[She had been in the middle of sewing up something else, her surprise project for Naruto already finished and folded up the dresser in his room. Sitting at the foot of his bed had meant she wasn't watching him save for occasional glances stolen over her shoulder. Her ears caught some occasional stirring, but she had brushed it off as Kyuubi, who had curled up somewhere near his legs. Or he had when she last looked. That's when Kushina looks up and sees him curled up with the Pokemon pile on the floor. When did he get there?
And then the question. The question that makes the needle stop mid-stitch. The question that sends her current project to the other corner of the bed as she flies around the bed to grab her son in a giant bear hug. When she speaks, her relief is audible. The anxiety and worry from a week's worth of waiting finally breaking.]
action forever
And then the question. The question that makes the needle stop mid-stitch. The question that sends her current project to the other corner of the bed as she flies around the bed to grab her son in a giant bear hug. When she speaks, her relief is audible. The anxiety and worry from a week's worth of waiting finally breaking.]
Naruto! You're alright!