Indelible || Giyushino

Bonus Chapter || Every Imperfection Is Worth It

Being a mom, CEO, and now celebrity, wasn't easy at all. So, Shinobu's body has been changing drastically. Of course she was still the petite women she had been since she was 18, just with under eye-bags, always being sickly pale from exhaustion, and leftover stretch marks from her previous pregnancies.

Shinobu has always looked a certain way, lean, fit, and beautiful. Changing in the slightest set her off, she was no where near fat. Just a little added chub, and a wrinkle every few places, but women tend to see themselves 10x heavier than they actually are.

Giyuu was growing more worried by the day, noticing his wife always being tired and looking out for someone else. He obviously parented as much as he could, but life gets in the way.

Shinobu had finally found some time to herself to get a morning walk in, just to be displeased by the crop top she'd planned on wearing with leggings. Her stomach was covered in stretch marks, of course they were slowly fading but to her it was insanely noticeable.

"Something wrong?" He noticed her picking at her belly.

"I'm sick of these stretch marks."

He looked at her through the mirror, "Why? There's nothing wrong with the way you look."

"I don't know. I've wrinkly and old. Can't even rock a crop top anymore. I'm 31, I'm literally ancient." She groaned as she scattered through her closet for a different shirt.

"Don't say that about yourself. You look as beautiful as the day I met you." He hugged her from behind.

"You're only saying that because you're my husband. You're 32 and still have rock-hard abs, how have you not put on any weight?"

"I mean it. These last 6 years have been the best of my life, every wrinkle, imperfection, and kilogram is worth it. And it doesn't change my opinion on your beauty." He turned to a whisper, "You're also still as good in bed as the first time we did it."

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After her jog, she returned inside their home chugging down some water. Shinobu felt fine, until her head slowly began to throb. Dizziness swept over her. That's when she felt her body hit against the floor, and everything was black.

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She woke up to Giyuu caring for her with stress in his eyes. "You're awake! Are you okay?" Shinobu was laying on their couch.

"Yeah..." She's been having migraines all this week, just hiding them to keep the peace. This was the worst case she's had so far. "What happened?"

"I walked into the living room, and you were collapsed. Is there something you're not telling me?" He looked into her eyes, with sincere concern.

"Just really bad migraines." Shinobu answered bluntly, "It's no biggie! I'll take a shot and be back to normal."

"Yeah, no. You've been working too hard lately, take a nap or something." He gestured her to lay back down. "Your face always looks pale and greenish, stop pretending like you aren't tired."

"Okay, well I need to get Kei to school-"

"Took care of that when you were out this morning."

Shinobu had a lightbulb thought, "Then...if you want me to rest, rest with me." She smiled brightly.

"Oh...OH." Giyuu slowly understood what she meant.

Yeah that wasn't what she meant. She just wanted to nap and cuddle together, which was as good as what he expected.