Chapter 8

Sakura was six months pregnant in February and had finally begun to truly show she was pregnant with twins. To Sasuke, the changed seemed as if it happened overnight, when it had taken about three weeks. Sasuke hadn't really noticed until Sakura looked at him one day in early February with a pout on her face.

"…What's wrong, Sakura? Do you not feel well?"

"I'm fat."

Sasuke blinked, before stifling a laugh. "S-Sakura… you are not fat. You're five months pregnant. With twins, lest we forget."

Sakura gave a glare to Sasuke before looking at herself in the mirror, still pouting. "Hmm… this isn't gonna be fun at work…"

"Sakura, we should talk about work."

"I know what you're going to say, because my mom brought it up yesterday."

"…what am I going to say?"

"You're going to tell me, 'Sakura, you need to go ahead and start your maternity leave so you can rest before the twins are born!' right?"

Sasuke smiled and shook his head. "I was going to say that maybe you shouldn't do any surgeries and just do normal appointments for the next month."

"…eh?"

Sakura looked at Sasuke from over her shoulder while he laughed. She didn't understand why her reaction was funny. She was genuinely confused.

"I think you'll be fine to do some normal check-ups for the next month. You can go on maternity leave whenever Tsunade tells you to do so."

Sakura stared at Sasuke for a moment before smiling.

"Thanks."

"Are you absolutely sure?"

"Yes! I want mango ice cream and spicy potato chips! Now hurry before they make me change my mind!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes but still smiled as he threw on his coat and headed outside. Sakura's cravings had hit full swing and she had been craving the strangest things. Sakura had been actively craving shellfish like shrimp and lobster, but wasn't allowed to eat it because of the bacteria it would contain that would harm the babies. She got over it soon enough when another new craving hit: fresh fruit.

That one wasn't such a problem, though, their options were quite limited since it was winter. They were able to get a good number of blood oranges and kiwis, both of which Sasuke refused to eat because the blood oranges tasted funny and he never liked kiwi growing up.

Now, Sakura was actively craving ice cream and anything spicy. It was actually rather funny to watch Sakura eat the spicy things she asked for because of her hate for such foods, but, since she knew it was the babies who wanted it, she would eat it.

Sasuke had completely zoned out when he was at the store, just trying to get everything done and get home so he could spend his day off with his wife without a worry.

Instead, Menma found him and almost tackled him when he found his friend.

"Sasuke, help me!"

Sasuke blinked before asking "What's wrong?"

Menma looked very distraught and terrified, making Sasuke wonder what the heck he had done to Hinata this time to get him into so much trouble with her.

"What did you do to Hinata?"

"…"

"Menma."

"She's pregnant, ok!? She's so mad at me!"

"…she realizes it takes two people to do that, correct?"

Menma narrowed his eyes at Sasuke before moving to punch his friend in the arm, Sasuke taking a step back just in time.

"Yes, she knows that, jerk! But, because she's pregnant, she can't go on any missions! She wants to kill me for it!"

Sasuke tried not to laugh, but did so after a moment, shaking his head as he walked to the front of the store to check out with his items. Menma's fear of Hinata was hilarious. Anytime she was angry it was usually because of Menma, or her anger would be directed towards him in a worst case scenario.

This time she had a good reason. Hinata loved going on missions, especially to relieve her stress and so she and Menma could keep living in their nice apartment building.

Now, they were going to have to rely on whatever Menma brought in for them to use for rent and groceries.

"Sasuke, seriously. What do I do, man!?"

Sasuke shrugged as he paid the cashier and took his bags, planning to get home as quickly as possible before Sakura changed her mind again about what she wanted to eat. "I don't know. Why don't you try and tell her you're excited?"

"Because I don't know what I think!"

"You suck."

"Sasuke!"

Sakura was laughing. Sasuke just smirked. He had told her about his run in with Menma at the grocery store and how the blonde man had no idea what to do about his now pregnant wife who was very unhappy to be pregnant.

"Aw, but Hinata will make such a pretty pregnant lady! She should be freaking happy to be having another Menma!"

"Oh, you think they'll have a boy?"

Sakura nodded as she opened the bag of spicy chips Sasuke had brought her. "Absolutely. Hinata should plan for a little boy and if we do end up with twin girls we can give them all the boy clothes my mom and your mom brought us."

Sasuke nodded, agreeing. They had already decided that, in the event they had twin girls like they were supposed to, they would give the boy baby clothes over to whoever was having a boy next. Asuna was doing that now with whatever Keisuke outgrew, as he was growing bigger everyday based on how much he ate.

All that would be heard for a few minutes was Sakura taking the spicy potato chips she had and crushing them, just to throw them in her container of mango ice cream. After she had gotten what she deemed to be the 'perfect' amount, Sakura grabbed her spoon and stuck it in, scooping some up and then tasting it.

"Huh… this doesn't taste so bad…"

Sasuke just watched and shook his head. It was a wonder his wife, who couldn't tolerate spicy foods in the least, was eating mango ice cream and spicy chips. Together.

…That just sounds so gross…

Sasuke didn't bother to say anything as they went into the living room to relax for the rest of the day. They finally had a day off at the same time and were spending it in no better way than with each other, relaxing and enjoying the other's company.

"Whoa…"

Until Sakura spoke in a shocked tone and Sasuke looked at her. She was looking at her stomach in shock, making him wonder what on earth just happened.

"What's wrong? Sakura?"

"I… I think one of the babies just kicked…"

Sasuke's eyes widened, and in a second he was on the floor in front of Sakura with his hands on her stomach, hoping and praying he would feel something soon.

"Come on now… I wanna feel you moving…"

Neither of them said a word for a while, anticipating the next kick or punch from one or both of their daughters.

A moment later, Sasuke broke out in a large grin as he felt a thump against his left hand, and then one on his right hand. It was amazing and brought back the memories of Keiko kicking before they lost her.

"Hi there, you two. I'm your dad and I can't wait to see you… I bet you're both going to look like you mother and you'll be absolutely breathtaking."

"Sasuke, hush. What if one of them is a boy?"

Sasuke looked at Sakura, before smirking and looking back to her stomach. "Well, I guess if one of you is a boy then you could look like me…"

"Only because you're just as good looking!"

Sasuke rolled his eyes and looked back to Sakura. "Sakura, thank you."

Sakura looked at him a bit confused, before asking "What for? I haven't done anything…"

Sasuke just shook his head. "You're giving me two daughters… for that I'm grateful. I love you."

"I love you too…"

Sakura smiled as she watched Sasuke. He was busying himself by talking to their children and telling them how much he already loved them, how much he loved her, and how neither of them nor their families could wait to meet them.

This… will be perfect…

END CHAPTER 8

Author's Note: And here we are. Sakura, six months pregnant, her weird cravings, and they get to feel their babies kick. :3 Sorry this one is so late, none of these ideas came to me until I was sitting in front of my computer and actually focusing. xD

GUYS, SUMMER IS HALF OVER FOR ME. ._. But, that also means my online Government course is half over! :D Though, it also means that I'm almost done working for the summer. ;-;
Well, at least I'll be able to put this work study on my resume for future jobs.

If you guys would like a preview of my next fanfic, you can just go to my profile and read the very first thing I have there. (if you know who the artist of the fanart i have link is, please tell me.)

All right, that is it for this week, and I shall see you all next week! :)