I asked permission from kai-isolated who owns the OC Sakumo Hatake II.
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It was the sounds of a storm which woke Rin from her sleep: heavy rain drumming on the roof, roar of thunder, crack of lightning. She got up from bed and tiptoed out of her room, not wanting to wake Kakashi who should be sleeping on the couch in the living room. She knew how the slightest noise could wake him but she realized she need not try to be quiet since all other sound was drowned by the rain. Then again, she thought what woke her was the voice of her son calling to her. It could be just a dream but she instinctively had the urge to check.
Kakashi always made sure he visited his son, especially if he was gone from a mission for a couple of days. Sakumo was already asleep when Kakashi had arrived sometime before midnight . It was when the torrent of rain started and he found good reason to stay at Rin's house.
The first thing Rin saw when she opened the door to Sakumo's room was the empty bed. The faint glow coming from the nightlight plugged into the wall allowed her to find two brown eyes, very much like hers, looking at her. "Mommy," Sakumo greeted sleepily. He was being carried by Kakashi, his small arms hugging his father's neck, head resting on Kakashi's shoulder. The sight tugged at her heart.
And then, there was a particularly loud crack of lightning. It sounded very close by that Rin cannot avoid flinching although Kakashi stayed unperturbed. "Did the storm wake you?" she asked her son as she walked over to where Kakashi stood and started stroking Sakumo's hair, gray-white just like his dad's.
The boy nodded, apparently scared by the lightning as he pressed himself tighter against his father. Rin was waiting for either Kakashi to hand Sakumo over to her or for her son to reach out to her so she can carry him herself but the two seemed content with each other's company.
Rin sat on the edge of the bed, watching father and son enjoy their moment together; Kakashi rocking sideways gently as Sakumo quietly embraced him. Looking at them, she cannot think what made her fear that Kakashi wouldn't want the child. A part of her regretted keeping their son from him. It hurt her that her son had to suffer because of that baseless fear.
After another rumble of thunder, she approached them again. "Would you like to sleep in my room tonight, Sakumo?" she asked. Two brown sleepy eyes lit up as they looked at her. "Daddy too?" the boy asked.
She groped for an answer, finding it difficult to look back directly at those young hopeful eyes. "We won't fit on your mom's bed, Sakumo," Kakashi told his son. "You roll around too much, you'll kick me off the bed." It wasn't quite a lie but it wasn't really the reason either.
The boy loosened his hug, pouted and gave his father a look which Kakashi wasn't sure was supposed to be incredulous or to show his disappointment with his dad for not helping him team-up against his mom. Kakashi was startled and amused at the intensity of Sakumo's glare he had to choke down a chuckle by pretending to cough. Sakumo then looked back at Rin and she realized he was waiting for an answer. She sighed sadly. "Maybe some other time, baby."
Dismay was evident in the boy's face but it was quickly dispelled by a yawn. Sakumo sunk back to his dad's shoulder and in few minutes, silent save for the storm raging outside, Kakashi was able to rock his son back to sleep.
Rin signaled Kakashi with a nod and they walked through the dark house to her room, lit only by occassional flashes of lightning. Sakumo was gently set down on the bed and he immediately spread his arms and legs, his parents watching their small bundle of joy take much of the bed space.
"He called out to you," Kakashi said to Rin, both still looking at their son.
"I thought I heard him," she said. "That's why I came."
Thunder rolled, lightning flashed and Rin found herself in that awkward silence again. There was a moment when the rain seemed to lull a tiny bit. "Exactly four years ago, our son was conceived," Kakashi said without tearing his eye away from Sakumo. "I'm happy it happened."
Silence.
"Let's all go to sleep, Rin." Kakashi walked towards the door.
She called his name but thunder roared and the rain poured down heavily again.
Morning came but the rain stayed. When Sakumo woke up, he found out how cramped it was to sleep between his mom and dad.