Seishi lay on the couch of the house he and his wife owned.
He slumped there, staring blankly at the ceiling.

His species had a monthly occurence where they feel sick. Part of the curse placed on them thousands of years ago. It lasted only 2 or 3 days max, but it was extremely painful and made you feel incredibly sick. Some Faunakami were known to even die at this small span of time.

And, currently, Seishi was in the thick of this.

Bren was in the kitchen, making a meal for them to eat later-or just her if Seishi refused food again which was very likely.
"You awake, love?" She called quietly from the other room.

Seishi didn't respond right away, not wanting to talk. But, he felt he might as well answer. "Yeah."

Bren smiled softly and walked over, reaching over the side of the couch to rest her hand against his forehead. "Your fever has gone down some, that's good!"

"Mmph." Seishi grumbled, moving her hand and sitting up. He gently patted the coushin next to him, silently telling her to come sit next to him.
Catching on, Bren settled down next to her husband, surprised as he gently leaned against her, snuggling into her shoulder.

Bren quietly cherished this interaction.

Seishi gazed hazily forward at nothing in particular, he was just trying to distract himself from the sick feeling in his stomach.

"You're unusually affctionate today~" Bren teased, resting her cheek on the top of his head, nuzzling into his soft, black hair.

Seishi frowned. "Tch. Don't push it, I'll happily be a grumpy jerk if that's for normal."

"Nooo It's nice to get the docile side of you every once in a while. Especially since you're such a crab when your sick like this."

"Hmmph. I'm docile a lot of the time!" he responded indignantly.

"That's a lie and you know it."

"Whatever."

Bren chuckled softly. "You don't need to be embarrassed about wanting to cuddle with me~"

Seishi immediately pulled away and glared at her, but his gaze softened when he saw the cute smile she had.

"Tch." Seishi turned his head to face away from her. "Shut up, I'm not a cuddler."

"Quit it with the lies!" Bren teased, grabbing his hand and gently giving him a small kiss on the wrist. "I know for a fact you like to cuddle, amd you can't deny it."

Seishi looked back at her, then pulled his hand away from the Faunakami woman, instead snaking it around to grab the back of her head. Using his free hand he pushed her chin up.
Without another moment's hesitation he gave her a rough kiss.
His heart fluttered a bit in his chest, although he'd never admit that to anyone.

It only lasted a couple moments before he lowered his arms and pulled away. "I said, shut up." he said in his flat, I-don't-give-a-fuck voice.

Bren's smile grew wider and she immediately snuggled up against him. "Hm~ You know, that kiss totally caught me off-guard, that was the last thing I expected you to do."

Seishi rolled his eyes, turning his head away again. "It was meant to." He was naturally sneaky and always surprised people, it was one of his key traits. That along with being a complete asshole 80% of the time.

Bren lifted off him and gave him an amused smirk. "I can believe that."

"Hmmph..."

Bren gazed at him quietly as she formulated a wicked plan.

"Hey, Seishi?"

Seishi, hearing his name, instinctively turned to look at her. In that short time, Bren gave payback, giving him a kiss in return.

Seishi, startled, pulled away. He immediately got up and went to the kitchen on wobbly legs from sitting for so long. "S-shit..." he muttered, covering the lower half of his face with a hand.

Bren gave an amused chuckle. "Awe~ are you blushing, Seishi?" she called after him in a teasing voice. "So you can dish sneak-attack-kisses but you can't take them?"

"S-shut up, like hell I'm blushing!" Seishi denied, getting himself a glass of water. He faced way from her as he drank it.

Bren got up and headed into the kitchen as well, checking on their supper as well as sneaking up behind her husband, giving him a hug from behind.
"You're drinking something, does that mean you're feeling better?" Bren asked hopefully.

"Better than yesterday." Seishi shrugged.

Releasing him, Bren gave the food a stir in the pan so it wouldn't stick. "That's good. I think you'll feel good as new when you wake up in the morning."

She tapped her chin thoughtfully. "Hm... Maybe do you think it was our exchanges of affection that cured you of your sickness a little?" She asked jokingly.

Seishi let out a huff. "Doubt it."

"I was kidding."

Bren recieved a bland eye-roll from Seishi as he sipped at his water.

They fell into a heavy silence. The only thing disrupting it was the quiet sizzling of the food Bren was preparing.

Seishi let it hang for a bit before quietly muttering to himself. "Ah suun tsa, Bren..."

She didn't seem to hear, for she responded with a quizzical "what?"

"Nothing." Seishi finished his drink and put the cup on the counter. He patted her head as he passed her. "I'm going to our room." he announced, heading towards the stairs.

Bren smiled softly. "I'll be up in a couple minutes." her gaze turned teasing again. "Then we can continue our snuggles hm, love~?"

"Tch. Whatever, suun."

Ah suun tsa = I love you

Cute story, hmm? I wanted to write something of these two because OTP! Poor Bren doesn't know what ah suun tsa means, and Seishi doesn't intend to let her haha.
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