naru-uzumaki:

_{A look of confusion came over his whiskered guise for a moment as he tried his best to register every direction his mother had just given him. It couldn’t be that hard, right? He just had to mix everything together without putting too much here and not enough there.}

_{“Eh? That’s it? I can do that dattebayo!” He didn’t know how much they were going to make, so he poured the whole bottle of teriyaki in one bowl to begin. Hopefully that wasn’t too much… Then, came the honey. Only a little bit, that’s all he had to remember. And peppers! Couldn’t forget that. “This isn’t too much, is it kaa-chan?”}

_{A look over her shoulders and she knew that the young blond was trying his best to make the dinner good with all his might. Even though it wasn’t his forte, the crimsonette was proud that he was taking this seriously and that he was really interested in this stuff. Approaching him while letting a clean finger dip in the mixture, with full examination using her sense of taste—-it wasn’t that bad at all. It was rather good, in fact.}

_{“It’s great. Though add another tablespoon of honey. The teriyaki sauce is dominating, ya know?” With a chuckle and a soft, motherly tone she commanded. “Then while I bread the chicken, why don’t you heat the oil in the pan after you finish that?” Another instruction—in which Kushina hoped that he wouldn’t blow up the whole stove. And pan and oil.}