A/N: I AM LOOKING FOR A BETTTAAAAAA. Please IM me if you or someone you know is willing to Beta for this. I have this all laid out, its gonna be a roller coaster. ;)
Uzamaki Naruto tended to be a fairly busy guy. Between teaching full time, paying bills as best he could, maintaining a somewhat romantic relationship, and raising a six year old- he didn't have much time for himself. His job at the local high school as a Biology teacher got him through most month's financially, and his son Yukio always found ways to keep him busy. He liked his life, though. He had a house and a nice car…he got to take Yuki on vacations and spend all his time off with him. He had it pretty good by most people's standards. Yeah, he had seen some rough things in life. Like raising a baby on his own, or trying to explain to his son why he only had one parent. Plus, finding a house on a limited income proved to be somewhat difficult. But he did it, and he did it all alone.
It was the last period of school before a 4 day weekend and his students were getting antsy. He could hear the rustling of papers and shifting in seats behind him as he went over a simple chemistry equation on the white board. At this point he was running on steam and didn't care if his kids were even listening anymore. He wasn't the type of teacher that had a power issue nor a teacher that cared to assign homework on the weeks. He snuck a look at the clock that rested above his head and mentally sighed, 30 more minutes…
"Okay," the blonde said abruptly, "how about we spend the last thirty minutes doing study group?" He gave a crooked smile knowing any new material at this point was wasted time and effort on his part. The class cheered silently and started moving their desks together almost immediately. The blonde knew there would be no studying but he figured it would save him what little sanity he may have left not to waste his breath. While the class moved their seats for the unofficial social hour, Naruto moved to his own desk and pulled out a stack of papers from the previous period and started grading them lazily. He was ready for his weekend almost as much as the kids were. He had absolutely nothing big planned for once and Yuki still had daycare Friday and Monday so he had two days to himself to get stuff done.
He had plenty of errands to do, though. First was grocery shopping, then he had to paint Yuki's bathroom on Friday. Monday was a free day to grade papers and do miscellaneous projects around the house. The weekend he would probably take his son to the zoo and maybe Sunday they could swing a trip to the beach for the day. It was the tail end of summer and he wanted to enjoy the few sunny days they had left. He got half way through grading and was tired of the chatter and giggling coming from his students.
"Alright guys," the older man started after a glance at the clock, "You're all free to go. Have a safe weekend. Class commences on Tuesday with chapter 11. Read up if you get a chance." He finished with a smile knowing that wouldn't happen. The students placed their desks back sloppily and ran out, almost trampling each other. Naruto could see one or two other classes had gotten out early as well. He continued to grade papers for a while, milking every second he could before Yuki had to leave daycare. He really needed to straighten up his classroom, but didn't feel like bothering with it. Finally he knew it was time and packed up his stuff gruffly before turning out the lights and shutting the door behind himself as he left for the weekend.
Naruto pulled into Happy Camper and took out his phone. The sun was sinking behind the horizon, making the sky a bright orange that faded into darkness. Right on time, he mused and got out of his car quickly. He grabbed his checkbook, closing his door and making a b-line for the entrance. He had used Happy Camper with Yuki since the boy was less than a year old and the employees knew him well. By the time he made it through the front door, Yuki was already packed up and ready to go. Naruto smiled as he looked at his adorable son. His ebony hair dirty from a day's worth of playing and his dark eyes looked somewhat droopy with exhaustion.
"Hey Yuki-chan, how was your day?" The blonde asked his son, giving him a tight squeeze. The little boy flashed a big Uzamaki smile at his dad and commenced to tell him about all the fun things he did in the sandbox with his buddies after lunch. Naruto handed the light haired daycare keeper his weekly payment and waved goodbye as he listened not so intently to Yuki's daily horse story.
"-And I got my hand through enough to touch her nose!" he exclaimed, jumping excitedly. Naruto had been hearing about the horse pasture behind the privacy fence of the daycare for over a year now. All he really knew was that his son had been trying to touch one of the horses to no avail. He patted his son's head and laughed, hoisting him up into his booster seat.
"Sounds like an eventful day," He said as he buckled the little boy in skillfully. His son nodded triumphantly. "Have you thought about what you would like for dinner?" Yuki smirked, making Naruto's heart flutter. He looked so much like his dad sometimes, he thought sadly, but didn't let his demeanor fall.
"Of course, dad, tacos!" He yelled, pumping his fist into the air excitedly. Naruto deadpanned, tacos again..?
"Erm, okay Yuki-chan..." he exasperatedly said, closing the door to his Optima quickly and jumping into the driver's seat. "Let me know if you change your mind, though, we just had taco's the night before last." He added, though he didn't think he would have any luck swaying the boy. Naruto started backing up slowly.
"Daddy…" The little raven haired boy asked. Naruto looked at him through his rearview mirror. The little boy smiled softly at him. "I love you." He finished making the blondes heart flutter for a second time.
"I love you, too, buddy. You're my number one." He winked at his son and finished backing up. Naruto smiled to himself, thinking that sometimes the worst heartbreaks in life bring the most beautiful things.
So, this is the very skinny first chapter to test the water. I would be more then happy to take suggestions on it. Again, I kind of have it laid out on what I want to do. Next chapter you will meet daddy number 2!:D It should be a lot longer. REVIEW PLEASE. I love feed back. 3
Han out.
