Ello, mt friends. I'm with another quick update and another all nighter to get it done. I've want to try and get as many updates as i can in before school starts up again. SOPHOMORES! WOOT! WOOT! Sorry, i'm really a little silly from lack of sleep.
So this chapter is dedicated to some special people. They gave me some suggestions for the band name. Yuppers, cause they're cool. So yeah, tis chapter is for xXxMiss'TeasexXx and narutolove1987. And i'm sure i'm forgetting someone but i can't for the life of me remeber who it was. So sorry if i forgot you. This chapter is for you too if you reviewed with a band name. I'm sorry i just can't remember.
Also a special mention. This mention is actaully from a review from the last chapter by CrazyGreyWolfGirl. Oh, yes, how could i have forgotten that Sasuke was actaully a vampire in disguise. It just slipped my mind. Well now i just feel silly for that authors note. Geez, now i may have to apologize. Lol. I also see no similarites between Twilight and this story. And people may think of Twilight cause Bella got pregenant and now Sakura is that i got the ides from Twilight but that wasn't the case. My cousin is actaully pregnant and about to pop any day now. (In fact they are going to induse labor in two days if the baby doesn't come.) That is where i got the idea. I was thinking about my cousin and then the idea came to me. But whatever.
Enjoy.
Sasuke sighed for the umpteenth time that day. It was just crazy right now. Sakura had called her parents and they had all agreed on a night for a- hopefully peaceful- family dinner. So now, Sasuke stood in the kitchen cooking, cleaning, watching Mikoto and trying to keep Sakura from stressing herself out too much. Which the last turned out to be an impossible task, he soon found out.
Sakura has been in and out of the house all day. First for some last minute shopping for some ingredients for dinner, then to drop off Seto, and then for an emergency at the hospital. And then she comes home and was working to clean the house and try to kick Sasuke out of the kitchen. And all this to the usually stress that engulfs her when her parents visits and you get where she was now.
Sasuke gulped down another swig of his coffee. With all the craziness in the house that day, he hadn't been able to eat at all today. The only thing that was keeping him up was the four cups of coffee he was able to consume in between the many things going on today. Sasuke inwardly cursed Ino to hell. She chooses this day, the day where her presence would have been greatly appreciated to help out, to work at the flower shop. She was always there when Sasuke didn't want her to be, but the one time he wanted her there so he could take a break to eat she decides that her parents need a break from the shop for a day.
Akina poked her head into the kitchen. "I'm going out." She announced.
Sasuke turned in her direction for the briefest moment before turning back to his task at hand. He silently debated whether or not to ask her to help him but decided against it. Things have just been a little off with her lately and he didn't want to be by her hurt and possible PMS-ing self. "Be back by dinner." He said with his back turned to her.
She rolled her eyes, already heading toward the door. "You're not my father." She yelled back.
Sasuke turned to retort but he heard the front door slam close before he could. Letting out another sigh, he ran his hand through his hair. She had been like that for awhile. Since the day that Ino and her went for a walk, about a week ago, and didn't come back for awhile.
[Flashback]
Sasuke cleaned the coffee out quickly before setting it up for the next morning. Everyone had already gone to bed but Sasuke, of course, couldn't sleep. So instead in lying in bed for hours staring at the wall, he busied himself with doing things around the house as quietly as he could. He was debating whether or not he should try to go to sleep or to try to find something else to do when the front door opened and Akina walked into the kitchen moments later.
"Waiting up for me?" She asked in a rather tired voice as she quickly dug in the fridge for anything edible.
Sasuke, now having something to do, pushed her out of the way and started to heat up the leftovers from dinner. "Nah, just couldn't sleep." He said with a shrug as he pushed some food onto a plate.
"Right. I forgot you never sleep. My mistake." She said, sitting down at the table.
Sasuke ignored her comment and set the food down in front of her. She thanked him quietly and then dug in. Sasuke watched for a moment before sitting down across from her. "Akina, I need to talk to you."
She looked up at him, some rice on her lip, with a questioning look on her face. "About what?"
"About mine and Sakura's relationship." He said calmly.
She stiffened immediately and then stared down at her food, avoiding looking at him. "Oh no." She muttered to herself.
Sasuke ignored her muttering. "I love her a lot, more than I even thought possible. She makes me happy after years of being unhappy. " He started.
"Sasuke, please-" She interrupted, still staring at her food.
But Sasuke didn't listen, undeterred by her interruption. "I don't really know your exact feeling for me, but I'm sorry that I will not be able to return them."
"Sasuke, just please stop right now. I really can't take this at the mo-" Akina said calmly, but in a slightly strained voice, still not looking at him.
"We're getting married." He stated.
Akina's head snapped up at his words. She stared at him for a very long moment, her eyes wide and her mouth open. "W-what?" She chocked out.
"I proposed the other night and she said yes." he said calmly.
Her fork fell from her hand, missing her plate and table completely and clattering to the floor noisily. It was silent for an unknown amount of time before she spoke. "But you're so young. You haven't even turned nineteen yet." She said with her voice coated in disbelief.
Sasuke stared down at the table surface. "I love her and I'm completely committed to her. It just seems silly to wait."
Akina stood up, the chair scrapping against the ground loudly. "Silly to wait! You're kidding me, right?" She said, rather loudly.
"Can you please keep it down? Everyone is sleeping, including Naruto in the next room." Sasuke said calmly, remembering that Naruto wanted to crash on the couch.
"You are so young! Things change! You haven't even shopped around yet! She's your first girlfriend! You can't marry her!" Akina said, trying to convince him, but even she could tell she wasn't getting anywhere.
"Akina, please. Keep it down. It's three in the morning."
"I don't care! There is absolutely no way that this can happen! You aren't even nineteen yet!" She said in disbelief before she tone switched to a slightly calmer tone. "You are going to ruin your whole life by doing this at such a young age with the first girl you saw. I'm sorry, but it's for your own good that I say that I will not let this happen."
"She is three months pregnant with my child." Sasuke stated when he saw that was wasn't going to back down.
Akina froze, her whole body tense. After a very long- looooooooonnnnggggg- pause she spoke in such a quiet voice that he almost missed it. "But I thought you were still a virgin. . ." she said.
Sasuke looked back down at the table top. "Yeah . . . that ship has sailed." He said, a slight blush on his face.
Akina stared at him for a moment before picking up her half eaten plate of food and went over to the counter robotically. Dropping it in with a loud bang and shattering the plate in the process, she turned and walked out of the kitchen.
[End of Flashback]
And instead of handling this news like an adult, Akina had resorted to acting like a child. She spent most of her time out doing god knows what and then returned very late at night only to sleep in to past noon. And when she wasn't sleeping or out somewhere, she was acting like a bitch to everyone in sight and pissing Sasuke off.
But he was somewhat grateful that she hadn't said anything to Sakura. She avoided her like a plague but spent her time pissing Sasuke off instead. So, with all the stress he usually piled into his plate, he now had Akina on that plate as well.
Sasuke crossed the room and went to the table to grab the bowl of noodles. But when he turned to head back to the counter, his head spun. In his dizzy daze, he dropped the bowl and grabbed onto the chair to hold him up. The room spun around him and he tried helplessly to get his bearings.
Sakura, upstairs at the time, held something crash and quickly rushed down stairs. When she ran into the kitchen Sasuke had one hand on his head on the other on a chair he leaned heavily on. There was a mess of noodles everywhere on the ground, but Sasuke didn't seem to notice. She rushed to his side, trying to determine what was wrong. "Sasuke?" She asked in a worried tone.
Sasuke looked up to meet her gaze, and although he was still fighting the dizzy feeling slightly, he smiled as if nothing was wrong. She stared back at him unconvinced and asked what happened.
"Nothing." He said calmly before turning his attention to the mess. "Damn it." He cursed and then bent down to pick it up. But the sudden moment caused another wave of dizziness to hit him and he swayed uneasily, holding his head again.
Sakura reached down, steadying him. "Are you okay?" She asked as he started to regain his steadiness.
Once it passed, Sasuke pulled his hand away from his head and smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine. It was nothing." He said, trying to gather up the noodles on the ground but Sakura stopped him.
"Sasuke, would you just stop working for two seconds?" She said grabbing his hands and making him drop the noodles. "Are you okay?" She asked again when she succeeded to stop him from cleaning.
He rolled his eyes. "Yes, I'm fine. Calm down." He said, reaching for the noodles again.
Sakura swatted his hands and then felt his forehead. "No fever, but you do look a little pale. Have you eaten anything today?" She asked, her medic skills kicking in.
Sasuke mentally debated whether or not to try to lie. But after realizing he would never get away with it, he gave in. "I had some coffee." He stated and then watched as Sakura's face shifted to anger.
"Sasuke! You have been running around here like a mad man all day and you haven't eaten anything! And you didn't even come to bed last night! How much sleep are you running on?"
Sasuke sighed. "I fell asleep for an hour at the table last night." He admitted.
Sakura glared at him. "That's it. You're taking a break. For the rest of the day you are to relax. No working and no worrying about anything." He commanded.
Sasuke looked at her in disbelief. "Love, I have things to do. I have to finish cleaning the kitchen and finish the food and then I hav-"
"And no arguing either. Now, come on." she said pulling him to his feet. "Let's get you up stairs." She said as she pulled him into the hall.
"But the noodles. And the rice. And the-" Sasuke said as he tried to pull himself out of her grip, but was unable to in his weakened state.
"No buts. Rest." Sakura said, pushing him through their bedroom door and into the bed.
"Sakura, really there is a lot of stuff that needs to get done." He said trying to sit up only to be pushed back down.
"Don't worry, I'll handle it." She said.
Sasuke frowned. "See, the point of me doing all those things was so you wouldn't have to." He stated, trying to get up again.
Sakura pushed him back down and then placed her hands on her hips. "Sasuke, I may be pregnant, but it doesn't mean that I am incapable of doing things. Just relax and I will take care of it." She said in a tone that left no arguing.
xOx
"Naruto, can you put this on the table?" Sakura asked, holding a bowl extended in her hand.
After she just Sasuke upstairs, she called Naruto to come over to help her. He, of course, came when she promised that he could join them for dinner. He was surprisingly a lot of help. He helped with the cooking- working on simple things that was very hard to ruin- and helped clean and even helped put Sasuke back upstairs when he kept trying to help.
It was also a relief when Ino got off her shift at the flower shop and came 'home'. So, she also helped, though Sakura was sure that her motives weren't so good. Sure, she did it because Sakura was her best friend but she was sure that she just really enjoyed kicking Sasuke out of the kitchen and watching as he got upset when they took him back upstairs to rest.
Naruto took the bowl from her hand, while Sakura grabbed another and set it down as well. She smiled. "There. Everything is ready." She said, before fixing her dress. She decided that since tonight was kind of special she was going to dress up a bit more. She wore a nice white sundress, casual but a little classier than the shorts and tank top she was wearing earlier.
They didn't have to wait for long when they heard the knock on the door. Sakura rushed to open it, greeting them with a bright smile. For once, she was truly excited for her a family dinner. While she was a little afraid how her father would take it, her want to show her mother the ring won over her fear. "Mom! Dad! I've missed you! Come in!" She greeted brightly, hugging them both before they could even take off their shoes.
Her mother immediately felt her mood and quickly lapsed into a very similar mood. "Oh honey, we've missed you too! We were so excited when you called for the dinner. I was actually thinking about calling you four over for dinner at our house when you called."
They quickly moved into the living room and chatted happily for awhile. Ino, Naruto and Seto joined them as well. It wasn't long before Sasuke got out of bed again and was down stairs again. He greeted Mrs. Haruno kindly and then awkwardly turned to Mr. Haruno.
"Mr. Haruno." He greeted, nodding his head slightly. Mr. Haruno did the same awkwardly and then turned his attention elsewhere.
After the greetings where over, Sakura jumped out of her seat and motioned for Sasuke to take it. He just glared at her. "Sakura, sit down. You're pregnant and a woman. You get the seat." He said, standing there and not making any movement to sit down.
Sakura frowned at him. "Yes, but I wasn't the one that almost passed out today in the kitchen. I don't want you on your feet." She said.
Mrs. Haruno looked up at Sasuke in concern. "What happened?" She asked in a worried tone.
"Nothing." Sasuke answered quickly.
"This idiot was working and on his feet the whole day when he hadn't eaten anything and he got really dizzy." Ino explained, just to get on Sasuke's nerves. He glared at her. "Sakura has been forcing him to rest all day but he's stubborn and hates to admit that he needs it." She added to anger him more even more.
Mrs. Haruno suddenly jumped up. "Here, you can have my seat. I'm fine with standing." She said, gesturing toward her seat.
Sasuke's eyes widened. "No, that's okay. You're my guest and really, I am fine." He said, trying to get her to sit back done. He didn't want her to have to stand because of him. And plus, she was seated next to Mr. Haruno and he really didn't want to do that.
"But, you're weak." She protested.
Naruto laughed. "Why don't we just move this into the kitchen and eat. I'm starving." He suggested to save his friend and everyone quickly agreed.
"Yeah! Food!" Naruto yelled, practically running to the kitchen.
"Oh please, you act as if this is your first meal you had in weeks." Sakura said, holding him back as they calmly walked.
xOx
Dinner progressed easily with Mrs. Haruno, Sakura and the two blondes chatting freely for the most part. Sasuke was dragged into the conversation a few times but he most just tended to the children in between bites of his own food. Mr. Haruno said very little the entire time, mostly staring at his plate and refusing to even look in Sasuke's direction.
Sakura smiled at took a bite of her food, looking over to Sasuke's almost full plate. He was leaning over and cutting Seto's food for him into smaller pieces. Once he was done, he immediately turned to see how Mikoto was doing with her cereal. She was at the stage where she could feed herself little bits of food and Cheerios where the best thing at the moment. Sakura sighed. "Sasuke, can you take a break from working and eat your food." She said, drawing everyone's attention to him.
Sasuke looked at her, and then the heads that had turned in his direction and obliged. Sakura smiled and reached to grab his hand. Giving his hand a quick squeeze, she gently pulled his hand up and kissed it before letting go so he could eat. Sasuke smirked at her, making a mental note to kiss her later. He didn't want to in front of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Haruno caught the interaction, both having different reactions. Mrs. Haruno brought her hands over her lips and tried with everything she could not to swoon over them. Mr. Haruno on the other hand, paled and tried his hardest not to glare at the criminal that impregnated his innocent daughter.
Dinner progressed easily again for awhile longer before the four that knew started to get a little anxious. Ino looked at Sakura and shared a looked, telling each other that now would be the best time. Sakura nodded once and then gripped Sasuke's hand in hers. He looked up at her and they shared a similar look between them before Sasuke nodded.
Sakura cleared her throat and gained everyone's attention. "Mom, you wouldn't happen to have anything planned for next spring, would you?" She asked innocently.
Mrs. Haruno looked at her strangely. She took Sasuke's and Sakura's likened hands into consideration along with the excited edge to Sakura's tone and knew something was up. "No, why?" She asked, glancing between the two.
Sakura glanced quickly at Sasuke and then back at her mother. "Good, keep it open because we haven't picked a day yet." She said, glancing excitedly at Sasuke again.
Mr. Haruno sat up straighter in his seat. "A date? For what?"
Sakura smiled at him and then looked at both her parents. She had planned out a exactly what she was going to tell her parents but now, as she sat in front of them, she was dieing. Her bright smile took up her entire face and she was practically bouncing in her seat. Suddenly just losing control, she threw her left hand out and squealed slightly. "I'm getting married!"
Sasuke smirked at her antics, knowing she got so excited and jumped the gun. He shook his head slightly and squeezed her hand.
Mrs. Haruno, stood froze for a quickest second and then she melted into her happiness. She stood up and rushed to her daughter's side and gave her a large hug. "Oh my God! My Baby! Oh, I'm so happy for you!" She chanted repeatedly as they hugged.
When she left go, instead of examining the ring like everyone thought she would, she turned and pulled Sasuke out of his seat. With wide eyes and slight fear inside him, he felt little arms wrap around him tightly. "Oh! Welcome to the family! Oh, I finally have a son!" she said, much to Sasuke's shock. He never expected anything like this to happen.
She held onto him for longer than he was comfortable with and then pulled away, only to reach up and grab his face between her hands. She pulled him down slightly and gently kissed his forehead, completely scaring the crap out of Sasuke. He never expected anyone to do that to him when he didn't really know them all that well. And when they knew him, they knew that he wasn't the kind of person that liked that. The only person he ever wanted to kiss him was Sakura. Definitely not her mother.
Mrs. Haruno let go quickly and turned to Sakura again, pulling her into another hug before she examined the ring. She gawked at it in disbelief. "It was Sasuke's mother's ring." Sakura explained.
Mrs. Haruno glanced at Sasuke quickly and then back at the ring. "Well no wonder this thing is so beautiful." She said.
Ino quickly joined the girls in chatting about the ring happily. Naruto just laughed and watched as they squealed and swooned. He would never fully understand women.
Sasuke, much to Naruto's enjoyment, was extremely uncomfortable when Mrs. Haruno kept turning around and placing her hand on his arms, the other on her heart and looking at him strangely. Sasuke quickly stepped away when she turned to the ring again and pulled Seto into his arms. Seto looked at him funny, not getting what was going on. "Daddy, what's going on?"
Sasuke smiled slightly. "Nothing. They're just excited that Mommy and Daddy are getting married." He said, missing the way that Mr. Haruno's head snapped up at him when he said mommy.
Seto looked at him oddly. "What's married?"
Sasuke smirked. "It's when two people love eat other very much and decided that they want to be together forever. They get married to show this love." He said.
Seto nodded. "Can I get married too!?" He asked excitedly.
Sasuke chuckled. "Someday you will." He said, kissing his forehead.
The sound of a chair nosily scrapping against the floor sounded in the room and drew everyone's attention. Mr. Haruno stood, his face marred with an unusual expression. He was perfectly silently, and completely stiff. Sasuke held his breath for the attack that was about to come.
But it never did.
His daughter, his sweet innocent, strong daughter, was pregnant. That was hard enough for him to take since she was barely even eighteen. But now she was getting married next year and already had her now fiancés' kid calling her 'mommy'. It was too much to take.
Everyone watched as Mr. Haruno paled and his eyes roll into the back of his head. With silent horror, they watched as he stiffly just fell backwards. It took a long moment for anyone to register what just happened. Mr. Haruno, strong and stubborn, just fainted.
"Oh My God!"
"Whoa!"
"Daddy!"
Well tell me what you think. Cause i like hearing from you. So you do that and i'm going to go to bed.
Oh, and still looking for suggestions on the band names.
