Easter Egg Hunt

He could not believe the stupidity of the Hokage. 

“You are an idiot.” He said it again, just to make sure that the blonde shadow clone standing next to him appearing increasingly sheepish understood how much he disliked him in that moment. 

The Naruto clone grinned, all embarrassment and humiliation in a package of gold and sunshine. “I don’t think this can be all my fault. If you and Hinata had bothered to help me-”

“We did help. If I do recall we were babysitting your spawn. If I had known you were hiding actual eggs all over the village I would have been less obliging.” Sasuke snapped sharply. 

Naruto sighed then. “Okay, okay… so the eggs not found may rot, that’s not a big deal though is it? Maybe some raccoons or something will get a nice treat out of it.”

“Or they could rot and stink worse than hell. You’re forgetting your wife is pregnant again. If she smells rotting eggs walking down the street-” Sasuke didn’t even have to finish that sentence, Naruto’s face pinched tightly as though he was sucking on a lime peel. “Okay. No. We have to find them for sure!” Images of Sakura green and sick followed by her fury at realizing it was his fault flashed through his mind and accelerated his heart beat into a frantic pulse.

To accent his worry a handful of Naruto’s popped up beside him in clouds of white and Sasuke rolled his eyes again as he pushed another patch of grass aside to check for brightly colored decorated eggs. 

“Where is your wife though?” One of the Naruto clones asked, and the other handful chorused in various tones “Yeah?” 

“I’m here!” 

She appeared through the trees at the outskirts of town in her Easter dress, white as snow, and covered in tiny pastel hand prints courtesy of their children. Sasuke had thought that she would think it was a ruined dress when their eldest had promptly painted his hand on his mother’s skirt but to his surprise Hinata had been delighted, proceeding to take all the babies with their candy colored palms to her skirt. 

In her arms were over a dozen eggs in various shades of pink, yellow, blue and green. 

“Oh wow!” Naruto was so thankful that all but one of his clones dissipated. “Oh thank god. Hinata, you’re a life saver.”

“She’s a Hyuuga.” Sasuke scoffed. “Those eyes can find anything.”

Raising her chin just a little Hinata shot him a look, it had the same effect as being glared at by a kitten. “I’m an Uchiha.” Her voice was firm. “Uchiha eyes see everything.”

Naruto smirked and glanced at his friend only to grin even more broadly at the red tint rising to Sasuke’s face. 

“Right.” He began, ignoring her satisfied grin as she wandered over and careful to not crush the eggs kissed his nose. “My mistake.”