I'm finally updating. It took me a while to write this because of my finals at school and everything! Monday is my last day though! WOOT! But, the thing is...I won't be able to update for about a month, give or take a few days, maybe even weeks. My parents are divorced and I'm going to my mom's for a one month vacation. When I get back to my dad's I will try and update as soon as I can!

-Chapter Seventeen-

"So, you'll be staying with Sakura while I'm gone, right?" Itachi asked for about the third time that day. His wife sighed and only nodded. "Good, you two can keep each other company, not to mention keep an eye on each other in case of an emergency." Then a frustration thought came to mind. "Sakura can't haul you to the hospital if you slip and fall."

"Itachi, I'll be fine!" Hinata said with a hint of annoyance. "Stop worrying about me, I'll be perfectly fine while you're gone!" The man's tight facial expression loosened up and he soon smiled weakly.

"I'm going to be worried about you no matter what, you're five and a half months pregnant." They both sighed as Itachi embraced his wife. "I'll miss you." The baby then kicked Hinata's stomach, which Itachi could feel on his own since they were hugging. Pulling apart, they chuckled. "You too, Atani, I'll miss you too." Itachi caught his wife's lips in a kiss before opening the front door, holding it open for her.

"Do you think Sasuke is ready yet?"

"I'm sure he is," Itachi answered with a shrug. "He's usually never running late." The male Uchiha grabbed Hinata's suitcases before shutting the door.

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The pink-haired woman giggled, snuggling up to her husband. Sighing, he reached up and stroked her pink locks. Sasuke had packed his backpack for the mission last night and had decided to sleep in a bit. He kissed Sakura's neck tenderly again, knowing that she was extremely ticklish. One thing Sasuke had learned over the years was that Sakura was ticklish in almost every place.

"Stop it!" Sakura giggled, reaching behind her to play with his hair.

"Stop it!" Sasuke mocked in a high tone. This made Sakura giggle too. She rolled to face him, batting her eyelashes.

"Do you have to leave?" she whined, her fingers tracing hearts on his toned chest. For a while, the man didn't answer, he only gazed at his wife. Every once in a while her emerald orbs would flicker up to meet his onyx ones, then return to her hand tracing hearts on his chest.

"I'm sorry, Sakura." Slowly, he clasped the hand that had been tracing hearts on his skin, his fingers entwining with hers. "I have to go on this mission, it's an order from Tsunade. I'm sure you can live without me for a while, can't you?"

"But if you're not here I can't do this!" Smiling mischievously, Sakura claimed his lips with hers. One of her hands moved to caress his muscular abdomen. She broke away from him, giggling.

"What was that?" Sasuke stared at Sakura with mock disgust. "You've kissed me better than that before."

"Stop fooling around, every kiss I give you is good and you know it." Tilting her head to the side, the pink-haired kunoichi smiled softly at her husband. "You just said that so that I would kiss you again, didn't you?"

"So what if I did?" A low chuckled escaped Sasuke's mouth. "Did it work?"

"Unfortunately..." Sakura whispered. "It did." Once the space between their faces was closed, the woman kissed her husband passionately. It wasn't long before his tongue slithered into her mouth.

"Break it up," Itachi huffed from the doorway of their bedroom. After breaking apart, both pairs of eyes shot over to look at Itachi. Sasuke grumbled something inaudible and Sakura glared at Itachi, pouting at the same time. Sasuke's eyes drifted back to Sakura, a hand reaching out to rest on her soft cheek. The man kissed his wife once again before sliding out of bed and getting dressed. Itachi had left by that time, he was downstairs waiting in the living room with Hinata.

Sakura rolled onto her back and hung her head off the edge of the bed, scanning Sasuke as he got dressed. She felt like giggling, but decided that it would be better not to.

"Don't go, Sasu," the woman whined, a pleading look in her eyes. He turned around to face her, still shirtless. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Sakura. But, I have to go." After slipping on a shirt, Sasuke picked up his backpack and slung it over one shoulder. "I'll see you when I get back."

"Be careful, Sasuke." The concern in her eyes made him chuckle softly. He was one of the best shinobi in Konoha, yet Sakura always worried about him, even if he was going out of town to train in a forest not too far away. "Promise me that you'll be okay. I have a child in me now and I can't raise it on my own. I need you."

Bending down, he brushed a couple strands of hair away from her face, gazing into her eyes. "I promise, Sakura." The kiss he gave her was short and sweet, and he waved to her as he walked out of their bedroom. Closing her eyes, she listened to her husband's footsteps as he hastily traveled down the stairs.

She heard the front door open then shut, knowing the two men had left and Hinata was still downstairs. Only minutes later, her best friend and relative was standing in the doorway.

"How are you doing?" Hinata asked softly, coming over to sat on the edge of the bed.

"I'm doing good," Sakura replied, trying to cheer up a bit. She and Hinata would have a good time without the men being there, she was sure of it. "So is the baby." Her hand went to rest on her stomach, a smile on her face. "How about you and Atani?"

"We're doing wonderful." Both women looked towards the window, knowing their husbands were traveling together down the road at that very moment.