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"Papa."

Dark obsidian eyes glanced downwards at the sullen blue eyes that were usually so bright, "What is it, Kagome?" His normally cold voice softened slightly – as it would only do so for her (and sometimes Naruto if he wasn't being an idiot).

"Who is Mama?" The little girl asked in a quiet tone and the Uchiha wanted to sigh at the question his little girl insisted on asking everyday, "What's her name?"

"It matters not." Sasuke answered firmly and though he hated to admit it, even to himself mentally, he berated himself for not remembering the name of the woman who gave birth to his precious child and died doing so.

It had just been a stress-relieving one-night stand that he had committed on a particularly difficult mission and it had practically been a miracle that the head of the tiny village had managed to contact Konoha to tell him about the baby girl.

Sasuke had fallen in love at first sight.

Kagome was his everything and though he had been welcomed back to Konoha for helping to defeat Madara and Kaguya, he would betray them in a second without hesitation should his little girl ask him to.

"Why is it that you need to know so badly?" Sasuke knelt down, pressing his hand against the back of Kagome's head and gently pushed her forward until her forehead rested softly against his own, "I am here for you. I always will be."

Wasn't he enough for her?

"I know, Papa!" Kagome pressed her hands against his cheeks and blushed deeply when he allowed himself to give a rare smile, "But it's just..." She kicked her foot nervously, "Haruno-san keeps asking me a lot."

Sasuke mentally rolled his eyes and honestly should have figured that it was Sakura who was asking such questions – and while he respected her as a former teammate and for her unmatched healing skills, he would never ever return her feelings nor would he even understand them.

He had tried to kill her multiple times for God's sake!

"I will tell Haruno to stop bothering you about it," Sasuke stated and he felt himself warm when Kagome beamed at him brightly with the only smile he would ever truly fall in love with, "Okay, Kagome?"

"I love you, Papa~!"