Bad Habit
By YamiTsubasa
Disclaimer: I don’t own
Naruto and company.
“NARUTO!
DAMMIT, WHERE ARE YOU WHEN I NEED YOU?-! MY WATERS’ JUST BROKE! THE BABY’S ON
HIS WAY!” Kurenai shrieked hysterically to her husband, causing the twenty-two
year old blonde to freeze in his tracks while cooking dinner in the kitchen.
Uh-oh. Did his beloved, pregnant red-eyed brunette just yell at him that she is
going to give birth, like, now?-!
Naruto was lucky to find
himself a very capable wife who was a genjutsu user and a great kisser at the
age of merely twenty. Well, maybe she’s a little too loud and boisterous at
times, but most of the time she’s a really adorable, lovable woman who will
make guys swoon.
At this moment of urgency,
Naruto didn’t register the words that Kurenai had shouted until she flung the
(heavy) object that was nearest to her (mainly the chair) against the wall and
the chair fell apart, tumbling to the ground with a loud crash and what was
left were wood splinters laying in utter shambles.
The blonde husband’s sky
blue orbs widened in realization before he tossed the cooking utensils aside
absently and rushed to his wife’s side, muttering gentle and soothing words of
comfort. “Hush, hush, babe. I will get you to the hospital in no time.”
“YEAH YOU BETTER; OR I WILL
GET YOU INTO HELL IN NO TIME!” was the genjutsu mistress’s reply.
It was almost a day after
Kurenai had given birth to a gorgeous boy before Naruto could go into her room
to visit her and have a peek at his newborn child.
“She’s perfectly okay, and
so is the baby. However, we may charge you with a higher rate of hospital fees
for your wife’s incessant yelling which had caused the bursting of eardrums of
several of our medic members,” was the doctor’s solemn response when Naruto had
inquired of his spouse’s condition after the doctor had emerged from the
operation room. (“Wow, is that even possible?” Naruto asked. He had no idea
of his wife’s unique ability.)
Of course, with that
serious and grim look on his face, people may have thought that something had
happened to Kurenai (TOUCH WOOD!). However, any damages to the nurses due to
Kurenai’s deafening, piercing shrieks are none of Naruto’s business. He was
more concerned of his darling’s well being.
Peering through the gap
between the door and the wall, Naruto strained his neck to find his darling and
their baby. There, laying tiredly and drained on the bed was his beloved and
beside her was their baby. Their baby inherited Naruto’s bright sunshine hair
and Kurenai’s red eyes; his tiny smile that nearly melted Naruto’s heart on the
spot.
“OH MY GOD! HE GOT IT FROM
YOU!” Kurenai all but hollered at the poor blue-eyed jounin.
“What? What it?”
Naruto asked, confused.
“Your bad habit! Look!
Look at what our little angel’s doing!” Kurenai indicated to their baby and
sure, there was, the infant had stuck his miniature index finger up his
nostril.
“What! I DO NOT dig
my nose, for your information, thank you very much,” Naruto snorted, crossing
his arms. Abruptly, the formerly closed door swung open when eleven individuals
fell through it. Obviously, they had eavesdropped upon the couple but one had
lost balance in their awkward positions and they stumbled through the door.
The eleven people
consisting of Sakura, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Lee,
Neji and TenTen stood up almost immediately after their clumsy, un-ninja-like
fall before Sakura decided to speak up. “Congratulations, Naruto.”
“Pfft. Didn’t know you dig
your nose, dobe,” Sasuke added.
“Yeah! And here I am, thinking
that you are at least a clean person and all…” Ino said, shaking her
head in a resigned manner.
“Yeah…” Chouji agreed with
the blond girl while munching on his chips, spittle and crumbs spraying from
his mouth while he spoke.
“I thought you were not
such a person,” the bug-lover said quietly while staring into the innocent
Naruto’s eyes intently.
“I-” Naruto tried to
defend himself desperately, turning to his wife for support but Kurenai merely
shrugged, her eyes holding a playful twinkle in them.
“Ha! Now I know your true
colors, Naruto,” Kiba said, crushing Naruto’s heart like an insignificant ant.
Had his friends thought so badly of him before?
“A-ah… N-Naruto sure has
his r-reasons…” Hinata stuttered, although over the years her stammering
reduced, but when facing her previous crush she still couldn’t speak properly
even when she had been betrothed to Aburame Shino just a few months ago.
“How troublesome…” was
Shikamaru’s response. TenTen, however, merely blushed while Neji and Lee
remained silent for the first time in the heated argument.
Silence passed before Neji
said smugly, “Well, I guess Naruto must have found at least one way to relieve
his stress sometimes…”
Naruto’s cerulean eyes lit
up with hope.
“… With the wrong
approach,” the Hyuuga continued, smirking.
Naruto now looked so
horrified, like he had just watched an extremely scary movie. His defenses were
going to crumble soon…
“I DON’T DIG MY NOSE!”
“Well, opposing so violently means you are guilty, Naruto. Your eyes are
telling me that you’re lying,” Neji answered, activating his unique bloodline.
It was a surprise that Lee had been so quiet for so long… It must have
been his first time and everybody even started to suspect that Lee isn’t his or
her friend.
Face downcast, his hair that had grown over the years covered Lee’s
eyes, shielding them and finally, he lifted up his head gradually and everyone
present in the room stared at him in shock.
“…”
“Lee?” TenTen asked, concerned.
“…”
“What’s wrong, Lee?” Kiba smacked Lee on his back but Lee caught it
deftly. Everybody gasped.
“I… So… NARUTO-KUN! I DIDN’T KNOW YOU DO SUCH A THING! I KNEW IT FROM
THE BEGINNING THAT YOU ARE A MANLY PERSON AND DOING SUCH THINGS JUST MAKE YOU
SEEM SO… MANLY-ER!
YOSH! SHOW EVERYONE THE YOUTHFUL FLAMES OF BEING A MAN! ISN’T IT JUST GREAT
THAT YOUR SON ALSO INHERITED YOUR BAD HABIT TOO! LIKE FATHER LIKE SON, ISN’T
IT? COME ON…” Apparently, Lee stopped shouting into everybody’s ears when Kiba
knocked him unconscious.
His last words before
falling onto the ground were, “Dig your wonderful nose in the most manly way
possible… Show them what you’ve got…”
Naruto nearly exploded
when he shrieked, “I DON’T HAVE SUCH A BAD HABIT!” Kurenai and Neji merely
smirked.
And Lee had woken up in
his dream plane of many Naruto clones picking their noses in a very fascinating
way, capturing Lee’s attention in their every move…
Sorry,
I’ve exceeded the word limit of a thousand word for a 1000 word drabble… Oh
well, sorry, antiassassinguy. Hope all of you enjoy this, anyway. Feedbacks and
constructive criticism welcomed. This is plain stupid though; I really suck at
humor stories… I’ve done my best, sorry!