SasuSaku Month 2015
(Late)
Day 21- Midlife Crises
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Title: I Want a Baby, Sasuke-kun!
Summary: Uchiha Sakura is around her twenties and her biological clock is ticking. She wants to be a mother and she won't take a no as an answer.
A/N: sorry for taking too long, guys... I was catching up with some animes lately and the studies are also killing me... I ask you to have patience with me and I hope you enjoy the 3rd moth of SasuSaku month XD I promise to finish these prompts soon, don't worry haha Enjoy! And don't forget my reviews!
As Uchiha Sakura looked at the mirror, all she saw was flatness. She saw shiny, tied up pink hair that reached the lowest part of her back, with bangs framing her pinkish cheeks and stunning green eyes decorating that whole pretty face of hers. She saw long legs and she saw pretty and soft kissable lips that almost every woman desires. She saw every single quality of a modern and beautiful woman in her own body but she also saw flatness. A flat and thin belly that many girls would kill to have and that was driving her insane for the past few weeks. There was no curve outlining that belly at that exact moment and there wouldn't be one for the next nine months either. All that flatness would still be there, haunting her and telling that twenty years old girl that she was wasting her time. Telling her that she was still not ready to follow her natural role as a woman. Telling her that she was still not pregnant. And that was unacceptable for the current pink haired Uchiha.
Even if her husband did not know about it, her maternal wishes had been working in overdrive in the past few months and she really wanted to be a mother. She had been looking at baby magazines and she had been feeling moody and whenever one of her friends appeared at the hospital to tell her the good news about what the near future awaited for them; the Uchiha girl couldn't help but feeling a bit of envy growing inside her heart. It was not like she wasn't happy or excited for her friends. She was excited and she was really looking forward to the day when the new generation would slowly start to open its eyes for the first time. She wanted to see the fruits of her friends' love stories, but just seeing them didn't make her satisfied at all. She wanted to be a part of that group of new mothers as well. She wanted to see the fruits of her own love story and she also wanted her own little piece of human to take care of. Sakura wanted to be a mother and to make a father out of that grumpy man she calls husband. She wanted to give him a family, but that was something she couldn't really do by herself.
For the grumpiest he could be, Sakura knew that one of Sasuke's objectives in life was rebuilding his so precious clan. She knew that as the newest leader of the clan and as the only one left with pure Uchiha blood, her husband would have to start spreading his genetics sooner or later. She knew it and her first instinct was feeling uncomfortable, for she did not want to be seen only as a breeder instead of a wife. It is true that Sakura feared having a baby in the first months after they got married for it would have proven that Sasuke had only done so for the sake of the Uchiha procreation. It would have proven that his love for her was not as sincere as she had thought, but when the first years passed and he hadn't even talked to her about having a baby, all of the girl's relief turned into an extreme anxiety. Sakura began to worry whether she would be good enough to bear his child or if he had simply lost his interest in her. She worried about not being his ideal kind of woman anymore; after all, the whole reconstruction of the Uchihas was starting to take too long for her own liking. Even if she had wanted a time to mature their love as a married couple, it didn't mean he had to take so long before starting anything. Her husband was getting too slow in their relationship. And she really wanted to speed him up a bit.
It was only when the Yamanaka girl announced she would be a mother too that Sakura lost all of the patience she had left. The fact that her social inept friend, Sai, had been faster than the almighty Uchiha Sasuke in impregnating his wife was simply driving her hormones insane. Naruto having a kid before them had already been hard to swallow, but when the painter also did it, then the pinkette felt like her reality was exploding. She could not accept that her husband was slower than Sai. She could not accept not being pregnant anymore after her best friend's announcement. She couldn't really accept not being pregnant anymore. And whether her husband approved it or not, Uchiha Sakura was about to make things her own way. She was going to have a baby. His baby. And there was nothing he could do to stop her.
With determination burning in her emerald eyes and with her hormones speaking louder than any other reasonable thought, the girl with pink hair started her hunt. Taking small steps towards his location and stopping just some meters away, the dominant female spotted her male partner doing what he usually does whenever he's relaxing at his natural habitat. Sasuke was wearing his comfortable black clothes, while sitting on the couch and reading one of the new books he had recently bought from the bookstore. His dark hair was still defying the laws of gravity and his prosthetic arm was still being tested. The specimen, indeed, seemed to be calm and quite entertained by the words written in that piece of paper, for his charcoal eyes wouldn't leave it even for a second. He seemed to be really relaxed at that moment, and a surprise attack would certainly be mortal if executed with perfection. It was time for her to start. It was start for that pinkette to attack the love of her life.
Taking one last deep breath, Sakura walked in the living room without really saying anything just focusing on her own body language. Her hips were moving slowly and her long hair was dancing around her back as she charmingly held a pose in front of her husband. Even if his eyes were still focused on the book, the Uchiha wife knew he had acknowledged her presence, and if her presumptions were correct, he had also taken note of how lovely she was and how much he wanted to have a baby with her. She hoped something would spontaneously light up inside of her husband, but unfortunately, just her presence still wasn't enough to make him lose control. Perhaps she would need to give him a little push.
"Uh… Sasuke-kun… Don't you think I am too thin?"
"Uh? What kind of question is this?" He said, still not taking his eyes away from the book. His obliviousness to the real meaning of her words would certainly cost him his life someday.
"You know… I just went to check myself and I've lost some weight. Don't you think I would look better if I was… a little fluffier?"
It was only when he finished the page that his eyes finally started to scan her body with full attention. For knowing that there was a meaning behind her words and also for remembering Naruto's advice regarding situations that involved wives and their weight, the male Uchiha knew that he had to be really careful with his answer. He had to choose his words wisely or her chakra focused fists would be the next thing pressed against his cheek. He had to play cool, or else, it would be game over for him.
" A little fluffier? No… You look perfect the way you are."
"Perfect? Don't you think I would look even more perfect if I were a little chubbier?"
His wife was persistent. Perhaps she was in that time of the month again. And whenever this time arrives, Sasuke knows that her chances of exploding are quite huge. One wrong word and it would be his end. That girl during her PMS is, certainly, an ambulant bomb.
"Definitely no. I think you have the best body among your friends, don't worry."
"My friends? So you keep looking at them?"
Her brows down and her eyes were expressing anger. Making comparisons had really been a terrible idea and it certainly could cost him some nights on the couch. Sakura was about to explode and only he could disarm that girl. Perhaps Sasuke would have to use his backup plan sooner than he had expected.
"Hn, It's not like that… It's just… I don't think you look fat at all. Wasn't it what you wanted to hear?"
"Fat? And who the hell said I'm fat?!"
The Sharingan holder had really used the forbidden F word, as Naruto likes to say. A woman during that period of the month really hates listening to that word, and even if it had drifted her attention away from the fact that her husband had compared her body to her friends', it had still been a terrible choice of words. Sakura was losing her patience. And soon, he was going to suffer the consequences.
"I didn't call you fat. I was just… trying to compliment your body."
"Hn." She pouted and her explosive face disappeared. At last, he had said something that worked. " You don't have to worry about saying what I want to hear, Sasuke-kun…"
"I don't?"
"Of course not… Tch, If I am asking you a question, It means I want your sincere opinion… It's not like I am going to make a big deal out of it."
"Are you sure?"
"one-hundred percent sure…"
"Hn… Okay then…"
"… Now, will you tell me what you really think? Do you think I am too thin for a woman in my age?"
Her sincere smile was warming up his chest and he finally realized that whatever Naruto had told him would certainly not apply to Sakura. She was not a normal girl. She was not that sensible and not that girly and she certainly doesn't need to hear what she wants in order to feel better. All she needs is his sincere opinion. And that was exactly what he was going to say. Unfortunately, his wife was not looking for that kind of opinion at that time.
"Hn… I think you have already gained some weight… It's not like you look uglier or anything like that but… It's going to be complicated for me to carry you around with only one arm, you know? So instead of gaining some weight, why not losing some, right?"
Sasuke had just made the worst mistake of his entire life. His wife was mad. She was certainly going to murder him after those words. Uchiha Sakura was about to explode. Never again she would try to use her delicate and discreet side to tell her husband anything.
Clenching her fists and twitching her lips, the pinkette was doing her best to control her blood thirst. Since she still wanted a baby, killing her husband before anything happened would be a terrible mistake. She would have to use her backup plan as well. She would have to do things her way and that was certainly going to be the hard way for the other Uchiha. She would show him who was the dominant in their relationship and she would show him that in the human species, women are stronger than men. Especially those who want so badly to have a baby. Sakura would make sure to grant her own maternal wish.
During those minutes of silence that arrived after her husband's sincerity, the former Haruno simply approached him and kneeled by his side. For his dark eyes had returned to his book, the girl was sure that her action hadn't bothered him at all. And she was right. The fact that she was right next to him and on the same height level didn't affect Sasuke at all. He was still reading his book, but it was not like she cared or anything like that. His opinion at that moment didn't matter anymore. The Uchiha girl was determined to do only what had to be done in order to generate a baby. And if things worked out, his reading wouldn't even be that disturbed.
With a pout on her lips and a pair of puffed cheeks, Uchiha Sakura slowly sat on her husband's lap. She found her way in between his chest and his arm, and while she adjusted her body in a delicate position, Sasuke couldn't help but getting even more confused than before. What was his wife doing? Was she feeling okay? Those were the main questions in his head, but even before he could try to spill them out, something prevented his mouth from opening. Something warm and soft and quite familiar to his lips as well. It was something he liked a lot and could only be given to him by his beautiful wife. It was an incredibly good yet unpredictable kiss that his wife was giving him. And even if it felt incredibly good, Uchiha Sasuke knew that there was more behind those tender pinky lips of hers.
"S-Sakura… What-?"
"Shhh…" She whispered close to his lips, as her hands slowly reached for the book in his hands. Even if she didn't want to bother his reading time, making a baby with that thing on his hands wouldn't work at all. " Just relax and let me take care of this, will you?"
Her voice was seductive and he didn't even notice when his reading object fell from his hands, for her own soft fingers were already intertwining his own. Sasuke saw how her eyelids were charmingly hiding her stunning emeralds from the world and how her sweet scent was slowly fulfilling his nostrils and messing with all of his senses. He could feel her warm body pressed against his own as they were both falling behind to meet the carpet. He could also feel his own body getting warm because of that mix of feelings his wife was causing him. He could feel his control slipping away as her tongue seductively asked for permission to meet his own while licking his lips. He could feel his desire begging him to follow his wife's delicious dance, but he knew he could not succumb to her charm that easily. Even if it all felt incredibly good and even if it felt incredibly right, Sasuke could not let her continue any longer. At least not until he discovered the real meaning behind her hypnotizing trick.
"Sakura… I-"
" I told you not to worry… It's going to be okay, S-A-S-U-K-E-KUN."
When his back was fully pressed against the carpet and his wife was currently trailing kisses around his neck, the male Uchiha decided to put an end to her whole act. He knew that if he let her continue any longer, not even his whole power would be enough to stop her. So, when her soft and ticklish hands slipped down his shirt, Sasuke made sure to hold both of them and carefully hold her whole body up and just some inches away from his. It was certainly a struggle to prevent that girl from falling over his chest. Sakura was putting all of her weight down in order to fall back to where she was, but as if in a miracle he managed to create a safe distance in between them so they could look into each other's eyes and talk like two polite people before resuming the frenetic dance their bodies were trapped in.
"What the hell are you doing, Sasuke-kun!?"
"me?! What the hell are You doing, Sakura?! Why did you start kissing me that suddenly?!"
"tch, can't a wife do this with her own husband?"
"knock it off! You're not that kind of wife!"
"Yes I am!"
"No you're not! Tell me what you're hiding behind it!"
" I am not hiding anything from you! Are you crazy?!"
"You bet I am not! Tell me already!"
"… I don't have to tell you everything, you know?"
"So there is a reason behind it!"
"Tch…"
"Spill it out already!"
" You don't need to know my reasons…"
"Of course I do!"
"No you don't…"
"Yes I do! I am in the middle of this if you haven't noticed."
"Hn… I think I kinda need you for this…"
"For this? And what on earth is this?!"
"…. Nothing" She pouted and for the first time her eyes looked away from his own. Perhaps all of that determination of hers had, finally, ended.
"Sakura… If you don't want me to trap you in a genjutsu for a whole month, you better tell me the truth right now."
"B-But.. I…"
"Sakura…"
He activated his sharingan and glared threateningly at her. At that moment, she knew he was not joking. At that moment she knew her husband was really pissed for not knowing what was going on and sh also knew he was not bluffing about the genjutsu thing. Once again, Sasuke had won their little argument. Once again he had managed to take the truth from her delicate and soft lips.
"Tch… I hate it when you do this."
"Hn. Say it."
"… Do I really have to?"
"Sakura!"
"Fine! I want a baby, Sasuke-kun!"
"What?"
The male Uchiha wasn't expecting that at all. He could have never imagined those words coming out from her mouth in such a sudden and rushed way like that. Her puffed cheeks were looking like two big red tomatoes and her eyes were childishly widened. Her hands were shaking and his hands also started to shake until his strength disappeared from them and he released his wife so she could fall face first over his chest. The impact was not strong and even if it had been Sasuke wouldn't have really noticed. He was still shocked at her words. He was still shocked at how eagerly she had decided to start anything and he was still shocked by the fact that his wife wanted to have a baby with him. He was shocked and surprised and definitely happy with the news. He was amazed to know she wanted to create that kind of living bond with him. The bond that can never be broken. The bond that will last an eternity. The bond that will turn them into parents. And that was the kind of bond he wouldn't want to share with any other person that is not the pink haired girl.
After all of that information finally settled around his brain, the male Uchiha's attention completely returned to his wife. She was currently sitting on his belly while her big bright eyes were aiming at her own nervous fingers. A blush was still spread on her cheeks and that childish pout was still playing in her lips. Sakura was certainly a cute girl at that moment and he was sure she would be an even cuter mother. She was going to be a perfect mother, he knew. Still, there was only one thing he didn't know at that exact moment: why such an impulsive action from her? Why didn't she say anything before literally kissing his lips and pinning him against the floor? Why not discussing about it like a normal couple? It was not like he would scold her or get angry or anything like that. It was not like he would refuse such beautiful idea.
With his fingers placed over the bones of her hips and making circular movements over her skin, the male Uchiha managed to make her forest green eyes look straight at him. In his lips, a tender smile was being offered to his wife and in his eyes the softest of the expressions she has ever seen in her whole life. He was certainly not mad anymore. He was certainly not going to trap her in a genjutsu anymore and she felt relieved for that. Still, she knew he wanted some answers. And since he already knew basically everything, Uchiha Sakura was definitely going to explain her husband everything.
" Why do you suddenly wish to have a baby, Sakura?"
"It's just that… that… it's just that I want to give you a family, Sasuke-kun… I want to give you what you once lost."
"… Hn, but why now? Why not wait longer? I thought you still wanted to wait or something…"
"wait? no! Maybe at first but… I am already twenty, Sasuke-kun! I am getting old and I am getting closer to death!"
"What?! This is insane! You're still young, Sakura. You still have your whole life in front of you."
" A whole life? Tch… I am a jounin, Sasuke-kun. The life expectance of a jounin is not that high and there is also my biological clock and… Who knows for how long I will still be fertile?! Who knows for how long you will-"
She stopped. She swallowed her words and bit her lower lip. All of that excitement and anxiety and doubts had certainly dug something from her insides that she hadn't planned on sharing with him. It was something she liked to keep for herself and something she would never say out loud. It was her own little secret. Too bad he had already heard the beginning of it.
" For how long I what?"
"…"
"Sakura. If we are really gonna have a baby, you can't hide anything from me."
"But-"
"Say it."
After a brief moment, the girl sighed. There was really no use in trying to fool her husband.
" Tch… Who knows for how long you will… still love me."
"…"
"It's not like I am doubting your love, Sasuke-kun… It's just that I don't know if I will always be able to make you happy… I don't know if I will always be good enough…"
"…"
"It's like… What if you end up falling in love with another girl? What if you end up regretting having married me? What if I can't give you any kids?! I don't want to be a burden and I.. I-"
After some seconds of senseless words, his wife's voice got lost in his own thoughts. That girl was a really silly wife, he knew. How could she ever doubt herself after so long? How could she still not know something he had discovered a long time ago? His chances of finding a new love were lower than zero for his heart was completely taken by that girl that was pouting and sitting on his belly. She had already stolen all of his glances and all of his attention. She was the right girl for him and he knew that he would always be happy by her side, especially after becoming the father of her child. Sasuke would be the happiest man alive when that happens and Sakura was the only one that could make it happen. No other woman would ever be worthy of being an Uchiha. No other woman would ever have what it takes to be a part of his clan. No other woman would ever be loved enough to become his wife. And that was what made her the only candidate to be the mother of their kid. She was going to give him a family to call his own. She was going to give him even more love and she was going to make a father out of him. And if that wasn't enough to make his heart beat faster for the next nine months, then nothing else would. No one else would.
"- then you will probably find a girl younger than me and that doesn't have pink hair or a wide forehead or green eyes that can be passed to the next Uchihas… And-"
"This won't happen."
"Uh?"
"I told you…" He lifted his torso a bit so his lips could be on the same level as hers. His eyes were intimately connected to hers and his right hand was already climbing up her back. " I won't ever fall in love with another girl."
"But-"
"No buts… I told you already that you're the only one, Sakura. No other woman will ever bear my child."
"Sasuke-kun…"
In a fast move, the male Uchiha pulled her closer in a kiss and quickly made sure to twist their bodies so he could be on top of her. His dark locks were making contact with her red cheeks and his eyes could perfectly see her messy hair spread over the floor. That was certainly a better view from the woman that was going to become a mother. The woman that would share a family with him.
" I would love to see pink haired kids walking around the house… I would love to see you in every single one of them."
"Them!? H-How many kids are we talking about?"
"I don't know… The more the better, right?"
"Uh? But Sasuke-kun, I-"
He kissed her again, preventing the words to come out from her mouth. It was his time to talk. It was his time to show her he also wanted to become a father.
"You will look incredibly stunning with a pregnant bump, Sakura."
The End.