DISCLAIMER: Kishimoto made Sasuke a little indecisive shit… oh and he created Naruto
"Remember Naruto-kun, Fugaku wouldn't mind a granddaughter." Mikoto whispered into Naruto's ear.
"Neither would your mother either." Kushina whispered into her son's other ear.
Naruto sat in between his mother and mother-in-law in his and Sasuke's home. He needed the parents of his family to tell him what to expect with a baby and what to look out for.
"… I don't really get to choose the sex of the baby." He told the both of them. He honestly didn't care which one his baby would be. But if he had to choose he would be more preferable to having a boy then a girl or having two boys.
Kushina sat back and smiled at her son and folded her hands in her lap. "Well regardless I will love my grandchild, whether the baby is born a boy or girl."
Mikoto nodded in agreement.
On the other side of the room was Sasuke with Fugaku and Minato.
"Well, I'm glad you finally your family started son." Fugaku commented. He was happy to have a grandchild on the way. He could have waited a few more years too but he'd prefer to know his grandkids sooner. "I was afraid you were going to keep us waiting."
Minato chuckled and put hand on Sasuke's shoulder. "Well just about six or seven months from now, you're going to have a few sleepless weeks."
Sasuke turned to his father-in-law. "Sleepless weeks… What else is there?" he asked.
"Be stocked Sasuke, that's important. You can't expect to buy a pack of diapers to last within one week son." Fugaku added. He and Minato would educate Sasuke today. And the women would educate Naruto as well.
"Naruto will probably feel drained of energy when you come back home from the hospital with your newborn. Labor isn't easy for them."
"But son… there's one thing that you never want to complain about while Naruto-kun is in labor." Fugaku said gravely. "You never ever want to complain about the pain you feel. Whatever sort of discomfort you feel while Naruto-kun is in labor, it will be nothing compared to his. This is important to know." The elder Uchiha looked his youngest son dead in the eye.
Sasuke felt discomforted by his father's expression but he took in the advice.
Meanwhile Naruto was also taking in the advice of the women. "The baby is going to cry for how long?"
Kushina reached for a glass of water to clear her throat. "They typically cry for one to five hours within a day and can't really be calmed down." She informed.
Naruto felt disheartened. If they couldn't be calmed down, how was he going to get the baby to stop crying?
"Don't worry; the crying will decrease over the weeks. It won't be like that forever." Mikoto said to comfort the blonde. "And they're going to wet their diapers at least three or four times within a day as well."
"Make sure to bond with your baby too!" Kushina added.
Naruto looked at his mother and shrugged. "Well, why wouldn't I bond with my baby?"
Kushina laughed and ruffled her youngest son's hair. "Hold your infant so that he can recognize how you smell and know that he can be comforted when you hold him. The same goes for Sasuke too. Cuddle with your baby, coo or sing gently to your baby… I remember when I used to do that with you and Kyuubi…" Her eyes shut and Naruto imagined that she was probably reminiscing about how she used to care for him and his brother.
Mikoto seemed to drift off in her own memories too but snapped out of it. "Your baby is going to sleep at least sixteen hours a day, Naruto-kun."
"In a row?" he asked in astonishment.
The fair haired woman laughed and shook her head. "No, the baby will probably sleep two hours at a time. During nighttime make sure to be quiet during feedings or diaper changes, you don't want to wake them up too much. And during the day you'll want to be active and play with them so that they can stay awake longer. And it will also help them transition to sleeping more at night as well."
Naruto nodded as he listened to the advice. It was important! But at the same time he really wanted to eat. He looked back at Sasuke and called for him. His husband was by him in just a few short seconds, leaning down next to him. "I'm hungry." He announced.
Sasuke looked at the clock on the wall nearby. "Well Itachi and Kyuubi should have been back by now. I don't know what's taking so long."
And right on time, Kyuubi and Itachi came in carrying grocery bags.
Kushina stood from her seat and went to go help the boys. "Oh good, Mikoto and I can start cooking now."
Both of the women looked through the bags of groceries to decide what they wanted to make for lunch for their families. "Kyuubi, come help your mom!" Kushina shouted.
Kyuubi groaned, "But I want to talk to Naruto!"
Kushina turned around and glared at her son. "One… two… thr-"
Kyuubi was out of his seat and was right by his mother's side. Despite being thirty three, he was still afraid when his mother started counting…
Itachi smirked seeing how pitiful Kyuubi was. He thought it was hilarious. "So, will we be invited in the house when you bring your little bundle of joy home?" he asked the young couple. "I'd like to see how you two tackle parenthood."
"You can visit at the hospital." Naruto said, leaning against Sasuke and cuddling with him under a blanket.
"Speaking of homes, do you two plan on moving to a different house?" Minato asked.
Naruto and Sasuke turned their heads towards Minato and both tilted their head in question.
Seeing the perplexed expression on the couple, Minato explained what he meant. "Well, what some expecting couples do is that they move to a different home. They may feel that their old home may not be suitable for when they bring in a newborn and have the child grow up in."
"Are… you saying that our apartment isn't good for our baby Dad?" Naruto asked, his eyes knitting together. He looked about ready to cry. "We can't raise our baby here?"
Panicking, Minato went to his son and tried to comfort him. He laughed nervously and waved his hand in dismissal. "Haha no, of course not! I was just saying some couples do that! If you want to raise your baby in your maisonette, then go ahead!"
Naruto sniffled but smiled at his father. "Yeah, I like living here. Maybe when our baby is older we can move but I like being here. The view is nice."
Sasuke sighed in relief. Minato almost set off a bomb but luckily he saved himself from blowing himself up.
(/゚Д゚)/
The visit of the Uchiha-Uzumaki family ended when Kushina and Mikoto argued who would help Naruto with the newborn when the baby was brought home from the hospital. Naruto admitted that he might need help from one of the women but was unsure of who to choose.
"My baby is the one who is having the baby; I should stay with Naruto to help him!" Kushina shouted.
"Well my baby is the one who is the father of the baby; I should be the one to help them!" Mikoto argued back.
The husbands walked through the door with their struggling wives and bid goodnight to Sasuke and Naruto.
"Bye Naruto, I'll call you later okay." Kyuubi said as he hugged his brother goodbye. He glared at Sasuke but bid him goodnight. "I'm happy that I'm gonna be an uncle. But I still don't like that you sex my brother up almost all the time."
Sasuke shrugged. "Naruto couldn't have gotten pregnant if I didn't sex him up so much… and hard. So you're welcome for making you an uncle."
Naruto sighed but walked his brother out.
"I can't stay here the night Sasuke? I felt like I didn't spend enough time with you." Itachi asked.
"No. Goodnight Itachi."
"… Aw."
Sasuke returned home to find Naruto cuddled up in bed, his blonde head of hair poking out from the covers. "Naruto? Are you cold?" he asked as he leaned down to his wife.
"I want to stay home and take care of the baby." Naruto announced from beneath the blankets.
"… Okay, if that's what you want to do."
Naruto peeked out from the covers. "But Iruka is going to hate me!"
"Wh-Why?" Sasuke asked, clearly perplexed at the idea of Iruka hating Naruto.
"I was at lunch with Sakura-chan today and she asked me if I was going to keep on working when I had the baby or if I would stay at home instead." Naruto explained. "Mom and Mikoto said that it's better if I stay and take home of the baby. But I like working! If I tell Iruka that I want to stay at home instead, he's going to hate me! He might think I'm abandoning him!" Naruto whined and opened his arms to be hugged.
He was given the hug he wanted but Sasuke was thinking about giving his receptionist a piece of his mind when he went in to work tomorrow. He couldn't believe that she got Naruto all upset!
(/゚Д゚)/
Sakura tapped her fingers as she waited for Sasuke to walk through the doors. She had lunch with Naruto yesterday but she accidentally made him upset!
She didn't mean to! It was just a simple question!
She only asked if Naruto was going to stay home with the baby.
And then Naruto began to think and then he started frowning and then he started sniffling and then left with such a pained expression on his face!
No doubt he told Sasuke what happened.
"Shit…" she muttered, "I'm so fired."
Her heart sped up when the elevator doors opened but calmed down when she only saw Kiba come walking through. Sakura put a hand over her heart to calm herself down.
Kiba leaned on her desk and observed her. "Something wrong?" he asked.
She shook her head and started looking through folders. "No. No, I'm just fine…" she whispered.
"You sure?" Kiba asked in reassurance. Judging by Sakura's tone of voice she didn't sound very "fine". In fact she looked pretty worried instead. He leaned towards her and said, "You know you can tell me when something is wrong."
Sakura should have been touched by Kiba's comment; in fact if she wasn't worried she would have smiled and thanked Kiba for his sincerity. But she was worried about the situation with Naruto and how it would affect her at work and at the moment, Kiba was just too close in her personal space.
Instead she glared and punched Kiba in the gut.
"Get to work, you're distracting me!" she hissed.
Kiba shuffled his way to his workspace, mumbling about "woman probably having PMS or some shit like that".
Don't worry, she apologized later.
Again, Sakura's heart sped up when the elevator doors opened. She clenched her hands when she saw that it was Sasuke. "G-Good morning Uchiha-san." She greeted.
"Good morning Haruno." Sasuke said as per the routine when he walked into work. He didn't spare her a glance and walked straight into his office, leaving it slightly ajar like he always did in the mornings.
Sakura just stared at the door, wondering why she wasn't confronted by Sasuke.
"Maybe he's setting business away from personal…" she mumbled to herself.
The answer satisfied her for a while. But the hours passed and she felt that the more she repeated the answer to herself, the more it sounded like bullshit. So when Sasuke walked out of his office to leave for home she blurted out, "I'm sorry for what happened with Naruto yesterday!"
Sasuke stopped and looked back at her and he rose in eyebrow in question.
Sakura had to explain. "I had lunch with Naruto-kun yesterday and he left a little… upset." She said a little more quietly.
"Ah…" Sasuke rubbed the back of his neck a little and turned to face his secretary. "You don't have to worry about that Haruno. Naruto isn't upset about that."
"He isn't?"
"No. When I came home to him yesterday, he was blubbering on about how he was going to get hated by his coworker for choosing to care for the baby instead of work. So in the middle of the night we drove to his coworker's house and had to explain the situation. The problem is fixed now."
Sakura sighed internally and leaned back in her seat. Well she was glad that Sasuke wasn't holding anything against her because of Naruto. But she decided to call the blonde later to apologize for upsetting him anyway.
(/゚Д゚)/
This time when returning home, Sasuke found Naruto on the couch in front of the television.
In the blonde's hands was a rubix cube, having a look of concentration whenever he turned the sides to match the colors. It looked like at the moment he was trying to get the orange side together. Sasuke wasn't really surprised that would be the first color he would go for.
"You look busy." He said as he sat down on the couch. "Tadaima."
"Okaeri." Naruto said back, not really looking at his husband. "Yeah, I just needed something to keep me busy today. I have work tomorrow night." He informed.
"So have you made a decision? About working I mean." Sasuke asked. He wanted to be sure of his wife's decision. After all, he didn't drive to Iruka's yesterday in the middle of the night for nothing.
Naruto nodded and set the cube down. He solved the orange side.
He looked up at Sasuke and took a pale hand in his own. "Yeah, I know for sure that I'll stay home and take care of the baby. Iruka was totally okay with it! And he says that if I ever want to come back to work for him, I'm always welcome to." Naruto announced with a big smile.
Sasuke was relieved to hear that.
Iruka was a good friend of the blonde so he wasn't surprised that he would get offered something like that. But he was glad that the problem was resolved and that Naruto had the option of working there when he felt like he was ready to. Naruto always enjoyed working at the restaurant.
"So I guess…" Naruto sighed, "when I go on maternity leave or whatever, that's my resignation until I decide the right time to start working again. I'll miss working with everyone. Iruka, the chefs, the other waiters and waitresses, and talking to the customers. I'll even miss the mean customers and the crappy tippers."
Sasuke leaned in to press a kiss to Naruto's temple. "They'll miss you too. But you can visit them with the baby once in a while."
Naruto smiled again and picked up the rubix cube again to continue solving it. "Yeah… this thing is fucking hard to solve Sasuke." But despite his frustration he continued to try and solve it.
"Hn. Usuratonkachi."
