Chapter 1: New life
The white curtains blew gently in the ward amidst the soft hustle and bustle of Konoha Hospital. An outstanding young man made his way towards the last ward along the long corridor. There was a sweet gentle feeling, the peaceful aura which only these two people could sense.
The Orange Hokage looks down on his sleeping lover and smiles. A twinkling light breeze blows stray strands of violet hair aside, exposing more of the soft perfect cheek, slightly blemished only from war scars.
"How peaceful…" he says lovingly, softer than the breeze.
He let the petals of the violet and orange tulips fall onto her angelic face and stroke her cheek, fingers very kind on the stems, lightly pinching the end of the stalks.
"Hmm… Naruto…" the sleeping beauty woke up with a grace equal than of an angel. Her hands searched for a stable positions as she attempted to sit up.
"Hinata, don't. Be careful," Naruto mumbled into her ear sweetly as he ushered her to lie down, one hand one the back of her head, the other one her stomach.
"Hmm… Naruto dear." She mumbled sleepily as she watched her husband arrange the tulips in a glass vase on the bedside table. Her left hand reached up to wrap around the hand still left on her warm belly. The golden bands their fingers rubbed together and their eyes met. They smiled.
Their private ward was perfect. The village kindergarten where the village children went to before the academy, was in clear sight and the best view from their window. The privacy kept paparazzi away form him and his young wife and the sight and sounds of happy toddlers made both of them anticipate the arrival of their new addition soon.
This nearly gave Naruto a hard time composing himself thinking of the process that had their little one in the making. He blushed a furious red, one that was bright enough to compare to the very prominent orange he already wore. His normally shy self-kept wife had to knock his head sharply before his nose began bleeding.
"Ha-ha ha-ha!" The still youthful father laughed heartily and took a seat next to her. He left a feathery light kiss on her smooth cheek. Hinata now sitting up, returned the kiss, only that it was on the lips, lovingly.
"Boy or girl?" Hinata asked shyly.
"Yeah, it still bothers me. I mean, we agreed to make the first one a surprise right?"
"Yeah… Naruto…" Hinata replied, lightly squeezing her husband's hand. It had been fun at first, anticipating the baby's coming and the betting of the gender. They especially had fun preventing of the rest of the Hyuga household from using their Byakugan to sense the baby's chakra to determine the sex. Yet now, as the due date inched nearer, the young couple was unexpectedly… scared. Not about the gender, just about how they were going to be parents, to raise their child, daughter or son, together. They were afraid they were too young and unprepared.
"Hinata."
"Yes?"
"You'll be a great mom. I know it!"
"You'll be a great father too, Naruto."
A smile stretched out from the edges of their lips and they kissed. Happy to be together, delighted to love, be loved and have love.