Pink and Blue
Wedding Dress Trauma Series
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Papa On The Job!
I bet you thought that Sakura was pregnant again. So did I!
I thought we had a call for a third.
To my greatest disappointment, out of all her mysterious cliff hanging whispering was about her mother's cousin's daughter getting married and she would be travelling home to the country side to help out for the preparations?
And I would be responsible for babysitting the children for TWO whole weeks!
Er…I shouldn't have been so silly since I wasn't home too many days in the month to expect another baby. Well, I would definitely want more. I told her that I wasn't done with the baby business and she seemed to take me lightly by snorting or laughing sarcastically or rolling her eyes as if I was joke!
Geez...The Uchiha Junior Soccer Team dream sounded so far away…
"Sasuke!"
Sakura derailed me from my thoughts as she called to me and began to snarl at me for not being attentive.
Women were fearsome creatures when they turned mothers. Husbands tend to get yelled at. I finally understood what Naruto meant whenever I got stuck with him in the office for hours just to listen to him complain about his wife. And children. And in-laws complaining.
"Were you listening?"
"Yup!" I lied with my eyes wide open.
She sighed.
"It's just two weeks, what could happen?" I said in laidback manner and stuffed food into my mouth.
Dinner at home is the greatest especially when my favourite food was made by Sakura herself. She's no professional cook and she could get clumsy all the time mixing up the wrong sauce and recipes. Still, I came to enjoy the mistakes, provided edible.
Tonight's mushroom chicken and pumpkin spare ribs served with rice were awesome.
I licked off the remains of sauces off my chopsticks. The twins seemed to be fine with it as well despite they had rice all over the place. Feeding time just didn't improve since they were babies.
Sosuke is a picky eater. His mommy had to tend to him most of the time when Sara just gobbled up everything that was laid on her plate but messy; on her clothes and floor!
My little princess was just so cute when her cheeks were dirty all over. I gently rubbed them off with a tissue and she screamed for not liking it. Her shrills were deafening at this range; I playfully cupped her mouth and she continued to scream harder playing along until mommy eyed us from the corner of her eyes.
"Tiger mommy is watching us," I whispered into Sara's ears and we snickered to ourselves.
Sakura ignored us; she continued to tend to Sosuke, the slowest eater in the family but while she was at it, she kept reminding me on the important things that I should bear in mind about taking care of the twins during her absence.
Somehow or rather she didn't seem to trust my babysitting skills and so did I.
I didn't interrupt her as she continued to her hearts content and I continued digging in.
Sakura's pretty noisy these days as a mother but as I listened while watching her; everything around me started to fade except Sakura and the kids before me;
This picture;
The family that I envisioned to have was just…right here. The feeling of fulfilment and gratefulness were hanging beneath my chest and that little pinch of sweetness made it all felt so warm, know?
I always thought that we were in a movie and this was some flashback of a happy memory part of the film. But it wasn't. I felt the heat whenever I clenched my fist, I felt the pain when I tried hurting myself hoping that I'd wake up and that little hand which touched my skin;
By that one touch, it had the power to shatter all my doubts and assured me that I kept reality real. The little hand which touched me;
IS part of me.
That was a fact that etched the smile on my lips. The miracle of love has brought life to life.
It was something that money could not buy and that was truer when I continued to immerse myself in this precious hour with my family. Just the four of us, together; I felt free. There was no status, no money, no power, no paparazzi, no gossipers, no competitors, no to all those people I hate to see during the day in the streets or at the office.
It's just me and my family.
I was just myself; Uchiha Sasuke, a husband and a father of two.
I smiled. Definitely, I smiled while feeling it on my cheeks.
"Sasuke…Sasuke?"
"Y-Yes?" I quickly recomposed.
It still felt embarrassing even if it was my wife who caught me wandering off in my own fantasies and grinning to myself.
"Don't forget to change the bed sheets once every two days. Sosuke's nose can't stand the dust collecting on top of them," she said when I wasn't completely so. "Are you listening?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" I lied again. "That's the servants' job. Why me?"
"Because you're their P-A-P-A."
Oh, she sure knows how to silence me.
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Train Station
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"Make sure to have the twins wash their hands properly before meals, they just love to explore everywhere with their hands! Make sure that they have meals on time and milk must be warm, NO cold drinks, NO ice-cream, NO fried foods, NO fast foods and NO sweets!"
Sakura has been ranting at me for the past like what…since we got to the train station to send her off? For a mother, she certainly has become pretty fussy. It was like 'no this, no that, no, no, no and no' kind of thing. I secretly rolled my eyes and she caught me at it.
Sakura glared at me for being carefree; I playfully snuggled with the twins carried in my arms.
If she could be so worried about entrusting the kids with me, why not bring them to the country side with her instead?
Reason being that they were still too young to travel around and they would get infected with bacteria, germs and etcetera of whatever-she-names them. I was like; okay…that didn't quite make sense. I mean…our world consists of these microscopic organisms and we lived in harmony WITH them. But.
In order to maintain 'world peace' with Madam Haruno, I stayed quiet and agreed to her ideas. It was never my policy to NOT say my piece whenever some random human would start ranting nonsense in my face just so it happens towards Her Majesty; my wife.
How on earth did women have come to reigned dominance over men the day they achieved marital status?
And so, there goes Mrs Uchiha's 'perfect' plan of having me take care of the twins and that as well became THE perfect opportunity for papa-twins bonding time.
Hey, I didn't get to spend much quality time with the two and it should be my time to shine in the eyes of my little babies!
They kept going; mommy this, mommy that, mommy everywhere. The feeling was kind of…off.
Wouldn't it be better to be; papa this, papa that, papa all-the-time, papa is the best!
Oh, the thought of it made my veins danced in excitement. As soon as mommy leaves, the kids are all mine!
MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAACKK…COUGH COUGH COUGH…!
…Sorry…age did matter doing that…
"Make sure to tuck them to bed before ten at most, put on their sleeping socks or they'll have cold feet the next morning and might catch a cold," my wife didn't seem to be done with her long list of reminders;
"Were you listening, Sasuke?"
Well, not really.
She closed up to me with a fearsome brow then sighed helplessly at me for the last time before kissing the children's foreheads when the conductor called for boarding. Finally, she picked up her luggage, ready to leave.
And?
What about me?
Where's my kiss?!
She sighed at me for another time.
"Take good care of the kids, okay?" she said with her brows arched worriedly.
Okay. Okay. I got it.
Now hurry up and kiss me!
I watched my pinkette hesitate and I've got not enough patience to wait but act. I dived in like a hungry predator and stole a deep, wondrous kiss that tasted like caramel and cotton candy where it was all too sweet to digest at once.
Oh, my tooth ached!
It was more than being satisfied; I grinned ear to ear when my wife couldn't control her face from glowing redder every second.
"S-Sasuke! I said not in front of the kids!" she complained behind her teeth while the scarlet her face intensifies.
That's the way to do it and I like how it was done.
"I love you, my love and send my regards to your family!" I said when she was already at the entrance of the locomotive.
She waved and entered with a smile on her face.
The kids and I waved back for as long as we couldn't see mommy no longer when the train has reached into the distance.
We wouldn't be seeing her for the next two weeks; fourteen days, three hundred thirty six hours, twenty thousand and one hundred sixty minutes…
…That's pretty long…wasn't it?
Sigh…...Ya know, I think I am about to,
"MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMYYY!"
Oh…no…
Sosuke began crying before I could! MOMMY!
He was waving happily a second ago and turned into the usual big crybaby boy. I've got to do something before he creates more attention and some random passing paparazzi passed by and I would be stuck in this stuffy train station for good.
"Now, now, Sosuke. Good boy, gooooood boy. Mommy will be home very soon," I tried cheering my little boy to no avail. In fact, he cried even louder. Crap.
"When?" Sara cutely asked outright in front of her brother.
Sosuke immediately stopped and stared at her. With his big teary eyes he directed them to me very hopefully for an answer. What should I say? Tell him that mommy would be back in another twenty thousand minutes time?
He'll bring down the roof!
"Er…erm…Soon! Very soon! Mommy had something to do so…she'll be back in no time!"
"Then let's wait for mommy," she added innocently again.
Sara, that's not helping at all!
And not before long, she tucked my sleeve calling to me,
"Papa."
What was it this time? What sort of silly idea would there be again now?
"I wanna pee."
In her cute little innocently voice, she said.
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I swear.
I swear that I had TOTALLY forgotten about something like that when it comes down to taking care of children; not forgetting to mention that I had a baby boy AND…girl.
"Let's go wee wee!"
Alright, Sosuke seemed happy about the idea and somehow forgotten about the mommy issue. That was quick and I hope he stayed that way for as long as he could. He had mood swings. Definitely the worst case ever!
Since they were still children, I guess they would usually go to the bathroom together whenever Sakura took them. And whatever happens beyond that, I had little knowledge about it or rather…completely NONE.
This could be the first time after all these years!
Ask why?
Because their father spends most of his time in the office, gone to meetings, overseas, golf with the Big Shots, more meetings, conferences, VIP dinners and more rubbish!
Now the thought of having no experience toileting the children just sent a deep chill down my spine. An utter shame of a father I became; I am currently yelling out in my head!
With this opportunity, I shall do my best to perform my duties as father and make up for all the lost time or I'll—
"PAPA! I WANNA PEE!"
Sara screamed in my ear; her voice was glass shattering.
And so, I rushed to the nearest washroom there was and there I stood before the entrance; The crossroad to either the men's or the ladies'. I never realized that I had to experience such a dilemma!
"Papa, hurry up! The toilet is this way!"
My sweet little Sara was just so adorable knowing the right way to the appropriate place; pointing towards the sign symbol known as 'The Ladies'. Mommy taught her well.
Okay, let me get this straight; I am not afraid of entering the ladies' and I would certainly not bring my pure, innocent, unstained little girl to the men's. The thought of those disgusting men with their disgustingly dirty eyes watching my precious princess just so disgusts me!
BUT entering the women's;
In the eyes of public that I, Uchiha Sasuke had certain limits to adhere to and one of them was being a dignified man! I am iconic; as a man of so much of worth and so many connections and so much fame and so much of everything!
Me being caught entering the ladies'?
Oh no, no, no, nope!
It'll be on the headlines: Uchiha Sasuke is a pervert!
Who knew what could happen to my popularity list? My image, the stock market which depended on Me and the sale of goods of my own brand? There would be so much to lose from the slightest wrong move there.
Right?
NO!
DEFINITELY NO!
NO WAY!
NUH-UH!
NEVER!
What the hell am I talking about? I must have gone crazy listening to the devil inside me!
Shame on me when my dear sweet little baby girl needs my help. As her papa, I should brave the shame and enter the ladies'! Who the fxxx cares about the paparazzi, the stock market, the sales and the top charts?!
What sort of father who'd sacrifice her own daughter for the sake of fame and money?
CRAZY! IDIOT! INSANE! ANIMAL!
Therefore,
I bulked my chest and decided to set forth taking the path to the Skirts!
"PAPA!"
Sara loudly shouted in my ear, again; I stopped and looked at her.
"What are you doing papa?"
She asked me with pouty lips and a frown.
Did I forget to mention that she had her mother's cute short brows except that they were black? Yes, she has them and so did Sosuke. They had mommy's eyebrows!
Except that they were black. Black.
Like mine.
"To the washroom of course," I said. She frowned at me.
"Mommy said that only girls and Sosuke can enter the girls' toilet."
There she goes again saying stuff in her cute little voice with her pouty pink lips flapping and her dark doll-like haircut was just so irresistible to love!
Oh!
My dear sweet little precious baby of mine, Sara! How could you make papa so proud! My little baby has grown up so fast to understand the rules. I bet she'll make splendid heiress of the company one day!
Hey, wait.
Why did SOSUKE get to enter?
She ordered me to put her onto her feet and like a fairy she disappeared into the washroom before I got to follow and very soon she was out with her dress in place and hands washed.
"…"
I felt my heart broke for that second.
My dear sweet little precious baby of mine, Sara didn't even need her papa to assist her in her toilet business! Why mommy! Why did Sakura ever train my little Sara to grow up so fast!
"Sis, I want to go wee wee too," Sosuke walked up to her sister and they both headed into the ladies' again!
"Ah, wait, wa—Argh, who the heck is calling me!"
I dipped my hand into my pocket to fish out that phone of mine which rang at the wrong time. How disgustingly rude of that who-the-hell-of-a-person who had the guts to disrupt my babysitting time with my twins and curse that un-humanly human of a—
Sakura (Wife & Mommy)
I speechlessly gasped at the sight of the screen, adjusted my voice and quickly picked up the call before it dies.
"Hello, my love."
"Is everything alright over there, Sasuke? How are the kids?"
It was just ten minutes and she called.
"Er…Fine! Yup! Everything's…well! Good!"
I lied to avoid from making her worried, although I am rather worried right now. The twins were in the bathroom where I couldn't see them!
What if Sara and Sosuke got stuck in the toilet due to the rusty lock with no one to help them?
Or perhaps they fell into the toilet or got their bottoms stuck in it?!
Or perhaps they hit themselves against the door?!
GASP!
"Haha! Isn't that great? I was worried that you might have serious trouble taking care of those two."
She said it right though…
I AM having some trouble here! Right this moment, I am doing some serious peeking from the outside to the inside of the ladies' while listening to the phone like a paedophile! Pervert! My wish of being caught is about to come true!
"Oh, I forgot to mention one more thing, Sasuke."
I was half listening while I was too busy trying to make sure that my kids didn't fall into the toilet or something. And then it struck me,
"Sara is pretty independent when it comes to the bathroom. She can go to the toilet herself; I've practiced with her and she did so well. It's handy for these kinds of occasions when I'm not around so no worries about that and she'll take care of Sosuke's too! She's a big sister I am so proud of!"
I heard my wife's joyful giggles at the other end of the line before she decided to hang up.
Okay…what…was that all about?
Before I could get my mind straight,
"OH MY GOSH! ISN'T THAT UCHIHA SASUKE IN THE WOMEN'S TOILET?!"
Oh…boy…
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