Don't own Naruto! Beware of some slight language in chapter and some intense romance!
It was a small dingy apartment; it had a little lighting, a little bathroom and bed, a little kitchen, and even a little window. Oh, and Sakura had a little problem of her own at the moment. She slowly brought her knees up to her chin gently resting her head against them. Sakura sighed sadly, looking out the frosted window; the snow always reminded her of Kakashi. She yawned tiredly at the day that befell her, but couldn't fall asleep even if she wanted to.
Previously that morning
That morning Sakura wasn't feeling too well, considering she snuck out of the bed at 2:00 AM to throw up last night's dinner. Of course being the great ninja she was, she was able to not wake Kakashi up. The 2 AM waking up thing happened often with Sakura and she realized one of two things. One: she wasn't getting the flu or any other illness. Two: if that wasn't causing the problem, then what was?
Finally she opened the "Joke Present" Ino gave to her on her birthday and waited five minutes; it was a pregnancy test. In five minutes she would know the answer she was regrettably waiting for. At 2:39 she finally had the guts to look at the despicable piece of plastic to see that she was…positive. Sakura silently cried in the bathroom for ten minutes trying to pull herself together. She wasn't ready for this. And to hell with telling Kakashi! This would ruin everything she had with him, and she couldn't let him know this way. She didn't want to hear any lies from him about this "little" problem. She threw the piece of plastic into the cupboard behind the mirror and went back to bed. This was probably the last night she would have with him and held him as close to her as possible. She never wanted the moment to end.
(Kakashi and Sakura had been together for almost three and a half years and were the happiest couple you could see. But with every couple of course, there were always a fight or two. All of their friends congratulated them happily. Of course some of the villagers were mad at the couple considering Kakashi was much too old for Sakura.
Surprisingly enough, Kakashi wasn't as old as everyone thought he was; just because his hair was naturally white didn't mean that he was old. He was actually 28 while Sakura was about 20. Most of the villagers blushed at their mistake and waddled over every now and again to apologize to the couple. Not that they would admit that Kakashi and Sakura looked pretty good together. Sakura was currently living with Kakashi at his apartment, considering he had a lot more time to be richer than Sakura so it was a larger and roomier place to live.
Whenever either of them got home from a mission, there was always a warm bed waiting for them. Immediately when either of them got home, they shared soft kisses. Kakashi would nibble here and there causing Sakura to giggle lovingly at his antics. Sakura on the other hand would grope her boyfriends' well-toned ass causing him to grunt every now and again. Sometimes he would pick her up bridal style and carry her to the bedroom(until she screamed ) if they ever made it that far…But they wouldn't ask for anything or anyone else in the world because they didn't want anyone else. Everything was perfect for them now.)
Sadly, that didn't work out later in the morning when she threw up again while Kakashi was making breakfast. He came rushing into the bathroom rubbing her back soothingly, "You aren't coming down with something are you?" Sakura shook her head "no" and got up to brush her teeth.
"Sorry….I hope not cause that wasn't very pleasant." Sakura smiled sadly at him. "Um, is something burning Kakashi?" Kakashi gave her a questioning look for a moment, bewildered.
Kakashi gasped loudly running back into the kitchen to save what was left of the toast and eggs.
Once Kakashi left, Sakura got that queasy feeling again when she smelled the burning food.
"Damn it" she whispered angrily, rubbing her stomach. "I need to drink some tea or something."
Sakura walked back out of the kitchen to see if Kakashi had burned down the apartment yet. With that thought she quickened her pace to make sure Kakashi wasn't hurt or anything.
"Don't worry Sakura," Kakashi smiled proudly at her, "I saved most of the eggs and toast…if you like crispy things I mean…." He was covered with bits of ash on his goofy "Even ninjas can cook" apron and morning pajamas (his black pants and shirt).
"Not at all, love" Sakura tried to smile reassuringly at him; even though her stomach was screaming in protest. Kakashi saw the fake smile plastered on Sakura's face and immediately got worried. Sakura saw him place down the cooking pan and toast and walk up to her quickly.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" He asked, taking her hand into his.
(Sakura couldn't really remember what happened after that because every bad argument or fight she had with Kakashi would be blurred out of her memory –she didn't want to remember– except…)She tore her hand away from Kakashis'. All of a sudden she burst out angrily at Kakashi, yelling at him for things he wouldn't do. She accused him of not loving her, or wanting her, and all he wanted was the sex. She accused him about anything she could think of crying in the process. Kakashi was just so confused until she accused him of not ever loving her. He started yelling back at her blindly, confused at what he was saying too. When it was all over, Sakura ran out of their apartment crying and running blindly. Kakashi heavily sat down throwing the apron across the table, setting his head into his hands. He held his tears in which were screaming for him to let them go; a few escaped from his closed eyes.
Sakura ran until she came to the ghetto part of the village where she met I kind old woman who gave her the best room that was at the apartment complex…which didn't have any good qualities in the slightest. But Sakura excepted because she had nowhere else to go anymore; she didn't want to bother her friends with her problems or want them to worry. This little problem was hers and hers alone. She couldn't drag the man she loved down with her. If yelling at him for something else would get her away from him, then sadly, so be it. How would he be able to take care of "them," how could he possible love either of them, or her for that matter? She could handle this…right? She wasn't going to put anything onto Kakashi because he didn't deserve that. And now, this is where her predicament landed her.
Back to the present
Ok so she was confused, and depressed, and angry. Oh and she was scared out of every single piece of wit she had. What was she supposed to do? If she told her friends, they would blow up in her face for being such an idiot and for being so clumsy to have let this kind of thing happen.
She had two options to consider again. One: she would keep the baby and call it their own, or Two: buy abortion pills. Sakura chewed on her finger nails nervously. Ok so what if she bought the abortion pills? That didn't mean she had to use them. Using every piece of ninja stealth she had to avoid her friends (considering Ino and Shikamaru were around the corner from the store) she snuck her way in. She even chit chatted with the cashier to make sure she didn't notice what she was scanning. She hurried back to her apartment and threw the packs onto the table. She curled onto her futon staring at the packs, debating.
(During that time)
Kakashi hadn't moved from where they had broken up last morning. But he had a desperate need to use the bathroom. He slowly made his way to the bathroom, heartbroken. What was he going to do? After using the bathroom he took a long look into the mirror getting angrier at himself by the minute until he snapped and slammed his fist into the mirror. It distorted all of the contents behind the mirror causing them to fall out onto the floor.
Having nothing else to do, grumbling angrily at himself, he picked up the contents trying to think of what to do. He couldn't lose Sakura. She was the only thing in the world to him and he would go to any lengths to get her back. Whatever he did, he would fix it. He was Copy Ninja Kakashi, one of the best and most elite ninjas in the village. He would bring his girl back no matter what. At the new invigorating thought he would find his Sakura! That was until his mind brought him back to reality and he realized he was holding a plastic object.
He observed it blankly for a moment until he realized what exactly it was. His eyes opened wide about to burst out of his head. His mouth was agape and his brain was screaming to find her immediately before her mind could conjure up something.
He was scrambling to find something to wear and ran out the door as fast as he could. When he reached a four-way-intersection he summoned his ninken to search her out. Pakkun and the rest of the team were running as fast as their paws would take them (considering Kakashi told them everything that happened) inevitable losing Kakashi in the process. But once they found Sakura, they would send another dog to go find Kakashi and bring him back.
They caught Sakura's scent and scurried off into the more homely looking part of the village. They jumped through her little window to find her holding a box and silently crying. They sent one of the faster dogs to go get Kakashi and bring him back.
Pakkun nudged Sakura gently out of her daze startling her enough to fall out of the bed.
"What the hell Pakkun!" Sakura yelled.
Pakkun and the other dogs laughed quietly at her burst of outrage.
"I'm sorry Pakkun, I didn't mean to yell like that." Sakura said quietly. She still clutched the box in her hand. Pakkun and the other dogs looked at her sadly, not quite sure what to do for her. Sakura sat back onto the futon as far away from the dogs as possible.
"Sakura…." Pakkun gingerly placed his paw onto her leg "why did you say all those things to Kakashi? Why did you leave without telling him you were going to have a pup?"
Sakura looked at him sadly for a moment debating her answer. She didn't know what to say to him at the moment. But Pakkun wasn't finished yet.
"Sakura, Kakashi loves you with all his heart. He'd want to have puppies with you! A whole litter if he could!"
Sakura burst into tears then, unable to hold back all the things she was thinking about.
"P-P-Pakkun!" Sakura cried brokenly "I-I couldn't hold Kakashi back with this baby! I would ruin his life! This b-baby would destroy everything between us! W-we wouldn't have our lives anymore and how can we even afford a baby! How the hell can I be a m-mom! I'm not ready for this; any of this. How can I split Kakashi's heart in half? The man I will always love! I couldn't do those things to him!"
"My heart wont split, it will just grow to fit two." Kakashi was in the door way of her apartment. Apparently he heard the entire shpeal. Pakkun looked sadly up at Sakura trying to tell her it would be ok. Then, all the dogs skidded out of the apartment knowing Kakashi would want to be alone with his mate.
"That's what you were worried about? You were worried about hurting me and ruining my life?" Kakashi looked at her disbelievingly. "Sakura I've dealt with worse things in my life than a baby! I love you with all of my heart that it hurts! I couldn't bear the thought of losing you…ever! We can pull through with a baby easier than other couples could I'm sure. Please Sakura, reconsider being with me. We can work things out! I-I love you!" He sat next to her holding her as tightly as he could.
"Please Sakura…say something" he tried grabbing her hand but only held a box that was almost forcibly taken out of her hand. "What's this?" He said quietly, mostly to himself. Kakashi read the information on the box eyes growing wider and wider with anger.
"WHAT THE HELL SAKURA!" He stood up, away from her, throwing the box on the floor. "You thought that killing this baby would solve everything? You thought this would make everything better?" He furiously walked to the door ripping it open "How could you be so fucking cruel to me! I've never had a real family ever since I met you and you do this to me?" He angrily stormed out the door into a furious rage down the hallway.
"I DIDN'T TAKE THE GOD DAMN PILLS OK!" Sakura yelled out into the hallway. Kakashi slowly turned to confusingly glare at her, anger still etched into his face.
"I-I couldn't do it Kakashi" Sakura cried helplessly into the hallway. "I couldn't harm our baby like that" She carassed her abdomen gently. "I don't know what was going through my head…I was scared ok!" Kakashi silently walked back to Sakura, a foot only separating their bodies.
"I couldn't kill the only chance at having a real family too, Kakashi. I'm so sor-sor-sorry!" Sakura leaned against the doorframe of the apartment sliding down to the floor in distress. Kakashi stopped her though before she could hit the ground. He grabbed her forearms and held her so tightly that he almost believed she would disappear into a puff of smoke.
When Sakura reopened her eyes, she was back at Kakashi's apartment. She was staring into his mismatched eyes which were trying to show how much love he held for her; Sakura tried to do the same.
He slammed his mouth against hers in a completely heated and needy want that was exploding onto the verge of every passionate kiss they ever had. The kiss was so full of power, that Sakura tried to give as much of the power back to him. It was strong, passionate, full of love and want, and Kakashi wanted to shove every single emotion he felt for her at the moment. When he finished Sakura became dazed and….fainted.
Kakashi, shocked, held an unconscious Sakura in his arms freaking out on what to do with his comatose love; unaware of the flinging of her body he was causing.
She finally woke up a minute later to a beyond startled Kakashi.
"A kiss like that should be illegal Kakashi…" Sakura smiled dazzling up at him. Kakashi finally calmed down realizing she was ok. He placed them onto their bed snuggling up to his beloved Sakura. He was about to place his hand onto her stomach, but stalled looking at Sakura again. Sakura glanced lovingly at him a moment, confused. "What's wrong?"
"I still can't believe that this is real…that we're actually going to have a family" Kakashi sighed disbelievingly. Suddenly Sakura grabbed his hand forcefully, and gently placed his hand onto her stomach gently. She smiled so lovingly at him that Kakashi thought he might even faint.
He realized his hand was resting where his baby was and suddenly, a full blown smile crossed his handsome face. They both slowly fell asleep in each other's arms, smiles on their faces, and Kakashi still caressing her stomach. They both finally fell asleep, finally content.
