Love Is
Summary: SasuSaku Month 2014! Sasuke and Sakura have always loved each other, and even after so many years together, neither see their love fading anytime soon.
Pairings: SasuSaku. Mentions of NaruHina and ItaOC.
Note: I know I'm late. ;-; But at least I'm trying this year. I highly doubt last year's SasuSaku month will ever be finished...
1. The Smell of Fresh Paint
Sakura hated the smell of paint, but knew that it would be gone very soon from the room she and her husband, Sasuke Uchiha, were busy painting. The pale yellow fit very well with the beige curtains that hung over the window. They were nearly finished, but the smell was almost unbearable and made Sakura to leave the house until the room had aired out.
Ugh, paint… why does it smell so bad?!
When Sakura sneezed a moment later, Sasuke rolled his eyes and shook his head, before grabbing her hand and pulling her out of the room.
"Wait, Sasuke-kun! We're not done!"
"The paint fumes are getting to you, aren't they?"
"…how did you know that?"
He smirked, shaking his head once more. "They're getting to me too. Let's take a break, have some tea, and we can go finish up in a few minutes, all right?"
Sakura wanted to protest and go back to finish, since they were so terribly close to being finished. After a moment, she sighed before nodding and following Sasuke out to their living room.
"I wish one of the kids would come over…"
"They're busy, Sakura. Besides, we still have Ryu."
"I know! But… they're getting a new sibling in a few weeks!" Sakura grinned, still excited about the new changes happening in their lives.
After twenty-three years of marriage and five children of their own, they were adopting a soon-to-be-born baby girl from Kirigakure. They had discussed this decision for nearly two years before they finally decided that they would bring in a baby or young child to join their family. Their oldest four children had already moved out of the house. Sanosuke was twenty-two and married to a girl that Sakura adored and they had just recently had their first daughter.
Keiko was twenty and working at the hospital almost nonstop. She had moved out in order to give her parents some space and so she could get enough sleep each night before going into the hospital each morning.
Their twins, Keiji and Satomi, were eighteen and had moved out a few months ago, sharing an apartment in order to keep rent down and because they worked together on their missions and such.
The youngest, Ryu, was only four-years-old and had been a surprise when Sasuke and Sakura were thirty-eight. They had been convinced that the twins would be their last children, and then Sakura came up with a positive pregnancy test and they had their youngest in early February.
Now, they were anxiously awaiting their newest addition in just two more weeks.
"We need to finish the room…"
"Hmm…" Sasuke nodded, handing Sakura the cup of tea he had made for her, before taking a seat beside her at their table.
Sakura took a sip, before smiling softly. "We'll have a new little baby in our home soon…"
"Mm-hm…"
"What should we name her? Her birth mother said we could name her whatever we wanted to."
"Perhaps we should pick a unisex name. just in case."
"Ha, like when Ryu was supposed to be a girl, but came out a boy?"
"Exactly." Sasuke smiled while Sakura laughed. They hadn't told that story to Ryu yet, but hoped he would get a kick out of it when he was older.
"How about…"
"Seiko."
"Hmm?" Sakura glanced over at Sasuke, smiling slightly. "Seiko? Hmm… that sounds lovely! Seiko Uchiha… oh gosh, I like that."
"Good." Nodding, Sasuke looked into the living room when the front door opened and slammed shut, signaling that one of their five children had arrived at the house.
"Momma! Daddy! Where are you?"
"In here, Ryu!"
Ryu didn't enter the kitchen for a moment, but when he did, he had a strange look on his face. "The house smells weird!"
That caused laughter to come from both Sakura and Sasuke. They hadn't told Ryu they would be painting the nursery for his baby sister today, as it was to be a surprise and because Ryu loved painting (they simply didn't want him to try and throw paint about the room).
"Oh, Ryu, we painted the nursery for your sister! Do you want to see it?"
Ryu's eyes widened a bit, and he nodded, eager to see what his sister's room would look like.
"Yeah!"
"All right! Let's go!" Sakura lifted Ryu into her arms, giving Sasuke a smile. "Care to join us?"
"No, I'll clean up down here a bit. I'm still trying to get over the paint fumes."
"Ha, fine. Let's go, Ryu."
Sasuke shook his head, smiling as Sakura took Ryu upstairs and he cleaned up the dishes. Truthfully, he was completely over the paint fumes, and simply wanted to spend some time with his wife and youngest child before returning to the nursery. They were close to finished, so, he wasn't worried about Ryu taking the paint and flinging it all over the place.
He was more worried about what Sakura would make him do later. They still had to put together the new crib and get the room finished after the paint dried. He wasn't looking forward to that in the end.
"Ryu, no! you're not allowed to throw paint around in here!"
Sasuke held back a laugh as he ran upstairs, hoping to keep Ryu from messing up their paint job.
Please be a good, quiet child, Seiko… please.
