*Next morning*
Today Nayuki has a check up with a healer to check if her shoulder healed perfectly fine and to begin refining her medical skills. The way to the infirmary of the compound is unfamiliar to her so she has to ask her way through the crowd. Most of the shinobi congratulate her to her fight the day before. Others are a bit disturbed by her strength even though she is an outsider and pregnant. Along her way she gets greeted by bystanders with bows and a simple "Nayuki-hime".
Finally reaching her destination she knocks at the door before entering and asking for help. Soon a healer comes up to her and inspects her shoulder. Sometimes he has to shove some strands of his blond hair that escaped his ponytail out of his face. His blue eyes search her wounds seriously. After some time he notes that her wound is nicely healed and lets her show off her medical knowlegde only to note that her medical skills are above his expectations. He smiles at her and asks if she wants a check up on her pregnancy too. Curious as to how it is done she answers him positive. The healer positions his hands on her stomach and performs some medical ninjutsu she has never seen before. "It seems your baby is very healthy… It didn't suffer any damage because of your fight yesterday" Nayuki releases a breath of relive even if she hadn't suspect any damage it is still a relive to know it for certain. "That's good… Are you going to educate me in medical ninjutsu or do I have to go to someone else?" He looks at her and smiles, "That's up to you Nayuki-hime, my name is Taiga" "Then I'm totally content with you as my teacher Taiga. Where do you want to start?" "Well, I'd start by you telling me all you know about medic nins…."
By the time the sun goes down she enters their house totally exhausted. Taiga is a good teacher, though she suspects that he is a bit of a sadist. 'Man, he could have been easier on me. I doubt that it was a bad decision to have him as a teacher but …. Well, let's see what the boys are up too' When she enters the kitchen she can see Tobirama cutting vegetables and Hashirama looking after a pot. Hanabi is sitting on the floor taking care of Kawarama. She is the first to notice the return of Nayuki. "Welcome back, Nayuki-hime. You look exhausted, do you need anything?" Nayuki smiles at her friend, "No, thank you. That's very nice of you. Tobirama, Hashirama! What's for dinner?" Hashirama turns to her and grins, "Welcome back! Tobirama and I can only cook Ramen to an acceptable rate, so we started cooking some. Could you help us?" Tobirama nods to confirm his brother's words. In the last weeks Tobirama began to help her in the kitchen frequently. He really came to enjoy the wonders of cooking.
Nayuki steps over to the pot and tries the broth Hashirama made. "It's good Hashirama. I'd just add a little more salt. Say Tobirama, are you finished soon?" "Hai, in a second" By the time they finished cooking, Butsuma returns. He looks at them and smiles tiredly. Hanabi already retreated to her house half an hour before. "Long day?", Nayuki addresses her lover. "Hai, there was an ambush at one of our teams. The Uchiha got them good. We couldn't save any… " "That's bad. Was the mission near the borders or was there another reason for an Uchiha team to be nearby?" Butsuma smiles at his lover's interest, "They were hired nearby so it was entirely bad luck for our teams to meet. Though, I believe that there is going to be a big fight with the Uchiha soon. They have begun to up their control near the borders and more teams are stationed there too." Seeing the worry in Nayukis eyes, he promises her that Hashirama is still too young for going out on the battlefield and that he would start with missions before fighting at the frontlines. Nayuki looks at him and says, "I know that Hashirama won't fight at the frontlines soon. I'm worried about you, 'Suma! Promise me to take care, will you?" "Of course, I will. But for now let have dinner."
Together they set up the table and begin to eat their meals. The boys tell their parent about their day and Nayuki enlightens them on hers. After some time one thought crosses Nayukis mind, something she never thought of before. "'Suma, is there a reason why you don't employ some of the clans women to cook, when you employ some to clean the house, to take care of the boys when we don't have time and even to do the shopping?" Butsuma looks at her and ask a little frightened, "Don't you want to cook? Is it too much work for you?" "It's not that, 'Suma. I like spending some time cooking together with the boys, I was only curious." A bit ashamed Butsuma admits, "Our last cook died a bit before you came into the compound and because I was always busy, I forgot about hiring someone new. Then you began cooking and I simply loved your cooking so much that I didn't want someone else to cook" Nayuki stares at him in disbelieve before her eyes fill with tears and she stutters, "T-That's so nice of you! I-I'm so happy that you appreciate my meals!" She tackles Butsuma and kisses him lovingly. Hashirama turns away and calls out, "Eww! Don't do that in front of us!" while Tobirama simply continues his bowl of Ramen and Kawarama gurgles happily. Butsuma and Nayuki look at each other and laugh at Hashiramas antics. At least for now they can act a little carefree.