Hey, Shado here! This is just a little one-shot inspired by a thunderstorm we had in my area last night (read early this morning). Enjoy and review at the end! ^_^
A little girl with coal-black and emerald eyes jerked awake in the dead of night before a loud clap of thunder sounded, shaking the girl to her core. She whimpered before crawling out of bed and heading to her parents' room. She quietly tiptoed into the room and made her way to her father's side. She placed a hand on the man's shoulder and jumped back quickly to avoid the kunai that was pulled out on instinct. A heartbeat later, obsidian eyes cleared from sleep and the kunai was lowered.
"Megumi, what's the matter?" The man asked, noticing the unshed tears in the eyes of his daughter. "Did you have a bad dream?"
Megumi shook her head, unable to understand how either of her parents hadn't heard, felt, that crack of thunder. "Didn't you hear the thunder? It was really, really loud."
"Sasuke? Megumi? What's wrong?" A female with pink hair and the same shade of emerald eyes asked, turning towards her husband and daughter. Before either could answer, there was a flash of lightning, causing Megumi to squeak and jump on her father, covering her ears in anticipation of the thunder that would inevitably follow.
Sasuke chuckled at his daughter's antics and wrapped his arms around her before repositioning himself and Megumi so that the little girl was lying in the middle of the bed between both her parents. Megumi cuddled closer to lay her ear over her father's heart, comforted by the gentle sound. Sasuke smiled softly at his wife over their daughter's head.
Sakura smiled back at her husband of six years. He was so gentle with Megumi, wrapped around the girl's finger. It didn't bother the pink-haired woman at all that her daughter would go to her father for comfort before her mother. Because when Megumi reached her teen years, she probably wouldn't go to her father as much for comfort. So she scooted closer and laid on her right side, facing the father-daughter duo and intertwined her fingers with Sasuke's above Megumi's head before falling back asleep.
Sasuke smiled again at his wife and then looked down at his daughter who was still curled up against his chest, now fast asleep. Minutes later, the Uchiha patriarch followed his little family in sleep, none of them noticing that the storm was now over.
*Megumi - blessing
So, what'cha think? Ya, I haven't written or posted anything in what seems like forever, but I'm not dead. Please review! :) ~Shado