Chapter Seventeen: One Slight Problem

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A/N:

OSSU!

Like I said last chapter this fan fiction will be ending sooner or later. And we all love Manami and Sasuke, right? XD

Enjoy these last few chapters!

Manami's Point Of View

I saw his eyes widen as I yelled out those words.

"Sasuke?" I murmured. "Are… you okay?"

Sasuke took a few steps back before looking at me straight in the eye.

"What do you mean… pregnant?" He asked with narrowed eyes, as if he didn't want to believe that fact.

I placed my arms in from of my chest to cover its nudity. "…Lady Tsunade told me I was pregnant. With your child, Sasuke."

He leaned against the counter across from me and held his head. "But… this is fast. Too fast. We used protection didn't we?"

I nodded. "W-We did, Sasuke. But you know… sometimes we did forget."

He didn't say a word.

I began, "Sasuke, if you don't want the baby, just tell—"

"No."

I stared at him. "What?"

He glanced at me. "I, uh… I need some time alone. Don't go after me."

"But Sasuke—" I touched his arm and he gently jerked away.

My eyes widened as he left the house.

"Sasuke…" I mumbled. My knees gave way and I fell to the ground. I hugged my legs to my chest. "…What have I done?"

-x-x-x-x-

"Hello, Haruno residence, Sakura speaking." My friend's voice said over the phone.

I spoke, "Sakura. Hey. Uh, you alone at the moment?"

Sakura replied, "Manami! Yeah, I'm alone. Why? Oh, did you tell Sasuke?"

"Oh, I told him."

"And?"

"…"

"Hello? Manami?"

"U-Uhm, he… kind of…" I cringed and felt the back of my eyes heating up. I whimpered, "H-He just left the house."

"What!? Did he say anything!?"

I quoted, "I need some time alone. Don't go after me."

"And then he left the house!?"

"That's pretty much… it."

"Oh my God, Manami, I'm on my way right now. Just wait for me, okay?"

I hung up, and a few minutes later, the doorbell rang. I opened the door and saw Sakura standing at my front step. She quickly hugged me. Sakura took me to the couch and told me to tell her everything, so I did.

"Oh, that's horrible. Did he say when he was coming back?" Sakura asked.

I covered my mouth with my hand. I hadn't even thought about that. "Oh my God. W-What if he never comes back!?"

"Oh, I'm sure he will! He loves you more than to just leave you for a baby!" She assured me.

Nightfall came and I was still waiting for Sasuke. Sakura kept herself content with the television, while I continuously glanced at the door, hoping it would open any time soon.

Then it began to rain heavily. I checked my phone for reception, and there were no bars.

I stood up. "He's gotta come home now. He's going to be sick!"

"But Manami—" Sakura gawked.

I shook my head as I grabbed a thick coat. "No buts! I've got to find him!"

"Manami!" Sakura cried as I left the house.

She ran after me, trying to drag me back inside. I resisted. "Manami! You have to wait for him! What if you get sick!?"

I yelled, "I don't care! Right now, all I want is to be in his arms again! I need to know if he wants this child or not!"

Sakura stared at me sadly as the wind made her hair hit against her cheek. Her hands slowly let go of my arms. "Just come back safely. I want my best friend back in one piece."

I smiled slightly. "Thank You."

And I ran off in search of my husband.

I looked everywhere I could think of. The ramen stall, all the shops and our friends' houses too! I was beginning to be pissed off, to be honest. But I didn't give up hope. The storm was getting stronger and I sat myself on a bench. I thought hard on where Sasuke could possibly be. I glanced at a nearby tree and I yelped, "The forest!"

It may have been too dangerous to be there during a storm, but I had a strong feeling he was there.

I walked against the force of the winds and screamed, "SASUKE!!!"

I passed the trunks and trees, the leaves that fell from branches whipped against my face. Then I heard his voice.

"Are you stupid, Manami!? What the hell are you doing out here!?" Sasuke scolded.

I looked up, and there he was. "W-Well, you're the one that made me search for you!"

"I told you not to come!" He yelled.

I glared at him. "You think I would let you stay in this storm!? I came because I love you, you idiot!"

He paused, and then took my arm. "We'll take shelter in a cave I found, for now."

I followed after him, and soon we were in the darkness of the cave. I turned to him as he sat on a rock and lit a fire. "Why did you leave me?"

"I needed some time to think," He answered.

I curled my hands into fists. "You could've at least told me if you wanted the baby or not! You were sending me mixed messages!"

"I told you I needed to think! This is huge, Manami!"

"How do you think I feel, Sasuke!? I'M the one pregnant here, not you!"

"Oh, for Christ's sake," Sasuke stood up, grabbed my shoulders and placed his lips over mine. "I'm sorry already!"

I stayed silent and looked at him. I opened my mouth and said, "I… I'm sorry too. For yelling at you."

"It's my entire fault anyway," He replied, sitting back on his rock. "I ran away and you got mad. It's pretty logical."

"But…" I whispered. "Do you… want the baby?"

He sighed. "I've been thinking about that. And, I realized, this is what I've wanted. I wanted to restore my clan again, and what better person to do it with than you?"

I took a seat on the ground next to him. "So…"

"So…" He glanced at me, and acted casual. "I want the baby."

I turned my head towards him so quickly; I thought I heard a bone crack. "R-Really? You really mean it!?"

Sasuke nodded, slumping onto the ground to be somewhat at the same level as me. "Yeah. I want to give this kid the childhood I've always wanted."

I beamed. "Oh, thank you Sasuke," And I wrapped my arms around his neck tightly to kiss him.

He took my waist and he lay down, placing me on top of him. I opened my eyes and took my lips off his. "Sasuke?"

"Since we're in a storm… we can go back until it's over, right?" He said from below me.

I nodded slowly. "Yeah…?"

"And since you're pregnant… we won't be able to do much when your stomach gets bigger, cause then you'll be fragile. At least, in my eyes."

I raised an eyebrow. "If you say so…?"

He chuckled. "You really don't get it until I actually tell you, huh?"

I blinked. "What?"

Sasuke sat up slightly, so his elbows were supporting his weight and he took my face in closer to kiss. "Let's do it."

My eyes widened and I sat up straight again. "B-But we're outside! In a cave! What if someone finds us!?"

"I know it's been one of your fantasies to do it outside, you know," Sasuke smirked.

I shook my head furiously whilst blushing. "N-No it isn't!"

"I remember one time when I woke up before you, I heard you say something like…" And he began imitating me. "'Sasuke… Let's have sex outside…' …something like that."

I covered my face from the redness. "I bet you just made that up on the spot!"

"Oh really?" Sasuke took out his phone. "I recorded it."

"Y-You what!?" I shrieked.

"I thought it was cute."

He handed me the phone and I watched the video. "Sasuke… outside… We have se… sex outside…" I could hear Sasuke snickering in the background of the film.

My cheeks boiled and I gave back his phone quickly. "Okay, so what!?"

He unbuttoned his shirt slightly. "Doesn't it turn you on?"

I covered my eyes. "No! I won't be taken into your seductive side!"

Sasuke laughed lightly and took my hand away from my face gently. "You know you want to do it."

And somehow, he'd convinced me.

…It was one hell of a night.

-x-x-x-x-

We walked back home the morning after that, which was a clear sky day.

I muttered as I walked beside Sasuke, "Horny bastard."

He slung his arm around my shoulder and whispered, "You know you loved it."

I furrowed my eyebrows together as we walked by all the shops and stands, until we reached our house.

I opened the door and Sakura woke up with a snort. "H-Huh wha? Ah, Manami!" She rubbed her eyes and smiled. "I'm glad to see you safe, and with Sasuke!"

I gave her a sheepish smile. "Y-Yeah. It's nice to be back indoors."

"Oh yeah, where did you guys stay?" She asked.

Sasuke shrugged. "We were stuck in this storm, so we decided to stay in a cave."

"Hmm…? You guys, why are your clothes and hair all muddy?" Sakura raised an eyebrow.

I smoothed down my hair. "Oh… I guess I slept in a muddy spot!"

"But it's all knotted," She pointed out.

"I roll around in my sleep a lot!" I made my excuses up as I went.

She stood up and snickered. "Admit it, Manami; you guys had sex in a cave!"

I blushed when Sasuke nodded. "OKAY! Case closed! You can go home now, Sakura! Goodbye!"

I pushed her out the door and locked it. I sighed and looked at myself in the mirror. "Oh, god I look horrible."

"No you don't," Sasuke mumbled, standing behind me in the mirror, wrapping his arms around my shoulders.

"Of course YOU don't, you don't have as much hair as I do. The shorter the hair, the less time you have to look after it!" I pouted.

"Hey," Sasuke leaned his head against mine. "You see these spikes? They don't come up on their own."

I rolled my eyes. "Unless, of course, you want to spend hours spiking it."

"You don't like it?" He asked.

I shook my head. "No, no! I like it! I think it suits you! Anyway, I'm going to take a shower, I have to get rid of these knots before one of our friends decides to barge in our house—"

"HELLO MANAMI AND SASUKE!" Naruto barged in the house. "It's a wonderful morning, isn't it!?"

Hinata stood beside him and quietly said, "Good morning."

I hung my head. "Ugh~!"

Sasuke turned to the couple. "You guys, maybe you should come back in a bit, Manami and I have to take showers… We don't want you to see us like this."

Naruto shrugged. "Too late for that!"

Hinata tugged on her boyfriend's jacket. "N-Naruto-kun, maybe we should do what Sasuke says. We'll come back later, okay?"

Naruto stared at Hinata and she blushed. "O-Oh God, you're so cute!"

She smiled. "Let's… Let's go and eat some ramen, Naruto-kun."

"More ramen!? Oh, Hinata, you're so awesome!" Naruto grinned.

Sasuke pushed the two out the door. "Yeah, yeah, you two are fantastic. See you." And he shut it.

I lifted a corner of my mouth. "Thanks."

"No problem. Now, you were going to take a shower…?" Sasuke insisted.

"Oh, right," I ran up the stairs and went inside the bathroom.

After ten minutes into the shower, I heard the door unlock. I turned my head, and above all the steam I saw Sasuke half naked.

I frowned. "Sasuke! You… You pervert!"

I stopped the shower and was about to step out, until Sasuke was suddenly in the shower with me, turning the water back on.

"Why don't we save some water?" He whispered. "Let's have our shower together."

"Sasuke, I… I'm already clean!" I fake smiled. "There's nothing else I need to wash here!"

His hands went south, and I yelped. He smirked like there was no tomorrow. "Looks like I have to clean a little something down here."

"Wha—? No!" I shut my eyes and bit my bottom lip as he did what he wished.

I almost fell once he was done, but he held me up with my waist. I glared at him. "You're a sex-crazed person."

"I'm doing this because you might not want to do it with me anymore once we have a child," He murmured in my hair.

"Sasuke…" I sighed and faced him. "I will always want to do it with you. You only. But you should know; a girl like me can only handle so much."

He frowned. "I should know; a girl like you can handle way more than just this."

"N-No, I can't!" I repeated. "I can only handle one or… org… Oh, you know the word."

He pretended to think hard. "Hm… Organization? No… Organism? Oh, I know."

Sasuke leaned in closer to me and whispered, "Orgasm."

I blushed and pushed him to the other side of the shower. "Yes, exactly! Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to go and get dressed."

"No, you don't," He grabbed hold of my waist. "You came more than once during your birthday night."

I shook my head wildly. "No, I didn't! I didn't! W-What are you talking about? H-Hahaha!"

He sighed. "I still wonder why you're so nervous on the topic of sex. It's cute, but you're so reluctant, I feel you're not interested anymore."

"What!?" I looked at him. "Of course I'm interested, it's just… embarrassing!"

"You shouldn't be so much, around me," He answered, half smiling. "I want you to be completely relaxed with me."

I shook my head. "I already am."

"It doesn't seem that way," Sasuke murmured as I turned away from him.

From behind me, he pressed his hands softly against my chest, and kissed my neck lightly.

I sighed. "If you promise me one thing, I'll stop hesitating."

"What's that?" Sasuke asked, suddenly eager to get what he wanted.

I thought about it for a few seconds, and nodded. "Limit your needs."

"What type of needs?" He questioned, as if he didn't already know.

I rolled my eyes. "Sexual needs. It's not that I don't like it, but you know… it's just so… tiring…?"

He frowned a little, but exhaled helplessly. "Got it."

I smiled. "I'm not very good and being seductive, but…" I turned around and pressed myself against his body. "Do what you want."

-x-x-x-x-

"Jesus, you guys took hours to get ready!" Naruto grumbled.

I blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry; we didn't mean to make you wait."

Naruto flicked his head to the side. "Well you two better have a good explanation!"

Sasuke came in the living room, flicking the back of Naruto's head. "We don't wanna give you excuses."

"I wanna hear it!" Naruto argued.

Hinata touched Naruto's shoulder. "Naruto-kun… You shouldn't force our friends."

Naruto looked back at her. "Yeah, but—! …Fine," He pouted as his girlfriend gave him a smile.

I laughed, and glanced at Sasuke. "Well… I have some news."

"What news? Wha…?" Naruto blankly stared at me. "I heard no news."

"Which is why I'm going to tell you now," I explained.

Sasuke's arm found its way around my shoulder and he nodded. I sighed. "I'm pregnant."

Naruto stayed silent for three seconds and blinked. He stood up, and then began to scream. "WHAT!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!?"

Hinata asked, "How many weeks has it been?"

"Tsunade-sama told me it's been about five to six." I answered.

"FIVE TO SIX!? WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME STRAIGHT AWAY!?" Naruto freaked out.

I crossed my arms. "I just took the test yesterday!"

Naruto stood still. "You have to take a test to find out if you have a baby?"

I nodded slowly. "Yes…"

"Like… writing? With… math? And English?" He raised an eyebrow.

I slapped my forehead and rolled my eyes. "No, you idiot. Body tests… Urinal."

"Uri—Oh," He snorted. "Ha… I knew that."

Hinata piped up. "Have you told your brother yet?"

I froze. "Oh… crap."

"Eh? What's wrong, Manami-chan?" Naruto questioned.

"Don't you realize it yet?" I glared at him slightly. "If I tell my brother, he's going to go nuts! He might not even want the baby!"

Sasuke frowned. "Over my dead body. I'll try to convince him to like the kid."

I paused, and then took out my cell phone, scanning through my contacts, until I found my brother. I hesitated to press the call button. It rang, and I put it on loudspeaker.

"Hello?"

"Neji-nii…?"

"Manami! Long time no talk! How's it going there? Is everything alright?"

"Oh, everything's fine…"

"You don't normally call me up to tell me everything's fine. What's up?"

"Just a little news…"

"What news?"

"I… Sasuke…"

"You guys didn't have a fight, did you!? Because I will bash that bastard's head in!"

Sasuke flinched, and I frowned. "No, Neji-nii. It's just…"

"Just…?"

"Well, you have to promise me one thing."

"What?"

"Don't get angry."

"Okay?"

"Or overreact."

"Fine…?"

"And don't hurt Sasuke. Or me."

"Why the heck would I—?"

"I'm pregnant."

"What… WHAT!? WHAT THE HELL!? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN!? WHAT!?!?!"

I cringed. "Right now, I'm pregnant with Sasuke's child, and I want to keep it."

"OH SURE! DO YOU REALIZE JUST HOW YOUNG YOU ARE!?

"I-I do! Neji-nii, you promised that you wouldn't get angry!"

"HOW CAN I NOT!? Y-YOU'RE PREGNANT!"

"Neji-nii!!"

And he hung up.

I stuffed my head in my hands and mumbled. "Stupid brother."

Then the door was soon slammed down, not open, down. Its hinges broke and my brother stood at the front step breathing heavily, glaring at Sasuke and me.

He grabbed Sasuke's collar and shook it fiercely. "You bastard! How dare you impregnate my sister! She's the last of my family! I let you marry her, and I let you own her completely! But to make her have your baby!? What the hell is wrong with you!? You're only eighteen!"

I stood up and pulled his hand away from Sasuke. "Neji-nii! Why are you overreacting!?"

He faced me. "I have every right to be overreacting!!"

I pushed him. "WELL YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER!!"

Neji's eyes widened for the slightest bit, and he grabbed my wrists. "I'M THE CLOSEST THING YOU'VE GOT!"

I growled, and kicked his stomach. He clutched it, and I ran up the stairs. "If you can't accept the baby, then I won't accept you! I… I HATE YOU, NEJI!"

And I ran up to my bedroom, throwing the door shut locked, not wanting to see my sibling's face ever.

My back was pressed against the wall, and I slid down. I took out my phone, and went through my list in silence. My eyes stared at one name I hadn't seen in a long time.

Gaara.

I decided to call him; it had been months since I had last contacted him.

The ringing lasted forever, until someone finally picked up.

"Kazekage Gaara speaking."

"G-Gaara-kun…"

"Manami? Is it you?"

"Yeah… It's been a while, huh?"

"Yes, it has. Why the sudden call?"

"No reason. I just… feel like seeing you again."

"Oh, well… Do you want to meet me over here? Or should I go over there?"

"I'll… go to the Suna."

"Sure… I guess I'll see you… in a few days."

"Yeah. Bye."

I exhaled once I pressed the end call button.

That was awkward.

I felt knocking on the door near me.

"Manami? Are you okay?" Sasuke's voice was muffled.

I replied, "I'm fine. Is he still out there?"

"If you mean your brother… Uh, no. H-He's not here," He answered.

"You were reluctant. He is still outside, isn't he?" I murmured.

"Well, yeah, but he said he was sorry. Isn't that enough, Manami?"

"But he really didn't want the baby. It felt like he didn't want me."

"You know that's not true."

"Yes, but… I don't know. I'm going to take a break from seeing him. Is it okay if I go to the Sand village to see Gaara-kun?"

"Sand village? Why so sudden?"

"I haven't seen him in a while, that's all."

"…Okay. But I'm coming with you."

"Yeah, sure."

"Manami…" The voice had changed. "I'm sorry for yelling at you."

I turned. "Neji-nii?"

"Just don't hate me. You can avoid me for as long as you like, but just don't hate me."

It was silent after that. My brother could have clearly knocked the door down, or climbed in through the window, so I could tell he was serious.

He would leave me alone until I was ready to face him again.

-x-x-x-x-

"Gaara-sama~! Gaara-samaaaa~!"

Various girls stood outside his office, screaming for attention.

I glanced at Sasuke, who obviously was reminiscing the times when so many girls fawned over him like that. After he got married, most of them backed off.

"Don't tell me that you want to go back to those times," I laughed.

He shook his head. "Hell no. I'm just remembering how annoying it used to be."

"And don't you miss it~?" I asked.

He raised an eyebrow and ruffled my hair. "What's there to miss? I have everything I want right here."

I rolled my eyes as we were approached by Temari.

Temari waved madly. "Manami~!"

I hugged her. "Tema-chan!"

Temari laughed, "Oh, I haven't heard that nickname in years."

I smiled. "So, where's Gaara-kun?"

"Follow me," She said.

So I did, and once we reached the Kazekage's office, Gaara stood up from his chair, and murmured, "Manami."

I smiled. "Long time no see, Gaara-kun."

I placed my bags on the floor and reached out to hug him.

"Is there any reason why you decided to visit us now?" A voice said behind me.

I turned around. "Kankuro-kun!" I hesitated to hug him, so I shook his hand instead. "I just felt like seeing you guys again. That and… well, I guess I'll tell you later, when you're less busy."

Kankuro raised an eyebrow. "Well, you two plan on sleeping over?"

I nodded.

Kankuro averted his eyes. "Just don't have sex in our house. I mean, it's not like they wanna hear you screaming in the middle of the night, right?" He pointed at his brother and sister.

My eyes narrowed and we all, meaning Temari, Gaara, Sasuke and I, smacked the back of his head.

I rolled my eyes. "You're never going to quit being a pervert, huh?"

He pouted. "It's who I am! You can't expect Kankuro to be Kankuro without his perverted side!"

Temari scoffed. "Let me show you your rooms."

Gaara stopped her. "No, let me do it."

"But Gaara, you've got work to do," His sister insisted.

"It'll be fine," He replied.

She sighed. "Okay. Go ahead."

So Gaara took us both to a spare guest room in the building. Once we placed our bags on the floor, Sasuke asked, "You got a bathroom near here?"

Gaara nodded. "It's just down the hall, to your left."

Sasuke walked towards the door, and murmured, "Thanks."

I took a seat on the bed and looked at Gaara. "Uhm…"

"Something wrong? You didn't really tell me what you came here for," He asked, taking a spot next to me.

I exhaled and said quietly. "Well, uh, I'm… pregnant."

Gaara froze, and stared at me for God knows how long. "P-Pregnant?"

I nodded. "If it's okay with you, would you like to be the Godfather?"

He blinked. "W-Whoa. Uh, pregnant? With Sasuke's kid? Pregnant… Me as the godfather? P-Pregnant?"

I placed my hand gently on his shoulder. "You're reacting better than Neji-nii or Naruto-kun, at least. And yes, I'm pregnant. I want… We want you to be the godfather. We talked about it on our way here."

He scooted away from me slightly. "How… long were you… with the kid?"

"Around six weeks," I answered.

Gaara closed his eyes and sighed. He held his head, just like Sasuke did when he found out. "If only I had made a move sooner."

I blinked. "Excuse me?"

He shook his head. "I never should have waited, huh?"

"Waited for what?"

"For you."

"I… don't understand what you're saying, Gaara-kun."

"Manami," He took my hand softly. "I… still love you. And I would do anything to have you."

My eyes widened, and with a blush, I let go of his hand. "I-I thought you understood, Gaara-kun."

"I said I understood. I never said I would give you up."

"B-But Gaara-kun! I'm married to Sasuke, and I-I'm pregnant with his child!"

"Why don't you forget about him? Let us have a future together. I'll look after the kid, even though it's not mine."

"Gaara-kun! You don't know what you're saying! It's impossible for me to forget about Sasuke!"

"Then I'll make you forget about him."

"What? No!"

But he let his lips fall onto mine, and with lust, passion and love combined, there was no way I could stop. He had soon let go of my neck, he breathed, "I'm begging you to love me. I've loved you for so many years… So why won't you return my feelings?"

My mouth almost dropped open, and I stood up, away from his grip. "G-Gaara-kun…"

But Gaara's eyes turned away from mine, and at the doorway. He'd almost smirked. I followed his gaze and shook my head.

Sasuke glared immensely at the both of us, with a look of disgust, and when his eyes met mine, he only stormed out of the room.

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