Oh god:0 I am sooooo sorry this update is late. But school has been hectic but HEY! I am OFFICIALLY a high schooler now! Isn't that nice:3 So to make up for my lateness, I made this one REALLY long! X3 Ohhh! Finally, a serious lover's quarrel, un!
Man, I had to go to like- 3 DIFFERENT SITES to learn all aobut pregnancy -shivers- XD It was pretty damn creepy, but I knew most of it anyway. Just getting some terms and shit. Nyaa, it was crazy, un! But hopefully you like this one!
Thank you, reviewers! You keep me ALIVE! X3
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A loud incessant knocking was heard at Sakura's front door, and she trudged none too happily to answer it. Throwing it open as gently as she could, she stared down at the gasping and sputtering boy on her doorstep.
"...Sasuke-kun?" she called out. Sasuke attempted at catching his breath, but ended up coughing in a loud fit. Finally having enough oxygen to breathe and speak at the same time, he whispered to her.
"...How did you get over me?"
Sakura had a stunned look on her face as she watched the Uchiha cough violently at the ground. The surprise soon turned to anger, her fury seething through her clenched teeth.
"If you're going to try anything on Naruto, I swear I'll rip out your intestines with a fork, you prick," she shouted as she tried to close the door. Sasuke was on her fast as he wedged a foot past the doorframe, keeping it open. He gasped and panted for more air, he gave her a glare that was filled with so much frustration, and it would have killed anyone at the sight. Sakura narrowed her eyes at the boy, her teeth bared.
"I gave up long ago. And if you're trying to do the same with Naruto, I never want to see your face again.
"LISTEN TO ME, DAMMIT!"
Silence was let through the house as Sakura stared out at him with wide eyes as he shakily stood up straight, trying to regain his posture.
"...Sakura, I'm not letting anything like that happen to Naruto. I love him, Sakura... Please, you have to listen to me...It's about the demon..." he said in a quietly husky voice.
Sakura's eyebrows furrowed in indecision before sighing in defeat, and opening the door fully to invite in her teammate, she found herself walking over to make some tea.
"It's about time we had a chat, Sasuke-kun..."
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"Naruto, stop squirming!"
"No! Ah, stop it! It's cold!"
"Naruto, sit still, god dammit!"
"Stop touching me!"
I was putting up quite a fight with Tsunade-baba. The check-up, seemingly harmless, was so frightening, I wanted to jump out the window and run. She first began poking and prodding at my large stomach before she had put her ear to it in an attempt to hear it move. Her tools looked too menacing for me to be comfortable. And here was Gaara and Lee, laughing at me on the side lines.
"Calm down, Naruto-kun! She's Tsunade-sama, remember?" Lee laughed out quietly. Gaara let out a low chuckle and nodded.
"She's used to this kind of thing, so just relax, fool! She isn't going to hurt you, and you know that," Gaara consoled. I squirmed under Tsunade-baba's grasp until she forced my arms down in place and tried with only one hand to put the strange metal thing on my stomach. Arching up off the examination table, I kicked out in fright.
"Stop it! I don't care! Don't touch it!" I shouted to her. Tsunade-baba was always so nice to me, and whenever I was serious, she'd feel my mood as well. She looked me over with concerned eyes before releasing my hands so I could scoot into the corner of the table and huddle myself away.
I just want to go home. Please.
I felt her warm arms around me, and I cried out as she touched my shoulder. Immediately pushing away, she examined my arm, poking at my shoulder with a well manicured nail.
"Naruto, you're shoulder is dislocated!" she cried out as she pushed me down onto the table. I nodded hesitantly, as she removed my shirt to get a better view of the swollen area.
"It's only been 2 days, Tsunade-baba. It'll heal soon."
"Naruto, to heal a dislocated shoulder, you have to pop it back into place first. And Kyuubi has no chakra to spare on your wounds because of the baby...This is going to hurt, so try not to be too loud about it."
I bit my lip and nodded. She took a deep breath before lifting my arm and pushing down. The pain was excruciating, almost unbearable. But when I heard the reassuring sound of my bone popping back into its socket, I let out a sigh of relief before lying still on the table, closing my eyes at the ache beginning to build up.
"...Naruto, are you okay?"
"...Yeah...Just fine..." I whispered miserably as my shoulder twitched in pain. They watched me silently in worry, and I shook my head. "Fine, I said. So stop looking at me like that."
"...Naruto, are you going to let me look at your baby now?"
I turned to Tsunade slowly, her eyes strong with worrying and reassuring eyes. I calmly nodded and closed my eyes.
"...Don't hurt it...Okay?"
"I'm not going to, Naruto..."
"...Promise?"
"...Promise."
She pressed the cold metal thing against my stomach, and in reflex, I jerked violently.
"Calm down, kiddo," she called out. I slowly relaxed myself, opening a lone eye to watch her carefully. There was a TV in front of me, but it wasn't television, it was a black and blue...Scribbled picture. I focused on it, and it looked like...
...A baby...
"...What is that? What are you doing? What is going on?" I called out. Tsunade smiled lightly.
"You always have so many questions...This is a prenatal ultrasound. See, there's your baby, Naruto."
I stared at the moving thing on the screen, but had to tear my eyes away to look at Tsunade.
"...Mine?"
"...Yours."
I returned my eyes to the screen, and I saw it twitch. I was as giddy as a schoolgirl.
"34 weeks, are we now? It'll be soooon, Naruto!"
"...Really?" I whispered. I hadn't looked at anything other than my baby, the thing growing in my stomach.
"...Do you want to know if it's a girl or a boy?"
"...You can do that?"
Tsunade nodded and smiled at me as I finally gave her my attention. I sighed quietly and smiled in return.
"...No. I want it to be a surprise, Tsunade-baba."
"...Sure?"
I looked down at my belly and nodded.
"...Sure."
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Sasuke had been running all day, and fuck, it was wearing him out. And upon reaching the Hokage tower (Which Sakura had informed him Naruto was getting a check-up there), he was unfortunately kicked in the face by a strong and enthusiastic foot. He skid across the dirt, his limbs flying as he began to roll. And when he stopped, he just lay there in the dirt, trying to breathe. He hadn't caught his breath the entire time he was running over here, and now dirt was allowing him even further to be deprived of the necessity. He choked and coughed and hacked, but it still wouldn't allow his lungs any comfort.
"Get up, you bastard!"
And being grabbed by his wide collar, hauled off his feet into the air, he let his head fall back in pain and exhaustion.
"...I have to get to Naruto..." he whispered to his attacker as he tried to breathe again. His attacker was still hidden among the dust Sasuke had kicked up as he fell, but he nevertheless shook him high in the air.
"You should have been with him! He was so scared; I thought he'd start crying at any moment, Uchiha-san! Why didn't you help him!"
"...The fox-"
"No! Not the fox, that's Naruto! NARUTO! And you were too scared to take even the THOUGHT of the fox! I am ashamed of you! He loves you, and you don't return it!"
Sasuke had fire in those red eyes, burning, HATING, fire. And as he finally got his oxygen, he took hold of his attacker's head, fingers tightening at his temples. The man immediately let go as pressure was applied to his brain, and Sasuke's throat hummed out the most threatening growl anyone had ever let out in the history of ninja.
"...Don't you EVER call me scared. Don't you EVER tell me you're ashamed of me. And most importantly, don't you EVER think I don't love him..."
His attacker let out a hiss as Sasuke grabbed a hold of his black hair and held a sharp kunai to his now exposed throat.
"...Because I swear, you will be begging for your life. And I'll chop you into bits and feed you to the fucking DOGS."
And as the dust settled, Sasuke's red flaring eyes fell upon the kind face of none other than the Green Beast of Konoha. His big eyebrows furrowed in pain, he bared his teeth.
"...I will NEVER beg for my life, Uchiha-san. Never will I beg for ANYTHING from you, you bastard," Lee hissed out as the kunai was dropped to the dirt and the fist in his hair jerked violently off. Sasuke was then met with the serene face of Gaara, looking him over carefully.
"...Uchiha, you've led that kid on, and you better let him keep following. Because if you don't, I'll personally make it so your insides will be on the outside. Go get him. NOW."
Sasuke didn't need to be told twice, and especially not from Gaara, who he took entirely serious unlike his lover. And bounding up the side of the large building, not bothering with the stairs, he searched for the one window that held Naruto inside.
"No...No...No...No...No...HA!" he chanted out as he met window upon window containing nothing. And finding the one he wanted, he slid into the room with the grace of a serpent.
"NARU-"
He immediately quieted himself as he saw the blonde sleeping silently in the farthest corner of the room, holding his knees as close to his chest without squishing the precious life in his belly. When all movement ceased, the light sighs of breath could be heard. Mumbling came often than not, and he began humming in his sleep at one point.
"...to..." Sasuke whispered as he tip-toed his way over to his lovely pregnant wife. Naruto twitched slightly before huddling himself together even tighter, and it was then that Sasuke sat down beside him, his warmth attracting the blonde. Naruto slowly slid to the right, his head falling on Sasuke's willing lap. But the movement immediately startled the boy, jerking his yellow head up with wide blue eyes. And turning to Sasuke, he scooted away quickly. Sasuke scooted after him, and Naruto just scooted away farther. And it kept going until Naruto had ended up trapped in one of the other corners of the room, looming over him at what he looked at to be menacing. And putting his arms over his head as protection, Naruto whined.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Really! So please don't hit me! Please don't hate me!" he cried out to Sasuke as he pushed his hands against the wall behind Naruto to trap his head.
"...I'm proud to say I've never hit you in my life, outside of sparing!" Sasuke blurted out. Naruto remained hidden under his arms.
"What about the hating part, neh!" Naruto yelled out through muffling flesh. Sasuke tightened his fists against the wall.
"DON'T ASSUME I HATE YOU, BECAUSE I DON'T!"
"WELL THEN WHY ARE YOU YELLING AT ME!"
"BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING ON MY FUCKING NERVES!"
"ISN'T THAT WHAT HATE IS! WHERE I'M SO ANNOYING YOU CAN'T STAND ME! I THINK THAT'S WHAT HATE IS, SASUKE!"
"WELL, YOU'RE WRONG! I DON'T HATE YOU!"
"YES YOU DO, OR YOU WOULDN'T BE YELLING AT ME FOR BEING STUPID!"
"I NEVER CALLED YOU STUPID!"
"YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT SAYING IT THOUGH!"
"YOU'RE ASSUMING AGAIN, NARUTO!"
"WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER REASON YOU HATE ME!"
"I HATE THE FOX!"
"WELL, I'M NO FOX! BUT APPARENTLY, I AM IN YOUR EYES! JUST LIKE HOW EVERYONE ELSE SEES ME! A MONSTER!"
"YOU AREN'T A MONSTER!"
"YES I AM! AND THAT IS WHY YOU HATE ME TOO!"
Growing fearsomely tired of the conversation, Sasuke violently grabbed a fistful of Naruto's blonde locks, making the boy cry out loudly in pain, before crushing his lips against his almost to the point of hurting Naruto. Their teeth clacked against each other, and their soft tongues feeling around each other's mouth. Saliva dripped from Naruto's chin as they pulled apart, and Naruto's skin had turned a flushed red color. They stared at each other for only a short moment before Naruto huddled himself up again, away from the rest of the world, even though his world was sitting right in front of him.
His world was crumbling.
"...Naruto..."
"No...I...I'm not going to give up, Sasuke...You can hate me as much as you want, but I'll still be following you, watching you, trying to get your attention. And if that doesn't work, then fine. I'll kill myself."
Sasuke stared in silence at the boy sitting before him, his soul appearing to be a crumpled and torn piece of fragile wet paper. Sasuke had done all of it.
"...Naruto, be serious. That isn't funny."
"Good, because it wasn't meant to be funny. I am quite serious."
"...I know when you're serious, and that isn't serious."
"...And here you are, assuming..."
Naruto tore himself out of his crumpled ball, leaning against Sasuke as to seem they would kiss again, before suddenly pulling the kunai from the back pouch on Sasuke's pants. He twirled in around his finger as he smirked at Sasuke's jaw-dropped face.
"...Still assuming?" Naruto called out as he twirled it for 2 more seconds before bringing it to the soft skin of his wrist. Sasuke growled.
"...Naruto, I'm not fucking kidding."
"You never are, Sasuke-kun."
"...So you're going to throw everything away now? Throw away me, yourself...Your BABY, Naruto? I don't think you have the guts to kill it off."
"I do have the guts, you asshole!"
"Then show me."
Naruto stared out at Sasuke with wide eyes, but they became narrow slits of anger as he bared his teeth.
"...I will show you..."
"Well, go on then."
"I thought you said you had the guts, Naruto."
"I do!"
Naruto's hands were shaking now as he pressed the black sharp blade against his skin. The cold metal touching his skin made him whimper, and it was at that point, Sasuke beckoned for Naruto as he sighed.
"...Come here..."
"NO!" Naruto shouted as he pressed the blade firmly against his shaking arm, still not brave enough to draw the blood out, "I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE TO YOU!"
"You think this is a game, Naruto? This game is gambling the life of our child. Now step down."
"...Never," Naruto whispered in hatred. The trembling was getting to his legs now, and he could barely stand up.
He wasn't going to lose.
"...Naruto, that's enough...Stop it now."
"I have to show you I have guts, you heartless asshole..."
Sasuke's eyes looked pained as he noticed the hot angry tears of misery and fear trail down his lover's face.
"...I'm going to get you to stop hating me..."
And as he gripped the dagger to motion a quick slice, Sasuke shot up from his seat to tear it from his hands and fling it at the wall, now porting a large hole from the excessive chakra use from the Uchiha.
Sasuke was beyond angry.
Naruto backed up to the wall to get as far away, but Sasuke's fists punched through the plaster, letting the white flaky chunks of wall crumble around them. Naruto was trembling as the chakra flared from Sasuke, and he knew he was going to get it.
Sasuke was never one to go easy.
Naruto's face was damp with tears, and still he was crying silently. And turning his fists in the wall, he leaned up to Naruto so their faces were not even an inch away.
"...Is it fun, risking the life of a child, my child, your child, our child?" Sasuke was smiling, but that was not the smile Naruto wished to see.
"...Is it fun, threatening the life of my only family? Is it fun, Naruto, to know that you're all I have, and you take pleasure in making my life hell by pulling these stunts? Is it fun to see me in pain?"
Naruto was sobbing now, and it was then that he answered, hands over his eyes.
"...No..."
And then the room was left in utter silence, save the loud sobbing emitting from the blonde being held against the wall by Sasuke.
Sasuke had made Naruto cry.
Naruto had tried to be strong, tried to be an equal opponent, but it seemed that he always lost to the Uchiha. And as he cried to himself, he had never felt more miserable in his life. Standing here, pinned to a wall, afraid of his lover's violence, afraid of his lover in general, and crying, it all added up to so many heart-wrenching feelings, he wished he could jump out the window and end it all.
Not even the fact that his baby would die too mattered to him at this point.
At this point, all that mattered was Sasuke.
He wanted to slide to the floor so he could curl up and cry loudly to himself, but the man above him pulled his hands out of the wall and grabbed his shoulders to hold him still. This only invoked more tears from the boy.
And the worst part about it was the fact that Sasuke didn't seem to mind.
"...Are you going to hide now? Trying to hide away, so maybe I won't find you? Do you really think it's that easy!" Sasuke was yelling again, and Naruto only continued to cry.
"Please!" Naruto called out between sobs, "I just want us to be happy again!"
"It isn't that easy, Naruto!"
"Why not!"
"Because you've already done too much!"
Naruto let out another choked breath before grabbing a hold of Sasuke's collar.
"I love you, is that not good enough!"
Sasuke said nothing to this, and Naruto only bowed his head as he trembled in sorrow.
"...I love you Sasuke...Just love me back...Please..." he whispered to Sasuke as he leaned in for a kiss. Sasuke just leaned away, and if that didn't break Naruto's heart, then nothing would.
"...I love you, Naruto...But you can't keep doing this...I am not one to put up with this shit, as you can see. And I can loose control and seriously hurt you...Do you want that?"
Naruto shook his head as a sob escaped his mouth.
"Then I suggest calming down. You've threatened the baby enough today, so don't start with the stress...I don't hate you..." Sasuke finally leaned in against Naruto, and it was at that moment that Naruto chose to break down entirely, falling against Sasuke as he couldn't stand any longer, the trembling violent now.
"...I don't...I...D-Don't want..." Naruto couldn't possibly finish his sentence at this point, but Sasuke understood anyway. Kissing his temple, Sasuke sighed and embraced his lover tightly.
"...I know...I'm not going to hate you...Ever."
Naruto twisted in his arms, crying slightly quieter now. And Sasuke took the moment of settling to lay Naruto out onto the examination table and pull a blanket from under it onto the boy. Naruto snuggled into it, a hiccup coming out from under the covers.
"...I...It does-doesn't feel t-the same..." Naruto cried out through the blanket. Sasuke just looked down at the able blankly.
"Dobe, there isn't enough room on the table."
"...Please..."
Finally convinced, he pulled the blanket up and looked down at the still crying blonde before sliding in to join him. There really wasn't that much room, but Sasuke had realized that if they were close enough, they could easily fit. And doing so, they both fell asleep on the table with the 3 words trailing off their lips.
"...I love you..."