How far a long was he? Three months. Three months had Sasuke been pregnant. The morning sickness was still bugging the poor Uchiha and would probably do so until there was only a couple days due to the baby's birth.

The mood swings showed its dirty face every now and then but not as often as it had when experienced the two first times. This time there was more crying, clingy and sensitive Sasuke rather than the bitchy, pissed off and easily annoyed Sasuke. Naruto preferred the newest personality rather than the one before.

Naruto stretched his arm, trying to grip his lover but was confused as his hand only came in touch with thin air. "Sasuke?" He mumbled tiredly and started to look around the room. Upon seeing no Sasuke, the blond shook his head so to clear his mind from sleep and lazily stood up.

He first made his way to the bathroom but once finding no light on, he decided to go to the living room. There were times when Sasuke would go there after experiencing a nightmare or just wanted some time to think for himself.

Once on the lower floor, he saw light coming from the kitchen so he directed his feet to the kitchen and as soon as he was by the door, the view of his spouse leaning over the kitchen sink making himself a sandwich, met his eyes. He stood by the door a minute or two just looking at Sasuke moving gracefully if not a little bit funny too seeing as he was six moths along and his stomach was pretty big. It was at moments like these that Naruto really knew how lucky he was, to have and to hold Sasuke, his everything. To see him smile, to help him when he was down; to have Sasuke and his family was the only thing he really needed. He wouldn't trade anything else in the world for the life he had now.

"Are you going to come in or leave? It's unnerving to have you staring at me."

Naruto sweat dropped at the harsh tone but entered the kitchen anyway. His spouse was not going to scare him away even though Naruto deep, deep down was scared of Sasuke's mood swings. Hey! He was scary!

"What are you doing up?" the blond asked as he sat down on a chair.

Sasuke had just finished making his sandwich so he took out a plate from one of the cabinets and sat down across from Naruto. "I was hungry, what does it look like dobe."

Naruto ignored the insult and smiled. "Is he/she keeping you hungry." It was more like a statement rather than a question.

Sasuke nodded as he dug in his sandwich. Naruto watched as Sasuke ate his sandwich and felt his own stomach growl. "Seems like I'm a bit hungry too." he said with a chuckle.

Sasuke looked at his spouse to his food, then back to Naruto. "You're always hungry dobe."

Naruto grinned and was about to stand up to make a sandwich for himself but Sasuke stopped him. "You can have the rest of mine if you want?"

Naruto gave Sasuke an unsure gaze. "You sure? I can just make one myself. You're hungry aren't you?"

"No, I'm full so you can have the rest."

Naruto shrugged as he stood up and went to Sasuke, yanking him up and then sitting down on the raven haired's chair, to then place him in his lap. "If you insist koi." And with that he leant forward and took a bite from the delicious sandwich.

When Sasuke finally grasped what had happened he turned in Naruto's lap so that he was facing said idiot. He encircled his arms around the blond and rested his head against his shoulder. Sasuke let out a sigh of contentment and suddenly felt very tired.

Naruto felt how Sasuke's breathing started to ease and he knew his spouse was sleeping. He chuckled to himself at his spouse's behavior as he finished the last of the sandwich. If Sasuke wouldn't have been pregnant, a behavior like this would have been a signal for the raven's mental status.

Naruto encircled his arms around Sasuke's waist and took a strong grip as he stood from the chair. Sasuke was obviously heavier than he normally was Naruto noticed so he summoned some chakra to his arms and his spouse was suddenly much lighter. He turned off the light and went to his and Sasuke's room.

On his way he was met by Kei standing outside their door. "What are you doing up Kei?" He asked surprised.

Kei jumped when he heard someone addressing him but calmed down upon seeing it was his dad talking. "Daddy!" he ran to his father and hugged his leg, burying his head against the grownups leg, tears falling from his eyes.

Naruto stared at his son and was about to ask what was wrong when Sasuke started to turn. He decided to leave his spouse on the bed before he'd take care of his son. "Follow Kei." he ordered as he entered their room.

He put Sasuke down and covered him with the cover then turned his eyes to his sobbing son.

"What's wrong Kei?" He asked as he knelt down to be in the same height as his son. "Why are you crying?"

Kei removed his hands from his eyes and threw his arms around his father's throat. "M-Monste' eated Kei a-and k-k-kill mommy a-a-and daddy and S-S-Sh-hu-n-nii."

Naruto held his son tighter and started to rub circles on his back. "Ssh, it's alright Kei. It was only a nightmare."

"C-can K-Kei sleep mommy and daddy?"

Naruto looked into the pools of his son's eyes and nodded softly. "Of course sweetie. You have to promise though to not wake mommy up, okay?"

Small hands wiped away dried tears and Kei nodded with a small smile covering his lips. "Su'e daddy."

Naruto smiled as he lift Kei up on the bed. He then together with his son, went to sleep.

-

Sasuke woke up to the view of his youngest son grinning down on him. "Kaa-san!"

"Kei?" He asked with confusion and slight tiredness. "What are you doing in here?"

"Kei-chan sleep with mommy and daddy. Daddy tell Kei yeste'day Kei sleep here. Kei had bad dream."

"Why didn't you wake me up Kei?"

"Daddy say Kei mustn't wake mommy up so Kei was good and did as Tou-san say."

"Oh." Sasuke turned his head to the left and expected to see his husband but was surprised upon finding nothing. "Where is daddy Kei?" he asked confused.

"Daddy go wo'k with Shu-nii. Kei go too but daddy say Kei stay with mummy."

"Why?" He asked groggily seeing as his mind didn't seem to want to wake up.

"Kei too little."

Suddenly the fog seemed to disappear and Sasuke bolted out of bed, or bolted as fast as a pregnant person could. "Naru-"

"Moooom, I'm hung'y." Kei whined to his mother knowing his mummy would feed him immediately.

As predicted, Sasuke's eyes was immediately filled with a deep concern. "You are? Okay, we'll just have to fix you something then."

Kei smiled and jumped out of bed, hooking hands with his mummy and then dragged him out of the room.

-

Kei munched on the toast in his hand and swung his legs on the chair, giving off an aura of happiness. Sasuke was placed beside him reading the paper as he drank his orange juice.

"Mooom" the younger of them said as he swallowed the last piece of bread, "Key is finished, Kei want cackej!"

Sasuke looked up from the paper and gave his son a sad smile, "cracker Kei, and I'm afraid there'll be no crackers today. Dad and I had a discussion yesterday and we both agreed there will be no crackers for a time now, I'm sorry son." He folded the paper and put it beside him on the table.

Kei stared at his mother with the words 'no crackers' ringing in his ears. "N-no c-c-ackej..?"

Sasuke looked at his son as he wore the biggest pout and the saddest eyes. "That's right honey." He said and leant forward to kiss his son on the forehead before he stood up to put the dishes of Kei's breakfast in the dishwasher.

"Mooom Kei want cackej!" Kei said with a hint of anger and jumped off the chair.

"No hun I said no crackers." Sasuke washed his hands and dried them on a towel nearby. "Come now, lets watch some TV, your favorite show starts soon."

"No! Kei don't go befoe Kei get cackej!!" His son was starting a tantrum.

"NO KEI. Kaa-san said no crackers and that's final! Now stop acting like a baby!"

"Noooooo" his son was on the edge of crying. "Kei GET CACKEJ NOW!" Kei screamed as he stomped to his mother and started to hit his leg with angry tears now streaming down his chin. "Give Kei cackej!"

Sasuke stared at his son in shellshock, for the first time in his lifetime had one of his sons used their fists to hit him.

"Kei stop that! You don't hit me!" Sasuke bent down and grabbed the small arms of his son. "That's something you never do to me or anyone in our family!! Understood?!"

"No" Kei cried as he tried to wriggle his arms out of his mother's hard grip. "Lemme go! Kei hate Kaa-san!"

Sasuke let go and watched his son hit him hard on the knee one last time before running away up stairs. Sasuke stood as flabbergasted for a minute or two before the words sunk in. His son had just said he hated him, his adorable Kei who had never been angry with him, had never cried because of him, never had hit him! Tears welled down his cheeks as he went to the phone, he needed Naruto home immediately.

-

Naruto sat in his usual chair, in his usual room, reading through important papers… as usual. "Daad, this is boring!" His son whined as he threw away the last paper plane towards its destination, the garbage can.

Naruto scratched his chin and sighed out loud. "I know Shunsuke, believe me I know."

"Why did you want to become Hokage when it's only boring and.. Uuh boring?"

"It's not always like this… even though it's more often than never.. But still being Hokage is something you should appreciate, being Hokage means great responsibility over a town and its people. You'll understand it better when you're older Shu. Even though it may seem boring now-" However Naruto never got to finish which he was quite thankful for as he was cut off by Sukki entering his office, "Oh sorry Hokage-sama was I interrupting something?" she asked insecurely.

Naruto stared at her for a couple of seconds before smiling at her and asking her to continue. "Ah okay, well uh, Uchiha-sama called and said he wanted you home and that it was an emergency. Uh and he sounded quite sad; I'm quite sure I heard him sniffling. It sure was odd."

Naruto looked at the clock on the wall, it read 09:30, he had only been gone for 1 and a half hours and his spouse already wanted him home. That was indeed odd. "Okay thank you Sukki , could you get Konohamaru for me please?"

"Oh of course Hokage-sama, I'll get him immediately." And with that said she bowed and left.

Naruto stood up and started to collect some papers. "Does this mean we're going home?" His son sounded almost too happy.

"Yes, I have to find out what's wrong with your mom. Probably something silly like he watched a sad movie or something but if I don't come home now, he'll probably chew off my ear later about it."

Shunsuke sweat dropped and jumped out of his chair, "Mom's weird when he's pregnant. Dad, how did kaa-san get pregnant?"

Naruto froze in mid step and gawped at his son with wide eyes. "T-T" Luckily he was saved yet again, however this time by Konohamaru entering the room. "You called Naruto-sama?"

Naruto happily looked from his son to the newcomer. "We'll discuss that some other time, Shu." He went forth to Konohamaru and stopped in front of him. "I'd like you to take over today. Sasuke just called and-"

Konohamaru held up his hand and shushed Naruto, "I get it boss, he wants you home for some silly reason again. It's okay, I'll take over, say hello from me."

Naruto gave him a big grin and turned to his son. "C'mon Shu-chan, we're going home now." Shunsuke happily obliged and ran to his father, together the two left the office.

xx

Naruto and Shunsuke entered their home and was met with a deep silence. 'Funny…' Naruto thought and yelled once again "Tadaaiima". Shunsuke removed his shoes and went to look in the living room, "He's not here dad."

Naruto who had also removed his shoes and went to look in the kitchen also came back empty handed. "Maybe kaa-san's in your room dad?" Shunsuke asked as he made his way upstairs.

Naruto mm'd and followed his son.

Upon entering his room Naruto saw the lump in the bed, effectively covered by the cover. He exchanged a look with his son that said he could leave. Shortly thereafter he closed the door and made his way over to the bed. His hand went to the cover and lifted it carefully. "Hey there.." his voice was barley above a whisper.

Sasuke immediately turned and looked at Naruto with red puffy eyes. He gently laid down beside his spouse and put one of his arms around the shorter man and pulled him close to his chest. "What's wrong 'Suke? Have I done something to upset you love?" Naruto was worried, Sasukes whole frame read genuinely hurt.

"No… not you…" he mumbled into the chest of the blond.

Naruto was confused 'But if it's not me.. then who?' The blond voiced his question.

Sasuke inhaled a deep breath before answering, "Kei…"

Naruto felt how his shirt began to get wet but didn't mind it. "What do you mean Kei? What did he do?"

"He.. He hit me and s-said he hated me." Sasuke answered through sobs.

"He did what?!!" Naruto was thoroughly shocked. Kei had never before been angry at his mom. He knew it would happen eventually but had never really paid it much thought.

"H-he wanted his crackers but I said we discussed that yesterday and said no. Then he got angry and started to hit my legs a-and then he said…Kaa-san daikereda."

"Sasuke… look at me."

"no.."

"Koi, look at me." He looked, tears still visible in is eyes. "You know that that's not true right? Kei does not hate you. He was just angry at the moment. He loves you just as much as Shunsuke and I do, you know that right?"

"…"

"It's okay Sasuke."

xx

After having stayed with Sasuke until he had fallen asleep, Naruto as quiet as he could be, tiptoed out of their bedroom. He was going to have a chat with his son about what he had done.

Naruto opened the room leading to his youngest son's room and immediately saw his prankster to son.

"Kei!" He hadn't meant for it to come out so harsh but silently ignored it at the remembrance of Sasuke's hurt face.

"Tou-san!" The little child answered happily as he put away his toys and started to run to his father. As two arms came to hug the older ones legs, Naruto released the grip and loosely held his son's arms as he bent down to crouch in a sitting position. "Kei, I want you to tell me what happened today." It was more an order not a question.

Seeing his father's eyes staring at him angrily the little toddler started to squirm his little body and giggle nervously. "Kei do nothing daddy."

"No Kei, you did something. Something of which upset your kaa-san very much."

"Kei dunno what daddy mean."

"I mean what you did to your kaa-san today, Kei. You hurt him."

"Kei don't hu't mommy. Kei love mommy!"

"Yes but you said something bad to mommy and now he's hurt."

Kei was pouting sadly. "Kei… don't mean mommy huwt daddy."

"Yes well what you did hurt mommy very much so I think you should apologize to him and Kei promise me to never say anything like what you said before, ever again. You hear me?" Naruto looked deep into dark eyes so very much like Sasuke's own.

Kei nodded with a sad smile and Naruto let go of his tiny arms. "Now give daddy a hug and we will go to mommy."

They shared a bear hug and Naruto picked up his son in his arms then carried him back to their bedroom.

There he gently put down his son and opened the door. "You go say sorry now and I'll be down stairs with Shunsuke." Naruto said and left.

"'K-kaa san?" Kei stammered nervously. He stood beside the bed and gently tugged on one soft cushion. A second later, small movements was made on the bed, indicating Sasuke was waking up. With another pull of the younger, the older was fully awake and looking at the child. "What do you want Kei?" His mother's voice was cold.

"K-Kei apologize t-to mommy hurt. Kei d-dunnot hate mommy, Kei just angwy and say bed things." His voice was shaking as he looked into the still cold eyes.

"Was that all you wanted Kei? If so then you may leave. I want to be alone right now."

Reluctantly the child nodded, scared out of his wits. With silently steps he walked out of the room, tears evident in his dark eyes. 'Mommy don't love Kei anymowe.' His mom had never been angry with him. He had always loved Kei unconditionally. 'Kei don't deserve mommy.'

Xx

"Kei? Didn't I tell you to apologize to kaa-san?" Naruto asked confused as he saw his youngest son enter the kitchen. Only 3 minutes had passed since he had left the boy outside their bedroom door.

Having both his father's and brother's eyes heavily focused on him, Kei put his fist to his eyes as he started to cry. "Kei apologize but Kaasan don't like Kei anymowe. Kaasan say Kei-chan go away and kaa-san not smile like kaasan do. Kaasan like Shu-nii mowe."

Sighing Naruto got up from his seat and picked up the small child. He put him on his hip as he removed small hands from tear-filled eyes. "Don't say that. Your mom loves you just as much as he loves your brother Kei-chan. Believe it. It's just the pregnancy which makes him moodier. When you are with a child it's hard to control ones emotions, therefore you have to be careful of what you say."

"Kaa-san has snapped at me many times, otouto, don't worry. That's an older brother's advice."

"Aniki… Mmph! I go d'aw mommy a pichuw and mommy will not be sad anymo'e."

"That sounds like a good idea. Do you need help with that?"

"Uh."

Naruto glanced at his oldest son. "Do you know whether that was a yes or a no?"

"That would've been a no. Seriously dad. It's your son."

Naruto scoffed. "Hey, I can't help it if he's more of a mama's boy."

"He's still your son."

"I blame the Uchiha genes.."