Himawari blinks owlishly up at Grandma Kushina, eyes pearly white.
"Ooh, it is the Byakugan!" Grandma gasps, hands clasped together, sounding surprised even though she was the one to ask to see it in the first place. Himawari shyly endures the coos and pinches to her cheeks while Grandma Kushina fusses over her appearance. Then Grandma nods resolutely to herself and tells Himawari she'll make a note to arrange play-dates with the Hyuuga Clan when baby Papa is born.
Himawari approves.
Grandpa would love it. Grandpa adores kids; he always smiles so brightly at Big Brother and her whenever they go visit the Hyuuga Compound. Grandpa would have so much fun.
"When did you learn how to use it?" Grandma Kushina asks excitedly, still squishing her cheeks.
The cheer Himawari feels drain to cold guilt. Her lips wobbles, remembering how she'd made Papa miss the biggest day of his life. Himawari had been a bad girl that day.
She hunches her shoulders.
"I was mad at Big Brother," Himawari admits, because that was the start of it all. "I hurt Papa and Uncle Kurama by mistake," she continues, and ducks her head, remembering how she'd thrown Papa into the wall. She wonders if Grandma Kushina will hate her for hurting her son; Mama and Papa are always scary whenever people try to hurt Big Brother and her. "But Mama and Auntie are teaching me Gentle Fist so it doesn't happen again," she tacks on quickly, but still bites her lips in worry.
Grandma Kushina's hands slide from her cheeks. Himawari's eyes tingle for a second, but only until Grandma makes a concerned crooning sound from the back of her throat, and then moves to gather Himawari in her arms instead.
Grandma Kushina's hugs are just as warm as Mama's.
"Uncle Kurama?" Grandma asks suddenly.
Himawari cocks her head before glancing up at Grandma Kushina. "Grandpa Kurama?" she tries. Then, "Great-great-many greats-grandpa Kurama," she corrects because that's what Papa said it actually was until Mama told him to stop teasing his partner.
But Grandma Kushina still looks confused. "Who is this Many-greats-grandpa Kurama?" she asks, concerned.
"Did Uncle Kurama change his name?"
"How about you describe him to me, sweetie?"
Himawari nibbles on her lips until she thinks of the best description. "Uncle Kurama is a Tummy Fox," she declares confidently.
Grandma's grip tightens. "Are you talking about the Kyuubi…" she starts, but before Himawari even has time to answer, she twirls her quickly around until they're face-to-face. "Uncle Kurama, you say?" she mutters once more, looking deep into Himawari's eyes.
"Mm-hmm, he's Papa's best friend."
Grandma Kushina startles at the revelation. Slowly, she rests a hand cautiously on her belly before suddenly rising and shooing Himawari off to play with Grandpa Kakashi instead.
Himawari does so even though she has no idea what is going on. Grandparents are weird sometimes.
A/N: Tummy Papa and Tummy Fox are having a sleepover together in Grandma Kushina's tummy.