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Beta By: Ana-DaughterofHades
Chapter Twelve
Picture Books
So due to the pestering from both her mother and Sasuke, mainly Sasuke, Naruko had decided to take her maternal leave from the cafe right when she entered her fourth month of pregnancy. Currently, at home, the blonde was craving something sweet and cold, so she made her way into the kitchen and decided to make herself a chocolate and vanilla mousse dessert. After making the crust out of crushed Oreos, Naruko was making the vanilla mousse filling, followed next by the chocolate mousse filling and lastly the raspberry cream.
After pulling the cool dessert from out of the freezer, she combined half of the vanilla mousse cake with the chocolate half, piping some of the raspberry cream on top. Once her dessert was finished, Naruko made her way into the living-room, plopping down on the couch, dessert in one hand while the remote to the television was in the other.
Browsing through the television, Naruko began looking for something good to watch when she found an interesting historical Chinese drama that caught her attention. The storyline was about an innocent and beautiful young concubine who had just entered the palace, who would later fall in love with the handsome Emperor, though she must face the trial and revelation of all the evil and greed that existed within the palace.
Naruko had found herself hooked by the storyline when she was caught off guard by a knocking on the door. Setting the show on pause, she got up to answer the door, only to see both her mother and mother-in-law standing on the other side. "We came to visit! Well, actually Sasuke called and was worried about you staying by yourself so..." Kushina trailed her eyes over to Mikoto who finished the rest of what she had to say.
"So we decided to come over to keep you company until he comes home, which should be around 7:00 or 8:00 clock tonight. He's really been trying to get home early, so he can at least try to take care of you. He even already scheduled to take some vacation time off in the near future," explained Mikoto as Naruko didn't know whether to feel touched or annoyed by Sasuke's overprotective nature. Once all three were in the room together, both mothers took a seat next to Naruko on the couch and saw what she was watching.
"Oh, the Peach Blossom Empress! The girl who plays Xaoi Mei is considered a prodigy young actress, assigned under Susanoo Entertainments. I heard from Sasuke that the agency is supposed to be hosting an audition sometime soon, welcoming new and inspiring young talent to join the agency," said Mikoto as currently on the screen the actress who was playing Xaoi Mei was having a romantic scene with the Emperor.
"Mmm, someone sounds like a proud mom," snickered Kushina as Mikoto smile.
"I'm really happy with what he has done with the agency. Being a mom and seeing your child grow up to follow their dream, and to see them achieve it, is one of the greatest joys a mother could ask for. It is something you will understand after your child has grown up." Mikoto was speaking to Naruko, glancing at the small baby bump the young mom-to-be was showing.
"Oh, that reminds me... I bought one of Naruko's childhood picture books!" Naruko saw her mother pull out an old, red and large picture book.
"Funny, so did I!" smiled Mikoto, taking out a book about the same size as the red one sitting in Kushina's lap, only it was blue. For the rest of the evening, it was spent flipping through old picture books and reciting stories centering around the childhood of either Sasuke or Naruko.
"This was Naru-chan when we tried to get her to take a bath, only to have her running around the house naked. I will never forget the expression on Minato's face as he chased her around the house," laughed Kushina, showing a picture of a distressed Minato with water all over him chasing after a naked little Naruko.
"Here is one when Naruko helped paint her room orange and ended up getting paint on herself." Kushina pointed to a picture of a grinning Naruko dressed in a white shirt and cute orange overalls, paint splattered on her cheeks and hair. The next few pictures showed a little Naruko and her first day at kindergarten, beaming and showing a peace sign.
There was also another picture which showed a younger Naruko wearing an orange apron assisting Kushina in the kitchen as they made a cake together. "This was when Naruko first became interested in the culinary arts." Kushina smiled fondly at the memories of when Naruko was still a little girl.
"Sasuke first became interested in the entertainment world when I took him on the set of a movie I was starring in. I will never forget how those adorable eyes of his lit up whenever he saw me act out a scene, along with the other actors. A part of me is surprised that he never decided to become an actor," pondered Mikoto as Naruko once wondered the same thing, though never decided to ask Sasuke.
Next, they began looking over some of Sasuke's old pictures, showing him as a baby that they cooed over as Naruko commented. "Even as a baby, he possessed a death glare," she snickered and teased.
There were more pictures of him smiling and playing in his room, others with him trailing after Itachi who he idolized. There was even a baby picture of him being fed by Itachi or Mikoto, playing peek-a-boo with him. "Sasuke has always loved tomatoes, so as a child he vowed to save all the tomatoes in the world by becoming Tomato-Man!" Mikoto giggled as she pointed to a picture of Sasuke doing a Superman pose, donning a red cape.
Seeing this, Naruko burst out laughing, and couldn't wait to tease Sasuke when he came back home tonight.
When Sasuke walked through the door, making his way inside, he saw Naruko in the kitchen baking something. He frowned, walking up behind her, gently placing his hands on her wrist. "Welcome home, teme!" she greeted him.
"Dobe, you're pregnant. What did I tell you before I left today?" The handsome raven narrowed his eyes at his wife, who sheepishly began scratching her cheek.
"To not move around so much, but Sasuke, my body still needs exercising and I'm not overdoing it. I'm just making a simple raspberry cake. Something tells me this baby is going to have a sweet tooth when he or she gets older," joked Naruko, feeling Sasuke release her wrist, placing his hands over the small swell of her stomach.
"As long as he does not become obsessed with ramen, I'm okay," said Sasuke.
"And what's wrong with ramen?!" Naruko narrowed her eyes, sounding offended.
"It's unhealthy and you have an unnatural obsession with it," stated Sasuke, ignoring Naruko's glaring eyes.
"Oh, like you don't obsess over tomatoes?"
"Tomatoes are healthy, unlike ramen."
"We'll finish that argument later, but... Your mom brought over your old childhood picture book and I gotta say, you were very adorable as a kid," Naruko teased him, turning around in his arms, and grinned once she saw how his cheeks flushed an embarrassing shade of red.
"I can't believe she brought that and showed it to you," groaned Sasuke, feeling Naruko's arms wrap around his waist.
"Don't be mad, I liked looking through your past. It allowed me to learn even more about you, especially little you. Who used to call himself Tomato-Man, vowing to save tomatoes everywhere." Reciting this, Naruko laughed while Sasuke blushed even harder, angry that his mother showed such embarrassing things to Naruko.
"We will never speak of that and I was two when I came up with that name," glared Sasuke, though it soon disappeared when Naruko kissed him.
"So cute, running around in your little red cape. I wonder how our baby will turn out?" questioned Naruko, leaning her head against Sasuke's chest, while he ran his hand through her hair.
"Probably smart like his father and mischievous like his mother. Then again, there are those children who appear completely different from their parents. I have two cousins who have proven this to be a fact," said Sasuke, watching Naruko turn around in his arms, and began frosting the cake she was making.
"True, but as long as my child lives a long and happy life, then I'm satisfied," smiled Naruko, feeling Sasuke rest his chin on top of her head.
"Have you wondered what type of parents were going to turn out to be?" solemnly asked Sasuke. Naruko paused frosting the cake.
"Well, I'm not going to lie and say I haven't. I mean, there will be times where we screw up, but Sasuke, no parent is perfect. You of all people should know that. We just have to show them how much we love them and how we will always be there for them." Hearing this from Naruko, Sasuke couldn't help but smile a little.
"You were always the optimistic one," said Sasuke, only to have some raspberry frosting thrown in his face, glaring at his mischievous blonde wife who was grinning at him.
"Really?" Sasuke wiped the frosting from his face, only to smear it right across Naruko's nose.
"Oh, so we're doing this?" There was a playful gleam in Naruko's eyes as the two began throwing and smearing cake frosting at each other.
End of Drabble Number Twelve
