"What the fuck are you doing?"
Sasuke had walked into her room from the connecting door and found her swinging upside down from a wire held up to the ceiling.
"Can I not be left in peace without people asking why I'm swinging from a wire? Is that too much to ask?" She folded her arms and tangled her feet tighter so she wouldn't fall.
"You're crazy Uzumaki."
"And I'd call you a hippo but that's an insult to hippos everywhere."
"Hn."
"Apple pie."
"..."
"Cincinnati."
"What?"
"You're so dull, it's blinding. Hehehe see what I did there?"
"The stupid part, or the idiotic part?"
"How's your head?"
"I'm okay..."
"Not the bruise dumber!"
"Harpy..."
Her phone rang on her bedside so she released the wire and landed gracefully on her feet as she made way to it.
"Are you okay?" Kushina looked defeated after just seconds of listening intently to whoever called her.
"There's an assembly at school tomorrow at 6am, girls only." She buried her head in one of the many pillows on her bed and screamed.
"Uzumaki.." he sighed, unable to comfort her. She raised her hand to silence him and screamed a few times more.
"Kushina please."
"Can you make me something?" She let out muffled.
He had a small smile plastered on his face when she stared at him expectantly, eyes bluer than ever.
"Here you go." Sasuke gently put a neatly sliced piece of strawberry cheesecake on a plate in front of her, and proceeded to wash his hands in the sink. "How is it?"
"Perfect." She ate small bites to save some, but felt each tastier than the previous. The ravanette was glad he took lessons long ago, as he sat down and watched her eat.
"Should I go get the pillow?"
"Though I may seem unfazed, I'm laughing hysterically inside. Hahahahahaahha." She said evenly.
"How long will you be gone Miss Unfazed?"
"Beats me. But as soon as it's done, I'm flying back here as quickly as I can."
The Next Day
His phone buzzed under his pillow and he jumped not for the first time and cursed love.
Utter bull has happened. A, they're talking about pregnancy, and haha to that. B, Ino mentioned what exactly Shion wants from her so call me when you get up. C, the annoying physics teacher is present and, he announced his younger brother will attend this school now. Stupid or what?
"Uchiha?"
"Yeah. How's the pregnancy thing going for you?"
"Honestly, I wasn't listening. How does the bed feel?"
"Lonely without you."
"I meant sleep-wise you dirty little shit."
"Comfortable. How does the plastic chair feel like?"
"Potato." He scratched the back of his neck and yawned.
"Your wit never ceases to amaze me." She quickly explained how Shion was surprisingly infatuated with Shikamaru of all people, and was out for blood, while Ino went to the headmistress and they were currently deciding on a punishment.
"And omg I think it's over." She whined after that. "They're giving back the results tonight!"
"So?" Not at all knowing Kushina's school performance, he was curious to know.
The redhead retired after getting home, requesting her mother to get the results for her and, "ignore the dumb comments".
Sasuke, Naruto and MnMs stood in front of a board that read top 10 seniors of the past semester. He did a double take when, instead of finding his own name at first place, a mocking 'Uzumaki Kushina' filled the position.
"Teme is second! Wahahahahahah!"
"Shut up idiot!" He ran his fingers through his hair and met his mother's laughing eyes.
"It seems that she isn't just a pretty face." Sasuke cheeks felt heated as he scoffed and looked away. That annoying, most probably snoring, infuriating, lazy, loud, demanding, temperamental little harpy had been hiding a lot all along. Though his pride had suffered multiples of blows in just a few seconds, he felt his heart soar.
Okay, he had been wrong. He felt nothing but remorse for himself . A wicked smile was plastered on her face as she passed him the pepper at the occasional dinner.
"2nd place pepper." She giggled at his scowl as he shook a tad too much on his food.
"So what is your secret Kushina?" Mikoto inquired with a smile.
"For what?"
"Not to sound offending, but I've never heard or seen you study." It was evident to all seated on this table that she was lazy and slept until the sun dropped.
"I wake up every day late at night, and understand instead of memorize."
"That's it? You're pretty gifted on your own."
"More than some." Naruto snickered at Sasuke, who choked at the remark.
"So tell Naruto, how is Sakura?" He gulped, and it was Sasuke's turn to snicker.
"Good."
"And what do you mean by good?"
"Great..."
"Good.."
"Amazing." Kushina pitched in.
"And what about you sweety, any potential boyfriends?"
"A few." Sasuke choked on his drink, which didn't pass unnoticed by MnMs.
"What do you mean?"
"I've decided to open myself up more, since apparently I'm scary to a lot of people."
"That's great." She laughed heartily and turned to Sasuke.
"What about you Sasuke?"
"No, I'm not interested in anyone." His mother frowned at his stubbornness to look vulnerable. Kushina was busy eating and gave him a quizzical look, like she hadn't been confessed to weeks ago.
"You're in the age to date, both of you." She looked between the two teens. "And I will not die without grandchildren."
Kushina merely snorted and sipped from a tall glass, and Sasuke stared intently at his fork.
The twins' mother sighed and looked at her best friend. They needed some time before falling together. How much though, they didn't know.