She Deserves Better

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Silver's Chapter Notation: For some reason, I typed Chapter 37 for Chapter 36 and chapter 38 for Chapter 37. These are the correct chapters and the typo corrections have been made. No chapters were missing. Sorry for any confusion.

Chapter 36

Mothers were truly scary things. Sasuke could remember his mother being rather pushy when he was a kid, but he's never seen her nearly this…energized. Apparently, the idea of a short engagement only made the woman even more determined to put together the most magnificent wedding New York had ever seen. Sasuke would have been satisfied with something much simpler, but he had thought it wise to back out of most of the planning once his mother was on a roll.

Besides, that gave him more than enough time and space to make sure that Hinata had enough pillows to sit down on while their mothers talked incessantly over at the dining table, magazines, catalogs, and pamphlets scattered around their laptops. It was a grand debate regarding everything from the location to the colors of the tablecloths.

Hinata smiles as she cuddles up to Sasuke. It was nice to be held by him and rather amusing to watch their mothers plan the wedding. "I'm definitely not getting in the middle of that." Their mothers were well both amazing and scary at the moment. The two matriarchs apparently didn't know the meaning of the words simple or easy when it came to wedding planning.

While he would have preferred that Hinata take her maternity leave early, he knew that she couldn't until after the wedding, or everyone would know she was already pregnant. Which meant that he would have to suffer the paranoia of knowing that something could happen to her any day for the next couple of months until the wedding. After that, though… He wraps his arms around her, nibbling on her ear and lowering his voice well below what their mothers, or his suspiciously observant brother and father could hear. "You do know that as soon as the Honeymoon is over, you're going on leave, right?"

She giggles at the nibbling and then blinks. "Sasuke, that seems a bit early for maternity leave." Hinata laughs. "I doubt I'll even be out of my first trimester at the rate our mothers are going."

"Still, better safe than sorry." And Sasuke had seen way too much danger over the last few years to be entirely comfortable letting his soon to be wife and unborn child out where something or someone could hurt them.

Hinata kisses his cheek. "Sasuke, I work at a hospital." She smiles at him, trying to reassure her lover. "What safer place could there possibly be for a pregnant woman?"

"At home, in bed?" Sasuke was pretty sure that the safest place for her was where she wouldn't have to drive, walk around people driving, be near anything heavy that could fall over, or really…out in the open, anywhere. Besides, that way, she could just lounge around and think up fun things to do before he got home and cooked dinner for them.

"Well it is pretty tempting." She rests her head on his shoulder and cuddles more to him. "To just lounge in bed with you for the duration of my pregnancy." Well lounge and do more vigorous activities in bed with him. "But don't you think you're overreacting a little bit?" She laughs.

Considering the things he'd seen, this was actually an under-reaction. "No. But you can go ahead and call me paranoid anyway. I won't dispute it." Sasuke knew that to others, he might seem a little unreasonable, but to him, it made perfect sense. Her being pregnant meant that she would be in more danger than usual. Not to mention…if there was anyone else out there like Orochimaru, anyone who knew about the potential of Orochimaru's experiments being passed to his children… Well, he could think up a lot of nightmare scenarios from that alone.

Hinata shakes her head and cuddles to him. "I'll take it easy and see how early I can take the leave, if it will make you feel better." Tsunade would probably humor her.

"Good." Sasuke's voice rumbles softly as he hums in contentment. He glides his hands over her stomach, already picturing it growing larger, rounder, full with their child. Part of him was still terrified that, while unlikely, he would have an attack and hurt Hinata and the baby. But part of him felt…peaceful, like for the first time in a long time, all was right with the world.

"I would be a very cruel Princess to deny my Knight, after all." She shivers at the quiet rumble as she snuggles closely and watches their mothers continue to go bonkers. "They're...debating what color the tablecloths are going to be." Hinata blinks in disbelief.

"Again." Sasuke was pretty sure that this was their second time discussing the topic. "They're being extremely thorough. I think they've gotten three months worth of planning done in just one afternoon." They must have made a dozen calls to friends of theirs, setting up things like catering and flowers, involving the Yamanakas and Akimichis in the planning, of course. Ino and Chouji's families were very good at what they did, and weddings were come of the biggest business opportunities that were thrown their way. Plus, Ino went crazy for them.

Hinata laughs a bit nervously. "Well I did say I wanted a quick engagement." Though even she was stunned at their efficiency.

"I'm pretty sure that they want to have it just before New Year's. Something about it being a good omen, or something." Sasuke didn't really pay attention to the superstitious ramblings of their mothers. But he did catch the words 'beautiful ice sculptures' and 'snow frosting' a few times. So he assumed that it would be winter-themed to go with the season. And it would be right after Hinata's birthday, and then Christmas. "Obviously, it's going to be indoors."

"Indoors or outdoors doesn't matter to me." The bluenette smiles and kisses his cheek. "All that matters is that I"m marrying you."

"Yeah…" Sasuke cuddles her closely, his eyes drifting towards the stairs in his parents' house. It was the one place that Hiashi Hyuga would refuse to set foot in, and therefore, a safe place from his wrath, should he find out early that he was going to be a grandfather. Still, Sasuke had to wonder just what Itachi and Kakashi were doing up in Itachi's old room. They were supposed to be down here helping him plan the Honeymoon, since that was the one part that he'd managed to wrangle from their mother.

Warning Kakashi x Itachi Scene Part 1

As if on cue, Kakashi and Itachi stumble down the stairs with each other. The elder Uchiha Brother's hair was a mess and the military officer's hair was even worse. It would have been comical, if it wasn't so obvious what they had been doing.

Sasuke blinks slowly at the two of them, taking in their disheveled appearances. "You didn't…" Oh hell no, those two did not just have sex in his parents' house. "Dammit, Itachi, you're supposed to be helping me plan for Spain, not…" He gestures to Kakashi irritably. "This!"

"Oh well we were multi-tasking." Itachi smiles pleasantly as he hands Sasuke a rather thick guide book with bookmarks in it. "Pink bookmarks are for romantic getaway places. White for potential hotels. Blue for practical locations like hospitals and where you can rent a car or cab. Gold for tourist locations. And so forth." He seemed very pleased at his planning.

Sasuke twitches. "Do I WANT to know just how the two of you managed to multi-task?" White was really all that he was interested in, and maybe the blue, in case something went wrong. But maybe they could see a few of the pink and gold marks if they were bored of sex. Not that that was likely to happen, but still.

Itachi beams at Sasuke. "We're just that good. I work for the FBI and Kakashi is a commanding officer for a reason." He shrugs and smiles at him. "Foolish little brother, don't be jealous of our skill. Just be happy that it benefits you in this instance."

End of Kakashi x Itachi Scene Part 1

"He's a commanding officer because he knows how to handle hundreds of weird soldiers who would be one big incoherent mess most of the time." Which about summed up his platoon. And Itachi…what could Sasuke say about him. "You work for the FBI because you enjoy psychoanalyzing people and figuring out how to drive them insane." Like with incessant forehead pokes.

"That's correct." Itachi smiles teasingly. "I knew there was a reason why you were at the top of your class." The other Uchiha chuckles as Hinata giggles.

Kakashi pats Sasuke's head as the younger man grumbles. "That's why I picked you. Apart from the borderline insanity that makes you both incredibly creative, and dangerously reckless, of course." It was creativity and recklessness that had gotten that platoon out of more than one scrape over the years. At least now he could have Sasuke do a safer job. "By the way, while we were upstairs, Itachi introduced me to your bookcase. I didn't know you wrote poetry." Kakashi pulls one of Sasuke's poetry journals out of thin air, flipping a few pages. "Some of it is quite dark, but very expressive."

"Give me that!" Sasuke lunges slightly for the book. But with Hinata in his arms, there's only so far that he can reach. And it didn't help tat his face was a burning scarlet.

Hinata shakes her head and gets up. "Give me that." She grabs the book and hands it back to Sasuke. "It was wrong of you to read his private writings." She smiles at Sasuke. "I'm sure, if he wanted you to see it...he would have shown you."

Kakashi makes a face, but Sasuke just takes the book and nuzzles his fiancee. "Thanks…" He looks at the book, opening it to the inside cover and frowning. "You were looking at the one from senior year?" He'd never shown anyone that, not even Itachi.

"You're welcome." Hinata smiles at the nuzzling and indulges in some minor cuddling. "Don't let it bother you too much. I'm sure Kakashi didn't mean any harm." He was just being nosy!

Rolling his eyes, the colonel crosses his arms. "I didn't, but it does add some more depth to your psychological profile. Itachi would probably have a field day trying to analyze all of that." Kakashi's eyes fall on Hinata. "It's easy to see how special you are to him, after flipping through that book."

Hinata blushes and hides her face in Sasuke's chest. "The pregnancy and wedding ring wasn't enough proof for you?" She laughs embarrassedly.

Kakashi chuckles and presses a finger to his lips. "Be careful not to say that too loudly. There are two women less than thirty feet away who would love to hear that they're going to be grandmothers."

"Oh don't worry. "Itachi smirks as he glances at Mikoto and Emiko. "They're a little distracted right now." He doubted that they would have noticed an elephant in the room at the moment. They were that preoccupied.

Sasuke rolls his eyes, putting the book down and resolving to find all of his old poetry books and hide them somewhere safer next time. Somewhere his nosy commander and brother wouldn't be able to find them. "So why exactly were you two in my old room anyway?" There wasn't much in there anymore, just some old clothes and some books. The things that he didn't take with him or throw out when he left for West Point all those years ago.

Warning Itachi x Kakashi Scene Part 2

Itachi smiles and chuckles. "I was just giving him a more thorough tour of the house." And it had been a very thorough one at that.

Sasuke's face goes blank. "You two did NOT have sex on my bed."

"You haven't used that bed in almost a decade." Itachi shrugs. "I don't know, if I would call it yours anymore."

Hinata laughs. "Well, that's probably fair." She leans over and brushes her lips against Sasuke's ear. "We did have sex on his couch, that one time."

Which meant that he had. Itachi had totally let Kakashi bang him on Sasuke's bed. The younger brother shudders at the thought. "That doesn't mean that you had to have sex on it, Itachi, your old bed is still here, you could have easily made do with that. I only ever had sex on that bed twice!" And besides, he'd slept in that bed way longer than the decade he'd spent out of it. "Now I have to wait for the smell to clear out before getting my books."

"What are you a dog?" Hinata giggles as she kisses his nose. "The smell?" Akamaru had better move over if Sasuke's nose was that sensitive.

Itachi shrugs and chuckles. "It's Kakashi. He has a deviant side to him." And apparently that was supposed to explain everything.

End of Kakashi x Itachi Scene Part 2

"I should have known…" It would be just like Kakashi to mess with him like that. "In that case, you might as well do the shower as well."

Kakashi raises an eyebrow curiously. "The shower? Now what's the story there?"

"Wouldn't you like to know…" Sasuke grumbles, pulling Hinata closer. "It was a very long time ago." Tenth grade, he was pretty sure. What had her name been…Naomi?

Itachi rolls his eyes. "Childish, Sasuke. Truly." He highly doubted the scent of sex was thick enough he needed a shower now. Though he got the reference.

Sasuke had been in his sophomore year and apparently managed to convince his first serious girlfriend to take their relationship to the next level. Itachi had accidentally walked in on them the morning after. Thankfully, their parents were out that weekend on a business trip.

The poor girl had been absolutely mortified, but at least the blankets had been on top of them at the time. After Itachi politely excused himself, she had gotten dressed in short order and darted off. At which point, Itachi had warned Sasuke to take a shower because their parents were due home within the next hour or two and he doubted the other man wanted to get caught.

"You're pushing your luck though." Referencing his first lover in front of his pregnant fiancee, even so vaguely seemed pretty fucking risky to Itachi. "In any case, get over it." He rolls his eyes, trying to save his foolish little brother from putting his foot in his mouth.

"Oh I'll get over it once the smell is gone, and you two promise not to screw around like that again. You have your own room for that, Itachi." Though Sasuke directs his glare at Kakashi, the pervert.

He pokes his forehead. "You're such an overgrown baby sometimes." Itachi shakes his head and drags Kakashi off with him.

"Asshole…" Sasuke rubs his forehead, silently cursing the lack of bangs. He doubted that Itachi was ever going to stop poking him. "They'd better leave my books alone."

Hinata wasn't completely naive, even in passing, she could read between those lines. "And someone needs to stop referencing high school showers." She hadn't thought for a moment that Sasuke had been an innocent when they got together. He was too...confident for that to be a possibility and he knew that he hadn't been her first either, but that didn't meant that she wanted to hear about Shower Girl. Whoever she was.

Sasuke blinks, before pressing his forehead to Hinata's shoulder. "It was a long time ago, Hina. It was high school. Before you…" Well, before she'd started writing the letters. He shakes his head. "It doesn't matter anymore. It hasn't mattered for over ten years."

"I know." Hinata still grumbles under her breath though. "I'm being irrational." She rests her head on his shoulder and looks up at him. "I blame it on the hormones." Not really. Hinata was sure she probably would have wanted to smack the Shower Slut either way, but if Sasuke could overlook that she was had dated Naruto for a couple years, well she could get over some faceless girl.

"Well, it's okay if you want to blame it on the hormones." Sasuke kisses her softly. "But it's kind of exciting to see you getting jealous." He'd definitely had enough of that feeling senior year.

She kisses back. "I know that it isn't fair." Hinata looks at him. "We weren't even together than and honestly, you barely knew I existed at that point." She sighs, feeling a bit guilty but also still irritated. "It's just hard to think about you with someone else. I mean, I'm not stupid. It wouldn't be realistic for me to believe that I was your first." He'd obviously had offers. Enough to stuff his entire locker full of love letters on a daily basis. It was only natural that he'd at least take up at least one of them.

"No, but at least it gave me the chance to learn something first." No awkward stage, trying to figure out what the hell Hinata wanted. Just straight into the fun stuff. "And it's not that I didn't know you existed, I just wasn't paying attention until I noticed that the wallflower was actually much more interesting than she seemed." Sasuke bites softly on her ear, his fingers trailing towards the hem of her shirt, despite knowing that this was the last place he wanted to show her just how interesting she was.

"Mmm that's why I said barely, not that you didn't." She mews at the attention. "I guess being each other's firsts is a romantic ideal, but the reality would have been at least slightly awkward." She snuggles to him. "I wouldn't have minded though." They could have figured it out together.

"What matters is that we ended up here." Sasuke's fingers slide under her shirt, teasing her skin gently. "Besides, I wasn't what you needed, not then…" He peppers kisses along her neck. "It's better that we waited. You launched your career, and I'm well situated in mine. We're at comfortable parts of our lives, and we've grown enough that things just…fit together."

She sighs in contentment. "You were always what I needed." That felt nice. "I just didn't know it, but you're right." Hinata smiles mischievously. "We do fit together VERY well." She glances around and makes sure their mothers were suitably distracted. "Do you want to go upstairs?" The shower was looking more tempting. After all, she was an experienced woman. She could satisfy him much better than the high school girl had.

Now that sounded like a very good idea. "Do you plan to traumatize my brother?" It would serve Itachi right if Sasuke and Hinata traumatized him and Kakashi up there. Sasuke smirks along her skin. "Or would you rather go home and have a very long shower?"

She brushes her lips against his ear and smiles. "A long," Hinata pauses and kisses his ear. "HOT shower," The blunette nibbles lightly, "sounds really, really good."

Sasuke does his best not to groan at her words. What were the chances that they would be able to get away with something like that in the house and not get caught. "Here or home?" He was pretty sure that they could get home fast enough, traffic wouldn't be bad for a couple more hours.

"Here." Odds were that they could get back to their home quickly, but Hinata wasn't in the mood to wait. Not even for a ten or fifteen minute drive. "Can't wait." She nips his ear teasingly. "They won't notice anyway." Her voice was already husky with desire. "Besides, Itachi says the bathroom is soundproof anyway."

Sasuke raises an eyebrow as he sweeps Hinata into his arms. "And just when did he tell you that?" He takes the stairs one at a time, careful not to drop his pregnant fiancee.

"You remember awhile back, when you introduced me officially to the rest of your family?" Sasuke wasn't the only one who had been subjected to a Meet the Parent's Dinner. Though at the Uchiha household, there had not been such a battle of wills over dinner. "That's when he told me." She giggles at being scooped into his arms and allows him to carry her off.

"That sadistic asshole." Sasuke chuckles as he shakes his head, nudging open the door to his, thankfully, empty room, and nudging it closed as he heads for the en-suite bathroom. It did smell like sex in the room, but it looked like Itachi was considerate enough to crack the windows open a little.

He places her down inside the bathroom, closing and locking the door behind them. "Now, how hot do you want that shower?" Sasuke was seriously considering ripping Hinata's clothes off, but he knew that she'd kill him if he did.

Warning Lemon

She smiles slyly as she slowly slides her shirt over her head, slowly revealing her still toned stomach and the red silky bra underneath. "Well I thought that perhaps my considerate fiance would get me all soaped up and nice and wet."

"I can do that." Sasuke reaches back to snap open the clasp of her bra, quickly revealing those creamy breasts that he so loves to mark up. "You'll need to be cleaned after we're done." His hands trail down to her hips, sliding her pants down so that they fall to the floor.

She had on a pair of matching girl's boxers. "I figured you could." She kisses his nose briefly before tugging his shirt off him. "I mean you faced the Dragon Daddy. You can handle bubbles." Hinata giggles as she shimmies out of her boxers.

Sasuke's belt hits the floor as he smirks. "The Dragon Daddy is not nearly as scary as you seem to think." Not compared to everything else. Though he would do it again if it meant being able to caress his beautiful princess.

"He will be when he realizes he's about to become a Granddaddy Dragon." Hinata laughs as she reaches for his pants and tugs them off. The boxers followed suit in short order. "Would my handsome knight like to ravish his princess?"

Pushing her against the wall, Sasuke smirks. "He would indeed." His hands roam over her curves, memorizing them. They would change in the coming months, he knew that. So he would memorize her body every step of the way. He kisses her deeply, moving a hand to tilt her chin up. She still tasted of vanilla.

She smiles and kisses him. "Good." Hinata breaks the kiss and tugs on his lower lip with her teeth briefly before covering his neck with kisses and her hand finds his arousal, stroking him lazily. "Because I want you too." Idly, she wonders if he would still be this eager to ravish her in a few months, but she dismisses that thought to deal with it later. Right now, Hinata just wanted to be with him.

Baring his neck to her kisses, Sasuke groans as he thrusts slowly into Hinata's hand. "I keep wondering what I did to deserve this." Sasuke pants slightly. "But right now…I don't really care." He reaches for the taps, turning them and running the water as he nudges Hinata into the large shower, pulling the curtain behind them, confining them both under the warm spray.

"Well it might have something to do with the saving a few hundred lives thing." Hinata smiles and enjoys the sensation of the hot water hitting her bare skin and sound of Sasuke's lustful pants as she strokes him. "And of course, there is the being gorgeous and ridiculously intelligent thing as well." She smiles slyly. "And the sexy wakeup calls don't hurt." She moves down slightly until she was sitting on her knees and takes the sensitive tip into her mouth as she strokes the rest of him.

Sasuke's head taps the wall of the shower as he leans back, holding back a throaty groan. "Hinata…" He runs a hand through her hair, holding himself back from thrusting too hard into her mouth. She was so good at that, and it drove him almost to insanity. And he'd been on the brink of that more than enough to know the feeling well.

She smiles at the groan and sucks him harder, while her hand continues it's gentle massaging. "I take it that this meets with my knight's approval?" Hinata stops sucking briefly, before resuming her administrations and her other hand slips between her thighs. She rubs at her clit as licks the sensitive tip of his arousal. Just the sound of his voice was enough to make her half ready to cum.

Tugging on her hair, Sasuke pulls her back up gently, his hand joining hers. "Keep that up, and this shower is going to be over too soon." He presses her to the wall, capturing her in the cage of his arms, and in a deep, fiery kiss.

Hinata lets out a small squeak of surprise as she's moved away from him and 'trapped' against the wall. "And we most assuredly wouldn't want that." She returns his kiss and smiles teasingly into it. Not that she wanted to go anywhere. So she was just fine with being trapped.

Sasuke smirks at the squeak as he coaxes Hinata's tongue to dance with his, his fingers reaching deep into her folds to find her wet and slippery. With his other hand, he reaches for the body wash that his mother had stocked the bathroom with, squeezing some into his hand, lathering it up as he squeezes Hinata's breasts. "I think you said something about soap?"

"Yes, I did." She moans into the kiss, returning it eagerly as she squirms at the seductive touches. "You're really good at following orders."

"I'm a soldier, I have to be good at following orders." He presses his lips to her throat, fingers slipping inside her to rub the silken sheath open for him. "Moan for me, dearest." He hums against her throat. "Scream your pleasure for me." His fingers press deeper, searching again for the sweet spot within her.

That made sense, but rational thought was quickly leaving Hinata behind. "Nhh!" The feeling of his lips against her throat and his fingers inside her was driving her insane. "D-Don't stop!" Thank goodness for soundproof walls.

Oh, but he was going to stop. Only for a moment though as Sasuke slides his fingers out of her, sliding himself inside her instead. She was wet and warm, and her skin was soft and supple under his hands as he circles his hands under her thighs, hoisting her up to press her against the wall as he moves inside her.

Hinata moans and leans against him desperately. "Yes!" It was so natural now. The way that they fit together so perfectly. It was both beautiful and erotic. "Feels so good." She kisses him heatedly, her tongue exploring his mouth in appreciation.

Hips thrusting up smoothly, quickly, Sasuke's powerful muscles ripple with each movement, flexing as he holds Hinata's entire weight easily against the slippery wall. "Hina, cum for me." It felt so good, and he was so close. It felt like she was meant for him, a perfect fit, the perfect match. Soft, hard, strong, gentle. Perfect.

"Sasuke!" Hinata didn't have any trouble following that order. "Fuck!" She screams his name as she came hard and fast and clings to him desperately as he found her release.

"Hinata!" Sasuke leans his head against the wall, spilling himself inside her, so much so that if she weren't already pregnant, that would definitely be a concern. But there was something of a…smugness bubbling within Sasuke as the shower washes away the last of the suds. It was familiar…it was nice.

Pulling out slowly, and letting her down even more slowly, Sasuke stays braced carefully against the wall as he reaches for more shower gel, lathering it between his hands as he reaches around Hinata, cleaning every inch of her skin. "Maybe we should try it in the bath next time." He could definitely see that being a lot of fun. No better way to spend bath time than with the mother of your child.

End of Lemon

Hinata pants and tries to catch her breath. "That might be nice." Nice and sensual, snuggling up to her naked lover. Well nice probably wouldn't last for long. "And of course, some other strong adjectives that have a positive connotation will likely be applied as well." Words that would probably scandalize her father, but he had to know they were lovers. They were engaged, after all.

"I like the sound of that…" Sasuke purrs in satisfaction, sidling around behind her to lather her front, squeezing her breasts in his palms, before trailing suds over her stomach and between her thighs.

"I thought you might." The bluenette giggles as she allows him to wash her. "You're so attentive."

"It's a habit." After all, paying attention to everything around him was basically part of the job description. "Though I like applying it this way best."

Hinata laughs and smiles. "I have to agree with you there." She leans against him. "I love you." Sighing in contentment. "More than anything."

"And I, you…" Sasuke sighs, closing his eyes as his hands work on their own, memorizing every dip, curve, and where the swell would soon be in her skin. Her almost flawless skin would swell and stretch, the stripes of a tiger decorating her skin as proof of their love. "Hinata…I'm scared, worried, but…" He runs his hand over her stomach, letting it fall away slightly. "I'm excited too. A few months, and you'll be growing round and plump, and I'll be able to see our baby."

"Don't be." She smiles at him reassuringly. "You'll be a wonderful father. If anything, I'm the one who should be scared." Hinata pauses almost embarrassed at her confession. "It's vain, but I wonder if you'll be as interested in me in a few months. I know that it won't last forever, but I'm addicted to you. To this." Another pause. "That and well...childbirth isn't exactly known for being a very enjoyable process." Thank goodness for anesthesia. Though she knew that she would at least try for a natural birth.

"You think I'd be less attracted to you because you're stomach will grow big to carry our baby?" Sasuke nuzzles her behind the ear as the suds wash down the drain. "If anything, I'll be having difficulty holding back so I won't end up hurting either of you."

It had been a concern. A silly one, she knew but still something that worried her. "Maybe, a little." She snuggles against him and smiles. "But I know you'd never hurt either of us."

Sasuke wasn't so sure about that, after all, there could always be an accident. Still…he would try his utmost not to hurt them. "I'd ask you if you wanted to go to my bed and cuddle, but…it's kind of contaminated." He turns off the shower slowly, letting the water drip a little as he cuts the flow of water. "Our mothers can handle things here. We could just take the suggestion book and make a run for it?"

"I can't believe you're that squeamish about your bed because someone made love on it." She laughs. "It's not as if it was strangers and we can always wash the sheets or something." Hinata snuggles into him. "But yes, let's make a run for it."

"It being my brother and commander just makes it worse." Sasuke shakes his head, water dripping from his soaked, shiny black hair. "They wouldn't know a boundary if it smacked them in the face." He reaches for a towel, running the fluffy surface carefully over Hinata's skin. "And I'm not squeamish. I'm annoyed."

Hinata shakes her head. "If you say so, My Love." She gets out of the shower and slowly starts to dry off. "Are you hoping for a girl or a boy?" She smiles at him.

Sasuke blinks. He hadn't really thought about it. A girl? A boy? "…Well, I guess a boy would be nice. A big brother to support his younger siblings." Assuming, of course, that they had more children. "I mean, I know Itachi is a pain in the ass most of the time, but…I wouldn't be where I am without him. Though I wouldn't complain about a little girl. A little princess who will charm all the boys." Boys who would see the business end of his Beretta if they tried anything. "…Okay, maybe a boy would be easier for a first child. I don't want to have to threaten anyone yet."

"Why are men so much more protective of daughters than their sons?" Hinata shakes her head in amusement. "Well, even if it is a girl, you wouldn't have to threaten anyone for years."

"True…but if it's a girl, I'm still teaching her martial arts. AND how to shoot." Just in case, of course. She'd have to be able to defend herself, no matter what she decided to do with her life. "If it's a boy…well, I'm still teaching the little one how to fight."

Hinata rubs the back of her head sheepishly. "Why am I suddenly imagining you giving our five year old a Beretta?" She almost wouldn't put it past him.

"Not at five, I was thinking…more at eight." After all, Sasuke had some restraint. And giving a gun to a kindergarten kid was pushing it. Eight, though…eight could work. "And not to carry or anything, not until they were a teenager, just to practice with. At the base, with me watching."

"Sasuke, I must have literally screwed your brains out." She shakes her head. "We are not giving any eight year old a military issued weapon, or any weapon stronger than a water gun."

"…Fine, we can start them off with water guns and Nerf guns, then paint-ball guns." Sasuke was determined that their children be able to protect themselves if the time called for it. "When they upgrade to real guns, I'll be strict about it. And they can all start on martial arts early."

Hinata dresses and stretches. "I suppose that's agreeable." She knew that Sasuke was just trying to protect protect their children, but she wasn't giving an eight year old a lethal weapon. Supervision or not.

"Good." Sasuke finishes drying himself off and pulls on his clothes. "Now…I believe that we have some escaping to do."

"Yes, we do." Hinata laughs, taking his hand with a smile as the two turn to leave.