Disclaimer:

Naruto is not owned by me, nor will it ever be owned by me. No matter how much I beg and plead and cry and attempt voodoo rituals, Naruto will never be owned by me.

A/N: Welcome to story number two in The Dreams of My Heart! Thank you for the reviews. They really helped this poor procrastinating girl to actually WRITE!

Waiting Room was conceived when I thought of how Sasuke would act when his wife had a baby. Funny and tormenting images came into my brain, urging me to write this. This one-shot has a lot of humor in it, so it's good to take a break from the fluff and stuff from Simple Task. HOWEVER, the rating on this will be T for some language and…situations that come to hand when having a baby. (side note: there's bonus NejiTen in this one, too! Yays.) Forgive the grammatical errors, my computer is retarded. Wait…er…let's get right to the story, ne?

Waiting Room

Okay. Today was, by far, the most terrifying day of his life. EVER. Scarier than the day he first lost a tooth, scarier than that gumball incident when he was 10, hell, even scarier than the day Itachi killed the clan!

It all started when Sakura's water broke.

FLASHBACK ALERT—DO NOT SKIP

Sasuke had still been sleeping at the time. It was about 3 a.m. when his wife woke him hurriedly.

"S-Sasuke-kun!" Sakura whispered, shaking him slightly.

"Hnnn…" he murmered drowsily. It was too early.

"I-I think…my water just broke!" she said, panicky.

Sasuke sat bolt upright.

"Say that again?"

"My-my water broke!" she repeated.

Then, she started having contractions.

"Oh, shit." Sasuke stated, while his wife wailed in pain.

He ran to the kitchen and soaked a towel with cold water and ran back. He placed it on her sweating brow and held her hand. She squeezed his so hard, she almost broke his fingers.

"Hospital." She ordered, "NOW."

"Uh—yeah—right," Sasuke stuttered, disoriented. He used a special jutsu to transport himself and his wife to Tsunade's hospital.

It was then that Sakura went into labor.

"Oh, double shit." He stated again.

It was almost 4 a.m. when Tsunade-sama finally appeared on the scene. She had bags under her eyes and her hair was messily tied into the regular pigtails. Her lipstick was smeared.

"Yosh." She said, unenthusiastically, "Sasuke, when did her water break?"

"A-anou…about an hour ago." He responded, sweat building up near his pajama collar.

"Hmm…" Tsunade said simply and tiredly, analyzing the patient with her dark brown eyes. Sakura was moaning in unimaginable pain. Stress and lack of sleep made Sasuke snap.

" 'HMM'! That's all you can say? 'Hmm'? My wife looks like she's about to die, and all you can say is 'Hmm'!" His right eye twitched violently, glaring at the hokage.

Tsunade turned around calmly to look at him for a few moments.

"I think you need to go to the waiting room," she said, "You might not be able to watch this without losing your sanity. And you'd be in the way. Shizune, please escort him out of here."

Sasuke was too stunned to argue. He was led out of the room by the dark-haired medic-nin.

"S-Sasuke-kun…where are you going? …ite-e…" Sakura gasped in between outbursts of pain. Sasuke just looked at her helplessly.

END FLASHBACK

It was now near 10 a.m. Sakura had been in labor for seven hours, seven hours of pure torture, not only for her, but for her worried husband waiting outside. It was amazing how he, an ANBU elite, who could go on a stealth mission and stay perfectly still for hours, could not stop twiddling his thumbs, tapping his foot, and pacing the floor anxiously right now.

Sasuke had been able to stay awake for the seven excruciating hours, thanks to a diet consisting of a black liquid the secretary called 'coffee', about ten aspirin(not at the same time), and a box of donuts that his best friend Naruto had graciously brought by at about 6 a.m. There were bags under the Uchiha's eyes now, and he sat on the squashy couch twirling his thumbs around each other.

He shot out of his seat, looking around wildly when he heard the wail of a baby. Then, he realized that it came from the entrance behind him.

"Gomen, Sasuke-san!" he heard a female voice say, "Noriko is just restless."

Sasuke whirled around and saw none other than a 27-year-old Hyuuga Neji, with his wife of two years, Hyuuga Tenten. In her arms was their 6-month-old daughter, Hyuuga Noriko. The little baby had inherited the byakugan, as her eyes were a pearly silver color. Her hair, already thicker than most babies her age, was soft and chocolate-colored like her mother's. Noriko was crying softly.

Tenten began to sing an almost inaudible song to her daughter, instantly calming the little baby down. Sasuke saw Neji lightly blush upon hearing his wife sing. The man then turned to Sasuke, and his eyebrows furrowed over his pale eyes,

"Damn, Uchiha. You look like the living dead."

"Thanks," Sasuke said sarcastically, popping yet another aspirin into his mouth and washing it down with a swig of black coffee. "What do you want, Hyuuga?"

"Nothing," Neji replied. He gestured toward his wife with a nod of his head. "Tenten wanted to visit Sakura."

"Mm!" Tenten agreed, "Neji-kun…can you take Noriko while I go visit Sakura-chan?"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow. The great Hyuuga prodigy, holding a baby? He'd only seen Tenten hold Noriko. What would the genius Hyuuga say?

"Of course," Neji said simply. Tenten smiled and handed the infant to her husband. As soon as she did so, she left with only a "Be back in a few!" and headed towards Sakura's room. She nodded to Shizune as she entered, and Shizune returned it.

"I wasn't allowed in there," Sasuke grumbled to himself.

"I wasn't allowed, either," the Hyuuga commented, as a means to get Sasuke to stop complaining. "It's a woman thing…"

Sasuke drew his attention to the man standing next to him. He had never seen Neji acting so gentle. Noriko was cooing sweetly in her father's arms, while he slowly rocked her back and forth absent-mindedly. (A/N: OMFG the adorable-ness…) This sight was strange to Sasuke, because the white-eyed man really looked like…a father.

Sasuke said nothing. He watched the Hyuuga father for a while, thinking about his own child that would be in this world any minute. He wondered if his child would accept him as a father…if his child would start to cry at the sight of him…

"Relax, Uchiha." Neji said suddenly, reading his expression. "Everything will be fine if you just think it will."

"Hmph. What happened to Mr. Can't-change-your-destiny?" Sasuke scoffed angrily.

Neji frowned. "Mr. Can't-change-your-destiny is gone. He left when I fell in love with Tenten. Only you can decide your fate. Tenten, as well as that idiot Lee taught me that."

(Sasuke remembered Lee. Still single and dorky as ever…)

"I have the best wife in the world…" Neji stated out of the blue. This angered Sasuke.

"I'm sorry to inform you, Hyuuga," Sasuke said calmly, "But the best wife in the world belongs to me."

"No, I believe YOU are mistaken, Uchiha," Neji rebutted, "Tenten blows all the competition away."

"Sakura never tries to argue with me," Sasuke said, heating up, "She also never complains!"

"Tenten knows when something is wrong, and gives me advice on how to raise our child!" Neji raised his voice, "She's a loving mother and a loyal wife! Maybe Sakura doesn't argue because she's cheating…"

Sasuke's eyes turned Sharingan.

"How dare you suggest that!" He snarled, "You wanna fight me!"

"I CAN'T FIGHT YOU!" Neji roared, "I'M HOLDING A BABY!"

Noriko started to cry.

"Anou…sumimasen…"

The two turned around to face the slightly frightened Shizune.

"WHAT?" they shouted. Shizune flinched.

"Uchiha-san…" She said hesitantly, looking at Sasuke, "C-congratulations— "

"SASUKE-SAN! NEJI-KUN!" Tenten ran out of the room, practically jumping for joy. "It's over!" She ran over and kissed Neji on the cheek.

Sasuke took a moment to react. Then, the corners of his mouth curved into a wide, releived smile.

"Tenten…Is it a boy or a girl?" He asked. Tenten turned her attention toward him.

"Both!" she said joyfully.

Sasuke and Neji stared at her for a moment, confused.

…

"Both?" Sasuke repeated blankly. He suddenly had a vision of Haku (though that was a looong time ago…). He cringed at the mental image.

"BOTH!" Tenten emphasized, "Sakura had twins! A boy and a girl! Oh, and how beautiful they are!" She then started to tear. She took Noriko out of Neji's arms and twirled the little baby around. Tenten's daughter giggled loudly. "Noriko-chan, you have new playmates!" Neji smiled to himself as he watched his wife.

Sasuke was overcome by both shock and happiness. Twins?

Tsunade-sama then came strolling out to the waiting room.

"Sasuke. Sakura requested that you come see your children," she said with a wide, relieved grin.

Sasuke didn't need to be told twice. He rushed past the hokage straight towards the delivery room. The door was open, and he skidded to a halt in front of Sakura's hospital bed.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Look!"

Sasuke couldn't stop beaming when he caught sight of his beautiful wife holding two little newborns in her arms. Sakura looked tired, but releived, and was sobbing happily over her two children. Sasuke walked over beside her and looked closer at the twins. They both had dark, raven hair just like their father's, but just barely coming out. They opened their eyes, just barely, but enough for Sasuke to see that they had emerald green eyes.

"They both have your eyes, Sakura," he whispered, taking in the moment. He touched his forehead to hers lightly. Sakura just continued to tear.

Tsunade came in and smiled for a while at the family in front of her. Then, she remembered what she was supposed to do. She took out a clipboard and asked,

"Names?"

Sakura looked at Sasuke. He smiled and said, "You're the one who gave them life. You decide."

Sakura smiled at her husband. "The girl," she said, looking at one of them, "Is Hikari. The boy," she looked at the other, "Is Hiromu."

"Uchiha Hikari, Uchiha Hiromu." Sasuke said, "I like the sound of that."

"Then that is what they shall be called!" Tsunade said happily. "My goodness, they look like such smart children! I think we have two more top students at the academy now!"

Sasuke and Sakura laughed. Tsunade left the room to do the paperwork, leaving the new family alone. Hikari and Hiromu looked at their father. Hikari laughed, Hiromu smiled.

"They didn't come out crying," Sakura said, "When they came out, and were placed in my arms, they were reaching out for something…I think they were looking for their father. That's why I wanted you here."

Father. Sasuke decided that that was the best title he'd ever earned. Better than "Top of the Class" or "Jounin" or even "ANBU Captain." He looked upon his two new children and decided that he would always be there for them. He would raise them right, especially if one became a prodigy, like Itachi. He would try to be the father that he never had, the father he wished he always had.

The scariest day of his life so far had just turned into the greatest day.

Owari

A/N: That was REALLY fun to write! Seriously! It was great.

And I have three rock-solid reasons why Sasuke is OOC in this one-shot:

1. Sakura is having a baby.

2. Sakura is having a baby.

3. Sakura is HAVING A BABY.

Get it? Hehe. I am also happy with my NejiTen part, I hoped at least they would be a bit in-character…I also did not mean that "Haku" cameo to be some sort of Haku-bashing, I actually like him/her a lot! XD (And it wasn't "Lee-bashing" either…)

Okaaay…next one-shot preview…

Over Bread and Breakfast

Tenten brings Neji and Lee breakfast on a normal morning, on a normal day of training. Nothing special, right…? (Takes place when they are around 16)

Now go read it!

Tsune