Akina smiled at the child sitting on the examination table, bandaging her arm. The young brunette sniffled, wiping the tears away from her eyes with her good hand. Akina paused and handed the young girl a tissue. She then continued bandaging her arm.

"I'm all done," she told her as she tied off the bandage. "If you clean your wound everyday, just like I showed you, then it should heal in no time."

"Thank you Akina-sama," she sniffled.

"You're welcome. Just be careful next time, okay." The girl nodded and hopped down from her seat, dashing out of the room.

Akina left the room and went out to the front desk. The secretary looked up at her smiled.

"I'm going home for the day," she told the brown-haired nurse.

"Alright," she chirped. "Enjoy the rest of the night and happy birthday." Akina nodded and walked out of the hospital.

XxooooooooxX

Akina walked through the door of her home, happy to be away from work. She slipped her sandals off by the door and walked towards the kitchen. She gasped as she felt someone wrap their arms around her waist and kiss her neck. She looked over her shoulder and sighed in relief when she saw Gaara.

"You scared me," she giggled.

"I'm sorry," he whispered. He kissed her neck again, causing the white-haired girl to lean against him even more.

"You're home early," she said breathlessly. Gaara nodded and continued to massage her neck with his lips. His hands slowly moved up and down her small waist.

"It's your birthday," he whispered in between kisses. "I wanted to be here with you." Akina smiled, slowly shutting her eyes. She let Gaara kiss her a little longer before she opened her eyes and gently pulled away. He shut his eyes slightly as she gently pressed her lips against his, opening them again as she pulled away. She took one of his hands in hers and started leading him towards their bedroom. Gaara gave her a slightly confused look.

Akina led Gaara over to their bed and sat down. He sat down beside her, still holding onto her hand.

"Do you want to?" she asked, squeezing his hand a bit tighter. Gaara's eyes widened slightly as he realized what she meant.

"Only if you want to," he told her softly. "Are you sure you're ready? We don't have….." He was interrupted by Akina as she kissed him again.

"I wouldn't be saying anything if I wasn't ready." She scooted back and turned around so that she could lay back and have her head on the pillow if she had wanted to. Gaara stared into her green eyes, searching them for any hint of hesitation. It didn't matter how hard he looked. She was being sincere with him, like she had always been.

Gaara scooted closer to her, kneeling slightly in front of her. He gently brought his hand to her face and traced her jawbone with the tips of his fingers. His hand slowly slid behind her head as he kissed her tenderly. Akina put a hand behind her so that she wouldn't fall backwards all of a sudden. She placed her other hand behind his neck in response to him intensifying the kiss.

The red-head pulled away for a moment, taking a quick breath before crushing his lips against Akina's. She felt Gaara lick her bottom lip before slipping it inside her mouth, sending a pleasing sensation dancing upon her taste buds. Her heart began to race faster as Gaara slowly laid her back, their lips still locked to one another's.

Soon, there was a sweet sensation of flesh against flesh; the feeling warmth surrounding the two bodies; the sense of safety and security.

XxoooooooxX

Akina woke up early the next morning like she normally did, and as usual was wrapped up in Gaara's arms. She lay there for a few moments, running through everything that had happened the night before. She could tell that Gaara was still sleeping from the way he was breathing. She smiled to herself and carefully slipped out from Gaara's arms. She got out of bed and grabbed her clothes before heading into their bathroom.

Gaara woke up a few minutes later, slightly surprised to not find Akina beside him. He sighed and got out of bed. He walked over to the dresser and got into a clean set of clothes. He sat back down on his bed, hunched over with his face buried in his hands.

"Did I upset her?" he wondered to himself. "Did I hurt her or something?"

Gaara raised his head a couple of minutes later as Akina came running into the room. His eyes widened as she tackled him to the bed.

"What was that for?!" he asked. She grinned and giggled, hugging the red-head tightly.

"You're going to be a daddy!" she squealed. Gaara's faces suddenly went pale at these words. Akina noticed this and let go of him. "What's wrong?" she asked. Gaara sat up and shook his head.

"I'm not really sure," he sighed.

"Aren't you happy?" His eyes widened again and he looked at Akina in shock.

"Yes, I'm very happy," he assured her, wrapping her in his arms. "It's just…. I don't know. I never thought I would hear those words. There are actually a lot of words that I thought I would never hear, and yet I have heard them. I guess you could say I'm a little scared."

"Don't be scared Gaara. It's much too early for that." Gaara smirked and nodded. He kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll make a doctor's appointment later on today."

XoooooooooooooooooooooX

Four months sped by and Akina was noticeably pregnant. Temari was now staying in the Kazekage mansion to help Akina out, especially when her due date approached closer. Every time the blonde would ask what she was having, she would tell her that it was a surprise. She told the council members the same thing. Not even Gaara was completely informed, although he knew a little bit more than some of the others. He didn't really mind though. He knew what he needed to know. He didn't need to know the sex. He would find out soon enough.

As the months went by, Gaara grew more and more worried. He would wake up at night from nightmares of his own childhood. He feared that his children would never be able to love him. On top of that, he didn't want them to grow up the same way that he had to.

Akina assured him that nothing like that would happen. She told him that any of their children would love him unconditionally. She told him that they would grow up with plenty of love because Gaara wouldn't treat them the same way as his father had treated him. He would be a great father and she would help him along the way.

XxooooooooxX

Gaara watched as two newborn infants were cleaned up and wrapped in clean towels. The crying twins were then taken out of the room for a quick examination and to be weighed. One of the nurses stayed behind and approached Akina and him.

"I'd like to congratulate you on a beautiful baby boy and girl," she told them happily. "We'll bring them back in a few moments so that they can be fed." Akina nodded and thanked the nurse.

"Are you okay Gaara," Akina asked the red-head, smirking playfully at him. He looked up at her for a moment before nodding.

"I'm still in shock," he whispered. The white-haired female laughed lightly and nodded.

"I told you that you were in for a surprise." She took his hand in hers, caressing the back of it with her thumb. He gave her a weak smile and nodded.

A few minutes later, one of the nurses came back in, carrying a crying baby in each arm. She carefully handed them one at a time to Akina.

"You can go ahead and feed them now," the nurse told her. Akina smiled and fed her hungry children. Once the babies finished eating, she burped them and held the small bundles tenderly against. Their skin was a blotchy pink color, their eyes were closed, and their fingers were extremely small.

She looked up at Gaara and saw him staring at them with sparkling eyes. She smiled at the red-head, although he probably didn't notice. He had never really been in close contact with small children, especially newborn infants. He was filled with amazement at how small they were.

"Do you want to hold one of them Gaara?" Akina asked softly. The red-head looked at her with wide eyes.

"M-me?!" he asked, looking a little nervous. Akina smirked and rolled her eyes at him.

"You did help make them," she teased. "I know you want to. I can see it in your eyes." Gaara bit his bottom lip for a moment before slowly nodding his head.

"Do you want to hold your son?" she asked, nodding to the blue bundle. Gaara nodded again. "You're going to have to pick him up. I don't want to drop him."

"I don't know how," he told her sadly. Akina giggled softly.

"Slide one of your hands beneath his head and back," she instructed. The Kazekage slowly complied, looking up at his wife to see if he was doing it right. She grinned and nodded. "Good, just like that. Now slide your other hand under the infant's bottom and lift him up. You want his head at the bend of your elbow." A few moments later the child began to cry. Gaara looked down at him with hurt eyes.

"He doesn't like me," he whispered shamefully.

"Quit saying that," Akina scolded. "He doesn't hate you. Hold him closer to your body, like this." He saw how she was angling the baby so that the infant to could fit more comfortably in her arm and be close to her body at the same time. Gaara did the same with the baby boy in his arms. The infant slowly quieted down and suckled on the blue pacifier in his mouth.

Gaara looked up at Akina and smiled. Akina giggled again and smiled back.

"We still have to name them you know," she told him. "Do you have any names in mind?" He stared at the small bundle of life in his arms, deep in thought.

"I asked Temari once and she suggested Haru," he said softly. She smiled.

"I like it."

"You name her. It's only fair."

"Okay, then I want to name her Misa." Gaara lulled over the name for a moment before smiling. "You like it?" He nodded.

"I think it's a beautiful name."

"Haru and Misa," she sighed. Gaara smirked.

"Cute," he chuckled.

"You're going to be such a good daddy Gaara," Akina cooed. The red-head rolled his eyes at her and looked back down at Haru.

XxooooooooxX

A couple of weeks had passed since the birth of the Kazekage's children. The council members were very pleased about the birth of the healthy twins. Temari was thrilled about the babies and they even won a small amount of affection from the lazy Shikamaru. Kankurou would sometimes stop by after missions to see how everyone was doing and to pay a short visit with his niece and nephew.

Gaara was on the ground, lying on his stomach in between the two babies. He watched the children with a small smile on his face. Each child had his or her own personality. Haru was the laid back one. Even though he had cried when Gaara had first held him, he was the one who cried the least out of the two but he was also didn't smile as much as Misa. When he did smile, however, it was enough to make everyone who saw it smile as well. Misa was the boisterous one. She'd always be cooing and was fairly well tempered. She also seemed to take to the red-head the most, which Akina thought to be weird because Haru and Gaara seemed to be close personality wise.

Gaara had a gentle hand on each babies' tummy, and each baby had one of his fingers gripped in their hand and were sucking on it.

"I hope you washed your hands," Akina scolded. He looked up to see the white-haired girl staring at him with her hands on her hips. He smirked at her and nodded. "You three look so cute together," she cooed. The red-head chuckled and went back to looking at the babies. He gently pulled his hands away from them, placing a pacifier into their mouths to take the place of his finger. He slowly stood up and walked over to his wife. He cupped her cheek in his hand and tenderly kissed her.

"How was work?" he asked. She shrugged.

"I've had worse days." She gave him another kiss. "How were the babies?" He smiled and shook his head.

"They were fine." The white-haired girl laughed, ruffling his red hair.

"Didn't I tell you?! I knew you would be fine!" He laughed and nodded.

"Thank you Akina."

Chapter 16! Thank you all so much for voting. My friend really wanted to see them have twins, well, actually, she wanted them to have septuplets, but I told her that the most I would do was twins. She thought that it would be hillarious to have twins named Misa and Masa, but Masa didn't get as many votes as some of the others, and I was afraid that I would get the two names confused and accidentally switch them. My friend pointed out to me that I already used the name Daichi in a different story and so I decided to go with the runner up, which was Haru. For the girl, I believe there was a three way tie. Mitsuki probably would have won, but it was too similar to another name I have used in another fic and we wanted something different. It was a way tie between Misa and Eri. To help break the tie, I had my cousin choose her which one she liked better, and she thought that Misa was perfect. It doesn't have as nice of a ring as I would have liked, but I like both names. My friend wanted them to be Hiro and Misa, but I wanted to be true to the votes.

Thank you all so much! I really appreciate it. A special thanks to those who reviewed and voted:

cow7dvd, Yume Ninja, AddictedtoBleach, Kina Lupi, NeferNeferi, Love-Hidden-Under-Blood, and Kita Kudai.

You guys are awesome.

Chapter 17 is going to be the last chapter, sadly enough. Next chapter, you'll be able to see Misa and Haru as little kiddies. What mischief will they cause and who does each one take after? Any ideas? Please let me know. Which kid should look like which parent?

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