Chapter 10
Sakura was swooning over her sons. She had been released from the hospital about three days after they were born, but the twins quickly relapsed from all the progress they were making and had to stay. Keiji had caught some sickness, which Sakura assumed was from someone that held him, and Kazuki developed a skin rash, forcing him to stay as well. When Sakura and Sasuke got home the day she was released, Sakura couldn't stop pacing back and forth in the twins nursery, wishing they had gotten to come home with her. Sasuke had tried to calm her down, but Sakura just ended up crying over not having them home. Sasuke understood. This was their second pregnancy and the first one to be successful in the end. They just wanted to have their boys home with them.
Today, June 12th, nearly a month after the two boys were born, they were finally allowed to go home with their parents. Sakura was at the hospital with them, dressing the two up nicely because she knew there were going to be numerous people coming by that day to see the twins again and fawn over them. Sakura didn't mind, but was going to force everyone to either wash their hands, or she would drown them in hand sanitizer, just to keep her little boys from getting sick.
"I can't wait to you two home." Sakura squealed a little as she looked at Keiji and Kazuki, both resting comfortably in her arms, excited to finally bring them home. "Everyone is going to love you, and you two are going to love your nursery. It's a pretty, baby blue and it's perfect."
Sakura laughed when Kazuki blinked while Keiji yawned, snuggling himself into her. Keiji had ended up becoming the lazy baby that would sleep all the time, while Kazuki looked around at everyone and everything. Sasuke told her that Keiji was more like him, because he slept a lot, and Kazuki was obviously more like Sakura, based on the stories Mebuki had told about Sakura being very curious as a toddler.
"All right, let's get them ready to go!"
Sakura rolled her eyes a bit when Sauske finally got back, bringing the carriers with him. "You dork."
Sasuke stared at her, confused. "What? Why am I a dork? What did I do this time?"
"Nothing!"
"Sakura!"
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"What handsome little boys!"
"Aw, they're so tiny..."
"At least neither of them have pink hair..."
"Hey!"
Sasuke smiled and rolled his eyes, watching. Sakura and a group of women were surounding the bassinets that the twins were sleeping in. All of them were whispering, but it was still audible. None of them could stop commenting on the how cute the twins were, and Hinata's comment about the pink hair had, obviously, offended Sakura.
Their parents' had come by earlier, both sets leaving long before a gaggle of girls came over, spazzing and fawning over the twins.
"So, my best friend and my brother-in-law are parents at last."
Sasuke looked to his right, giving a smile to Asuna, who had decided he looked lonely and wanted to sit with him.
"Yeah... it's crazy."
"Duh. Keisuke is almost six months, but it still feels crazy for me and Itachi." Asuna laughed while Sasuke rolled his eyes. "It's only going to get crazier, Sasuke. They're going to wake you up at three a.m. to get Sakura to nurse them, then they're going to wake you up an hour later for the same reason, and then they're going to wkae you for no reason."
"Then why did I sign up for this?"
"Because you wanted it. And it's amazing when they become more aware of their surroundings. Itachi and I were taking care of Keisuke last month, and I asked him to smile at me, and he did. It's great when they become aware of everything around them... it's very cute to help them learn about the world and everything. Trust me. It's worth it."
Sasuke nodded, looking back to the group around the bassinets as Sakura was picking up a now fussy Keiji. "I know."
Asuna kept smiling, following Sasuke's gaze. "Sakura is great, Sasuke. She knows what to do. Obviously, she's going to leave you with the twins at times-"
"What?"
"But, hey, if you're like Itachi, you're gonna have a great time with them!"
Sasuke blinked, staring at Asuna when she jumped up and went to the other bassinet, helping Sakura out by picking up Kazuki, who had started to whine a bit.
"Asuna, wait!"
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With a sigh, Sakura fell over into their bed that night, Sasuke following suit. After everyone had left, the twins broke out in a nonstop crying fit. There was no obvious reason for the crying, because neither of them were hungry nor did they need their diapers changed. The twins only stopped when Sakura started singing a lullaby, something she had done a few times while she was pregnant with the twins and when they were in the hospital. It calmed them immediately, and Keiji and Kazuki finally fell asleep within twenty minutes, allowing Sasuke and Sakura to put them in their cribs and then go to bed themselves.
"We better get used to this quickly, Sakura."
"I know." Sakura smiled, looking over at Sasuke. "I'm still very glad for them."
"Me too."
Sasuke and Sakura were able to fall asleep within a few minutes, but were woken up about an hour later when Kazuki started crying, Keiji being startled and doing the same.
Uh-huh... Sakura sighed as she picked up Keiji and Sasuke picked up Kazuki. We better get used to this very quickly.
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The process repeated all night, with Sakura and Sasuke getting up to take care of the twins when they cried, then only getting about an hour to an hour and a half of sleep before one of them started crying, which always woke up the other one. The next morning ended up being a lot like the one the day before, with people coming in and out to see the new parents and the twins, making sure all was well with them and giving any and all advice, whether needed or not.
Visitors slowed down by lunch time, and Sakura was glad for a chance to actually sit at the table with Sasuke and eat while the twins were asleep and no one was nearly begging to hold either of the twins.
"Sasuke."
"I know."
No more visitors unless they're family.
Author's Note: The twins are now home. :D I can't wait to write about them with Sasuke and Sakura as the two grow up. :'3
I guess the carriers are like carseats? I don't even know, ok. xD
(Yes, this chapter is a bit shorter than the previous ones, but I am OK with that. :))
I would've had this up earlier expect that it's taken me so long to write it and I just got a laptop from my friend to start using (i wrote this chapter at work though).
Does this chapter seem weird? :/ I'm not entirely sure how I want to write the twins yet, but, I guess I have time...
I think I'm going to go a month at a time now, with the twins. So, they're almost a month this chapter, meaning they will be two months next chapter.
And with that, I bid you farewell until next time. :)