Accountability

Chapter Twenty-one

-Serenity-

Eight Months Later…

Natsumi's eyes flashed opened at the small bump she heard. Her eyes darted around the room, quickly searching the darkness for anything that didn't belong. She reached between her bed frame and the mattress and pulled out the firearm she slept with. She knew she was overly paranoid, but her entire life had been that way. She never knew if someone was an enemy of her father's. And after she'd gone to work for him, she had a few hits out on her.

And now that she had a son, she felt even more paranoid. She shifted in her position and sat up, throwing her legs over the edge of her bed, sleeping in nothing but a tight t-shirt and her black panties. Someone groaned and turned beside her. "Everything ok baby?" she heard her husband's sleepy voice ask, though he made no movement to rise from heir bed.

After Akito had come back home, things had really started to turn into the perfect life she wanted. He was just as he was when they were pregnant. He was caring, he played with Hayate, and took care of chores with her. Their life was wonderful, and Sasuke even seemed to be loosening up after he'd met his grandson.

Then once Sasuke had gone back to work, they had a huge wedding and were finally married off. She couldn't believe she'd been Mrs. Uchiha for the past seven months. Akito's band had taken off and he traveled a bit, but never for long. He didn't even act wild anymore, refusing to go to after parties so he could return home with Toshiro. Denying women and signing their bodies.

He had really turned around, and she was so glad she'd given him another chance. Because he really was an amazing dad. She smiled at the thought of her son and her husband and then she heard the faint sound again.

Her senses jumped once more and she cocked the gun, standing up and looking around. "Babe?" Akito said sleepily, sitting up and trying to rub the tiredness from his eyes. "What's up?"

"I heard something." She whispered, trying to pinpoint where it came from. Then there was something even softer, but she finally found out where the noise was coming from and her eyes widened. It was coming from her baby monitor. "Oh my God…" she breathed out. "Hayate." She ran from the room silently, holding her gun up as she came around the corners and making sure she didn't miss anything.

When she burst into her son's room, she blinked, lowering her weapon immediately when she saw Hayate standing in his crib, holding onto the side to steady himself. He turned to look at her and smiled, giggling happily. Natsumi looked down and saw that Hayate had knocked over the baby monitor. A sigh of relief escaped her lips as she walked over and set the gun on one of the side tables before picking up her sweet boy. "Hayate." Natsumi smiled down at him, holding him closely. "You scared mommy." She whispered, snuggling against him lovingly.

Akito came in behind her, rubbing the back of his neck. "Is he alright?" he asked, stopping next to them and looking down at his son.

"Yes." She laughed softly. "He just knocked over the monitor and scared me half to death." She looked back over at her husband, smiling even more. She still was giddy about the title, since she loved being someone's wife so much. Especially when that husband was a piece of hunky man candy who was currently a really hot sex icon in the music world. "I love you sweetie."

He smiled, meeting her jade gaze and kissing her. "I love you too honey." He said. "Let's see if we can't get our little man to go back to sleep."

"Right." she said, looking down at her boy and snuggling with him once more. "Will you go get me some of his milk and warm it up?"

"Of course." He said, patting her rear before walking off.

Hayate smiled and reached up to grab some of his mother's hair, gurgling little spit bubbles. Natsumi simply smiled at him, sitting down in her reclining rocking chair. "I love you sweet boy." she whispered. He cooed, laughing as his mother played with him. Akito came back after a while, a warm bottle and a spit cloth in his hands.

"Do you want me to feed him baby?" the ebony haired man asked, sitting in the chair next to Natsumi's.

Natsumi glanced up at him, before looking down at Hayate. The little boy leaned back, smiling when he saw his daddy. He reached out, making the pink haired woman sigh. "Looks like he wants daddy." She said, holding him up to her husband.

He chuckled, taking Hayate in his arms and getting situated. When he placed the bottle to his son's lips, he eagerly grabbed it and began to drink. "Not so fast dude, you're going to wind up spitting it back up on me." he said, pulling the bottle away slightly and making Hayate slow down.

"He's just so precious." Natsumi said softly, leaning back in her chair as she watched the scene. It was amazing to see how much Akito had grown from when they'd first met. "I love you so much Akito…" she smiled. "Everything is so perfect now…"

"Isn't it?" he glanced at her, smiling. "I never thought I'd become a family man…but this is where I was meant to be."

"I'm so glad you're amazing at sex." She snickered, giving him a devious stare.

Akito chuckled. "I'm so glad you got tipsy and jumped me that night." He replied, beginning to rock to help lull Hayate back to sleep.

"It's hard to imagine what life would be like had that night ever happened." She sighed happily.

"Lonely, I'd guess." He said. "Toshiro and Minako definitely wouldn't have felt prompted to get engaged."

Natsumi nodded, content with watching Akito feed their boy. Finally, Hayate finished off his milk and his eyes began to droop. Akito smiled, before beginning to sing softly. "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep little Hayate. Go to sleep, go to sleep, so mommy and daddy can go fu-" he caught Natsumi's glare, and smiled. "Make love." He corrected. "Go to sleep, go to sleep, go to sleep my son." He finished, seeing Hayate beginning to snooze.

"Well I'll be waiting for you in our bedroom." She said simply, standing and walking over to him and kissing his cheek before she kissed Hayate's forehead. She straightened then and left the room, taking her gun with her.

Akito let out a sigh, rocking his son for a little longer to make sure he was really asleep, before carefully rising from the rocking chair and setting down the bottle and cloth. He carefully laid his son down, putting the blanket over him and tucking him in. He leaned down and kissed him on the forehead, making sure everything in the room was okay before leaving and going back to his bedroom. He smiled at the sight of Natsumi waiting for him. "You always look so beautiful." He breathed out as he got into bed next to her.

"Thank you." she smiled, snuggling closer to him.

He wrapped his arm around her and held her closer. "We have that interview in the morning." He reminded her. "To show off Hayate before he turns one. Did you already pick out his outfit? Cause' I was thinking we could dress him as a mini rock star." He snickered.

"Yes I already picked it out and no, we will not dress him like a mini rock star." She huffed, biting his chest.

"Well which one did you pick?" he chuckled, nuzzling her before making a trail of kisses down her neck.

She took in a sharp breath. "Well, that cute little black shirt with your band logo on it and some little black jeans."

He bit the swell of her breast. "Can we try spiking his bangs?" he asked, licking over the wound. "I think it'd look awesome."

"We'll see…" Natsumi moaned, moving against him. "Now I really don't wanna talk about my sweet, innocent baby boy while you fuck me senseless." She hissed, grinding her pelvis against his growing erection.

"Alright." he acquiesced, slipping his hands up under her top to feel her smooth skin. He was so happy with the way his life turned out. If he'd been asked two years ago, before any of this had started where he saw himself right now, it definitely wasn't married to a medical student with a son that was almost a year old. But he was glad things had turned out this way. Because now he felt complete, and he was no longer lonely.

This was where he was meant to be, next to this beautiful woman, their son down the hall. Finally, his life had come together, and he knew without a doubt that the future could only get better from here. His life was next to perfect, and it was all thanks to a one night stand.

THE END