Her First...
Author Note: I'm glad you guys like these! Anyway, enjoy!
Chapter 3: Her First Word
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He trapped her between the counter and himself, "What did you say?" He searched calm yet excited opal eyes. "Hinata." There was a warning in his tone.
"I s-said I think she said mama," she smiled at her irrationally jealous husband. "It was adorable."
His eyes narrowed at her. "Let me guess, you've been practicing?"
She looked around for an escape plan but maybe she didn't want to… "Of course."
"I bet saying my name wasn't apart of the lesson." It was more of a statement than question but even so she decided to answer him.
"That's in lesson number two," She couldn't miss the twitch of his lip. "Tha-" He no longer wanted to hear her speak so he kissed her. They weren't social people so body language spoke volumes in their household.
He felt a tug at his pants leg. Looking down, Hikari extended her arms to him. "Taa!" She blurted out. "Aah taa!"
He bent to pick her up. Hinata smiled at the duo and absently wondered on which side of the family did she get her personality. Hikari giggled before poking her lips out. "Mmh!" She pressed her mouth on Sasuke's cheek.
"Gross," He groaned feeling slob on his face.
She leaned towards Hinata with the same face. "Kissy Kari-chan!" Hinata took her cheeks trying to control their daughter. "Say mama!"
"Maw!" She grinned.
Sasuke scowled. It wasn't a competition, well not an official one, but Sasuke had a male ego to feed and he couldn't do that with 'Mother Hen' trying to take all the 'firsts' from him.
"Say Tou-san." She blinked at him before yawning. Hinata shook her head not wanting to see the rejection she knew was plastered on the Uchiha's face. "Say…" He frowned and changed his mind.
The word 'Daddy' was even strange to think about. He felt soft and he was NOT soft. Hikari pressed her head in his shoulder and clutched the fabric of his shirt. "You're sleepy?"
She sniffled as he walked into her room. He wanted it simple, nothing too loud but Hinata felt it needed "something" so she asked Sai to paint on her walls. It illustrated Konoha's sky from sunrise to sunset. Sasuke huffed, saying it was stupid but couldn't help but admire his accuracy with the colors.
He laid her down but of course she pounced up. "You're sleepy." He glared at her only for her to mock him. "Go to sleep."
She grabbed his hand. "Ah wan chi!" He grimaced at her gibberish. "Chii!" She repeated slapping his palm.
"Chidori?" He felt ridiculous asking her anything but somehow he managed to figure it out. After doing the right hand signs and small ball of electricity formed in his palm and her eyes glowed in excitement.
She poked it and giggled as blue sparks kissed her finger. "Chii!" She glanced at her rising bangs. He used his free hand to pat her spiking hair down.
"That's enough," He closed his hand and showed her it was gone. She touched his hand again just to make sure before laying down. "Say dad…" He said.
"Aah!" She yawned.
Sighing, he leaned over to kiss her forehead. "I love you, Hikari." She returned the kiss to his forehead. With his last shred of pride he formed the word. "…Daddy," He pointed to himself. "Can you say that?"
"Duun!" She rubbed her nose and turned over.
"Fine, goodnight." He stood walking to the door and turned off the light.
He froze hearing a gasp. "Daa…" Came a soft reply. "…daa." He closed his eyes as his ego begin to swell. "Daa…daa?"
He turned to the little girl sitting up with her fingers wiggling towards him and tears brimming her eyes. "Dadaa!" She cried.
"What?" He asked. Had he been Naruto he would have shouted and cheered that she said his name before Hinata's but he wasn't. He was Uchiha Sasuke and his swollen ego was enough.
"She's scared of the dark, Sasuke." Hinata whispered now standing by the door.
He gave a curt nod. "C-Chii!" She flexed her fingers. "Dada!"
If anyone would have told him that his powerful, killing jutsu would be used as a night-light he would have scoffed maybe tried to show them exactly how strong the Chidori was but there he was sitting in his room with his wife and daughter as a human night-light.
Finally, after thirty minutes she was so tired she didn't know what to do with herself. "Go to sleep, Kari." Hinata cooed.
She curled into Sasuke's chest, clutching his shirt tight as if he would disappear. Hinata smiled at his confused face before sighing, "Goodnight," She whispered to him. "Night, Kari-chan."
"Goodnight," He replied trying to figure out how to sleep without hurting Hikari and decided his chest was the safest place. Hinata once told him that she liked listening to heartbeats.
"Tum Dada!" She grabbed his hand and placed it on her head. They stayed like that for a moment until Hinata confirmed she was asleep.
He glanced over at his drowsy wife, who whispered 'I love you' and he said it back and couldn't have meant it more if he tried.
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AN: Warms my heart when I write these.