Chapter 13: I Hate The Things I Do When I'm Nervous
A little baby. Right there. In his arms. Cooing. It was so cute. He didn't want to break it. It was so little. So delicate it would be so easy to. So hard not to. Careful! The balance of pressure had to be just perfect. Too hard, it would be crushed. Too light, and it might fall. No!
How could Kent do that? Just sit there, baby in his arms, cooing and making little faces while speaking so cordially with Arty's parents.
He was so perfect, and Raz was so...
If he didn't stop, he was going to rip off his own face, cook it in a pan, and eat it for lunch.
And if he didn't stop conjuring up those types of images, he was going to find himself back in that Tokyo apartment, talking to 'Rei.'
He glanced over at Arty, who was talking animatedly with Sakura about God knows what. She looked so happy, so pure, so animated in a way he had never seen her. She was just so... jubilant. Was her life perfect? That's what he wanted after all. For her to have a perfect life now that the Akatsuki craziness was gone.
Please... Please be happy...
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Sasuke tredded softly across the hallway back from the nursery to the bedroom. Sakura sat there waiting for him, an eyebrow raised.
"You use that thing too?"
Sasuke looked down at the bottle in his hands and blushed. "Oh, yeah, I'll go and-"
"Oh, for crying out loud, Sasuke! Just come to bed! Leave the bottle on the bureau and get under the covers! It's freezing!"
Sasuke left the bottle and climbed in next to her. "So, overall, how do you think things are with our little girl?"
Sakura sighed, "Well, to tell you the truth, Arty seems totally fine, better actually, except..."
"What?"
"I think she's upset she no longer has her old room."
Sasuke looked down at the pillows and sighed. "Not surprising. I could tell when I first went in there she really liked that place, what with all the posters and pictures and paint. But you know, I tried..."
"I know, but you know.. She used to sit at that windowseat every night and stare up at the sun and talk and laugh. It was very special to her. But no matter, I still own the place, I'm planning on giving it to her so she, Meisha-chan, Matty-kun, Raz-kun, and Kent-san will not have to look for a place to stay."
Sasuke smiled at her. "Good idea. What do you think of Kent-san anyways?"
"Oh shit," Sakura sighed.
Sasuke looked at her, "What?"
"You're going to get all protective and nosy now."
Sasuke felt offended. "What do you mean? I was perfectly nice to the boy!"
"Well, there you go. You're not referring to him as Kent-san, you're referring to him as 'the boy.' And besides, you were kind of insistant of them sleeping in seperate rooms."
"Well, maybe I just don't want them-"
"On opposite sides of the house-"
"Well, so what?"
"Two floors apart.."
"Shut up." Sasuke turned over.
"But anyways, it's not Arty I'm worried about."
Sasuke turned over once more to face his lover. "You noticed it too?"
Sakura shook her head sadly. "That poor boy, it was just so obvious, wasn't it?"
Sasuke sat up and nodded. "Poor kid. And with all that shit we found out about his past. Could you imagine waking up one day to find out everything you've been looking for for the three years is what you've been running from? And Gaara! I could not believe it!"
Sakura looked down at her stomach mournfully. "I can a bit, actually."
Sasuke's eyes widened. "What do you mean?"
"When I found out I was pregnant with Arty, he had been trying to get me to date him, but I kept rejecting him. He thought it was because I thought he was a freak, but then he found out and... He went back to Sand and hookedup with this girl named Frances. That was the last I heard from him."
Sasuke shook his head. "The world is so fucked."
"Was so fucked, good night!"
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Four months Later:
Sakura wished she had three sets of eyes. One to stare into Sasuke's eyes, another to watch Artemis up on the stage, and another to watch the twins. But she could not manage to break the stare hold with her husband.
Husband!
Looked like she had accomplished what she had been dreaming of since she was seven. Of course, her phantasies had been a bit different than her current circumstance, but that mattered little. She had gotten what she wanted. She wasn't the only one.
Dancing next to them were the other bridal couple. Patty looked so adorable with her hair like that. Itachi, well, he looked like Itachi. In other words, gorgeaus. But not as pretty as the little fetish she had dancing with her, or that beautiful little angel up on stage singing.
Arty was another one who had gotten what she wanted. Kent stood up on stage, taking turns singing certain parts of "Danny Says."
Boy did she look beautiful. Her dress was what she called "The Helena dress with purple." Aparantly some dancer wore one like it in some MCR video, only with red instead of purple. But it looked adorable anyways.
Kent had joined Sober Love, and now they were getting ready to go one tour tomorrow, and they were bringing Sakura and Sasuke with them. A perfect honeymoon.
An odd thing was happening though. A truly shocking thing. Neji and Tenten had been delivered two little twin boys, and Hinata and Naruto were blessed with twins, a boy and a girl. It seemed everyone was having twins(AN: I know this is a stretch, but it is really important).
With that thought, Sakura thought of Patty and Itachi. Their life would not be easy now, but when had it ever been? But Itachi was stil serving a large amount of service to the Town as punishment for his crimes, and both of them were getting harrassed. No one wanted them there. There was also the fact they'd never have any children. But Patty, always the cheery optimist, was going to adopt a baby girl, and was dealing with all of their problems. They could not have a honeymoon because of Itachi's probation, but she never complained. She was just so happy anyways, so content.
Sakura sighed softly and rested her head on Sasuke's shoulder. At least she had not failed. Look at the beautiful woman she had raised. But then again, that was not saying much, all women were beautiful.
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Raz watched the stage silently from his table. She looked beautiful. She sang beautiful. So did Kent.
Raz was no longer jealous though. He had stopped fixating on it all. She was happy, that was what mattered, and he accepted that. He just wished now that he had someone as well.
But at least he had the twins. The Uchiha twins, he meant. He had conquered his fear of babies and seemed to have found his calling. He had discovered this great love and bond with children he coud not fully comprehend. They were just so... pure. So pure he could never taint them. Thus the twins were staying with him.
"Um, hi, are you Raz?"
Raz looked up to see a sweet-faced blonde girl in a pink dress smiling down at him. He smiled.
"Yes, I am."
"Oh, hi, I'm Jen, I'm an old friend of Patty's. I was wondering if you wanted to dance."
"Well..." Raz glanced down at the twins hesitantly.
"Oh, no problem Raz, I'll take them," Ino said as she swept over, taking up a baby in each arm and wandering off with them.
"Great!" Jen said pulling Raz onto the floor wildly.
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"Well, what do you think, husband?"
Itachi smiled as he eyed Raz and Jen. "Good job, wife."
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AN: Okay, yeah short chapter. And just so you know, this is not the last chapter, I'm just going into a new part of the story, I think you'll like it because it includes more of the old characters. So keep R and R!