"Shikamaru, she's smiling at you," I heard from behind me. The voice belonged to Chouji, but that was the least of my concern. I could recognize his voice, anyway. What I was concerned about was looking to see if he was right. When I saw that he was, I decided to smile straight back. It was a big, toothy grin – the only thing I could do to hide the tears of joy ready to flow from my eyes. When she saw this, the baby didn't know whether to laugh, cry, or vomit. When I saw the confusion in her face, I stopped grinning and just let the tears pour. I held out my finger, and she grasped it with tiny, delicate fingers of her own. "She loves her daddy," said the mother. "And her daddy loves her more than she'll ever know," I replied. When I looked up from her tiny fingers to her beautiful, soft face, I realized she had her mother's teal eyes. Great, I thought, another troublesome woman. With this thought I got into the bed beside her and her mother, laid her in between the two of us, and turned to face the proud woman who had just given us a daughter. With her face being the last thing I saw, I closed my eyes and drifted to sleep.
A/N: Yay, my first submission! I know, I know, it's incredibly short, but it's just about the best thing you're going to get for now. It's not even that good. Just thought I should share. Review, please! Give me encouragement for more!