How Sasuke and Sakura grocery shop. Blank period.
A/N: Happy birthday to the best of the best, Uchiha Sakura!! Here I am again with art by my lovely and talented friend Aliss (@alisstairs) to celebrate. This is the first part to our project, hereās the second part we posted for Valentineās Day. Our twitters are plumbIossoms and a_lisstairs. Please enjoy and look out for the rest of the project when itās ready to be posted! Please do not repost any of this anywhere.
Sasuke picks up a red apple from the wooden tray where theyāre all stacked up on each other. Their skins are so shiny he thinks theyāll all slide off each other and topple out of the tray, but they donāt. Apples are just apples when theyāre left to sit there.Ā
He sniffs the apple and crinkles his nose at the scent. Sweet.Ā
He turns around and passes it to Sakura. āSmells sweet. Youāll like this one.ā Sakura smiles at him, a small smile, but it still makes her eyes crinkle so he decides he likes it. He liked a lot of her smiles but the ones that only he saw were by far the best. Sasuke didnāt have as many smiles as she did, but he knew she liked all of them.
His black traveling cloak swishes as he turns back to the cart of apples, a critical eye passing over the pile of fruit. He chooses one thatās more yellow and orange than red. He smells it but doesnāt pass it to Sakura. It smells more like grass, more like the earth. He preferred them that way.Ā Ā
Sasuke and Sakura have shared a lot of things since they began traveling together. They cooked and ate together for every meal, but they still had their preferences. No matter how many berries Sakura insisted were delicious and a must try, he couldnāt stomach sweets.Ā
Heād heard floating rumors that Sakura was a terrible cook. But eating with her made the food taste better, he always thought. It was just nice to have someone cook for him, to have someone care for him and his well being. Her thoughtfulness always blew him away; she always consulted him when choosing ingredients, always considered him even when he told her to decide what theyād eat that night. She respected his freedom while still caring for him. Even the smallest actions like that made him admire her more and more.
He liked being able to freely browse around open air markets the best. They got to sample foods from all over and bargain with the vendors. And each market was a place for a new memory with his wife, rather than the complicated emotions brought by any place in Konoha. He still could hardly stand walking by that bench. Instead of dwelling on all his regrets, he found it better to focus on making new memories. Thoughts of pink hair and green eyes kept the darkness at bay.
He once thought heād be able to impress Sakura with the knowledge of the natural world heād picked up during his solo travels, but as expected of Tsunadeās apprentice, her personal knowledge base was far more impressive. Not only did she know more about what kinds of plants were edible, she could make herbal medicine as quickly as she could make poison. He left the gathering to her after the first few times his ego was wounded.Ā
(āThis kind is edible.āĀ
āYouāre right! But itās best when fully blossomed. Way more tender and flavorful.āĀ
āHowā¦did you know that?ā)
When Sakura became pregnant he took grocery shopping even more seriously. Heād never cared too much about what something tastes like, but if it was good for you, then it should be eaten. There was only so much control one had when the baby was still growing inside, and Sasuke was determined to do all that he could. And it started with food.Ā
āDonāt get that one, it looks like itās already starting to rot. Get this kind instead.ā Even with only one arm, Sasuke insisted on carrying the grocery bag. Sakuraās back hurt enough with the weight of their baby. They both claimed they could manage, but Sasuke was being extra stubborn. He had a lot of worries that their lifestyle as traveling shinobi would somehow injure their unborn child.
āBut this kind is more expensive.ā
āIt doesnāt matter. You should just eat whatās good. Why spend money on food at all if itās going to be bad? What else would we spend it on?ā
Sakura sighed but took his suggestion anyway. She normally found his protectiveness to be sweet, but he was already a helicopter dad. She supposed she should be flattered that he thought highly enough of her to not have micromanaged her like this before she was pregnant, but now that they had a helpless baby to worry about, he was nearly insufferable. She thought maybe it would just be the constant reminders to take her prenatal vitamins and get enough rest, but it was always the food too. They were usually fairly conservative with their spending, but now much more of their budget went to groceries.Ā
(āSakura, this is supposed to be good for pregnant women.āĀ
āI know, but I already had some for lunch.āĀ
āYou can eat it again at dinner, canāt you? It wonāt hurt.āĀ
āSasuke-kun, Iām the doctor, I think I can make a call on this and only have it once today.āĀ
āWell youāre my wife, and youāre pregnant now, so Iām just worried.ā
āIāll buy this one for our dinner too, it has a lot of protein. You said the baby is big enough to have fingernails now, right? Okay, the baby needs protein toā¦get better fingernails.ā He sounded like he was not only trying to justify his purchase to Sakura, but to himself. He had so little time to prepare for fatherhood, and itās not like he grew up with the greatest example, or any example at all. He was learning everyday and he just wanted to feel like he knew what was going on.Ā
He was comforted by the thought that Sakura, on the other hand, would be a natural. She was caring and patient, could sing a lovely lullaby, and could quickly heal even the most menial cuts and bruises their child would acquire. Sasuke, in a word, was worried about his own abilities. But if he listened to Sakura, he would realize he would be a great dad.Ā
Sasuke tried his best in everything, and that would soon include fatherhood. He was always trying to be the best husband he could be to Sakura, but even that was still so new to him. With Sakuraās pregnancy, his recent efforts had been all about properly responding to her hormonal changes ā and her strong cravings.
āSasuke-kun,ā Sakura whined, āIām really, really craving anmitsu.ā She felt like she needed the sweet taste on her tongue, or sheād be one grumpy mama-to-be.
Sasuke was conflicted. She was blinking her beautiful green eyes at him and rubbing her adorable baby bump in a clear attempt at convincing him.Ā
āYou just had anmitsu yesterday. Are you hungry? Canāt you have something healthier, like vegetables?ā He attempted to reason with her, genuinely concerned by her sugar intake lately.Ā
āThe baby doesnāt really want vegetables right now. No more tomatoes please.ā She was pouting now.Ā
Sasuke eventually gave in, like he did basically every time. Seeing her eat happily would make him feel better. And anmitsu had fruit too, right? Besides, after breast milk, their child would be eating mushy vegetables for a long time. And he would make sure to always buy the best damn mushy vegetables the world had to offer.
A/N: um yup Iāve said a lot already so again donāt repost and hope u liked it
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