A/N: OMG!! It took me so long to finish this chapter. You people better like this it because I put a lot of effort into it. I try to put a lot of creative ideas and some funny parts. And also some romance between Neji and Sakura. Well, it's not exactly the cutest scenes when they interact, but at least it's a step up of their relationship. And yes, they will fall in love……..eventually, but not just yet, not now. It's still too soon and I don't want to rush things.
Damn, this chapter is longer than chapter 3. And I put a lot more thought and effort into this one. It's 14 pages!
Also visit my profile to find out what was I doing while writing this chapter. You'll find it at the top of the profile and it's in italic. A word of warning though, it will be very confusing. You'll know what I mean when you read it.
Now on with the story!!
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Summary: Neji x Sakura Meet Haruno Sakura, a typical junior high school prankster. When her prank got out of hand, the school principal decides to assign Sakura a mentor. Sakura thinks it's going to be a hell but things might not be as bad as Sakura thinks. AU and hopefully not too much OOC
Genre: Drama/Romance
A/N - Author Note
Italic - thoughts
Bold – emphasis on the word
Original Characters:
Kinomoto Rika- mother of Touya and Taji
Kinomoto Touya- older brother of Taji, 2 years old
Kinomoto Taji- younger of Touya, 9 months old
Troublemaker
Chapter 6: Babysitting
Two days later
Neji was in his room mediating. He has his eyes closed, legs crossed, and hands on his knees. His was sitting up-right on his bed and was about to deepen his meditation when he heard a knock on the door. He immediately shot opened hit eyes and glared at the door, but he still kept his cool and asked "Who is it?"
"It's me." A man voice answered.
"Come in." Neji recognized the voice.
Then the door opened and it revealed a middle aged man.
"Neji, are you busy this afternoon?"
"Why do you ask, Hiashi-sama?" Neji was curious as to why his uncle ask him something like that. Hiachi wasn't the type that would meddle in others personal life and wouldn't ask about it.
"Kinomoto-san has asked me to do a favor for her."
"Kinomoto? Isn't she our next door neighbor? What did she asked you, Hiashi-sama?"
"I assumed that you still remember Touya?"
Neji nodded. He didn't really comprehend what this conversation was going.
"Recently, she had another son, his name is Taji, and he is just 9 months old."
"I don't get what you're trying to say, Hiashi-sama. Please get to the point." Neji tried to say it as politely as he can, but then his attempt has failed because he sounded irritated and impatient.
"My point is Kinomoto-san has asked me to ask you to baby sit her two sons while she will be away this afternoon."
Neji was stoked dumb folded. "Did you already promise her?" Neji asked as he scooted off his bed and stood up on the floor.
"I ate the manjyuu that she made, so I can not refuse her favor." (A/N: I took that idea from Prince of Tennis. It's a custom in Japan when you eat someone's gift after he/she asked for a favor, you can't refuse. BTW manjyuu means bean-paste bun)
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Later that day
Sakura came to the dojo like she always did, and she came just on time to see Neji was about to leave out the front door.
"Hyuuga-senpai, where are you going?" Sakura asked.
"I'm going to the next door neighbor house." Neji answered.
"What for?"
"To baby sit."
"Oh…" Neji started to walk away. When Neji was about ten feet away, Sakura ran to his side and said, "Wait…"
Neji didn't stop but he did slow down when he heard Sakura called out to him.
"What about my training today?" she asked.
"You have to do it without me." he said.
Neji began to walk away again. Then a thought came to Neji and he turned his face around and saw Sakura was about to step inside the dojo. Then he called out to her, and that made her halted and tilted her head to look him.
"How about help me baby sit?" Neji asked.
Neji's question shocked Sakura. She pondered about it for a few seconds and then she turned her full attention to him.
"No, thank you. I rather train today, and besides, I'm not good with kids." Sakura said and proceeded to go inside the dojo, but then she stopped again because Neji said something that caught her attention.
"Starting today your training will double." Neji stated. Sakura had already took one foot over the door but then stopped in her track and she just stood there like a statue. From behind, Neji could only see Sakura back, but what he didn't know was that Sakura left eye was twitching.
She then turned around slowly and glared at Neji.
"You're joking. You can't just change my training schedule like that." Sakura tried to control her anger.
"Try me." Neji threatened.
"You can't to that." Sakura shouted to Neji, but then he turned around and started to walk away again.
"Hyuuga-senpai!" Sakura shouted. Then Neji came to a halt and turned around to look at Sakura with an unusual expression on his face.
"W-what..?" Sakura shuttered.
"Tell you what. I'll make you a deal."
"You mean another deal? We've already had a deal before."
"Fine, whatever. I'll make you another deal.
"O..kay…shoot!"
"You help me baby sit the little toddlers and in return you don't have to train today."
"No way!" Neji took one step toward Sakura.
"Absolutely not!" another step forward.
"You can't change my mind!" another step.
"No way!" another step.
"No!" another step.
"I said NO!" another step.
"I told you already, I'm not good with kids!" Sakura cried.
"Hyuuga-senpai!" Within two seconds, Neji was in front of Sakura. "You can't make me…" Sakura murmured to herself as Neji continued to stare at her.
Three minutes later
Ding…
Dong…
"Neji-san, it's good to see you again." Rita greeted.(Look above at the summary if you don't know who she is)
"Nice to see you too, Kinomoto-san." Neji greeted back.
"And who is this lovely young lady next to you?" Rita asked.
"How the hell did I end up like this?" Sakura mentally slapped herself over and over again.
"Her name is Haruno Sakura. She's here to help me to baby sit the little boys." Neji answered.
"That's great to hear. Nice to meet you, Sakura-san." Rita smiled and waved to Sakura.
"Nice to meet you too, Kinomoto-san." Sakura was out of her thoughts and waved back to the woman in front of her.
"Kaa-chan…!" a voice cried out from inside the house. After a few seconds a little boy ran out and bumped into his mother legs and started to hug them.
"Kaa-chan…"
"What is it, Touya-chan?"
"Take me with you. I want to come with you."
"No, Touya. It would be easier for me to go alone and more fun for you stay at home."
"But Kaa-chan…"
"Touya-chan, we've already discussed about his, and besides you get to stay home with Neji. You do remember Neji, don't you?"
Touya raised his head to look at the person next to his mom, and his face cheered up almost immediately.
"Neji-nii-chan!!" Touya ran up to Neji and hugged Neji's legs because he was not tall enough to reach Neji's waist.
Neji bent down and touched Touya's shoulder which signaled him to let go of Neji's leg. Neji softly rubbed the little boy head.
"How you're doing, kiddo?"
"I'm fine." Touya putted on the biggest grin that he has while looking at Neji. A few seconds later, Touya turned his gazed to the girl next Neji and looked at her with a confuse face.
"Neji-nii-chan, who is that nee-chan?"
"Huh-ohh…her name is Haruno Sakura. She will help me look after you today."
Touya continued to stare at Sakura and then out of nowhere he asked, "Neji-nii-chan is she your girlfriend?"
Sakura and Neji eyes widened in shock. Sakura was blushing madly on the outside and inside she was screaming. "What the hell!! Did that boy just ask if I am Hyuuga-senpai girlfriend??"
Neji, on the other hand has a hint of redness on his cheek but not as much as Sakura. There was a strange and uncomfortable silence after Touya asked his question. Sakura was trying to look away so that no one can see her blushing. Even Neji stayed silent that entire time. The first one to break the silent was Kinomoto.
"I am so sorry, Sakura-san. Touya-chan doesn't know any better. I apologized for his rudeness."
"I-It's ok, Kinomoto, he's just a child. I won't hold it against him."
"I'm so glad to hear that. Now I can go with less worry knowing that I have such reliable and trustworthy babysitter."
"Thank you." Neji and Sakura said at the same time.
Then the two teens entered the house. They walked to the living room, where Neji and Sakura saw a TV set in the middle of the room, a bed that was a couple of feet away from the TV, and there was a coach (fit for three person) against the wall, but it was slightly tilted to that you can watch TV when you sat on it.
"You already met my oldest son, Touya. Now let me introduce to you my youngest son, Touya little brother." Rita said.
Rita walked over to her baby boy and he was sitting on the bed. "Taji-chan...look who's here to play with you…" she said in a her sweetest voice.
Little Taji, who was watching Barney, looked up at his mom. He was sucking on a rubber toy and you could see his drool all over the toy. Rita came over to him and picked him up from under the arms and putted him on her hip. The Rita walked over to where Neji and Sakura stood.
"Neji-san, Sakura-san, this is my little boy Taji-chan." Rita said. Sakura and Neji waved hi to the baby, but in returned Taji continue to suck on his little toy.
"Taji-chan, say hi to your babysitter. Come on say….hi!" Rita holded his tiny hand and was waving it around. Sakura and Neji just looked at the Rita, who was trying to help her son to talk. "Now…say….mama!...ma…ma…"
The baby opened his mouth but only more drool came out. "Oh well, maybe it's still too early for him to talk." Rita said in a disappointed voice. Then she brought Taji on the bed and played with him some more.
That went on for about 5 minutes, and then Sakura checked the clock on the wall and leaned over to Neji and asked, "Isn't time for her to go?" Neji then looked at the clock also and he gave out a sighed before he spoke up.
"Kinomoto-san, what about your appointment?" he asked, which interrupted Rita playing with her sons. Somewhere between 2 and 3 minutes ago, Touya had joined in on the fun. Upon hearing Neji question, Rita converted her eyes to her wristwatch and she stood up immediately.
"You're right, Neji. It is time for me to leave." Then she bended down and kiss her sons good-bye. Sakura and Neji watched as Rita got her purse and ran toward the door. Before the sound of the door closed, Rita called out, "I'll be home soon. Take care!"
Then Sakura and Neji turned around and found the two little boys were watching TV. So they decided to sit down next to the kids. Neji was on Touya side and Sakura was on Taji side.
Meanwhile, Rita was driving in her car then the light turned red and she stopped the car. Something was bugging her but she didn't know what it was. "Hmm…I think forgetting something but I don't know what it is." She pondered over what she had forgotten and then the light turned green. "Oh well, whatever it might be, I'm sure it's not that important." Then she continued to drive off.
Back to the babysitter
Touya was jumping and dancing along the song on Barney and Taji who could barely stood up, just sat on the bed with Neji and Sakura. But then suddenly, Taji started to cry. Sakura, who was next to him, looked over at him immediately.
"What's wrong with him?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know." said Neji.
As Taji continued to cry some more, Sakura and Neji started to panic. Then Touya came over to the bed and nudged on Neji hand. "I think he needs a diaper change." Touya stated.
Sakura and Neji looked at Touya, then at each other, and then lastly at Taji. Then Neji and Sakura looked at each other again. They had on a face that said 'So are you going to do it?'. After a minute of staring at each other and Sakura saw how Taji kept crying and it didn't seem like he would stop anything soon. So she picked Taji up like his mom did before and stood up.
"I'll do it." she said. Then Neji looked up at Sakura with a confused face. Obviously, Neji was surprised by Sakura sudden volunteer. She smiled at him and turned her attention to Touya. "Come on, Touya show me where the diapers are?" she asked the little boy.
"Ok!" Touya cheerily agreed. Then Touya skipped off toward the bedroom and Sakura followed from behind.
Sakura slowly opened the diaper and threw it away. Then she putted a new diaper on for Taji and his crying has reduced. Finally, Taji has calmed down and Sakura gave him his rubber toy and he began to chew on it. Sakura watched as Taji chew his toy. "He's not so bad when he doesn't cry. Actually, he's kind of cute." Sakura smiled sweetly at him.
Touya has already gone out to the living room when Sakura came out there. She sat back down on the bed. Touya was now sitting on the floor, which made him closer to the TV. But neither Neji nor Sakura told him to scoot back it was still a good distance away from the screen.
Everything was back to normal, and the teens just sat on the bed watching the kids. Then suddenly, Taji started to cry….again. Sakura looked at him with an annoyed face. "What now?!" Sakura asked.
"I think he is hungry." said Touya as he took a brief second to turned around and inform Sakura.
"Well, what does he eat?" Sakura asked.
"He doesn't eat much." Touya answered and the teens looked at him with confused faces.
"Ok then, what can he eat." Sakura asked.
"He mostly drink milk from a bottle." Touya said.
"Ok, I'll go get him some milk. Hyuuga-senpai, can you look after them while I'm gone?"
"Sure." Neji agreed.
Touya then turned his head slightly from the TV after he heard what Sakura addressed to Neji. He pondered about it for less than a second and then he continued to watch his favorite show.
Sakura got back with the milk in her hand. She handed the bottle of milk to Taji and he sucked on it like it was his first time drinking milk. Sakura felt satisfied with her work and she sat down next to him. Neji was on the couch reading the newspaper, since there's nothing else to do.
The only sound in the room was the song on TV and the clapping that came from Touya because he was clapping along with the song. Then the commercial came on and Touya stopped clapping. Sakura was bored so she end up watching the little boy do his childish tactics. Then Sakura converted her eyes to Taji, who was almost done with the bottle of milk. "Man, he's fast!" Sakura sweat dropped.
Then suddenly Touya yelled out, which Sakura surprised out of her skin. Neji just simply removed his eyes from the newspaper and looked at Touya.
"What's wrong?" Neji asked Touya.
"Look! Look! Look!" Touya pointed to the television screen.
"What? What is it?" Sakura asked as she looked at the screen. The commercial was introducing brown teddy bears. Then Sakura raised an eyebrow and looked at Touya.
"So? It's just a commercial about teddy bears." Sakura said plainly.
"I have that bear!" Touya stated. Sakura narrowed her eyes and thought that there was no point to this and sat back down. Then the commercial was over but Touya was still very excited and he kept jumping up and down.
Then Touya walked over to Neji and poked his leg. Neji lowered the newspaper and looked at Touya.
"Neji-nii-chan, let me show you my teddy." Touya said cheerfully.
Neji raised an eyebrow. "Ok…where is it?"
"Huh?" Touya then looked at his hand and he was holding a reddish-orange lion instead of a teddy bear. Then Touya burst into fake tears and started to yell.
"Wahh…..where's my teddy?!" Touya cried. Neji put away the newspaper and tried to calm Touya down. Then Sakura came over and tried to do the same thing.
"Calm down, Touya. It's just a stuffed bear." Sakura said.
"No, it's not!! It's MY favorite teddy bear. And I want my teddy bear!" Touya cried some more, but there was no real tears. (Hehe, most of those childish behaviors I got from my cousins. They cried, but their eyes were not wet. They're such fakers)
"Ok, ok, I'll go find your teddy bear. How is that? Now can you please stop whining?" Sakura pleaded because her ears couldn't take anymore of the little boy fake crying.
Touya stopped his ranting and nodded a yes.
"Come on tell me where you last saw it?" Sakura asked. Then she took Touya hand and he led her into one of the bedroom. When Sakura entered the room, she knew right away it was the boy's room because toys were everywhere.
10 minutes later
Sakura and Touya came out of the room and into the living room.
"I can't find it. It's not in there." Sakura said.
"Wahh….! I want my teddy! I want my teddy! I want my teddy! I want my teddy and I want it now!!" Touya cried.
"Ok, ok. I get the point." Sakura said. Then she turned to Neji who was still sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. "Hyuuga-senpai, can you help me find Touya's teddy bear. We can't find it."
Neji looked up from the newspaper, and then he folded it up and gave her a nod. For the next half an hour, Sakura, Neji, and sometimes Touya were searching for the missing teddy bear. They looked under the bed, around the couch, on the bed, next to the bed, and all over the living room. But they still couldn't find it. So then they proceed to the kitchen and searched all the obvious places that a bear could be. Maybe the bear fell under the dinner table. Or maybe it was in the refrigerator. Nope not there.
Then, they proceeded to search in the backyard. Who knows, maybe Touya played outside and put it out there and forgot to brought it back. But again, no luck. After a whole 20 minutes of searching, they wanted to take a break and sat on the bed next to Taji.
Speaking of Taji, he was unusually quiet and behaving himself. He sat on the bed and watch TV the whole time while the gang searched for the missing bear. Then Sakura looked straight at the TV, and a thought came to her head. She then walked over to the television and over the thing. And……."Bingo." There it was; a brown stuffed bear was behind the TV.
"I found it." Sakura proclaimed, and then held up the stuffed bear and showed it to everybody. Touya rushed over and hug the bear to death.
After the search was over, everybody went back to the living room and everything was back to normal until….
"I'm hungry." whined Touya. Sakura looked at him with a disgusted face. She gave out a deep sighed before answering.
"What do you want to eat, Touya?" Sakura asked.
But before Touya could answer back to Sakura, Neji cut in. "Actually, I'm kind of hungry too." he stated.
Sakura gave out a groan, but then she heard her stomach growling. She blushed out of embarrassment and then laughed it off. "Heh, I guess I'm hungry too." she muttered that only she could hear.
"So, what do you all want to eat?" she asked.
"Let's check the kitchen, maybe Kinomoto left something for them to eat." Neji said.
"Yeah, and maybe some for us too." Sakura whispered to herself. Her stomach was growling again.
Then everybody headed toward the kitchen and Neji was carrying Taji in his arms. Then Sakura spotted some rice ball on the counter.
"Hey, look. Your mom must have left those for you boys." Sakura said to Touya. Then Touya eyed the food like it was a disgusting meat. Then out of the blue Touya said….
"I want spaghetti with meatball." Touya demanded.
Sakura eye twitched. She did not feel like making some spaghetti right now. So another opinion was to sweet talk him out of the spaghetti idea.
"But your mom left you some delicious rice ball. Why don't you eat that instead?" Sakura said sweetly.
"I want spaghetti." Touya repeated. Sakura eye began to twitch again.
"I want spaghetti! I want spaghetti! I want spaghetti! I want spaghetti! I want spaghetti!" Touya kept repeating it over and over that he wanted spaghetti. Sakura couldn't take his whining anymore.
"OK! I'll make you some spaghetti!" She shouted.
"YAY!!" Touya threw his hands up in the air. Then Sakura told him and the others to wait in the living room and when she done, she would call them.
Neji walked out of the kitchen and a minute later he walked back.
"Haruno, need some help?" Neji asked. Sakura was busy getting everything ready.
"No thanks, Hyuuga-senpai. You could watch the kids while I'm doing this." Sakura answered.
"Are you sure? Have you ever cooked before?" Neji asked. Then Sakura stopped what she was doing and converted her attention toward her mentor.
"Of course I have!" Sakura putted her hands of her hips and glared at Neji.
"Ok, fine. I'm just making sure." Then Neji walked out of the kitchen leaving a fuming Sakura. She took it as an insult and was determined to prove to him that she could it.
20 minutes later
"Ok, everybody the spaghetti is finish!" Sakura yelled from the kitchen.
Then Touya rushed into the kitchen and took a seat right away. While Neji took his time and strolled over to Taji and picked him up and then walked toward the kitchen. Everyone took their seats and started to chow down on the spaghetti. Mainly, it was Touya who was gobble the spaghetti, everyone else like Sakura and Neji took their time. Since, Taji couldn't eat spaghetti yet, he just sat there sucking on a bottle of milk that Sakura just made for him.
Sakura looked at Neji for his reaction with the food she just prepared. Touya was eating it but that didn't mean anything because he was still a child. But Neji was a different story. She wanted to impress him with her cooking. She couldn't wait any longer; she has to ask him now!
"Umm…Hyuuga-senpai…h-how the food?" Sakura asked.
Neji looked at Sakura and then back at his plate of spaghetti.
"It's good." Neji said, which brought a wave of relief to Sakura. Sakura gave out a deep sigh afterward because she was holding her breath. "Actually, it's really good. Didn't know Haruno could cook so well." Neji smirked as he continued to eat his food.
A few minutes later, Sakura had to go to the restroom, and so she left the dinner table. Neji and Touya were still eating. They had not finished their plates yet, and then suddenly the phone rang. Neji got up from his seat and walked out of the kitchen and into the living room because that was where the phone was.
Then Sakura came out of the restroom and met Neji on her way to the kitchen.
"Who was on the phone, Hyuuga-senpai?" She asked.
"It was Kinomoto-san. She said she will be back soon."
"Oh…."
Then both teens entered the kitchen, but what they found stun them. The boys were throwing spaghetti at each other, and their clothes were covered with spaghetti and spaghetti sauce. Not to mention, the floor and the wall have sauces on them as well. Neji was surprise but not as nearly surprise as Sakura.
"What happened in here?!" She shouted.
Touya and Taji stopped throwing spaghetti at each other and looked at their babysitters.
Touya muttered a, "Uh-oh..." and dropped what he was holding. Sakura was outraged. She cooked them spaghetti and they used it to throw it at one another. Also, she and Neji were just gone for 3 minutes and when they came back, look at the mess those two boys did!
Sakura was really mad, but being mad over it won't solve anything. And plus, Kinomoto-san was coming home soon, so they really need to clean up.
"Ok boys, let's get you clean up. Touya you first." Sakura said and motioned Touya to follow her.
"Hyuuga-senpia, can you take care of the clean up?" Sakura asked Neji.
"Sure."
Then Sakura and Touya went inside the bedroom, but not before cleaning off some of the spaghetti on Touya first. Sakura told Touya to wait in the bathroom while she tried to find him new clean cloth to wear. When Sakura found some nice ones for Touya to wear, she entered the bathroom and told Touya to take off his cloth.
"Ne, nee-chan, why do you call Neji-nii-chan "Hyuuga-senpai" instead of just Neji?" Touya asked as Sakura wiped the sauces that were on Touya arms with a towel.
"Well, because he is older than me." Sakura answered.
"Then why don't you call him Neji-nii-chan instead?"
"Well, it's just not appropriate." Sakura was done with his arms and went to his feet.
"Why isn't it appropriate? By the way what is appropriate mean?"
"It just isn't, and appropriate means that is not right."
"Why isn't it right? Why do you have to call Neji-nii-chan that? Huh? Huh?" Sakura eyebrows began to twitch.
"Because he is older than me and he is my mentor."
"What's a mentor?" Touya asked as Sakura slipped his shirt over his head.
"A person that watches over you."
"Neji-nii-chan watches over me too. Then is he MY mentor too?"
"Well, no, he is your babysitter." Sakura answered while she finished putting on his pant. Touya still had diaper on.
"Neji-nii-chan is older than me too, so should I call him Hyuuga-senpai too?"
"No, call him what you do now."
"OK!" he said in a really enthusiastic way. "I like to call him Neji-nii-chan better anyways. Well then, are you going to call him Neji-nii-chan too?"
Sakura stopped for a moment and pondered about Touya question.
"Why not, I suppose it wouldn't hurt." Sakura answered.
"YAY!!" Touya threw his hands in the air. Sakura was finish dressing him and she just smiled gently at him.
Then Neji showed up with Taji in his arms "What were you two talking about?" Neji asked.
Sakura and the Touya looked at each other then looked at Neji and said at the same time. "Nothing." Then both of them laughed and Neji raised an eye brow.
"Come on Touya, I have to clean Taji now. Go outside and help Neji-senpai clean up the mess you made earlier." Sakura said as she faced Touya.
"OK!" Touya said with a high spirit.
Neji eyes widen a little bit upon hearing Sakura calling him by his first name, but then he forgot about it and handed over Taji to Sakura and head out of the bathroom.
"OK!" Touya said with a high spirit.
When Touya got out, Neji was finished cleaning and he was hanging the towels up. So then, Neji told Touya to wait there and do nothing. Afterward, Sakura was done cleaning Taji and she came into the kitchen with Taji in her arms. She placed him on the dinner table, which is now clean, and sighed.
Touya came over and sat down on the chair and Neji was just leaning on the refrigerator with his arms crossed. There was a silence in the room for the first time in a while.
"Umm…" Sakura spoke up to break the silent. "I'm guessing no one's full yet, right?" Sakura asked. They all nodded. "Well, then I guess we could eat those rice balls." Sakura suggested. She didn't want to cook anything else; one, she didn't have the strength because she haven't eaten anything yet, and two, there was nothing else in the refrigerator. She might want to remind Rita to do some grocery shopping when she got back.
No one made an answer, so Sakura assumed that everybody was fine with eating rice balls. So she got them out and they all sat at the table and ate together.
Afterward, the kids came out to the living room and continued to watch TV, while Sakura was finishing cleaning up. Neji was outside watching the kids. Touya and Taji were on the floor clapping their hands to the beat of the song. Then Sakura showed up and she sat right next to Neji, who was on the bed.
Then for some reason Taji saw Sakura has come in and he started to crawl to her on his hands and feet. Sakura and Neji didn't take notice of Taji was heading for them until the baby boy tapped on Sakura leg. Sakura then looked down at Taji and Neji was the second to notice that the boy was there. Both saw Taji had raised his arms toward Sakura, which most of the time indicated that the baby want to be picked up.
But then Neji was confused by the baby boy action and looked at Sakura for an answered. Sakura, on the other hand, was not confused and she understood him completely. She gave Taji a quick smile before bending down and picked him up from the floor. She turned Taji around so that he would be able to watch TV while sitting on her lap.
"Looks like he developed a liking to you." Neji stated after witnessing the whole scene.
"That's hard to believe. He gave me much trouble when I clean him." Sakura said.
Taji was happily sucking on his binkie while enjoying sitting on Sakura lap and watching TV. A few minutes later, Sakura eyes were starting to get heavy. She glanced over at Neji. He had a bored face on and was staring at the wall. Then she looked at Touya who was addicted to the screen in front of him. Then finally she converted her eyes to the baby who was sitting on her lap, Taji.
Sakura ten had a satisfied smile on her face and then without her noticing it, she had lean on Neji shoulder. Neji felt Sakura head was on his shoulder but he decided not to move.
Sakura mind was clouded and she was in a dreamy state, so then she couldn't think straight. So when Neji didn't move, Sakura thought that she was leaning on the wall. A very soft wall. Sakura eyes were half way closed, but she prevented herself from falling asleep.
Seconds later, her eyes were getting heavier and heavier. Then with here eyes half way closed, she eyed the kids in front of her and then she muttered "I wish I had a perfect family like this." She thought the same thing in her head and thought that nobody had heard her. But unfortunately, it did not go unnoticed by Neji, who was right next to her.
He looked at her and noticed that she was breathing evenly, which indicated that she had fell asleep. Neji then noticed how closed he was to her and a little blush crept up his cheeks. Then Neji saw Taji was also asleep and still had his binkie in his mouth. Neji tried to not wake Sakura up while he swung his arm over her head and gently laid her down on the bed.
Neji also gently placed Taji next to Sakura. He looked toward Taji, who had curled up and cuddled closer to Sakura. Neji gave out an amusement chuckled and then he glanced over to Sakura's sleeping form. Her hair was dispersed all over her face. "When did she untie her hair?" Apparently, Neji didn't notice that Sakura had her hair down since after she cleaned the kids and walked to the kitchen where they ate rice ball together.
Slowly, Neji brushed off some of Sakura's hair away from her face and examined her face. Her green eyes were closed but he could almost see it as if they were open. She was breathing from her nose and her mouth was closed. For the first time, Neji noticed that she has a gently form, especially when she was sleeping. Then suddenly Neji realized what had he been thinking for the pass couple of minutes and he stopped himself from thinking any further.
Then Neji converted his eyes to Touya, who was still glued to the TV. Neji then decided for everybody to take a nap, so then he got up and disappeared in to the kitchen and when he came back he has a bottle of milk in his hand.
"Touya, time to take a nap." Neji said.
Touya turned around after a few seconds later and said, "Awww…I don't wanna…"
"Come here and sleep next to Taji over here." Neji said as he showed where Taji laid.
"Awww…but I'm not sleepy." Touya pouted.
"Touya." Neji gave the little boy his serious tone of voice. Then Touya stood up facing Neji and pouted some more.
"Now turn off the TV and come here. I'll give you your bottle of milk." Neji stated.
"Humph, I don't want to drink milk." Touya said while he was still pouting. Then he turned off the TV then walked over the bed and climbed up on it and lay down next to his younger brother, Taji.
The order of the bodies that were on the bed are Sakura on the very end of the other side of the bed, then it was Taji, then Touya, and finally Neji would be at the end.
When Touya had settled down and was still pouting. Neji gave out a sighed and handed the boy his bottle of milk. "Here." Touya gladly took the bottle and started to suck on it. "And he said he don't want to drink milk." Neji thought.
Then Neji lay down next to Touya and putted his arms under his head and just laid there. Minutes later, his eyes were getting heavy, so then Neji decided to go to sleep but not before making sure that Touya had already fell asleep. When Neji saw that everyone had slept soundly and peacefully, he closed his eyes and let sleep consumed him as well.
Later that day
Rika came home to find her sons on the bed outside the living sleeping with Sakura and Neji. She gave out a smile and placed her stuff on the little table next to the entrance of the living room. Then she walked softly toward the bed. She gently touched Neji on the shoulder, which woke him up.
"…huh, wha?" was Neji replied.
Rita smiled at him. "I'm back." she whispered.
Neji rubbed his eyes to get a better vision. Then he finally got out of his sleepy state. "Ohh, welcome home Kinomoto-san."
"Aa, looks like you and Sakura-san had a rough day. I hope my boys didn't give you that much trouble."
"Of course not." Neji answered. Then he looked at Sakura and back at Rita. "I should wake Sakura now." he said.
Rita straighten up and just watched as Neji tried to wake Sakura up. And when she was finally awake, she carefully got off the bed without waking up the kids. Sakura, Neji, and Rita walked toward the door.
"Thank you for babysitting today, Neji-san, Sakura-san." said Rita.
"You're welcome." was Neji replied.
"No problem." Sakura answered.
Both the teens walked out of the house but then suddenly…
"Oh, wait a minute. Neji-san, Sakura-san." Rita called out to them.
"Yes?" both asked at the same time. They both turned around and took a few steps backward and then saw Rita was standing at the door and she was holding something on her hand.
"I brought those awhile ago. Please have some." Rita said while showing them the items.
Then the teens looked at what Rita was holding. It was mochi. And it has different kind of color on it.
"No thanks, Kinomoto-san. I don't eat sweets." Neji stated.
"Ohh too bad. What about you Sakura-san. A girl like you don't hate sweets, am I right?" Rita asked.
"Erm…well…no.." Sakura said.
"Good! Then please take some." Rita said cheerfully.
"Uh…sure…" Sakura grabbed a pink mochi from Rita plate. "Thanks, Kinomoto-san. One is good enough." Sakura smiled sweetly.
"You're welcome." Rita smiled back at Sakura.
"Have a good day you two. And thank you again for babysitting." Rita said while waving good-bye to the teens.
"No problem." Sakura waved back.
Then they both walked back to Neji's dojo and they stopped in front of the door.
"Sakura, a deal is a deal. You helped me baby sit today, so now you don't have to train today." Neji said.
"Really, Neji-senpai? Thanks!" Sakura was too excited and started to run off toward the direction of her house, without noticing Neji just called her by her first name.
A/N: OMG! This chapter took me soooooooooo long to finish. I worked very very VERY hard on this chapter and I used a lot of my time thinking and developing the scenes. So you people like this chapter.
You don't know how hard I worked on this chapter, so be nice and don't FLAME me.
Aside from that, I like this chapter. I think it's really cute and funny. By the way, is anyone starting to get tired of all the training/filler chapters?... TOO BAD!! There will be more of that in the next two chapters.
Also, if you haven't notice at the top of this page, I rated the genre Drama/Romance for like 4 chapters already. But I didn't officially change it until now. So expect some drama soon, ok?
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