She felt it first in her sleep, the flare of a familiar chakra signature. A smile unconsciously creeped onto her face as, for some reason, her mind registered that he was home. It wasn't until a loud creak, followed by quiet cursing, was heard that her eyes slowly opened, wondering if what she'd felt was true. Sarada turned her head towards her open bedroom door in time to see a tall figure pass by in the dark. With a smile, she closed her eyes and went back to sleep. Papa was home.

Sarada let out a tired groan as the sunlight streamed through her thin curtains and into her room. It was a bright and sunny Saturday morning and Boruto had miraculously persuaded Konohamaru to let them have the day off. Sitting up, Sarada remembered that she'd seen her Papa come home and without another moment to think, leapt off her bed and headed downstairs. Her nose wrinkled at the smell of cooking tomatoes, knowing that her mother had most certainly added the dreaded fruit into every breakfast dish she made.

"Honestly Papa, I don't understand how you can eat those things!" She huffed and crossed her arms, standing in the doorway of their kitchen. Sasuke set his cup of tea down on the dining table and turned his head towards her, a pained expression on his face. Sarada inwardly laughed at the fact that her ever-stoic father would be so sad that his only child harbors an intense dislike for his favorite food. She put her arms down, and in a second had her arms around him. "But I wouldn't mind waking up to the smell of tomatoes every day if you're back."

Sasuke smiled and hugged her back, telling her softly, "Tadaima, Sarada."

Sakura turned her head towards the two and her heart melted. It has been almost a year since the fiasco with the Otutsuki during the chunin exams, and Sasuke has started to come home more frequently. He was gone for only three weeks this time, and Sakura knew it was only a matter of a few months before he'll deliver the good news that he's home for good. She turned off the stove and opened the cabinet next to her.

"Sarada, can you help me set the table?"

Sarada let go of Sasuke and crossed the kitchen in excited strides, grabbing three bowls, three plates and a handful of utensils. After setting the table, she went to help her mother bring the food to the table and sighed loudly that they were having miso soup with tomatoes, tamagoyaki with tomatoes, salted tomatoes, and a spring salad with tomatoes. Seeing her Papa's eyes light up at the abundance of tomatoes was enough fill her with happiness, and she took her seat and began eating, careful to avoid the red fruit at all costs.

"Ne, Papa, I've had a question for a while that I wanted to ask you… Of course, you don't have to answer it if you're not comfortable of anything, but I've been doing some reading in the library and I want to ask you because I don't know if the author was biased or anything and I just wanted to know," Sarada said through a mouthful of tamagoyaki.

"Don't talk with your mouth full, Sarada." Sakura said, poking her daughter's cheek. Sarada swallowed her food and gave her mother a sheepish smile before turning her attention back to her father.

"What is it Sarada?" Sasuke asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Um, well. I was wondering if we could visit Itachi oji-san today and if you could maybe possibly tell me a little bit about your family?" Sarada picked at her food while asking the question, unsure of how her father would react. After a few seconds of silence, she looked up at him, surprised to see a small smile on his face.

"Can it wait until this evening? I promised Naruto I'd see him today to go over some details from my latest mission." Sarada was off her seat in an instant, once again hugging her father, while her mother looked on in amusement. "Of course Papa! Thank you thank you thank you! You're the best!"

Wiggling his arm out of her hold, Sasuke tapped her on the forehead with two fingers. "Go finish your food," he said, happy that he wouldn't be upsetting his daughter by keeping her waiting any longer.

The rest of breakfast was an animated affair, with Sarada updating her father on mastering chidori, Sakura talking about her work at the hospital, and Sasuke simply enjoying having his family around. It was about time that Sarada learned about his family and the sacrifices Itachi had made to give him the life he now had.