[It was probably a good thing that he didn't really know how else to act. Life had dealt him some pretty shitty hands over and over again after all. This one hurt a lot- taking away one of the two people that mattered to him so much, but he'd get through it. Wait for her to come back, make sure he kept a little extra ramen around the place for when she shows up and is hungry, things like that.]

I guess we still don't really know that much about each other, huh. I mean compared to normal families that've always lived together.

[He probably has a whole list of things to ask. It reminds him though, of the first conversation with Kushina.]

When I first met Mom, y'know when I was training to control the Kyuubi chakra, I said the one thing I always wanted to ask her was how you met. [He'd never heard the other side of the story, though! Elbows up on the table, his chin rests in his palms as he starts talking again.]

She said when you guys were in the Academy she thought you were kinda girly, but did you always know you liked her?