Chapter 13 Why am I on Fire? by Yojimbra

For some reason, mattress stores always seemed to make me just the slightest bit drowsy. Probably because i was looking at beds the whole time, or maybe it was because it was always just so quiet in the warehouse like stores. But, I did have something else to focus on. Rei, my Wife-friend/girl-wife/cuddle-buddy/baby-moma, she had far too many titles in my head to actually list off, so she was just simply Rei.

And Rei, was simply adorable.

"You're really excited about this," I said watching Rei closely, I could still feel the good morning kiss on my cheek.

Dressed in her later autumn, early winter garb complete with a red scarf—I had on a matching white one… we looked like a candy cane—and some comfy looking boots she could easily be a model for the fall line of some big clothing store. What's more was just how animated and excited she was about this.

During the cozy would through the city towards the mattress shop—it was a pseudo date of sorts—she kept flopping her arms, bouncing on her heels and just in general having a good time. If I didn't know any better I would have thought she was drunk. But Rei didn't drink. At least not that I've ever seen.

Maybe she was a social drinker?

"How could I not be?" She spun on her heel, walking a few steps backwards as she flapped her arms a bit, her heavier over jacket moving and showing off the knitted beige sweater she had on underneath. I wanted to cuddle her in that sweater. Sweaters just did things for me. They were so comfy. And right now Rei was looking peak comfy. "We're on a shopping date, and we're going to be getting a new bed."

"You're adorable." I smiled at her as we came to the smaller sized beds. I knew the names of the sizes but I probably wouldn't be able to say what each size was on its own. There was Single, which I guess was small, Twin which was slightly bigger than a single, Queen, which was pretty big, and then, King that was even bigger. There was also like a California King or something that was supposed to be just absolutely massive. Wasn't there an Alaskan too? Did Japan have the same bed sizes?

Honestly Endeavour didn't know either, which was fair considering how the guy slept the traditional japanese way and not in an actual bed. It was comfy once I got used to it. Maybe I should get my own bed while we're at it.

Still, I couldn't blame Rei for being excited about something like a bed. A new pair of socks and I was giddy for a week.

We passed the smaller beds, and then the less small beds, and then came to a fairly large size bed.

"How about this one?" The clerk offered, pressing his hand into the bed. "Memory foam just like you asked, with a box frame underneath."

Rei pounced placing both hands into the show-case material and nodded to herself. "Oh, that feels soft, Enji," she grabbed my hand and brought it to the bed. "Here, feel, what do you think?"

I could feel my hand sinking into the comforting material and I wanted to fall asleep right then and there. Naturally I'd be tackling Rei down onto the bed with me and holding her tight for a bit. But not in public. "Oh wow, that's comfy."

The mat on the floor was fine, but a bed of this stuff? That just sounded like heaven! I should get my own later!

"I'm glad you agree." Rei hopped up onto her heels and looked me up and down and then at the bed again, she tilted her head to the side for a moment and then looked to the clerk once more. "Do you have a bigger one? And can we lay on them?"

"Of course! We clean the mattresses regularly, though you'll have to take off your shoes and coat."

We followed the clerk to a collection of even larger mattresses, what did Rei need such a large mattress for? The last one was big enough that she could lay across it sideways. And this one was even larger.

Rei tossed off her jacket and slid off her boots and climbed up onto the massive bed, where she flopped out like a starfish. She patted around and let out a long sigh before she looked at me. "Well? Enji, what are you waiting for, get over here!"

It wasn't until I was laying on the bed and Rei came over and rested her head on my chest did it hit me.

She didn't want to get a new bed just for her.

She wanted one big enough for both of us.

"Hey Rei?" I asked, staring up at the fluorescent light for a bit too long.

She hummed, hand on my chest, the clerk likely looking elsewhere.

"Is this your way of saying you want to share a bed."

A light peck on the cheek.

"Man, I'm dense huh?"

Rei hummed again, her wry teasing smile remained throughout the rest of the day.

Though we were a bit disappointed that it would take three days for the delivery, which just so happened to be during the Top Hero Billboard event that I was all but required to spend the whole day at. This made me grumpy, though seeing how happy Rei was about it made up for it.

Still. Three days before I started sleeping in a real bed, a real bed with a woman I found myself falling in love with over and over again.