Nanny or Mommy

Chapter 16: The Jealousy of a Five-Year-Old

Disclaimer: I Don't own Naruto.

A/N: I went back and revised this whole story I didn't change anything major except the chat between Kushina and Sakura last chapter. And in chapter 1 I said Sakura's age was mid-twenties and still in college? So I changed it and made her the same age as Hanabi which is 22. That's all I can remember off the top of my head. I mainly just changed background information.

After the lunch and everyone was well fed and the dishes cleaned Sakura decided she needed some alone time to think things through. Mentally she created a list of the pros and cons of dating her boss.

Pros:

Understand each other better

He's extremely attractive and finds her attractive

Better dynamic regarding taking care of the kids

Cons:

Will make things awkward if we don't work out

The kids will be affected by it (positive or negative?)

The whole famous thing

She could go on and on with the list but in the end, there was an equal amount of pros and cons. The situation was all about whether she was willing to take that next step. Sakura groaned laid down on her temporary bed in the guest room.

"Why me?" She groaned out.

Meanwhile, Kushina couldn't just leave her only child hanging and confused she had to give him some kind of hint that Sakura just needed an extra push from him.

"Naruto there you are." Naruto was out back watching his kids play with their grandfather.

"Mom, were you looking for me?" Kushina nodded and sat down beside her son with a passionate look on her face that made Naruto wonder what she got into while she was away for an hour.

"Yup I was just curious but how are things going with Sakura are you still pursuing her or have you decided to move on." Naruto chuckled scratching the back of his head a nervous habit of his.

"I sort of asked her out before we got here I'm kind of still waiting on her answer." He said. To be honest he had no clue what she was going to say but he hoped she was going to say something he liked. A chance was all he was asking for and if she didn't enjoy it he wouldn't bother her anymore.

"I'm curious what do you like about her." She smiled when her son's eyes lit up as he started thinking about her question. She's never seen him look so excited or fond of someone.

"She beautiful, feisty, smart, she gets along with my kids, caring, funny..." He could go on and on include the small details he noticed like the way she would chew on her lip when she was studying, but he didn't want to bore his mother to death or reveal how much he liked her.

"Y'know I was talking to her in the kitchen and I think she's almost there." With that small (large) hint she went to join her grandkids and husband. Naruto thought for a moment knowing his mother she wanted nothing but the best for him and wouldn't tell him something like that without a purpose.

With that thought, Naruto left in search of the pinkette. Kushina watched him go and couldn't wait for whatever would happen between the two.

...

It didn't take long to find her since she was just in her room with a pillow over her head. He stared for a moment wondering if she was asleep and should he bother her. He got his answer when she sat up and let out a hefty sigh.

"Thinking hard I see." She jumped when his voice entered her ears. She looked so startled he couldn't help but chuckle at her expense. She glared at him and threw a pillow his way which he easily dodged.

"You're making my decision easier and easier." She said crossing her arms watching as he picked up the pillow and walked closer to her. He sat beside her with a large grin on his face. She couldn't understand what he was smiling about at this instance.

"Sorry I couldn't resist. Look I see that this is difficult I understand so I'm giving you an out. I'm sorry I put you in that position the last thing you need is me stressing you out for a date." He finished staring into her eyes to show how sincere he was being.

"Hmm, I thought it wasn't a date?" She smirked when she saw him start nervously scratching the back of his head. It wa a habit she noticed over the past month he did whenever he was nervous about something. "Listen that's nice and all but I...accept your date request."

"Wha—really!?" He was ecstatic but also surprised not that he was complaining, but he really wasn't expecting her to accept. His mother was right about her being close to a decision.

"Yes really Baka." If she was being honest she just came up with her answer after his touching speech. She watched as a thousand emotions went through his eyes. His eyes...

Why hadn't she ever noticed how expressive and beautiful his eyes were?

She cleared her throat, "so where exactly are we going for this date?"

The blonde gestured her to lean in which she of course did. Once she was close enough he whispered in her ear, "it's a surprise." She pulled away and crossed her arms over her chest like an upset child. She couldn't believe she fell for his stupid joke.

"You're so childish." He chuckled as she continued to glare at him.

"I couldn't help it but seriously you don't remember? I told you in the car."

"Sorry I guess I wasn't quite listening then and zoned out." She apologized for not remembering what he told her.

Naruto smiled and retold her what he planned for them tomorrow which included dinner and a one night only festival.

"What should I wear?" Naruto simply waved her off.

"You don't have to worry about anything I got it all handled we'll be leaving tomorrow at 8 pm." With that Naruto got up and made his way to the door.

"Wait!" He turned with an eyebrow lifted patiently waiting on her to say what she was going to say. He looked her over and noticed how tense she was and how fidgety she was acting. She seemed to be nervous and whatever she wanted to tell him had to be important and hard for her to say. So he came and instead of sitting beside her he bent down on his knee like he was proposing and held her clenched hands.

"Sakura-chan what is it?" He rubbed the top of her hands with his thumbs to convey that he was listening and was there for her. They made eye contact for a split second before she turned away with flushed cheeks.

"I know this will come as a surprise but this will kinda be my first real date...ever." She turned back to him to see his reaction to her embarrassing confession. Naruto leaned back slightly with furrowed eyebrows. He just couldn't believe that she's never been on a real date before. He thought for a moment on how to approach this new information he just received.

While Naruto was thinking Sakura was watching his facial expression closely to gauge how he felt.

"Well then I guess I'm just going to have to give you the best first real date of your life." He grinned at her squeezing her hands affectionately. Sakura sighed before her own grin spread across her face. She was glad to hear him say that and a part of her couldn't wait for their date.

Outside of the room was a much smaller blonde about 5 years old watching the scene closely through the small open in the door from when he was about to come in. Bolt didn't know what was going on but he did know that he didn't exactly like his father being that close to his Sakura-chan. Bolt continued watching attentively as his father continued holding the pinkette's hand. He hated it when his Sakura-chan didn't pay him any attention.

Bolt glared and was just about to walk in and make his presence known until he was grabbed so suddenly. "Bolt there you are—" The red head looked in the room that caught the 5 year old's attention and smiled softly. "Come on Bolt let's leave those two to themselves. I have a feeling that something is developing there."

Kushina was so happy she could already imagine the happy wedding and maybe even a few more grandkids. She liked Sakura and was sure that she would be a perfect fit for Naruto.

"Grandma," Bolt said catching the attention of the red-haired woman. "Why was dad so close to Sakura-chan like that? Was he trying to hurt her?" Bolt tried to pull away from her tight grip but she wasn't budging. Kushina looked down confusingly at her eldest grandchild.

"No sweetie they were just talking that's all."

"Are you sure?" She smiled at how protective the little blonde was over Sakura. The pinkette was going to have a hard time trying to get away from them with the way she so easily stole their hearts.

"Yes, you can even ask her later but for now let's go find grandpa and your sister." She waited for the 5 year old to start following but he wasn't. "Bolt?"

"Why can't I talk to Sakura-chan now?" Kushina eyed Bolt wondering why he was so upset about not being able to talk to Sakura now. "Well she's busy right now I'm sure she'll be down in a little bit. Come on."

"But..." The blonde now had tears in his eyes while looking back at the slightly cracked door.

"I know we'll go downstairs and watch a movie and before you know it both Sakura and your daddy will be back soon." That seemed to convince Bolt to follow her much to her relief. Bolt didn't want to leave Sakura and she silently wondered if this was a sign of something going on with Bolt. He was being oddly possessive of Sakura.

"Ah, there you two are we were just going to start the movie," Minato said from his spot on the couch with Himawari happily sitting beside him eating a leftover dango.

Kushina just smiled and joined the two along with Bolt. She hoped that whatever was bringing the smaller blonde down would go away with a movie.

About 20 minutes into the movie Naruto and Sakura came down with big smiles on their faces. "Watching a movie I see."

"Daddy!" Himawari got off the couch to run up to her father. Naruto swooped her up once she was close enough and gave her a peck on her forehead causing her to start giggling. Naruto, for the most part, was happy maybe the happiest he's ever been. He had a date with an amazing person tomorrow, he felt his kids understood him and accepted his flaws, and he was surrounded by his family. He felt like he was on top of the world that was until he noticed his son glaring daggers at him. How a five year old mastered such a task already was beyond him but he was more concerned with why he was being glared at.

"Bolt is something wrong?" Everyone's eyes were now on the glaring child. For a moment he was so into the movie that he could forget why he was so angry with his father. Bolt just crossed his arms and walked away.

Sakura looked worriedly after him she wondered if she should handle this or let Naruto. "So what you do this time." Sakura said eyeing Naruto suspiciously.

"What!? I didn't do anything I swear." Sakura sighed and just decided to go talk to Bolt herself. She followed where the child went and hoped she wouldn't end up getting lost.

"Bolt!" She shouted out. She hoped he wasn't doing anything that might get him into trouble.

"Bol—oh." She said when she felt something crash into her leg and hang on like she was their lifeline. "There you are." She bent down so he could give her a proper hug since he looked like he needed it. "What's the matter?" Sakura said gently as he started shaking and sobbing

She was worried that he wouldn't talk to her. She wasn't sure what to do to get him to open up all she could do was give him a shoulder to cry on.

After a few minutes of just sitting on the floor holding the crying child, he finally calmed down enough to speak. "I—I don't want you to leave m—me." He whimpered. Her eyes widened once she found out what he was so upset about, he was afraid that she'd leave him.

"What brought this on?" Sakura asked.

He didn't say much more he just shook his head which was still buried deep in her shirt.

Sakura just closed her eyes and sighed knowing she wasn't going to get an answer out of the blonde. "Bolt...listen to me and listen to me closely. I'm not going anywhere especially not without a fight. You and your sister need me and to be honest I need you two also. We haven't known each other long but it sure does feel like it. So don't you worry about a thing I'm here to stay." She may have sounded confident but if she was being honest she wasn't quite sure she could stay forever. She still had a goal to accomplish and she couldn't complete that goal being a nanny.

Sakura didn't know how everything was going to work out but at some point in the future, she was going to have to choose between the Uzumaki family and her career. It scared her that she wasn't quite sure which one she would choose.

END

A/N: Guess who's backkkk. I'm getting back into the groove of things so excuse me if this chapter is a bit disappointing.

Poor Bolt doesn't want to share his Sakura-chan with anyone. His jealousy's really going to affect Naruto and Sakura's budding relationship once they find out about it.