Chapter Eleven
Sasuke and I walked downstairs and met up with our parents. My parents were sitting awkwardly at the dining table with a nervous look on their face. While Sasuke's parents were happily zipping around the manor preparing breakfast. I could tell that my mother and father wanted to leave. I sat down next to my mother who gave me a smile and grabbed my arm like she was protecting me from something.
"I made pancakes for you mortals! They might not taste good because this is my first time cooking. But I'm sure it's not all that bad," Mikoto, Sasuke's mother, said.
"Why are they red?" my mother asked with an uneasy smile and a small laugh.
"Oops wrong tray!" Mikoto said as she zipped into the kitchen and brought back a tray that were regular pancakes. "The red pancakes are blood pancakes. They're for vampires only."
Mikoto sat a plate full of pancakes in front of my parents and me with a smile on her face. I looked at the amount of pancakes staked on my plate and cringed. How in the world can I even finish that?
"Well there goes my diet," my mother said with a small laugh as she cut into the pancakes.
I cut into my own pancakes and stabbed my fork into them. The pancakes were dripping with syrup! I raised the fork up to my mouth and bit into the pancakes.
"Too sweet!" I said as my parents nodded.
Mikoto returned from the kitchen and sat down at the dining table happily. Fugaku, her husband, sat down beside her and smiled at my father. My father smiled back politely and returned back to his pancakes. Itachi and Sasuke were sitting across from me poking at their pancakes unhappily. I looked up at Sasuke and met his eyes. I immediately looked away and felt my cheeks turning hot.
"I thought mortals liked everything sweet," Mikoto said as my cheeks blazed pink. "Apparently I read wrong."
"I guess this is where mortals say "awkward silence"," Fugaku said as Mikoto laughed.
"Sweetheart you're too funny," Mikoto said.
"Minato, my good man, how is it like to raise children in the future?" Fugaku asked.
My father blinked and stared at me. I blinked back and stared at my father as he tried to think of an answer to give.
"Not too difficult. Naruto was never a problem child so raising him was a fairly easy job," my father said as I frowned.
Of course it was easy raising me! Half the time I was sent away at faculties that were trying to fix my imaginary friends problem.
"Kushina how are all the shopping malls in the future?" Mikoto asked as my mother blinked and thought for an answer.
"Amazing I guess! You can shop for hours without even realizing the time," my mother said as Mikoto squealed.
"We have to go shopping together sometime!" Mikoto said as my mother giggled.
"Sure…" my mother said silently.
"Naruto how is school like?" Fugaku asked as I immediately thought of prison.
"School is like a prison! They literally have a fence around the school so that students don't ditch!" I said as my parents laughed.
"Are you serious?" Itachi asked.
"Of course I am. It's because of students like me that they decided to make school like a prison," I said as Itachi grimaced.
"Students like you?" Itachi asked.
"I'm a bad student Itachi. I ditch class, disobey, and get bad grades," I said as Itachi's eyes grew wide.
"I see the difference between the past and the future now," Mikoto said happily. "The future has more freedom. I like it!"
My mother looked at her watch and looked towards Mikoto.
"I'm afraid we have to go. There is too much to do at home especially unpacking," my mother said as Mikoto pouted.
"Aw I wished that you could stay longer. But I understand," Mikoto said as she led us to the door but then turned back to look at her sons. "Sasuke, dear, aren't you going to say good bye to Naruto?"
Sasuke got up from the dining chair and appeared in front of me in seconds. I stared at him and felt my face growing hot. Sasuke seemed to notice my face because he was trying to not to grin. I looked away from him and Sasuke's confused parents. I hope Sasuke's parents don't wonder why my face is so red.
"Bye Naruto," Sasuke said as I stared at the floor.
"See you later Sasuke," I said as I walked out of the manor and into the backseat of my father's car.
I watched from the window as my parents said goodbye to the vampire family. My mom this time actually accepted Sasuke's mother's hug. My father even shook hands with Sasuke's father. Maybe we will become friends with Sasuke's family. My mother and father got inside the car, waved bye to the vampires, and started to drive.
"Naruto, sweetie, Mikoto invited us to visit her tomorrow," my mother said as I blinked.
"Tomorrow? Are we going?" I asked.
"We can't say no. They're vampires," my father said. "What if they hunt us down?"
"I don't know why you're so afraid of them. They won't eat us," I said.
"It's not just them we're afraid of us. It's the house too. We lived in a place where deaths occurred and ghosts inhabited. The atmosphere is so uncomfortable," my mother said as I nodded.
"I understand," I said.
I knew my parents were still getting used to the idea of ghosts and vampires. I just hope they stop being afraid of the Uchihas and the manor. The Uchihas are so nice especially Sasuke's mother. And the manor isn't haunted anymore otherwise I would have seen a ghost.
Sasuke's Point of View
I sat on the sofa next to my brother watching a vampire movie, Twilight. He had recently read the first book in the series and persuaded me to watch the movie with him.
"This movie is degrading us," I said as Itachi laughed.
"I think it's pretty cute," Itachi said as I rolled my eyes.
"Sasuke?" my mother said as she walked up to me with a tray of red chocolate chips cookies in her hand. "Why was Naruto blushing when you said goodbye to him?"
"I saw him blushing while we were eating too. Why Sasuke?" Itachi asked.
"I didn't tell you guys this. But when he revived me back I bit him," I said quietly.
"What! You bit Naruto!" my mother said as she frowned. "Did you at least heal him?"
"Yes! That's why he was blushing. Sheesh," I said as I crossed my arms.
"Hah you kissed him!" Itachi said.
"I kissed his wrist only," I said as my mother sighed.
"Humans are so cute. I wonder what it's like to blush," my mother said as she put the tray of chocolate chip cookies on the coffee table and walked back into the kitchen.
"I wonder when mom will stop baking," Itachi said as he tried one of the cookies. "It's actually good."