Sakura cuddled against Itachi in front of the fire. A week had passed since the battle, and they hadn't seen any sign of Konoha nin, or Sasuke, they were taking that as a good thing. "Itachi, can we go into town tomorrow, I need to get a few things." Sakura asked tilting her head up to look at him.
"Actually I need to get a few things too, I can go with her if you want Itachi." Deidara said with a smile. Over the few months Sakura was with the Akatsuki Deidara had become one of her close friends, and when Itachi wasn't around he would keep her company. Every now and then it looked almost as if Deidara were the one Sakura was in love with, but they knew better than that.
"I don't have a problem with that, I'm actually supposed to leave for a mission tonight." Itachi said kissing Sakura's nose. "Just make sure she doesn't break the bank Deidara." Itachi said with a smile before being hit on the shoulder by his pink haired love in his arms. "I love you Sakura." He said.
"Yeah you better." She said and then laughed.
"Sakura Chan are you ready?" Deidara called he was waiting by the door for Sakura, who seemed to be taking an extra long time today.
"Sorry Deidara, woman issues." Sakura said with a smile as she walked out of the room. Deidara just nodded and they walked out. No one noticed that Sakura's chakra was alive with worry, and she was chewing on her bottom lip. Sakura had been having stomach cramps lately, and she felt unbelievably sick, and last night she realized she had missed her period this month. That's why she was going into town, and she was actually relived that Itachi wasn't going. It would be easier to sneak a pregnancy test by Deidara, yes he was a guy, but he was still blond.
"So Sakura, what do you need from town?" Deidara asked with a smile.
"Oh just some clothes, some things from the pharmacy, maybe some tomatoes and strawberries." She said with a sigh.
"Alright, I need to go to the weaponry, so I'll meet you back here in an hour, will that be enough time?" Deidara asked.
"Yes." Sakura nodded. Deidara smiled at her and walked off. Sakura went to the pharmacy first, and bought the pregnancy test, when she took it up to the counter the lady looked at her suspiciously.
"How old are you?" she asked.
"Nineteen." Sakura lied. The woman behind the counter raised an eyebrow but sold the test to Sakura who left immediately. Once that was out of the way she went to the clothing outlet and picked up her dresses, and then to the market where she collected the tomatoes and strawberries. Her head was swimming with reasons why she had missed her period, but the only think she could think of was that she was pregnant.
Sakura waited at the entrance to the village for Deidara trying different ways to tell Itachi if she was pregnant. "Ready Sakura?" Deidara's voice brought Sakura back out of her thoughts. She smiled and nodded at him as they made their way back to the hide out. When they got back Sakura locked herself in the bathroom, and waited for the test to work. . . . .
"Sakura, are you okay? You're not sick or something are you?" Sasori's voice asked. Sakura couldn't answer, couldn't find her voice. The test had come back positive, and to make sure that it wasn't a false alarm she had tried a few more, well several more. There were ten used tests littering the floor, and each one read back positive. Sakura pulled her knees to her chest and placed a hand on her stomach. "Sakura?"
"Sorry, I'm coming." Sakura wrapped up all the tests in a bag and carried them out with her so Sasori didn't see anything. She walked into her room and threw away the sealed bag before she slumped on the bed. "How am I going to tell Itachi?" she asked herself.
Itachi walked into his room and found Sakura sleeping on his bed, that was nothing new, but there was something different about her chakra, almost like she was worried. Itachi walked over to the bed and dropped his cloak over the foot of the bed before he bent down and kissed her on the cheek. He smoothed stray hairs from her face and stroked her cheek before her lids fluttered open. "Well hello there." He said with a smile.
Sakura sighed and stretched out. "Hey." She said with a sigh. She looked around, and as if she had just been jolted sprang up. "Oh, you're home. . ." she trailed off.
"Do you want me to leave again?" Itachi asked.
"No, I just—never mind, I have something to tell you." She said as Itachi sat on the bed beside her. "You love me right?" she asked. Itachi didn't know where this was going but he leaned in and kissed her passionately on the lips. "I'll take that as a yes." Sakura said when he pulled away. "Well you see, I wasn't feeling well, and yesterday I realized that I hadn't had a period in a while, so I went to the pharmacy." Sakura waited and looked up at Itachi with hooded eyes. He only waited for her to go on. "I'm pregnant."
Itachi didn't know how to react. He jumped off the bed and became dizzy. He swayed for a moment, and then steadied himself. "are you one hundred percent positive?" he asked.
"Ten tests don't lie." Sakura said looking at him. "Are you mad?" she asked.
Itachi didn't need to think to answer that. He climbed on top of Sakura and kissed her again. "Never." Sakura smiled and buried her head in his chest.
"I'm scared." She said against his shoulder.
"I know, I am too." He admitted. Hell he wasn't ready to be a father, he didn't think he was ready to be a husband either, but now, it looked like both were coming at him whether he wanted them too or not.
