Hello!
First off I would like to apologize for the lateness and also the CRAPPY ENDING in the previous chapter. It was so... fluffy and weak. I don't like endings like that and I hate myself for writing such crap.
Ok, now enjoy.
ANNOUNCEMENT AT THE END
Cause&Effect
Chapter 21:
You Need To Get Serious
Saturday, December 25: 5:26p.m. - Uzumaki Home
"Ok, you have to understand that that was not planned. Ok? It's not like I walked in there and said 'Hey lets have an emotional make up and have a giddy little bang." Naruto laughed nervously as he stared at his older brother. The redhead had been informed by a certain long haired blonde that his little brother had a little 'spat' with a certain duck butt Uchiha. "Don't give me that shit! I told you before that you shouldn't go around having sex like that. Especially with Sasuke."
"What the hell is so bad about me having sex with Sasuke?" Gaara rolled his eyes, then squeezed them shut. "There isn't anything wrong with it. I just want to know that you are really thinking things through." Gaara stepped a little closer to the blonde. "You are pregnant. You are sixteen years old. You are in a bad situation, whether you realize it or not. Having sex with your best friend is a very teenage thing to do. You need to grow up before that baby comes along."
Naruto stared deep into the green eyes staring at him while he chewed on his lip. Maybe he was right. He had been thinking about it since he found out that he was pregnant, but to actually hear it flat out like that freaked him out. He did need to grow up in a few short months. He needed to get things in order for the sake of his baby. "I know, Gaara. I just... Sasuke is someone I know I can depend on. He said he would be there. It just all got to my head and we just took things a little fast. B-but it wasn't like a one nightstand or anything. We're kind of together now."
"God, you scare me." The elder sighed walking past the younger. "Don't think things are going to get easier just because you and Sasuke are together." With that Gaara left the room. Naruto stared at the empty space that had once contained his brother. He rolled his eyes and leaned against his bedroom wall, placing a hand on his slightly bulging stomach. "I'm sorry." He whispered. He wasn't sure what exactly he was apologizing for. There was plenty of things he could apologize for to this barely formed life. Perhaps it was his emotional break down he had when he first found out about the pregnancy. Maybe it was the constant thought in the back of his head that said he should just get an abortion and get on with his life as a normal teenager. Maybe it was the fact that he was nowhere near ready to be a mother for this child.
"Naruto! Get your little blonde butt down here!" He couldn't help but smile when he heard his uncle Kakashi's voice echo up the stares. "Coming!" He quickly pushed the thoughts behind him and scurried downstairs. He could smell Iruka's cooking already and his mouth began to water. He stepped into the kitchen with glazed eyes as he stared at the half ready feast in front of him. "Is dinner ready?"
"Not yet." Iruka chimed with a smile as he stirred in some unknown ingredients to what Naruto was sure was his chocolate cherry cake. "I just wanted to know if you wanted creme corn or peas." Naruto stepped in further and leaned against the counter staring down all the food. "I don't care. Whatever makes this food hit the table faster." The brunette chuckled. "So why didn't Pein come?" Naruto asked. (A/N: remember I made Pein Kakashi and Iruka's son... O.o) "Oh, it would seem that he he got a little too into the Christmas spirit and snuck some of the alcoholic eggnog we had out, and by a little I mean a good six or seven glasses. The little bad ass came downstairs with a hangover. So he is grounded." The blonde chuckled and picked at the vegetables that were sitting out.
"So, how are you feeling?" Iruka asked to break the silence that had began to creep up on them. Naruto pursed his lips and hummed softly as he thought. "Fine now. I'm still a little tired from the shot but nothing to bad." The brunette paused with a smile. "You're doing the shots, huh?" He turned and started stirring something he had cooking on the stove. "I envy you. Back when I was pregnant with Pein, they only had the pills available at the free clinic." He sighed. "Those things had to be made by demons." Naruto laughed. "Yeah. Tsunade put me on the pills at first, but I got kind of sick and my body didn't except the hormone." The older man nodded. "Yes, that can happen sometimes."
Naruto watched as he Iruka glided around the kitchen continuing to make the feast grow. He admired Iruka. This man, as well as Kakashi, had survived it all. It amazed him to know that at one point Iruka was in his situation. "Hey, Iruka?" The brunette turned with a hum. "Hmm, yes?"
"How did you and Kakashi get through things when you got pregnant?" It was a question he needed to ask. He was sure there was some divine secret that only Iruka knew that made it possible to grow happily from a situation like this. Iruka examined Naruto's face, pulling out his motherly instincts to read the expression. He sighed. "Naruto, you don't have to be scared." The blonde's head shot up from the counter top that he had been staring at. "What are you talking about?"
"It's written all over your face. You're scared shitless over what could or could not happen after you have your baby." Naruto nodded. "Yeah... pretty much. I'm mean, I don't know what I'm going to do. I really want to be a good mother to this baby. I want him or her to have a good life. I just don't know how to make that happen, you know. I think I can figure out the basic things like when to feed it and what to do if it gets sick, but I don't know how to give a kid good advice or how to teach them to be good people. I don't know how to answer all those weird little questions they like to ask all the time. I don't-"
"Naruto, calm down." The brunette placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders and stared deep into his eyes. "First thing you will learn after having this baby is that everything comes naturally... well almost everything. As you go along, all the advice and lessons you could ever teach your child just come to you. It's the secret all moms have up their sleeves. You'll get it too." He smiled releasing the blonde from his grip. "What else is on your mind, kid?" He smirked leaning over the counter like Naruto had done a few moments ago.
Naruto looked up at him. "What am I supposed to do about school and money and stuff like that?" Iruka nodded. "Ah, now that is the hard stuff to figure out." He sighed. "Well, what did you do?" The blonde asked.
"You see, Me and your Uncle Kakashi had been dating for three years when we were in college. We were sharing a one bedroom apartment with the cheapest rent possible and we both had part time jobs and of course we had our classes throughout the day. We did struggle from time to time, but we managed. We were always happy, and madly in love like we are now." Naruto smiled at that. "So, when I found myself pregnant, neither of us really thought about what needed to be done. We just saw it as the two of us having a baby, nothing would be different. Just a little baby with us.
"After I had Pein... that is when we really started to struggle. I couldn't work because I had to take care of Pein, and I had gotten behind in all of my classes. It was hell for a while. Kakashi had to pick up double shifts because we had given the rent late three months in a row. We were so stressed. We started drifting further and further from each other. I was always too tired or to busy with Pein to spend any necessary time with Kakashi. The only time we talked was when we were screaming at each other.
"We decided that that was not the way we wanted to raise our son; with two screaming parents who were ready to kill each other. We had to become grownups that day, for the sake of our son. We made our first REAL adult decision. We decided that we would drop out of school, put our dreams on the back burner for a while so we could focus on our child. It did get better. Kakashi was able to get better shifts and we could spend time together as a family. We were happy again, with our son." He looked at Naruto. "The point of it is, is that you need to think about those things completely. You don't want to be like me and wait until after your baby is born to get serious and plan things out. You could go to the 'Mommy and Me' counseling center. They have classes for expecting mothers that can help you along with those decisions."
Naruto's lip quivered. He wasn't sure if he could do it. Iruka and Kakashi were strong. He wasn't. There were just too many things he needed to do, to think about. He put his hands over his face and sighed deeply. "You're going to be ok, Naruto. Your dad told me that he is getting this Sai guy to pay child support. If you have to you can use that to provide for your baby for a while before you get a job." A jolt went up Naruto's spine and his stomach twisted. He was trying not to think about Sai. He wished he had never met the bastard.
"Iruka can I ask you something?" He asked as the brunette turned to open the oven and check on his chicken. "You can ask me anything." He smiled. Naruto nodded. "What do you do... when you don't know who the father is?" Iruka froze with wide eyes. Suddenly the feelings he had had when people found out that he was pregnant. He was being judged, he was sure. "O-oh, well... then you would have to get a DNA test after the baby is born..." The older man's face softened slightly and he whispered so that the others in the living room wouldn't hear the conversation. "Naruto, do you not know who the father of your baby is?"
The blonde played with his fingers. Maybe saying he didn't know who the father was would just complicate things even more. He didn't need anymore complication. "Yeah, I know Sai is the father. I was just wondering." He smiled. Iruka nodded and continued to cut up the vegetables "So tell me, what other fun things have you been up to?"
"I can answer that!" Gaara said bouncing into the room and putting his arm around his little brother. "Or maybe I can call Sasuke and ask him to explain every... little... detail." Naruto pushed his brother away with a glare. "Shut up. It is none of your business."
"My my, did you and that little Uchiha boy get into trouble?" Iruka asked. Gaara smirked. "They got into something."
"Gaara, can you just shut up. I don't go around spouting all the shit that you and Itachi do." The redhead laughed mockingly and patted the his brother on the head. "That's because you don't know anything that happens between me and Itachi." Naruto pouted.
"Alright you two." The brunette scolded. "Calm down. It's Christmas. We can't have any trouble on Christmas. Got it?" The two teens looked up at the older man and sighed. "Yeah, yeah." Gaara rolled his eyes and walked back into the living room with Kakashi and his dad.
Iruka slipped on his oven mitts and opened up the oven to pull out the chicken that had been cooking to perfection. He sat it on top of the stove and immediately everyone was at the entrance to the kitchen staring at it with wide eyes and drool coming off of their chins. "I-Is dinner ready, darling?" Kakashi asked sweetly. The brunette crossed his arms and stood in front of Gaara, Minato, and his husband with a stern look. "I need to set the table, you three just go back and sit on the couch and wait. It's not like you're starving." He rolled his eyes and turned, beginning to ready the food to go to the table.
The three men at the entrance all seemed to pout together as they trudged back to the couch. Once Naruto and Iruka finished setting the table they all sat down together to the feast that Iruka has expertly created. "Let's eat!" Iruka smiled and they all started grabbing random bowls and plates of food to fill their plates. "Oh my god!" Gaara moaned loudly when he took a bite of Iruka's chicken. He loved this chicken more than anything in the world, and the fact that he was able to have it last night for dinner at the family Christmas, and was now indulging again was just too much for him to handle.
Kakashi peeked across the table at his two nephews with a smile. "So you two, how's school been going?" Both Gaara and Naruto looked up from stuffing their faces. The red head was the first to speak. "Fine. I've been getting a lot of tutoring lately so I can get into get into a good college. It's going good I guess." Kakashi smiled and glanced at Naruto who had started eating again while his brother talked. The blonde glanced up when he felt his uncle's eyes on him. "Oh, um, it's going good for me too."
"Well it's good to see that you're staying strong at this time in your life." Naruto flashed a large grin and couldn't help but question what Kakashi said. Staying strong? Was he really? He certainty wasn't freaking out like he had been when he first found out. A few break downs, but nothing that anyone in his place wouldn't do. He didn't feel like he deserved to be called strong. He wasn't ready to be strong. In all honesty he had been ignoring the questions his mind bubbled up for a while. He wanted to get serious and become an adult before the baby came, but he didn't know how. Was there some button you could push to turn on maturity?
He thought of what Iruka said to him. He said the day he and Kakashi had become real adults was when they decided to drop of college so the could take care of Pein and be a happy family. It seemed so simple, but it took a lot of heart ache and fighting to get to that point. Naruto sighed at the thoughts that seemed to be in war times. He needed to think it through. He was determined to become an adult before this baby came. He had to. No matter what his baby came first.
"Naruto?" The young blonde jumped slightly when he heard his father's voice. He looked over to his dad and gave him a questioning look. "What?" Minato put a spoon of corn into his mouth and spoke while he chewed. "Are you alright? You looked kind of spacey for a minute there." Naruto chuckled, flashing his foxy grin once again. "Oh, I was just thinking." They all continued with their catching up conversation and occasionally the room would erupt with drunken laughter after Kakashi and Minato had a bit too much of Kakashi's special eggnog. After they opened presents and said their good nights Naruto was the first to head to bed.
He trudged slowly up the stairs with his hand on his slightly protruding stomach. He had eaten enough for not only two, but a whole army he was sure. He walked into his bedroom closing the door behind him and immediately shed his clothes. He dug through his dresser for a loose shirt and sweat pants. After putting them on he flopped onto his bed and pulled the comforter over his stomach. He breathed in deeply letting his eyes close for a moment, then exhaled all the chaos that currently was taking over his brain.
Early July. That is when Tsunade had said the baby was due. He had a little less than seven months to get ready to do this, and do it right. He thought over every little detail in his mind, keeping his hand on his lower stomach to remind him who this was for. Money is what needed to come first. He needed to get a job. Any job at all, as long as he could have money for his baby. He rolled over onto his side and looked at the neon letters that glowed in his dimly lit room. It was only eleven at night. He was sure the Uchiha would still be awake. He needed to call in a favor.
He reached over the edge of the bed and picked up his half dead cell phone that had been laying there for a couple of days and scrolled through his contacts. He pressed the send button and held the phone to his ear. A few rings signaled off before he heard a deep voice on the other line. "Yes, Blondie, how may I help you?" Itachi cooed.
Wednesday, December 29: 11:43a.m. - Sasuke's Car (on the way to the hospital)
"You want to work with Itachi and Deidara?" Sasuke questioned after Naruto told him of his plan he had made to get a job at the coffee shop where the two worked. "I mean, do you have any idea what too frequent exposure to those two can do to you?" The blonde smiled and leaned a little closer to his boyfriend. "Well I need a job and I know Itachi loves me enough to pull some strings so I can get a job there. I mean, it's the least he could do after he told Gaara that me and you had sex." Sasuke looked over at the blonde. "Was your brother not ok with it or something?"
"Well, he said he was ok with us being together, but he's just a little freaked out that I'm not being serious about stuff. He said having sex while I'm in this situation," He gestured to his stomach that was nicely disguised under one of his dad's sweatshirts. "is a very teenage thing to do. So I want to prove him wrong. I have everything planned out, and the first step of getting ready for this baby is getting a job." Sasuke smirked at the determination on his blonde's face. "What's the second step?"
"Moving out of my dad's house and getting an apartment" The raven nearly slammed on the breaks when what Naruto said processed in his mind. "What? What do you mean you're moving out of your house? You can't move out of your house. Are you insane? I think you're getting a little ahead of yourself."
"No, Sasuke. I need to live on my own." Sasuke kept a slight glare as he concentrated on the road. Was he serious? He was happy that Naruto felt the need to get things straitened out but there were things that the raven was sure Naruto was not thinking through all the way. "Well what about school, huh? Are you gonna drop out?" he was hoping the answer was no. "I was thinking about it. It would make more sense." Sasuke whipped his head around to the blonde. "What the hell is wrong with you?" He yelled suddenly. "Did you tell your dad about any of this?" Naruto stared at the raven with wide eyes. "Why the hell are you yelling?" He asked as he felt tears threaten to swell in his eyes. The suddenly heated raven ignored the look of hurt in the others face. "I'm not yelling! Did you talk your dad before you made this master plan of yours?" Naruto looked down, not wanting to see the unfamiliar anger that was taking over Sasuke's face. "Not really, but it-"
"Naruto, you can't make all these decisions by yourself! You can't just decided to move out and drop out of school! Especially without talking about it with your dad." Naruto felt the tears roll over his face. Sasuke had never yelled at him in anger before, and the fact that what he was saying was making him feel like an insignificant child with no brain didn't help. "Yes I can! I'm having a baby, Sasuke! A BABY! A little person that I am responsible for. I can make my own decisions!" He tried to yell, but it came out as a cracked sob. Sasuke only now noticed the tears and immediately felt guilty. He knew Naruto was in a fragile state and he just verbally through him down.
"You're such a jerk." Naruto turned away from Sasuke and stared out the window. Sasuke sighed and slowly reached over and grabbed Naruto's hand, weaving their fingers together. "I'm sorry." He brought the blonde's hand to his lips and kissed it gently. "I just... maybe Gaara isn't the only one who is a little worried about you , you know. I didn't mean to yell like that." Naruto sniffled a little and wiped his face with his free hand. "No, it's fine. I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but I just don't want to make any important decisions too late." Sasuke nodded. "I know, just talk to someone else about this stuff too." Naruto nodded and sunk into the seat.
The blonde stared at his and Sasuke's hand as they were intertwined together between them. The raven was stroking the upper part of Naruto's hand with his thumb as he focused on the snowy road. "Thanks for coming with me." The blonde mumbled. Sasuke glanced over with a smile. "No need to thank me. I like going with you. Besides, you said you're going to find out if the baby is a boy or a girl." Naruto smiled. "Yeah, but she's going to put a huge needle in my stomach." He groaned. Tsunade had said she needed to make sure the baby was coming along ok, so she needed to do a scan like always, and do a test that checked for any genetic disorders that could have developed.
When they got to the hospital Naruto suddenly latched onto Sasuke's jacket and nuzzled his face into the raven's sleeve to hide his already freezing nose from the cold. As soon as they entered the waiting room the receptionist told them to have a seat and that Tsunade would be out to get them in a moment. "Do you want to get something to eat after this?" Sasuke asked, staring down at the blonde who still had his face buried in his sleeve. Naruto looked up with a smile. "Yeah, I'm starving..."
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow as he looked down at his boyfriend who had shoved his face back into the raven's sleeve. He had no idea why, but he liked it. He smiled and kissed the top of the blonde locks. After ten minutes of waiting Tsunade finally came out. "Hey there you two." She smiled as they both stood and followed her back to her examination room. "How have you been feeling Naruto? Have you been getting sick at all?" The young blond shook his head 'no'. "I've felt alright." She nodded and opened the door to her examination room and let the two in before herself. "Are the symptoms of the shots gotten any worse? Tiredness? Cravings?"
"Mood swings." Sasuke mumbled and sat down in the chair next to the examining bed. "I do not have mood swings! You have mood swings, Mr. I'm Going To Verbally Attack Naruto For No Reason." Sasuke rolled his eyes. "You know what that was about. Don't make it sound like I had no reason to yell at you." The blonde glared and turned away from Sasuke with a pout. "Whatever." Sasuke sunk further in his chair. "Yeah, whatever." Tsunade looked on amused with the display in front her. "Well then, I'm guessing you two have finally come to your senses and got together, am I right?" She giggled and patted the bed, signaling for Naruto to hop on. The young blonde blushed slightly. "Yeah, how'd you know?" She sat down on her own special doctor's chair and scooted closer to the machine. "It's not that hard to tell. For one, Sasuke has that glimmer of accomplishment when he looks at you, and plus you were practically glued to him when I came out into the waiting room."
"Oh." The young blonde slid up still not wanting to look at Sasuke. "Lift your shirt, please." She hummed while turning on her machine and squirting the warm blue goo onto Naruto's baby bump. "Alright, I'm just going to do a quick scan before I do the CVS." Naruto nodded and watched as the screen came to life. It was blank at the moment, but he still didn't want to take his eyes off of it because he knew the image of his baby would pop up as soon as Tsunade put that little scanner thing to his abdomen. Sasuke on the other hand continued to look between the screen and Naruto. He wanted to see the baby too, but his favorite part of these scans was Naruto's reaction. It was slightly different every time, but it made his chest tingle when he saw the blonde's eyes light up.
"Alright, here we go." The blonde woman smiled and placed the cylinder shaped device right under Naruto's belly button and moved around trying to find a good angle. "There we go. The baby seems to be in good shape. It looks like you uterus is adapting well to the hormones from your shots, which I trust you are taking everyday?" Naruto glanced at her and nodded before gluing his eyes back to the screen. He has gotten scans almost every two weeks. The changes were hard to see if you hadn't memorized every little detail of the previous sonogram picture. The baby had grown a lot and it was easier to make out the limps. The young blonde smiled.
"Hey, look at that." Sasuke chuckled softly scooting his chair closer to the bed and pointing to the screen. "It looks like the baby is sucking its thumb." Both Naruto and Tsunade looked at it with a small laugh. It was too cute. The raven looked at Naruto's face. That glimmer was held in his eyes like always. "Whoa!" Naruto gasped when the little figure on the screen moved its little arm suddenly. "D-did you see that?" Sasuke stared wide eyed unable to find words. The blonde woman giggled slightly at their reactions. "It seems the baby is experimenting with movement in there."
"But I didn't feel anything." Naruto said. "Well, of course not. Its still too small for you to feel it. You might start feeling the movement in another month or so." The blonde seemed to pout slightly as he looked down at his stomach. "I'm assuming you want a print?" Tsunade asked. Naruto smiled from ear to ear. "Yes please." She stood up from her chair. "Ok. I'll be right back and then we can get on with the test." She grabbed a few folders off of the counter near the door before she turned back. "Don't wipe that goop off yet." She closed the door leaving the two in silent.
Sasuke saw how Naruto focused on the ceiling, obviously refusing to make eye contact with the raven. He knew Naruto was mad at him, not enough to start fighting again, or to think about breaking up, but enough to act like a stubborn kid. Sasuke sighed loudly and placed an elbow on the edge of the bed using his hand to support his chin. He was just gonna wait until Naruto had another mini mood swing and he was just over the little tiff in the car. He sighed again, reaching over to Naruto's belly and swooshing the goop around with his finger. The blonde looked down from the ceiling when he felt the long pale hand begin to invade his face. He glared at the bored looking Uchiha who seemed more interested in the goop and flicked him hard on the ear.
"Ow!" Sasuke hissed pulling his hand away and holding his pained ear. "Why the hell did you do that?" Naruto wiggled slightly to make himself more comfortable before he glared again at his boyfriend. "Don't touch my goo." Sasuke rolled his eyes and sat back in his chair. "You are such a dobe." The blonde felt his face tighten in anger. He was becoming easier and easier to annoy. "If you're so miserable, why don't you just go home." The raven lifted his hands in the air in a surrendering gesture and stood up. "Fine. Maybe I will." Before he could take one step Naruto grabbed his arm. "No!" He yelled, yanking the Uchiha with all his might back into his seat. "I wasn't serious. I'm just a little mad, you shouldn't take what I say so seriously." He said shaking his head like he thought Sasuke was the dumbest person alive. "You're so sensitive, Sasuke."
"I'm sensitive? You're the one who-" Naruto quickly covered Sasuke's mouth to stop him. "Choose your words very carefully. You should know by my nightly phone calls that I haven't been sleeping very well. Pair that with those damned shots and the fact that I am about to have a needle shoved into my stomach where my baby is living peacefully in a few minutes can make me very... on edge." Sasuke wouldn't admit it if you asked him, but Naruto was rather scary looking at the moment. He quickly nodded and smiled sweetly. The blonde withdrew his hand from the raven's mouth and laid back on the bed, trying to relax himself. "Now just be quiet and try not to annoy me anymore." He added. Sasuke just rolled his eyes. Naruto was becoming high maintenance.
"Ok," Tsunade walked in with an envelope that contained the print and a small package that contained a long needle. She walked over and sat everything on the bed next to Naruto and picked up the scanner again. "Now you are going to have to hold very still for this." Naruto to a deep breath and nodded. The woman rolled the object over the blondes stomach looking for a good place of entry. When she found a spot here she was sure the needle wouldn't get to the baby or the placenta she grabbed the package and opened it revealing the longest needle Naruto had ever seen. "I'm just going to go into the uterus with this needle and collect some fluid. It will only take a few seconds.
"When can we know if it's a boy or a girl?" Sasuke asked. "Well, first this sample will go to the lab and be tested for any genetic disorders, and they will also look for a gender, but this usually takes about a week to do." She picked up the scanner again and laid it over Naruto's stomach. "Hold still she said again, keeping her eye on the screen so she could watch where the needle went. Naruto quickly shoved his hand out to Sasuke, silently screaming for him to hold it. The raven held his boyfriends hand between his and stroked it gently. The blonde squeezed his eyes shut as tight as he possibly could, trying to send a mental message to his baby not to move either.
Tsunade carefully inserted the needle into Naruto's abdomen, then turned to the screen, slowly pushing it in while she watched it come into view on the screen. Once she was sure it was in the right spot she sat the scanner down carefully and pulled up on the cap of the needle, watching as the liquid filled the tube. Once there was enough she pulled it out carefully and put the protective covering on it. "All done with that." Naruto opened his eyes and stared down at his stomach to see a small bead of blood that was quickly wiped away by Tsunade as she cleaned to goo off and and taped a bandage over the entry wound, then pulled his shirt down. "Everything is all good. Do you have any questions?"
"No." The blonde said as he sat up, letting go of Sasuke's hand. "Well then," She said standing up. I'll send this out right now, and I'll make you an appointment for sometime next week." He nodded to her with a smile and watched as she left the room. "Are you alright?" Sasuke asked standing up. "Yeah, I'm fine. Can you drop me off at home?"
"I thought you wanted to get something to eat." The blonde shook his head. "No. I'm gonna talk to my dad... about everything. You're right. I need to talk to him about what I want to do. It would probably be better if I did. I'm sure he is a smart man to some degree." He giggled and grabbed the print that lay on the end of the bed. "Good." Sasuke said as they walked slowly to the door.
Wednesday: 2:13p.m. - Uzumaki Home
Naruto opened the front door and stepped in, shedding his jacket. "Hey Princess, did your appointment go well?' Gaara asked from the couch. "Yeah. Is Dad still here?" The red head nodded. "Yeah. He's upstairs. He's leaving pretty soon, so if you need something, you better get it from him now." The blonde was already heading upstairs before he heard all of what Gaara said. He was feeling rather confident at the moment, so there were no limits to what he could tell his father. At this point he wanted to tell him everything about his plans, and about the 'father situation'. He got to his father's bedroom door and knocked, breathing slowly, hoping it would calm him down.
The door swung open and Minato was met by the slightly uncomfortable stare of his youngest son. "Hey, bud, how'd your appointment go? Did Tsunade do the CVS?"
"Uh, yeah. She said I can get the results in a week or so." The older blonde nodded as he began to adjust his tie in the mirror. "Maybe I can go with you next time. I haven't had a chance to head over there with you yet."
"Yeah. That sounds cool." Naruto stood there suddenly feeling a tightening in his stomach. He thought he was going to throw up or something, bu ignored it. He needed to talk to his dad. He needed his input on his plan so he knew he wasn't going to fuck up his and his baby's life. That would that last thing he wanted. "Hey dad, I need to talk to you... about a lot of stuff." Minato glanced over with a smile. "Well I need to leave for work in about five minutes, so do you want to wait until I get back?"
"No. I need to talk to you now." The older blonde saw the look in his son's eyes and decided that whatever it was was important enough for him to be a little late for work. "Alright. Go ahead." Naruto took another deep breath. He could do this. "Ok. Well, um, you know how I'm pregnant and everything." Minato cocked an eyebrow. "uh-huh."
"Ok. You see, I've made plans, for me and the baby." Minato nodded. "Ok, that's good. That's very good. I'm glad you're taking responsibility." The young blonde smiled. This wasn't going to be so hard. "Yeah, I just thought I should talk to you about everything, you know. Sasuke said it was a good idea so, um yeah."
"Ok, then what are you're plans?"
"Well, um first thing is to get a job, which I did."
"You got a job?"
"Y-yeah, Itachi kind of owed me a favor and he got me a job at the coffee shop. I start on Monday, after school. That way I can make some money and you know, move out." Minato nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'm sure in a few years you'll have enough saved up for you to get a nice place after you graduate."
"Well, um... I was planning on moving out and getting an apartment before I had the baby... and dropping out of school after its born." It got quiet. Too quiet for Naruto's liking. A chill went up his spine when he saw an unsettling smile come across and a deep chuckle came from the deep parts of his throat. The young blond had the urge to run out of the room and hide under his bed like he did when he was little and got in trouble. "Dad?" He took a step closer to the silent man. "Oh, Naruto. I think you should hold off on all of that." He said obviously trying to hold back a bit of venom. "No, dad. I have this all planned and this is what I want to do." Minato scoffed. "I really don't care what you want. You are not leaving this house until you are eighteen, and I'll be dead before the thought of you dropping out of school passes anyone's mind."
"How the hell am I supposed to take care of a kid if I'm going to school? It would be easier if-" The older blonde quickly cut him off. "Easy? You think dropping out of school and moving out will make raising a kid easy?" Stood closer to Naruto, glaring down on his son. "Let me tell you something, there is not one damned thing anyone in this world could do to make raising a kid easy, especially someone is sixteen years old. Do you have any idea what you are in for?"
"Yes! I know it's going to be hard. Harder than anything else I have ever done in my entire life, but I want to do it my way. No matter how old I am, or what circumstances I find myself in, this is MY kid and I know how I want to raise it."
"Either way, Naruto, YOU are MY kid and I have have control over you for the next two years. Just because you are pregnant doesn't give you an automatic mature adult who is capable of making their own decision."
"But think about it, dad! It would be better for everyone if I moved out! Do you really want a screaming baby here?" His dad rolled his eyes. "A crying baby isn't going to bother me! You cried all the time! And what would you do if you lived all by yourself? Huh? If the baby got sick and I or Gaara wasn't right there to help you, then what?"
"It's not like I can't call you!" Minato sighed deeply and stared at his son. When had he become so stupid? "Naruto..." He spoke calmer. "You are too young to live on your own. You have your job with Itachi, and that's good. It's good way to start providing for your baby, but the money you get from that will not be enough to pay rent of any decent apartment, as well as buy food and pay for utilities. Not to mention everything the baby will need. You won't have enough money. You need to stay here until you can safely go on your own." Naruto's eye brows furrowed together. "Yeah, but I'll have help with money. Sasuke said he would help out!" The older blonde could feel his muscles tense. He wanted to take a hammer and beat some sense into that blonde head in front of him."That's very nice of Sasuke to offer, but you shouldn't expect him to do that. He isn't the father."
"He could be!" Immediately Naruto's eyes rolled towards the ceiling, cursing himself for letting that fall from his mouth. He knew his dad would flip out at this point if he knew. "Excuse me?" Minato asked raising his eyebrows in a questioning manner. "What the hell do you mean he could be?" What the hell was he supposed to do now? No. Nope. There was no turning back now. If his dad lost his mind and decided to send him sailing into the Bermuda Triangle, then so be it. "Well... There is a possibility... that Sasuke... just might be... sort of... ish... kind of... the... maybe kind of sort of... father... of this baby."
Minato's mouth dropped open. He wanted to laugh, oh god how he wanted to laugh. This... this joke was the funniest thing he had ever heard in his life... reality check. "So you..." He mumbled trying very hard to put together what his son was trying to tell him. "Ok, so you're telling me that not only did you and Sasuke, the boy I have trusted since you were both three years old, have sex... but he also might be the father of the baby. Not Sai, but Sasuke."
"W-well, no. There is still a chance that Sai is the father too... I kind of had sex with both of them."
"Hmm." Minato nodded looking rather distracted. "Ok... well then... let's go." The older blond grabbed his son by the wrist and guided him down the hallway. Naruto didn't object. They walked into Naruto's room and the boy's father sat him on his bed. "Ok, so you are going to stay here." He turned and looked around the room. He spotted a book on the young blonde's desk, grabbed it, and tossed it to him. "You are going to read that." He stood there and looked around the room again. "Yeah... you're grounded."
"What?" Naruto shouted wide eyed. "For being pregnant?"
"No! For dropping a big load of stress on me so suddenly. You are not to come out of your room for the next ten thousand years! Understood?" Naruto cocked his eye brow. Was he serious? He wasn't going to ask. The look on his dad's face was enough to know that one wrong word would send him over the edge... well, further over the edge. "Um, yeah. Understood." Minato gave a lost firm nod and shut the door. Naruto stared at the place where his father was in deep confusion. "Geez." He sighed. "What the hell got his panties in a bunch?"
Hey everybody. I hope you enjoyed, and I hope that ending was not as crappy...
As you can see, I am transitioning into a different part of the story. Chapters 1- 20 were more so about Naruto dealing with the idea of being pregnant, and finding troubles in school and in his relationships. Now I am moving on to Naruto and Sasuke, both coming to terms with actually becoming parents. Yeah, Sasuke isn't sure if he is the father, but we all know he wants to be.
If you haven't noticed, everyone is getting a little wigged out over Naruto. Gaara thinks he's young and stupid for having sex, Sasuke thinks he's an idiot because he thinks he can just move out and drop out of school, and Minato is going crazy over everything Naruto has told him. And of course, Naruto is hormonal so he thinks everyone else is stupid and anyone who tells him he is wrong with face his everlasting mood swings. It's all going to hell, isn't it. :(
But maybe it will have a happy end! Or not... come to think of it, none of my stories have happy endings... well two of them do. Sleep in Sunlight, and Don't You Get It? Kind of have happy endings... everything else ends in suicide or murder... I bet that tells you a lot about me.
A little bit of information for you, a CVS is a test what pregnant women get any time from the eighth week of pregnancy on up to determine if there are any genetic deformities within the fetus. The test is mainly used for this purpose, but it can also be done to find the sex of the baby early in the pregnancy. (It is a good idea to follow up later on in the pregnancy with an ultrasound to verify the sex since this test can falsely identify the sex.)
Anyway, the ANNOUNCEMNT is that I have been working on a doujinshi remake of my oneshot
'So Pretty'. There are only a few pages so far, but I would love it if you could check it out. There is a link to the first page (DeviantART) on my profile at the very top. :D