Prompt: Naruto and Sakura tells their son how they fall in love


Note:My writing muse is gone and I am trying desperately hard to write, write and write.


"Dad, how did you and mom fall in love?"

The question came out of nowhere right when the Uzumaki family was having dinner that day. The couple gave their eight-year-old son a surprised look but Naruto, having been fascinated by his wife at the early age of eight was soon in a fit of laughter. There was no mistaking it. This was definitely his son. He could only guess what triggered him to ask the question. Minato was probably just curious or he met a girl to his liking in school.

Naruto brought his chopsticks down, letting them rest horizontally on the bowl of rice before him.

"Well it all started with an umbrella,"

"Umbrella?" Minato looked at his dad, from across the table, eyes beaming with unspoken interest as he too, stopped eating but did not set his chopsticks down. Meanwhile, Sakura, who sat beside her son, watched and listened to the exchange from her periphery, amused at the two.

"Well one day we had this project in school so I had no choice but to go to the library to do some research. When I'm done, I saw your mom standing outside the library with books in hand and unable to go because of the heavy rain. I offered to share my umbrella with her."

He stole a glance at his wife from the corner of his eye. Then, he snickered. "Your mom turned and saw a good-looking stranger with blond hair and attractive blue eyes offering his umbrella and she found him so attractive she was so speechless," he said in a dramatic and playful tone.

"Hey! That's not how it happened. You already like me back then and you went to the library because you know I would be there," She cut him off and gave Naruto a look, daring him to change the correct version of the story. He laughed nervously and went back to eating his food.

Sakura turned to her son. "He was so nervous when I looked at him straight in the eyes that all he was able to do was hand me the umbrella. Then, he went and ran off. The following day, your dad wasn't able to come to school because he has a high fever," she explained.

The following day

When the clouds were dark and it looked like a heavy rain was about to fall, Minato brought two umbrellas with him to school.