Disclaimer: Naruto, Naruto Shippuden and all their characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Summary: Sakura, Ino, Kiba and Shikamaru lived tormented by their boss, Uchiha Sasuke, a severely strict alpha that liked to keep his employees at bay.
They used to wonder if he acted the same at home, and if there was someone capable of putting up with him on a daily basis. Or making him fall in love.
Their answer came one day in the form of Uzumaki Naruto, who had been hired temporarily by the company and who hid a curious secret.
Warnings:
-Mpreg.
-Omegaverse.
Notes:
Hi, everyone!
So this is a translation of my fic "Señora Uchiha", originally posted in Spanish not too long ago.
I was thinking I needed some entertaining way to improve my English skills and thought about writing fanfictions so why not. I was too lazy to come up with a new story from scratch though, so I decided to start by translating my already written stories.
I'm not planning in translating more of them though, I think It'd be more productive to start something new just in English, but I'm still not sure what kind of thing I'd like to write yet.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this one-shot and don't find too many mistakes.
I think I did a pretty decent job, though, so I'm kinda proud of myself.
Thanks for giving this a shot!
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Mrs. Uchiha
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It was a day like any other for the employees of Konoha Inc. Specially for a particular group of collaborators that worked under the charge of one of the strictest people you would find in any company.
It wasn't like any of them hated their boss, but he could really be a pain in the ass if he wanted to. Nobody could speak to him in a good day and get more than a glare and an order to get back to work or be fired.
His name was Uchiha Sasuke. A thirty-year-old alpha with hair as dark as night and eyes of the same color. Well, at least his employees thought he was an alpha. They couldn't be sure, because the company made them wear scent blockers, and the only way to know if someone was an alpha, beta or omega was through their scent.
Said scent blockers were used as a security measure, so the people who worked in Konoha Inc. didn't have to worry about being harassed or bullied because of their secondary gender, and also to diminish discrimination between positions, and prevent unwanted situation related to heats and ruts.
So yeah, unless someone asked him directly, they could only assume Uchiha was an alpha. And, to be honest, with how moody he was, it wasn't that hard to guess. Alphas used to be the most aggressive between the three types of secondary gender, although this was just a stereotype. Uchiha wasn't technically aggressive but stern. A person who didn't tolerate any kind of excuse and who was, usually, in a bad mood.
"It's not like being such a jerk is like any secondary gender we know of." Exclaimed Kiba Inuzuka, one of the four who worked for Uchiha, to the rest of his colleagues.
Sakura Haruno, a pink haired and emerald eyed woman, sighed tiredly.
"It's such a pity, though, cuz he's hot as fuck." She commented. When she had started to work for Uchiha, she was immediately smitten for his looks. Not every day you could find a man as handsome as him. She tried to seduce him at the beginning, but his cold attitude towards all of them made her fall out of love pretty quickly.
That didn't mean he stopped being the most beautiful man she had ever seen, though.
"Pfffft." Snorted Kiba. "Do you really think there's someone capable of putting up with that messed up attitude of him?"
Ino Yamanaka, a blue-eyed blond woman who was also part of the team, giggled.
"There must be someone able to make him fall in love, though." She mentioned absentmindedly, putting away some documents she was working on.
"However, Uchiha doesn't seem like the kind who's interested in meeting new people for non-work reasons." Shikamaru Nara, the fourth member of the team, spoke with a boring tone in his voice. He wasn't in the mood to keep talking about their boss. Wasn't all the work he gave them more than enough to not want to make Uchiha the center of the conversation too?
"Maybe he's already in a relationship and we just don't know about it." Ino spoke thoughtfully.
Since the blockers prevented them to let out any kind of scent, nobody inside the building could know if their colleagues were bonded, or hooking up with someone, unless they determined to talk about it. That or showing they carried a mating mark, in case of omegas.
"I doubt it." Exclaimed the Inuzuka. "Cuz, really, who the hell would be able to put up with him?"
"Excuse me."
The blabbering stopped the exact moment a young man, probably in his thirties, appeared through the hall. He had blond hair, very energetic and kind blue eyes, cheek marks that resembled whiskers and a slightly tanned skin.
"Sorry to interrupt." He apologized, seeming sheepish after having to cut off their apparently animated conversation. "My name's Naruto Uzumaki". He introduced himself. "I'm looking for Sasuke Uchiha's office. He's expecting me."
Sakura and Ino looked at each other before the blond woman stood up and offered the stranger a smile, willing to help him.
"Follow me, please." She gestured outside of the office so he could follow her to the boss' office.
-.-.-.-
Uzumaki Naruto ended up being the new addition to their four-man team, although only temporarily. He had been hired for half a year as a consultant for the new project they were working on. He was a nice guy, kind and full of energy. He loved chattering with them and telling stories as well as listening to them. He was exceptionally good on his job, so everybody was content with his presence in the office. He even seemed to know how to put up with Uchiha, because even though he'd been called to his office a couple of times already, there were no signs of him being fired anytime soon.
The first couple of weeks working with Naruto they talked about very neutral topics. Basically, small talk. But as time went by and their friendship started growing, as well as their trust in him, they started loosening up a bit and resume the conversations from before.
Or gossiping, as Shikamaru rather refer to them.
"I don't believe it!" Uzumaki exclaimed with disbelief. "Nobody could be that stupid."
"Hm, you better believe it." Spoke Shikamaru. "I had to cover his pending work myself when Kiba got sick for confusing powdered oatmeal with flour."
Naruto laughed out loud, which made the two women in the office laugh too. Kiba complained loudly at being the center of the mockery.
The blond man leaned against the wall and took a sip of his coffee before snickering again.
"But seriously, who mixes up oatmeal with flour?" he repeated, amused.
"They look the same!" Kiba attempted to defend himself.
"Anyway, the taste should have been a signal." Ino teased him. "Or you've drunk enough coffee to mess up your sense of taste?"
"Hey, you know coffee is the love of my life." He hugged the cup he had between his hands, bringing it closer to his face as if it were something precious.
"Nice. What'd Hinata say if she heard you?"
"She understands."
"Hinata?" asked a confused Naruto, not recalling having heard that name before.
Sakura left her empty cup on her desk before turning to answer him.
"Hinata is Kiba's girlfriend."
"Oooh, got it." He said before taking a last sip of his coffee, contemplating his emptied cup.
"My omega would certainly kill me if I said something like that." Nara sighed with an unfocused gaze.
"Oh, yeah. Temari is scaring as fuck, dude." Kiba took pity on him. "But you know who'd be totally terrifying as a partner?" he asked then with a mischievous grin.
"Kiba." Shikamaru started. "If you mention Uchiha again I swear…"
"But I'm right!" he exclaimed indignantly, raising his arms in the air and leaning against the back of his chair.
Sakura, Ino and Shikamaru let out a resigned sigh. Even though they were on Kiba's side in this, he seemed to be the one who tended to bring up Uchiha's personal life the most. They really needed a new topic to talk about without backsliding again to their boss.
"It seems the boss has got y'all traumatized." Naruto smirked, still leaning against the wall.
Ino suspired, sitting down on her own desk, and crossing her arms.
"It's just… He's too severe, sometimes. So, every now and then we try to imagine what kind of person he is outside the office."
"Yeah." Concorded Sakura. "Like, how would his partner be, or if he even has a partner."
"I still think there's no one out there capable of putting up with him. Or that he tolerates."
"Oh, c'mon, Kiba." Grinned the Uzumaki. "Everybody has the ability to love, y'know?" He let out in a suspicious tone, looking at the ceiling as if it were the most interesting thing he had ever seen.
Ino stood up with a smirk on her lips, her eyes gleaming with mischief.
"Are you talking from experience, Naruto?"
He blinked, suddenly being dragged back to Earth and letting out a timid laugh. He scratched the back of his head in a nervous motion. His cheeks turned pink, almost imperceptible, but notorious enough to everyone in the room to know he was blushing.
"You're in love!" chirped Sakura.
"Shhh! Don't yell! Do you want Uchiha to come and get us?" Shikamaru hurried to shut her up, putting his index finger in front of his lips in a clear signal.
Haruno lost no time to cover her mouth with one hand at the perspective of being reprimanded or fired by her boss for acting like a teenager inside the company.
"Tell us, Naruto!" demanded Ino in a much quieter voice than her pink haired friend, leaning closer to the blue-eyed man in the process.
In an attempt to stand up get closer to the blonde and motivate him to speak, the heals she had been wearing broke and made her fall forwards. An aghast shriek was heard before her fall was stopped by Uzumaki, who wrapped her arms around her in order to spare her a visit to the infirmary.
Ino hung to him like her life depended on it, pulling, without meaning it, the neck of the blonde's shirt until his whole shoulder was bared to the world. That wasn't the interesting part, though. What absorbed everyone's attention was the bonding mark as the base of Naruto's neck, which had been exposed thanks to the small accident.
All four pair of eyes were drowned to his neck, completely shocked.
"You're marked!" the blond woman screamed without being able to avoid it.
That caught everyone's attention, especially Sakura's and Kiba's, who, along with Ino, were the most curious ones. They stood up and in less than a second, they had cornered Naruto to the wall.
"You're an omega?" Kiba questioned, even though the answer was obvious because of the mark.
"And you're bonded!" shouted Sakura, pushing Ino aside to get a better look of Naruto's neck.
The scar of a bite stood proud in his skin. It was of a golden color, but a little bit darker. It matched his tanned skin nicely. A little to the right there was also a reddish mark, clearly a recently made hickey.
The blue-eyed man got himself away from the others, scratching his neck with a embarrassed smile lingering in his lips. He readjusted the collar of his shirt, covering his bared skin.
"Why are you hiding it?" asked Ino, sensing some good gossip material.
"I'm not hiding it." The blonde refuted. "I don't mind people seeing my mark. I'm bonded and I'm happy with my mate." He made clear, shaking off invisible dust from his clothes.
"Then why didn't you mention it before?" the pink-haired woman inquired.
"I'm here to work, y'know?" He shrugged and then his lips curled into a smile. "Besides, dress shirts cover it anyway. I'm not purposedly covering it."
"What's all this noise?"
Everyone was suddenly paralyzed at hearing the deep voice that had just spoke up, interrupting their gossiping.
There, standing at the door of the room, arms crossed, impeccably dressed and with a frown decorating his face, was Uchiha Sasuke.
He must have listened to them from his private office and decided to go out to put a stop to whatever was happening there that was clearly non-work related. His mere presence was enough to intimidate anyone, and his employees weren't an exception. Everyone hurried to get away from Naruto and turned to their boss, trying to find a fitting excuse. Except for Shikamaru, who hadn't even stood up from his desk and just had to grab a folder and pretend to be busy with some documents.
"M-Mister Uchiha." Stammered Haruno.
"If you've got enough time to chat in working hours, I'm gonna have to guess today's work is already done. However, I haven't been notified yet."
"Please excuse us, Mr. Uchiha." Intervened Yamanaka. "As long as we're finished, I'll give you the report myself."
"Hn. I hope so." His black eyes roamed around the room, watching the faces of every one of the people in the office, making Kiba swallow hard. "Go back to work. That's what you get paid for."
Then he left the room without saying another word.
As soon as his presence disappeared from their surroundings, everyone let out a relieved sigh.
"Damn." Let out Kiba, raising his hand to his chest in an attempt of calming himself down.
"It could've been worse, though." Sakura murmured in a small voice.
"And that's why I told you guys not to yell." Shikamaru muttered under his breath, putting aside the papers he was pretending to be reviewing.
"We should get back to work." Concluded Naruto, looking for his respective seat.
"Before that, though!" Ino smacked her hands on the Uzumaki's desk, a sharp look in her eyes. "Mind telling us about that hickey on your shoulder?"
"Ino!" Shikamaru tried to scold her.
The blonde turned glowing red and leaned back to get as far from Ino as possible.
"H-Hey. I can't complain about my sexual life, okay?" he answered defensively.
"Let him be, Ino." Nara warned her again.
She shrugged and then giggled amused.
-.-.-.-
"Here you are." Ino offered Naruto a smile, along with a steaming cup of coffee that she put over the desk he was currently working on.
That day she was the one in charge of making everyone coffee. They usually took turns. Since all of them drank coffee, it was only fair that everyday a different person prepared it.
The blond man blinked once, and his gaze drifted to the cup in front of him. Then, she offered Ino an apologetic smile.
"Sorry. I can't drink coffee." He apologized sheepishly.
"Oh." Yamanaka stood perplexed for a second, because usually nobody rejected a cup of coffee at work. "It's okay. She smiled and picked up the cup.
That was weird, Ino thought. She was sure she'd seen Naruto drinking coffee before. Even more, she was convinced he drank at least three cups in less than two hours the previous day. And now he was saying he couldn't drink it.
Maybe he was having trouble with sleeping lately and had wanted to reduce his daily caffeine intake?
Yes, that must be it, she thought. Then she moved to Shikamaru to give him his corresponding mug.
-.-.-.-
"Hey, Naruto. Don't you think you should… maybe start eating a little less?" Sakura made the comment in a mocking tone an afternoon during lunch. "Your suit is starting to look a tiny bit tight."
The blonde stopped eating the cup of instant ramen he had snuck inside the office to look at the pinkette. Shikamaru just stared in silence while Kiba switched in his chair, interested in the developing conversation.
"I'm not fat." He complained, his eyes drifting to his abdomen. He stood there for a few seconds, quietly examining himself. "Do I look fat?" he asked at the end.
Ino snickered at the look of affliction on his face.
"You should cut out on ramen." Sakura reprimanded him. "Aren't you worried your alpha may stop finding you attractive?"
At her inquiry, the blue-eyed man took the chopstick to his lips once more, taking another bite of noodles before replying.
"I don't have any reason to start or stop doing things to please my mate." He said seriously. "If I want to look good, it'll be for me."
"But aren't you at least a little bit worried?" she insisted. "What if he starts looking at other omegas?"
"Drop it, Sakura." Shikamaru's voice interposed, trying to keep everything under control.
The omega shook his head slightly, taking another bite of his food.
"He'd never do that." Naruto answered, reeking of confidence. "I trust my alpha." Then he smiled, leaving the topic settled and resuming with the delicious treat he had between his hands.
Sakura nodded, marveled at the trust Naruto seemed to have in his partner. She didn't think she could ever feel such confidence in herself if she decided to enroll in a relationship in the future. But trusting in someone so blindly… Wow. She hoped Naruto's mate really deserved him.
-.-.-.-
As time went by, Naruto's stomach was getting more and more swollen. This captured the attention of his coworkers. They just couldn't get how the heck he was gaining weight that fast.
"Hey, Naruto." This time Kiba was the one to speak. "I don't want to sound as rude as did a few weeks ago…" the pink haired woman let out an offended groan. "But… Don't you think maybe you're eating a little too much?"
"C'mon, you guys… I'm not fat, y'know?" He whimpered, his face wrinkling and making a pout.
"And then?"
Shikamaru sighed loudly, kind of amazed at the fact nobody has put two and two together. Especially seeing the way Naruto used to caress his belly when he was distracted and thought no one was watching.
"I'm… expecting." He murmured under his voice, moving his hands to rest them over his belly, his cheeks turning a soft pink.
Ino, Sakura and Kiba stood astonished.
"You're pregnant?!" Sakura cried out.
"Since when?" Ino asked.
Kiba couldn't do more than stand there gaping at the omega, still in shock.
"I'm about to enter my fifth month." He confessed. "But I only realized it a little over a month ago."
"And why aren't you surprised?" demanded Ino, her eyes piercing Shikamaru's skull. The alpha just looked at her with a bored expression.
"I already knew." He answered simply.
"WHAT?!" shouted the other three.
"It's not like it was that hard to guess. Naruto stopped drinking coffee a few weeks ago and he doesn't take his hands away from his stomach." The blond omega blushed at his words and hid his hands behind his back. "Besides, if he really was getting fat as y'all were thinking, his arms and face would've showed it, but the only thing getting bigger was his belly." He explained easily.
"How do you even pay attention to those things?" asked a confused Naruto.
Shikamaru only shrugged and put his hands into his pockets, not intending in giving more explanations. It wasn't that big of a deal, really. His colleagues were just too clueless to notice the little details which, to be honest, were ridiculously evident.
Oh, well.
A protuberant silence stung inside the room for a couple of minutes, during which Kiba, Sakura and Ino tried to wrap their minds around the new information. Naruto took advantage of the moment to unwrap his bento. As he expected, he had got grilled chicken, a good portion of vegetables and rice. Pretty healthy and all, but he would have rather eat ramen.
"How did your alpha react to the news?" the blond beta questioned, breaking the awkward silence with an enthusiasm.
Naruto scratched the back of his neck and laughed coyly.
"He knew from the beginning."
"How, though? You just said you realized it like a month ago."
"He could smell it." He revealed. "And the bastard didn't say shit just to see how long I'd take to realized it." He scowled for himself, remembering the exact moment his mate had mocked him when he discovered he was with child.
"So you took three months to discover about your pregnancy? And what about when you missed your heats during those months? Shouldn't that had given you some kind of warning?"
Omegas had heats every month, each one taking up to three days to get through. Although they stopped appearing when the omega got pregnant, because their main purpose was conceiving a baby, so there was no sense in having heats while expecting a child.
"Truth be told, I hadn't even thought about it." He cackled, knowing the situation was kinda silly and that he was a little slow on the uptake.
"You really are something."
-.-.-.-
"Say, Naruto. Can you feel the baby move yet?"
"Sometimes." He admitted, smiling. "He or she doesn't move too much, actually. Pretty calm, the little one. Just like his father."
"Hey, that's true!" shouted Sakura seemingly out of nothing. "Tell about your mate. You never talk about him."
"Sakura's right." Ino supported her. "And we're all tired of hearing Kiba babbling about Hinata all day long." She mocked the Inuzuka, who pouted, pretending to be offended.
"Even Shikamaru speaks about Temari every now and then." Commented the pinkette.
"What do you want to know?"
"How is he? Does he have a name? When did you meet?"
Kiba snorted.
"Why wouldn't he have a name?" he asked amused.
Naruto chuckled at his coworkers' attitude and stroked his belly fondly.
"Well… I met him at school when we were both twelve. He was all hostile and arrogant, so much that he didn't bother talking to anyone." He started his story, a mindful expression on his face. His friends looked at him expectantly. "We argued about everything. I was sick of his shitty attitude, his "I'm better than all of you" bullshit, that I declared one day we would be rivals. And so, we started competing against each other in everything we did."
"How troublesome." Sighed Nara, resting his chin on his hand.
"Then how did you two end up together?" inquired a confused Ino.
"There was this time, after I turned fifteen, when I had an early heat after classes finished for the day. I got stuck in the bathroom with no way of getting out. I knew my scent would attract unwanted company and I didn't have a way to ask for help." He said, scratching his left cheek, apparently not feeling perturbed about what he was retelling. His colleagues, on the other hand, looked at him with wide eyes. "But, when I got tired of just staying there, I went out."
"That was so brave!" Ino exclaimed.
"Or stupid." Kiba refuted.
The omega stuck his tongue out to the Inuzuka.
"At the end, I did find some stupid alphas that tried to get a little too friendly, but he found me, got rid of them and took me home."
"How noble of him!" Sakura said, gaining a smile from the blonde.
"He stayed with me until my parents got back from work, without trying to overstep his boundaries a single time. We started being friends after that, though I'm pretty sure we already were. Then one thing led to another and we started dating a year later."
"That was indeed quite the story."
"You can guess the rest of it." He said cheerily, caressing his swollen belly.
"If you're so entertained chatting, I suppose today's work will be done by now." Sasuke Uchiha's cold voice made everyone jump in their sites.
Kiba almost chocked with his coffee, Shikamaru automatically straighten in his seat, Sakura hurried to hide the box of chocolate she had been eating, and Ino coughed a little. Naruto, on the other hand, just rolled his eyes.
"We're sorry, Mr. Uchiha." Ino was the one brave enough to speak, clearing her throat before going on. "I'll be sure to notify you when we're over for the day."
"I surely hope so." Their boss replied sharply, his voice making clear he wasn't going to tolerate any tardiness. "Resume your work." And then he left.
They all let out a sigh of relief as they saw Uchiha disappear through the door.
"There just isn't one single day that guy can be in a good mood, isn't it?" Kiba whined.
The blond omega laughed breathily.
"I don't think you can put Uchiha and "good mood" in a sentence together. You can't expect that much from someone who likes his coffee black and with no sugar."
"He's a jerk." Ino mourned.
Shikamaru groaned and started searching for some documents.
"Do you think he's as much of an asshole at home?"
"Who knows? You think he lives alone?"
"You think there's someone capable of tolerate him on a daily basis?"
"Well, we can't know if he's bonded. The scent blockers don't let us pick up the scent of a partner, if he had one." Shikamaru reminded them in a monotone tone. "Can we switch subjects?"
"But what if he is?" Kiba deliberately ignored him. "How would Mrs. Uchiha had to be to put up with someone like him?"
"We can't know if Uchiha acts the same when he's home, Kiba. Maybe he just likes being a shitty boss and make our lives impossible." Tried to reason Sakura.
"Besides, do you really think there's someone able to make him fall in love? That guy is colder than an iceberg."
Throughout all the conversation, Naruto stayed mysteriously silent.
-.-.-.-
A little after Naruto entered his seventh month, his six-month contract ended, and it was time to say goodbye to those who had been his colleagues during the past semester.
"It's a pity you have to leave." The pink haired woman told him.
"Yeah, we really had fun working with you." Confessed the Inuzuka.
"Come visit us anytime you want! And let us know when we can meet the baby." Offered Ino with a kind smile.
"Of course!" the blond omega grinned happily.
He carried his things in a carton box which, luckily for him, wasn't too heavy. His back was killing him because of his big belly, and his ability to move freely had been restricted, so he was grateful to finally stop working and get to spend the next two months home. That way he also had time to finish the nursery and rest.
The pregnancy was seriously draining him from all his energy. He was a very energetic person and loved to always be doing something, but he just couldn't anymore. He was exhausted. More than he imagined he'd be at the beginning.
"What will you do when your little friend gets here?" Ino asked curiously.
"I'm thinking about working from home… Do online consultancies, y'know? That way I can stay at home with the baby most of the time. It's a perk of working as a freelancer." He turned to look at the clock on the wall to see what time it was, and then he returned his attention to his friends. "I still have to go to the boss' office before I go, but we could go out to get lunch?"
"Count us in!"
-.-.-.-
"Oh, my gosh! What a cutie!"
Ino and Sakura smiled delightedly at the two-month-old baby Uzumaki Naruto was cradling in his arms. He had pale skin and deep black eyes, his hair short and the same color. He was really calm, considering he hadn't gotten upset at the four strangers in front of him.
"He doesn't look too much like you." Kiba said, not really wanting to sound offensive.
"Yeah, he's a traitor." Naruto grumbled, gazing at his son. "I carried him for nine whole months for him to decide he wanted to be a copy of his father."
The baby laughed at the pout of his parent and shook his little chubby arms.
"Now that you mention it, when are we going to meet the father of this adorable little one?" Ino questioned, her eyes fixated on the baby boy, who was looking at her with big rounded eyes, full of curiosity.
"Hum… About that…" the blond hesitated.
"What's all this turmoil?"
They all abruptly separated from the circle they had formed around Naruto and looked towards their boss, who was watching them with crossed arms and a raised eyebrow. They were about to start excusing themselves when a joyous infant laugh filled the place.
"Aawaah!" the cheerful expression on the boy's face captured everyone's attention. "Abah!"
Everyone watched astonished how the baby stretched his arms towards Uchiha, laughing happily. Although, the instant they saw their insufferable boss smile — yes, that's right. He was smiling — and walk in Naruto's direction to take the baby out of his arms and hold him to his chest, their chins met the floor.
If they dared thought the image of Sasuke Uchiha smiling would trigger the Armageddon, it was nothing compared to him holding a baby with eyes full of fondness.
"You didn't tell me you were coming today." The black-haired alpha spoke to the blond while he cradled lovingly the child in his arms.
The omega shrugged.
"I promised I'd bring Hiro here so everyone could meet him. And I had to go out today anyway."
Meanwhile, the other four people in the room gazed wide eyed at the boy, then at Uchiha, then at the baby again, drinking in their similarities, and finally they looked at Naruto.
There wasn't any doubt who little Hiro's father was.
"You're Mrs. Uchiha?!" Kiba shouted, pointing at Naruto, still shocked.
"Do I look like a woman to you?" he protested. "And, just so you know, I kept my last name."
"I don't get it." Even Shikamaru, who had the sharpest mind between the team, was left speechless. "The alpha you told us about was Uchiha?"
"You talked about me?" the alpha was obviously not pleased about this piece of information. His omega talking about him with his employees? No, shit.
"I just mentioned you like once or twice." He defended himself. "It's not like you're that interesting either."
"Hold on a sec." Ino interrupted them, waving her hands in front of them. "You two are mated?" She asked incredulously. "How?"
"That's none of your business." Uchiha cut her dangerously.
"Want me to give you the talk?" the omega asked amused, earning a fulminating glare from his mate, which he chose to ignore.
"No, that wasn't what It meant. It's just…"
"It's just you're nothing alike!" the voice slipped from Sakura's mouth, still astounded.
That was one way of saying it. Where Naruto was bright and joyful, Sasuke was cold and calculated. Even their appearance was different. Naruto had slightly tanned skin, sparkling blue eyes and rebellious golden locks. All of him was basically screaming sunshine. Sasuke, on the other hand, had pale skin and both his hair and eyes were as dark as night.
"Well, you know what they say. Opposites attract."
They still couldn't process it. After having theorized for so long about the kind of person Uchiha's partner had to be to handle a relationship with him, they ended up working with the one who was already bonded with him, and who was nothing like him. It was just so unbelievable.
Little Hiro fidgeted at the silence that had arisen in the office, being reassured by his father, who gently stroked his back.
"Ne, Sasuke." The blond omega broke the silence, turning in the new target of all his friends' gaze at having called Uchiha by his first name. "We were about to go out for lunch. Wanna come?"
He was able to observe the exact moment when everyone jumped at such a proposal, still watching in disbelief as Uchiha just arched an eyebrow at his omega.
"What? It's lunch time, and outside this building you're no longer employer and employees." He waved his hand dismissively. "That way I can introduce you to my friends!" he grinned, as if all he was saying was completely logical. "Ino, Sakura, Kiba, Shikamaru, this is Sasuke, my mate. Sasuke, these are my friend and ex colleagues. Tada!"
Sakura and Ino chuckled tensely.
Shikamaru turned white.
Kiba seemed to be about to pass out.
Sasuke looked cranky.
And Naruto smiled widely, totally pleased with himself.
"Let's go!" he dropped unceremoniously, walking to the exit and waving his hand at the others so they would follow. "I'm starving. We should go to Ichiraku, it's a nice day to eat ramen. He, what am I saying? It's always a good day to eat ramen!"
Uchiha was about to follow him, but he stopped first and turned to the four figures standing paralyzed inside the office.
"One word about this during working hours and you're out." He warned and everyone nodded vigorously. "Good."
Then, he disappeared after his mate.
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EXTRA SCENE:
"Hey, bastard. Was it really necessary to threaten them?" he scolded the alpha while they were waiting for the others to get out of their state of astonishment outside the company's building.
"It was only a harmless warning." He said nonchalantly. "I can't allow my employees to lose their respect for me."
"Pffft. Respect?" his mate snorted. "You totally terrify them. Being a little more human won't kill you, y'know? And it won't make them think less of you or anything."
The alpha shrugged, still holding their baby, who was totally absorbed at sucking his tiny hand and enjoying his father's attention. He was cradling him with such a delicacy and love it made Naruto melt inside.
And so he smiled.
He didn't think his friends could even imagine that Sasuke, in the privacy of their home, could be one of the most gentle and loving people he had ever had the joy to meet. Even though he still acted like a bastard a lot of the time. But that was a side of his alpha that was for him alone. Well, for him and for the baby boy in his arms.
His smile unwavering, he leaned forwards to kiss his lips unexpectedly, which earned him with the sight of a light blush appearing in his mate's pale cheeks.
"What was that for?"
"Nothing. Just wanted to kiss you." He answered simply. "Hey, there are the others! Thank fuck, because I'd totally die if I don't eat anything soon!"
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終わり。
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Author's note:
If you, by any chance, had read the original version of this story already, you'll notice it wasn't literally translated, and I added a few sentences that weren't there before, but nothing really meaningful.
Thank you so much for reading!
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¡Saluditos! 😊