(5) Daydreams and nightmares
3rd POV
Kireina was home with Mikoto, and was feeling quite bored. Sasuke was at the Academy and Itachi and their father were on some high-ranking mission. They were going to take a while.
Giving it a finishing touch, Kireina proudly held up her drawing. "Mama, look at what I drew!"
"That's a lovely drawing sweetie" Mikoto replied with a soft smile.
"Mama, what are you doing? Can I help?" Kireina asked sweetly.
She mused over it for a moment, before giving a small nod. "Hmm, sure. I'll be making dinner soon. You'll have to wash your hands first."
"Yay!" She cheered, throwing her fists to the air triumphantly. "It's gonna be so tasty with my help!" Mikoto giggled, "I'm sure it'll be lovely."
The mother and daughter went hand in hand to the kitchen, Kireina bouncing happily the whole way. The dinner required many ingredients but was quite simple, Mikoto had chosen it specifically so Kireina wouldn't struggle much.
Mikoto grabbed all the ingredients from the high shelves, lowering them to the table and separating thing accordingly. While she began to dice the veggies, not even considering letting Kireina handle the blade, she was stirring the soup. Unfortunately, she was still full of excitement, so her stirs were much too quick, that some of it's hot contents spilled over her hand.
Kireina let out yelp, both from pain and surprise. She quickly grasped her injured hand, tears already in her eyes. This didn't go unnoticed by her mother who heard the noise of pain, and instantly her eyes darted towards her daughter.
"What's wrong honey? Did you hurt yourself?" She asked calmly, her fingers tracing around her arms, eventually stopping at her reddening palm. When she grazed it, Kireina softly whimpered, yanking her limb back.
"I'm fine Mama, it's just a scratch!" She chirped, but even she could tell how awful the lie was.
Mikoto raised an elegant brow, gently pulling her arm at the wrist. When she tried to jerk it away again, Mikoto gave her a knowing stare, halting her struggle. Twisting her hand, Mikoto gave an inaudible gasp at the red skin which would eventually blister. "How did this happen? We need to put it under cold water, not ice, remember that. Ice is for swelling, cold water for burn wounds."
"I'm fine no need to worry, cause you make it better mama" the girl chirped, faking a smile, making her mother smile as she let out a soft sigh.
"How bout we take care of it real quick, shall we?!"
She gave a little nod "kaa-san can you kiss it and make it feel better" she asked with puppy dog eyes
"of course dear" Mikoto chipped, "I command you to go away" she said in a lighthearted and bit goofy tone tone, kissing it
"yeah, go away pain yeah"
after a few short minutes kiriena perked up "it feels so much better now, like magic" Kireina cheered "thank you mama your the best" Mikoto smiled softly
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Shortly Kirie heard the front door slide open, seeing Fugaku walk through door. "Papa, your home," she cheered happily "I helped mama make a super yummy dinner" she grinned.
"That's nice, it sounds delicious already." her father commented with a small ghost of a smile appearing for split second
"yeah, and your all gonna love it."
'where's nii-san and onii-san now that I think about it, shouldn't they be home too' she thought in the back of her mind, cocking her head bit and her eyes drifted off 'I hope sasuke and Itachi make it home in time so they can eat the delicious dinner me and mama made.'
"is something wrong" The sudden voice of her father pulled her from her thoughts. seeing her father stand with a skeptical eyed
"Nothing, I'm fine papa" she said innocently, grabbing her father arm, tugging him lightly prompting him to follow his daughter
the kitchen where his wife was "Welcome home dear, how was your day?" she greeted as she got a tray out of the oven, placing it on the counter.
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a few minutes later she herd the door slide again,this time her brother walked through "nii-chan's home!" she cheered rushing to greet her brother(s)
"your home nii-chan!" she cheered "how was your day?"
"nothing much just some blonde kid preaching to the class how he's gonna be the hokage or something to everyone dismay." Sasuke muttered with a wave, taking his shoes off, placing them by the door
"that a really big goal." Karina said
"Hn, nothing much." Sasuke replied
"really?!" she tilted her head
"Yeah, I doubt it" he said flatly
"Hn, don't be mean, I bet your friend will. Anyways, I made dinner." Karina said
"he's not my freind "
"hn." she pouted "anyways c'mon, I made dinner"
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"When's aniki gonna be home" reika asks no one in parctural
"he's still probably busy with his anbu duty" Mikoto replied "don't worry sweetie he'll be home soon"
'awe, why must aniki be so busy' she quietly pouted 'he has no time for me and niichan'
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'eck!' I jolted up from my slumber, woken by a lingering nightmare.
I sat in my bed for a few minutes then decided that I creep downstairs and that I did as I crept down grabbing a small glass of water, quickly scurrying back to my room.
closing my door then I sat on my windowsill as I couldn't sleep at the time decided to gaze up at the twinkling night sky
Shortly I heard my door slide softly open "I'm fine tachi." I muttered\retorted lowly, my gaze still on the night sky in front of me
"I'm not Itachi." tosan voice said, which immediately caught my attention "what are you doing up at this time, its late." he questioned
"Gomen (I'm sorry) papa, I didn't mean to wake you." I muttered giving a little glance from my perifial vision, inadvertently avoiding the initial question
I swear I could feel his stoic gaze on me "You want to talk about it?" he softly said, which was kinda weird cause papa's not one to be so open
Double taking back, I saw him sitting down crossed legged patting the space next to him
I looked on with hesitant eyes before scurrying into his lap. "I had a bad dream and I can't sleep." I admitted, meeting his eyes slightly, curling myself into a ball, laying my head against his chest and my stare drifted at my wall like its the most interesting thing in my room.
"Its ok sweetie, its only a dream, nothing can hurt you." he reassured, stroking my hair lightly.
"can you stay papa" I quietly said above a whisper as I felt my eyes start drift and become heaver "papa, your warm as ita-nii" I muttered softly with a little yawn, drifting off into a dreamless sleep.
FUGAKU'S POV
The bright sunlight was what awoke me. I found myself laying in my daughters room, her small body curled up beside my chest, her hair brushing beneath my chin. I rubbed circles on her back slowly, making her wake up.
"Does the great Fugaku Uchiha actually have a soft side?" I heard Mikoto tease, standing in the doorway. Looking up, I saw the small smile on her face which I returned with a smirk. A small yawn below me drew our attention.
"Morning Reika, how did you sleep?" I asked gently, petting her hair.
Stretching her small limbs until they popped, Kireina nodded sleepily before yawning a kittenish yawn. "Much better 'cause you were here."