Naruto clawed at Sasuke's back as he held onto his lover, rasping breaths tickling the raven's neck as he plundered the man under him. Sweat soaked the sheets under them, heat that wasn't from the desert emitted through the room. No sound came from them, not even the violent creeks from the bed, both silenced with a Justu, in fear of waking the two children up in the adjoining rooms, which were indeed… locked.
Sasuke came into his lover, Naruto as well all over the space between them. They collapsed, breathing deep as Sasuke cancelled out the Justu.
"Sasuke?" Naruto breathed, still trying to catch his breath.
"Mm?"
The blond rolled over, an arm moving across the bigger chest, his head nuzzling into the pale neck.
"Don't be a stranger for too long."
"Mm…" Tinting his head, Sasuke laid a gentle kiss in the blond mop.
''
Seiichi gripped for dear life to the older man, his tiny hands keeping their tight hold on the grey straps of the ANBU uniform.
"Uchiha…"
Sasuke turned his face up to the white-eyed rabbit mask standing above him.
"We need to leave."
Giving only a grunt as a reply, the raven slowly reached up to detangle the child from his clothes. He pushed a little bit of distance between them, watching as the 5 year old wiped at his tearing blue eyes with a sleeve.
"Listen to your mother, ne?"
The pointy ear head nodded, arm still whipping at his eyes. The older man stood and pulled his smirking wolf mask down. He smiled secretly as the little red head walked over and took one of his son's hands, pulling him away from the leaving ANBU and to the swarm off other children at the gate.
Walking out of Suna had to have been one of the toughest things he had to do, especially to the screams of his son calling back for him.
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"Welcome back Sasuke."
"Good to be back, Tsunade-sama." Thank god for the mask, otherwise the Hokage would have easily been able to see the sadness that dwelled in the dark eyes.
"I trust everything went well?"
"Of course. I'm sure you heard about Naruto?"
A sour look came over the blonde's face. She, like many other's, has never fully gotten over the whiskered man's betrayal. "I did. Three teams are scowering Suna to find him, although I've heard nothing has been found so far."
Sasuke grinned behind the porcelain.
"I'll keep you updated, but you are not to leave this village without permission should something come up."
"Of course, Godaime," he bowed, then turned and left the office and building.
His walk home was a silent one, completely caught up in his thoughts. His mind was reliving the past two days. Two wonderful, torturously short, gloriously loving days. He'd found Naruto, and knew always exactly where to find him again. Their son too! Their beautiful, strong, loving little boy. Sasuke was nearly thrown off his feet as he taught Seiichi the Katon Justu, completely stunned by the speed in which he perfected it. He was proud of his son, he was proud of his lover for raising such a boy. He couldn't wait till his next leave to go and visit them again.
He wasn't worried about the ANBU looking for Naruto. They may have some of Konoha's best looking for him, but they had all of Sand's best protecting him.
"Uchiha!"
The call of his name from a familiar voice, not that of a screaming fan girl, brought his attention from his thoughts. He pulled his mask up as a huge hound halted in front of him from a dead run, the large white dog barking loudly at the raven. Two figures slid from the huge overgrown pup, one decked in black leather that smelled like the mutt he was, and a beautiful full moon colored beauty… who was just as big as one.
"Hinata… you shouldn't be doing things like hanging out with Kiba when you're due any day."
The white-eyed girl blushed lightly as she took Kiba's hand to help her slide from Akamaru's back. She landed gracefully on her feet, one hand still clutched to her husband's, the other supporting the precious gift in her tummy.
"Hahaha… funny. Anyways, did you hear about Naruto?" Kiba replied, helping steady his wife.
Sasuke nodded, "Why do you think I'm back so early."
Kiba grinned, "I'm surprised you came back so easily, usually they have to drug you to get you to calm down that much when Naruto's involved."
The dark haired man glared at the brunette, before walking past him and approaching the pregnant women. "I greatly admire you, Hinata. You must be a very strong woman to be able to deal with this moron all day long."
A deeper blush crossed the deep purple haired girl's face. Her eyes dropping the floor as her voice squeaked out. "Um… th-thank you… Sasuke-kun…"
A growl brought Sasuke's attention back to the dog-man, who had kept his hold of his wife and gentle began pulling her away from the raven. "Now, if you're done turning my wife against me…" His hand tightened lightly around Hinata's, "the girls are throwing Hinata and the baby a baby shower, so all the guys are getting together at the bar while they do their girly cooing and gift giving. You in?"
The dark haired boy nodded, the dog-man grinning. Sasuke then turned to leave, bowing lightly at the to-be-mother, and proceeded to the Uchiha mansion.
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"Are you sure you have everything…… Suitcase?... Camera?... Cell phone?... Do you remember your doctor's name?... Do you remember my cell phone number?"
"Someone please take that phone away from him." Shikamaru complained, finally vocalizing what everyone was thinking.
"-you have it on Speed Dia—HEY!!"
"Sorry, Hinata. But if Kiba keep worrying about this he's going to go bald. He'll call you later." Shino then closed the phone, stuffing it into his own pocket and out of the nervous father-to-be's reach.
"Shino!! Give it back!"
"She'll be just fine, it's not like she's alone. Ino's there. If anything happens she'll be alright."
"You think something could happen!?"
The men all groaned. There's nothing like a nervous Kiba waiting worrying over his expecting wife. He made sure that she was packed and ready 2 months ago, and use to insist on practicing Lamaze at least three times a day. It was absolutely nuts what a nervous wreck he's become, and absolutely hates the idea of being separated from his wife.
He hated the idea having a 'girls only baby shower', and was fully planning on sitting right outside the door the entire time. But his friends would have none of it.
"Here, drink this." Chouji said, shoving a full beer in front of him. "It'll calm you down."
Kiba did as he was told, drowning the entire pint as fast as he could. "Gimmi another."
"Damn, Kiba… I knew you were stressed about this but jeeze." Chouji said, sliding another one too the worked up brunette.
This time, he only chugged half of it, "Don't worry, once you get Ino knocked up, you'll understand."
Chouji chocked.
"It's Kiba's Spring time of Youth!" Lee screamed, cheeks flushed and jumping up wobbly on the tables. "We should all show our beautiful support!"
"God Damn it! Who gave you Sake!?" Shikamaru growled, standing up to grab a hold of his orange legwarmers and yank him off the table.
The young green monster just grinned up at the lazy man from the lap he landed on, "S'ske!"
Shikamaru glared at said raven, who just smirked into his own beer as he took another sip.
The hour after that had gone much better. They managed to sober Lee up and get Kiba drunk enough to calm down a bit. It was only a small get together: Kiba (of course), Shino, Shikamaru, Chouji, Lee, and Sasuke, at a local bar. Everyone was excited for the new addition. They'd be bringing in the first of the next generation from their group of friends, or so they thought.
Sasuke glanced over at Shikamaru. Was he even aware he had a daughter? It certainly wasn't public knowledge, and he didn't seem to try and arrange that many trips to Suna to visit. The eyes then switched to Lee. Lee knew everything, he knew of the Konoha children hidden in the sand, yet he never once made any indication of their existence—
BANG!!
Everyone's attentions snapped up at the door as it slammed open. A panting Tenten standing in it, panting hard.
"Hinata's gone into Labor."
All the alcohol suddenly left Kiba's system.
"WHAT!? Why didn't she call me!?"
"She did! Six times!"
Kiba growled as he turned to Shino, who had just pulled the cell phone out of his pocket. '6 missed calls' flashing on the screen. "Whoops."
"ARGH!! I'm ganna kill you!! I missed the most important part of my baby's life!" Kiba lunged at Shino, going beast and aiming right for the throat.
"She hasn't given birth yet. Stop trying to eat Shino and get your ass to the hospital!"
Kiba looked up to the Weapons mater at the door… "Hospital! Right!" Then jumped off his victim and ran through the closest door.
"That's a closet." Sasuke informed the freaking out father.
"I knew that!" Then proceeded through the right door. Tenten following right behind him.
"Shall we adjourn to the waiting room?"
Lee stuck a pose, "to the Spring time of Youth!"
''
"I swear Kiba… if you don't stop pacing I'm going to break both your legs." Sasuke threatened, head resting in his palms. They've been sitting there for nearly 8 hours now. God knows why Sasuke was still there. Lee had passed out on the floor hours ago, Tenten and Shikamaru too dozed off in their chairs. Chouji was constantly back and forth from the kitchen, and Shino was guarding the door separating Kiba from his screaming wife.
Kiba continued his pacing, muttering to himself and completely ignoring the threat. He was far too absorbed in his own mind and wife's screams to pay attention to anything else.
Sasuke sighed and stood up, making his way down to the kitchen. Hopefully a coffee would help calm him down. He was nearly there, when a sudden BOOM shook the ground, and the sound of emergency alarms began ringing through the air. Running to the window, Sasuke watched wide eyed as a great red glow shown through the smoke of the explosion, nine-flaming tails whipping angrily through the air.
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Sasuke growled menacingly as he yanked on his robe and stomped towards the door. Who in their right mind would be knocking on his door at this hour!? They better have a damn good reason for waking me up, or not even the Hokage will be able to save them.
He yanked his door open, fully prepared to let them see the full wrath of the Sharingan, but stopped as he realized who it was.
"Hi, Teme."
Despite it being his insulting nickname, it didn't hold the same taunting that it usually did. Sasuke's anger began to vanish, realizing that for Naruto to risk the danger of waking him up in the middle of the night, there had to be a good reason.
"What are you doing here Dobe? It's 4 in the morning…"
Naruto just stood there, head hung, and shuffling his feet, "Can I come in?"
Damn Dobe… letting out a low sigh, Sasuke turned to walk back into the house, leaving the door open. Following the raven in, Naruto silently closed the door behind him and toed off his shoes, following the Uchiha into the family kitchen.
"Do you want something to drink?" Pulling open the fridge, Sasuke was blinded for a moment before reaching in to pull out a bottled water.
"What's the hardest thing you got?"
Caught off guard by that, Sasuke reached to a different shelf to grab one of the sakes.
As soon as it hit the blond's hands, the cap was off and it was half empty. Sasuke watched amazed as his friend put the drink down, taking deep breaths and coughing lightly at the burning in his throat.
"Thanks…" he rasped out. "I really needed that."
Sasuke took a seat across from the blond, his own water untouched in his hand. He stayed quiet, knowing the blond would explain the very good reasons why he was hear at this horrendous hour.
It took a few minutes of Naruto twiddling with his bottle to finally begin; "Sasuke…" his face was turned down, watching the murky liquid swirl through the opaque glass, "Kiba asked me to move in with him today."
A sudden feeling of tightness suddenly clenched the raven's chest, realization dawning on him. He never seriously thought about how far along the two of them were in their relationship. Sure, they'd been going out for about a year now… but they'd only first been spotted kissing in the few months, at his birthday party no less. Living together… puts them into an entirely different field…
Sasuke quelled the tightness in his chest as much as he could. He'd figure out what that meant later…
"So are you going to?"
Naruto stopped playing with the bottle, letting his hands fold onto the table. "I don't know… that just makes it so… permanent."
The tightness released… Naruto didn't want to. Sasuke sipped his water, trying to hide his smile. "Then don't."
"Well what am I suppose to tell him? 'Sorry Kiba! But I'll be breaking up with you eventually anyways, so why move in together!'" Naruto dropped his head onto his arms.
"You're going to break up with him?"
Naruto sighed; lifting his head back up onto one propped up hand. "Not now or anything… but I can't see myself spending the rest of my life with him. I like Kiba… I really do. I just don't… love him."
Who do you love?
Sasuke shook his head, ridding himself of the thought.
Naruto continued… "I always thought he loved me more than I let myself believe, this pretty much proves it." Shifting, the lifted his head from his hands and grabbed the sake, downing another quarter of it. "It was so out of the blue! We were just lying there, watching the clouds, and suddenly he asks me! No leaning into it, no hinting at it, no nothing! Just 'Do you want to get an apartment?'!?!" He drowned the last of the bottle. "What did he expect me to say to that!? We haven't even slept together and he already wants to act like man and wife!..."
A huge wave of relief came over the raven, so they haven't yet… wait… why do I care!?
He pushed his concentration back on the rambling boy before him.
"-ot like he hasn't tried! But I just can't go through with it. It's not like I'm scared or anything, it just… doesn't feel right."
Silence over came the kitchen, the raven taking that as an end to the blond's chatter.
"So break up with him."
Naruto sighed, reaching for his drink only to realize it was empty, "I guess I should."
Sasuke watched as the blond slowly stood up to dispose of the empty bottle. He stopped above the trash can, looking at the rubbish but eyes unfocused and lost in his own thoughts. A second later, he dropped the glass in, and turned back to the other boy.
"Do you think I could stay here tonight? I really don't want to walk all the way back to my apartment at this hour."
The raven didn't show it… but he was giggling like a school girl inside. "Yeah."
TBC
AN: Hope you all liked it! Please Review!
Oh… and if Tsunade is not the Godaime… please tell me so I can fix it.