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Warnings: Characters death, fluffiness, Sasuke being out of the ordinary, Naruto being the reasonable for a change ._.
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Chapter 2 – The Change In Our Lives
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"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect."
― J.K. Rowling,Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
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Winter
"Waaah! Waa-waah!" Asa was wiggling in Kiba's hands constantly crying. He tried everything, changing the diaper, getting her warm milk, rocking her back and forth… nothing! There was nothing he could do.
"Sasuke, will you please help me?!" The desperate father whined to his best friend for help.
The said man was comfortably seated in the soft armchair from where he had been watching a football game with his best friend. Well, they were doing it before the baby started crying anyway. Now, Kiba was unsuccessfully trying to hush the cute little girl and Sasuke was dying of laughter because the brunette was failing miserably.
"Stop making fun of me and do something! …Oh, Hinata! Did you really have to go see Ino now when the most important game is on TV?!" Kiba whined again, making the baby stop crying for a second and look weirdly at him.
Then she started crying even harder. The black haired man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and stood up. He couldn't let the brunette suffer any longer.
"Give her to me," Sasuke called finally. He reached for the baby, smiling at her. The younger son of the Uchiha family had never smiled as much as when he was near this kid, she made him feel happy and content.
He took the baby dressed in a pink sweater and cute blue pants and threw her up in the air.
"Asa-chan, you like that, don't you?" He kept throwing her in the air and catching her until the girl stopped crying and started giggling loudly. He then touched her nose with his holding her in the air and it made her smile even more.
"You… You are a magician! Who'd say you would have it in, Uchiha? Why hadn't she stopped crying when I was throwing her around?" Kiba was blinking rapidly and marveled at the way his best friend was playing with the doll-like girl in his hands.
"That's because you are her dad Kiba, pissing you off is her job. I, on the other hand, am her uncle Sasuke, and she won't do that to me, buddy." Sasuke tried to glare at Kiba for the 'father' comment but failed miserably because his serious composure was cracking under the annoyed look on his best friend's face.
In that moment the little girl changed her expression and puked over the young heartbreaker's grey shirt, as if to say 'I don't think you're right, mister'. Sasuke glared at her feeling the stench of the vomit and he got in return a falsely innocent look followed by loud cheerful smile.
"Here, hold her, I have to change." He told Kiba, giving him the girl.
"Hey, Sasuke, tomorrow night Hinata and I are leaving to Kyoto for a few days with Asa. Oh, and don't worry, we'll be back in time for the New Year celebration at your brother's home." Kiba smirked at the young raven haired man who glared at him with all the strength he could muster.
"Fuck you." Sasuke drily commented. The thought of celebrating a New Year's eve with his brother didn't seem like such a good idea, to him at least. He ran up the stairs cursing his best friend colorfully. Everybody knew that Sasuke loved his older brother, but being in the same room with a man, longer than an hour… Now that was interesting thing. The black eyed beauty wondered who'd withstand the fight longer this time.
Naruto closed his bakery thinking about that hot doctor. Could he plague the guy as 'gay' just because he gave him his phone number? Well, yeah, he could. The blond smirked putting the key in his left jeans' pocket and the note with the phone number in the right one. He couldn't wait to come home and have a hot shower. His blue eyes sparkled in amusement when he thought of having the shower with that handsome black haired doctor. The low chuckle left his throat and he made his way home.
He had just finished the showering and dressed himself when his phone went off interrupting the conversation he was having with the said doctor on the other phone.
"I'll call you back later Sai, bye." He hurriedly disconnected the call and picked up his cell.
"Hello? ... Yes, this is he…" The blond sounded surprised but at the same time some awful feeling started to creep in the pit of his stomach.
The light in those sapphire eyes went off after a couple of seconds and there was a tear making his way down his left cheek.
"Ok, I'm on my way." He put on his shoes and went out forgetting to dress his jacket, forgetting to lock the house, forgetting the car keys, forgetting what he was about to do before the phone had rung… He ran to the hospital as fast as his legs carried him.
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki, you called me… a couple of minutes ago… my friends… how are they?" He was desperately trying to catch his breath and to form a normal sentence. The nurse looked sadly at him.
"I'm sorry, they couldn't make it." She whispered sadly.
Naruto's brain got shut down at that but then he remembered the beautiful small girl…
"Wait… How about a baby, is she ok?" The nurse smiled warmly at him, touching his shoulder.
"Don't worry, the baby is fine," was her immediate answer.
Naruto took the phone and dialed the one person's number he hoped he won't ever have to call.
"Hey… It's Naruto," his raspy voice didn't sound like something good has happened.
"I'm in a hospital, can you come over?" the blond stopped to hear what the other person had to say. "They had an accident. Only Asa survived, please hurry." He ended the call end allowed the tears to make themselves known while he leaned against the cold hospital wall clutching his heart painfully.
After a few minutes the hospital doors opened and a man entered looking lost. He found a nurse which was passing by and asked about the blue eyed, golden haired man. She pointed at the end of the waiting room and the black haired man ran to the said blond. When he made it to his destination he saw the usually cheerful and happy man's face stained with tears. His eyes looked so lost and his sobs were so desperate.
The blond saw the newcomer and moved from his position searching for the comforting embrace.
"Sasuke… They're gone… I hate them so much! How could they just leave their baby girl…? How could they leave us…?" Naruto sobbed trying to form the sentence that made sense.
Sasuke clutched the tearing man in his arms and soothingly moved his hand through his hair.
"Shhh, don't Naruto… don't hate them… It's not their fault…" The golden haired man's face found his way into the crook of the raven's neck and he let himself be held that way. Sasuke's intoxicating smell was calming him down. He didn't think it'll be this reliving just enjoying the pale man's presence. His soft whispers calmed the sad blond down.
"Why did this happen?" Naruto's quiet voice stirred Sasuke from his thoughts and he could only hold onto him tighter, telling him that he didn't know.
"Things happen without us planning on them to befall. Look at me…" His pale hand caught the tear stained chin between his fingers and made those beautiful ocean colored orbs gaze sadly into his dark restless ones, "If they could choose, I don't think they would pick this to happen. Don't blame them, Naruto." Sasuke sadly finished.
Raven haired man barely held himself not to cry in front of the blond. He lost his childhood friend; the man that was always there when he needed him; that pulled him out of every shit he got into and who participated at pulling their high school and college pranks. Kiba was always there for him, and he knew he will miss his best friend.
"Come on," Sasuke said pulling his jacket off and throwing it over the smaller man.
"Wait, where are you taking me? Stay with me, please…" Naruto looked at Sasuke saying this and he found himself begging for the handsome man to keep him company. The jacket he received also smelled like Sasuke and Naruto liked that smell more and more.
"I'll stay Dobe, let's go to their house and wait for someone to contact us and tell us more about Asa.." He received a gentle but sad smile in return and a slight nod.
Sasuke awkwardly held Naruto close to him, he had just never done this before and it was odd. Not bad… Just unfamiliar and strange. They stepped into the car and Sasuke drove off toward their late friends' house keeping an eye on the quiet and sad figure next to him.
"Wait… I… I just don't understand why we can't see her tonight… NO, ma'am I don't give a fuck about your protocol! This is a…" Naruto was arguing with the woman from the foster care and Sasuke was just quietly observing the blond.
"Yes, I'll be on this number." Onyx eyes saw the phone falling down from the tanned hands and he stood up quickly.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Raven sadly questioned. He was never this gentle to anyone. Why sudden change?
Naruto shook his head sadly, "They won't do anything till tomorrow, I need to know if she's alright."
Sasuke took his phone and watched the name in his phonebook feeling the irritation starting to form itself. He'll do it, for the blond. And for the child. He dialed the number and waited for the other side to pick up.
"Wha- Why aren't you sleeping otouto? Why are you calling so late?" The irritation just got a full degree bigger but he swallowed it.
"I need your help. We need to see Asa, Kiba's daughter as soon as we can. He and his wife…" Sasuke stopped to swallow the lump now formed in his throat, he didn't think it'll be this hard saying it; he didn't think it'll make it sound so real. "They died in an accident. The girl is the only one who survived and they won't let us see her."
Itachi listened to his brother's speech and sat up in his bed unintentionally moving the sleeping figure next to him. He couldn't believe this really happened. He could only imagine how hard it was for Sasuke to bear with it now.
"I'll call you in a few." Itachi's stern voice surprised Sasuke. Didn't he just wake up a few seconds ago?
The older Uchiha ended that call and dialed the other number. No one messed with his otouto.
"Hello?" The bored tone of the woman who was working a night shift at the orphanage made Itachi change the tone of his voice into the unpleasant one.
"I want the kid that survived the traffic accident to be taken to the house of her parents. Now. This is Uchiha Itachi speaking, and by god, if you don't do that I'll make sure you will never be able to find a job." The evil gleam from Itachi's voice could be sensed and the woman shook in fear.
"Sir, I'm sorry but, tomorrow is…" She stammered and tried to reason the man on the other side of the speaker. She obviously didn't know she messed with the devil himself.
Itachi cleaned his throat, "You will not wait for tomorrow. Take her home, now. You don't want your kids to finish in that godawful place, now do you?"
The woman swallowed audibly and started crying, "No-no-no, please sir, don't, I'll take her now, I'll personally drive her there, just please, don't hurt my family."
Itachi evilly smirked and hung up.
The house was quiet except for the occasional sighs from the two men in the room. Naruto heard the car pull to a stop in front of the house and looked at Sasuke wondering who that might be. The silence was broken by the doorbell and Sasuke stood up to see who was fucking stupid enough to be ringing in this hour. When he opened the door he stopped short to take a better look at the small bundle being held in someone's hands.
"Asa…" Sasuke let out the breath he was holding; finally he knew the baby was fine.
The woman gave him the baby and said she'll send someone tomorrow to do the formalities. She was scared enough as it was, she hadn't known how she could drive in her condition, that man was sick.
Sasuke cradled the sleeping girl in his embrace as he heard his phone ringing.
"Itachi, thanks." Sasuke tiredly replied in the speaker. He hated it, but his brother deserved his gratitude.
"It's not a problem little bro, I just hope you and Naru-chan know something about parenting. Now excuse me, my blond lover is calling for me and I can't just leave him hanging. Bye." He left the unspoken question cling in the air as he disconnected the call pissing his younger brother in the process.
Sasuke cursed quietly making sure not to wake up the baby. He entered the living room and saw Naruto sleeping on the sofa bed with one hand over the head board, his head pressed on it, and his other one holding the phone tight against him. He decided he'll let him sleep, he needed rest. He found a space next to the sleeping blond on the sofa and made himself comfortable. He'll take a short nap too. Asa securely held by him, he leaned into the blond in search of a pillow and fell asleep soundlessly.
Naruto woke up with something poking at his side. He blinked to wash away the sleepiness from his eyes and looked down. Not something, one black head was poking his side. Blue eyes showed amusement when the blond chuckled wondering when did he and the bastard fall asleep. They were…
"Oh my god… Asa!" Naruto turned to the black mop of hair and pulled at it to wake up the young sleeping man. "Bastard! Get up! We have to go take Asa!" Sasuke wasn't really a heavy sleeper but when he was comfy he could sleep all day long without noticing a war being played in front of his doorstep.
"Shut up Dobe, let me sleep!" Naruto fumed in anger and moved from Sasuke making the man open his eyes in process, "What the fuck is your problem?" Sasuke lowly hissed seeing that Naruto was, apparently, an idiot.
"We gotta go get the girl, she's alone and hungry and…"
Onyx eyes stared at the blue ocean-like ones and he added in a hushed voice, "She is sleeping, so you should probably tune yourself down."
The blinking blond was a sight to see. The poor guy was confused and at the same time worried. "How do you me-" Naruto' question was left hanging in the air when the black haired boy moved his hands a bit to show peacefully sleeping baby dressed in the soft blue baby pajama.
"Oh…" The blond dumbly stated and then blinked a few times, he wasn't seeing things, was he? "When did she get here?" He quietly questioned, all of a sudden worried not to wake up the cute doll-like figure sleeping peacefully in Sasuke's arms.
"Last night, you were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you up." Sasuke replayed in the same manner.
After a few seconds of silent stares which the black haired guy got from the blond, there was a sound of a doorbell ringing loudly. Naruto cursed and headed to open the door.
"Good morning sir, I'm from the Children Care Center, this man here was a lawyer of your late friends. May we come in?" The woman spoke in a business manner and the guy next to her just stared at Naruto.
The only thing the blond could do was move from the door and let them in. Not a sound escaped the blue eyed man as he leaded them to the kitchen's table and went to call for Sasuke. Still sleepy man, with a baby cradled safely in his arms, moved to the kitchen along Naruto to greet their guests.
"What's going on?" He glared at the man he saw for the first time. He knew there was some trouble along the way, seeing the man looking at Sasuke and Naruto with eyes that said 'I got you now'.
"Your friends will, sir, is to be read now." The lawyer stated looking warily at the Uchiha.
"Then read it already." Sasuke growled. He was still hurting because of the event that had occurred last night and he was not in the mood for any more shit coming out his way. He wanted this over and out of his way.
"Well, I'll cut it short, seeing that you and your friend here," he paused to look at Naruto, who seemed to glare at the two uninvited occupants in the room, and then started: "…don't really appreciate our company. Anyway… Your friends loved you both very much. They trusted you two more than they had trusted any other person. Above all, they loved their daughter, Asa. Seeing that there're no more suitable people in their lives who could take better care for the girl after their sudden mishap, they decided to leave their baby girl, Asa, to your custody. As of today, Mr. Uchiha Sasuke and Mr. Uzumaki Naruto, you are the baby's guardians." The lawyer finished his speech and looked at the two young men that seemed too shocked to react.
Naruto was the first to come over a shock, "Hold it! Isn't there… like… someone from their families who could take care of their kid?"
The chubby guy just shook his head, a sign of 'no'. "Mr. Inuzuka's family is long gone, as you might know that already, the only living relative is his sister, who has some drug issues. And as for Mrs. Inuzuka, her family didn't really like the whole idea of her getting pregnant and having Mr. Kiba's child, so they clearly stated they didn't want that kid."
Sasuke audibly swallowed and snapped at the man who just told him he became a father, "How the hell are we supposed to take care of this innocent child? Just look at the Dobe! He can't take care of himself. I don't have time for this… I can't…" He couldn't finish his sentence because there was a sharp feeling of pain running through his left thigh.
Naruto had just pinched him…
"You are saying that the girl will be left practically on the street if we don't take custody?" Naruto worriedly interfered, directing the question at the female that sat across from him.
"Well, not exactly, she will be taken into the CCC and then if some family wanted her, she would be…" The woman started, but the blond had cut her off.
"NO! She'll stay with us!" The determination in Naruto's voice greatly impressed black haired man next to him.
"What are you saying idiot? We can't…" Sasuke quietly tried to reason Naruto but the look in the blond's eyes told him to keep quiet.
"I was raised in the CCC. I was moved from one foster home to another. I don't want this child," he took the squirming baby from Sasuke's hands, she apparently woke up; "…to have the same life I've had. She'll stay with us." Naruto stated.
There were quiet glances between the all occupants in the room, Naruto received the most of it, but he paid it no mind. He was too focused on the giggling bundle of joy in his arms to give a shit about anything.
"Just be at the court tomorrow at twelve p.m. so the case could be closed," saying that, the lawyer stood up and headed to the exit, with the only female occupant of the house trailing behind him.
"What did you get us into, Dobe?"
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