A/N: this chapter is necessary fluff to begin to facilitate his long gradual change out of being a complete and utter ass so don't conplain about it being sappy and shit! this is your warning

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Naruto nearly spit out the tea in his mouth as he looked at the pair of women before him. Tayuya, situated on the left in more comfortable clothes, was calmly sipping her own tea as her wife Kin explained the proposal to him. In a nutshell their attempts at adopting were going nowhere and the thought of getting knocked up by a random stranger was not something either of them was completely comfortable with despite that being the basis artifical insemination. "So run that by me one more time?" he asked with a weak shudder. Part of him, most of him really, really hoped he heard them wrong.

"We wanted to ask you if you would consider being the sperm donor for our child" Kin said. Her hands were clasped in her lap as she tried to think of anything else to add. "We understand if you say no Naruto. You loved Hinata with every ounce of your soul and you two were planning to inevitably have a family of your own... Its just you're somebody we both trust. You wouldn't even have to be involved in the babies life if you don't want to. We wouldn't even tell them you were their dad if that was what you wished."

Narutos eyes shot up at the last two sentences. Could he be that cruel to a child, his child? Could he leave them to wonder who their father was and if they ever loved them? No, he couldn't and he knew that. But Kin was right, he loved Hinata and they had planned to eventually have a family of their own before she was murdered. "Have you two talked this through enough to truly be comfortable with it if I said yes?" he asked setting his mug down on the coffee table.

"I wasn't comfortable with it at first" Tayuya said slowly as she sighed a little. "Not because I don't trust you but it was just..weird to work out in my mind. Once I did work that out I did agree to her reasoning. You're a good guy, we all know you're clean and you'd be heavily involved because we know you wouldn't abandon your own child because like the rest of us you believe family to be the most important thing."

"Thats not a full answer from you Tayuya and we know it" Naruto challenged steepling his fingers before his face.

"Ok fine! Its still a little weird to me and my possessive side gets a little mad" Tayuya said with a scowl. "However its overwritten by the desire to hear the sound of little feet running around. I want to always make Kin happy and the one thing that makes us both happy is the idea of a child. Moreover shes right you're the only GOOD choice. Not to make you sound out like some kind of stud horse but you know what I mean."

"What my little flute fae" Kin smiled a little at the faint flush on Tayuyas face at the mention of the pet name "means Naruto is that out of everyone we know YOU are the one we trust most to ask. Of course with societies stigma I would be the one carrying the child or children if turns out that way by the grace of god. We at least would like to ask you to consider our request. Its a lot to ask and we will respect your answer either wa-"

"I'll do it. On one condition" Naruto said letting his head hang. He was fighting himself internally and it didn't help that he knew the pair were watching him intently. "In any case if its solely one child and its a girl, I'd ask you two to consider naming her after after Hinata. If its a case of there being more than one child and one happens to be a girl my request stands. If you can do that for me, I'll be your donor and my child(ren) will damn well know who I am. Even if you two will be raising him, her or them I will be there to let them know their dad loves them."

Kin and Tayuya shared a look smiling a little. They had expected him to say no but his condition was a no brainer to agree to. Both women got up off the couch they sat on and crossed to take a seat on the other on either side of the blonde. Kin snaked her arms around his shoulders and kissed his cheek as Tayuya rubbed his back. Such a small concession for a miracle was a price both women would surrender for the blonde who did so much for them already.

"You have my word Naruto" Kin soothingly squeezed him "our daughter, should we be blessed one, will be named after the woman you loved" she said as she rested her cheek on his shoulder. "When the time is right we can tell her of her namesake and the woman she was." She smiled a little watching her wife lovingly whisper something in her cousins ear as a slight tremor raced through Naruto. "Come on, its late. Spend the night here with us" she said kissing his cheek again.

"I shouldn't, it wouldn't be fair of me to impos-"

"Shithead, you're going to give us a child in the future. You're not imposing at all. Besides, isn't it every guys dream to have two good looking women asking him to their bed?" Tayuya asked with a teasing chuckle and smirk.

Naruto gave Tayuya a deadpan look as Kin giggled at her wifes antics. "Not if they're gay, which I am obviously not, and that particular instance I know you're thnking of you pervert is if he was going to bed them" he said despite the slight snicker escaping himself. "Besides I don't have clothes to change into in the morni-"

"We've already seen it all remember? Remeber the whole family vacation to the nudist retreat after you came home" Tayuya said with a slight shake of her head. That particular vacation had been an eye open in EVERY way, particularly about the older members apparent nudist views of sexuality and free love. "Besides all that, being the father to our future child is about as intimate as you can get without marriage. Modesty is out the window."

"I hate to say it but my flute faes pervert logic is sound Naruto" Kin said resting her cheek against his despite Tayuyas refutal of being a pervert. "Modesty is out the window at this point. Just lay out your uniform and crawl in bed with us. Its not like we're asking you to immediately start trying to get me pregnant. Tonight has been taxing for you mentally and emotionally, just lay down with us and rest is all I'm suggesting."

Naruto pouted slightly before working himself free of his service jacket. "Fine fine, I'll be up in a minute" he said carefully placing it over the back of a highback chair. As Kin and Tayuya made their way upstairs he saw them whispering about something but he couldn't be sure what about. Stripping out of his uniform, and neatly folding it, left him in a pair of black boxers and a tank top.

When he got upstairs he saw the master bedroom open with the shadows of soft flickering light dancing on the door. Peering inside he saw Kin and Tayuya sat on the bed clad in comfortable sleepwear, Kin in a pair of shorts and a tank top while Tayuya opted for pj pants and a crop top, seemingly waiting for him. Further inspection revealed to him the solitary pair of burning candles on the nightstand. "Come lay down Naruto" Kin said patting the space between her and Tayuya.

"Yeah shithead, its late and we all could use a little sleep" Tayuya said with a small fond smile curling up at the edge of her lips.

"Why do you always have to call him shithead? You know I don't lik-"

"Its alright Kin, its a term of endearment coming off Tayuya. Plus I did some stupid stuff while she was growing up and her dad swears like a sailor. Its all part of who she is and why we love her" Naruto interjected as he closed the door behind him. Walking over he saw Tayuya gloat silently and shot her a look. "Doesn't mean she could lighten up on the swearing, especially with a child coming in the future." Climbing between the two women, he didn't have the energy to try and talk them out of letting him sleep in the guest room, he closed his eyes as he felt them press themselves onto either side of him before the blanket was pulled up to their waists.

Kin snuggled happily into Naruto as Tayuya rested herself comfortably against his arm on her back. For a few minutes the comfortable silence controlled the room til the soft snoring of her wife made the redhead laugh. Shifting her gaze to look at the woman her eyes softened immensely seeing Kin snuggled into Narutos side with her head buried in his chest as she snored quietly denoting her peaceful sleep. Naruto for his part was almost asleep as the atmosphere in the bedroom was familiar to him.

"Get some rest shit head" Tayuya said as she gently punched his shoulder. Turning to mimic her wife she snuggled into Narutos warmth and sighed contently. 'Hes warmer than our space heater' she thought nuzzling her face into his chest. It didn't take long for her to fall asleep, the last wisps of his cologne invading her senses and lulling her into a dream of warmth and protective peace.

Once both women were finally sleeping peacefully did Naruto allow himself to succumb to sleep. Call it his old soul mannerisms but something about falling asleep before a woman and not knowing she was resting peacefully felt wrong to him. 'Maybe..Maybe they'd accept' was his final thought before the darkness of sleep consumed him entirely, his face buried in Kin and Tayuyas hair as the candles burned down to the wick extinguishing the flame leaving the sleeping threesome just a part of the rooms darkness.