Final chapter (: woot, sorry it took so long ): and that it isn't even that long of a chapter, if someone wants to slap me, go ahead. Haha; enjoy though, please
I don't own Naruto.
Love is a story, always in and of itself.
The most important question.
She woke him up in the middle of the night that night, gently pressing his shoulder and saying his name. He jumped when he finally did wake, alarmed that she was shaking him and saying his name. "What what?" he asked, sitting up and rubbing his eyes. He didn't have to look at the clock, he knew it was the middle of the night.
"It's time," She said, he looked at her and saw she had already changed into different clothes, her hair was brushed and pulled up into a bun on her head.
"What?" he asked confused. Time? Time for what? Sleep, yes, that's why he was sleeping.
"You know, time." she rubbed her stomach for a second and the male's eyes widened.
"Time?" he asked, eyes now the size of their kitchen plates. His wife nodded and he threw back the covers. "Why didn't you tell me, come on, we have to go." he jumped up and threw on a shirt. It was wrinkled and he had worn it the day before but he felt a new energy take him. He wasn't tired anymore. "Come on," The woman followed him as he headed towards the hallway for his shoes after he pulled his jeans on.
After he slipped into his shoes, they left.
The hospital wasn't busy at this time of the night, the lights were bright compared to the darkness they had just come from. Tsunade was there within seconds, barking out orders to other nurses. Yelling for someone to call her parents, and her closer friends.
It barely seemed like anytime had passed. Two hours at the most, and the small creature was born. Crying and breathing, tiny fingers clutched into fists as Tsunade cleaned him off.
Sasuke was holding his wife's hand, her grasp had relaxed after it was over, and he wondered if he would have bruises, but decided it really didn't matter at all. His child was born into the world, healthy, and his girl was tired but healthy too. He was happy.
The blonde woman set the small thing down into Sakura's arms and she smiled down at the little creature. A tuft of black hair came off of the baby's head, and when he opened his eyes, they were pitch, just like his father's.
"Sasuke," Sakura breathed, looking up at her husband for a split second before setting her gaze back on their son. "Look at him."
The new father nodded and kissed his girl's head. She was tired, he could tell, but she was thrilled too. He could see the gleaming in her eyes, the way she looked at their son, like she could already see the rest of his life, how he would be as he got older, how he would talk and laugh, and smile. The woman had already determined that he would have a different life than her husband had. Yes, he was a great man, but he had deserved better than what he had gotten, and she was planning on making sure he got what he deserved. For both her son and her husband.
"Have you two already discussed names?" Tsunade asked, watching her young student hold the new child with caramel eyes. It gave the older woman joy to see such happiness on the girl's face. She had gone through a lot since the father's return.
"Yes," Sasuke spoke, he reached out as softly as he could and ran his forefinger over his son's arm. The new flesh was soft and warm. "we decided Ashton for a boy."
Tsunade nodded. "Then his name will be Ashton. Would you two like a few minutes alone or do you want me to go ahead and get whoever has arrived?"
The pink haired girl gave her teacher a look and Sasuke answered. "Give us a few minutes, I'll go get them when we're ready for them." the woman nodded and left.
The girl and the boy were silent, both watching the baby in the girl's arms. They were enthralled by him, and his soft black eyes, and tuft of raven hair. He was quiet, looking back at his parents, as if he were as spell bound as they were.
"He's beautiful, love." Sasuke kissed Sakura's forehead again, and the girl looked up at him, with a large smile on her face.
"He looks just like you, of course he's beautiful." she stretched a little and kissed him on his lips. She smiled once more. "I think you should go get whoever is here, because I'm about to pass out so they need to get in here, see Ashton, and get out so I can sleep."
"Yes 'mam." he grinned at her and let his finger run over his son's arm once more before he left to go to the waiting room.
He was greeted by a large group of people. A group of people that were there to support the small family, a group of people the male never thought would be so large.
"How is she?" Ino asked, Shikamaru was sitting next to the blonde, looking tired, with black bags under his brown eyes.
Tenten ran over, Neji walked over and sat on the other side of Shika. Naruto came over too, his arm laced with his wife's arm. The black haired girl practically waddled over, her stomach was so large. "What's the sex, and the name?" Hinata asked breathlessly, her face was a little red, partially from embarrassment, but also from moving around, too much moving with two children in her stomach came to be a challenge.
"Good," Sasuke said, smiling a little. "you guys can go in in pairs to see her. She had a boy and we named him Ashton."
Naruto made a face. "What kind of a name is Ashton, man?" he laughed a little. "At least give the kid a cool name."
"Yea, because we all know whenever Hinata births your babies, they're just going to have the raddest names." The black haired male rolled his eyes. "Sakura's room is four down on the left. I'll take the first group." they all jumped up at the same time, the girl's grabbing their respective males and trying to get to Sasuke first.
So the parade started, first with Hinata and Naruto. Naruto yelled something how he should go first because he was on her team, and because his wife was pregnant she shouldn't have to wait too long, so to save the hospital staff from a five-star headache, Sasuke took the blond and his girl in to see Sakura.
Then, after, went Ino and Shika, and finally Tenten and Neji. The teachers came after that, as the early morning hours turned into normal hours. Kakashi showed up, and so did Gai, with Rock Lee in tow.
Later, after they all left, Sasuke was on his way back to see his girl, when he heard one final voice.
"May we come see her too?" he turned and saw Mrs. Haruno standing there, her husband standing a little behind her. Sasuke nodded, and lead them quietly down the hallway.
"She might be sleeping, she was starting to doze off about an hour ago." the woman nodded and the man just followed silently. They entered into her room, and indeed, the pink haired girl was sleeping. Emerald eyes closed and pink hair tied in a loose bun on her head. A nurse had been in and took their son to his crib in the other room.
Sasuke lead them to the glass window to look in at all the newborns, he looked for the tag, stating the child's name and the baby's parents, and he pointed to his son. "There." he said softly. In the presence of his boy, he couldn't feel as terrible towards Sakura's parents as he would normally. He felt calm, and happy. Like nothing could take that away from him in that instant.
"He's gorgeous." the woman said, giving the father a smile. "I'm sure you're very proud." It surprised him that that word made his heart jump. He was proud. He hadn't had the word for it, he expected what he was feeling was simply happiness, and joy; but proud was a better explanation. That was his son, from his beautiful, amazing wife. He was proud of her, and of the small baby they were blessed with.
"I am." he said softly, giving the woman a smile in return. "I can't even explain it." she nodded in understanding. Same thing had happened when Sakura had been born.
They all stood in silence for a few more moments, Sakura's mother admiring the small child, Mr. Haruno standing silently beside his wife. Sasuke stood a couple feet from them, also watching his son.
Mr. Haruno took a breath and opened his mouth then. "Listen, Mr. Uchiha." it was easier to use Sasuke's last name instead of his first. It made all the horrible things said between them seem a little less serious. The black haired male looked at the speaking man. "I'm sorry." He looked down at the linoleum in the hallway. "You have my sincerest apologies for everything. My daughter is lucky to have you, and your son will be wonderful." the man swallowed, pausing momentarily. "If you're willing to forgive me, I would be glad to be a part of all of your lives."
The younger man stood silently, mulling over the older man's words. He crossed his strong arms in front of his chest, and thought about everything. It was sudden, and it would take much work to even start to mend whatever relationship the two men could salvage. But he nodded. "We can try." was all he said before thanking them for coming to see Ashton. "I want to go back to Sakura now." he said her name softly. "We'll be in touch." the couple nodded and stayed to watch the baby for a short while as the new father took his leave.
Sasuke walked quietly back into his wife's room, trying to make as little noise as possible, she was still resting. Eyelids closed, pink lips parted, pale rose hair messy and sticking to her head. "I love you." he said it quietly, kissing her forehead before sitting in a chair beside her. He let his fingers lace with hers, and he sat with her, waiting for her to wake up, so that they could go see their son once more. He couldn't stop thinking what it would be like to bring the small human back home. To raise him, and see him grow.
Sasuke smiled, to think it all started with a few questions. 'Date me. Sasuke, do I look okay? Sakura, marry me?' Few of the most important questions in his life, led to this, led to their son.
It really was the questions that made life.
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Yup, okay so this one's done, oh my goodness I'm so so sorry it took so long to finish! :( I feel like a dick haha let me know what you think please, love you guys (:
peace,
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