title: Born to Be Three
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH 2015
rating: K-M
summary: o18: Papa's coming home, Sarada.
dedicated to: my baes on tumblr - i love you all!
NOTE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH: I wanted to add Sarada in many of these prompts, because she's a part of this beautiful family too /sobs forever at my babies having babies/ but sometimes I either couldn't find a way to fit her in and, to be honest, I have little experience writing about her! Hopefully that will change
.o18.
Out of the Woods
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Papa's coming home, Sarada.
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She really likes the stuffed animals you gave her, Sakura wrote. But did they have to be so big? They're practically twice her size!
Sasuke smirked. His eyes continued to scan the letter as he formulated a proper response to write back.
You spoil her so much, Sasuke— he saw that she scribbled out the Sasuke-kun and wrote in big characters ANATA instead. It's taken him a while to become used to this newfound name, after fifteen or so years of enough Sasuke-kuns to fill a lifetime, but he loves it nonetheless.
Then, at the bottom, she wrote, Why can't you spoil me? :( When's my next time?
Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle at his wife's insistence. Sakura wrote an additional post scripted message on the bottom of the letter, with an arrow pointing to the back.
Someone else has something they want to say to you.
With a roll of his eyes, Sasuke prepared for the chicken scratch that was Naruto. He was sure, of course, that there would be profanity and misspelled words, along with a large "SAAAASSSSUUUKKEEE!" scrawled in big characters.
But instead of Naruto's childish script, he found one softer, more feminine. He hadn't seen this handwriting before.
Dear Papa,
Thank u for my giffs. I luv them vary much, not just becus they are kute, but becus they are frum Papa.
Mama and I miss u. Pleaz come home two us soon.
I luv u,
Sarada
Sasuke refused to let the tears fall onto his daughter's note. He imagined little Sarada, only three or four by this time, sitting at the kitchen table while Sakura dictated the message for her. Her little hand must have gripped the pencil with such force, explaining the jagged marks and indents in the paper.
There was work to be done, surely. The world wasn't safe for his family and he would do his best to eliminate all threats and dangers posed against his two precious girls.
But, he figured again, if the Hokage can take a vacation once in a while, he could too.
Sasuke tucked the message into his bag and headed off to the nearest village to buy yet another animal friend—and something special for the wife, too.
updates come regularly on tumblr for each day. I'm lazy at uploading on ff, but rest assured everything will be up by the end of this month. XD
note: chapter 12, white flag, has been replaced :)