This next idea was sent in by mrdbznarutofan and I took quite a liking to the idea - and so here you have it! Enjoy!
Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto, not me!
Naruto and Hinata lay side by side in their bed with their screaming infant in-between them. Deep purple bags were underneath their eyes, showing the lack of sleep they had experienced the past few nights. But they had tried everything and every night went similarly to the last; they just couldn't figure out why Bolt was crying. Both of them were at wit's end, desperate for any kind of relief from the baby's constant screaming. The crying they could handle but the screaming was unbearable.
That night it took two hours before Bolt finally fell asleep.
"I'm going to try hypnosis if he keeps this up," Naruto grumbled the next morning.
The statement mildly alarmed his wife, "Would it be safe..?"
He scoffed, "Of course, I would never do anything that might harm him."
She felt guilty for having made it sound like she was accusing him of such a thing, "No... I know you wouldn't it's just.. Well... It seems risky." Another thought occurred to her, "And how do you even know how to hypnotize people?"
This brought a tired grin to his face, "Gamakichi taught me a long time ago, said it might come in handy one day."
Hinata couldn't help but think of how odd a scenario that was. A toad had taught her husband how to hypnotize people.. imagine that. "I suppose we could try it," she agreed a bit reluctantly. She still wasn't sure of such a method but it couldn't hurt to try - right?
So, when Bolt began crying and screaming for no discernable reason, Hinata sat with the infant in her arms facing Naruto who was crouched in front of them. He had acquired one of Hinata's shinier necklaces in hopes that the sparkle would attract their child's attention quicker.
It seemed to work as his blue eyes were immediately drawn to it. Naruto chuckled a bit as he began swinging it side to side gently, trying to make sure the boy could follow the motions of it easily. "Shhh," he whispered after having made sure Bolt had followed the motion a sufficient amount of time, "sleep now, Bolt, you need to sleep."
Amazingly it began to work as the child's eyes grew heavy until eventually they shut and he slumped in his mother's hold.
Naruto gave a quiet yet victorious laugh, "You see that?! I actually did it right Hina!" At her lack of response, he peered up at her. Her eyes were fixated on the pendulum-like motion of the necklace. Realization hit him like a brick in the face - Hinata was getting hypnotized too. He tried desperately to remember how to snap someone out of the hypnosis but then froze. A mischievous grin lit up his face.
"Hinata," he called in the same low tone, "listen to my voice. Every time I say "I love you", I want you to make me some ramen. Remember this." Then he clapped to break her out of it.
She blinked and looked at him in confusion. The dead weight in her arms immediately caught her attention, "Oh.. it worked?"
He smirked in return, "Yup, looks that way." He gestured to the now sleeping baby, "Lemme take him to bed." He turned to walk away but paused, "Hey, Hinata?"
"Yes?"
Naruto smiled to her, "I love you."
Her face went blank as she headed into the kitchen. The hypnosis was working.
The blonde felt proud as he settled their son into his cradle.
Sure enough, a mere 15 minutes later, a steaming bowl of fresh ramen was placed before him. He licked his lips and, after having thanked his wife, dug into his meal.
Shortly after, the temporary hypnosis wore off and she was frowning at him in disdain. "Naruto, not so much ramen - you're not as young as you used to be," she scolded with a concerned undertone, "your body needs more than that to sustain itself and be healthy."
He waved her off absently as he slurped down the large bowl of noodles.
Hinata gave an indignant huff and went off towards the bedroom.
Though it was not to be the end of his ramen serving - oh how delicious it was - for he chased after his retreating wife and reinstated that he loved her. Yet again, she headed off to the kitchen with his emptied bowl to make more ramen.
The triumph he felt was insurmountable.
Somehow he had forgotten how much he loved the taste of ramen, especially when Hinata or Teuchi made it. The noodles were always perfectly cooked, the flavor perfectly balanced with the toppings that might be tossed within. He wasn't quite sure how they knew how to make it so well but he was certain that he loved it - no, adored it.
Of course getting Hinata to make it for him was a rare occurrence, especially once she had conceived. She had gotten a lot more conscious about what they ate and how often they ate it. Ramen, of course, was one of the last things on her list to make for their nightly dinner.
Every great once in awhile he managed to convince her and he always cherished those nights.
And as another steaming bowl was placed before him, he decided that despite his fussy son and his occasional scolding wife, he loved life... and ramen.
Six more bowls of ramen later...
Naruto was feeling pretty pleased with himself. Bolt was resting peacefully and quietly and his beautiful wife was serving him ramen of all things! What wasn't to be happy about? He felt as though he had room for another so he smiled sweetly to Hinata who was scolding him for still having ramen and spouting off about how it wasn't healthy for him.
"Hina, you know I love you - right?"
She froze up and went once more for his bowl but hesitated in picking it up. "...No..," she murmured so quietly he almost missed it.
He swallowed, was she managing to break through the hypnosis? Perhaps if he tried again, "I love you!"
Hinata again refused to pick up the bowl, "...No...more..."
It couldn't end so quickly! He wasn't ready for his binge eating to end yet! "I LOVE YOU," he shouted, standing up as he did.
She turned to face him, all traces of hypnosis gone from her eyes, "No... more... RAMEN!" The dark haired woman's face was stern but then brightened some, "And I love you too, it's nice to hear it from you so much in one night."
"You broke through the hypnosis," he whined, "I was hoping to get more ramen..."
Her lavender eyes widened slightly, "Y-You mean you would prefer me be some kind of brainless ramen making slave?!" Hinata scowled at him with her Byakugan activated, "How dare you, Naruto Uzumaki."
He paled at her tone of voice and backed away in caution, "H-Hina..?"
"No more ramen for two months," she declared.
The color faded from Naruto's face as he began crying, "No! Please! Not that long! I beg you Hina!"
Hinata shook her head and took his empty bowl to clean, "Nope. You've had more than enough for that long. That's what you get for hypnotizing me and taking advantage of my favorite three words."
"It's not like I meant to," he said pleadingly, "you accidentally got hypnotized and I just decided to... go with it."
"Exactly my point," she declared with a deepening scowl, "you took advantage of the situation."
Suddenly the sound of crying erupted from Bolt's bedroom, much to his father's chagrin.
He looked to his wife for help but she merely gestured towards the bedroom with a pointed look.
With a dejected look he went to their crying son and picked him up. It would seem hypnosis, too, was crossed off of their list of possible ways to get Bolt to sleep. He could practically feel the bags under his eyes get heavier at the thought.
There we have it - it came out shorter than I wanted but I wanted to get it up - hope you enjoyed and pardon the delay. A whole bunch happened in a short amount of time! R&R if you want! Give me more ideas!
~Ghosties