With You in the Future

Yesterday

Remember the past to better move towards your future.

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Written for NaruHina week 2019

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They remembered everything as if it happened yesterday.

The first picture on the second page showed Hinata, sitting in a comfortable chair in their house garden. Her feet on a small stool, she held a dessert spoon in her hand and a banana ice cream box was placed on her eight-month pregnancy belly. The sun caressed her face radiating with joy as she was trying not to roar with laughter at the jokes Naruto was telling her while snapping away at her with his camera.

The second picture on the fourth page showed Naruto, slouched on the old hospital chair. His elbow on the edge of the plastic bed, his head rested heavily in his hand. With his mouth slightly opened, his face was relaxed as he was sleeping over Boruto who he was supposed to watch. Hinata had quietly searched in their backpack and had taken the camera to capture the moment.

The third picture on the seventh page showed Boruto with a paper birthday hat on his head, wearing an orange short and a white t-shirt with the Uzumaki symbol in the back. The picture dated back to Shikadai's first birthday. Surrounded by his friends, their son was trying to wiggle his hips at the pace of the song, ignoring his father's calls, saying that it was time to go home. Hinata hadn't been able to hold back the desire of taking a picture of her son in this happy atmosphere.

The fourth picture on the eighth page had been taken by Hinata. Something she was proud of when she showed it to their friends who couldn't believe that Naruto, the hero of the fourth ninja war, could be overpowered by his baby. The picture showed her husband, laying in their bed to heal his wounds made during his mission quicker. Except that Boruto was nearly sitting on him and made his little cars roll on his father's face who could only raise his voice to drive away his son who had a big smile, laughing heartily at his threats in the air.

The fifth picture on the tenth page was Naruto's pay back. One night, he had heard Hinata get out of bed to go downstairs. First, he had just followed her to be sure that everything was ok. He knew their unborn daughter was not as easy as Boruto was. But guess what. He was surprised to find his wife in front of the open fridge while eating some cookie dough. Without thinking twice, he had taken the camera and had captured this proof to solve the mystery of the cookie dough reducing a little bit more every day.

The sixth picture on the eleventh page had been taken by Iruka during Boruto's second birthday. Clapping with their parents, the group of children was around the uge birthday cake Choji had made for the occasion. Boruto had taken a big breath in and had blown his two small candles at the moment of the snap. Right behind him, Hinata had her back against Naruto's chest and he had his chin on the top of her head and his arms wrapped around her big belly carrying their daughter. While congratulating her son, Hinata wiped a happy tear.

At the end of each of his parents' explanations, Boruto would turn the page of the photograph album until stopping on one of the pictures and to land his finger on it. It corresponded to one of his first memories which made him happy. "Look Hima," He smiled. "It's you!"

Sitting between her father's legs, the youngest Uzumaki leaned toward the album to have a better look and to try to recognise herself.

The seventh picture on the thirteenth page showed Boruto sitting next to Hinata, laying on the hospital bed and rocking Himawari in her arms. Naruto had taken the picture when his son's face showed his wonderment and his curiosity for his little sister.