For SS month 2021. Prompt used - For him
Sasuke sets aside the scroll he is reading when he feels a tug on his shirt. He peeks down and his beautiful two-year-old daughter grins brightly at him. Sarada flails her arm, asking him to pick her up because the couch he is sitting on is too high for her to climb up on her own.
"Papa?"
Sasuke offers her a gentle smile — one that is reserved for his family only — and picks her up. Sarada settles on his lap, wiggling until she finds a comfortable position.
"Sarada wants to play with Papa?" Sasuke asks her, because he knows Sarada never forgets to make up for the days he had been out on missions.
"No." Sarada shakes her head, swinging to and fro sideways, trying to make a serious face, imitating her mama.
Sasuke chuckles. "Then?"
"Sarada wants to tell Papa something."
"And what is it?"
"Haah," Sarada blurts out. She wrinkles her nose, thinks for a moment and starts again. Sasuke looks at her attentively, encouraging her.
"Haapwie," she squeaks, very proud of herself, and Sasuke looks at her with an amused expression.
"Haapwie Bur-Duh." Sarada bounces on his lap, fisting her chubby arms in the air, showing her excitement about her Papa's birthday.
Sasuke takes a second to join her incoherent words and looks at the calendar hanging across the room to understand what she is trying to convey.
"Aa. Thank you. Did mama tell you this?" Sasuke asks, gently brushing away stray strands of her hair from her eyes.
"Mama Mama," Sarada affirms, nodding enthusiastically.
Sasuke smirks, because now he knows why Sakura has been avoiding him since he returned from his mission earlier that morning.
Sarada claps her hand. "Sarada happy today… Papa Bur-Duh."
Sasuke stares down at her eyes. They're a reflection of his own onyx but filled with the same love that Sakura has always had for him.
"Is Papa happy?" Sarada pouts, prodding a reply from him.
Sasuke pulls her closer, patting on her head. Sarada buries her face in his chest, giggling. Her laugh is the precious thing Sasuke has now, and he promises with all his powers he will always protect it.
"Aa, Papa is happy because Sarada is happy."
Posted on Tublr on Sasuke's birthday ;) Just very late here to update!
