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"Thanks for staying the night you guys, I really appreciate it." Sakura sat on the guest bed of her three-bedroom apartment and hugged one of the pillows to her chest.
Ten Ten smiled, "No problem Sakura."
"Yeah, we know what a stubborn dick Sasuke can be. We're here if you need us." Ino shrugged, collapsing on the bed.
"You sure all three of you are going to be fine in here? There's always my bed or the couch-"
"Sakura," Ino interrupted. "We're fine. Besides, you're a pretty wild sleeper." Sakura playfully tossed the pillow at Ino, but it accidentally hit Hinata instead. Sakura wrinkled her nose. "Sorry, Hinata."
Hinata just laughed and shook her head. "It's fine."
"It must be getting late if you can't even hit a stationary target less than a meter away…maybe we should all turn in." Ten Ten joked.
Sakura yawned and stood up from the bed with a deep stretch. "Good idea. It's been a long day."
"Good night girls." Hinata walked over to the bed and got beneath the covers and Ino followed suit.
"Good night."
"Night." Ten Ten smiled as she curled in a sleeping bag on the floor.
"Ten Ten, c'mon, you can share my bed. I don't want you sleeping in the floor."
Ten Ten laughed. "I said I'm fine. I sleep on the ground on missions; your floor isn't bad."
Sakura shrugged and sighed. "Alright. Night you guys." She turned off the light and shut the bedroom door. Before going to her room, she stopped by Shunsuke's room to check on him. Sakura had put him to bed about an hour earlier and he was fast asleep by now. She walked into the room and kissed his forehead, cracking the door as she left. Sakura always left her bedroom door wide open so that she could hear Shunsuke if he needed her. As she got under the covers, Sakura let out a heavy sigh and stared at the ceiling she used all her effort to avoid thinking about Sasuke and eventually the effort tired her out so much that she drifted off to sleep.
But at around two that morning, Sakura found herself in a familiar dream:
She was outside near the village gates, standing behind Sasuke like she had the first night he'd left the village. She was crying even more now than she had been on that night and even though her mouth was moving constantly, repeating the same thing over and over, not a sound could be heard. She was screaming now, but still it was muted, then suddenly, Sasuke was behind her. She heard his quiet thank you then everything went black. When she opened her eyes, she wasn't on the bench, but rather on her bed in her old one bedroom apartment. There was a shift of weight from the right side of the bed and she felt Sasuke's body roll over her, pleasuring her. The room was so dark that she couldn't even see his face. Though Sasuke didn't notice, Sakura's own face was still wet with tears…she knew what would happen soon. His breath was on her skin and she could hear his quiet grunts in her ear. Her mouth kept wording the same sentence over and over- a sentence that wouldn't be heard until it was too late.
Sasuke violently exploded inside of her and immediately she could feel Shunsuke's precious body forming within her. Sasuke dipped his head down and passionately kissed Sakura. And Sakura felt her body double as Sasuke pulled a solid, smiling version of herself onto his chest. The transparent version remained immobile, crying and the one sentence was now a whisper. "Don't go. Don't go…"
She blinked her eyes and was catapulted several months ahead- running down the streets of the village, straight for Sasuke's house, eager to share the news of her pregnancy. Her dream didn't get to develop to her knocking on the door of the now abandoned house because, unexpectedly, everything went black. Somehow, an even darker silhouette stood in front of her and slowly the figure became clearer. Sakura soon realized who it was. Sasuke. Her initial response was to scream at this deviation from the usual predictable dream, but Sasuke came behind her in a matter of seconds and began rubbing his hand across her stomach. Her breathing quaked and Sasuke moved lower, lightly brushing across her heat before moving down to caress her thighs. He did so slowly, sensually. When Sakura felt his hands move back up to her womanhood, she released a moan. His fingers began stroking her lips below and she felt his kisses on her neck.
"Sasuke…" she sighed. It felt so wonderful. It felt so real…It felt too real. Sakura broke through Sasuke's intentionally weakened sharingan, and her eyes flew open as she jerked up. Sitting on her bed with an arrogant smirk on his face sat Sasuke. Sakura instinctively grabbed the sheets and pulled them tight against her body. His eyebrow rose in amusement at her actions.
"You called my name in your sleep."
"What are you doing here?" Sakura snapped back in a harsh whisper. Sasuke scoffed.
"What does it look like."
"Get out of here Sasuke." Sakura warned. "Ino, Hinata, and Ten Ten are in the other room. If I yell, they'll-"
"Come in here? Cuss me out? Try to slap me and threaten to kill me if I come anywhere near you?" Sasuke's hand lightly traced her cheek and she glared at him, jerking her head away. "You won't call them in here…because you want me to finish what I started."
"Get out of here Sasuke." Sakura repeated.
"Why were you hiding from me at Naruto's earlier?" There was a sudden change in Sasuke's tone.
"None of your damn business, now leave!" Sakura's voice was a little above a whisper now.
Sasuke still sat smirking at her. "You're still angry-"
His words pierced her. Insinuating she had no reason to be angry with him. "I've had enough of your shit Sasuke. Get out… now!" Sasuke stood, but didn't go anywhere. He only looked down at Sakura with that same lustfully amused smirk.
Sakura growled in annoyance. "Sasuke, I swear, you've got ten se-"
"Mama…I had a bad dream, can I sleep with you?" Shunsuke appeared in the doorway, rubbing his half closed eyes in sleepiness. Sakura's eyes widened and her throat dried up. Sasuke looked at the child in confusion. Did he just call Sakura 'mama?' Sasuke continued glaring at the child whose hands had fallen and his eyes were finally wide open. Shunsuke realized that his mother had company.
He looked at Sasuke in confusion, then at Sakura. "Who's this Mama?"
Sasuke's eyes locked with the child's and then widened suddenly in stunned amazement. He let out a small grunt and continued to gape at the raven haired, raven eyed young child. Suddenly, his eyes narrowed in rage and accusation as he wheeled to face Sakura. In less than a second, Sakura had jumped out of bed, rushed past Sasuke and stood as a barrier between him and Shunsuke.
"What the hell is this about Sakura?" Sasuke demanded.
"Sasuke!" Sakura hissed and shot a look pointedly at Shunsuke.
"Yeah I see him. I fuckin see him! That's what the hell I'm talking about!"
"Sasuke-" Sakura growled.
"Don't talk to Mama like that!" Shunsuke snarled. The young boy glared at Sasuke with such fury and threat that Sasuke felt as if he were staring in a mirror. The Uchiha's eyes widened at the boldness of the little boy before they glared back at Sakura.
"You b-"
"I think it's time you made your exit Sasuke." Ino glared as she, Hinata and Ten Ten dodged in front of Sakura. Providing one more barrier between Sasuke and the child.
Sasuke glared. "This has nothing to do with you."
"You either!" Ino spat back.
"What the hell? How can that have nothing to do with me?" Sasuke pointed at Shunsuke and continued forward.
"Sasuke wait!" Sakura interjected, coming around her friends, and holding out her hands. She turned her head slightly over her shoulder, maintaining eye contact with Sasuke, as she spoke to her friends. "Take Shunsuke to his room please. And keep him there."
"I don't wanna go Mommy. I'm not leaving you with him." Shunsuke glared at Sasuke with pure despise and Sasuke growled at Sakura as the pain from Shunsuke's actions hit him.
"Shunsuke, please. Mommy will be fine, alright. Just go with them." Shunsuke folded his arms across his chest and sat on the ground, glaring at Sasuke the entire time. Sakura sighed, turning and walking to her son. She squatted and looked him in the eyes. Taking his face in her hands, she soothed. "I'll be alright. I promise. Now I need you to go with them so that I can do what I need to do. I'll come to your room as soon as I'm done."
Shunsuke's jaw was tight. "Promise?"
Sakura smiled. "Promise."
Without a smile, Shunsuke stood up and turned to leave the room. He stopped short at the doorway, turned, and pointed a steady finger at Sasuke. Looking the larger man in the eyes, he threatened. "You'd better not lay one finger on my Mama- or else." His eyes narrowed at the last part before he turned to leave.
Sasuke stood in complete astonishment. They all left, but half a second later, Shunsuke came running back. "And she can kill you in one hit y'know." He sneered at Sasuke before Ten Ten came and pulled the young child back to his bedroom.
After everyone had cleared the room, Sakura closed the door. "Sasuke-"
"So you were never gonna tell me?"
"Will you please calm down, I-"
"Calm down? Calm down! I just found out I have a fuckin son and you're telling me to calm down! Are you out of your fucking mind?"
"No, you're out of your mind Sasuke, for just barging in here and talking to me like that-"
"Well you damn sure deserve it." Sasuke sneered stepping up to Sakura.
"Look Sasuke, I'm sorry I didn't tell you right away, but I had my reasons-"
"Like?"
"Like the fact that you couldn't stay in the damn village long enough to raise a child. I didn't want Shunsuke growing up with a father on and off probation for betraying his village!"
Sasuke glared. "I didn't betray my village this time."
Sakura scoffed. "Whatever. The point is, you're in no way capable of raising Shunsuke the way he should be raised."
"And you are?"
"Yes Sasuke! I am! When Shunsuke was born, I had to give up doing what I wanted when I wanted. I had someone I was responsible for. I had to balance work, missions, raising a child-"
"Whose fault was that? You're the one who kept this to yourself. So what does he think happened to his father, huh?" Sakura sighed and shook her head. "Huh?" Sasuke scowled bitterly.
"He thinks he's dead!" Sakura screamed back with tears in her eyes.
Sasuke jerked back. "Dead?"
Sakura laughed scornfully. "Dead. Dead! How the hell else would you get a child to stop asking about his father?"
"Well by telling the father he exists so that he could be in his life. Try that for starters-"
"Yeah because it's easy to raise a child in a correctional facility. You think they'll let him have his birthday party there? Maybe one of the inmates can be a clown?" Sakura mocked.
Sasuke sighed angrily. "I want my son."
"No way Sasuke."
He exploded. "I have every damn right to that child as you do! Who the hell are you to tell me if I can or can't see him! I should go in that fucking room right now and tell him you've lied to him all this time. As a matter of fact…" Sasuke began heading for the door. Sakura panicked.
"No!" she screamed, using her unnatural strength to knock Sasuke off his feet and into the opposite wall. Sasuke hit it with a loud thud. As Sakura stood, mildly shocked by her actions, Sasuke wiped blood from the corner of his mouth. He got up slowly and walked over to Sakura who stood trembling, whispering over and over again how sorry she was.
When he was within arms length of her, Sasuke shot out his arm, grabbed above her elbow, and drug her to him. "Tomorrow morning, I'm coming back. I'm talking to Shunsuke. He's going to know he has a father. You have no further say in this." With that, Sasuke roughly released Sakura and left the apartment.
Sakura let out a broken sigh and leaned against the wall. "Shunsuke!" She remembered and walked over to his room. "Shunsuke," she called out cautiously as she entered.
The young boy ran over to her instantly. "Mama, you okay?" Sakura faked a smiled and nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. Let's get to bed." She led Shunsuke to her room.
Three additional pairs of eyes bore holes into Sakura as they tried to figure out what had happened. As they were leaving, Ten Ten called out gently. "Sakura?..."
"Let's get to bed." Sakura repeated, not turning around. She held Shunsuke's hand tightly and led him protectively to her room. "…Let's just go to bed."
Hope you guys don't hate Sakura…or Sasuke. Just ride it out, things only get better…Hopefully .
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