Sorry I'm so late on this one. I usually work on these during my lunch break and add/edit during my others, but yesterday that was just not possible so I didn't get to finish until now.

I wasn't entirely sure how to make this original so I decided to use some of my own experience. So, this is inspired by true life events, but obviously tweaked to match Naruto and Hinata and their world.

I'll get started on today's prompt and hope you enjoy this in the meantime!

Day Six: Pregnancy

"I'm home!" Naruto yelled as he burst through the front door, a hurricane of energy and affection ready to pounce on his wife. Sitting at a Hokage desk all day gave him a lot of pent up energy and that in addition to actually having someone waiting for him at home, made him a force to be reckoned with as he came in each day.

Today, however, instead of a wife who smiled and laughed as he picked her up and spun her around, he was greeted with silence.

He checked the kitchen, knowing that she sometimes got caught up in cooking, but did not see her.

He checked the backyard and garden, but she was not there.

He checked the bedroom to see if she was napping, since she had been tired lately, but did not find her on the bed.

Naruto then noticed the light on in their bathroom. He creeped closer and knocked. When he didn't get a response he pushed the door open further to make sure she hadn't fallen asleep in the bath.

What he found was his wife staring intently at two white sticks being gripped tightly in her hand.

"Hinata?" he said, sounding concerned. He had been calling her name since he got home and the fact she hadn't said anything yet somewhat scared him. Was she mad? Had he done something wrong?

Naruto didn't know that Hinata had been sitting like that for twenty minutes, unsure how to process what she was seeing.

She had been feeling extremely tired lately. She would get up when Naruto did in the morning, but feel like taking a nap by mid-morning. Certain foods that she usually enjoyed were starting to smell overwhelming and make her push them away. And no matter how much she trained and exercised, her body looked and felt a little bloated all of the time.

When she talked to her friends about this, they had suggested she take a pregnancy test. She'd purchased two this morning at the store, wanting an extra for confirmation, and it had taken her all day to work up the courage to take them.

It's not like they hadn't talked about having children. In fact, she and Naruto both wanted a family. They hadn't exactly been trying for a baby, but it's not like they'd been particularly trying to prevent one, either.

Still, when a faint line accompanied the normal bold one, it felt surreal. Sure, she'd had those symptoms, but she didn't feel pregnant. Her stomach wasn't large and she hadn't had any cravings and all of the normal things you heard and knew about obviously pregnant people just weren't happening to her.

She just couldn't believe it.

Once she took the second one, denial hit harder. The second line wasn't very dark. It could be a false almost positive, right? She now had two tests in her hand and they both had two lines instead of one, but she just couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that she might actually be pregnant.

And that's how Naruto found her, sitting on the side of the bathtub, staring at these two plastic white sticks that had potentially just announced that their lives would be forever changed.

"Hinata!"

Her husband's shouts finally reached her and she looked at him, her usually warm lavender eyes seeming dazed and unfocused. It took her a moment to register the fact that her husband was home and she must have been sitting there for a half an hour.

But, what was he going to say? How was she going to tell him? Although she knew he had wanted a family, was he okay with having a child right now?

Being okay with the idea and being happy that it was actually happening were two entirely separate things. He had just become Hokage and his work was extremely stressful. He was having a hard enough time getting home when he wanted to so how was he going to take the knowledge that he would soon have another person depending on him to be there? She didn't want to overwhelm him and she didn't want to be a burden.

Blue eyes watched with worry as his beautiful wife sat practically catatonic on the tub. Hinata was normally so easy to read and he wasn't sure what was going on. All he knew was that he needed to be there.

He walked over to her and sat down next to her, only then seeing what she held in her hand up close. His eyes widened in shock and he uncharacteristically stuttered out, "A-are those what I think they are?"

Hinata turned to him, eyes searching his for a reaction and he sat stunned for a moment before recognizing that this must be the reason she had been acting so strangely.

She finally spoke up, so quietly that he had to strain himself to hear, "They're, um, well I don't know if it's accurate. I got the second one to be sure, but I just don't know if it's real."

"But there are two lines, right?"

"Well, yes, but the second one is pretty faint."

"Has there ever been a second line before at all?"

"Um, no, but I still don't know…"

"Can't you use your Byakugan to check?" he asked, and she froze.

She could. She could definitely use her kekkei genkai to check, but then she would know. She would be one hundred percent sure whether or not she was pregnant and she wasn't sure how to feel about it. Would she be disappointed if she wasn't? Relieved? What if she really was? Would she be excited? Would he be excited? Or would he be freaked out?

Hinata's breathing started accelerating and Naruto put his hand on her back, rubbing circles as he knew to do when she started to panic.

"It's okay. You don't have to if you don't want to," he assured her. "If you want, we can wait and go talk to Sakura or Tsunade in the morning."

She appreciated him so much. He was giving her a way out because he could tell she was scared. But she knew that neither would sleep well with the uncertainty weighing on them so she took a deep breath, and activated her Byakugan.

It was small. The tiny ball of foreign chakra in her abdomen was so small that it was no wonder no one had seen it yet during a spar. She gazed in wonder at this miniscule new life and reached down to caress the spot where she could see it.

Naruto's eyes widened in realization when he saw his wife rubbing her abdomen gently. He was going to be a father. They had made a life together. They had a baby coming. He was going to be a father.

He started to worry. He hadn't had a father growing up. Kakashi was kind of like a perverted uncle who was late all the time and he defintitely did not want to act like him. Pervy Sage had probably been the closest thing he had to a father, but as much as he loved and appreciated him, he was not going to be the same way with his son or daughter. Maybe he could ask Iruka for some advice? He was around kids a lot.

As his mind swirled with thoughts about raising his child, Hinata looked over. Everything still felt surreal to her, but in all of her coming to grips with the situation, she realized that she had not been paying attention to Naruto's reaction. This was very unlike her as she prided herself on being in touch with Naruto's feelings.

She saw what looked like confusion and doubt on his features and knew that she was not the only one who was worried about what all of this would mean. Somehow, knowing that he was also concerned helped lift some of her worry. She knew they could face anything together.

"Naruto," she said as she placed her hand on the side of his face.

Blue eyes clashed with lavender and no words needed to be spoken.

A large smile broke out on Naruto's face as he beamed at his wife.

"I'm going to be a father."

She nodded, "You are."

"You're going to be a mother."

She nodded again, "I am."

"We're going to have more family!"

"We are."

At this point she was beaming back at him.

He let out an excited yell and hugged her close. Hinata basked in his smell and the feeling of his arms around her.

"Hey, Hina?"

"Mhm?"

"So… does this mean that right now I'm hugging two people?"

She giggled a bit and replied, "I guess so."

She saw him think for a moment before she felt him poke her.

"So… right now I'm poking two people."

His eyes were sparkling with mirth and she realized that all of her worrying was for naught. Naruto was happy, he'd be a great father and they would have such a fun family.