Hey y'all, I'm back with another chapter. Hope y'all enjoy!
The Uzumaki Hyuga family were all sitting around the table, eating their breakfast. Himawari was lost in thought, while Boruto was playing his video game. Naruto looked up from his ramen and smiled, "So I've been thinking," He started, setting his chopsticks down, "I'm going to take today off,"
Hinata, Boruto, and Himawari looked up in shock, "You can do that?" Boruto asked, paying no attention to his game now.
Naruto shrugged, "I don't see why not, the village can take care of itself for one day, right?" He pushed back his seat and stood up from the table, "I've already informed Shikamaru. We were thinking of planning a picnic, for us and our friends. A day of relaxing,"
Himawari smiled brightly, jumping up from the table," Really? A free day? No missions? No hokage stuff? No clan meeting?"
Naruto chuckled at his daughter's excitement, "Nope, none at all. We're going to have an absolutely free day with our friends,"
"I got to get ready then!" Boruto yelled, sprinting towards the stairs.
"Wait for me!" Himawari called after her brother, following him in pursuit.
Naruto shook his head in amusement, both of his kids were now in their teens yet they could still act like children. He looked over at his wife, she had been quiet over the whole situation, "This is a truly free day?" Hinata asked, getting up from her seat, walking over to him and grabbing his hand, "No shadow clones, no work, just our family and friends?"
Naruto wrapped his arms around his wife, her face hidden in his chest. They stayed like this for a moment or so, then Naruto released her. Still holding her hand, he looked her in the eyes, "No work, no shadow clones. It will be just you, me, the kids, and our friends, I promise," He said with a soft smile.
Hanita looked up at him with a smile as well, "What's gotten into you?" she asked, giggling a little.
Naruto released his wife's hand and walked back to the table, picking up his bowl and walking over to the sink, setting it inside, "I realized that I only have so much time with you all and well, I don't want to waste it in a mountain of paperwork," he said, shivering at the thought of all the scrolls that were piled on his office desk.
Himawari was in her room putting a few things in her bag for the picnic. She was so excited! She'd get to spend even more time with her dad than usual, and not just that. Himawari was going to spend the whole day with her family. Not just her mom, dad, and Boruto, but also her uncles and aunts and her friends! They might not have been her blood, but they were still her family and she loved them to death. Himawari looked over at her bedside table, there set a picture of her, Akarisai, Shikanori, Sarada, Wasabi, and Ren. She smiled, today was going to be a great day. She was going to be with her girls!
Himawari suddenly stopped, and her smile dropped and her eyes widened. Inojin! She completely forgot, how could she have forgotten? Himawari laid her bag on her bed and walked towards her door, she'd have to tell Boruto now. She opened her door and walked into the hallway towards her brother's room. "I'm going to have to tell Boruto now, there's no other choice," she thought to herself. Himawari stood in front of her brother's door, taking a deep breath she reached for the handle and opened the door.
Inside the room Boruto was at his desk, his laptop opened with Shikadai and Shikanori showing on half the screen and Akarisai and Marisai showing on the other half. Hearing his door open Boruto turned around to see his younger sister. "Hey Himawari," Boruto waved.
Himawari gulped, "I can't do this, not now. The others will hear," She put on a nervous smile and walked further into the room, stopping beside over to Boruto, "Hey guys,"
"Hey Hima," Akarisai said, smiling at her friend, "Excited for the picnic?"
Himawari scratched the back of her neck, "Yeah, very. I can't wait to see all of you," She smiled, looking at Akarisai.
Akarisai smiled back and left the screen for a moment leaving only Marisai, her sister, at her desk. Marisai looked over towards Akarisai, "You're bringing our scrolls, right? I think Inojin wanted to work on drawing Not Carl,"
Shikanori, who was in front of her brother's desk looking into his monitor's screen scrunched her eyes brows, "What in the world is a Not Carl?" She asked, her brother, Shikadai, who was sitting next to her, had the same questioning look on his face.
Akarisai came back into view with two scrolls in her hand," Nori remember that day we were sparring with team ten? Remember the llama my brother drew?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Shikanori asked.
"We named him Not Carl," Marisai said, looking at her nails.
Boruto looked confused, "Wait, you named a llama Not Carl, why? What kind of name even is Not Carl?"
Akarisai just shrugged, "Well I mean Marisai, Inojin, and I worked together on creating Not Carl's form, but the thing is we didn't name him. Inokai did, it was more of an accident really. We'd just finished on perfecting the llama's form when mom and Inokai showed up. When Inokai saw the llama he just stopped right in his tracks, pointed at the llama, and said "You're not Carl," and well, the name kinda stuck," she said, laughing a little.
"That makes no sense," Shikadai said, trying to hold in a chuckle. Akarisai just rolled her eyes, smiling at her boyfriend.
Marisai stood up from her laptop and waved at her friends, "Well, we're going to go now. See you guys in a bit,"
"Bye Marisai, bye Akarisai," Boruto and Himawari said, waving back.
"Bye Marisai," Shikanori smiled, "Bye Akari,"
"See you two later," Shikadai smiled.
Marisai closed her laptop and walked over to her closet. Opening it up she saw her bag and grabbed it and threw it onto her bed, next to Akarisai, "Hey, put the scrolls in there, It'll be easier to carry that way,"
Akarisai unzipped the bag beside her and stuffed the two scrolls inside, "Do you think we'll need more than two? I'm not really sure if we're going to have time to really draw much today," Marisai just shrugged and walked over to her drawer, opening it up and grabbing four more scrolls.
She walked back over to the bed, handing the scrolls to Akarisai, "Better to bring it and not need it than to need it and not bring it," She said, sitting next to her sister.
"You're right," Akarisai stood up from the bed, "I'm going to get my shogi set," she said walking towards the bedroom door.
Marisai smirked, "Oh really, why? So you can play with Shikadai? Hmm," She laughed, picking at her sister.
Akarisai just rolled her eyes, trying the hid the slight blush creeping onto her cheeks. Akarisai opened her sister's bedroom door and walked into the hallway. Heading towards her bedroom she felt something bump into her leg from behind. Turning around Akarisai smiled and bent down, picking up a black Shiba Inu pup, "Hey Okami," Akarisai said, petting the puppy on her head.
Okami looked up at Akarisai and jumped up towards her face, trying to lick her, "Ack! No, haha!" Akarisai laughed, putting the puppy back down and wiping the slobber from her face, "Hn, I did not need a bath Okami, I already took one today," She joked. Akarisai turned back towards her room and opened her door, Okami ran inside before Akarisai could even move. She just rolled her eyes, smiling at the puppies antics and walked into her room, closing the door behind her.
Hey y'all, so I thought that Naruto coming home and the picnic scenes were going to be just two chapters, but now I've realized that I was wrong and either I'm just very picky or my OCD is acting up even more than usual. I ran out of my medicine though, so I mean like that could be a reason. I'm not sure, lol. Forgive my vent, I'm pretty sure it doesn't even make sense. Thank y'all for reading!