Iruka was either getting annoyed or touched by Kakashi's actions. Why? Because today was December 10th, Iruka's due date. Kakashi was currently fidgeting with the baby room or in the kitchen or with Iruka. It seemed like he always peeked at Iruka every ten seconds to make sure that he wasn't going to scream out in agony. There was always one of his dogs in the room watching Iruka carefully.
Iruka just lied on the couch all day or would sit in the rocking chair reading some of the books their friends got them for their baby. Iruka wasn't really bored. He was actually really nervous and more then ready for his baby to be out. He was even more nervous when nothing happened on December 10th…or 11th… or 12th and now it was the 13th.
Iruka couldn't sleep at all for some reason. It was the 13th of December and their baby still hadn't shown any signs of wanting out. Kakashi would have frantically gotten Sakura every five seconds if he didn't have his reputation to worry about with his team mates for a second.
Iruka thought he couldn't sleep for a second because it was too cold. Or maybe it was because his baby hadn't kicked at his stomach for the last five minutes. Maybe he was hungry but wasn't sure what to eat. Iruka wasn't tired at all. He was just awake and staring at their bedroom as Kakashi just snuggled into his neck.
Iruka was on his back while one of Kakashi's hands was on Iruka's protruding stomach. Iruka slowly slid out of the bed, actually proud that he didn't wake Kakashi up, before walking barefoot through the house. He was currently wearing a large long sleeve shirt and some boxers which couldn't really be seen underneath the large shirt.
Iruka waddled to the living room, smiling at his and Kakashi's plants, before something caught his eye.
"Snow?" Iruka said aloud, surprised. It was the first snowfall of Konoha; it was roughly two in the morning right now.
No wonder it's kind of cold in the house Iruka thought happily, seeing the bright snowflakes reflect the moonlight in the window.
"I bet there will be a sheet of snow tomorrow, huh, Akachan? It'll be like a field of bright shining white" Iruka said happily rubbing his stomach. His brow furrowed for a moment when he didn't feel a kick against his hand.
Wait a second Iruka thought quickly. His heart increasing in speed.
"Bright…field…shining…" Iruka thought slowly.
"Akeno?" Iruka gasped as his memory suddenly shot full force.
"Akeno" Iruka thought happily. He had to go tell Kakashi before he forgot. But that's when it happened.
The pain. Iruka never felt anything like it before. It felt like his body was on fire and hundreds of kunai and shuriken were stabbing at his back and stomach. Iruka fell onto his hands and knees hard as the pain literally knocked the wind out of him. After about thirty seconds of pain hitting him, he was finally able to get air back into his lungs. Enough to let out a blood curdling scream.
"KAKAASSHHHIII!" Iruka screamed as loud as he possibly could, tears leaving him as his gripped his shirt deathly tight. Iruka was trying to at least breathe steadily, but his sobs and the pain were making it extremely hard.
Iruka heard three things. A pair of feet headed towards him fast, a whole lot of paws headed in his direction, and his shallow breathing.
"Iruka!" Kakashi yelled in terror, falling to his knees next to Iruka.
"What happened!? Are you hurt!?" Kakashi was beyond confused, probably because it was two in the morning, and he was terrified.
"What happened is he okay?" All of Kakashi's pack seemed to enter the living room too, all asking the same question.
"The-The baby!" Iruka sobbed. Kakashi was still too slow at trying to figure out what Iruka was talking about.
"It's coming!" Iruka's back hunched over in pain as he let out a silent scream. Kakashi was actually frozen for a minute as his pack tried to unfreeze him. It worked once they starting barking at him like mad to get Iruka to the hospital.
Kakashi was fast. Faster than Iruka could remember. One second he was at their house, the next they were at the hospital. In fact Iruka was in a room he hadn't seen before. Kakashi slammed open the hospital door yelling up and down the hall for Sakura.
"Sakura! Sakura! Get your ass over here! The baby is coming! Someone get Sakura immediately!" Kakashi yelled frantically. Several nurses and doctors came running towards them, a few running off to get Sakura.
Sakura came running down the hallway with Tsunade right behind her. Both ran into Iruka's room. Kakashi was at Iruka's side in a second holding the man's hand tightly.
"It's okay Ruka, it's okay. Everything will be fine" Kakashi said, trying to soothe the man who was grunting and heaving from the pain.
"Kakashi, once Tsunade administers the epidural I need you out of the room" Sakura said seriously as Tsunade fished out an epidural shot from a drawer in the room.
"I'm not leaving him!" Kakashi yelled out.
"Let me do my job Hatake!" Sakura screamed at him. Kakashi was completely taken aback before angrily nodding, looking away from the girl.
"Iruka-sensei, I need you to listen and do what I say okay?" Sakura said loudly needing Iruka's attention on her more than the pain. Iruka only nodded, not sure he could form any sentences at the moment.
"I'm going to push you onto your side slightly. Please look at Kakashi okay?" Sakura directed Tsunade to give him the shot as Kakashi placed both of his hands onto the sides of Iruka's face.
Iruka desperately looked into Kakashi's eyes as tears left him.
"It's okay, it'll be okay" Kakashi said trying to tell Iruka soothing and comforting things. Iruka was breathing heavily; his body still felt painful.
"K-Kashi" Iruka whispered out tearfully making Kakashi kiss him quickly yet gently on the lips.
"We're going to meet our baby. Just think about that okay, koi?" Iruka only nodded as more tears left him, placing his hand on top of Kakashi's which was still cradling his cheek.
"Kakashi" Sakura said softly. Kakashi gave one last look at Iruka, gently kissing him on the forehead, as Tsunade slowly pushed the man out of the room. Kakashi fell to his knees in front of the door placing his head against the door in frustration and worry. His heart was beating insanely fast as his mind reeled.
Their baby was coming. Iruka was in pain. They were finally going to have a family. It was all so real.
"Kakashi!" Was yelled out by at least a dozen different people. For some reason all of their friends were running down the hall towards him. It had only been about 20 minutes at this point but Kakashi was slowly going insane.
"Is Iruka-sensei in labor!?" Naruto yelled out worriedly. Kakashi only shook his head yes.
"How long has he been in there for?" Izumo asked worriedly.
"About twenty minutes" Kakashi said, almost sounding angry. Their friends picked Kakashi off of the floor and at least having him sit in a chair across from the door.
Sakura gave Iruka his C-section during those twenty minutes in order to get the baby out, but she had to be extremely careful and precise which is why it took twenty minutes to at least cut along Iruka's stomach carefully. After that the baby easily came out of Iruka, Sakura gave the baby a quick Apgar test which it passed with flying colors and took its measurements. Tsunade removed the makeshift uterus which could no longer remain inside Iruka since there was no baby inside of it. Sakura took care of Iruka's wound seeing the man had passed out do to stress and blood loss.
Kakashi and their friends were either pacing, fidgeting, or talking worriedly amongst themselves. They were too wrapped up in the situation they didn't really hear the cries of the baby and it had already been about close to forty five minutes/hour.
Kakashi had no idea what was going on and wished he had at least stayed with Iruka during the whole thing. He couldn't however, get in Sakura's way and that probably would have caused more harm than good he tried to reason with himself; tried.
Sakura knew that Kakashi would probably be angry that Iruka was out cold, but she would make it up to him and direct him to the maternity ward.
"Ahem" Sakura said to the group of people outside the door. Kakashi sprung up immediately keeping his mouth shut tightly daring himself not to interrupt Sakura.
"Congratulations!" Sakura said happily throwing her hands up in the air. Everyone whooped and high fived each other, congratulating and shaking Kakashi's hand or giving him a hug.
Kakashi breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Although…Iruka-sensei is out cold" Sakura coughed out awkwardly laughing.
"What do you mean out cold!?" Kakashi said slightly angry with worry.
"Now, now. It was to be expected. After all there was blood loss and stress involved" Sakura tried saying in order to calm the man down. It didn't really work.
"Haruno…" Kakashi said in a deadly voice making everyone shiver.
"Well I'm almost finished with Iruka-sensei so you should go find your child in the maternity ward okay?" Sakura said quickly jumping back into Iruka's room.
"Hmph" Kakashi said slightly miffed before walking down the hallway with a slouch. Of course he was walking a bit faster than was normal but didn't actually care at the moment. All of their friends left Kakashi to himself, not wanting to interrupt this moment for him; the moment he'd see his child.
Kakashi slowly made it to the maternity ward breathing in carefully before looking in the glass window. He slowly looked up and down the white cribs that were in the maternity room. Each was wrapped in a colorful blanket. Either pink, blue, or yellow. Kakashi carefully looked at each face of each child. Kakashi's heart was slowly beating faster and faster as he was nearing the end of the last column of babies. He saw a nurse in the corner, placing a child into an incubator before leaving the room. Sakura had already told the expecting parents a few months prior that she'd leave the baby in there for the night just to make sure that everything was okay.
Kakashi stopped immediately, his breathe catching in his throat. He quickly turned the glass corner to get a better look at the baby in the back of the last row, in the last column, in the incubator. Kakashi placed his hand onto the glass recognizing the chakra signature, tears slowly leaving him.
The baby had a poof of silver white hair. His skin was a bit darker than Kakashi's, but not as dark as Iruka's. The baby had a cute little button nose like Iruka, it had cheeks like Kakashi did when he was a child, and his face was just adorable. The baby slowly opened its eyes to reveal golden brown ones. Iruka's eyes.
Kakashi gasped, slowly pulling down his mask to smile at the child. The baby seemed to smile back, showing its gums, wiggling in its blanket for Kakashi to hold him.
"Hi Akachan" Kakashi breathed out, his smile never wavering. The baby put his thumb in his mouth looking at Kakashi curiously before cutely yawing and falling asleep. Kakashi just wanted to jump into the maternity room and hold and cuddle their baby like there was no tomorrow.
Kakashi slowly walked back to his chair in front of Iruka's room, his smile obvious underneath his mask. Their friends congratulated him more and more as they left for the rest of the morning, stopping by the maternity ward to see if they could recognize Kakashi and Iruka's baby too.
"Kakashi-sensei, Iruka-sensei will be out for a few days. I suggest you get some rest before coming back okay?" Sakura said quietly knowing the man was going to disobey her once she turned the corner down the hallway.
Kakashi did just that too. He immediately walked into Iruka's room, seeing the man pale with a heart monitor going.
"You did it Ruka-koi. I knew you could do it" Kakashi said quietly, happy. Kakashi kissed Iruka softly around the face knowing he probably couldn't cuddle with Iruka right now since he was probably in enough pain as it was.
The past three days went by so slowly for Kakashi. Kakashi would either be at the hospital or at the memorial stone talking to Obito. Kakashi was pretty sure that if Obito was actually there he would have slapped Kakashi for annoying him so much.
He was becoming more and more antsy, especially since he couldn't decide on whether he should hold their child for the first time without Iruka or not. He slowly kept leaning to holding the child and just surprising Iruka when he woke up. It was hard because every hour it seemed, Kakashi would walk to the maternity room and watch their child sleeping.
Kakashi had slept in a chair in the room Iruka was staying in for the past few nights but they were still very light sleeps.
It was now the fourth day and Kakashi felt like he was going to explode. Kakashi slowly walked down to the maternity ward headed straight for the same crib their child was in. What stopped Kakashi though was that their child wasn't in the crib.
Kakashi was a little frantic, but thought the baby was being fed or getting its diaper changed. Kakashi sat in a chair in the waiting room right across from the glass room of the maternity ward. His leg was moving nervously up and down, peeking over his book every now and again to see if a nurse was going to go to their baby's crib.
Kakashi stuffed his nose into his book before hearing a child crying; the crying became louder as if headed towards him. Suddenly a nurse walked in looking a little worried as if she was looking around for someone.
"Hatake-senpai!" the nurse said loudly, sounding relieved even over the cries of the baby.
"What's wrong?" Kakashi tried feigning boredom but it didn't work out well.
"We can't find anything wrong with your baby, but your baby won't stop crying" the nurse said a little antsy.
Kakashi looked at the yellow bundle in her arms and froze in place. She was holding their baby.
"Maybe you cold hold it for a little while and see what happens, please!" the nurse almost begged. Kakashi held out his arms, a little shakily, but he had practiced it before with Iruka from reading a book and from Sakura directing them. The nurse set the crying baby into Kakashi's arms.
Kakashi instinctively held the baby closer to him, almost missing his chair when he went to sit down. Kakashi gulped before slightly unfolding the yellow blanket. Kakashi's breathe hitched again as his heart skipped a beat.
Their child's face was red from crying but he was still so adorably cute.
"Please leave" Kakashi said quietly to the nurse. The nurse looked confused before nodding slightly. She left the room, with a worried glance back at Kakashi. Kakashi sat in the back corner of the room this time before slowly taking off his mask.
"Akachan" Kakashi whispered out. The baby opened its eyes slightly before fully opening its eyes and little whimpers escaped it.
"Hi Akachan" Kakashi whispered again. The baby seemed to look curiously up at Kakashi, its breathing going back to normal and its face was becoming less red.
"I'm your Tou-san" Kakashi said quietly, his voice almost stuck in his throat. The baby cocked its head slightly before full on smiling up at Kakashi. Kakashi smiled breathlessly back at the baby, his heart beating happily in his chest.
Kakashi gently rubbed their child's cheek before a little hand grabbed his finger before putting it in its mouth (Kakashi did wash his hands before holding the baby). The baby cooed and giggled up at Kakashi happily.
Kakashi couldn't help it. He laughed quietly with their baby, kissing their baby all over only to make their baby giggle more.
"Your Okaa-san will be so happy" Kakashi said quietly, his finger still in the grip of their child. Kakashi looked away for a moment, sadness coming over him for a moment at the fact Iruka wasn't awake yet. The baby noticed Kakashi's mood instantly and started to cry again. Kakashi immediately looked back at the baby smiling instantly making the baby happy again.
"So you can read my emotions too Akachan?" Kakashi said happily. Their baby and Iruka were probably going to be the only ones who could read him.
A thought suddenly hit Kakashi full force. What the heck was the gender of their baby? Their baby was in a yellow blanket and he didn't recall anyone telling him what gender it was. He looked into the blanket, but sweat dropped, not sure what the baby was.
"Why do you still have to be a mystery Akachan?" Kakashi sighed. The baby took his other hand touching Kakashi's face gently, as if memorizing him. Kakashi smiled at his baby before looking at the clock and seeing that it had been a few hours. Nurses would walk in, Kakashi sensing them and putting his mask on again, to change and feed the baby.
Kakashi could hear his child crying and nervously fidgeted for the child to be back in his arms again. Their child fell asleep a few times in Kakashi's arms, but would always wake up and happily smile up at him. Now after the baby's most recent diaper and feeding, which was ten minutes ago, Kakashi decided to go visit Iruka with their baby.
He walked with ease down the hallway, noticing it was a bit cold, and tucked their Akachan's blanket tighter to it. Kakashi opened Iruka's door quietly, before taking a seat next to Iruka. He quietly hummed to their baby, his mask down again, as their baby slowly fell asleep. The baby didn't notice where it was by now and Kakashi wasn't sure how the baby would have reacted if Iruka didn't do anything.
Iruka felt something; like there were people near him. Iruka lifted one of his eyelids, seeing that he was in a hospital room. Both of his eyes slowly fluttered open. He noticed his stomach was flat and the adrenaline coursed through his veins. Iruka's head snapped to the doorway before his heart stopped in shock.
Kakashi was holding a yellow bundle in his arms, smiling happily at the bundle. Iruka didn't know if it was another dream or if it was real. He really hoped it was real because he didn't know if his heart could take this sight again.
Iruka knew his voice was going to crack but tried anyway.
"A dream?" Iruka whispered out quietly. He seemed to have startled Kakashi because Kakashi snapped his head in Iruka's direction. Kakashi stood up quickly in excitement.
"You did it koi! You really did it! This is real! Our family is real! Iruka…" Kakashi said all of this in a hushed excitement admiring Iruka with so much passion making Iruka blush.
Iruka glanced to the bundle in Kakashi's arms, Iruka's own hand clutching at his chest.
"O-Our baby" Iruka said disbelievingly. Kakashi only nodded his head up and down.
Iruka happily sat up quickly before setting his head into his hands.
"Iruka!?" Kakashi asked worriedly.
"I'm okay" Iruka whispered quietly. He sat up too quickly so black spots formed in front of his eyes. Kakashi looked worriedly at him but Iruka stretched out his arms to hold their baby. Kakashi smiled again, leaning in towards Iruka.
"Akachan, this is your Okaa-san" Kakashi whispered to the baby, setting the bundle into Iruka's arms. Kakashi immediately sat next to Iruka, holding him around the shoulders. Iruka couldn't even breathe properly as tears left him.
"He looks just like you Kakashi-kun" Iruka's voice quivered happily. The baby smiled widely up at Iruka, cooing at him and playing with his hair (since it was out of its normal ponytail).
Iruka quietly laughed as the child giggled and cooed at him, Iruka gently running his hands through the baby's white hair and caressing its little face and arms.
The baby quickly grabbed onto Iruka's finger as he stuck his thumb into his mouth with his other hand.
"K-Kashi" Iruka could hardly get out the man's name.
"My family" Kakashi whispered out, kissing Iruka with so much love, Iruka didn't know how he held himself together right then.
Iruka leaned against Kakashi, slowly falling asleep, but his grip never loosened from their baby. Kakashi was just memorizing everything as his heart kept swelling. A nurse walked in quietly, telling Kakashi that their baby would have to go back into the maternity ward for the night. Kakashi sadly nodded as the nurse went to grab the baby. Iruka groggily objected but Kakashi convinced him to let go. The nurse smiled happily at the two before walking off with the baby.
"But Kashi" Iruka said sadly. Kakashi just chuckled at him, kissing him over and over.
"Let's sleep. I know we're tired" Kakashi said quietly. Iruka nodded almost falling asleep immediately along with Kakashi. They really hoped this dream would never end.
The next morning, when Iruka and Kakashi woke up, it was around ten. They never had such a good night sleep before and were pretty sure they went to bed at around eight last night. Iruka was feeling a lot better along with Kakashi who actually got to sleep on a bed with Iruka now (since he couldn't for the past few days).
"Kashi" Iruka said softly after finishing a lunch together and kissing each other for the past hour. It was now around one and Iruka was anxious.
"Hm?" Kakashi asked softly, continuing to kiss Iruka who didn't object in the slightest.
"I-Is it okay to see our b-baby?" Iruka asked nervously, a blush adorning his cheeks. Kakashi looked surprised and then smiled happily at him.
"I don't see why not" Kakashi said hugging Iruka tightly who hugged him back.
"I never thought I'd actually hear those words" Kakashi whispered softly.
"I never thought I'd say those words" Iruka chuckled along with Kakashi.
"I'll be" a kiss from Kakashi "right back" another kiss from Kakashi who was slowly standing up from the bed, "with our baby" another lovely kiss from Kakashi.
"Okay" Iruka whispered out, kissing Kakashi before he left the room.
I never thought this day would come Iruka thought quietly to himself, looking out the window. He gasped slightly seeing that there was a light snowfall.
Our baby was born on the first snowfall Iruka thought proudly. Iruka could feel his heart beating happily in his chest. He had a family with the person he loved the most in the world.
"Here's Akachan!" Kakashi said happily, walking in the door with a yellow bundle. He sat right next to Iruka, both of their backs against the backboard of the bed. Iruka and Kakashi held the baby together, leaning against each other. Iruka's hand was holding the child, while Kakashi's hand was on top of Iruka's.
Their baby was sleeping quietly in their arms making both Kakashi and Iruka smile so fondly down at their child. The child they made together.
"Kakashi" Iruka said softly getting a 'hm' from the man.
"Arigato" Iruka whispered.
"I should be the one saying that" Kakashi chuckled softly only to be kissed by Iruka gently. Kakashi kissed him back just as softly never wanting this moment to end.
"How are you feeling Ruka?" Kakashi asked curiously after a few minutes of gentle love-filled kisses.
"My body feels weird, but I think I'm okay" Iruka said quietly, snuggling into the man's neck like a cat. Kakashi kissed his forehead loving every moment of this.
"Kashi" Iruka asked quietly only making Kakashi hum in response.
"What gender is the baby?" Iruka asked curiously. Kakashi seemed to freeze at the question before rubbing the back of his neck.
"Funny thing is, no one has told me the gender of the baby since it was born. Plus I kind of looked, but I couldn't really tell" Kakashi said, fidgeting.
"Kakashi-sensei! Don't just steal babies from the maternity ward!" Sakura said loudly only to be shushed by both Iruka and Kakashi.
"I didn't steal it!" Kakashi whispered.
"Your baby was missing when the nurse came back from feeding it!" Sakura whispered back.
"But Iruka wanted to see Akachan!" Kakashi whispered in defense.
"Please tell Kakashi not to do something like that again" Sakura whispered at Iruka.
Iruka just looked away from them sticking his nose partially into the air. Sakura's jaw dropped along with Kakashi's before Kakashi laughed, almost evilly at Sakura.
"You two, I swear" Sakura rolled her eyes at them. Iruka didn't want to admit that as long as his baby was in his arms, he didn't care how the baby got there.
"Sakura-san" Iruka whispered after a moment of Kakashi and Sakura glaring at each other.
"What gender is the baby?"
"What? Didn't I tell you?" Sakura said, thinking if she recalled telling them.
"NO!" Kakashi and Iruka yelled at her quietly.
"Oh… my bad" Sakura chuckled at them before clearing her throat.
"Congratulations!" Sakura said happily throwing her arms in the air, "it's a boy!"
Kakashi and Iruka could feel their hearts pick up speed.
"I have a son" Kakashi whispered out.
"My baby boy" Iruka whispered out as well.
"That's right, I forgot to tell you" Iruka said suddenly. Kakashi and Sakura weren't sure what Iruka had forgotten to tell them.
"It's nice to meet you, Akeno" Iruka said happily. Kakashi gasped along with Sakura; he remembered the name.
"That really fits" Sakura said quietly.
"Akeno-kun" Kakashi said quietly, as the name seemed to etch its way into his brain forever. Their first child, his son, Akeno.
"He was after all born in early morning and when the first snow came to Konoha. He must really be lucky" Sakura thought about it.
"I'm actually surprised it wasn't a girl" Kakashi said thinking about it too.
"Why?" Iruka asked curiously.
"Well it seemed to kick you so much. I think I read in a magazine somewhere that if it kicks you a lot then it's probably a girl" Kakashi said repeating what he read. Sakura snorted at him rolling her eyes.
"I read actually that if you eat sweets more than you eat sour or bitter things, than it's a boy" Iruka said, rethinking where he read that somewhere.
"Don't believe everything you read!" Sakura said seriously.
"But I did eat ice cream and peanut butter and jelly for a while" Iruka said thinking about it.
"D-Did you want a girl Kakashi?" Iruka said, a little crestfallen.
"No! I mean it doesn't matter to me! I guess the article was proven wrong was all" Kakashi said nervously, hugging Iruka tightly for forgiveness.
You two really are meant for each other Sakura thought happily, watching the two.
"Either way it was a fifty percent chance that it would be a boy, a twenty five percent chance that it was a girl, and a twenty five percent chance it was a YY baby" Sakura said trying to recall her punnett square.
"A YY baby? What's that?" Iruka asked curiously.
"It's when a baby didn't collect an X gene meaning it probably wouldn't have been alive" Sakura said gently.
"W-Why didn't you say anything!?" Iruka said a little too loudly, upset.
"I would have told you if that's what had happened!" Sakura said seriously, not wanting to have upset the man. Iruka looked away from her trying to find comfort in the sleeping face of his child.
"Iruka-sensei…" Sakura said softly, upset. Kakashi didn't know what to say either or if he belonged in the conversation even.
"As long as our baby is healthy and alive, there shouldn't be anything to worry about, right?" Iruka asked her quietly.
"Either they are already born with the extra gene or they aren't. Your child is perfectly normal and healthy" Sakura said seriously. Iruka sighed, nodding his head in understanding.
*gurgle* *gurgle*
Iruka snapped his head down to see that their baby had woken up and was making little noises at him.
"Hi Akeno-kun" Iruka said softly. The baby seemed to smile at him; his Okaa-san finally said his name.
Kakashi sat down next to Iruka, shuffling some of their child's hair only to get a giggle from the baby.
Everyone saw a flash of light suddenly.
"HI OUTOTO-SAN!" Naruto bound into the room with a balloon that said congratulations on it.
The baby started to cry at the noise only making Naruto try and apologize and get away from Kakashi's scolding. Iruka gently hummed to the baby making their baby's cries slowly go away and hiccup cutely.
"He's just loud. Don't mind him" Iruka said softly. Naruto peeked into the yellow blanket before smiling widely down at the child, his blue eyes sparkling. The baby looked curiously up at him; at his strange new Nii-san.
"Dobe don't just burst into a room when there is a baby… it might be sleeping" Sasuke said, walking into the room slowly.
"At least somebody gets it" Kakashi said, folding his arms. Naruto just pouted at them telling them he was just excited. Sasuke peeked into the blanket as well, a very small smile on his face.
"He looks just like you both" Sasuke said seriously.
"I'm pretty sure he'd look like how Kakashi is now except the eyes" Iruka said softly.
"Make sure he doesn't wear a mask then!" Naruto blurted out getting all their attention.
"Why?" Iruka asked curiously, not that he would stop his child from wearing a mask if he really wanted to wear one or not.
"Cause then I'll finally be able to see what Kakashi-sensei looks like since you said the child has the same features!" Naruto said happily.
"Plus he's so kawaii it's impossible he wouldn't be just as handsome as Kakashi-sensei! Or as the rumors make him out to be" Naruto said happily earning himself a sweat drop from everyone and a double slap from Kakashi and Sasuke at the back of the head.
After a few minutes of idle chit chat amongst each other, a tsunami of all of their friends swarmed into the room to look at the baby. Everyone wanted to hold him and cuddle and hug him.
"So cute!"
"Kawaii!"
"Adorable"
"What a heart breaker!"
"He's such a sweat-pea!"
Iruka was pretty sure their child was confused by all the people at this point, considering he was himself. Kakashi looked just as confused as they were since everyone kept congratulating him and asking them all kinds of questions.
Another day seemed to pass that way in chaos.
"Okay Iruka-sensei, you may leave the hospital but no strenuous activity for at least a month. It would normally be about three months but you aren't a woman so it'll be okay" Sakura said happily. Iruka nodded at her, glad he was finally able to go home.
Sakura left the room, most likely going to stop Kakashi from entering the maternity ward and contaminating something.
Iruka pulled on a pair of pants and shirt before pulling on a sweatshirt over that. It was snowing after all in Konoha. He put on his boots and put his hair back up in its usual ponytail seeing himself in the mirror. His stomach area was still sensitive, but he looked back to normal.
Iruka smiled at his stomach again before leaving his hospital room. Kakashi was waiting at the door for him.
"Kakashi" Iruka said softly getting the man's attention. Kakashi himself was wearing a thick scarf, which magically covered his face still, and wore a jacket.
"Iruka" Kakashi said just as softly. Both just gazed into each other's eyes for a moment, loving what they saw. They both held each other tightly, never wanting to let go, before kissing each other feverishly.
"Where is Akachan?" Iruka whispered out, trying to catch his breathe.
"Sakura-chan wouldn't let me into the room to get him saying she needed to do another check on him before we left" Kakashi said, pouting. Iruka quietly laughed at him, shuffling some of Kakashi's hair. Kakashi took his hand quickly, kissing it, before holding his hand down the hallway. They stopped in front of the maternity ward waiting for Sakura.
Sakura came out a few minutes later carrying a heavier looking blue bundle in her arms. She carefully handed the baby to Iruka.
"Walk home carefully, but also quickly. I don't want your baby catching a cold because of the snow" Sakura said seriously. Kakashi and Iruka nodded at her before smiling down at their curious child.
Iruka carefully placed the child's face almost fully against his chest to make sure his face was warm as they left the hospital. They both walked quickly through the snow covered village beaming with pride at their new son. People were smiling or in shock seeing the two walk down the street with a bundle in their arms. Some even gave them a congratulations as well when they passed by.
They actually made it to their house in fifteen minutes not stopping for the snow covered scenery. They had to get home to make sure their baby was warm and Kakashi didn't want Iruka doing any more activity for a while after this walk. Kakashi quickly walked into the house, turning on the furnace.
Iruka carefully sat on the couch, revealing their child's face again which was a little red, but the child was still curious. Kakashi sat down next to Iruka, smiling fondly at both of them, holding Iruka close to him.
"This is your home Akeno" Kakashi said quietly.
"We couldn't wait to meet you" Iruka joined in, talking to their baby. The baby just cooed at them, wanting to touch their faces and hair again. Kakashi undid Iruka's ponytail, getting an eye roll from the man, before their baby started playing with his hair.
"I love you both so much" Kakashi whispered. Iruka's eyes grew wide before giving Kakashi a breathless smile and kiss.
"And we love you" Iruka said just as softly.
This was the beginning of something so very new and so very wonderful.
There are still many mysteries the silver and golden brown flowers hide, only the future will tell what they can do as they bide their time.
There you have it! Another chapter! And the baby is beyond adorable \°v°/3. Like think of a cute baby and multiply it by ten! I hope you have enjoyed the story so far. I think I'll make another chapter. You'll have to wait and see won't you? ;) Have a great day!