I feel like I am Shikamaru… It was troublesome, however I have finished chapter three… meh…
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Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, it would be called NEJI! (so my question is, do you see any manga or anime with that title?…. Didn't think so.) ….. So as you all know, Masashi Kishimoto owns it. …..ENVY….
"What do you mean?" Naruto snuggled in the bed, pulling Gaara closer to him. "I don't hear no baby." His mouth was trailing light kisses down Gaara's neck, under his lips he could feel Gaara's pulse quicken in response to what was happening under the blankets.
Gaara ran his fingers through Naruto's hair, and was about to pull him up so that their lips would connect, when a loud cry was replaced by the soft cry of a few minutes ago. "We need to get up."
Naruto sighed and let Gaara go. "Yeah, I guess so."
"I'll fix the bottle."
"How often do baby's eat?"
After some consideration, Gaara admitted, "I don't know."
"Hmm…" Naruto got dressed before heading out to where the baby was. "We need to think of a name for him."
Gaara chuckled softly and said, "Yeah we can't keep calling him kid."
"Or baby."
"Or it."
Naruto laughed, resulting in the baby to stop crying and to gaze up at the blond with clear blue eyes. "He is breaking my heart." Naruto mumbled.
Gaara pretended not to hear Naruto and proceeded to fix the bottle. "So when will Neji get here?"
Glancing at the clock, Naruto noticed that it was only six thirty. "Not for a while probably."
Handing the bottle to Naruto, "I'm going to go shower then. Don't forget to burp him." Gaara kissed him before leaving towards the bathroom.
"Oi!" Naruto called after him, "What do you mean leaving me alone with this baby?"
"You'll do fine." Gaara's soft reply came from the bathroom.
Panic started to creep into Naruto, he would be the first to admit that he knew next to nothing about baby's. Plopping down on the sofa, he put the bottle to the baby, trying to remember when it was exactly that Gaara had "burped" the baby last night. Exactly when was he suppose to put the baby to his shoulder and rub the baby's back? He counted to thirty, there, that should be enough food for now, he put the bottle aside and placed the baby up to his shoulder and started to rub the baby's back.
"Shit…" he mumbled as he felt drool on his bare shoulder. He was about to congratulate himself when the baby began thrashing around while crying.
Not knowing what to do, he put the bottle back in the baby's mouth, resulting in the baby trying to push it out. It was soon a battle of ninja vs. infant. The ninja won the battle, however the infant won the war. After counting to thirty once more, Naruto put the baby to his shoulder, he barely had enough time to put the baby their when his shoulder was soon drenched with baby milk.
He must have been crazy to think this fragile infant was a unworthy opponent. The baby played dirty, literally, that's when the smell assaulted his nose. Nearly gagging, Naruto was about to go drag Gaara out of the shower for backup support when someone knocked at the door.
With the infant in his arms, Naruto opened the door.
"Thank God," Naruto sighed with relief at seeing Neji. "Here, take the kid." He practically threw the baby into Neji's arms. "I need to go get Gaara."
"Wait." Neji was staring at Naruto's bare chest. "What am I suppose to do with this?" he indicated the baby.
Sighing, Naruto led Neji into the kitchen. "Gaara," he called out when he noticed that the water in the shower had stopped. "We need your help."
"I think we can do fine without him." Neji said.
Naruto looked at Neji, wondering why he was acting so weird, shrugging his shoulders, he said, "Whatever. So help me clean the baby."
Neji picked up the towel and was cleaning Naruto off instead. "First lets get this off you."
Blushing, Naruto was about to back away from Neji when Gaara walked in with a towel wrapped around his slender waist and dripping water all over the floor. "What-" he stopped talking when he saw Neji.
Scratching his head, Naruto grinned at Gaara, "The baby got sick."
"I see." Gaara took the baby from Neji, "Come on Naruto, you need to clean up before you leave. I'll take care of the baby then get dressed."
Shrugging his shoulders and grinning at Neji, Naruto followed Gaara out of the kitchen, past the living room and into the bedroom. Gaara laid the baby on the bed and shut the door to the living room behind Naruto. Even though if Neji wanted to see what they were doing all he had to do was activate his byakugan, thus defeating the purpose of the closed door.
Gaara wrapped his arms around Naruto from behind and placed his head against the middle part of Naruto's back. "Why can't you and I go find the baby's parents?"
Naruto put his own hand on Gaara's and chuckled, "If you want to then we will, I bet Neji wont mind. We can leave little Loki with Hinata."
"Loki?"
"Yeah, I was thinking while he tried to defeat me that he is just like the Norse God."
"God of mischief?"
Naruto slipped out of Gaara's arms and headed to the bathroom, "If you don't like it we can find a different name."
"Loki is fine." Gaara agreed when the baby smiled up at him. "And don't worry about it, you and Neji can go, I will stay here with Loki."
"If you are sure." Naruto turned the water on in the shower before getting in.
Gaara cleaned up the baby, got dressed real quick, he wanted to talk to Neji alone.
Neji was cleaning up the kitchen, a pang of jealousy went through Gaara at how the long haired man was more familiar with Naruto's kitchen then he was. Trying to control his emotions and not let it show how the Hyuuga bothered him, the blood red headed young man cradled the infant and allowed his gaze to linger on the small dark headed bundle in his arms. "I know how you feel towards Naruto. You and your cousin share that in common."
Neji was startled, however his stoic expression remained the same. "Everyone in Konoha loves Naruto."
"I think some are more in love with him." Gaara stated, "I just think that you should know that-"
"Look here," Neji interrupted, he nearly got into Gaara's face, "I don't care that you are the one that is with Naruto, however, if you EVER hurt him, I will not hesitate to kill you. Kazekage or not, do I make myself clear?"
As if on cue Loki, decided then to whimper. "I would rather die than hurt Naruto." Absently he lifted the baby and placed him to his shoulder, while rubbing the small back. He knew that now that the baby was cleaned up, Loki would want to be fed. "I know that anyone who hurts Naruto would have hell to pay, not just from you, from everyone in this village. As for you, I want you to promise that you will make sure he stays out of trouble."
"Fine, however, I am not doing it for you. I will do it for Naruto." Neji looked almost disgusted that Gaara had even asked that. "I will stand by him till the day I die, and its not because I love him, its because I respect him more than I respect anyone else."
Gaara edged his way around the other man, he knew he should have faith in Naruto, however he had always seen the way Neji adored him, and it unnerved him. Naruto was obviously oblivious to the looks that Neji sent his way, somehow Gaara would get Neji to give up. He had to. Otherwise it would be pure torture for him to go back to Suna.
Sighing, Neji said, "Just make him happy, ok? All I want is his happiness. If he is happy with you, then I will be happy for him, all I ask is that you never hurt him. Sasuke has done enough of that."
"Fine." Gaara picked up the bottle and started to feed the baby, "If I ever hurt him, you will not need to kill me because I will have killed myself."
Neji nodded his head in acknowledgement, he was not given the chance to say anything more, at that moment Naruto joined them wearing his usual attire.
"Gaara!" Naruto threw his arms around Gaara, "I gotta go." He placed a lingering kiss on Gaara's lips, then lightly kissed Loki on the forehead while the baby continued to drink from the bottle. Looking up at Neji, finally he asked, "Ready to go then?"
Nodding his head, Neji silently followed Naruto out of the cabin.