Chapter Four:

The Test

It has been a month since Sasuke left and Naruto still missed him terribly. He would still have dreams of the night Sasuke had come to his apartment and how the two made love for hours, only to wake up with tears in his eyes. Naruto had that dream again last night and it hurt to think about it, it hurt to think about Sasuke. Naruto slowly got out of bed and got dressed. He went to his kitchen and had some cereal even though he wanted to eat his ramen.

For a few weeks Naruto was unable to eat certain foods without getting sick and that, unfortunately, included ramen. He wasn't happy about this but figured he was just coming down with something and it would go away eventually. Today though Naruto went to see Tsunade and ask her what she though it might be. When he arrived outside her office he heard someone else inside already and waited until they were finished. When Tsunade's current visitor left Naruto went in.

Tsunade was bent over her desk, her head on her arms, with Shizune holding more paperwork for her to do. Naruto cleared his throat and Tsunade's head shot up while Shizune turned around. Naruto smiled lightly towards both of them and sat down in one of the chairs across from Tsunade.

"Sorry to bother you, grandma Tsunade, but I had a question I wanted to ask you."

"Oh? What would that be Naruto?" Tsunade asked curiously while eyeing the paperwork with disdain.

"Well…I haven't been able to eat certain foods lately and I was wondering if you might know why."

"Hmmm…" Tsunade started to think, "You could be pregnant."

The entire room went quiet for a few minutes until all three busted out laughing.

"Alright, on a more serious note Naruto, you could have just developed a sensitivity to those certain foods. Kind of like a lactose intolerant person. It could also just be a bug going around but just in case I want you to come see me in three months. See if anything changes okay?"

"Yeah, sure thing Tsunade. I'll see you later then. Bye Shizune."

With that Naruto left Tsunade's office heading to a convenience store, a nagging, uneasy, suspicion in the back of his head. He grabbed some items from a shelf, bread, milk, soda, tea, and some ice cream. Naruto was about to head to the cash register until he saw a certain section in the aisle he was currently in. He looked at the three shelves in particular and they were packed with pregnancy tests.

I know it can't be possible cuz I'm a guy but I can't shake this uneasy feeling in the back of my head telling me to get one. Should I?

Naruto played around with the idea of buying a pregnancy test for ten minutes before deciding.

Fuck it, might as well. What harm could it do anyway?

Naruto grabbed a purple and white box that said it was highly accurate and had easy to read results. He went up to the register and bought his things, while getting a peculiar look from the store owner, and headed home.

When Naruto got inside his apartment he put his groceries away and stared at the pregnancy test, currently sitting on his bathroom counter top. He kept staring at the test as if it were a trick from a joke shop. Finally he sighed and picked the test up. He opened the box and took out the test itself and started reading the directions on the instruction page.

Naruto gulped as he started to do what the directions instructed. After it was done he had to wait fifteen minutes for the results, which he paced the entire time in his bathroom. When the time was up Naruto grabbed the test and looked at the result. His mouth dropped open in shock. He couldn't believe what the test said. It was positive.