Sakura had prepared the nursery accordingly with pastels that reminded Sasuke of spring but only after her and Sasuke had argued profusely over the way the nursery would be assembled. And as the argument played out and they parted their separate ways in an attempt to uncoil the tension, Sakura had snuck out and painted the room against his knowledge. Sasuke had wanted the nursery to be painted in the pride of his clan colors and Sakura refused, convinced the child would grow to be as moody as he was with a nursery painted so dark. And with that statement he opened the nursery, surveying it with his own two eyes while Sakura napped from her laborious remodeling.
The walls were something of a mint green trimmed in white to match the crib where their son would dream. A spiral carpet tickled the new fathers' bare feet and he looked down to observe the contraption that resembled something of a ladybug that was illuminated by the large, single window that was draped in sheer white curtains. Sasuke stood in the middle of childlike wonder that possessed the once empty room and smiled.
Sakura always did know best… He concluded before he promptly set down two cans of paint and proceeded to decorate one of the walls with the Uchiha family crest.
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Surprisingly, when Sakura awoke with Diasuke comfterably nestled in her arms, she did not squeal or panic over the medium sized Uchiha crest that had magically planted itself on one of her neatly painted nursery walls. Instead, she merely smiled and glanced back at the smirking Sasuke who folded his arms across his chest and smiled at her deviously.
"It's perfect." She concluded, her eyes leaving her husband's and scanning the room before looking down at the sleeping bundle of joy that lazily opened his bright green eyes. And as Sasuke came to wrap her up in his arms and stare at the little wonder they had created, he couldn't help but feel a peculiar thought twinge in the back of his mind at the sight of his sons green eyes. He craved to see red looking back at him. The thought made him shiver and his mind tick until he promptly pushed the thought away from his immediate attention, but the action did not skip over Sakura's tedious and loving eyes. "Sasuke…are you-"before she could finish her words were muffled by his chest as he pulled her close to him, determined to drown out the last bit of lingering emotion that had polluted his mind. He loved his son and he would do nothing to harm him, so he hoped. Gently he kissed the pink haired Nin on her ivory forehead.
"I must go, Naruto and I are meeting with Lady Tsuande tonight…" He spoke solemnly before shifting his eyes to Daisuke who was casually returning to slumber as the sun began to succumb to the moon.
"Is everything alright, Sasuke?" Sakura's voice trembling as she watched her love turn to leave.
"I'm not sure…" Sasuke retorted, turning his head to look back at her wavering eyes. "But I hope it will be…" With his phrase spoken he left their manor and met Naruto who was waiting anxiously for the Uchiha under a dim lantern.
"Did you find anything else out, Sasuke?" Naruto hummed his voice had grown deep over the years and had lost most of its shrill tendencies.
Sasuke glanced at the blond who searched his face for answers until he finally gave a blunt yet verbal response "No…" his thoughts trailed "but all the same…Tsuande needs to be informed…"
"And then what?" Naruto was quick with the questions and unfortunately Sasuke was slow with his response. A silence drifted through the streets as they continued to walk until Sasuke finally replied.
"I'll do what I was born to do…"
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AN: dun dun dun!! –suspense-
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