Rating: K
Prompts: The 64 Themes Challenge, #12 Children. Also, a self-created challenge set titled "Everyday Phrases with a Ninja Twist" in which I take everyday phrases and write them within the context that a ninja would use it.
"It took me 15 minutes to get out of bed this morning,"
Shibi Aburame heard the sharp cries of the child in the darkness. He tried to sit up again, and had been doing so for the last 10 minutes but found himself on the bed again, panting in pain. There was no one here, no one he could trust not to sleep like a rock anyway. He had insisted on coming home to be with Shino post-mission, and the doctors had given him a chunin who was supposed to help him until he was fully recovered. From the way he had snored through the infant's cries for the past 5 minutes, he assumed this wasn't actually the case.
Giving himself one last mental shove he forced himself into an upright position, his vision blurring slightly in pain. Before he had completely recovered from this first burst of pain her stood and leaned forward, snatching up the crying child and sitting back down on the bed. His sight came back to him, and he adjusted Shino into a more comfortable position, rocking the child lightly.
"Shh," Shibi cooed to the child in the darkness. "Everything's alright. Daddy's here."