Sage sort of wrinkled his nose in response to her comment and chuckled softly. "Then I'd have to actually read my orders instead of letting you do it," he sort of playfully complained. Truth was, he liked working with her. Though, at her next comment he shrugged. "Well it doesn't break any rules either way," he chirped, pecking her lips lightly and then humming softly. "If you'd wanted adorable I'm not sure you'd think I look nice," he teased before moving to peck her head lightly and grunt. "I'm going to finish getting ready before you use all your hot water sitting here talking," he noted lightly after a moment, sort of moving to slide out of the tub and dry off.

Mari rolled her eyes at him. "Yeah, wouldn't it be great! You'd get it all done so much quicker," she mused to him. She sort of pouted at him at his next comment, turning to switch the water off and wandering out the shower and wrapping herself up in a towel. "You can be very cute, you know. When you get back rubs, or when you fall sleep..." she trailed off with a bit of a laugh.

Sage sort of chuckled in response to her comment, but rolled his eyes. "I dunno, I think it's going fine as is," he mused lightly, tossing the towel to the side and grabbing his pajamas, grunting in response to her next comment. "Back ribs are nice I suppose," he noted with a thoughtful him and small laugh.

Mari pouted at you. "Your poor wife. You make her do all this work for what?" She teased, picking his towel up and putting it in the laundry basket rather than tossed on the floor. She wandered back into their room, the towel still wrapped around her as she found herself some pajamas to wear. She groaned when he mentioned back rubs, though. "Ugh, you and your back rub," she laughed playfully after a moment or two, slipping a top on over her head then putting the bottoms on. "If you ask for them, you might get them more," she chuckled.

Sage chuckled softly and gave her a grin. "Poor wife my ass," he snorted, though not in any real sort of malice towards her. He got dressed soon enough, and then flopped onto the bed to wait for her while he got her own pajamas on. "Well yeah, but if you're busy I don't wanna bother you," he huffed with a bit of a chuckle. It was true...she always seemed to be doing something, and he didn't want to interrupt her or bother her solely for his own comfort. Especially if she was already tired and such.

Mari smiled lightly to him, with a bit of a pout. "Your poor, deprived wife!" She repeated with a bit of a laugh, flopping down on bed next to him, curling into him in a way that seemed almost instinctive now. She then rolled her eyes. "I'll always find time for you. Especially since the kids went back to school," she chuckled happily. She then looked up at him with a very playfully serious expression. "Do you want a back rub?" She asked with a bit of a laugh.

Sage snickered in response to her comment, humming as if in thought. "No, you can't say deprived since I just showered with you," he teased after a moment or so. Though, he gave her a sheepish grin in response to her next few comments. "I'll never say no to one," he mused lightly. "I just feel bad asking you to do things like that out of nowhere," he aort of groaned, though not at all upset. It was almost amusing, really, the way he thought about it.

Mari huffed out a breath to him after a moment and shook her head. "Only because I was complaining about not seeing you enough," she chuckled to him, clearly amused. "But I can certainly say deprived," she mused. At his little grin, though, she leaned in to peck his lips before tapping his shoulder to get him to roll over. "If you want things like that you need to ask for them," she hummed softly to him, sort of shifting so that she was staddling his back.

Sage sort of rolled his eyes in response to her comment, giving her a sort of pout. "Well what do you want me to do, wander around naked all day long," he huffed. "We do have children about," he pointed out with a chuckle. Though, when she poked at him to roll over, he moved to do so with a grunt. "I don't want to keep you up if you're tired," he sort of huffed, a small chuckle with the words. A back rub was nice if she was up for it....but he didn't want to put himself before her when she needed something

Mari rolled her eyes softly to him, and shook her head. "I'd love that. But the novelty of it would wear off after a while and I'd have to ask you to put clothes on before you scar our children for life," she chuckled. Though, she then hummed softly. "But that sort of thing is nice every once in a while," she mused. After a moment, she started burying her fingers into his back, gently trying to work some knotts out. "I'm not tired, Sage," she mused gently. She hadn't need sleeping the best at the moment anyway.