Sunday Tea

Rated: K mostly, a lot of fluff, some suggestive stuff towards the end though

It was Sunday afternoon and Sasuke found himself sitting on the couch watching football. Pre-season had just begun and the Konoha Fire was currently leading twenty-one to seven against the Oto Vipers and they were about to go into the fourth quarter. Sakura was currently working a shift at the hospital and wouldn't be home until eight so it was just him and Sarada for the day. She had been in her room since around the time the game started and he hasn't heard a peep out of her since. She's only three but she's always been a quiet child preferring to be alone so he wasn't really worried about her getting into anything she wasn't supposed to.

Konoha was currently on the fifteen-yard line working on third and two, they needed to get those two yards in order to keep possession. They either had to run the ball or Konohas quarterback had to get someone in the end zone for the touchdown. Otos defense was putting up a very good fight but Konohas offense had always worked like a well-oiled machine.

He was so focused on the game he almost missed movement coming from beside him. Turning his head he comes to see Sarada tiptoeing around the side of the couch towards him, still in her orange dinosaur printed pajamas. She hasn't noticed that he's seen her yet until she hears his hum of amusement and looks up. She stops mid-step her eyes wide but she doesn't move probably hoping that if maybe she doesn't move her papa won't see her. Her balance isn't so great though, she's only on one leg and Sasuke catches her before she tumbles over pulling her onto his lap. She smiles wide at him and his eyes soften.

"Were you trying to scare me Sarada?"

She squeaks and buries her face in his neck "Nooo."

"Oh really? It kind of looked like you were, you have to be quieter though." He whispers to her "you also have to move slowly and crouch so the other person doesn't see you moving because if not...they'll catch you!" He tickles her as he says this and now she's giggling and squirming in his lap trying to get him to stop, he does and places a kiss on her temple.

"Papa?" She speaks up unsurely

"What is it?"

"Can you come play with me?"

He looks back to the game Konoha had made the touchdown but they missed the field goal for the extra point. They were still leading and there were only ten minutes left in the game, it's clear who's going to win so missing the rest of the game wouldn't be a big deal. He turns it off before standing up with Sarada still in his arms. "Let's go." It's not like he was going to say no to her anyway.

They walk up the stairs and down the hall to her room, it's painted yellow and there are stickers of butterflies and flowers all over the walls courtesy of Sarada herself. They were mostly closer to the floor only as high up as she could reach. Her toys were all over the floor, the only area that was the least messy was where her little table was. There were a couple stuffed animals seated around it and it was in that moment he knew what she wanted to play. He held back the groan he wanted to let out. This was his baby and no matter how much he didn't want to partake in this tea party of hers he'll do it anyway because he loves her.

Setting her down on the floor she runs to her closet and pulls out a baby blue princess dress and puts it on over the pajamas she was still wearing. He takes a seat on her bed and waits for whatever it is she's going to make him wear. She goes back to looking through her closet mumbling to herself until there's a satisfied yell at having found what she was looking for and comes running to him handing him a golden crown with various gems all around it, "put it on papa, you get to be the king!"

He lets out the breath he didn't know he'd been holding and gladly puts on the crown as she pulls him by the hand to sit at the small table. He's just glad she didn't dress him the same way she did Naruto the last time he came over when she was having a tea party. The thought of the pictures he took of Naruto wearing sparkly princess jewelry and a red wig, make him smirk.

She seats him next to the bunny who's wearing green overalls and glasses and there's a pig with an orange hat to his right, they both already have tea cups in front of them.

"That's Mr. Hops," she says pointing to the bunny "and this is Mr. Piggy, he's a gard-en-er."

The seat is uncomfortably small but he doesn't complain just waits until she sits across from him. She grabs a saucer and teacup from the center of the table and comes around to place it in front of him.

"Thank you." Is all he says.

"Hm" She goes back around to pick up the teapot and goes around pouring each one of them some tea before finally sitting down herself.

Sasuke waits for her to lift up her own cup before he does the same and brings it up to his lips to take a sip. He knows it's empty but he wasn't going to say anything about it and ruin her imagination.

Just as the cup was nearing his lip Sarada stops him "No papa! You are supposed to hold it like this!" Sarada picks up her yellow flowery teacup holding out her pinky, showing him the right way of drinking his tea.

Sasuke could only grunt mimicking her actions, lifting his teacup up once again, pinky finger outstretched. Sarada gives him a definite nod of approval and goes back to drinking her imaginary tea.

"That's some good tea Sarada."

She smiles at him, the little dimple that she got from him showing on her right cheek.

After setting down her cup she looks to Mr. Piggy and asks him "how are the roses in the garden doing." She waits for his answer but when she doesn't hear anything she looks up at him and Sasuke is confused for a second before he figures out what she wants. He clears his throat before grabbing Mr. Piggy and turning him to face Sarada "Well my lady" he starts in his best impersonation of Mr. Piggy "I've planted many new bushes in the garden and they already have various buds. I'm hoping they will bloom in the coming days."

She smiles at him in approval and Sasuke can't help the tilt of his lips at this.

The tea party continues on, Saradas happy chatter filling the quiet space and Sasuke partakes every now and then. There are moments when he just sits there and watches her, the way she interacts with her stuffed animals giving them equal attention and the giggle fits she has when he says something particularly funny. The way she brings her hands up to cover her mouth trying to contain the giggles as her nose scrunches up and eyes close. It's in these moments that he can see Sakura in her and it warms his heart.

When the tea party is over he helps her clean up her room, putting away all her toys and fixing her closet so it's not so messy.

"Papa, I'm hungry," she says tugging at his hand.

"Me too," he says "let's go make something to eat, your mama should be home soon."

He grabs her small hand in his leading her back downstairs to the kitchen and he sets her on one of the breakfast stools. "Okay, what do you think we should make?"

Sarada brings a hand up to her chin, thinking hard "hmm... how bout spaghetti and the meatball!"

Sasuke doesn't hold back his chuckle placing his hand on her head and ruffling her feather black hair "Spaghetti and the meatball it is"

He goes about getting the ingredients and setting the water to boil and Sarada watches with rapt attention "can I put the noodles?" She asks kneeling on her seat, her arms are stretched out in front of her holding her up trying to get a better look at everything he's doing.

Sasuke turns to her raising an eyebrow "Are you sure you can do it?"

"Yes! I can do it!" She says crossing her arms puffing out her cheeks.

He gives her a look like he's thinking about it "Okay come on" He rounds the counter lifting her up and bringing her to the stove handing her the package "it's hot so be careful" he grabs her hand in his leading her hand to the edge of the pot and slowly lets the spaghetti fall into the boiling water.

"I told you I could do it!" a proud look on her face, her hand on her hip, just like Sakura.

"I knew you could do it," he says placing a kiss on her cheek. "Now let's finish up the rest before your mama gets home."

This is how Sakura finds them both, Sasuke holding Sarada with one arm against his hip standing in front of the stove, Sarada with a big spoon in her hand mixing the tomato sauce. She brings the spoon up to Sasuke for him to taste and he blows on it a little before he does. Sakura makes sure to take out her phone and take several pictures of this, they are both so cute!

"It needs some more basil, do you know which one basil is?" He asks Sarada and she looks at the various spices he has out on the counter before shaking her head no, Sasuke reaches for the basil and shows it to her letting her get a whiff of it before pouring some into the sauce. Sarada goes back to mixing it, once she's done Sasuke turns around to place Sarada back on the stool when he sees his wife leaning on the door jamb, a serene look on her face.

"Mama!" Sarada yells excitedly, squirming out of her fathers hold to run to Sakura, her arms wide open and Sakura encloses her in a tight hug.

"Hey baby," she says into her hair "I missed you so much." She lifts her up as Sasuke walks up to her pulling her into a hug placing a chaste kiss on her lips.

"Welcome home." He says before moving back to the stove.

"What are you guys making it smells so good." She sets Sarada back on the stool before moving to stand next to Sasuke.

"Spaghetti!" Sarada yells "I helped papa!"

Sakura smiles widely "oh really? Papa never lets me help in the kitchen." She pouts when she turns to look back at Sarada and Sasuke smirks.

"That's because you can't cook."

Later after they've finished dinner and Saradas been bathed and put to sleep, in the quiet of their dark room Sakura finally voices the thought she had when she first got home "Let's have another baby." She feels Sasukes weight shift next to her, he's lying on his side now facing her.

"Really?" He asks "what brought this on?"

She turns to face him also "When I saw you tonight in the kitchen with Sara-Chan, I was filled with so much happiness." She's whispering for some reason like she's telling him a secret "and I thought to myself 'God's I want to have another baby with him'" she runs her fingers along his bare chest going lower and lower every second until she reaches the waistband of his flannel pajama pants and tugs at them "the way you are with her, like she makes up your whole world made me feel this indescribable emotion but all I know is that I want to have more babies with you."

He doesn't say anything so she fears he'll say no but then she feels him move his hand to her waist his thumb rubbing circles on her hip. He clutches the hem of her silk nightdress pushing it up past her hips. He pulls her closer pulling one of her legs over his hip and slides his hand up along her thigh. He moves to lay on his back and brings her with him so she's straddling him instead.

"Let's make another baby then." He says as he pulls her down for a kiss.

A/N: I honestly got the inspiration from a napkin commercial lmao but I haven't had any motivation lately so I'll take what I can get. Hope you guys enjoy the fluff. As always until next time xx