Uncertainty

Tendency

Sometimes he wondered what he would think or how he would take it to find out that Tenten had decided to 'hit him back' and cheat on him as well, it wasn't that he was jealous or distrustful of his wife, it was just a thought that haunted him. Usually when he entertained himself by seeing some woman, and struggled with reminding himself that he was a married man and that, except when it was exam time at the university, his wife was always willing to have sex with him.

Although, well, such a thought could probably be because the brunette seemed to be slightly popular at the university, and because a week ago she had changed her profile picture on the messaging app. Since they had been married in the photo he was always present, obviously leaving aside the time of their marital crisis, but even before she had returned to the bedroom they shared, the photo had become a familiar sight again. Now it was one of her facing Ryuu in which the two of them were sticking their tongues out, a very cute image of mother and son that he himself had taken, but precisely in which he wasn't included.

It was something absurd probably, so he just took a deep breath before returning his attention to his wife's birthday celebration, it fell on a Tuesday and a dinner at a fancy restaurant had been ruled out because she told him that her classmates wanted to do something, although being a weekday it was left out that it would be something late or out of control, that and Tenten didn't drink. Hana heard about it and joined the celebration as well, so it would now be a gathering on the property due to space issues.

The evening was passing normally, with him watching sideways at a classmate of Tenten's he hadn't met before who in his perception was smiling too much, flattering even Ryuu, whom they hadn't been willing to leave out of the celebration. His wife was polite, and only let go of his hand when she had to take care of cleaning up after the little dragon who was 3 and a half years old, and starting to be a bit heavy to carry up, but he definitely loved being the center of attention. He was still watching the man when his mother entered the property and finally stopped believing that the guy was after his wife, he was just one more of the many who wanted to be able to greet his mother and tell her how much admired her.

Because that was something that Tenten had told him since first semester, his surname was almost famous for his mother, and many wanted him to introduce them to the woman. Besides, the situation hadn't changed much even though she was already in her fourth term, because every new professor asked her about her relationship with Tsume, hence, when she had new classmates, they were interested in her.

"Did you have a good time?" he asked when they were in bed.

"I guess, I like it better when it's not meetings with a lot of people," she was on his chest and squeezed tighter, "just us."

"Well, in 2 weeks it will be just us for our anniversary."

"It will be our first trip without Ryuu," there was something like a pout on her face

"It's our fourth anniversary, I think we can be a little selfish this year," she bit her lip, "it will only be a couple of nights anyway," and they had already planned that in July for his birthday, the trip would be to France, this time including their son.

"I know... it's just..." she sighed, "it's hard for me to be away from my baby."

"Our baby will be 4 years old," she nodded, he was sure Ryuu could turn 50 and Tenten would still refer to him as her baby, "by the way, my mother told me today at the meeting that we should start doing the paperwork for the school enrollment."

"School? It won't start until the beginning of next year."

"I know, but you know how it is... it would be good to do his pre-admission."