When it was getting dark, Kakashi sent everyone home. He told Reko about his father on their way home.

Sasuke groaned as he rolled to his side on his bed. It took some time before he realized what happened. 'So..I'm in Kakashi's house now?' Slowly he rubbed his eyes with the palm of his hands only to notice there were small tubes implanted in his pulse. As his blurry sight started to clear he saw more of those tubes in his neck. Slowly he reached for the tubes to yank them lose, but a hand caught his.

Sasuke stared at Sakura who was sitting next to him all the time, which Sasuke didn't knew. Sakura smiled. "Let's keep them where they are, shall we?" She spoke as she lets go of Sasuke's hand. "Sakura…I.." Sasuke looked away, looking a little sad. "It's okay, Sasuke-kun. You're back and that's all that matters." Sakura stood up and walked towards the door. "I'll tell Reko you're awake, he worried about you a lot…By the way, your son's really cute.." Sakura said smiling happily. Sasuke made a sad smile before she left.

"You know what it is, Reko…It's quit amazing you have sharingan on such a young age, you know?" Kakashi and Reko were sitting on the couch, both drinking tea. "Yeah..I guess.." Reko said. "Reko! Sasuke is awake. If you want, you can see him." Sakura said as she came in. Reko jumped of the couch and ran to Sasuke's bedroom.

Sasuke knew those tubes would help him recover faster, but he thought they were rather irritating. Suddenly Reko stormed in and sat down next to his bed looking worried. "Reko, you don't have to worry. I'm fine, really." Sasuke said as Reko frowned a little.

"Why are you always lying about that kind of stuff, Father?" Reko whispered as he looked away. "What do you mean, Reko?" Sasuke asked. "Well, for example, I came home from my first day in my new team, you're sitting there, wounded, but you won't tell me. The next morning you lay next to your bed, almost killed….if you had told me, I'd..", "Reko. That wasn't the thing that happened." Sasuke interrupted. "Then what happened!" Reko spat. "Hey, calm down a little. The day you came home, I just got a headache from using Sharingan too much, that night after that, someone attacked me…That's what happened."

Reko shook his head. "Fine. Okay. But when I was little and you were sick, you never told me…and look at yourself right now. Leaving the hospital like that, what were you thinking…" Reko spoke softly. Sasuke gave him a sad smile. "I'm sorry, I didn't wanted to upset you."

"How's he doing, Sakura?" Kakashi asked as Sakura came back from the kitchen to get some tea for her and Kakashi. "I had to stop him before he yanked the tubes away, but he's okay, I think.." Sakura said as she gave a cup of tea to Kakashi.

"Thank you. But, Sakura…How are you doing?" Kakashi asked as Sakura gave him a questioning look. "Well, you know, Sasuke is back after so much years and he got a son and stuff…doesn't it affect you in any way?" Kakashi continued as Sakura sits down. "I think I'm okay, Kakashi-sensei. I've got the feeling he never left right now…I think it will take a while before I'll be beware of it…you know…it was all so sudden…I'm really happy to see him back…and to be honest...I'm happy to see his son too. It's a really nice kid." Sakura sips her tea and smiled.

"I hope Sasuke's happy to be back either.." Kakashi nodded. "He lives a while in Konoha again, so I think he is." Sakura looked up from her tea. "Huh? But then how, how did Sasuke get money to live from?" she asked. "Sasuke had a job in the ANBU-squad. Now that I think about, you even had a mission with him." Kakashi grinned as Sakura almost dropped her tea. "What….what was his code-name?" "Aoi." Kakashi answered. "AOI? But, that guy was…Is Sasuke that strong? I heard they even asked him to be their captain but he refused…" Sakura spoke. "Yeah, that's true."

Sasuke tried to sit up straight and Reko helped him. "Dad, who the hell attacked you that night?" Reko asked as he laid enough pillows behind his father's back to support him. "I don't know. I guess it has to do with my mission. Reko, never visit our house again, it's dangerous." Sasuke said as Reko nodded. "Okay."

Some minutes later, Reko went to bed. His bed was in the same room as Sasuke's and Reko was glad. As he lay in bed, he watched his father's eyes closing slowly. Reko stayed awake for hours, only to look at his sleeping father.

Reko sat up straight when his father started whispering in his sleep. It was hard to hear what he was saying, but Reko could understand some things. "How could you do that…to me…to him…leave me alone….please leave now….I can't believe you could do something like t…no...Why?." Reko climbed out of bed when his father started to hiss the last sentences.

Reko silently sat down on the floor in front of his father's bed. Sasuke's face was pale and sad. Reko slowly reached for one of his clenched fists and Sasuke flinched at his touch.

Reko's eyes became big as he felt how cold his father was. He stood up and hurried to his own bed, only to grab his blanket and run back to his now, shaking father. Sasuke made himself very small as Reko lay the blanket on top of him. "Dad…I'm with you.." Reko whispered as he lay his head on Sasuke's hand and fell asleep.

Yay!

Tenth chapter already! I made it extra long to celebrate it!

Once again, I hope you liked this story!

I'll update soon.

Have a nice day, wherever you are right now!

Vlissan