Parenting 101🍡

Bed Time😴

Itachi paled at the utter stupidity of the sight. 

What the hell were these the two of them supposed to do with six screaming toddlers who crawled or swayed on their small chubby legs, trying to seek comfort. 

Itachi glanced at Kisame for a moment before he hesitantly went to go and pick the baby he assumed was Deidara. He expected the Iwa-nin to throw an even worse tantrum, but when unexpectedly he stopped crying, Itachi sightly frowned. 

Itachi: Adult Deidara would probably hate this...

Deidara just stared up at his with teary eyes beforewas muttering something.

Deidara: m-mommy?

Itachi froze and his eyes were wide. Did this kid just call him mommy? He didn't look like his mommy, even if he didn't know how his mom looked he could tell that they probably looked nothing alike.

Kisame was currently sifting through Itachi's old clothing. The members shrinking to a tiny size made all their clothing too small to wear. Since his partner had small shirts from that one time Tobi did laundry and shrunk them, he decided since it was best to put them to good use, at least for now. 

Walking into the living room again he could see the back of Itachi's head as he carried a sleepy Deidara. The tips of his ears were poking out from under his hair, and there was a slight red tint to them. 

Was Itachi blushing?

Kisame: What happened?

Itachi jumped a bit, he didn't expect Kisame to be right behind him at all.

Itachi: I was just called m-mommy a few seconds ago.

Kisame tried his best not to laugh, but in the end, he had to let it out.

Kisame: I mean you do look like a mom though.

Itachi: what's that supposed to mean. I'm just me...on top of that, I am a MAN.

Kisame: who said men can't be moms.

After that, Itachi turned silent and looked away. He felt as if Kisame was just trying to embarrass him. In simple terms, you could say that he was pouting. Kisame found the situation all too funny, but not for long...

As he was reaching for the shirts that were collected from Itachi's closet, Sasori waddled up to his leg and spoke.

Sasori: Daddy?

Oh no... Kisame panicked for the first time in his life. 

Kisame: do I LOOK like your daddy!

Sasori's eyes began to tear up, and Kisame feeling bad ended up picking the pipsqueak up and soothing his little cries. He wasn't used to carrying children, but to him, this situation seemed inevitable when they had all these children sobbing and begging for their attention. 

Itachi turned to Kisame after gaining his composure back and had a sleeping Deidara in his arm. Kisame hated to admit it, but he looked pretty cute.

Itachi: I think it's time for bed don't you think, Kisame? I mean from the looks of it, we won't be able to do much until Pain-sama returns. 

Kisame simply hummed in approval as he guided all the other waddling toddlers to their rooms. The shirts fit them like nightgowns, but that wasn't the main issue they had to deal with. Hidan would not go to sleep, and he kept on bothering Kakuzu. 

Zetsu kept trying to eat Deidara's hair, and Tobi just would not let go of Itachi's arm. Sasori was a complete angel when this was all going on. 

As the night progressed, one by one they all fell asleep. Itachi was among the cluster before Kisame walked in and woke him up to go and lay down in his own bed.

Nut even after some hours, Itachi laid awake in his bed. How exactly were they going to take care of the members? Pain and Konan are away which means this whole situation falls on them. The more thinking he did the bigger his new migraine became.

Kisame: you ok, Itachi-san?

Itachi turned his gaze to his partner across the room. Even though Kisame was not looking at him, he always seemed to know how he was feeling. Itachi let out a low sigh.

Itachi: how will we care for them? We don't even have proper clothing for them.

Kisame put his weapon that he was polishing down. He didn't know anything about children compared to Itachi. He just felt that if he told Itachi that he didn't know then panic would set in even more.

Kisame: I feel as if we should wait tomorrow for answers, right now we need to rest up. I'm sure we got this.

Itachi closed his eyes and swallowed. 

Itachi: I'm sure you're right.

With that, they both fell asleep with a bit of worry on their minds.