After the little... incident, [Name] had been banned from doing missions by the Hokage because he claimed that she was too 'irresponsible.' [Name] held a secret grudge towards little Sasuke, grumbling incoherent words under her breath when he was near.

Sasuke, on the other hand, had felt extremely guilty that his 'mother' had gotten in trouble for his actions.

He wanted to make it up to her.

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One morning, [Name] woke up and smelt something burning.

As any moth—I mean, normal person would do, she quickly got up and literally sprinted towards the kitchen.

And behold, was Sasuke in all his glory, fanning a piece of burnt toast with with his own pair of shorts.

[Name] stared at the scene before, slightly disturbed by the fact that Sasuke's first instinct when there was a fire was to take his pants off and start fanning the flames with it.

Sasuke had not yet noticed that [Name] had walked in the kitchen, seeing as he kept fanning the burnt toast.

[Name] crossed her arms and stared at the mess her kitchen had turned into.

Pots and bowls were everywhere, what look to be pancake batter was splattered all over the cabinets, empty milk cartons littered the floor and there were so. many. eggshells.

[Name]'s eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

"Sasuke..?" [Name] asked, trying not to sound angry.

Sasuke instantly froze, his fanning stopped and his shorts fell from his loosened grip.

Sasuke quickly turned around, looking at [Name] and flinching at the angry look she had there. She sighed and rubbed her temples. This was not good for her blood pressure.

"What are you doing?" [Name] asked through gritted teeth, a fire igniting in her eyes.

Sasuke had that deer-in-headlights look on his face and he stood, completely frozen. [Name] crossed her arms and glared at him, waiting for her answer.

He slowly lowered his head shamefully, "I-I tried to make Mommy breakfast."

At those words, [Name]'s heart literally melted. Her anger quickly ebbed away and she began to tear up.

"Aww, c'mere!" [Name] gushed, tears springing from her eyes as she squeezed Sasuke into a hug.

Sasuke smiled brightly, happy about getting all this attention from his mother. She left go of Sasuke after a couple of long moments before smiling at him admiringly.

"Well, how about we both clean this mess up and get some real pancakes cooking up in here?" [Name] suggested, watching as Sasuke eagerly nodded and jumped down from the stool he was on, picking his shorts up and slipping them on.

Before [Name] could even begin cleaning up the mess, an obnoxiously loud cry was heard throughout the whole apartment room. Her eyes widened considerably, a sudden realization dawning on her.

She totally forgot that Naruto existed!

"Sasuke, start cleaning, I'll be right back." [Name] ordered hurriedly and rushed out of the kitchen and towards the living room.

"Hai, mommy!" Sasuke's faint reply was heard.

[Name] rushed over to where Naruto was, picking him up and cradling him. He immediately stopped crying, a peaceful look now adorning his cute features.

[Name] smiled at him and made a face, causing him to cry out in a joyful squeal. She walked back towards the kitchen and moved a chair to the entrance of it, setting Naruto down on it so he could see [Name] and not panic.

Naruto sat still and watched her and Sasuke clean up with wide, curious eyes. He didn't know what they were doing, but it didn't look like very much fun.

Sasuke scrubbed the floor with a determined look on his face, the sticky pancake batter seemingly harder to scrape off of the ground than he had imagined.

"Here, Sasuke, let me get it for you." [Name] offered, holding her hand out so he could give her the sponge.

"No!" Sasuke refused and began to scrub harder at the dried pancake batter, though his actions were deemed fruitless.

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By the time the kitchen was cleaned up, Sasuke was exhausted and his body was slung halfway onto the couch while the other half was on the ground.

He had instantly fallen asleep when his head hit the couch cushion. [Name] smiled gently at the black-haired boy, feeling herself gain a new perspective on him.

Even though she wasn't his real mother, nor did she have any idea as to what happened to her, [Name] found herself feeling... compassionate towards them.

[Name] dug through all of the crap in her pantry, looking for some pancake mix. After a few long moments, the pancake mix was found and the needed ingredients were whipped out once again.

She turned to look at the now snoring Sasuke on her couch, a slight smile adorning her lips.

Don't worry, Sasuke, there will be pancakes ready for you when you wake up. Promise.

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I had like half of this chapter done and I completely forgot lol.

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