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He’s half asleep next to her on the couch. She’s rubbing her stomach- Ryuu’s starting her third trimester so she’s definitely showing by now. She was probably talking to the babies- Arashi supposes she may have been addressing him, but through his fatigue fogged mind he thinks she looks more like she’s smiling down at her bump.
He kisses the top of her head. and then he bends down to kiss the swell of her belly with a smile on his lips. He doesn’t have anything profound to say, so he stays quiet.
It’s a bit of a daily ritual now - sparing a bit of time to just...sit with her little family and be attentive. Palms trace slow paths up and down the hill of her growing middle, a slight whisper of chakra helping to keep the little ones quiet. As painful as their kicking may be, it’s still vital do muscle development...but she’s not above lulling them for a few minutes to have a peaceful respite.
She means to address the lot of them in an inspirational burst of motherliness, but something tells her Arashi’s dozing means he might not have caught what she said. Nonetheless, he manages a sleepy press of lips to her crown, and then one to her middle, earning a giggle. “Pretty soon there won’t be a wall in the way,” Ryū muses, her own tone a bit slurred with sleepiness. “And then you can smooch them all you want, ne?”
