AN: Oh my! I almost forgot to post the next chapter! Sorry, but here it is! :-) Thank you to all those who ahve reviewed! It is you that keeps me writing stories

"You should try not to get so worked up." Yamato handed a glass of water to Sakura as she sniffled hugging a pillow sitting on her couch. Her tears were now transcending into anger. "It's not good in your delicate state."

"Tell that to Kakashi." She scowled taking a small sip. "It's his fault."

Yamato let out a sigh. "Well it's not entirely his fault."

She flashed him a dirty look. "So this is my fault?" She hissed. "You're actually going to defend him?"

"Now hold on a minute" He held his hands up. "Don't get worked up until you hear me out." She opened her mouth to voice how she didn't have to listen to him defend that pompous ass but Yamato spoke first. "You need to understand something about Kakashi, he would never intentionally try to hurt you. He would risk his life in order to protect you and those babies."

She snapped her mouth shut and averted her eyes. "That may be true but that didn't give him the right to accuse me of lying to him about being the father." Ruefully thinking to herself that it may be true for their children but it wasn't the same when it came to her.

"I agree." Yamato nodded. "But he said it out of anger. Which does not excuse the fact he said it." He added when she got that defensive look again. "But you have to admit you gave him a reason to accuse you."

On his last word Sakura slammed the glass down on her tiny coffee table. "That doesn't matter; he had no right to…."

"You had no right to keep the truth from him." Yamato cut her words off with his stern tone. She glared at him. "Listen" He ran a hand through his hair slumping onto the couch next to her. "I know this situation is tough for you since you love him, but…"

She took in a sharp breath then frowned. "Who could love that idiot?" But she couldn't stop the blush that spread across her cheeks.

Yamato just smiled gently and continued. "But you have to give the man a little bit of a break. Any man would have felt completely betrayed by you keeping that kind of information in the dark. And let's be honest here, how would you feel if you were completely ignored for two months without given any real reason as to why?" He met her gaze and she had to force herself not to turn away giving into the sudden guilt she felt. "He's been driving everyone nuts because of it."

"He has?" She asked, this being the first time anyone has said anything to her.

Yamato nodded. "One day he's moping because you won't see him, the next day he's angry because you won't see him, the next day he's so nervous he won't quit pacing or mumbling to himself, then the day after that he's happy and won't shut up about you or he babbles on about what he read in some pregnancy book. He's been exhausting to be around." He sighed and ran another hand through his hair. "A group of us even considered locking him up just to get a break from his rants." He chuckled at the idea. "Of course" He returned to a frown. "I can only imagine what it's going to be like now that you got your ultrasound."

She gave him a shocked questioning look. "You know about that too?"

"Oh yeah Kakashi told everybody that it was today. And I'm guessing all is well with the babies?"

She barely heard his question as her mind began to race. So now everyone knew they had slept together? Her cheeks flushed. Sure she told a small group of close friends like Yamato, but that was it. She thought he would do the same, but instead he's talking about her and pregnancy to everyone? Was he ill? The man who is famous for not talking about his personal life….there's just no way…...he has to ill. "I mean, why would he do that?" The mental question slipped from her mouth.

"Why would he do what?"

She looked at him and blinked, brushing her other thoughts aside before she realized she asked the question out loud. "Why would he talk about his personal life like that? He never does that."

"Well" Yamato smiled. "It's probably because he never had much a personal life worth talking about. But now he seems to be infatuated with you."

Her cheeks heated once again. "He is not. He's just interested in me because he knocked me up."

Yamato quirked a brow. "Oh Really? Did he say that or are just assuming that's how he feels?"

"Neither, I know that's how he feels." She lowered her gaze to her pillow. What Kakashi said after the ultrasound flashed in her mind. He loved his sons, she saw it in eyes, heard it in his voice. Not once has he ever directed that type of emotion towards her. And if he really does want her for anything it's only for a physical relationship. Though she can't see why since she's gotten so chunky, and she was only gonna get bigger.

"So, why didn't you tell him the truth?" Yamato asked breaking the silence. He was just full of all sorts of questions today.

She met his gaze and stared at him for long moments. But, as he looked at her with that questioning gaze she had to turn away. "It's not something I'm proud of." She whispered before burying her face in the pillow, tears burning the back of her eyes. She should have told him, she knew that. But how could she tell him she almost killed someone. It had been a simple surgery, but because she had over exerted herself and barely slept for days she had collapsed right in the middle of healing the gash in the patient's chest. Later she was informed that right before she collapsed she had a surge in chakra and it literally tore through the Chunin's lung. He was touch and go as he spent the next 12 hours in surgery to patch him up. He had lived but it just about killed her.

"Did something happen?" He questioned not seeming to want to let the subject go.

"Yes" Her voice muffled by the pillow. "I did something horrible."

"It can't be that bad." He tried reassuringly.

"It is." Sakura let out a long breath and her face heated from it as it was trapped by the pillow. She needed to detour her thoughts. "You know, Kakashi still had no right to say that." Despite her keeping the truth from him, that was a low blow on his part.

She heard Yamato sigh and looked up at him. "It was uncalled for yes." He gave her a sympathetic look. "But try to forgive him ok? He didn't really mean it."

Sakura frowned. She knew he was probably right but she was still irritated by the fact that he said it at all. Why did Kakashi get all the breaks on this and she got none? "You say I should try to understand how he feels, well maybe he should try to understand how I feel for once."

Yamato cursed under his breath and slumped back against the couch. "Fine, but don't blame me when he gets tied up and thrown in a cell." He ran his hand down his face. "You sure you won't take one for the team?" He looked at her hopefully. But the hope quickly burned out when she shook her head. No way was Kakashi getting her to apologize.

"Are you sure about this Kakashi?" Tsunade looked at him genuinely shocked by his request.

With a sharp nod he spoke. "I have never been more certain about anything in my life." He was determined to have his request granted.

It's been two weeks since his incident with Sakura and he hasn't been able to see her, since the day after it he was called out on a mission. It had been torture and he couldn't focus at all, it was unlike him and he knew he couldn't continue that way. The only thing he could think about was Sakura, and that pain stricken look on her face as she told him she hated him. It still made his chest tighten at just the thought. He should have been patient and waited for her to tell him the truth. But instead he had gotten angry and said those horrible things to her. Surely her reason was enough to justify her actions. She wouldn't betray him or purposely lie to him, but he had only realized that after the fact. And there was too much for him to lose over such a ridiculous argument.

"Is there any special reason as to why you want such a long leave of absence?" She curiously tilted her head to the side.

"Several." He stated in a matter-a-fact tone. "I need to remain in the village." He began, ready to give the speech he had repeated a hundred times over in his head. "Sakura is in a delicate state right now I feel it would better if I was close just in case something were to happen. I also want to be a part of my son's lives even at this early stage. Not to mention it is uncertain if she will carry them full term and even though I know you would try your best to work around it, I don't want to be out on a mission when my sons are brought into this world. I want to be there to welcome them." He took a breath, his final argument would hopefully be enough for her to give her agreement. "And in all honesty ma'am I am currently unfit to partake in missions. I am not currently able to remain mentally focused and I fear it could harm others or myself, and both are unacceptable. As much as I love this village there is something here more important to me and I need to grasp it and protect it."

Tsunade's shocked look didn't faze him, in fact he had expected it. He wasn't talking like himself, then again he wasn't the man he used to be. He had weighed out his options and when the truth hit him it was as if a new world appeared before his eyes. And it was one he refused to let go of.

"Kakashi" Tsunade seemed at a loss for words. But then she smiled. "Who would have thought fatherhood would have brought on such a change in you." She picked up a pen up and turned her attention on his request sheet long enough to sign her name. "I'm impressed you feel so strongly about your son's to make such a bold move."

It was Kakashi's turn to smile. "It's not just for them."

"Of course not." She agreed. "It's for you as well. I completely understand. You should grasp fatherhood whole heartedly and protect those children." Kakashi chuckled and Tsunade frowned. "Did I say something funny?"

He shook his head. "No ma'am." He thought it best to keep it to himself that it wasn't fatherhood he wanted to grasp but Sakura's heart. He loved her and he didn't want to spend his lifetime without her. It had been so easy to admit it when he realized it that it shocked him. And he was pretty sure he's felt this way for long time, he just never realized it for what it really was until now. Of course his next obstacle was getting Sakura to accept his feelings and return them. But that's only if she'll forgive him first. It was strange how things worked; it was her declaration of hate that made him realize his own feelings of love for her.

"Then would you mind sharing what it is you find so amusing?" She quirked her brow.

He shook his head. "Sorry ma'am. But I'm saving this one solely for Sakura."

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