Good news! I can't decide which idea I liked best for a bonus chapter so I will be doing 4 prompts as two chapters. This is the first chapter containing the first two.
The first is thanks to XoxSakurax3 who has been with me since the very beginning. She asked"
"what about a normal day before her B'day night...? Like one day she realizes that she likes him and then she starts behaving in a odd way..."
Unfortunately, Emma didn't realize she had fallen for Kakashi until it was her birthday but I (and my mind that had gotten away from me) couldn't ignore it. This takes place just as they leave the flower shop in chapter 10. This is more in Emma's point of view and I felt it was important as it wasn't clear when she fell in love with Kakashi. It was there it just wasn't clear enough.
Emma carried the bouquet of flowers in her hands gently as they approached the memorial stone Kakashi had mentioned was their destination. Just feet away she felt the need to speak up.
"Kakashi, I don't really understand what we're doing."
"I thought it would be good for you to pay your respects to your mother. Though her grave isn't here I thought this would be the next best thing."
Her feet halted at the base of the stone. She suddenly felt strangely numb and it wasn't from the biting chill of the mid winter air. She couldn't stop staring at the covered half of his face. It was such a simple and meaningful gesture. He had taken her away from her unhealthy and mopey ritual for the purpose of helping her to feel better. The stone would be the closest thing she could visit as a sort of stand in for her mother's grave that she would never be able to return to. She couldn't remember anyone doing anything so sweet or thoughtful for her.
She swallowed thickly and her heart hurt as it felt like it could beat out of her chest. She jumped as Kakashi turned his gaze to her. She quickly laid the flowers down to hide the fact that she had been staring at him since he finished speaking. She kept her head down as she sent a silent prayer to her mother. A quick glance at Kakashi told that he had taken up his usual position before this stone: head bowed, hands in pockets, shoulders slumped forward gazing at the familiar names he no doubt knew the locations of by heart. Her eyes searched the stone until they found each of his teammates and his father.
Tears welled up in her eyes. His was a sad enough story as it was but being transported to this world made everything real. He wasn't a character with a tragic back story that had lost his friends and family. He was a man that had lost everything. She blinked away her tears and sniffled as quietly as she could. Kakashi must have heard as his arm reached up around her shoulders and pulled her close to his side.
She blushed so heavily that she wouldn't be surprised if the snowflakes falling around her would melt before they reached her face. Her whole body heated and her heart swelled.
And with a start, she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt her feelings for this man. It wasn't just some silly little fan girl crush for her favorite character as it had been in the beginning.
She loved him. She loved him despite every reason not to.
She loved him and she freely admitted it to herself without shame; without doubt.
She didn't realize it till that moment that the gloom that had consumed her had lifted. She had only Kakashi to thank for bringing peace to her. She let her head fall against his shoulder and relaxed into his half-embrace.
Neither knew how long they stood there, thought from the position of the sun, one could guess it was several hours. Both were lost in the quiet and the warmth of their bodies in the cold. Emma could have stood there for all eternity and she still would have been disappointed when Kakashi pulled away to speak.
"There is one more place we need to go."
This second prompt came from my new favorite reader simplegirl42. She (I assume gender) has drawn some lovely art of the story "Trust me" on deviantart under the same name: simplegirl42. We have been working together to create Emma and her three children as accurately as possible. And I must say I am more than pleased with the outcome. Honestly, I'm over the moon and I can't stop looking at them. She asked:
"while Emma is pregnant with her first child, that... due to hormones... she wants Oreos or some other kind of food like that, that is in our world but not in Naruto's world."
She asked and I couldn't do anything to stop myself, which is good news for you.
Emma searched through the kitchen cabinets for what must have been the sixth time at two in the morning. She rubbed the tiny bump of her stomach attempting to calm the kicking of a child that wasn't getting their desired food. She frowned and stared into the next cupboard, willing her treat to appear as if by magic.
"Emma?" Kakashi's voice called from the entrance of the kitchen. "Is everything alright?"
"I'm fine, just hungry." She answered in a dejected tone.
"What are you hungry for?"
Kakashi was a good man, an excellent husband and only a few months into Emma's pregnancy he was already showing signs of being a wonderful father. He was remarkably patient with Emma as he pregnancy hit her hard; what with waves of nausea and craving food she couldn't have. Though her needs sometimes sounded ridiculous, he knew she wouldn't inconvenience either of them unless she it was very important or if she couldn't help it.
Emma groaned dramatically and opened another cabinet attempting to find something that would make for a good substitute.
"I just want oreos," she whined softly.
"Oreos?" He asked for confirmation of the strange word.
"It's a kind of cookie from my world. There's a thick, creamy, sugary center between two crispy chocolate cookies. It's delicious and even better with milk. There's just nothing like it here."
Kakashi was an excellent husband. He had resolved to do his best to make Emma happy, strange cravings or not. Underneath the moody and hungry exterior was the Emma he loved. And within that very woman was the life they had created; their child. It was the warm, fuzzy feelings of his wife and their future child, and a small amount of his duty as a loving husband, that had him walking home with a wrapped box under his arm and a smile on his masked face just days after Emma's cookie cravings.
He found her laid out on the couch with a book in one hand and a piece of toast in the other.
"Welcome home, Kakashi." She lowered her book enough to smile at him and she spied the box he held. "What's that?"
"Something for you. I went to see Akimichi-san, Choji's mother. Everyone knows she is excellent with any sort of baked goods." He held out the box and she took it more than eagerly after setting down her book and swallowing the last piece of toast.
Lifting the top she saw little circles of black and white confections she had wanted so much.
"You got me oreos?" She shouted with excitement.
"Akimichi-san made them as my request. She said they are so excellent she will be adding they to her bakery soon."
Emma lifted one of the cookies to her mouth and bit into it, gnawing off half the cookie in one bite. Her head lolled back as she chewed and moaned happily.
"If I haven't told you recently, you are wonderful and I love you." Kakashi chuckled to himself. She stood and pulled down his mask to give him a chocolaty kiss. She replaced his mask and with a smile, gathered up the box and bounded into the kitchen, no doubt for a glass of milk.
There you have it, two suggestions from my ever lovely readers. Two more have already been written down and are waiting to be typed up.
Until next time,
-leeniejs
