Karin's shirt stretched to fit her newly impregnated belly, but on the bright side her shirt did fit. Some of the smaller girls had to settle for having their shirt go down just to their belly until they could buy bigger shirts or, heavens forbid, maternity clothes.

After Mr. Hatake had awkwardly fitted every girl with a belly, they all walked- or in some cases waddled – back to their seats.

"For the remainder of the class," the silver haired teacher announced, "you will be on a 'date' with your spouse. Get to know them if you haven't already, or just talk about becoming new parents."

After the announcement was made, the classroom exploded with the quiet murmuring of students making small talk with their spouses. Sasuke and Karin sat in silence.

"So... uhh…" Sasuke was somehow more socially inept than Karin, a feat that she didn't know was possible until now.

"You got me knocked up." Karin interjected, surprised with her own boldness.

Sasuke had the smallest glimmer of a smirk on his lips- an unexpected display of emotion to Karin. "Yeah, I guess I did."

If anyone on earth other than Sasuke and Karin had been in this situation, they both would have been giggling at themselves by now. Instead, the newlyweds sat bathing in awkward silence.

The silence was interrupted by a slight… tickling in Karin's stomach. He surprise was audible, and her gasp seemed to startle Sasuke.

"Are you okay? Is the suit dysfunctional…" Sasuke asked, his voice still unwavering from its usual monotonous tone.

Karin giggled slightly at the boy's concern (or as close as Sasuke could get to concern), "I'm fine. I actually think the suit- err baby, was kicking… Do you want to, uh I don't know… feel it?" Again, Karin wasn't sure she was actually saying these words. Asking a man that she just met to rub her stomach sounded too odd. He probably thinks I'm a weirdo! Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones getting to her head…

"…"

"He did say that I had to be attentive…" Sasuke turned his head, to avoid looking Karin in the eye. Karin had to hold back a fit of giggles. Sasuke Uchiha, one of the most popular, suave boys in school, couldn't look a girl in the eye and say that he wanted to rub her belly.

"Then… go ahead…"

Sasuke seemed startled by her words – whether it was the words themselves or the pure act of Karin talking was unclear, but he did turn to face Karin. And slowly, like an easily startled deer, he looked Karin in the eye and placed his hand on her belly (or belly suit?).

"Here," Karin slowly grabbed his hand. Try not to startle him, Karin mused to herself as she gently repositioned his hand, "This is where it's kicking."

Sasuke's mouth opened slightly in awe – a nice change from his usual stoic expression. "I know it's not real… but it's kinda neat…" He murmured, and Karin could have sworn that she saw the slightest hint of blush on Sasuke.

After that, the remainder of class went by very quick. Sasuke and Karin made small talk, nothing too personal, but enough to keep both parties interested (or in Sasuke's case he wasn't bored at least). Karin learned that Sasuke came from a large family, and that he was the youngest out of all of his cousins, and she vocalized her jealousy, being an only child who wasn't close to any relatives.

It may have just been that Karin was over-analyzing due to starting psychology class too, but it seemed to her that Sasuke still remained distant and vague when talking about himself. She dismissed this as being to nosy – they had just met, after all.

Just as Karin was telling about her new job at a local fragrance store, the bell rang. Karin started to gather her books, letting out a sigh after she realized that Sasuke didn't buy the book for the class. In her disbelief over Sasuke being her new "husband", she had forgotten just how irresponsible he was.

"Karin," Sasuke had interrupted her thoughts rather bluntly, "do you want to come over to my house tomorrow and discuss…" he glanced at the project outline in his hand, "our, um 'birth plan'?"