times! And lucky for her, considering she was currently crocheting one for him. She had worked on it for months by now but... She really wanted it to be perfect.

"I will keep this one in bed with me," Isana says, raising the tiger beetle a little and giving it a quick kiss. "I hope you don't think that's strange!"

She looked at the cake again. Mostly, she wanted to just eat it. It looked so good! She accepts the handle of the knife, considering his idea. "Candles would be nice," she finally decides. "You don't need to add all nineteen though. Just a couple."

She adds: "I'd like to make a wish."

Isana doesn't bring up him taking off his glasses again yet. Clearly it is something they are saving for later. For now, she wants to enjoy all the other things he has prepared for her!

Birthday starter for Isana! @isana-kagetsu

Today is a very important day; Isana's birthday. Isana, the girl who began writing him letters long ago and shown genuine interest in him, the girl who became his friend and girlfriend. It's her birthday and Shino has done his researches, lots of them! He's not accustomed to preparing birthdays, especially not for a girlfriend. So, after a few books and some personal intel gathering to figure out what Isana might like, he finally set everything up.

A private event, one could say. Shino changed his makeshift lab in his shed into a birthday room with balloons, flower pots and unlit candles placed around the room. The table is set in the middle with a little chocolate cake on it. Next to the cake, a gift box and a card and to him, what he wrote in the card is what makes him the most nervous.

"Happy birthday." No, he's not singing. Shino sits across from her, the cake between them. "I hope you'll like your gifts. Did you want to open them before eating the cake?" In the box, Shino brought her a plushie. A big, orange tiger beetle plushie, like the tiger beetles he finds in Suna. In the card, he wrote an invitation...

Isana. It is your birthday and I am ready. I'm inviting you to a private diner in this room where I'll allow you to take my sunglasses off.

Simple but... A big step for him.

#kikaichuno #I gasped #SUCH A BIG MOMENT

Isana had eagerly hurried to Shino's place that day. It was her birthday, and she knew very well her boyfriend was the attentive type who would put a lot of thought and effort into such a day. It was the first time ever she had a boyfriend to celebrate her birthday with... it made her ridiculously excited. She felt like a school girl!

Some might have found the invitation ("Come to my shed") not very romantic, but Isana didn't doubt that Shino would find a way to even make that location special for her. And she had been right!

The balloons, flowers and candles decorating the room had changed the entire atmosphere. It felt like a totally different place. Isana had let out an exited gasp when she entered. There was even a cake! Which looked delicious. She wondered if he had made it himself.

"Thank you," she told him, as she recieved her gifts. The first gift, the plushie, was absolutely adorable. It would certainly remind her of him when she was back home in Suna. Isana made a mental note that this would be the plushie she would bring to bed with her.

She was equally excited to read the card. And when she did... She had to read it again. And then one more time.

He... He was really going to remove his sunglasses for her? Isana knew just how big of a deal that was. And she couldn't really believe it was true.

"Shino..." she said, her voice revealing her surprise. She looked up from the card and up at him. "Are you... sure about this?"

Of course, Isana was curious. She was dying to see his eyes. She hoped he wouldn't back out, but she also didn't want him to ever do something that made him uncomfortable.

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Isana eats a piece of her chocolate and Shino watches her very attentively, lips parted and eyes half lidded behind the lenses. Thanks to his shades, she's spared from how stupid he surely looks right now. Isana is just... Nice to look at, everything she does is fun to admire in more ways than innocently. When she finally presses her lips to his, Shino's mouth curves slightly upwards.

He doesn't get the chance to lick her before she pulls away to offer chocolate to his insects, despite his warning. Still, he licks her lips and only allows one insect to get a taste. The Kikaichu hops on her fingertip, on the chocolate piece... gets chocolate all over it's little legs and face... And flies off to Shino. Cute, but... His insects need to stop interrupting, now.

The roles are reversed. On one of their dates, Isana had to pull Shino away from bugs. Now, Shino has to pull Isana away from bugs. How ironic.

"Come back here..." Shino mutters lowly, fingers reaching to angle Isana's face back to his. "I'm not done." And presses his lips to hers once more for a deeper kiss. Messier. Tastier. Lips move against hers, tongue pushing to explore her mouth - and she does taste like chocolate! Very sweet and nice. They just ate but Shino is hungry for a dessert; she's the dessert. A hand settled under her hair at the back of her neck, he'll kiss her for as long as he can if she allows him, only briefly pulling away here and there to inhale before diving back.

Isana doesn't really notice that Shino feels like his bugs are stealing her attention a little. She is so used to him being bug focused anyway, it doesn't occur to him he'd rather she focused on him this time!

Though Isana isn't hard to pursuade, once he is kissing her like that. She giggles as he clearly didn't get enough with her earlier quick kiss. "Are you ever done?" she teases him, barely audiable against his lips, before she fully melts into the kiss. She allows him to explore her completely; licking up every last piece of chocolate flavour he possibly can.

They remain kissing for a long time. Until Isana is definitely sure there can't be much chocolate left to taste.

Pulling away, her mouth is pink and warm and almost a little swollen from all the action. Still, she grins at him, her eyes a little glossy.

"Did it taste as good as you hoped?"

"It'd be rude but it could happen. I would know." He's had similar situations happen in the past, one had particularly left a mark in his memories. He was a child, using the bathroom and his father had walked away to look at something when a worker unlocked the door and left it open for everyone to see him on the loo! Shino never recovered.

Once in the store, the Aburame follows his girlfriend around, much like a lost puppy. Isana has ideas, he has none. He'll carry the basket for her until they get to try the clothes.

Isana turns to look at him for a moment as he says he would know that these things could happen. She looks puzzled, but doesn't press him on it; Shino would share if he felt like it. If not... Well, she wouldn't force him to share any past traumatic memories.

Inside the store, Isana quickly begins browsing the racks of clothes. She doesn't usually go shopping in stores like this herself; she prefers smaller markets or thrift shops.

Still, shopping for Shino makes her feel much more energetic than shopping for herself. She can't wait to use him as a dress-up doll!

Every now and then she throws items into the basket; a mix of t-shirts, jumpers, and trousers. She always has an idea of a whole outfit when picking out the different looks. She keeps the colours mostly neutral and earthy, and the fits loose. Ish. She has thrown in a couple of tighter shirts too... For her own benefit. It wouldn't hurt to see Shino in something that clings to his muscular torso.

"Alright, I think we have a few different looks now!" Isana finally announces. The basket probably contains at least ten items. She looks at him with a bright smile.

"Are you ready for the fitting rooms? I promise I will stand guard! If you hear any commotion inside, it's probably just me fighting someone off."

Joking. Mostly.

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