"The only thing that a man should know how to do is be himself," Temari says, though she smiles at the hand splayed against her back, fingers warm and tickling over the sensitive skin that runs down the dip of her spine.

"That isn't your excuse to be a wet noodle, either, you know. There are standards everyone should hold themselves up to. Whether they're a man or a woman. Like telling other people upfront when they want something. Are we calling that initiative? I guess we could."