Log: Kushina & Minato
Log: Kushina & Minato
Minato and Kushina attempt to decorate the house for Christmas, only to get a wee bit sidetracked. Rated F for full of cute holiday cheer?
Minato: *Is roaming around in a dark attic that's been neglected for nearly 20 years* Uhm...honey. I think I may have found them!
Kushina: *is lounging near the foot of the ladder up to said attic* You 'think'? They're a bunch of boxes that say "X-MAS", how hard are they to spot?
Minato: *lets his twitching eyebrow settle before responding* Well, if I had some light in here.
Kushina: Told you to take up the flashlight! *throws it up*
Minato: *turns around in time to see the projectile flashlight, but not dodge it* *is in sudden pain* UGH! Kushina!
Kushina: Ahahaha, oooooops. *entertains herself with a mental image of Minato getting hit in the head with the flashlight*
Minato: .... *clutches his throbbing head with one hand and searches around blindly for the flashlight with the other* I didn't think going on vacation would be so painful. Ah! Found you. *click*
Kushina: Complainer. *boredly examines her fingernails*
Minato: *tosses a dusty old Christmas tree skirt down the door* *purposely warns a little too late* ...head's up.
Kushina: *moves out of the way ta the last minute* Nice tr-aaachooo! *sneezes three more times*
Minato: *lugs down three boxes marked X-Mas with a small smirk* Nice what now?
Kushina: You jerk. I didn't go up there with you for a REASON. And stop chucking those down like that. *backs up from the attic door for fresh air*
Minato: I checked them first. The breakable stuff isn't in there. *secures one more box under his arm before climbing down*
Kushina: *slaps his arm once he's in range* That isn't even the point. *blinks her watery eyes and sniffles*
Minato: *winces and rubs his arm* You're so abusive today. *tries to hold his ground on this but knows it's all in vain* *sigh* I'm sorry. I'll find some eyedrops.
Kushina: I am? Last I checked you weren’t allergic to flashlights or slaps. And I'll be FINE. Just... *picks up a couple boxes and stray items* Into the living room! *sneezes again on the way*
Minato: *ignores her and makes the quick detour anyway* I'll go take that skirt outside. *tosses her eyedrops and allergy medicine* And I don't want to here any complaining from you.
Kushina: Who's complaining? *eyes the eyedrops and medicine like they're evil and out to get her*
Minato: I mean it, Kushina. *disappears outside*
Kushina: .... *grumbles and mumbles and downs a pill but skips the eyedrops because aosidfjaoid eyedrop hate* *kicks one of the boxes which unfortunately makes a jingling sound* Oops.
Minato: *leaves a shadow clone to deal with the dust storm outside and reenters* It's too cold outside.
Minato: *looks her in the still red eyes* ....did you use the drops?
Kushina: Of course I did. *changes the subject* Maybe it'll snow if it's so cold. *looks outside eagerly*
Minato: *knows she’s lying* Maybe. If we're lucky. And hopefully we can get this stuff up before then. *turns to the boxes, almost scared to open them*
Kushina: *smiles* If we do get it up and it does snow, we can go out and play in it! *totally ten years old*
Minato: *chuckles warmly and shakes his head as he kneels down to open a box* I vaguely remember lots of pain the last time we did that.
Kushina: *peels herself from the door window and shrugs* I still maintain that using jutsus to launch massive amounts of snowballs is NOT cheating. It's resourceful. And I nailed you GOOD. *winks*
Minato: It took you, Kakashi AND Rin to shovel me out of the snow!
Kushina: Don't tell me you wouldn't do it again in a heartbeat. Warming you back up later that night was fun too, if I remember correctly. *bends down and opens a box full of tinsel and electric lights*
Minato: I was in bed for a week with a cold. *peeks into the box* ...I call not it on untangling those.
Kushina: Complain, complain.... In that case, I call not it on doing whatever the heck needs to be done with the stuff in YOUR box. *takes out the lights and begins to tame and straighten them out* *gets annoyed pretty fast*
Minato: This is only a fraction of what I hear everyday. *has already opened his box and begins pulling out more garland than necessary*
Kushina: *rolls her eyes* Good to know I'm not nearly as annoying as your job.
Minato: I'm a very patient person. *stands before he's consumed in garland* How much of this do we have?!
Kushina: Dunno... my stuff before we moved in together plus your stuff. Enough to decorate TWO houses, probably!
Minato: I see. That would explain all of this. *has garland all over the place*
Kushina: *snickers* You look like an idiot. It's cute.
Minato: *doesn't even know WHAT to do with himself* Kushina...we don't have enough house for this.
Kushina: You can take some of it to your office when you return. Or we can give some to Naruto and Gaara. But that's only if there's some left over! This place will sparkle with holiday cheer! *raises a triumphant fist*
Minato: *slouches* >.> Well, it IS an excuse to see them.
Kushina: *finishes detangling one string of lights and smirks, eyeing Minato* You look like you've just murdered a tree. Start putting all that somewhere! I'm putting these around the fireplace.
Minato: Hai hai. *drags it all towards a window* Don't the lights usually go outside?
Kushina: I want some lights inside as well. Plus it's cold. *starts humming a medley of Christmas songs*
Minato: It's only going to get colder as the sun goes down. *can't help but smile to himself as she untangles her string of lights* *finishes with one window* How does that look, love?
Kushina: Eh? *takes a look* Not horrible. *slaps the lights onto the fireplace sort of haphazardly* ...you're not allowed to make any comments about mine. Unless they're positive.
Minato: Alright then. *mutters under his breath* You should have done it the oether way if you were planning to plug them in.
Kushina: .... *stares at the plug, then at the socket on the other side of the fireplace* Now you're just trying to make me feel stupid.
Minato: Now why would I ever want to do that? *is halfway through his second window*
Kushina: It's one of your missions in life. *re-does the lights properly and plugs them in only to find that half the bulbs don't work* ...oh great.
Minato: Never my love. Never. *turns to see her handy work* ...lovely.
Kushina: It's still.... kind of pretty? And... *switches the setting on the lights* If it's on twinkle mode you hardly even notice!
Minato: Then there you go. *walks over and wraps his arms around her from behind, staring at the pathetic string of lights* I'll replace the dead ones tomorrow.
Kushina: And I'll either help or lounge on the couch while telling you you're doing it wrong. *twists her head to kiss him on the cheek* It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas already!
Minato: And I'll ignore you until I fix it and let you carry on thinking that it was all because of you. *squeezes tighter* It's hard to believe this is our first Christmas in so long.
Kushina: So considerate, when you do that. I hope to get 17 years worth of presents to make up for missing so many.
Minato: *lets out a small laugh* Brat. *lowers his head and breaths in her ear* I think I may have a better idea....
Kushina: I had to at least mention it. *shivers involuntarily* Oh yeah?
Minato: *felt it, but won't bring attention to it* What do you think about Christmas Eve?
Kushina: *confused* What do I think? It's the day before Christmas. *pauses* Wait... you mean....? *her eyes widen and she turns around to face him*
Minato: Nothing big of course. Me and you obviously. Naruto and Gaara. Kakashi, Rin, Jiraiya, Tsunade-sama...The Ichiraku Ramen owner and his daughter.
Kushina: Ehhh. *grins* Three weeks, huh? I don't even have a dress yet. But... three weeks! *hugs Minato eagerly*
Minato: *is almost knocked over by the force of...well...Kushina* Umph. *laughs off what little breath is left in him as he wraps his arms around her once more* I take it you like the idea.
Kushina: It's perfect. Much better than 17 years worth of presents, even.
Minato: Oh good good. Because I was thinking that more of an idea for Naruto. You've been spoiled by me enough.
Kushina: And I love every minute of it. We need to spoil the snot out of that kid from now to forever.
Minato: I'm just excited about our first Christmas with him.
Kushina: I'm excited for that and for the wedding. Man... things kind of kick ass lately, don't they?
Minato: *laughs* Vacation time, weddings, Christmas. Yeah, they pretty much do. *looks around* Even with a half decorated house.
Kushina: *rolls her eyes* One thing at a time. I'd much rather be like this with you for a little while longer. Ne?
Minato: Oh my god. Is Uzumaki Kushina getting mushy on me? *tease tease poke poke*
Kushina: I'm ALLOWED. *forget tease tease poke poke - enter a smack to the head*
Minato: *dodge* So predictable.
Kushina: You little... *smirks and attempts a tackle*
Minato: *manages to restrain one wrist* Why are you so abusive tonight?
Kushina: I get that way. *laughs* When I'm happy. *sticks out tongue and pulls him closer via the wrist he's holding* And I am.
Minato: *smiles and rests his forehead against hers* As am I. *lets his gaze wander to the window for a moment* ...ah. Kushina...
Kushina: Then you won't mind the abuse half as much. Hm? *follows his gaze*... Oh. *gets a little stary-eyed*
Minato: *laughs, almost in disbelief, as snow flurries dance past their window* Hm.
Kushina: I knew it. It was cold enough. And the clouds. I hope it sticks!
Minato: Not bad. Now wish for a PS3.
Kushina: *obeys and closes her eyes really tight, wishing*
Minato: *chokes back a laugh before leaning in and brushings his lips against hers*
Kushina: *opens her eyes abruptly in time to see him pull away* Happy second of December to you, too, Minato. *grins and returns the kiss*
Minato: Mazel Tav. *is an ass* *lets his lips linger for a few moments before reluctantly pulling away* If we don't finish... *kiss* ...putting up these decorations now... *kiss* ...we'll never get it done.
Kushina: Never say never! Everything's decorated enough for now.. minus the tree. Which is still outside. And... will probably be wet from the snow. *looks away* Oops?
Minato: And the skirt, which will be just as wet. :\
Kushina: *randomly starts laughing* We lack forward planning.
Minato: I wasn't planning on the snow.
Kushina: And I was only hoping for it. But don't worry about it - the good news is, we're going to get a PS3. *honestly believes this*
Minato: *doesn't want to get his hopes up* Either way. I have an idea.
-- HALF AN HOUR LATER --
Minato: *lounging on the couch, watching his and Kushina's shadow clones doing the work for them*
Kushina: *sips hot cocoa* 's not cheating. It's... being resourceful. *gives Minato a nudge*
Minato: *roasting marshmallows with a fire jutsu* A life lesson I won't be forgetting.
Marshmallow?
Kushina: 'Course. *eats the marshmallow straight from his hand* Mmm.
Minato: I am on vacation after all.
Kushina: *has gotten quite snuggly and rests her head on his shoulder* I'm glad. All work and no play makes Minato quite tense and insane and I don't like that.
Minato: *rests his head on hers* Mhm...
Kushina: Cocoa?
Minato: *eyes close as his breathing gets steadier* ...hmm.
Kushina: *whispers* Heh, guess not. *takes one last sip and sets the mug down* After the nap, though, we play in the snow. *raises a hand to brush the hair out of his eyes, then lowers it until it's resting gently on his thigh before closing her own eyes*
-- END --
Minato and Kushina attempt to decorate the house for Christmas, only to get a wee bit sidetracked. Rated F for full of cute holiday cheer?
Minato: *Is roaming around in a dark attic that's been neglected for nearly 20 years* Uhm...honey. I think I may have found them!
Kushina: *is lounging near the foot of the ladder up to said attic* You 'think'? They're a bunch of boxes that say "X-MAS", how hard are they to spot?
Minato: *lets his twitching eyebrow settle before responding* Well, if I had some light in here.
Kushina: Told you to take up the flashlight! *throws it up*
Minato: *turns around in time to see the projectile flashlight, but not dodge it* *is in sudden pain* UGH! Kushina!
Kushina: Ahahaha, oooooops. *entertains herself with a mental image of Minato getting hit in the head with the flashlight*
Minato: .... *clutches his throbbing head with one hand and searches around blindly for the flashlight with the other* I didn't think going on vacation would be so painful. Ah! Found you. *click*
Kushina: Complainer. *boredly examines her fingernails*
Minato: *tosses a dusty old Christmas tree skirt down the door* *purposely warns a little too late* ...head's up.
Kushina: *moves out of the way ta the last minute* Nice tr-aaachooo! *sneezes three more times*
Minato: *lugs down three boxes marked X-Mas with a small smirk* Nice what now?
Kushina: You jerk. I didn't go up there with you for a REASON. And stop chucking those down like that. *backs up from the attic door for fresh air*
Minato: I checked them first. The breakable stuff isn't in there. *secures one more box under his arm before climbing down*
Kushina: *slaps his arm once he's in range* That isn't even the point. *blinks her watery eyes and sniffles*
Minato: *winces and rubs his arm* You're so abusive today. *tries to hold his ground on this but knows it's all in vain* *sigh* I'm sorry. I'll find some eyedrops.
Kushina: I am? Last I checked you weren’t allergic to flashlights or slaps. And I'll be FINE. Just... *picks up a couple boxes and stray items* Into the living room! *sneezes again on the way*
Minato: *ignores her and makes the quick detour anyway* I'll go take that skirt outside. *tosses her eyedrops and allergy medicine* And I don't want to here any complaining from you.
Kushina: Who's complaining? *eyes the eyedrops and medicine like they're evil and out to get her*
Minato: I mean it, Kushina. *disappears outside*
Kushina: .... *grumbles and mumbles and downs a pill but skips the eyedrops because aosidfjaoid eyedrop hate* *kicks one of the boxes which unfortunately makes a jingling sound* Oops.
Minato: *leaves a shadow clone to deal with the dust storm outside and reenters* It's too cold outside.
Minato: *looks her in the still red eyes* ....did you use the drops?
Kushina: Of course I did. *changes the subject* Maybe it'll snow if it's so cold. *looks outside eagerly*
Minato: *knows she’s lying* Maybe. If we're lucky. And hopefully we can get this stuff up before then. *turns to the boxes, almost scared to open them*
Kushina: *smiles* If we do get it up and it does snow, we can go out and play in it! *totally ten years old*
Minato: *chuckles warmly and shakes his head as he kneels down to open a box* I vaguely remember lots of pain the last time we did that.
Kushina: *peels herself from the door window and shrugs* I still maintain that using jutsus to launch massive amounts of snowballs is NOT cheating. It's resourceful. And I nailed you GOOD. *winks*
Minato: It took you, Kakashi AND Rin to shovel me out of the snow!
Kushina: Don't tell me you wouldn't do it again in a heartbeat. Warming you back up later that night was fun too, if I remember correctly. *bends down and opens a box full of tinsel and electric lights*
Minato: I was in bed for a week with a cold. *peeks into the box* ...I call not it on untangling those.
Kushina: Complain, complain.... In that case, I call not it on doing whatever the heck needs to be done with the stuff in YOUR box. *takes out the lights and begins to tame and straighten them out* *gets annoyed pretty fast*
Minato: This is only a fraction of what I hear everyday. *has already opened his box and begins pulling out more garland than necessary*
Kushina: *rolls her eyes* Good to know I'm not nearly as annoying as your job.
Minato: I'm a very patient person. *stands before he's consumed in garland* How much of this do we have?!
Kushina: Dunno... my stuff before we moved in together plus your stuff. Enough to decorate TWO houses, probably!
Minato: I see. That would explain all of this. *has garland all over the place*
Kushina: *snickers* You look like an idiot. It's cute.
Minato: *doesn't even know WHAT to do with himself* Kushina...we don't have enough house for this.
Kushina: You can take some of it to your office when you return. Or we can give some to Naruto and Gaara. But that's only if there's some left over! This place will sparkle with holiday cheer! *raises a triumphant fist*
Minato: *slouches* >.> Well, it IS an excuse to see them.
Kushina: *finishes detangling one string of lights and smirks, eyeing Minato* You look like you've just murdered a tree. Start putting all that somewhere! I'm putting these around the fireplace.
Minato: Hai hai. *drags it all towards a window* Don't the lights usually go outside?
Kushina: I want some lights inside as well. Plus it's cold. *starts humming a medley of Christmas songs*
Minato: It's only going to get colder as the sun goes down. *can't help but smile to himself as she untangles her string of lights* *finishes with one window* How does that look, love?
Kushina: Eh? *takes a look* Not horrible. *slaps the lights onto the fireplace sort of haphazardly* ...you're not allowed to make any comments about mine. Unless they're positive.
Minato: Alright then. *mutters under his breath* You should have done it the oether way if you were planning to plug them in.
Kushina: .... *stares at the plug, then at the socket on the other side of the fireplace* Now you're just trying to make me feel stupid.
Minato: Now why would I ever want to do that? *is halfway through his second window*
Kushina: It's one of your missions in life. *re-does the lights properly and plugs them in only to find that half the bulbs don't work* ...oh great.
Minato: Never my love. Never. *turns to see her handy work* ...lovely.
Kushina: It's still.... kind of pretty? And... *switches the setting on the lights* If it's on twinkle mode you hardly even notice!
Minato: Then there you go. *walks over and wraps his arms around her from behind, staring at the pathetic string of lights* I'll replace the dead ones tomorrow.
Kushina: And I'll either help or lounge on the couch while telling you you're doing it wrong. *twists her head to kiss him on the cheek* It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas already!
Minato: And I'll ignore you until I fix it and let you carry on thinking that it was all because of you. *squeezes tighter* It's hard to believe this is our first Christmas in so long.
Kushina: So considerate, when you do that. I hope to get 17 years worth of presents to make up for missing so many.
Minato: *lets out a small laugh* Brat. *lowers his head and breaths in her ear* I think I may have a better idea....
Kushina: I had to at least mention it. *shivers involuntarily* Oh yeah?
Minato: *felt it, but won't bring attention to it* What do you think about Christmas Eve?
Kushina: *confused* What do I think? It's the day before Christmas. *pauses* Wait... you mean....? *her eyes widen and she turns around to face him*
Minato: Nothing big of course. Me and you obviously. Naruto and Gaara. Kakashi, Rin, Jiraiya, Tsunade-sama...The Ichiraku Ramen owner and his daughter.
Kushina: Ehhh. *grins* Three weeks, huh? I don't even have a dress yet. But... three weeks! *hugs Minato eagerly*
Minato: *is almost knocked over by the force of...well...Kushina* Umph. *laughs off what little breath is left in him as he wraps his arms around her once more* I take it you like the idea.
Kushina: It's perfect. Much better than 17 years worth of presents, even.
Minato: Oh good good. Because I was thinking that more of an idea for Naruto. You've been spoiled by me enough.
Kushina: And I love every minute of it. We need to spoil the snot out of that kid from now to forever.
Minato: I'm just excited about our first Christmas with him.
Kushina: I'm excited for that and for the wedding. Man... things kind of kick ass lately, don't they?
Minato: *laughs* Vacation time, weddings, Christmas. Yeah, they pretty much do. *looks around* Even with a half decorated house.
Kushina: *rolls her eyes* One thing at a time. I'd much rather be like this with you for a little while longer. Ne?
Minato: Oh my god. Is Uzumaki Kushina getting mushy on me? *tease tease poke poke*
Kushina: I'm ALLOWED. *forget tease tease poke poke - enter a smack to the head*
Minato: *dodge* So predictable.
Kushina: You little... *smirks and attempts a tackle*
Minato: *manages to restrain one wrist* Why are you so abusive tonight?
Kushina: I get that way. *laughs* When I'm happy. *sticks out tongue and pulls him closer via the wrist he's holding* And I am.
Minato: *smiles and rests his forehead against hers* As am I. *lets his gaze wander to the window for a moment* ...ah. Kushina...
Kushina: Then you won't mind the abuse half as much. Hm? *follows his gaze*... Oh. *gets a little stary-eyed*
Minato: *laughs, almost in disbelief, as snow flurries dance past their window* Hm.
Kushina: I knew it. It was cold enough. And the clouds. I hope it sticks!
Minato: Not bad. Now wish for a PS3.
Kushina: *obeys and closes her eyes really tight, wishing*
Minato: *chokes back a laugh before leaning in and brushings his lips against hers*
Kushina: *opens her eyes abruptly in time to see him pull away* Happy second of December to you, too, Minato. *grins and returns the kiss*
Minato: Mazel Tav. *is an ass* *lets his lips linger for a few moments before reluctantly pulling away* If we don't finish... *kiss* ...putting up these decorations now... *kiss* ...we'll never get it done.
Kushina: Never say never! Everything's decorated enough for now.. minus the tree. Which is still outside. And... will probably be wet from the snow. *looks away* Oops?
Minato: And the skirt, which will be just as wet. :\
Kushina: *randomly starts laughing* We lack forward planning.
Minato: I wasn't planning on the snow.
Kushina: And I was only hoping for it. But don't worry about it - the good news is, we're going to get a PS3. *honestly believes this*
Minato: *doesn't want to get his hopes up* Either way. I have an idea.
-- HALF AN HOUR LATER --
Minato: *lounging on the couch, watching his and Kushina's shadow clones doing the work for them*
Kushina: *sips hot cocoa* 's not cheating. It's... being resourceful. *gives Minato a nudge*
Minato: *roasting marshmallows with a fire jutsu* A life lesson I won't be forgetting.
Marshmallow?
Kushina: 'Course. *eats the marshmallow straight from his hand* Mmm.
Minato: I am on vacation after all.
Kushina: *has gotten quite snuggly and rests her head on his shoulder* I'm glad. All work and no play makes Minato quite tense and insane and I don't like that.
Minato: *rests his head on hers* Mhm...
Kushina: Cocoa?
Minato: *eyes close as his breathing gets steadier* ...hmm.
Kushina: *whispers* Heh, guess not. *takes one last sip and sets the mug down* After the nap, though, we play in the snow. *raises a hand to brush the hair out of his eyes, then lowers it until it's resting gently on his thigh before closing her own eyes*
-- END --