A/N: Hello! It's been a while since I posted something here. Sorry, I've been busy. ^^; But to make up for it, I present to you post-marriage SasuSaku and a pregnant Sakura all in one.
Also, thank you so much for the all the love you gave my previous stories! :D This can be read as a continuation of those or as a separate story all together, no problem either way.

Important things to remember here:
1) This story alternates between Sakura's POV (point of view) and Sasuke's POV.
2) This chapter begins with Sasuke's POV.
3) .-.-. marks the end of one POV and the beginning of another.
4) Thoughts, flashbacks and dreams are in italics.
5) Words that are emphasized are also in italics.

Enjoy!

It was dark.

'Where am I?'

Thump. Thump. Thump.

'What was that?'

A heartbeat. He could hear a heartbeat. And it wasn't his own.

'What is this feeling? That…'

Chakra. He could sense it. It was new but oddly familiar.

'Who's there?'

He woke up, panting. His eyes were stained crimson and lavender, and fixed on the woman lying before him.

He scanned her, his stare penetrating. He froze.

Th-thump. Th-thump. This time, it was his heart that was pounding deafeningly. Slowly, he blinked and extended a hand towards her abdomen. He paused. He couldn't do it. Couldn't touch her. He shot out of bed and quickly put on a shirt. Then, soundlessly left the room.

He let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. He looked in the mirror on the wall facing him.

He, Uchiha Sasuke, was going to be a father.

He had thought he had merely dreamed the presence of a fresh chakra. But upon waking up, he had actually seen it. Right there, in the mid of Sakura's body, he had seen the newly budding flame that he was certain did not belong to his wife. No, he knew Sakura's chakra flow too well. It had been engraved into his mind… and his heart long ago. This chakra was different. It may have been faint but he was sure that it could only, only belong to… their child. It was beautiful. He had never been more thankful for his eyes than at that very moment.

Suddenly, his body was nothing but a vessel of emotions. He was happy. He was overwhelmed. He was terrified. There was so much that he wanted to be for this child and so much that he was afraid he couldn't be. There was so much he wanted to teach and so much he wanted to learn. He didn't think he was ready but at the same time, he wanted to hold the baby as soon as he could.

He studied his reflection again and the smiling face stared back at him.

His mind shifted to his wife. Sakura. Did she know?

Sasuke shook his head as he dismissed the notion as unlikely. She would've told him, if she did.

'Sakura,' he sighed.

She would make a great mother. He was almost sure she would be their child's favorite. But he would try. He would try to be a good parent too.

'Sasuke-kun?'

Sasuke spun around to find a half-awake Sakura standing at the door, rubbing her eyes sleepily. He gazed at her. He wanted to tell her. He wanted to tell her everything but for some reason, he found himself paralyzed.

'Are you okay?' Sakura continued. 'Why did you wake up so early?'

Sasuke couldn't find it in himself to speak. But if there was one person who could handle him at his quietest, it was Sakura.

She sighed.

'Come on,' she said, grabbing his hand and pulling him into their bedroom. 'Let's go back to sleep. We both have a busy day ahead of us.'

She forced him to lie down and then, did the same, falling asleep almost immediately after. But he lay awake.

The thought had struck him as soon as he had turned to face her earlier and had been in his mind ever since. What if Sakura wasn't ready to have a baby? What if she didn't want one right now? She had a pretty busy routine and it would be difficult to fit a baby in. He was busy these days too and she knew that. Would she feel unable to rely on him if he told her? Perhaps she did know and didn't tell him because she thought him unfit to be a father already, that he was too unexpressive to be a father, that a man of his past couldn't possibly raise a child. But then again, Sakura had always believed in him. And his Sakura would never keep anything from him.

'Damn it.'

His own fears were getting the better of him.

He didn't sleep. Once the Sun had risen high enough, he walked out of the house, his destination resolute.

.-.-.

Sakura woke up to the smell of roses. She opened her eyes and found said flowers on the bedside table. She blinked, before breaking into a grin.

She turned to her left and found the culprit observing her innocently.

'Thank you,' she beamed.

Sasuke smiled back.

'Hungry?' he questioned.

Normally, Sakura would've automatically answered in the affirmative but today, her stomach just didn't seem to agree.

'Actually, Sasuke-kun,' she began, scrunching up her face. 'I think I'll skip breakfast. I feel really nauseous.'

She saw his brows furrow in concern.

She chuckled.

'Don't worry, I'll be fine,' she said. 'I'm going to head to the bathroom.'

Sasuke nodded and she stood up. When she was almost halfway there, she felt her insides contract and a warm, viscous fluid rise up her throat and she sped up, trying to contain the vomit till she reached the sink. The sight of what came out seemed less sickening to her than the rotten, bitter taste that was left in her mouth. She let the water run and cleaned herself up. She looked back and as expected, Sasuke was at the door.

'I'm okay, Sasuke-kun,' she smiled. 'I probably ate something bad yesterday.'

But her pulse was quickening steadily as another possibility kept ringing in her head.

She was already a few days late but she had dismissed it a consequence of stress. The sudden throwing up, however, was making her reconsider the possibility.

The possibility that she, Uchiha Sakura, was going to be a mother.

Her heart fluttered at the thought. She snuck another look at Sasuke, blushing. He seemed lost in his own thoughts, frown intact. She couldn't tell him before she was absolutely sure. Besides, she had always been scared as to how he would react when the time came. Did he even want a child? They had never really talked about it. Had his own troubled childhood affected his views about the matter? She didn't want to upset him. She just hoped he would believe in her ability to take care of the child, if it really was on its way.

Oh, how Sakura had dreamed about what it would be like to have a baby. He or she would be a part of her and a part of Sasuke as well, a life they created together. A soul that would depend on them, a soul that she would love and cherish unconditionally.

'Sakura?'

She snapped back to reality. 'Oh, hm?'

'I said, don't go to the hospital today,' replied Sasuke. 'I'll stay home with you too.'

'Oh no, Sasuke-kun, there's no need for that!' assured Sakura. 'I'm fine, really! It's essential that you attend the meeting with Kakashi-sensei and Naruto and I really have to go to the hospital as well.'

Sasuke cleared his throat. 'You… you should get yourself checked too while you're there. And… um… le-let me know.'

Sakura blinked. Sasuke seemed awfully nervous and that didn't happen very often.

'Well, you get changed,' he started again. 'I'll wait downstairs. Call me if you need me.'

'Uh... okay,' Sakura nodded.

.-.-.

Sakura had thrown up… and blamed it on rotten food. Had she really not realized that she was pregnant? Sasuke was beginning to get frustrated. He felt like he was cheating her by keeping the knowledge to himself. But was it his fault that the words refused to leave his mouth? He had tried telling her again on their way to the hospital but in vain. He thought the fact that he had insisted on carrying her the whole way alone should've made it obvious enough but apparently, it didn't. Since when had it become a man's job to tell his wife that she was pregnant? Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around? Curse these Uchiha genes.

'Sasuke?'

Sasuke looked at the man sitting across the table, a man who had served many different roles in his life; teacher, father, friend, pain in the neck. Hatake Kakashi.

'What?' questioned Sasuke.

'You're not paying attention,' stated Kakashi. 'You didn't hear a word.'

'I did,' Sasuke defended.

'Really?' Kakashi drawled. 'Repeat it.'

Sasuke frowned.

'What's going on, teme?' came another voice from his left. 'Didn't Sakura-chan let you sleep last night?' Naruto sniggered.

'Shut up,' Sasuke glared at him.

Kakashi sighed. 'Sasuke, is everything okay? You don't seem like yourself.'

'Everything's fine,' mumbled Sasuke.

'Okay then,' replied Kakashi. 'As I was saying…'

Sasuke tried to predict how Naruto and Kakashi would react if he were to tell them the big news.

'Iwagakure has proposed new terms for one of the treaties between our villages.'

But would it be okay if he told them before he told Sakura? It wouldn't upset her, right?

'You will find copies laid out in front of you.'

Perhaps they would be able to provide some useful insight.

'If you could turn to the second page…'

'Sakura is pregnant.'

Both Kakashi and Naruto froze, before turning to look at him. Sasuke exhaled.

'Oh my God,' Naruto chuckled. 'OH MY GOD! TEME! SA-SAKURA-CHAN! I'M… I'M GOING TO BE AN UNCLE!'

'Oye!' hissed Sasuke, grabbing his collar. 'Don't announce it to the world.'

'Sasuke, I…,' began Kakashi. 'I don't know what to say. Congratulations! I'm just… I'm just so glad… so glad to see you did end up reading the book I left in your-'

'No! I burned all of that, old man,' spat out Sasuke.

'I'm joking, I'm joking,' Kakashi smiled. 'I'm really happy for you. Both of you. First Naruto and now, you two. Ah, I really have gotten old.'

'HEY! THIS IS GREAT!' Naruto gasped, tears in his eyes. 'Our kids… our kids are going to be best friends. Oh my God.'

'NO!' Sasuke countered at once.

He felt like an idiot for forgetting that the dobe had announced his wife's pregnancy just a few months ago but there was no way in hell he would let that idiot's kid influence his precious baby.

'Sakura-chan! I need to see Sakura-chan right now!' shrieked Naruto, rushing towards the door.

'You can't,' replied Sasuke, pulling him back to his seat. 'She doesn't know.'

'What?' Naruto blinked. 'How can she… then how do you…?'

'You saw the chakra, didn't you?' spoke up Kakashi.

Sasuke nodded.

'You should tell her,' he added. 'She, more than anyone, deserves to know.'

'Hn,' grumbled Sasuke, lowering his head.

'Why?! Why haven't you told her?!' demanded Naruto.

'I… I don't know,' Sasuke lied.

'Sakura will want this baby, Sasuke,' assured Kakashi.

He always did have a way of seeing right through him.

'This child… this child will be lucky,' he continued. 'To have a mother like Sakura… and to have a father like you. '

A/N: Well, I hope you liked it! This fic will probably be a two-shot but I might continue it further. Might.
Things to look forward to in the next chapter: Sasuke interacting with Mebuki and Kizashi i.e. his parents in law. :3 I might leave a preview on my profile if I'm running late with it so, you know where to look.
Leave me some feedback, it motivates me to write quicker lol. ^^
Oh and lastly, a belated happy birthday to our Sakura! :D