(Prepare for a modern AU drabble SUCK IT OKEI, it sucks and is shorter but shhh I'm loopy)
Sakura woke up to the sound of loud, angry squawking coming from her kitchen.
Well, technically it wasn't hers—it was the one that she and Naruto shared, and had shared since they had both graduated high school. So... The past three years. Grumbling under her breath about having been awakened before six on a Saturday, she pulled a house robe over her pyjamas and marched out of her room, fully prepared to voice her displease at whatever the fuck was going on.
"Naruto! What the he—" she cut herself off when she turned the corner into the kitchen and dining room area, and saw the blonde leaned over the table with...
A nest of birds settled in front of him?
"Hell is a bunch of birds doing in my dining room?" she changed her wording, voice rising in her disbelief and surprise.
"Well uh... Uhm..." Naruto started, sitting back in his chair with a sheepish look. "I found the nest this morning while running, and they were alone and squawking and I looked around and there was a cat eating the mom sparrow right nearby and I couldn't just leave them!" he exclaimed, a slight pout on his lips.
But Sakura wasn't quite convinced. She crossed her arms over her chest, and strode over to stand next to the table and peer down into the nest where three... rather ugly-but-so-ugly-they-were-cute baby birds peaked out. Upon seeing her, they all began to squawk even louder.
"So you brought them inside." Her tone made it clear her current disapproval, which really was only stemming from the fact she was running on a precariously low amount of sleep as it was, and definitely was not appreciating being woken up so early.
"Well...I figured I could..." he kinda shrugged, and looked down at his adopted babies with a softened eye. "You know. Take care of 'em."
The picture before her was... sickeningly sweet. She had always known that Naruto had a tendency to pick up orphaned or hurt animals whenever he saw them, and to try and nurse them back to health, but... In her dining room? The chicks started their squawking again, escalating in volume, and the man donned a look of concern before leaning over them again, making shushing sounds as though that would soothe their complaints, much like a mother to her babe. She couldn't help but smile at him, and shake her head. How was it possible for an idiot like him to be as adorable as he was, sometimes?
Because other times he was just an idiot.
She sighed, and walked over to the desk where their laptops sat side by side. "Well, I guess we need to look up what exactly we'll need to do." And despite the fact she wanted to stay annoyed at him, and chastise him for doing this to her so early in the morning, she couldn't bring herself to do it when he sprang up with a grin and joined her in the Googling of sparrow care.