Chapter 21: Getting excited

2nd February

"Ren-chan, finish your food," Naruto told the girl, who stood in the doorway to the living room.

Ren turned around. "But I am done."

"There's still some food on your plate."

Ren pouted. "But I don't like plums."

"You need to finish it," Naruto said sternly.

Slowly Ren shuffled back to her chair, looking at her feet as she did so. Sadly she climbed up her chair, still pouting. She missed Akira, he was away on a mission, but he always ate her plums.

Sasuke was still amazed he hadn't needed to tell Ren to finish her food, because Naruto had done that.

Angrily the small blonde stared at the three evil plums. Maybe she could convince Naruto she didn't needed to eat them. She could always easily persuade him when it came to cleaning her plate. "I really don't like them. I'll eat something else instead?" She looked up to him with sad, cute eyes.

"It's good for you to eat them," Naruto said, indicating for her to start eating.

Ren didn't move for a moment. It wasn't working? Maybe he hadn't heard her well enough?

"I'll eat some… thing el-" Her voice died down as she saw Naruto's look. Slowly she took her chopsticks from the table, and started moving the pieces of plum over her plate.

"Rolling them around your plate won't make them smaller." Naruto stood up, and within a couple of steps had moved around the table, standing next to Ren.

When Ren still didn't eat, Naruto got impatient. "Eat up, or I'll feed them to you."

"I don't want to eat them," Ren said stubbornly, still not believing Naruto actually wanted to make her eat them.

"Hurry up, I need to leave."

"Where to?" she asked.

"To Tsunad- don't change the subject." She had almost tricked him into changing the subject.

"Why do I need to hurry then?"

"I thought you had said you wanted to come along."

Suddenly Ren's eyes widened. "This is the surprise?"

Naruto nodded. Then Ren looked over to Sasuke for confirmation (Naruto might just want to trick her into eating her food, which he did more often). Sasuke smiled at her, confirming it was true.

Quickly Ren picked up a dreaded piece of the fruit, closed her eyes, and ate it.

"Good girl," Naruto told her when she put the next piece into her mouth, looking like she was eating a snail.

When she finished it, Naruto picked up the last piece and ate it. "Let's go."

Smiling, Ren hurried over to the hall and started putting on her sandals.

Sasuke and Naruto still stood in the kitchen. "You sure you're ready to let her know?" Sasuke asked while the two of them cleaned the table. "Like this?"

Naruto put down the plates on the counter. "Well, I must say it makes me nervous."

"I can tell her if you want me to?"

"We discussed this before. We'll tell her like this. I want her to know…" Naruto looked up to Sasuke as he put a jar in the cabinet. When Sasuke closed the cabinet he looked at Naruto too.

"She will understand. She's smart."

"That's why I want her to know why this is different than usual."

"Are you ready? Weren't we late? Let's go!" Ren came running into the kitchen, jacket on, jumping up and down.

"Yes, we're coming," Naruto smiled uncomfortably, following her to the front door.

Before Naruto walked away from the house, Sasuke took his hand. It made Naruto look up. When he saw the slight hint of a smile on Sasuke's face, he knew enough.

Ren darted around the two, running back and forth, circling around them, not knowing where they were going.

"Where will Tsunade be? Where are we going?" she kept asking.

They didn't answer her, knowing full well that if they did she wouldn't want to go anymore; but as they neared the hospital, Sasuke decided he should tell her. "To the hospital."

Suddenly Ren stopped walking and turned around. "Why?" she asked uncertainly.

"It's not for you," Naruto reassured her.

"It's something fun, remember?" Sasuke said, making Naruto give him a questioning look.

"Oh, yeah." Slowly Ren came into motion again, but this time walking on a safe distance behind her fathers; just in case. She carefully watched their backs, making sure she wasn't being deceived.

When they stepped through the hospital entrance, Sakura just came waddling in too.

"Wow, you look…" Naruto drifted off as he looked at a very pregnant Sakura.

"I know. It's time for her to come out."

"Sakura no oba-chan!" Ren smiled at Sakura, reaching up to her round belly.

"Hello, Ren-chan." Sakura smiled as she felt the small hands touch her. "I was just going to Tsunade for a check-up," Sakura told Ren.

"We are going to Tsunade-sama too!" Ren told her, surprised.

Sakura reached for Ren's hand. "Let's go together then." Sakura turned her head around to Sasuke and Naruto and winked. She had been asked by Naruto to come here today.

Ren smiled and walked away beside Sakura.

"How are you doing Ren-chan? Feeling better?"

"I do! Otou-san helps me feel chakra and I'm not ill that often, I feel good. Satake said that-" Ren started a story.

Sasuke and Naruto followed the two chatting girls. Sasuke caught Naruto staring at Sakura. "Naruto?"

"Hm?" Naruto didn't took his eyes off Sakura.

"It will be alright. She'll understand."

"Yeah, I know."

They neared Tsunade's personal office. The two blonds nervously looked around, each for their own reason.

"Come Ren-chan, I'll show you the baby."

Ren looked up. "You will?" Sakura nodded.

They all entered Tsunade's office.

"Hello everyone; sit down Sakura." Tsunade pointed to the observation table. "Hello Ren, good to see you again."

Ren smiled shyly, still not comfortable being in this room. "Hello." She quickly went to stand closer to Naruto.

"You had a good vacation with Sakumo I heard."

"I did," Ren said softly, grabbing Naruto's leg. She didn't like the combination of people on this location.

"Why don't you sit down next to Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked her.

Ren looked up to Naruto, then Sasuke, and back. "Will you…?" Her eyes turned down to the ground and she leant against Naruto's leg. "Sit there too?"

Naruto didn't answer for a moment. He looked over to Sasuke, who nodded, and then looked back to Ren. "Okay."

Naruto sat down beside Sakura. Sasuke lifted Ren up and placed her on Naruto's lap. Then he sat down beside them.

"Otou-chan too?" Ren asked, feeling safer by the second. Sasuke nodded.

Sakura looked over to Tsunade. She had no idea what made Naruto so nervous about this all, but she could see how Sasuke held his hand reassuringly. He had told her they wanted Ren to know a little more about babies. Sakura thought she already knew enough, but could tell from the look on Naruto's face when he asked her that it was important to him. So she had said yes.

Sakura lifted her sweater so Tsunade could make an echo.

When finally the image of a baby appeared on the black and white screen, Ren took a breath. "Is that her?"

"Yes," Sakura confirmed happily.

"It looks uncomfortable."

Sakura laughed. "That's why she will get out soon."

"Aha."

Tsunade looked over to Naruto and Sasuke, waiting for them to continue to the topic they came here for, but Ren wasn't done asking questions yet.

"What do I look like from the inside, and otou-chan, and papa?" she asked, already showing her belly to Tsunade. Sakura started laughing at her innocence.

And so Tsunade showed Ren how she looked from the inside, though Ren obviously didn't knew what Tsunade was showing her even if she tried to explain it all. All that mattered to Ren was that she could "see inside" herself.

"And now otou-chan!" she asked happily, wiggling around on Naruto's lap.

Ren helped Sasuke get his shirt up, and got permission from Tsunade to put the gel on his stomach. Happily she smeared it all over.

Finally she could see the image on the screen. "Looks similar, doesn't it?" She asked while looking at the blurs.

"Indeed," Sakura told her. "We are all very much the same on the inside."

"Can I hold the stick?" Ren asked, pointing to Tsunade's hand.

"It's called a transducer." Tsunade handed Ren the device.

"Should I press?" Ren asked.

"Not too hard," Sasuke told her

As they watched Ren move the transducer over Sasuke's stomach, Naruto began to get more and more nervous.

How would Ren take the information? Would she be happy to get a baby brother or sister? Or would she not understand? And Sakura, she didn't know yet. Maybe the womb was already making it difficult to see the foetus? Last time everything was fine, but…

Ren was now actually more playing around with the transducer, teasing Sasuke, rather than watching the monitor. Giggling she tried to move the device higher up Sasuke's torso, while he tried to keep his shirt down and tickle her.

When he saw Naruto stare at the screen, sitting a little bit too stiff, Sasuke thought it was better to stop Ren.

"That was me," he said, which made Ren look up and stop her movements.

"Okay. Papa is last," she smiled.

Sasuke got off most of the gel and took Ren from Naruto so she could sit on his lap instead.

"Papa?" Ren asked, pulling at Naruto's orange shirt.

"Ah, yes, sorry." Slowly Naruto got his shirt up, and once again Ren handled the gel.

Suddenly Ren stopped her movements and looked up to Naruto. "Is papa not happy?" she asked.

Naruto raised his eyebrows. "I am, I am." He smiled with a nervous edge to it.

Ren didn't move and observed the people in the room. "What is the surprise?" she suddenly asked, tilting her head.

"This is all part of the surprise," Sasuke told her.

"I could see the baby and our insides?" Ren asked, smiling.

"Yes."

Sakura laid her hand on Naruto's shoulder and leant closer to his ear. "You alright?"

Naruto nodded. "I will be when this is over."

Sakura frowned, not sure what Naruto had meant. Maybe he was afraid to start the subject? Sakura looked around Naruto to Ren. "Ren-chan," she looked up to Sakura, "do you know where babies come from?"

Naruto and Sasuke looked over to Sakura, shock on their faces. Sakura didn't understand. They wanted her to know, why then were they surprised about what she had just asked Ren?

"I do!" Ren said happily. "From there." She pointed to Sakura's stomach.

Both Sasuke and Naruto let out a breath in relief.

Sakura narrowed her eyes. Then why had she needed to come here, if they weren't about to tell where babies come from?

"So let's see what's inside papa," Sasuke said, moving Ren's hand over to Naruto, trying to skip the explanation part that belonged to the subject just being adressed.

Ren and Sasuke moved the transducer over to Naruto. In the meantime Naruto was able to give Sakura a warningly stare. "What were you thinking? She's 4!" He whispered to her.

Sakura was speechless. And confused, until…

"What is that?" Ren asked suddenly, pointing to the screen.

Turning their eyes to the screen, except for Naruto, Sakura was finally able to understand what was going on.

"Oh my…" she whispered. It took her a minute to realize what this meant. "Oh haha! That's wonderful," she started smiling, bringing her hands up. Then she hugged Naruto, which made him move and the image on the screen was lost. "That this could happen again! I'm so happy for the two of you." Sakura laid her hand on Sasuke's shoulder, he returned a broad smile.

"What is happening?" Ren asked confused.

Sakura let go of Naruto. "Find it again," she told Sasuke. So he did.

As the image of a small shape appeared on the screen again, Sakura mentioned to the monitor. "You see that Ren-chan?"

Ren nodded. "But what is it? It looks like papa ate a bean." Silence fell for a minute.

"Eh, no," Sakura told Ren. "Freeze it, Tsunade, show her."

Tsunade smiled at Sakura's enthusiasm, and did what she was asked.

"Can you see it now?" Sakura asked Ren when the image had become clearer to see-

"Is that a baby?"

"You know what that means?" Sasuke asked Ren, who looked around to Sasuke. Ren shook her head. "That you will have a little baby sister or brother soon."

Ren turned back to Naruto and looked up to him. He smiled uncertainly at her. "A little brother or sister?" she asked softly.

Naruto nodded. The next thing he knew was that Ren's small hands were touching his stomach. "Very little," she said.

Suddenly Naruto started laughing. "It will still grow. Just like Sakura-chan's baby."

"Until it becomes uncomfortable."

Sakura started laughing too, rubbing her belly.

"You can say that," Naruto muttered softly, eyeing Sakura.

"I'm going to have a little brother or sister?" Ren asked again, not being able to believe it.

"Isn't it exciding?" Sasuke asked her, hugging her.

"It is! I'll be a big sister."

"You will be."

Ren and Sasuke smiled. It made them look rather cute, Naruto thought.

"Thank you papa!"

Sasuke folded his arm around Naruto. "Yes, thank you," he whispered to Naruto.

-xXx-

Sasuke happily walked through the house, smiling. They had just visited Sakura and Sai and their little baby girl. It had made Sasuke remember how it was when Ren was born. He was actually looking forward to doing it again. It made him happy thinking of it.

When he had seen a proud Sakura and Sai holding their two week old small pink haired daughter, Sasuke had looked over to Naruto. He was finally accepting what was going on. He had seemed really happy. The fear would not leave, Sasuke knew, but he was really happy again.

"We could have known her name would be Kiku or something similar," Naruto told Sasuke as he started making some sandwiches.

"Chrysanthemum," Sasuke said.

"It would have been weird if she hadn't had Sakura's hair colour," Naruto said.

"It was a little darker actually."

Naruto turned around to Sasuke. "You sure paid a lot of attention."

Sasuke hugged Naruto. "I did."

Naruto kissed Sasuke. "You really have been in a good mood ever since…" Naruto started counting in his head, though Sasuke thought Naruto had finished his sentence.

"It just makes me happy to think of a little baby in my arms."

Naruto grinned. "If you would let me go now; we're hungry, and I'm tired."

"That's what your day off is for." Sasuke let go off Naruto.

Tsunade had ordered Naruto to take a day off at least once a week. She would fill in his place. He didn't need a lot of stress right now (though Naruto disagreed with her, he wasn't stressed about his work at all).

As Naruto walked over to the living room with three sandwiches, Sasuke followed him to the couch.

"Don't you have better things to do then following me around, hoping for some right opportunity to hop onto me."

"I'm not."

"Sure looks like it." Naruto pushed Sasuke away. "Let me finish my meal without staring at me."

"I can't help it, you're beautiful." Sasuke turned back to Naruto.

"I'm not. Turn around, don't watch me eat." Naruto pushed Sasuke away again.

"But you're-"

"Annoying me! Stop it Sasuke. Pervert. I swear, you're getting worse with the day. "

"That's the only downside to this pregnancy," Sasuke muttered. "That you don't."

Naruto looked up from his food. "What?"

Sasuke smirked. "It would be such wonderful-"

Naruto pushed Sasuke off the couch this time. "It's a good thing Ren-chan isn't home."

Sasuke smiled. "I really love her, but sometimes it's better she's not home." He got off from the floor to sit down next to Naruto again.

"A few weeks ago you were so down because she wasn't at home."

"But now I know she'll be back before dinner. Which gives us enough time to-"

"Sasuke! Stop it, I'm eating!" Naruto hit Sasuke on the arm.

Sasuke laughed. "I know a better way to eat-"

Naruto stood up. "I'll be upstairs, eating in peace!" He walked away.

When Sasuke was about to follow him he felt two hands holding him back to the couch. "Wait…"

Naruto grinned as he walked up the stairs.

Sasuke tried to get free, but gave up when he heard the door of their bedroom close. Then he smirked. "Well, I guess not having the real Naruto…" He turned around to face the Bunshin behind him, holding him to the couch.

The face of the clone fell. "You can't!"

"Why not? You're still Naruto."

Naruto's eyebrow twitched. "I am."

"Good," Sasuke relaxed, staring into Naruto's eyes upside down. He just needed to be patient. This Naruto wasn't hungry or sleepy.

"I like your eyes," Sasuke told the Bunshin Naruto.

"Yes, yours are pretty too." The clone looked away.

"Your hair looks softer than usual."

"New shampoo," Naruto said softly, though a tiny blush started forming up his cheeks.

"Makes me want to use it too. Maybe we should take a shower-"

"No."

"Then just let me feel it, I can't be certain if I don't use the shampoo or feel it."

Naruto stayed quiet.

"And your skin, looks so soft, like usual. I want to touch it, feel your face, move my hand over your chin, your cheeks, your nose… and your lips… touching mine, until-" Sasuke saw the Bunshin slowly melt away. "until…" Sasuke whispered.

The clone leaned down to hear him better, still not looking at Sasuke. Sasuke noticed the blush forming now.

"Until they're sore, and I will proceed kissing you, going lower and lower, shoulder, collarbone, n-"

Sasuke was cut off by Naruto's mouth. Kissing each other upside down, Sasuke felt Naruto had let him go to hold his face into position.

Finally able to move his hands, Sasuke immediately took advantage of the situation. His hands moved through Naruto's yellow hair, reaching his cheeks and chin. Over Naruto's neck, his shoulders, down his arms. He couldn't reach any further in this strange position, so Naruto's back would be the place to start. It was the right place. He lifted Naruto's shirt up, pulling it off.

The moment they had to pull away from the kiss to get the shirt off, Sasuke quickly turned around and pulled Naruto carefully onto the couch. Naruto gave a squeak in surprise, but was soon unable to make any other sound.

Naruto hadn't known half of it when he had said Sasuke was a pervert. In no time his clothes had been pulled down and Sasuke was all over him.

"Sasuke," Naruto moaned, trying to get Sasuke's lips from lowering further down his stomach, "don't, it doesn't feel right."

Sasuke stopped kissing Naruto's stomach. He looked down onto the black seal as it was slowly forming. "I'll just kiss…" Sasuke looked down, "something else then."

Right then, right that moment as Sasuke lowered further, when he had finally what he wanted, the clone disappeared.

"What? Why?" he asked irritated. "Naruto!" he yelled to the ceiling.

Muttering that Naruto had done this on purpose, Sasuke left the couch and walked up the stairs.

"You see the errors of sending a clone?" Sasuke asked as he stepped into the bedroom. His face fell when he saw Naruto was asleep.

"This isn't fair." He hobbled over to the bed and looked down. "I'll wake you up…" he stopped himself as he bent over Naruto. "I shouldn't. You really were tired."

He sighed sadly and lay down next to Naruto. "When you wake up, you will not be able to get out of it again."

Naruto's answer was a soft breath, breathed out onto Sasuke's face.

-oXo-

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