Her Fire

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We began the next process in buying the home and within a few months, we were homeowners. We finally got it! We could finally start moving in and making it officially ours. We got our dishes and clothes moved over, and some of our furniture. We still had quite a bit left to move though.

"Ugh! Tobias, can you come help me with this box?" I hollered.

"Be right there baby." he shouted back,

"Which one?" he asked upon entering the kitchen.

"This one." I reply, pointing to the box on the floor to my left.

"It's heavy and I need it over there." pointing again, to where I need to unpack it. Tobias picks it up and moves it for me.

"There you go." he states, looking at me.

"Thanks, babe." I say. I take a breath and huff.

"What's the matter?" he asks. I answer,

"I'm exhausted, we've moved so much today and we're not even close to being done." Tobias steps towards me and rubs my arms. He begins,

"How about this? How about you finish this one box of glasses while I go run you a hot bath. Then we can just relax and watch movies or something for the rest of the night. Huh, how does that sound?" I relax a little thinking about that bath.

"Oh, Tobias, that sounds wonderful." I answer, sighing slightly.

"Okay baby. I'll go start your bath, you finish this box then come get in, okay?" he says.

"Okay, thank you." I smile at him.

He turns to head to the bathroom, and I turn back to the bland, brown cardboard box that I'm tired of looking at. But I hold up my end and empty the box of its contents. With the cups in their place, I leave the kitchen to go take my bath. I walk into the bathroom, it's dimly lit with candles placed about. There are floating petals in the tub and a faint scent of cherry blossom. I'm a little surprised at the level of effort put into this. I turn to go thank Tobias before getting in, but he's already in the doorway.

"Oh, baby, thank you for this. You didn't have to go through so much trouble." I say.

"It wasn't any trouble at all," he responds.

"Can I join you?"

"Of course, my love." I gush. We strip ourselves of our clothes and Tobias steps in first. He gets himself positioned, then holds out a hand for me. I take it, step in, sinking slowly into the warm water and lean against him. I sigh, content.

"This is nice." I say, running my fingers along his arm.

"It is." he replies, kissing the top pf my head.

We sit this way for a few moments, until he starts rubbing my arms. He then moves to my shoulders, and I sit up to give him more space to work with. He massages my shoulders for a bit then moves to my neck. Slowly working his fingers to erase the stress of the day off of me. I relax more into his touch, and he lightens his pressure, now caressing my skin. It feels heavenly.