Here is another short little drabble! Enjoy!

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Naruto sighed as he pressed his ear against the bathroom door. His chest ached with pain when he heard the muffled sobs coming from the otherside. He wanted to help his pink-haired girlfriend but it was hard to do so when she locked herself in the bathroom. He turned his head, resting his forehead on the door now, and flinched when the sobs grew louder and more violent.

"Sakura-chan..." Naruto croaked out, his voice sounding raspy. "Please just let me in, I can help."

The only answer Naruto received was the sound of the pinkettes cries. Naruto punched the door in frustration, only for the girl's sobs to increase its volume. Naruto silently scolded himself, he didn't want to cause Sakura anymore pain than what she was already feeling. Of course Naruto was equally upset but he pushed the sorrow in his heart to the side in order to be the shoulder that Sakura would cry on but that obviously wasn't going the way he wanted.

Naruto knocked once more, a lot gentler than before, "Sakura-chan, please." Naruto said almost in a whisper.

"It's not fair!" Sakura sobbed out from the otherside of the door.

Sakura sat on the bathroom floor with her back against the door. She had been in there for almost an hour now and she still refused to let her blond companion in. Her hair was a mess, strands of pink stuck to her face which was red and blotchy from her constant crying. Her once lively, emerald eyes were now dull and puffy from her current state.

"I know it's not Sakura. If this is hard for me, I can't imagine how you are feeling; You're the one who raised her by herself when I wasn't around." Naruto said softly while his hand laid upon the doorknob.

Sakura tried calming herself down, "I just don't understa-" Sakura cut herself off, choking on another sob that escaped out of her mouth.

"Please Sakura-chan, let me in so I can help you."

Naruto hated this feeling. It was bad enough that he was hurt by what happened but to see the love of his life so upset, and to not be able to do anything about it, had made him feel ten times worse; He felt so helpless.

Suddenly, a click was heard from the door and Naruto applied light force to the handle, it opening to allow him access into the pinkette's chamber. His eyes grew wide when he spotted a small figure in fetal position on the floor with pink hair spiraled all about. He felt his heart drop when the sound of soft sobs was still heard coming from the girl.

It had been a week or so since the couple received the news of Ayaka's birth parents wanting the four year old girl back in their custody. After the two couples spoke to one another, they decided it was best if the girl spent time with her real parents and then decided on who she would like to live with. Sakura had agreed to the terms even though it killed her inside. Her daughter had left a few days ago but Sakura refused to shed a tear, hoping that the young girl would want to stay with the people who raised her throughout the years so far. As the days passed though, thoughts crept in the pinkette's head about her daughter wanting her real birth parents. Sakura had told Ayaka, and explained to her, that she was adopted but that never changed their rrelationship between them; Sakura was still 'Momma' to Ayaka.

After hearing from her daughter about how much fun she was having left Sakura's heart throbbing with pain. After holding everything in for several days, Sakura broke down and ended up locking herself in the bathroom to let all the emotions she was holding back to be released.

Naruto moved some of the pink hair to the side and sat down on the cold, tiled floor with his legs crossed. He picked up Sakura from her spot on the floor and placed her on his lap, cradling her like a child while she cried into his shirt.

"What if she doesn't want us." Sakura cried, "They could provide her with a luxurious life while we are only providing the necessities. They're going to try to buy her love and she's just a child; she won't realize what they're doing!" Sakura clenched onto Naruto's shirt tightly as more tears escaped from her eyes.

"Sakura-chan, relax," Naruto calmly said as he began to rock back and forth. "Ayaka's a smart girl and she gets that from you, her 'mother'. She will make the right decision so do not worry, but we also have to support her choice even if she does not picks us."

Naruto felt Sakura nod against his chest and he tightened his embrace around her. Naruto closed his eyes as the sobs of the pinkette in his arms ceased to nothing. Suddenly they were brought out of their, some-what, peaceful state with a loud knock. Naruto stood up with Sakura still in his arms and placed her down gently, allowing her to stand on her own feet.

"I'll get the door, come out when ever you are ready okay?" Naruto said to Sakura and once she nodded in responce he left the bathroom, closing the door behind him. Naruto heard the faint click of the lock again and only sighed continuing on towards the front door.

Naruto opened the door to find a couple standing their with his daughter in between them. The woman had big, violet eyes, identical to Ayaka's, and bright red hair that flowed down past her shoulders. The man next to her was tall and lanky, he had spiky brown hair with light brown eyes to match his hair color.

Naruto crouched down to his daughter's height and she immediately embraced him in a hug. Naruto hugged his daughter back, squeezing her softly. Naruto looked up at the couple, expecting some sort of explanation.

"She wishes to stay with you and Sakura, Naruto." The woman, Yuki said sadly as she looked at the girl. "That is her final decision."

Naruto tried to refrain himself from grinning but a small smile managed to appear on his features. He picked his daughter off of the ground and held her by his waist.

"I hope we can make arrangements for her to stay with us every weekend or so," Hiroshi said while playfully ruffling the girls hair. "We would still like to be apart of her life."

Naruto gave the man a small smile, "That'll be no problem Hiroshi."

Yuki handed over a bag to Naruto's open hand. "Here is her clothes and toys we wish for her to keep." She said before turning her atattention to the girl in his arms.

"Bye Hime." Yuki said as she softly planted a kiss on Ayaka's forehead.

"Bye Okasan, Otosan." Ayaka said as she reached to hug the couple. The two at the door hugged the child tightly and slowly released her, giving her back to Naruto. Yuki smiled at the child sadly before turning to leave and Hiroshi followed after he ruffled Ayaka's hair once more. Once they disappeared out of sight, Naruto closed the door.

"Now Ayaka, what made you come to this decision so suddenly, you still had a few more days to spend with them." Naruto asked the girl in his arms.

"I can tell you a secret, right daddy?" Ayaka asked and once she received a nod she continued on, "They had no ramen anywhere in that house!"

Hearing this, Naruto began to laugh uncontrollably. He remembered when his daughter couldn't stand ramen but now she was just like him, it was something they needed to survive.

"How bout I make you some right now Aya? How does that sound?" Naruto said as he placed Ayaka down on the counter, flashing her a toothy grin

"I would love it!" Ayaka squeeled with joy.

Sakura walked out of the bathroom, she rubbed her eyes as they adjusted to the bright light in the small kitchen. "Who was at the door Naruto?"

"Momma?" Ayaka called as she jumped down from the counter.

"Ayaka?" Sakura said in response as she saw her child running towards her.

Sakura picked up her child and swung her around in a circle, causing the little girl to explode into laughter. Sakura stopped spinning and held Ayaka tightly as the her giggles began to die down. Sakura's eyes began to fill with tears but it was caused by joy this time, not sorrow.

"What are you doing here baby?" Sakura asked, holding her daughter in the air, looking directly into Ayaka's violet eyes.

"I wanted to come home Momma! Okasan and Otosan are nice but I just wanted to be home with my Momma and Daddy!" Ayaka said as she grinned at Sakura in a similar way her father did.

Sakura couldn't help but smile as she heard her daughter's words. Sakura pulled Ayaka into a hug once more before putting her on the floor.

"Would you like you some ramen with me and Daddy?" Ayaka asked as she grabbed her mother's hand and began to steer her in the direction of her father who was cooking in the kitchen.

Naruto smiled as his girlfriend and child sat down at the table, waiting for the food to be served. "Look at this, my two favorite girls in the world waiting for me, their prince charming."

Naruto grinned at the two while he placed three bowls on the table, filled with steaming noodles. "Doesn't this look delicious!?" He added on, his mouth watering at his handiwork.

Sakura rolled her eyes at the blonde while Ayaka giggled at her father's childish antics and began to eat, talking and laughing while they had their dinner. Sakura looked at Naruto and Ayaka as they made weird faces at one another, causing a laugh out of both of them. She smiled to herself and picked at her noodles, she was glad to have her family all at the table.

'This is how things are supposed to be' Sakura thought to herself before engaging into the battle of faces between her family.

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