Nanny or Mommy
Chapter 5: A "Great" Tour
Disclaimer: I Don't own Naruto.
After Bolt and Sakuras' reunion, he quickly dragged her into his room to show it off. It was a bit junky but quite impressive. He had a huge room with a race car bed against the wall and painted walls with red swirls and black carpet.
He had a bookshelf full of children books and a place where he can read them. He also had plenty of board games to last him years. Another thing she noticed that had its own part of the room was the train set that seemed to go on forever. There were also huge blocks in another part of the room that looked kind of like a castle.
"Sakura-chan will you play mono-poly with me?" She smiled down at Bolt who was holding the board game out to her. She thought it was cute the way he stumbled on the word a bit.
"Maybe later Bolt but for now I have to find my tour guide." Bolt looked down sadly which she immediately took notice of. "Don't worry I'm the new nanny so that means we'll be spending a lot of time together."
His eyes sparkled and he was now jumping and yelling out of glee. No one must have told him she was going to become the nanny.
"Will you join me on my tour?" She set the board game down on his bed and held out a hand for him to take. Bolt quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her to only God knows where.
"Sakura-chan will you be staying the rest of your life?" Her emerald eyes widened out of surprise she just barely caught what he said but she wished she didn't. She was definitely not staying for the rest of her life no ifs ands or buts about it. But how does she break that to a five year old?
"Uhhh maybe but don't hold me to it." Bolt nodded and once again dragged her out of the room down the stairs and into the large kitchen area.
"Wow." She was impressed turns out Bolt was taking her to the kitchen. It was like a regular kitchen with the islands and stools and two stoves and a huge refrigerator. Ok, her kitchen back at the dorm did not look anything like that.
"Sakura-chan this is Himawari." Her eyes moved to a little dark blue haired girl who was happily grinning up at her. The girl was so cute and if she remembered correctly she's three.
"Well hello Himawari it's nice to meet you." She held out a hand for her to shake but it seemed Himawari didn't want that. Instead, she hugged her tightly making Sakura blush slightly.
"It's very nice to meet you Sakura-chan we can play dollies together." Before Sakura could respond Bolt was quick to retort to his little sister.
"No way! I Sakura-chan already said she was going to play board games with me first." Himawari childishly stuck her tongue out at her older brother all while still hugging Sakura.
"Sakura-chan! Tell Himawari that you can't play with her because you're playing with me!" Bolt whined glaring at his sister angrily. She sighed already having an issue between the kids and her job hasn't even officially started yet.
"Kids kids calm down Bolt treat your sister nicer you can't have all of Sakura's attention." Bolt shifted his glare to his father who finally spoke up since introducing Himawari.
"Why not old man?" Sakura watched the exchange carefully observing how the two acted towards each other.
"Bolt," Naruto said warningly. The two entered a glaring match for about a minute before Sakura finally had enough.
"Seriously can you both stop?" The two blondes now stared at her in confusion with identical faces. They weren't use to having someone break up their fights.
Sakura directed her attention to Bolt unknowingly upsetting Naruto in the process. "Boruto," she used his real name telling him how serious she was. "You're suppose to always respect your elders especially your father. No calling him old man ok?" Bolt doesn't say anything he just crossed his arms and looked away.
"Fine, I guess I'll just have to spend all my time playing with Himawari over here." She dramatically sighed and took the dark blue haired child hand while slowly walking away. She silently counted in her head to five before he finally spoke up.
"O-ok Sakura-chan." She smiled before pointing to Naruto who was quietly watching the exchange.
"Good now apologize to Naruto and mean it." Bolt was about to protest but it caught in his throat when she started walking away.
"S-sorry! Dad." Naruto and Kiba were both in shock having never heard Bolt apologize to anyone. They almost missed what Sakura said next but he was convinced she was crazy.
"Naruto you also apologize." His jaw dropped he didn't even do anything but be a father. He was going to say just that but two fierce emeralds were glaring a hole in his head. She spoke through her eyes and he found himself understanding her. She was telling him to apologize or she's walking out that door and never looking back. Well, something like that.
"I'm also sorry Bolt." Sakura honestly didn't expect the problem to be solved that quickly but knew that in the future it'll get tougher calming them down.
"Now that that's settled let's start this tour." Everyone agreed except Kiba who was busy observing Sakura. He spent years with the Uzumaki family and never saw Bolt actually listen to an adult. Already he could see the good changes that will come with Sakura being around.
"Actually Sakura don't you have a question for Naruto regarding Himawari?" Despite her glare towards him, it was better that she asked in front of everyone instead of waiting until they're behind closed doors.
"Oh yeah...thanks for reminding me Kiba," she mumbled reluctantly. "Naruto I was wondering if Himawari could go to preschool. She'll meet new people and even make some new friends." She added quickly.
"Pre-scool what's that?" Himawari asked her father looking up at him with her big blue orbs.
Sakura answered instead of him, "it's something that kids go to before their old enough to go to Kindergarten." She smiled once she saw her reaction.
Himawari's eyes sparkled brightly at the thought of preschool. She wanted to go to kindergarten ever since Bolt told her about it. Well from what he heard from Kiba about it.
"Can I daddy?" Himawari could get almost everything out of her father except the one thing that counts. His time. He stared at both of the begging faces of the only two females in the kitchen.
"Anything for you Hime." Sakura's smile slowly disappeared at those words. She wasn't sure how to be a parent but was parents suppose to say something like that. She silently wondered if Himawari was being spoiled by Naruto. She turned her attention to the forgotten and silent smaller blonde as Himawari hugged her father.
He tried to hide it well but Sakura could see it, the pain of being left out or passed over. "Well let's start this tour now. You're sticking with me." She told Bolt as she held out her hand and he took it. Her hand always made him feel safe and sound and not forgotten.
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The whole tour was dare she say a bit fun except for the trip to the pool. Both Naruto and Bolt got her and Himawari wet by splashing water on them. Like father like son.
"I can't believe you two I still have classes you know." Naruto shrugged before tossing a towel to her.
"You have to go now Sakura-chan?" She looked at her phone clock and saw it was almost 2 o'clock and her class started at 2:30.
"I can't stay for much longer maybe a few minutes."
"Well, you must be hungry after that amazing tour so stay for lunch." She had a feeling he wasn't asking. She rolled her eyes but nonetheless took a seat at the island table.
"You're basically my ride so I guess I have no choice." The children cheered and took the chairs on each side of Sakura with a little help up of course.
"What's for lunch?"
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After lunch, the children went to get cleaned up after the mess they made all over their faces. Naruto took Himawari's spot on her left as she texted Ino; who was blowing her phone up asking for some details on the 'Date'.
"Thank you."
She looked at him questioningly wondering what he was thanking her for. "You're able to make my children the happiest I've seen them in a while." Naruto took her hand in a tight grasp all while looking deeply into her eyes with his own ceruleans. Like Bolt Naruto also enjoyed holding her warm comforting hand. She was realizing the two had more in common than just looks.
"It was no problem, it's my job now." She nervously took her hand back causing Naruto to frown slightly.
During the tour, she saw various photos of a woman who looked almost exactly like Himawari. She knew the woman had to be his wife and wondered where she was? The last thing she needed was to get caught in some misunderstanding and losing her job. "So when can you officially start? I'm pretty sure the maids and butlers don't enjoy watching over the children all day. Although I'm sure they enjoy the extra pay."
"Hmm, maybe next week that'll give me enough time to change my schedule around and quit my current job." That last one she was not looking forward to at all. She'll probably put it off until the last possible minute.
"Alright just call me and give me a time and date and we'll pick up your things and-" he paused mid-sentence realizing he forgot to show Sakura her room. He got off the stool catching Sakura off guard.
"I forgot to show you your room." She nodded and followed him to her new room for only God knows how long. They reached a door upstairs that was like the other line of doors. Naruto opened the door and for the millionth time that day she was in shock. She had a wonderful view of the garden that could be hidden by red curtains. Her bedspread was also red and there was a walk-in closet. A flat-screen tv sat above the dresser and there was even her own personal bathroom with a vanity table in it. She was impressed by the size of the tub and even the mirror that took up the whole right side of the wall. She saw red towels in various designs.
"How did you know my favorite color was red?" She turned to the blonde behind her smiling brightly at him.
"I do my research."
"I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that." She continued looking around the room even the closet which already had clothes in it. "Y-you bought me new clothes?"
"I asked a friend to do some shopping for you did she do well?" Sakura dumbly nodded. All she could do was stare at the man in front of her in a new light. She wasn't a materialistic person but the room was just too much in a good way...and a bad way. It slowly dawned on her that she didn't need all of this just a simple room with no new clothes would be just fine.
"Naruto..." He, of course, didn't let her finish already knowing where she was going with her words. He saw her face slowly change from ecstatic to sad.
"If it's anything but thank you I don't want to hear it." It was the least he could do for her since she was going to be taking care of his children.
She looked around once more taking the whole room in then surprising both of them hugged Naruto thanking him over and over again. "Sa-Sakura-chan?"
Sakura quickly pulled away as quickly as she started hugging him. "S-sorry that was out of line." She was caught up in her emotions for a moment.
Naruto cleared his throat trying to force his blush off his tan face before she saw it. "It's fine."
"I should get going." She walked past him their shoulders briefly touching. He watched her leave wondering why his heart wouldn't stop trying to beat out of his chest. It was so loud he wondered if she could hear it also.
"Uh, Sakura one more thing." She took a glance at him from over her shoulder curious as to why he suddenly sounded nervous. "Why did you make me apologize to Bolt?" He felt so childish under her stare.
"I didn't want Bolt to think he was the only one in the wrong during the situation." With that, she left the room leaving him more confused than before he asked the question.
Woman are so confusing.
Once Naruto finally reached the front door Sakura was being hugged to death by his two kids. The sight would have been quite hilarious if her face wasn't turning blue from lack of oxygen. "Ok kids that's enough Sakura-chan needs air." They reluctantly let go as Sakura took in some much-needed oxygen. Naruto shot her an apologetic stare for his kids' behavior.
"I guess I'll see you guys next week it's really been fun." Sakura brightly smiled and was about to leave until she felt a tug on her dress.
"Thank you Sakura-chan for having fun with us." Sakura's heart clench at the sight of Himawari grinning sweetly up at her. She just wanted to hug the three year old until she couldn't hug her anymore.
"It was no problem Himawari you and Bolt be good or else." She lightheartedly joked. She only knew the two children for so long and already felt attached to them. Even their father wasn't as bad as she originally thought.
"You guys be good I'll be right home as soon as we drop off Sakura-chan." Everyone around him was surprised (except for Himawari who was just happy) for different reasons. Sakura was surprised because she wasn't expecting Naruto to come with her and Kiba. Kiba and Bolt were both surprised because they didn't think he would actually stay home when Sakura left.
"Dad, you're really coming back?" Naruto grinned at his son and offered him a thumbs up to confirm his question. Himawari began celebrating around Bolt who still couldn't believe what his father just said.
Kiba looked closely at his boss who's eyes were now only on Sakura and came to a shocking realization. Did Naruto want to impress Sakura?
End
Next chapter may have two time-skips to like a week than later in the chapter another.
Hopefully, next chapter will be longer these short chapters actually allow me to post more. Hope you liked the chapter. :)
Revised: 12/6/18