A/N: Hello! I know its rather stupid of me to start another chaptered fic whilst I already have two on-going fic's, but I couldn't help it. The need to get this written and posted was just too great! So get comfortable, and read and then please review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto and its Characters. This fic is based on Danielle Steel's "The kiss", but no worries this is NOT a copy of it in any kind, the plot just inspired me to write this .

Warnings: This fic contains Male x Male pairings, as well as mentions of male pregnancy, (there's evidence of it also!) if any of this offends you in any way, I'd advise you to kindly click the shiny back button. This fic also contains a slightly bitchy Sakura (but no worries, I like her so there will be no bashing!) Sasuke is also rather OCC in this chapter, but I PROMISE it will only be in this chapter…


Limousine: Chapter One


Sasuke shut the book he was reading as he heard Neji walk past his room towards the study. He looked at the time, 1:56 am, he sighed. This wasn't an unusual occurrence; Neji arriving home late at night and then hiding away in the study was something that had been happening for years now, and it was something Sasuke had simply accepted. Sometimes he would stay up reading a book, or keeping an eye on their daughter, and at other times, he would just fall asleep.

It hadn't always been like this, Sasuke reminisced, in the first year or so of their marriage – when he hadn't had Tatsuki (1) - their daughter, life with Neji was beautiful, the type of beautiful you could only find in a fairy tale. Their life had been glamorous, with many social events and so on. Neji had also been very good to him, understanding and quite affectionate – something that Sasuke had rarely received, in his childhood.

When Sasuke had gotten pregnant, Neji had been ecstatic, and it had seemed that Sasuke was going to have the perfect family he had always wanted.

However, Tatsuki had been eleven weeks premature, with a weak heart and under-developed lungs. Neji hadn't been pleased with this – his child hadn't been as "perfect" as he proclaimed Hyuuga children were at the beginning of Sasuke's pregnancy. Sasuke went on to have two miscarriages after Tatsuki.

Neji, instead of being the supportive partner, had grown distant and uncaring. It was obvious he blamed Sasuke for Tatsuki's incurable illness and the two miscarriages; even though Neji hadn't ever mentioned so, the fact burned Sasuke regularly.

By the time, Tatsuki was a year old; Neji had moved out of their shared bedroom, his excuse being that the times when he got in and out of bed were too early and too late and would disturb Sasuke. He had at that time also totally convinced, or ordered rather, Sasuke to stop working and to stay home looking after Tatsuki.

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Sasuke put on a baggy t-shirt (as he was only wearing boxers) and padded out of his room toward the study.

Upon opening the door, he found Neji sitting gracefully on a rich leather chair, putting the phone down, as if he had just finished conversing with someone.

"Good-evening" Sasuke murmured.

"Sasuke." Neji acknowledged without looking up from the documents he was now reading.

"How was your day?" Sasuke asked more out of routine than out of curiosity.

"Fine." Neji replied, giving him a curt nod as if to dismiss him, and Sasuke obeyed.

Neji never asked about his day anymore, as he didn't like hearing about Tatsuki, a "subject" that always seemed to pop up whenever he had done so. Sasuke wasn't particularly bothered with this anyway, and life went on.

Sasuke went into Tatsuki's room, careful not to wake up Tatsuki or the nurse who looked after the girl. Tatsuki looked a lot like Sasuke, with her dark hair and pale skin, however she had Neji's eyes. Pallid and charming, and seemed to look right into a person. At the tender age of five, she was tiny and frail in comparison to others her age.

It was something Sasuke always felt guilty over, she was a beautiful child who was very aware of the world around her, yet the most she had ever seen of it was in their small ventures into their large back garden.

It was in Tatsuki's room Sasuke had fallen asleep in, curled up in a chair next to the girl's bed.


Naruto yawned tiredly as he removed himself from the comfort of his hotel bed and made his way towards the bathroom.

He was in Suna on behalf of the Hokage (2).

Naruto at the age of twenty-seven had been chosen as the Godaime's (Tsunade) next of kin. It was a title he was honoured to have, and utterly dedicated to.

He was to stay in Suna (3) for the next two months to attend an array of meetings to secure the alliance between the fire and wind countries. Naruto himself didn't understand why there were sp many meetings which were spread across such a large amount of time, but then again he had no say as to which way certain procedures took place.

Putting his key card in the left pocket of his coat, and sliding a hand through his slightly damp hair he made his way towards the wind (4) building.

He didn't have a meeting today, and he hadn't much planned except for breakfast with Gaara – the Kazekage (they were rather close friends), but that wasn't until 8:30, and it looking at his watch it was only just getting towards 7.

Therefore, he chose to wander aimlessly around the city, contemplating about his life, which led him to feeling guilt he had happily pushed away.

He had left home on a bad note. This was completely unfair to his son, Makoto, who didn't understand why 'mummy' and 'daddy' always talked so loud and really angrily before daddy left for a trip. The guilt flooded deeper.

Ever since Naruto had been selected to be the next Hokage, his business life had become hectic, not that it hadn't already been. He was after all the son of the deceased Minato Namikaze (5) the Yondaime Hokage, and therefore literally inherited a place in the council (even though it had been at a struggle).

It was because of this promotion that his marriage to Sakura had hit rock bottom. He had been married to Sakura for nine years, mostly due to the fact she had become pregnant with Makoto. But at the time, it hadn't mattered as they had been quite madly in love. Naruto receiving this new position four years into their marriage had been a highlighted moment at first, and Sakura had been incredibly proud of him.

However, as the months went on, Naruto started neglecting his family. Work taking over his life. He wasn't as playful as he use to be, and no longer had the time for anything.

Sakura on the hand was a social woman, always attending different events, no matter big or small, Naruto at some point had been the same, yet work had forced him to change. Sakura wasn't one to go to such events alone, and instead was accompanied by one of her male 'friends'.

That's when the arguments began.

Naruto had, had his suspicions on these 'friends' of his wife, yet Sakura strongly claimed her relationships with them were innocent, something that Naruto was willing to believe anyhow.

Yet on the night Naruto had returned home early from one of his trips to find a man, in his bed, with his wife, Naruto's love and trust of Sakura had simply diminished (something that had surprised Naruto at first); but they didn't want to divorce as Makoto was still quite young and they didn't want him to suffer. 'It was for the best' they had agreed.

Therefore, they lived, as a "happy little family" in the public eye, when in reality Naruto and Sakura could not be in the same room without disagreeing with each other.

Their most recent 'disagreement' had been on the topic of him now neglecting Makoto. Even though Naruto outwardly refused to admit this to Sakura, he knew she was right. He recently had, had no time for his son – something he had tried and promised himself to prevent, yet this two month business trip was "evidence that he wasn't trying hard enough" as Sakura had put it.

After Sakura had said that, he had stomped out of the house – rather childishly (now he thought about it) not even stopping to say good-bye to Makoto.

He was an awful father he told himself.

He needed a distraction, something to completely draw his attention away from the guilt he was feeling.

Arriving at Gaara's early was out of the question as even though they were close friends, Gaara's advisors weren't and they wouldn't approve with "over socialization."

Normally he would call Sasuke, but there was a five hour time difference between Konoha and Suna, meaning that it was nearing 2am in the morning, and he wasn't going to wake Sasuke up just because he couldn't handle his personal problems.

Sasuke was a man Naruto had met six years ago when there had been a big public event (6) in which the Kage's of the world attended. It took place twice every year, and was hosted in a different country, and important names of that country were also invited.

That year, the second party was held on Konoha, Naruto had attended on behalf of the Namikaze family with Sakura, and Sasuke had attended with Neji, who was there on the behalf of the Hyuuga family. He had actually met Sasuke through Neji, as Neji was a member of the council, and they briefly new each other.

They had casually conversed with each other, instantly respecting each other, and had formed a rather odd relationship. By the end of the night, they had exchanged telephone numbers and promised to keep in touch.

From that day, a comfortable friendly relationship had formed between them. And even though they hardly saw each other, they spoke on the phone regularly about mostly nothing, yet everything.


A/N: And so, this chapter has come to a close. I hope you all enjoyed it, and hopefully you will all review!

(1) I so obviously stole this name from bleach that its shameful, I was originally going to use 'Rukia' but my friend thought it was a bit too much XD. Lol.

(2 + 3) This fic is AU, but the Kages still exist, but as something like a prime minister (or a president however you prefer it.) So do the hidden villages, but they are capital cities of the countries, if you get me, e.g. the capital of the fire country is Konoha.

(4) I'm pretty sure that the Hokage building has the symbol for 'fire' on it, and so I'm assuming it's the same for the Kazekage.

(5) I don't read the Manga, but I accidentally read it on wikipedia… I actually hate myself for doing so, I always accidentally read wikipedia, like the other day…when I found out about some very unwanted news about a certain toad hermit

(6) I based this 'public event' on the chunin exams…

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

Constructive criticism will also be gratefully received.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A VERY NICE CHRISTMAS….AND I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR! (if I don't update before then...)

Useless information: I was in fact born eleven weeks early…very special I was! And I did have a small problem with my lungs, but I'm ok now! Unlike Tatsuki…