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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

The Second Surprise

Hinata stared out the window of the small cottage she shared with her husband Naruto. It had been raining for weeks and her once beautiful garden was now a small lake. Sighing as the rain continued to pour down the window, Hinata turned around and headed into the kitchen. "I guess I'll make myself some tea." She mumbled quietly. Filling up the kettle, Hinata placed it on the stove and went to sit down at the table.

Several minutes passed in silence as Hinata waited for the water to boil. When the kettle began to whistle, she stood up slowly and walked over to pour herself a cup of tea. Taking the cup back to the table, she sat down and took a small sip of the hot liquid. Glancing up at the clock, she was pleased to note that Naruto would be coming home soon. Before she could stand up to put dinner on, the door opened and a rain drenched Naruto came walking in.

"Hinata, I'm home!" Naruto called out as he kicked off his shoes and dropped his jacket by the door. Grabbing the towel Hinata had left for him by the door, he dried off his hair the best he could as he walked into the kitchen. Seeing her at the table, he leaned down and gave her a small kiss. "How are you doing?" He asked, plopping down in the chair next to her.

"I'm fine." Hinata replied with a smile. "Would you like some dinner?"

"Nah, Kakashi treated us all to ramen since he lost some bet with Iruka." Naruto said. "So I'm stuffed."

Hinata shook her head. "Please tell me you didn't go too crazy. You remember last time right, you were sick for days after you ate all those bowls of ramen." She said.

"I only had seven bowls, so I'll be fine." Naruto replied with a grin. Watching Hinata take another sip of her tea, his smile softened. He brushed a strand of hair out of her face and nearly laughed as she blushed cutely. "You're so adorable." He said softly.

Rolling her eyes, Hinata smiled as her blush darkened.

The couple sat in comfortable silence for several more minutes until Naruto suddenly spoke up. "Did you go and see Baa-chan today?" He asked curiously.

"Yes I did." Hinata said, nodding her head.

When she didn't continue, Naruto raised an eyebrow in question. "Well, what did she say? How come you're so sick all the time?"

Hinata smiled at how naive Naruto could be sometimes. I mean, she'd known for awhile what was going on and only went to see Tsunade to make certain before telling him the good news. "Naruto…I'm pregnant." She said quietly.

"Oh, that's good. I was afraid you were really sick or som-…" Naruto trailed off and his eyes widened comically. He did nothing for several minutes, just continued to sit there with his eyes wide and unblinking until what Hinata had said finally sunk in completely. "You're pregnant?" He asked, just to make sure he'd heard her correctly.

Nodding her head, Hinata smiled.

"That's…fantastic!!" Naruto shouted as he jumped up, pulling Hinata from her seat and into his arms. "I'm going to be a daddy!" He said happily, bouncing around in joy.

As Hinata sat back down, she watched Naruto pull out a piece of paper and began to make notes. "What are you doing?" She asked.

"I'm making a list of possible names." Naruto muttered as the pencil continued to flow across the paper. "…Sara…Hana…Yun…hmm, I wonder if it'll be a boy or girl." He mumbled under his breath.

Shaking her head, Hinata simply smiled. 'I wonder when I should tell him we're having twins.' She thought as Naruto continued on with his list. 'Maybe tomorrow after dinner.'