DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto nor do I make any profit from writing this story...
(But I sure want to glomp the blonde dobe...)

In this very story you might have noticed that Temari seems to have something for Hinata...
I might be up for doing a little yuri (girl on girl) with those two in this story...

Part 3

Sasuke awoke around four in the morning of something wiggling on top of him. Like the trained ninja he was he slipped a hand down to his pouch on his leg but then he stopped, something told him that there was nothing to be "afraid" of. He opened his eyes and saw a pair of dark blue, glittering orbs looking at him. The eyes belonged to some sort of creature that had made it a habit of drooling all over him.

"Ayame-chan," he muttered and sat up. He had fallen asleep with Ayame in his arms. And a quick look at his watch told him that he had slept for a good four hour straight… four hours of sleep without nightmares. And that was almost beyond unusual. But he brushed it off for now; instead his nose told him that it was time to do something about the little stinker that was grabbing hold of his shirt with her small hands.

Sasuke got up and walked up to the nursery. And on entering the room he saw Naruto lie down on the bed with Aya on top of his chest, both were sound asleep. 'Naruto, you have no idea how I feel about you, but dear gods… I love you so much,' thought the proud Uchiha heir as he watched his blonde sunshine. But he could never tell Naruto how he felt, Naruto was as straight as they came and the hokage-wannabe probably could make a ruler jealous. He gently put Ayame down on the nursing table and removed her clothes and changed the diaper quickly. Once you had done it was a piece of cake and Sasuke thanked the gods that she stayed silent.

Without making any sounds he got her clothes back on and looked at her face. The little black haired angel was smiling cutely at him and his heart flipped over a beat. 'Yeah, absolutely adorable,' said his inner voice and he picked her up and walked out of the room, looking one last time at the blonde sunshine on the bed. Not once had he or Aya awakened while Sasuke was in the room.

"Sweet dreams, dobe," mumbled Sasuke and left to try and get some more sleep.

But try to get a one year old to go back to sleep, that was something the Uchiha learned was more difficult than he could've imagined. She had no intention of going back to sleep, especially not after finding out that he had rather long bangs you could pull to make him make funny faces.

"Ayame-chan, why do you pull my hair?" groaned Sasuke for the umpteenth time and tried to pry the tiny fingers from his bangs. But the only answer he got was a very drooly one and he sighed deeply and found a tissue to wipe her mouth a bit. But he couldn't help but smile when she made a face and then beamed at him just like sunshine.

A face that Sasuke was all too familiar with. His dobe always smiled like that. 'I will never be able to get away from that smile… will I?' he silently asked as imitated Naruto's thing and burrowed his face in that cuddle friendly tummy and made a sound only to get the little girl to squeal happily. He did it again only because the sound was so intoxicating.

She smiled and gurgled and sounds came out as if she talked to Sasuke and he couldn't help it. He was addicted to this little critter. No matter how un-cool he seemed to be as he was playing around with her, he would not change this for all the gold in the Inca-kingdom. He simply loved it. And he smiled right back at her, secretly happy that nobody was able to see him.

Hinata saw it all since she was on guard duty that night and Temari had seen it as well as she was Hinata's sidekick for the night. But they just smiled at each other and the secret would never be known from their lips.

"Hinata-san?" asked Temari as she leaned back on the branch she was sitting on. The white eyed girl let go of her Byakugan and turned her attention to the older girl.

"Yes, Temari-san?"

"You still like Naruto-kun?" asked Temari.

Hinata blushed and nodded. Yes, she still loved Naruto, but she gotten a lot of evidence that he would never look at her like he was looking at Sasuke and if Sasuke was the key to Naruto's happiness, then Hinata would go to any length to make sure he got it, including spying from a tree outside the house where he was working at the moment.

"How do you feel about him loving another?" asked Temari and moved from her branch down to the one where Hinata was sitting.

"As long as he is happy with whom he loves… I don't care… I really don't care, Temari-san. I want him to be happy even if he will be with another person, I will still be happy for him."

Temari smiled and put her arm around the smaller woman and she looked into those white oceans.

"You know…. I don't think that Naruto-kun could've gotten a better fan-girl than you. I like the little bastard too, mostly because he beat some sense into my little brother, but Naruto-kun has a large heart… and he deserves happiness." Temari smiled and brushed her nose against the blushing Hyuuga-heiress.

"T-Thank you, Temari-san," mumbled Hinata.

Temari's smile widened and she put her right hand on Hinata's left cheek and gently forced the younger girl to look at her. 'You are a very beautiful young woman, Hinata-san, and I know that you will find love one day….' thought Temari as she looked into those pearly white depths

"T-Temari-san?" stuttered Hinata and tried not to lean into the warm touch. She could feel her stomach flutter a bit, just as it had when she met and talked to Naruto. But this was the Suna-ninja, now a formidable force in Konoha – she was not a man or a boy. Hinata should not have these feelings inside her for this woman…. and yet… those words from this woman somehow made Hinata feel better than anything else.

"Let's keep an eye out on the boys shall we," said Temari and smiled softly.

Yes, the powerful, fan waving girl from the Sand had fallen and she had fallen hard and fast for this shy little kunoichi. But until she was sure about the other girl's emotions she would keep her own emotions on a short leash. But…. geeez, this short haired, young, woman had no idea how beautiful she was or what she could do to Temari. That bob cut, those white, innocent eyes…. Temari wanted to possess it all.

"Y-yes… l-let's keep an eye o-on them," stuttered Hinata and turned her head back and looked at the building, using her blood line-skill – the Byakugan. But mentally she had to make a note on figure some of her feelings out, but later – not now – right now she was busy watching the stoic, brooding, "I've got a stick up my ass" – Uchiha, Sasuke. And what she saw would probably give her warm and fuzzy feelings for the rest of her life.

Naruto would probably have beaten the crap out of anyone who said that Sasuke-bastard was a sucker for little kids, but seeing this with his own two eyes made things different. Naruto had awakened by some strange noises and once he had put Aya back into her bed and tucked her little blanket over her, he went to investigate. And when he reached the last step of the stair he saw something that forever would linger in his heart.

There on the floor in the living room was Sasuke, he was on his back and in his strong and in Naruto's head, very capable hands, was Ayame. Sasuke was making funny faces and gently rocked the girl as he did, making her cry out in a toddler's squealy happiness.

But it was not the girl's sound that had awakened him, it was the fact that Sasuke was laughing. His pretty bastard was laughing and it was the most enchanting sound he ever had heard in his life.

"Who's the little pup… who's Uncle Sasuke's little pup…?" said the Uchiha as he lowered the girl down a bit and he brushed his nose against the girl's nose. Another happy sound came from the baby.

'Ok, who killed me and sent me to the freaky parts of heaven?' Naruto silently asked himself as he watched Sasuke coddle with Ayame. It was as if he had stepped out of reality and into a parallel universe. He was about to turn around and walk back up to the nursery when he heard Sasuke's dark, rich voice called out his name.

'I'm screwed… He'll kill me now and I will never be able to hear him laugh like that again…' thought Naruto as his heart jumped over a beat and he turned his azure gaze at the Uchiha.

"Dobe…. What are you doing?" asked Sasuke and sat up and tucked Ayame against his chest. He could hear some disappointed grunts from the girl, but she didn't cry.

"I heard some noises and I was just curious…," mumbled Naruto and blushed as he watched how careful Sasuke was with the baby. It had not taken the Uchiha long until he was able to handle a baby. Naruto was jealous, but just a bit. The sight itself was a sight to behold and to remember. Sasuke was born to handle babies. 'To have lots and lots of Uchiha-babies….' Something that Naruto never was going to be able to give his precious Sasuke.

Sasuke noticed the unease within Naruto and that made him worry. He didn't like it when his ray of sunshine was down and gloomy. He decided that since Naruto had not teased him so far about what he had done while watching this little angel, then perhaps he wouldn't tease him about what he just had seen either. Taking his chances and rose to his feet, he then walked over to Naruto and placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder.

"You look as if Hokage-sama has forbidden every restaurant in Konoha to serve ramen… what's the matter?"

Naruto blinked a couple of times before turning his eyes towards the person who held his heart as a prisoner. "Ehhh, n-nothing, I just… uhm… " he stuttered and his face probably turned crimson red, at least it felt like it.

"Tell me, Na-ru-to.." coaxed Sasuke. 'Sweet merciful heavens….' He thought as he watched the gentle blush on Naruto's cheeks. The blonde dobe looked absolutely ravish-friendly like that. But Sasuke wasn't the king of stoic-ness for nothing, he kept his distance, even if his hand was on Naruto's shoulder.

"Your laugh…. It… it was nice," mumbled Naruto and knew that he was ready to dash up the stairs. Because Sasuke was going to kill him now. This was just enough to get Sasuke to understand that Naruto held deeper feelings for the black eyed Uchiha, feelings other than just friendship. Yes, Naruto could write his will and wait for the Grim Reaper to take him to the other side.

Sasuke on the other hand had been slight surprised by the answer, an answer that had shot right through his thick walls of defences and right into his heart, his stomach even. He could feel something move inside him and it was not some for of worms he mistakenly had eaten. No, it was because Naruto had said that he liked his laugh. And for this Sasuke promised to try and lighten up a little bit more around his sunshine. But only for his sunshine… and Aya and Ayame of course.

And speaking of Aya…. a cry from the nursery woke them both out of their little embarrassed trance and Naruto took his chance and ran up the stairs. The girl had lost her warm bed and was now a very unhappy little pup and she didn't hesitate to voice it either.

Sasuke smiled and went to sit on the sofa, waiting for Naruto to come back with his little bundle of joy. Ten minutes later Naruto came back and sat down on the other end of the sofa with Aya tucked against his shoulder. Sasuke quickly noticed that Aya probably was the sleepier of the two girls and Ayame was the one who really enjoyed being awake. Not to mention pulling his hair again to make him do funny faces. Which he did – but only for her… and Naruto.

Naruto smiled softly when he saw Ayame grab hold of two thick, black bangs and pulled at them – hard – making Sasuke groan in pain and his beautiful face contorted into one that the Uchiha wouldn't be caught dead with. But then came that siren-song again… that laugh that would make Naruto's soul shiver, his heart beat faster. Yes, it was indeed a siren's song if you asked the hokage-wannabe and he felt proud to have been the only one to have heard it.

"Ne, Sasuke-kun," mumbled Naruto, not quite aware that he had used an honorific to address the Uchiha… "You should laugh more often…"

'Well, he has not killed me yet for saying that his laugh was nice in the first place,' reasoned the blonde and rearranged Aya in his arms so he could sit more comfortable.

"Tell anyone and…. " threatened Sasuke with a sweet voice so he wouldn't scare the girls.

"I know, I know… but trust me… I'm selfish… I want to be the only one that hears it."

Well, if that didn't make the signal clear enough….?

That made Sasuke laugh softy again. His dobe was selfish, ehhh? He would keep that in mind and nodded. He knew that his secret was safe with Naruto. Don't ask the Uchiha how he knew… he just did. Naruto wouldn't go around Konoha telling what he had seen this weekend, nor would he tell anyone of what he had heard. No, Sasuke knew that he could trust Naruto and that made him smile gently at his dobe. A smile just for his sunshine.

"Hinata-san, let's get out of here before these guys give me cavities," whispered Temari as she leaned closer to the Hyuuga-girl. The smell of lavender and vanilla was intoxicating but Temari, despite of what many believed her to be, was quite patient. She had noticed that Hinata seemed to have taken a liking to her person, and if Temari could harvest her small seeds of passion, she might reap something very good.

Hinata let out a soft chuckle and nodded. She couldn't agree more. Although she always would have a soft spot for that loud boy, she knew now that he could never be hers. Just as Ino and Sakura had realized that Sasuke would never look at them in that very special way. A bite in a very sour apple and yet… it was so sweet that it was like Temari-san said, it could give you a cavity.

They silently disappeared from their hiding place and moved towards Temari's place. The former sand nin had a small apartment. It had once been an attic but with a little female touch and a lot of persona, the dusty place had been transformed into a warm place where you could easily feel at home in.

"Want something to drink, Hinata-san?" asked Temari as she opened the door and showed the white eyed young woman into her home.

"Yes, please," said Hinata politely.

"Wine, beer, sake… water?"

"What ever you have, Temari-san," said Hinata and moved towards one of the couch in the small living room and sat down. She was feeling a bit exhausted because she had used her Byakugan much during the evening and night.

Temari nodded and headed into the kitchen. She quickly uncorked a bottle of white wine and poured some of into two glasses. Perhaps she could lure that free spirited girl out again? The sand nin snickered and smiled wickedly before putting on her polite mask and went into the living room. She saw the young woman sit in her favourite couch and Temari took the opportunity and promptly sat down on Hinata's lap. She put a glass into Hinata's hand and waited for the other girl to respond. And she didn't had to wait long.

"T-Temari-san…w-what are y-you doing?" gasped Hinata as the unfamiliar weight was put on her legs.

"You are sitting in my place," explained Temari with a soft smile. "But don't worry, you feel quite comfortable too."

Hinata didn't know what to say; instead she did like she always did – blush like she was going to blow her top.

"Cheers, little one… and let us hope that the loud mouth can catch his prey!" said Temari and clinked her glass against the one she had put in Hinata's right hand.

"C-cheers…," mumbled Hinata and watched Temari put the glass to her full lips and suddenly she felt very jealous of that very glass. She mentally shook her head and lipped at the wine only to find it to be very sweet and tasteful, so she sipped some more before taking the glass away from her mouth.

"Wasn't too bad was it?" asked Temari and smiled and put her arm around Hinata's neck.

"N-no, tasted r-really good…. uhm…sweet."

Temari nodded and watched with a barely hidden gleam that Hinata gulped down some more of the wine. She had made a good choice… and with a little luck she could loosen up the tight girl and with some more luck, Temari could get the shy Hinata to understand that it was not wrong to like another person of the same gender. Not that Temari thought that Hinata would have such thoughts, but she wanted to make sure.

Hinata felt the wine warm her belly and it didn't take long until she felt her body relax and her arm went around Temari's back. She had been awake for almost 24 hours now and the wine was making her very drowsy.

"Temari-san… Do you have a sweet heart o-or something?" asked Hinata and looked up into that gorgeous face that had come to represent power and strong will to Hinata.

"Yes, I do… and she's very sweet and very shy…. but I lover her none the less," said Temari and waited for Hinata to chew that little information through.

Hinata never reflected over the fact that Temari had used a She instead of a he, nor had she identified herself within that admission from the sand woman. Hinata just nodded and sipped some more of the wine in her glass. This was really sweet and tasty wine.

"I'm sure h-he's a very lucky guy," said Hinata as her eyelids began to droop and just seconds later Temari was able to catch the wine glass before it was dropped on the floor.

She got off Hinata's lap and put the glasses on the table and went to find a blanket for her little shy lily. 'Yes, if I can have her, I will be the luckiest woman in Konoha and Suna put together,' thought Temari and felt the need for some sleep as well.

I will try and do a yuri part with Hinata and Temari. The key word being Try...