Jiraiya x Reader Stories(Smut)

The Importance of Base Layers

A funny little chapter where Jiraiya is sick, denies it, and reader has to deal with his whiny ass.
Also there's still like 10 more I gotta post before October so I guess you guys are getting some triple posting good times.
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Restrained coughing woke you up. Your pillow moved with the motions of a hearty coughing fit. You are squeezed tighter as your husband braced during the fit. He was snuggling you like you were a teddy bear. He groaned when it was over and his head hit the dirt again.

You open your eyes. You raise your head to look at Jiraiya. He's sick, but won't admit it. He's oddly stubborn when it comes to being ill. He didn't like to be seen as weak or vulnerable. You've sat with him when he was hospitalized from deathly injures, a little cold isn't going to make you think less of him. He's a bit of an over dramatic diva at times.

You cast a look out to the entrance of the shallow cave. The wee sights of dawn were just barely peaking through the darkness. To keep out the cold and stay hidden, you ripped some of the branches off of the nearby pine trees and used them to cover the entrance. There was some frost along the inside edge. It's late fall, early winter. It's cold, damp, and gross.

"Noooo....." Jiraiya groggily groaned when you got off of him. He reached out for you like a baby wanting to be picked up and coddled. "Don't leave. You're warm!"

"I'm going out to get a few things." You inform him.

"But I'm cold!"

"You're cold because you are sick and refuse to wear proper shoes!"

"I got tabi on!" He raised a foot from under the covers to show off his sock. "And I'm not sick!"

Tabi won't save him from the cold. He's also got a pair of thinner socks that run up to his calves that he always wears during the winter months. The point of it being that he can still keep his normal clothing and still look good. His geta were originally made for winter wear since the elevated base on them are meant to keep toes out of the snow. The slots in the tabi meant he could still wear them with no issues of them falling off. He's also got his hanten on, which was a pale yellow like the crests on his haori. It's padding is thick enough to keep him warm but the cut of the sleeves leaves his arms mostly bare. It's built that way to keep his arms at full mobility for a fight. He usually puts on a base layer built to hold warmth with long sleeves to counteract the short sleeves of the hanten. He also usually has them long underwear too.

As unsexy as he thinks it is, it's necessary. His clothing may be old fashioned on the outside, but he's not prudish enough to take advantage of the modern advancements in winter clothing like base layers. He's out in the middle of no where in the start of winter. It's stupid to not have these things for fear of not being authentic. It's also rather funny to see him peel his pants off to reveal the long johns and look at you with a wonderment if this was sexy. He's your husband, you'll always find him sexy, but being his wife meant you could also make fun of him.

It's certainly not as hot to watch him undress when he's got six layers to take off and the cuffs of them get stuck on his joints. They were built to hug the body and keep stuff like snow and dirt off of the skin. Most times you gotta help him as the tight collar of the shirt gets stuck half on his head and his arms are tucked in and crossed over his chest like a makeshift straight jacket. Then his legs are stuck with the cuffs of the long underwear stuck half off of his feet and he's tripping on the material whilst blind from his shirt that won't get off of his head. It's like watching a toddler who hasn't quite figured out how clothes worked yet, but insisted they knew what they were doing. He even whines and sticks his lip out when he gets really tangled in his own clothing. It's even worse when he's drunk! You usually find him completely tangled on the floor cursing under his breath as he struggles with his base layers. You gotta save The Great Toad Sage from his own gonchies and do so with love.