Nanny or Mommy

Chapter 10: Complicated

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Naruto opened the door to his mansion, and it was silent as always except when his wife decided she wanted to speak. With a deep groan, he flopped down on the couch like every other day he came home from work. The only thing that was missing was the-

"Welcome home Naruto-kun." Turning around there stood his radiant and gorgeous wife eight months pregnant with their first child. He greeted her with a small smile as always.

"Hey, how did the meeting with your father go?" Hinata sighed and waddled over to him with a blank expression even after being with his wife for years he still couldn't read her emotions.

"It was fine." He noticed how she didn't tell him about what they discussed, so he pushed for more information out of her.

"Fine just fine? Meetings with your father are never just fine." She giggled softly as she pulled his hand and set it on her protruding belly. She was apparently trying to distract him he would entertain her, but as soon as that was over, he was going to get his answer. He felt their child kick under his hand and couldn't help but grin happily.

"Our child..." in less than a month their child would be born, and their big mansion wouldn't feel quite as lonely.

"Have you come up with a name for him yet?" She asked him. He had been thinking of a couple but hasn't settled on one just yet.

"No have you?"

"Any name you want I'll be all right with it." His smile slowly dropped from his face when he heard her words. As always she was leaving a big decision that the both of them should make together up to him. It was one of the issues he had with Hinata she lacked a backbone even when he tried to push her and get some reaction out of her she would always just smile and go along with it.

"It's not just about what I want Hinata you have a say in this too." He snapped at her.

"I know Naruto-kun I-I just want you to be happy." His frustration was temporarily forgotten when he noticed his wife shaking like a leaf under his intense gaze. He decided to drop the subject just like every single other time knowing it would eventually come back up at a later date. Besides he couldn't blame her with a dad like Hiashi there was no doubt in his mind she was taught to be submissive.

"I know Hinata...so what did you discuss with your father at the meeting?" She looked away chewing her bottom lip it was something he never saw and left him feeling unsure.

"Naruto-kun my father wants to make our son his predecessor of the company." He sat up straighter giving her his full attention while trying to see if she's lying.

"Seriously? Why don't you sound happy about that?" Hinata caressed her belly with a faraway look in her eyes. He wanted to know what she was thinking he wanted to know how she felt not how she thought he wanted her to feel. "Hinata speak to me...please."

"I was supposed to be the heiress of the company, but my father wants a male family relative to take over. Someone who he can warp and change to fit the company...a baby. Naruto-kun, the company, isn't exactly as good as one might think." He understood now she doesn't want their kid to be the heir of the company she wanted him to choose his own future and decide what path to go down.

"Hinata..." It's the most she's speaking at one time without stuttering.

"Y-you're always telling me to s-speak up tell you w-what I want...well w-what I want I'm u-unable to have." He noticed her soft lavender eyes water with each word. He wanted to comfort her but didn't know how.

"Naruto-kun...I'm sorry for putting you in an awkward position." She sobbed pulling at his heartstrings. "I'm such a burden." She closed her eyes turning away from him.

"No Hinata I get it you don't have to apologize, and I didn't mean to push you. You want our child to choose his own path something you couldn't do. I get it Hinata please stop crying." He pulled her close and gave her a small peck on her forehead. "You shouldn't be stressing like this." Hinata snuggled deeper in his chest wetting his shirt not that he minded.

"I love you so much Naruto-kun."

"I know Hinata...I know."

...

Cerulean blue eyes opened slowly as he recalled one of his last few good moments he had with his wife. He felt stupid for not noticing after that how much they drifted apart especially when Hinata found out she was pregnant again. He remembered her crying on the bathroom floor with a positive pregnancy test in her trembling hands.

Their marriage crashed and burned, and no one could have known. Hinata was that why you disappeared? Who was he kidding he took Hinata for granted at the age of 22 when their relationship began. He was young and was enjoying life as an up-and-coming actor. The rumors of him being with other women began to spread and were tearing Hinata apart despite him telling her that they were just rumors every time she would meekly ask with tears in her eyes.

He missed Hinata and thought that maybe by keeping himself occupied he could forget about her. Unfortunately, it would only work for so long during the day since he had to come back to an empty and lonely bed every day.

Why now when the pain has numbed? He just wished she would have told him something...anything.

He still remembered the day he confronted Hiashi and begged the man to tell him where Hinata went.

For weeks Naruto was a mess and had to rely on his parents to take care of his children while he got himself together.

The blonde shook his head to clear his depressing thoughts of the past. Naruto sat up on the bed and glanced at the clock. In bright numbers, the time read 12:00 am. Sleep seemed to escape him ever since the incident outside of his door. He's been trying to regret his actions but alas he couldn't find an ounce of regret. The only thing he felt was fear about how she felt about the small kiss on the forehead.

"Maybe that's why I'm having dreams about Hinata." A part of himself felt like he's betrayed her but doesn't feel regret about it. "Weird."

Naruto decided to get up and get himself a midnight snack. His stomach was craving for some instant ramen. Just the thought of the unhealthy but incredibly delicious and satisfying food made his stomach groan. He patted his stomach silently trying to comfort it, but the only thing that would calm it was ramen.

Creeping silently past Sakura's and his kids' room he walked down the stairs and went into the kitchen. Sitting there on the kitchen floor with a tub of ice cream was his son Boruto Uzumaki enjoying the sweet tasting cookies and cream flavored treat.

"B-Bolt!?" The younger blonde looked up quickly caught red-handed. He looked like a kid caught with his hand in the cookie jar in this case spoon in the tub of ice cream.

"Dad..." Bolt got up quickly and ran away with the tub of ice cream in his hand while eating as much as possible before he got caught. Naruto took the challenge and chased after his son tripping over objects in the dark mansion.

"Shit!" He shouted after hitting his baby toe on a chair.

"That's a dollar in the jar dad!" Bolt laughed running upstairs to his room.

Naruto grumbled angrily, chasing his son seemed to be quite an issue. Naruto ran up the stairs behind Bolt taking two at a time with renewed vigor. Bolt grinned evilly at him from the top of the stairs, and before he could run off before Naruto got up the stairs, he was picked up from behind suddenly.

"Gotcha." Both of them looked at the pinkette with her own cocky grin. "Bolt how many times do I have to tell you that sweets after midnight are bad for you?" Gently she put the younger blonde back down but made sure she took the tub of ice cream from him first.

"Sorry, Sakura-chan I was hungry."

Naruto sighed heavily finally reaching the top. He had no idea that Bolt did this a lot he would have been put a stop to it if that's the case. "Bolt..." he growled angrily still feeling the dull pain in his pinky toe.

"I'm sorry dad."

"For?" Bolt looked at Sakura briefly after she said that.

"Running away." He finished.

"Sorry if we woke you up Sakura-chan I just hope Hime is still sleeping." Sakura shifted her attention to the oldest of the two blondes.

"You didn't Himawari woke me up. She thought there was a monster in the house and cried when she didn't see you in your bed. Lucky for you I was able to calm her down." She crossed her arms looking at the father and son with disappointment. "You two were pretty loud."

"Not loud enough to wake you up," Naruto said smoothly wiggling his eyebrows comically. She had to hold in her giggles and keep a serious outlook.

"I'm the farthest away from the kitchen so of course not." While chatting with Naruto, she noticed out of her peripherals Bolt attempting to sneakily use the spoon in the tub to get more ice cream.

"Bolt!" She reprimanded the child who quickly snatched his hand back down to look innocent. "You know if you eat something sweet this late at night you get nightmares? We wouldn't want that would we?" She opted for a more gentle approach this time around. She, of course, lied about the nightmare thing unless the person has low blood sugar or hypoglycemia which she doubted Bolt had.

"Sakura-channnn." Bolt whined hugging the pinkette around the leg looking up at her with a pouting face.

"Come on let's get you back to bed." Naruto took the melting ice cream from Sakura as she pulled Bolt along to his room.

He stared at the backs of Sakura and Bolt until they disappeared into Bolt's room. He made a great decision when he chose Sakura to be their nanny, but if he doesn't get himself under control soon, he will lose her as his nanny. Naruto turned back down the stairs to put the ice cream back in the freezer but higher up this time.

That brief moment almost distracted him from his original reason for coming downstairs. He grinned happily opening his secret cabinet stored with ramen. He started hiding the ramen when Bolt first took all of them and tried to flush them down the toilet.

That was actually a few months ago, so it was quite understandable. He had never been more furious when he came home to discover the toilet, his toilet to be specific was flooded with ramen cups with water all over the floor.

The nanny was fired almost immediately for not keeping a closer eye on Bolt. As for Bolt Naruto took away all of his toys which didn't solve anything it just made Bolt throw a temper tantrum. Thinking about it now he should have just given Bolt timeout since he's only five, but would the outcome be any different?

Probably not.

Naruto boiled some water and waited as patiently as he could for the water to become hot. He groaned remembering the three-minute wait after pouring in the water.

"Really ramen after midnight?"

"You could learn a few things Sakura-chan ramen is the best food ever."

"Your favorite I take it." She rolled her eyes. Ramen wasn't really something she particularly liked, but she'd be lying if she said that it didn't help her get through early years of college when she was on a tight budget. "Not very healthy high in sodium."

"Hmm, I forgot your trying to become a doctor." He, of course, ignored her warning about the unhealthy food. He wouldn't give her the satisfaction to ruin his favorite food. "Nice try, but I'm never going to stop eating ramen."

"How the hell do you know what I'm in school for?" He finally got one up on her even though it's a bit creepy.

"I do my research." He said nonchalantly; his attention was more on the hot water he was now steadily pouring in the ramen cup.

"Y-you're such a creep." She stormed off back to her room where Himawari still was probably waiting for Sakura to return.

Naruto shrugged he would deal with that later when it wasn't past midnight. His thoughts wandered a bit on things like if she was calling him a creep for knowing information about her, just because she's flustered, or the peck on the forehead.

He grunted finally after three minutes of waiting his ramen was now eatable. He could contemplate troubling thoughts over a hot cup of ramen. Then again the last thing he needed was to lose his precious sleep since he has a movie to film tomorrow. That would take all day so he wouldn't see any of them until that night.

His relationship with his kids was being mended but how can it stay that way when he's always busy. Think Uzumaki think. Summer was coming to an end soon which meant that Bolt and Himawari would be gone during most of the day. He's going to have to spend some time with them before that happens, but what should he do with them.

He thought for so long about his options and which he should take that he already finished the cup of noodles. He huffed and tossed the empty cup of ramen in the trash and headed back to his room.

The moon glinted just right as he cut the lights out, in the entrance hall on a certain photo the two people who raised him since birth. His parents...

That's it we'll take a trip to see my parents and spend the weekend there. I just hope I can work that into my schedule.

.x.

Alright, Uzumaki remember what Sakura said, picture the person you love. In his mind, the face of the actress was morphing and changing into the face of his missing (possibly dead) wife. He grimaced in his mind as the features of his wife was mixing and turning into the woman he didn't even recognize. Until finally it stopped and the first thing he noticed was bright green eyes staring amusedly back at him.

"Cut!" Surprisingly it wasn't the director that yelled the word but Naruto himself. The blonde was a mess blinking rapidly rubbing his eyes and damn near pulling his hair out.

"What's wrong why'd you stop?" The director asked concerned for Naruto who seemed to be having a small panic attack.

"I need a break I have to make a phone call." He didn't wait for them to say anything he practically ran to his trailer. Naruto was serious about needing to make a phone call he needed help from an expert.

"Hello?" The person finally picked up after the third ring, and he already felt relieved.

"Mom?"

.x.

"Sakura-chan where daddy?" Sakura looked down at the tiny child that was saddened from not finding her father already at the table eating.

"He just had to go to work he's a busy man. How did you sleep?" Himawari ended up sleeping with her in her bed too afraid even after she explained what actually happened.

"Don't get too attached." Were the words that have been repeating in Sakura's head ever since Ino first told her that.

Sakura sighed and pet Himawari's head. "Why don't you show me the picture you drew yesterday?" The lavender haired child nodded excitedly and ran off to where her picture was. Sakura assumed.

"Now where's Bolt?" There was a 99.8% chance Bolt was off causing trouble for the maids. So it's important that she found him as quickly as possible after Himawari came back that is.

Sitting down at the island her mind automatically went to her boss who just last night gave her a peck on the forehead. A sweet gesture that she felt like they had to discuss and crossed the line between them. She wouldn't get attached, and she didn't want them to get attached to her and end up getting hurt.

She still couldn't believe Naruto just left without even saying anything. A clear sign he was running from her she's not one to be avoided especially if the topic of their discussion was important. Then again maybe he was actually in a hurry this morning.

"Here it is!" Himawari grinned up at her showcasing all of her freshly groomed teeth. Sakura smiled softly and took the paper and got a glance at it. Almost immediately her smile faded.

From left to right was Naruto with awfully written letters that said 'dady' over his drawing. Then there was Himawari holding the hand of Naruto with the words 'me' over her and beside her was Bolt and over his name was 'botha' which she easily translated to brother. But the drawing that made her pause completely was the one she drew to the right of Bolt. Instead of dark hair like her own, she drew the person's hair pink. As far as she knew she's the only pink haired person that Himawari knew. She feared the words that would be above her head and prayed that those words said, nanny. Her emerald orbs wandered up and read the scribbles of the three-year-old. The word read momy...

"Sakura-chan?" Poor Himawari had no idea that those words she wrote would break Sakura.

"Himawari has your daddy seen this yet?" Himawari shook her head no with tears in her eyes. She thought that she did something wrong, but Sakura didn't quite know how to explain to Himawari that she's not her mother without upsetting the child.

"Hime I love this drawing." She said with false cheerfulness she never called Himawari Hime before but was hopeful it would help calm her down. And it did when Himawari ran into her and wrapped her little arms around her. "I love you Sakura-chan."

She was going to have to talk to Naruto as soon as possible...

END

A/N: I have heard your pleas loud and clear so I finally decided to update this story. I'll try to update as soon as possible for the next chapter. Review and tell me what you think about this chapter.

Revised: 12/14/18