Big Changes

Chapter 8

In The Uchiha Compound

2 AM

"Daiki, I thought you liked the teething ring yesterday." Sakura pouted at her son. Sasuke was already gone on his mission for four days in Sand but he was a little regretful leaving his wife and son. Sakura assured him they would be fine and he gave her and Daiki a kiss goodbye.

But Daiki has been keeping them up the past few nights and Sakura knew it was his teeth because well, he's six months. Sakura thought since he was crawling around and being active he would sleep a little more. She cursed at herself for being wrong.

Sasuke stood up with Daiki for the majority of those few nights and Sakura was grateful for that because he still had a mission to prepare for. She offered to help him but he would tell her to go back to bed. He moved Daiki's crib into their bedroom just so they can reach him a little faster when he woke up. The bedroom Daiki was in was actually three doors away from their room. The other two rooms were the closet and a room that Sasuke wanted to keep private.

So now Sakura is all by herself with her son who is still trying to get comfortable in her arms after screaming his little heart out. She yawned and adjusted him so his head rested on her shoulder. This seemed to satisfy him because his eyes started to close. She smiled and sighed in relief and looked at the clock on the wall that read 2:20. She wondered if she should move to the living room couch so they could both rest comfortably. Her mind was still deciding but her legs started moving to the bed. She retrieved a blanket and walked quietly down the stairs and to the couch. She unraveled the blanket from its tie, got in a comfortable sleeping position, and then put the blanket over her and Daiki.

She inhaled and exhaled then fell in a deep sleep.

The Next Day

Early Morning

Sakura ran a hand through her hair while organizing Daiki's clothes. She had no idea what she was doing but his clothes were horribly organized in all drawers. Socks with shirts, shorts with long sleeves, and she even found bibs that weren't supposed to be in drawers to begin with.

'What the hell was I doing? I had this all planned out when I was pregnant! Onesies in the first drawer on the left, shirts on the right, then shorts, socks, long sleeves. That leaves one drawer empty.'

She shook her head and organized his clothing like how she was supposed to. She looked over the socks and wondered if she had too many. The air this time of year is quite brisk. Again, she shook her head. If Daiki got sick, he would require 'round the clock care. She looked over to him with worry but then she quickly put a hand over her mouth to keep from laughing. He is always trying to comprehend his toys and books. Sakura, at that moment, knew he was going to be a smart child.

She went back to organizing his clothes and realized she had to put some aside because they were too small. His thighs, she decided, needed to shrink. Once he starts walking, his legs should thin out at least a little bit. That won't happen until he's 10 or 11 months, she knew. He was barely crawling around the downstairs part of the compound. She could see how much he wants to stand up just for at least a few seconds but his legs can't support his upper body quite well yet. She and Sasuke were very amused when he fell on his butt and said "oh…". He's six months now so he has quite a ways to go.

Sakura sighed deeply and organized his pajamas.

Four Days Later

1 AM

Sasuke walked into the kitchen and tossed his mask onto the counter and ran a hand through his tangled hair. Everything that happened in Sand was uneventful. When he was walking to his room that the Anbu were stationed in, he ran into Gaara and they had a brief conversation and talked about other stuff and then Gaara congratulated him for getting married and asked how their child was doing. Sasuke didn't know what to think about it other than that it was nice of Gaara.

On the way back to Leaf, they ran into many bandits and demanded that they surrender or pay the ultimate price. The Anbu escaped completely unscathed while the bandits had minor injuries.

Tsunade told them that they shouldn't be expecting missions for quite a while. Which Sasuke enjoyed because he can maybe catch up on sleep if Daiki isn't too much trouble. He didn't want to leave Sakura alone with their little screaming chubby baby. When he had to stand behind Tsunade during the meetings, he wondered if she was getting enough sleep even though he heard that she overworked herself in the past when she worked at the hospital. When she was pregnant he knew instantly that she would be the more skilled parent. And one day when she told him a little about her hospital days, she relayed to him that she functioned on two to four hours of sleep. Then she looked down at her stomach and said that it'll come in handy.

He downed a glass of water and headed walked quietly upstairs and down the hall into the bedroom where he spotted Sakura sleeping in the bed and Daiki in his crib. He discarded his clothing and hopped into the shower. For a minute, he let the hot water take its course and heal his aching joints then he quickly washed himself of the mission's scent. Stepping out, he put on some shorts, washed up, and quietly joined his wife in their bed.

TBC

Authors Note: Hi everyone! This chapter's a little short and I apologize for that! It started out okay and then my mind went sort of blank so I decided to stop there. The last time I updated was last December I'm pretty sure so it hasn't been too long since I updated but it's still been a while.

I'm kind of doing better with my homework and I've been updating my YouTube videos for the past couple of weeks so I haven't really been working on this story. If you're curious about my YouTube channel, I'll put my name in my profile & it's also linked in my YT profile as well so if you're here from YT, hi! I also upload Naruto content on there as well.

Also, I'm sorry the title layout is sort of weird. I think I need to fix the way I put it at the beginning of the chapter. I don't think there's another way but I'll experiment and see if it'll come out okay in future chapters.

I don't know when I'll update next but I was happy to read all of your reviews and I'm really glad you all like this story! :D