Sakura woke up to the sound of rain pouring down from the heavens. She blinked trying to get her eyes adjust, as she stretched out across the bed. She couldn't believe how great she felt. Her back was still a little sore, but she couldn't remember a time she felt as well rested. She rolled deeper into her pillow content to spend her entire day off in her bed and the rain gave her a perfect excuse. The smell of wet pine filled the room with a calming, earthy sent.

Emerald eyes flew open and scanned the soundings. Pine trees? The events of the night before slowly filled her mind. It wasn't a dream. Sakura closed her eyes tightly as she pushed back the overwhelming sadness. Damn her pregnancy hormones. She knew that this could happen. Sasuke had warned her the first night they had spent together. He warned her of the risks she was taking by being with him, by loving him.

Sakura was sitting on her travel bedroll, which she had set up in an abandoned one room shack that Sasuke had directed them to. He stood near the door, his dark onyx eyes bore into her but his mind seemed elsewhere. She shifted nervously, not knowing what to expect. This all seemed so strange. They had kissed, and it had been a very passionate affair. Sakura had thought that would make being around him less intimidating but it didn't. After all the words they had spoken, and that kiss, it made her more nervous she didn't want to mess it up. And she was terrified if she said the wrong thing or even breathed too hard all of this would vanish and that she would be alone again.

Her fingers unconsciously went to her neck where cut was. It really wasn't more than a small laceration it hadn't even bleed that much and the pain was minimal. Her hand was being pulled away, she turned her head and Sasuke's face was very close to hers. She hadn't heard him move. He was crouched down in front of her. His other hand was gently place on her chin as he moved her head to better see the damage that he had caused. Warm calloused fingers pressed gently against the gash. She held her breathe as Sasuke leaned even farther into her personal space. His head went to the crook of her neck, his hair tickling her cheek, and pressed a soft kiss against the wound. He pulled back just far enough to look in her eyes. His eyes still had a hard edge to them but they also had something else, self-loathing. She recognized the look anywhere. She had seen it so many times in the mirror staring back at her. He didn't say anything, but he never was a man of words. Sakura turned her head and captured his lips. It was just a soft brush of her lips against his, no other part of their bodies touching. Sasuke leaned forward to steal another kiss, and then another. A series of pecks until he pulled her chin up with his thumb getting better access to her lips and sucked her lower lip into his mouth. His hand ran through her pink tresses. She leaned into the kiss but her hands stayed in her lap. Sasuke pulled back then stood up and turned so his back was facing her. Her eyes followed his movement and then looked back at the wall. Was he already regretting it? Sakura clenched her hands, pressing her lips together. She could still feel the heat of his kiss on her lips.

"Sakura," The way he said her name made a chill run down her back. Her eyes snapped back to him, his back was still facing her. "It's not too late. You can still change your mind." His words were precise and sounded very thought over. Sakura pushed herself up off her knees and took the few steps to him. She hesitated but then wrapped her arms around his torso, pressing her forehead between his shoulder blades.

"Change my mind? I finally got what I wanted." Sakura tightened her hold around him.

"I've hurt you and I can't promise I won't again. Loving me, it will cost you."

"There is nothing I wouldn't give to be with you." Sakura promised, tears forming in her eyes."You mean everything to me. I love you!"

"Even Konoha?"

Sakura's arms loosened around his waist. What was he saying? Was he planning on…? Sasuke turned to face her, his eyes boring into hers. His eyes gave away nothing, but she was sure he could see her every conflicted emotion in hers. "Sasuke,"

"If anyone were to find out, you would be considered a traitor. I'm still a missing-nin, that hasn't changed." Sakura's eyes widened and she tried to hold back the tears as his truth fell hard on her heart. She could never openly be with Sasuke. She would have to lie to everyone. "And I have my enemies. If they were to find out, they would come for you. You would be my weakness that they would try to exploit. And I couldn't protect you in the village."

"I don't have to go back. I would rather stay with you. I can't give you up, Sasuke. Please," A tear rolled down her cheek. His hand came up wiping it away, and pulling her into him.

"You have to go back to the village, Sakura." Her eyes widened. She pushed away from him question shining in her eyes, "It's the safest place for you right now. But if there ever comes a time when it's no longer safe for you, I needed to know that you wouldn't fight me on leaving."

Sakura closed her eyes, did he really think something like this was going to happen? She placed her hand on her stomach. Sasuke, she climbed out of bed and headed for the bedroom door. She founded him out on the porch. He was leaning against the house, his eyes staring out at the expanse of pine trees in front of him. Not that you could see very far with the power that the rain was falling with. His mind on the other hand, seemed millions of miles away. Sakura watched him but didn't want to break his trail of thought.

"Did you need something?" The medic jumped, startled by his voice. When she didn't respond he turned to face her, raising an eyebrow.

"How long was I asleep?"She finally asked, her green eye now trained on the dark sky. She knew that it didn't mean much when it was raining this hard but it just felt late.

"About half past four."

"Why didn't you wake me?" Sakura walked over to where he was standing. It had been awhile since she actually got to have a real conversation with him. Not since she told him she was pregnant. That was almost five months ago. She remembered how anxious she had been at the thought of telling him. And she had been forced to wait a month for him to come and see her. So when she saw him, instead of telling him in the way that she had practiced over and over, she had just blurted it out.

"Does it really need saying? You need to take it easy for a couple days, Sakura. It's not good for either of you." The woman in question leaned against the rail of the porch, standing across from him.

"Does that mean we are staying here?"

"For now, nobody knows about this place. We should be safe for awhile." Sakura tried to look into Sasuke's eyes but he was stubbornly looking to his side, into the forest.

"Who?"

"The Akatsuki," The Akatsuki wanted her dead or worse they wanted…Her hand flew up to her stomach, no. Sakura felt her chest tighten, as she started to feel light headed. Sasuke was in front of her in a blink of an eye.

"Breathe Sakura." The pink haired soon to be mother did as she was told. She hadn't even realized that she was holding her breath. Sasuke's eyes were now staring intensely into hers. "I don't think they know that you're pregnant. They just know that I've been sneaking back into Konoha to see you. I shouldn't have visited as much as I did. I'm sorry."

"It's not your fault. I wanted you to come." He opened his mouth but Sakura silenced him with a kiss. "Sasuke, I don't want to talk about it anymore." Her hand slid down his chest then up to her light pink kimono-the only item of clothing she could wear comfortably anymore- she untied her obi, letting it drop to the porch floor, she unwrapped the kimono and let it fall from her shoulders. She stood in front of him in nothing but her underwear. She hadn't put on a bra when she dressed to leave and she didn't sleep in one. Now she wished she had, her breasts were sore. The cold of the rain made her almost naked body shutter. When Sasuke didn't instantly react like he normally would, Sakura wondered if she had made a mistake. She was almost seven months pregnant now. What if he wasn't attracted to her body now? Her fears were instantly quieted when he pulled her into his body, kissing her hard. His lips went down her neck and his hands cupped her enlarged breast. She moaned, tilting her head so that he had better access to her skin. She slid her hands under his shirt, gasping when she felt how cold his skin was from standing outside. She pushed the shirt up and Sasuke pulled back only long enough to pull the shirt over his head and then his body was pressed back to Sakura's before the shirt hit the floor. He tried to pull her closer but baby bump put space between them. His lips went back up to hers claiming them in another hungry kiss. Sasuke hands explored the soft skin of her body, sliding down her thigh. He pulled her knee around his waist and picked her up. Sakura moaned as he core was pressed against the growing hardness in Sasuke's pants. He opened the door and took them back to the bedroom.

Sakura was still catching her breath as she lay intertwined with Sasuke, enjoying the after effects of their lovemaking. Her head was resting on his chest and she could hear his heartbeat still coming down to its normal rest rate. Sakura stroked his chest absentmindedly, loving the feel of his soft warm skin pulled over tight muscles. She wished that time could stand still. That this could be there reality, to just be with each other and never have to worry about anything else. The thought made her sad, knowing there was no possibility of it.

Sasuke was being lulled to sleep by the constant, calming caress on his chest. He was jerked back to reality with a decent strike against his ribs. His eyes went to Sakura's hands but nether were near the spot he had been hit, the only thing there was bump of her stomach. Sakura winced bring her hand down to her stomach, muttering something ineligible under her breath. "Sakura?" The pink haired woman looked up at him questioningly through sleep hazed eyes. "Did you just hit me?"

"Wha-Oh! You felt that?"Her green eyes brightened and a smile tugged at her lips, "He kicks hard, eh?" She mumbled sleepily. Placing his hand over the spot the baby had just kicked and Sasuke felt the same force of pressure only this time against his hand. "I knew they were strong kicks but I didn't know you could other people could feel them yet. I guess I should have figured with how far along I am."

"He?"

"I'm not positive, but I think it's a boy. Mother's intuition, right?" Sasuke looked down on her, feeling another kick against his hand, this one just as hard. "Beside they say that when you carry a boy you burn 10% more calories than if you're carrying a girl and I've been eating a lot." Then she continued rambling on about pregnancy statistic. The baby continued to kick and Sasuke could help but be proud of how strong his child was even in the womb.

"Does he always kick this much?" Sakura was pulled out of her ramblings as she looked up at Sasuke. He should know these things. And she couldn't help being a little angry that he didn't. Not at Sasuke, just at the circumstance.

"Yeah, he's pretty active. Every once in awhile, he will keep me up all night with his nonstop moving. It's been worse recently, I think he's just running out of space in there."

The second chapter is done! A filler but I think it was necassary, and you got more Sasusaku goodness! I think I kept Sasuke in character pretty well too.

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