A/N: Aha, yay. I didn't release a chapter a month later~! I'm so proud of myself. :) Anyway thank you so much for all the advice and reviews, I can't express as to how much that actually helps. So, I won't delay your any longer - hope you like it.
When I had finally exited the clinic, Sasuke was there and waiting for me leaning against the building, with his arms crossed spread out over his chest.
When he noticed my exit, he pushed himself off of the wall and walked over to me.
"Well?"
"Well what?"
I could tell he was already getting irritated.
"What's the diagnoses? Is there anything wrong with you?"
Yeah, there's plenty wrong.
Honestly, I didn't really know. The pregnancy was only a hypothesis, it hasn't exactly been proven yet. But these nerves of not knowing were definitely a lot worse than knowing. I'd rather for things to be a definitive sort of thing. I had to know things. And since I didn't this time, it was driving me mad.
When I had not moved for a few seconds, the doctor questioned me.
"Miss Esuna?"
I had a brief flash of what my life would've been like with a baby - and it was scary as hell. Under no circumstances was I ready to have a child. I was barely out of my teens and this was one thing that was at the bottom of my to-do list. Although it might please Sasuke. 'Might' would be a large understatement.
I looked up at him then, "...Yes?"
"Are you okay?" He took a few steps closer to me as if he suspected that I might fall.
"I...I don't know. Am I?" Asking more to myself than to the man in the room.
"Well, I just want you to know that this isn't a fact. This only means that you could be with-child, since you do have most of the symptoms. However, we still have not run the necessary tests to find out if this is truly the case."
I looked up at him then, "Okay." Was all I could muster, although it did make me feel better. Much better. Despite the fact that I knew there really was no point at all. I did after all have all the logical symptoms. It looked as if I this was my fate - and one can't escape that.
"So before you leave today we'll run some, and you can come back tomorrow for the results." He smiled, "How does that sound?"
It sounds like I'll be in agony for at least twelve hours.
I nodded, "Fine, sounds fine."
He nodded encouragingly, "Okay then, shall we begin?"
I began to walk, and Sasuke began to walk with me.
"Um, he said that I'd have to come back tomorrow to find out the results."
He nodded, and he examined my face as we walked back to the tea shop. It wasn't until then that I realized I still had that look of shock still painted all over my face. I quickly wiped it off and replaced it with something...Normal. Whatever that looked like.
"Tests for what?"
I avoided his gaze and focused my eyes towards a vegetable stand instead. I've never looked at tomatoes with such interest in my life.
"I don't know for what exactly, he wanted to know definitively for himself before telling me anything." I lied.
"He didn't tell you what he was taking tests for?" He spoke skeptically.
I was beginning to get the impression that he wasn't buying what I was selling. Hm, I wonder why? Maybe because I was a lousy liar. Well, that was all he was going to get until tomorrow. Until I knew. For time being, this was my problem, and not his. Right now, I couldn't care less whether he believed me or not.
"Yes."
And apparently he realized that, because he refrained from the twenty-one questions. He nodded his head and we continued walking.
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When we got home, Sasuke took the opportunity to climb through the window, as opposed to going through the main doors. Which was, without a doubt, a little excessive. He couldn't possibly expect that Midori wasn't eventually going to find him. She's an old woman after all, she did need his help. Among other things. With his behaviour, I considered turning him in to her myself.
I plopped myself onto the bed, completely and totally exhausted. So many things have managed to happen today. I fainted, I nearly contracted Tuberculosis and I found out that I was pregnant.
Maybe pregnant.
I had to remember that, it wasn't completely a done deal. My life wasn't over...Yet. Don't get me wrong, I did like children, I did. I just didn't think I'd be ready for my own at this point in my life. I'd be a terrible mother. I'm reckless, unthinking, and irresponsible. I can barely take of myself, never mind a baby. If I were an outsider, I would never trust myself with a child. Never.
It's just one feat that I wouldn't be able to overcome. But with the way the things were looking at the moment, it appeared as if it would have to.
Sasuke mimicked my motions as he came over and sat down to my left.
He sat there quiet for a while before I saw a small twitch of his lips from the corner of my eye.
"I don't believe you."
My heart rate began to speed up, "I know you don't."
He resumed scrutinizing my face, "You're not going to tell me anything, are you?"
I smiled, "Nope."
I rested my head on his strongly cushioned shoulder, ready to drift away to a place far from where I was at the moment. I didn't want to think about possible new responsibilities, the future, I just wanted it to go away for now. Although I knew that was definitely not going to happen, it was well worth a try - even if it were only for a few hours. As I began to escape into sleep, I felt Sasuke's shoulder rumble in speech.
"Why?"
I sighed and lifted my head up - so much for drifting away.
I caught his gaze as we looked at each other. I was well ready to respond with an answer before I caught a scratch that was about two inches in length on the side of his forehead. I winced as it appeared as if it stung, bad. I wondered how he had acquired such an injury, before the answer clicked before I had asked out loud.
My eyes widenned with regret, "Did I do that?" Apparently, in my anger earlier, I had managed to knick him.
I raised my hand and examined it.
His eyes raised to his forehead as my hand had shot up in examination.
"Yeah, but it's nothing; don't worry about it."
I glared down at him, "What do you mean it's nothing? Does it hurt?"
"Stop changing the subje-"
"Does it hurt?"
He gave an exasperated sigh, obviously taking my tone as a hint to shut the hell up and answer the question, "It stings a little."
"I thought so...I'm sorry, " I looked at him again, "I didn't exactly plan on actually hurting you."
The corners of his lips raised slightly,"Well, what did you expect would happen when you were flailing your arms around like that?"
I shot him a mock glare, "And to think I was going to kiss it all away for you."
The next thing I knew, he had pinned me to bed with arms on either side of me. He looked down on me with a glazed, yet mischievous look in his dark eyes. I held his gaze for a while before I raised my arms and slowly took his head in my hands. I lowered his face close to mine and softly kissed the corners of his little injury with care. I breathed in his sugary scent as I pulled my lips off of his forehead, his hair falling onto my face as I lifted his head to look at him.
"Better?"
"Much."
He gave me the faintest hints of a smile and lowered his head onto mine again, merging his lips onto mine with a playful ferocity.
Screw forgetting my troubles with sleep, this worked just fine.
There you have it, a chapter. :) It was a little bit of a filler, but hopefully the next part will be up by late next week or so...And won't be filler-esque. Review if you're special. 8D
