Sasuke's Secret
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy this chapter because the twins have arrived and their father (or fathers) will be revealed. For those of you who didn't get the result you wanted, don't worry. There will be more Uchiha later on in the epilogue. Anyway, I hope you all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter Notation: Three and a half months have passed since last chapter. I've also done a couple scenes from the babies' perspective.
Chapter 35
"You really love your cinnamon rolls." Sasuke chuckles as he caresses Hinata's cheek.
The three of them were enjoying a lazy day. Hinata was now well into her eighth month of her pregnancy and thus, he and Itachi had taken time off work. They all knew that the twins would be arriving soon and neither brother wanted to risk being at work when their wife went into labor.
Hinata laughs softly between bites of her favorite treat. "Mhm." She smiles slyly at Sasuke. "Almost as much as you love your tomatoes."
"She's got you there." Itachi smirks at his younger brother. His eyes alight with mischief. "You're obsessed with them. Almost as much as you're obsessed with her beautiful breasts." He kisses Hinata's temple adoringly.
Pft. As if Itachi was really much better! There was a reason why Hinata was pregnant in the first place and it wasn't just because of him! Itachi was just as much, if not more of a pervert than Sasuke.
"And you're rather fixated on her lovely behind." He rolls his eyes. "So don't you tease me about my preferences!"
"You two are impossible." Hinata smiles and swallows another bite of her roll before her eyes widened in panic. "My water just broke!"
Those words triggered an immediate reaction! Sasuke jumps out of the bed. As does Itachi and the brothers Flicker the three of them to the hospital in record time.
"We need to see Lady Tsunade or Sakura immediately!" Itachi dashes over towards the receptionist.
Fortunately, Hinata notes that the receptionist was an intelligent woman. She took one look at Hinata's swollen belly and quickly deduced what was happening and the woman in question knew better than to make panicking Uchihas wait. So she presses the speaker button.
"Lady Tsunade, Hinata Uchiha is here and has gone into labor. Where should I send her?" Thank goodness for small miracles.
There was a pause. The bluenette was sure that it was because Tsunade was likely terrified at the moment. "Send her to delivery Room 432. I'll be there as soon as I can." Another pause. "And tell the fathers not to panic. Women have been doing this since the dawn of time."
The receptionist nods. "Yes, My Lady." She then swiftly proceeds to turn off the speaker, but it wasn't fast enough.
Hinata was already being escorted to Room 432 by her husbands. They certainly weren't in the mood to waste any time, it seemed. Then again, neither was she.
Hinata was a medic. That meant she had a pretty good idea what to expect as far as childbirth went and to be honest, most of it was far from pleasant. She shivers slightly at the thought, but hopes that her lovers didn't notice.
So naturally, they did notice. "Don't be afraid." Itachi smiles at her as he leads her inside the delivery room. "We'll be right beside you and you have arguably the second best medic in the world looking after you."
Sasuke nods in agreement. "Second only to you." He smiles and kisses her head as he helps her get into the bed.
That should have been an easy feat. It really should have, but this far into her third trimester, it wasn't. Though that possibly might had something to do with the fact that she was carrying twins instead of one child, she idly muses to herself as a rather anxious looking blonde woman rushes in with a mousy brunette and pink haired woman at her side.
"How far are your contractions?" She looks at her. "Did your water break?"
This was the start of childbirth. Hinata glances at her husbands and smiles at them briefly before returning her attention to Tsunade. "My water broke and I haven't timed the contractions."
Tsunade nods and well, Hinata mentally braces herself. It was likely going to be a very, very long day. Well at least she'd be able to hold their twins in her arms soon enough, the bluenette comforts herself by thinking.
What felt like an eternity later, but was really less than a day, Sasuke was trying his best not to panic. They had been at this for hours, but he knew that Hinata was really close to delivery the twins. She was crowning.
Warning Delivery Scene
"That's it!" Tsunade smiles at her encouragingly. "I can see the head!" Well one of the heads, Sasuke mentally corrects her.
His wife looked truly exhausted and Sasuke couldn't blame her. He and Itachi had been by her side the whole time. Through every scream, contraction, and wince. Each time, he felt her pain as if it had been his own.
Both mentally and literally. Hinata had gripped onto both of their hands so tightly, that Sasuke wasn't entirely certain she hadn't broken his hand. He'd worry about that later though. Right now, all that mattered was Hinata and the twins.
"Push!" Sakura was also trying to encourage Hinata, but her efforts were apparently not appreciated.
Sasuke had never seen Hinata so aggressive before. "YOU PUSH!" His sweet and amiable wife was now a vicious, snarling tigress, even Itachi was a bit taken aback.
"I wouldn't recommend telling her to do that again." Itachi shakes his head.
His eyes were scanning over their wife's form, just as Sasuke's were. It was an utterly bizarre feeling to look down and realize there was another person coming out of his wife. Well actually, two people!
Right now though, he could only see part of a head. Sasuke could make out one thing about their eldest daughter. She had Hinata's midnight blue hair and very light skin.
That last part wasn't surprising though. None of them had a particularly dark complexion. So that was something of a given.
"Itachi!" Sakura snaps at him. "Stop telling me how to do my job!"
"AND STOP YELLING AT MY HUSBAND!" Hinata glares at Sakura as Itachi gives the pink haired woman a smug look. "I'm the only one allowed to do that!" Which falters when Itachi hears the rest of that command.
Sasuke chuckles. He needed that. He needed something to laugh at. She was so close though. He could see the head. It was almost over and soon enough, they'd be able to hold their daughters in their arms as Hinata got some much needed rest!
Tsunade shakes her head at the entire scene. "You're almost there, Hinata." Wisely, the woman didn't say the word push Sasuke notes with amusement.
Hinata responded a bit better to that. So she kept pushing and pushing. Soon enough a loud cry was heard throughout the room. The bundle of joy was handed to Shizune.
Sasuke wanted to protest that. He wanted to hold her first or at least Hinata and Itachi should have been given the first right to do so, but he didn't have time. Another scream ripped through the room as Hinata delivered their second child.
"WAHHH!" Who came into the world with a roar.
Shizune by this time, seemed to have decided that their eldest was in fact healthy. "Sakura, I need you to help clean up Hinata and that bed." She smiles at the other medic. "While I have a look at the second one." Tsunade nods approvingly as she takes the first newborn and hands Shizune the second.
"They're beautiful." Itachi smiles as he watches Sakura quickly scramble to help Hinata clean up and the other two medics inspect their children while giving them their vaccinations and filling out their charts.
"And they're both perfectly healthy." Tsunade smiles as she places the newborns in Hinata's arms, a few moments later.
End of Delivery Scene
Well that had been rather traumatizing, Itachi thinks to himself as he watches Hinata nurse their beautiful daughters in her loving arms for the first time. Traumatizing, but worth it.
It was impossible not to marvel at the two tiny, squirming bundles. How could one not fall for their adorable little faces? He felt a small flash of disappointment as he looked at them though. There was no mystery which of them was the father. Sasuke was.
"They're perfect, Hinata." He kisses her forehead as he looks down at them.
Indeed they were. Any disappointment he felt upon determining that was soon squashed. His nieces were frankly the most adorable things that he had ever seen in his life.
They had Hinata's midnight blue hair, the shape of her eyes, and her smile. The rest was all Sasuke though. The ivory pale skin, those ears, and those little noses.
"Don't worry." Hinata kisses Itachi. "If you want, next time you can be the father." She looks up at him with anxious eyes.
He smiles and kisses her back though. It was kind of her. To worry about him, even when she must surely be exhausted form spending the better part of a day bringing two new, perfect little brings in to the world.
"I'd like that, but there's no hurry." He smiles at her. "You have to recover and we've got more pressing issues on our mind." Itachi glances down at the newborns who were currently nursing, rather happily. "They'll need names."
Sasuke was looking at Hinata and his daughters so adoringly, it was impossible to feel anything, but warmth. His foolish little brother was now a foolish little father. How could he not be happy for him?
"I think I have names for them." Sasuke smiles. "Aiko for the eldest. It means beloved." He pauses and smiles down at the second born. "And Ami for our youngest. It means friend. She has such friendly eyes."
How Sasuke could possibly tell the two children apart was honestly beyond Itachi. "Sasuke, they're identical. They both have friendly eyes!" The two sisters looked exactly alike. He couldn't tell Aiko from Ami to save his life!
Sasuke smiles at Itacih and then down at the twins. "They look alike, but their expressions are very different from one another." Right. Itachi decides to pawn this off to fatherly pride because they were born only a few minutes ago. Their expressions weren't that different at this point!
Meanwhile Hanabi was dragging her father to the hospital. This time, she was going to put her foot down. There was no alternative.
"You're coming with me, Father." Once he saw his granddaughters, he would come to his senses. "Hinata has gone into labor. She needs us." She was sure of it.
Hiashi was giving her a rather incredulous look, but that wouldn't stop the Hyuga Heiress. No. This time would be different! Of that much, she was absolutely certain!
"Is it really necessary to drag me by the ear and make a spectacle of ourselves?" He sighs as the younger Hyuga proceeds to do exactly that.
Yes, it was necessary! Unfortunately, pride had blinded her father. Hanabi loved him dearly, but he could be extremely stubborn sometimes!
She understood that he was only doing what he thought was best, but this was not best. This wasn't best for Hinata, this wasn't best for her, their father, or their Clan in general!
She nods her head enthusiastically. "Yes, yes, it is." And it'd be good to get him away from that witch Rei.
Hanabi knew exactly what she was up to. This was all Rei's fault. She was trying to ensure that Hinata was never allowed back into the Clan again. Not that it mattered now. Hinata was now an Uchiha by marriage.
"Alright." He shakes his head. "Though she might very well still be in labor or in recovery." Hanabi nods in understanding.
"Well if that's the case, we'll just wait until she's out of them!" She smiles at her father as if such a conclusion was the most obvious thing in the world.
Hiashi sighs and Hanabi beams. She knew that she had won. As soon as he saw his grandchildren, the Hyuga Heiress knew that he would see things her way.
At that same moment, Hinata smiles down at her children and Aiko coos at her mother. This had to be her mother. She recognized her voice.
Her mother was nice and soft. Warm. She also fed her. So she liked her Mommy and now, she had lots of room to stretch out. Which was good. It had been starting to get a little uncomfortable in that place they were before. The dark place.
"Aiko and Ami." Hinata smiles and kisses their foreheads. "Our little Uchiha Princesses."
There were two men smiling at them. She assumed these were her Daddies. Again, she recognized their voice.
They kept calling them Aiko and Ami. Those must be their names! Hmm. It looked like her sister was Ami. The big people kept looking at her when they said that and she got looks when they said Aiko.
"Yes." Sasuke nods proudly.
Itachi shakes his head in amusement. "Well no paternity tests were necessary this time." He glances at Tsunade. "There were no problems?"
The blonde shakes her head. Aiko knew that she was being talked about, but like her sister she was a bit distracted by nursing. Besides, she felt fine and the big people didn't seem upset. So everything must be okay.
"Yes, they're both perfectly healthy." Tsunade reassures them with a smile.
Sakura looks at the twins in wonder. "They're beautiful, Hinata." She smiles at her friend. "Poor Sasuke and Itachi are going to have their hands full in a few years."
Sasuke raises an eyebrow at that. "What do you mean?" Hmm. Daddy sounded a bit skeptical there.
"Chasing away the village boys." The pink haired woman laughs.
Before Sasuke could mutter a response though, Hiashi Hyuga walks in with Hanabi. "We were told that it was safe to visit." He greets them awkwardly.
It was strange. To see his daughter in a hospital bed and nursing two daughters of her own. Of course, Hiashi had known that she was pregnant. He'd known that for months, but actually seeing her with two small bundles in her arms well that drove the point home.
"Father!" Hinata smiles at him.
The poor thing was clearly exhausted. Though anyone would be. After giving birth to twins.
He smiles at her and cautiously approaches while Hanabi maintains a respectful distance. Probably because she was hoping that he and Hinata would at last heal the rift that had separated them.
"How are you feeling?" She must have had a fairly safe delivery, if she was up to nursing the twins already. "How are the girls?"
"Exhausted and sorer than I have ever been in my life." Hinata smiles down at them. "But it was worth it. This is Aiko and this is her little sister, Ami."
Suddenly, Hiashi was rather glad their last name was Uchiha. Had that not been the case, Ami would have been a Branch Member. She was the younger sister. It would have been unavoidable.
Ami looks up as she sees someone looking at them. He had eyes like Mommy, but she didn't recognize his voice. Curiously, she reaches out her hands to him.
Unfortunately, she didn't have much control over her body yet. So mostly, she was just reaching and flailing. Thankfully, he chuckles and scoops her up.
"Such an adventurous little thing." He smiles down at her.
The big people did that a lot, Ami decides. They must really be happy to see them. Which made her happy. So she coos.
"And such a happy child." He smiles down at her.
Sasuke smirks at that and Ami instinctively knew her Daddy was up to something. "Well who wouldn't be happy? All she has to do is eat, sleep, and cuddle up to Hinata's breasts all day." Hmm. The man with the eyes like Mommy now was making a really funny face and he was twitching a lot!
Hanabi rubs the back of her head sheepishly and darts over. "Everyone play nicely!" Ami giggles at that.
Everyone was making such silly faces! It was so funny! She smiles up at them all and snuggles into her grandfather's arms.
"Yes, well I suppose that I should have surmised you would say something like that." Hiashi rolls his eyes as if the thought was irritating somehow. "One doesn't have to wonder too hard how the twins came into this world."
Tsunade shakes her head at this. "Well, I think that's enough excitement for one day." She smiles at everyone. "Hinata needs her rest and Sakura, try to keep Naruto and Team Eight from busting down the doors."
Sakura nods in understanding. "Yes, Lady Tsunade." She nods once more and towards the door, gesturing for Hanabi and Hiashi to follow her.
"They're wonders, Hinata." Hiashi smiles as he gently deposits little Ami back into her mother's loving arms. "Which is something of a miracle considering who their fathers are. We shall be back tomorrow."
The bluenette shakes her head at her fathers not so subtle jab and nods. "Alright." Some things would never change. Though she took it as a very good sign that he had come at all.
Maybe, they could find a way to repair their relationship. Somehow. Her father was taking some very important steps towards doing so that she knew weren't easy for him to make.
Hiashi nods and quickly departs with Hanabi. Though he didn't manage to do so without giving his grandchildren one last lingering glance.
"Well Shizune, I think that the new family should have some alone time to get to know each other better." Tsunade smiles. "Itachi is a trained medic. So I'm sure he has things handled here and if not, hit that red button on the controller by the bed and that will summon more medics in case of emergency."
Shizune nods in agreement as the two of them head off. Hinata nods in acknowledgement as she hands Aiko to Sasuke and Ami to Itachi.
"Well that went far better than I ever could have expected." She lets out a sigh of relief.
Itachi smiles down at the adorable bundle in his arms. "That's because not even Hiashi Hyuga could resist such cuteness." They were going to have a very hard time in a few years.
Sakura was absolutely right about that. The Village boys were about to become far more annoying than they ever used to be. That was alright though. Itachi wouldn't let anything happen to his precious nieces. Their little Uchiha Princesses.
Hinata smiles and nods in agreement as she watches her lovers cuddle up to their children. "That's true." To Hinata they were the most adorable children in the world.
Admittedly, she was rather biased though. The bluenette was quite certain that all mothers felt the same way about their children.
"Hopefully, the Loser doesn't cause them to go deaf though." Sasuke shakes his head in amusement.
Sadly, the former Heiress wasn't entirely sure that her younger husband was joking as he tickled Aiko's tummy and the newborn giggles in delight. Naruto could be very, very loud sometimes!
Still, Hinata decides they could deal with that later. "I'm sure we'll manage." She gives her husband's a warning look. "And remember what Kurenai Sensei told you both!"
This drew a groan from both proud "fathers" and Hinata knew why. Despite their annoyance, she knew that her Sensei had done the right thing. Obviously, someone had to step in.
"Now, I know that this is going to be awkward." Kurenai sighed as she looked at the three of them. "But I feel as though I wouldn't be doing my job as Hinata's Sensei, if I didn't warn the three of you about something."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. Though Hinata noted, Itachi did as well. What could her Sensei possibly have to warn them about?
Hinata shoot her a confused look herself. "Warn us about what?" She suddenly felt rather uneasy at that moment.
"I know that Itachi and Sasuke mean well and it's only natural to be protective of your children." Kurenai sighed as though she was uncertain how to continue. "But given the unique state of your relationship, I'm afraid that the twins will be teased about their parentage and you can't burn down the village, every time someone upsets them."
Oh. That was a good point. Kurenai was right about that. Hinata hadn't even considered that yet!
She bit her lower lip as she pondered the matter. "She's right. You two will have to control your tempers!" And that was that.
"I don't see why." Itachi shook his head. "The village should be burned down, if such a thing happens."
She gaped at her husband. "ITACHI!" Honestly, Hinata couldn't believe that Itachi of all people had said that.
"He's joking." Sasuke smiled reassuringly at her. "Though it would be rather tempting."
Honestly, what on Earth was she going to do with them?! It was one thing to be protective of their daughters. It was another to threaten the village, every time someone upset them!
"You should threaten to take away their lingerie privileges, if they don't behave." Kurenai sighed. "It's really the only way to get men to listen sometimes."
From that moment on, Hinata knew what to do to get the Uchiha Brothers to behave. Nothing gained faster compliance than them than threatening their marital privileges so to speak.
"We remember." Sasuke shivers as he remembers the threat. "Believe me, we remember."
Her recovery period was likely going to be torturous for all three of them, Hinata decides. They were all so used to being together that even a few days without each other tended to drive them half mad.
Thankfully though, they had two sweet bundles of joy to distract them while she recovered from childbirth. "Good." She smiles at her daughter. "Your father and uncle are wonderful men, but sometimes Mommy has to get rough with them to make sure they don't do anything silly." Like destroy a village.
"And you're mother was a Byakugan Princess who is now our Uchiha Queen." He smiles and kisses their foreheads. "And now, you're our Uchiha Princesses. And if anyone dares to upset you, your father and I will take the appropriate measures to rectify such a situation." He gives Hinata a reassuring look. "Without burning down the village, of course." To which, Hinata could only laugh.
She loved their family more than anything. There were times though when her husbands needed a good spanking. Hmm. Actually, that might not be such a bad idea. Maybe, after she was better…the bluenette would discipline them more fully.
"Exactly." Sasuke smirks.
For now though, she was content to bask in their praise and cuddle up to their daughters. Their precious little Uchiha Princesses who were likely going to drive the village boys crazy in a decade or two. Luckily for the Leaf though, right now all the twins seemed interested in at the moment was sleep.
Which actually sounded like a grand idea to Hinata. "Mmm. Do you two think you can watch them while I sleep?" She yawns cutely.
"Of course." Sasuke promises her as he caresses her cheek. "We'd do anything for you. You know that."
Hinata smiles as she kisses them both. "Get some sleep, My Love." Itachi returns her kiss, after Sasuke does. "You've more than earned it. Don't worry about anything. I think that if we can win the war, we can handle watching our own children for a few hours while you rest."
Well that was a good point, Hinata thinks to herself as she nods and smiles at her husbands holding their twins. "Alright. Goodnight." And with that, she closes her eyes and soon was out like a light. (After all, childbirth was an exhausting business, especially when you were having twins)!