Don't own naruto or any character cuz if I did...it wouldn't be a shoen manga lol

Quiet, it should be, it was about 2 am in the morning and Naruto was barely walking through the front door. Another mission completed, another one down in the books. This mission itself wasn't necessarily hard, but it was an A rank mission that took about 4 days in total. It was actually supposed to take a week to complete but, Naruto being Naruto, he Sakura and Sai had it done in 4 days.

So, here he was walking through the door at about 2 in the morning. His body felt tired and his shoulders were a little stiff but, nothing a hot bath couldn't fix. He sat down on the genkan with a sigh and started removing his sandals. "Damn...it's good to be home...I hope Hinata made some chicken katsu...haven't had it in a while." He smiled to himself thinking about Hinata. It still amazed him how he had ever lived without her in his life, and now with his little boy in the picture, life was roses. Boruto truly was the happiest little boy he had ever seen, the most rambunctious too. But that probably was all him, Hinata was definitely well more behaved when they were children. He on the other hand was bouncing off the walls, and now so was his 3 year old. But, Hinata was doing an amazing job at making sure he had manners and was polite when speaking to others, and he was for the most part. The only one he gave attitude to was Naruto himself. But nothing crazy just cute little remarks that Naruto himself had told the little boy and he then parroted back to Naruto.

"Daddy?" Naruto turned around from where he was sitting and standing at the bottom of the steps was the little boy himself. Wearing a green t-shirt that was a little too big for him and a pair of cotton shorts. Upon seeing his precious little boy Naruto instantly smiled. The boys hair was disheveled from sleep and he was rubbing the sleep out of his right eye with his little fist.

"Heeey buddy." Naruto said in a hushed tone, seeing as how Boruto probably just woke up.

"What are you doing up its late?" As Naruto said this he turned is body more towards him and opened up his arms. Wanting to hold his baby boy close. Sure enough, Boruto slowly walked over to Naruto and opened his own arms and hugged Naruto around his neck, almost falling into Naruto's chest.

"I had to go bathroom" he yawned mid sentence. "...I heard you..."

"Ya you heard me?" Naruto asked with a small loving smile on his face. Boruto nodded his head slowly against Naruto's chest. At this point Naruto grabbed the little boys legs and brought them over so Boruto was sitting more comfortably on his lap. Boruto still leaning against his chest while Naruto gently ran his fingers through his sons thick blonde locks. Naruto silently laughed to himself, marveling at his little boys thick hair. The color was definitely from him but the texture was Hinata all the way, the combo of the two had made his sons hair curl at the ends in big sections but still not lay still on his head.

"Did you miss me a lot?" Naruto asked, finally taking off his second sandal, and moving both off to the side where Hinata's were.

"Uh hu." Boruto answered looking up at his father, still with a sleepy look on his face.

"You took forever." Boruto said scrunching up his little nose, also something he got from Hinata, his nose and the habit.

"I'm sorry, I came as fast as I could." Naruto responded to his sleepy 3 year old.

"How about next time I'll try to come even FASTER? Hu what'd you think about that?"

"Ya...faster next time...promise?" Boruto asked looking into his fathers eyes trying to prove how serious the question actually was to him. But, being sleepy and cute didn't really convey that feeling."

"Hahaha of course I promise! I never brake a promise." Naruto finished the statement kissing the top of Boruto's head.

"C'mon" Naruto stated, while wrapping both his arms around his son to carry him, standing up along the way.

"Well, we need to go to bed, it's like SUPER late dude! You should've been in your bed sleeping till morning ya know!" Naruto started for the stairs, slowly taking each step at a time. Boruto now finally succumbing to his sleepiness, wrapped his little arms around Naruto's neck, leaning his forehead against the side of his neck.

Moments like this truly at times would bring tears to Naruto's eyes. Who would have ever thought that he, Naruto Uzumaki, would end up marrying Hinata Hyuga, and together would have this precious little boy. Not him, that's for sure. How could one who thought the world would be better off without him at one point, end up being so lucky, well maybe not lucky but fortunate. To have a woman that he loved more then life itself at times, and who loved him back just as equally, blew his mind every chance the thought came. Loving his family was now like breathing, second nature, he didn't even need to think about it, he just did. Who knew having a child would ever make you love another human being the way he did. It's true what they say, you really don't understand loving someone unconditionally until you have your own child. Hinata was actually the first to bring that up one day. He and her were laying down in bed casually on a Wednesday morning, Boruto had just turned 1, and was still occasionally sleeping in their bed. This, being one of those "occasional" moments, as he laid between the two of them.

"It's crazy hu?" She said in a tone above a whisper, Naruto could hear the smile in her voice.

"What is?" Naruto said lazily back with his own small smile.

"...Loving someone so much it hurts." He waited for her to continue talking before he responded.

"I remember Kurenai saying that once she had Mirai...that...everything changed, and once you have a child of your own, your world Is different. That your heart grows 10 times bigger because of this little person, and that even though I had loved Mirai a lot and I would watch her like she was my own...she wasn't, and I could never fully understand Kurenai's exact love for her daughter...but now...I get it."

The whole time she was talking in a voice that Naruto has only heard a couple times, once when they had gotten married and were exchanging their vows, another when Boruto was born, and a few times after that. It was such a strong voice that conveyed so much emotion, but in Hinata style, it was soft and gentle. Naruto stared at her, being reminded of one of the MANY reasons he loved his wife. To put it bluntly, it was because she loved just as hard, if not more then he did. Looking at her staring at Boruto while lovingly caressing his head, who was sleeping soundly in between them, unaware of the quiet conversation about him going on.

Returning to his current situation of walking up the stairs with Boruto in his arms, who had just about drifted off to sleep, made him think about how this moment was one to remember for a while. It was starting to become a rare occurrence for Boruto to act sweet and soft around him. That was something he did more with Hinata, hug on her, cuddle her, let her kiss him until he was giggling uncontrollably. With Naruto, he was now starting to show his father that he was brave and strong, that he could watch his mother when he was gone. He stilled loved to play non stop with Naruto and he would still let Naruto hug and kiss him. But, it was little things that Naruto started noticing about his little brave boy that weren't there a couple months back.

'If I had it my way I would never have this little boy grow up. He would stay cute and small with Hinata and me forever!' Naruto thought to himself, ya it was kinda a selfish thought but hey, he was his kid and he would be damned if he ever let anyone hurt a single hair on the little boys head.

"Okay buddy time to get you back in bed alright?" Naruto said walking towards Boruto's room.

"noooooo." Boruto slightly whined, shaking his head back and forth against Naruto.

"What d'ya mean noooo?" Naruto mocked his son back while laughing a little.

"...with you and mama..." Boruto's way of asking that he didn't want to be put back in his own bed but rather sleep with Naruto and Hinata.

'And here I thought he grew out of this...in a way I'm kinda glad' Naruto thought.

"You wanna sleep with me and mama? But you have your own bed right here dude? Don't you wanna sleep in your own room?" Naruto at this point had already come to the conclusion that yes, he would take Boruto back to his and Hinata's bedroom with him so they could all sleep together. To be honest that sounded like the best thing to him right now, but he still didn't want Boruto getting into the habit of always asking to sleep with them, and then being upset when they had to tell him no. So for this reason alone, he still wanted to make sure that he seemed like he wanted his son to sleep here, in his own room. Plus it was fun to tease him a bit.

"No don't wanna...you and mama." Boruto answered matter-of-factly, holding onto Naruto even tighter making it clear to his dad that he wasn't going to get rid of him that easy. Naruto let out a sigh.

"Fine you win, but you have to sleep ya know?" Kissing the top of his head once more.

Naruto walked down the hall to his and Hinata's bedroom, the door was already slightly ajar. Quietly walking in he could see Hinata laying there sound asleep, her chest rising and falling with even breaths. Coming to the edge of the bed, Naruto placed Boruto down gently and watched as the little boy slowly got under the covers next to Hinata. Almost immediately getting comfortable right next to her. Naruto thinking about how much his son adored his mother might have something to do with the fact that he always watches Naruto do the same to Hinata. Naruto was constantly touching her and kissing her, always being the more, physical touch type of love person, where as Hinata was more of a quality time type of love person. So in reality, his son being super affectionate towards Hinata, was because so was he, he was just mirroring what Naruto had been doing.

'Well if he's going to pick up stuff from me I guess that's a good one to pick up...Hinata would kill me if it was my language.'

Naruto now crawling into bed himself, pulled himself as close to Hinata as he could with Boruto being in the middle, somewhat spread out now. The little boy was already fast asleep, he knew he would be, sleep was something that his son definitely needed, no matter how much he said he didn't.

Laying down in his bed, Naruto realized that the sheets and blankets had just been washed. They had that clean feeling, and he could smell the laundry detergent that Hinata used.

"Welcome home Naruto-kun." Came the sleepy voice of Hinata.

Naruto looked over at his cute sleepy wife, her pearlescent opal eyes half lidded with sleep, hair somewhat tousled, that cute small smile she always gave him. Truly a sight for sore eyes.

"I'm home Hinata." He smiled back, the one smile he secretly knew she melted over.

"I see you brought me a present." Hinata giggled while glancing down at their son who definitely wasn't there when she went to sleep.

"Ya hahaha, I thought you might like him, just found him at the bottom of our stairs ya know, he looked cute so I figured why not." Naruto continuing the joke Hinata had started.

"I love him...my baby boy." Hinata pulled Boruto more into her her chest, kissing him a couple times on his head as she did it. Naruto now having more room to get even closer to the both of them took the opportunity and scooted even closer to Boruto, stretching his arm out so Hinata was able to lay against it like she usually did when they slept. The best part about going on missions, coming home from them. Being able to walk through the door and see Hinata, sometimes cooking, sometimes playing with Boruto, Boruto running straight into his arms. To him it must truly feel like at times he's gone forever, so when Naruto walks in, the little boys face lights up with so much excitement.

'I wouldn't trade this for anything' Naruto thought as he looked at his sleeping family. His family, now the most precious thing in his life, worth more then the world itself.

"...hey naruto-kun?"

"Hm?" Naruto asked still laying with his eyes closed.

"..."

Met with silence, Naruto opened his eyes and looked over towards Hinata with a small bit of concern in his eyes.

"Hinata?"

She was already looking at him, a beautiful smile on her face. Partly to ease his concern that he knew she could see.

"Naruto-kun...I'm pregnant."