The answering smile to her request widened her own and Navia waited patiently for Théadan to kiss her. He did so after looking into her eyes, leaving her to wonder what he was thinking before his nose brushed hers and his lips covered her own. The kiss was exactly what she’d wanted from him, slow and lingering, deep with the passion they had for each other. By the time Théadan was pulling back to speak to her, Navia had wrapped her arms around his neck to hold him close while their mouths moved together and their tongues explored. His words brought a bright smile to her lips, pleased to hear him say how happy he was when he had been upset not long ago. All she wanted was for Théadan to be happy.<br/><br/>He still had a way to walk and after such a sweet kiss between them, Navia could feel her emotions were too heightened to say much. Content with silence, she nuzzled into the curve of his neck again, breathing in his familiar, comforting scent and sighing contently. After covering more distance in companionable silence, he announced he would give her a couple months of doting on her after their child was born and teased her about easing her back into independence. She laughed softly in response, shaking her head against him, “Deal.” She was tempted to try to get a longer amount of time out of Théadan, simply to see if she could, but he was coming to a stop where they’d discarded their clothing and the basket holding their lunch.<br/><br/>Having expected Théadan would set her down so they could find a place to sit and enjoy their lunch, Navia was surprised when he chose to sit while still holding her. She blinked at him as he did so, figuring that was probably more difficult for him, but he managed it just fine and was soon sitting in the sand with her in his lap. Not wanting to make him uncomfortable, she slid out of his lap to sit beside him, stretching her legs out in front of her. He bumped the basket up against her like she’d been doing to him when they were on their way to the beach and she chuckled softly, taking the offered basket to pull the lid free of it. She set it in the sand, then scooped a few handfuls of the bright white grains to keep the lid from escaping. “She packed us a blanket,” she announced first, pulling the thickly woven blue linen from the basket and handing it over to Théadan, figuring he could spread it out while she poked around in the basket.<br/><br/>Once the blanket was spread for them, Navia set the basket upon it, then did her best to sit down on the blanket without transferring sand onto it as well. She made a reach for Théadan’s discarded shirt too, and pulled it over her head to wear as a makeshift dress while they ate. Navia withdrew a medium-sized bowl that had been wrapped in cloth. She removed the cloth, noticing how some of the food had sloshed onto it, likely from when she’d been swinging the basket to hit Théadan. “It looks like Baiza packed us<i>jhasa</i>,” Navia announced, setting the bowl on the blanket and leaving the covering in the basket, “It’s filets of fish atop a bed of rice with this creamy red sauce. I think you’ll like it.” Forks were pulled from the basket next and she held one out for him to take so they could share the bowl of food before she went back to the basket. “Water, too,” Navia handed the waterskin from the basket over to Théadan as she said it, then returned her attention to the basket, “Hmmmm…there’s a bowl of fruit in here. And dessert.”<br/><br/>She left the dessert in the basket for the time being, but could not resist the opportunity to have fresh fruit, so she pulled that bowl out and left the covering to it inside. Several fruits had been chopped and placed in the bowl, leaving Navia with a multitude of options. A strawberry caught her eye and she brought it to her lips to take a bite, a hum of approval leaving her. A golden square of fruit had her attention next and with a smirk, Navia plucked it out with her fingers and held it out to Théadan, “This one’s for you…unless you had your fill of it last night.”