"Sasuke!" Naruto and I roared in horror
"H-how?"
"When?"
"Who told you?"
"Why?"
"FUCCCKKK!"
"Are you sure?"
"HOW?"
"Naruto, stop asking 'how', there's no answer to that one" I scowled at my husband.
"If you mean how he's getting here, my best guess if my by foot" Lee told the blonde.
"Ha!" Naruto yelled right into my face. I pushed him away forcefully.
"Anyway-" carried on the big-eyed boy "He's coming at some point in the next few days. Who- everyone. It's gone round the neighbourhood pretty quickly. Why- I don't know. Am I sure- pretty much."
I nodded, my mouth slightly gaping.
"W-w-what…" I whispered, before clearing my throat and starting over. "What should we do?"
Lee shrugged "I don't know…" he replied meekly.
"We'll do nothing" Naruto said confidently, his eyes wide. "Rin doesn't look a lot like him. The only similarities are only noticeable when pointed out. We'll just re-style his hair every day do it doesn't look thin like Sasuke's. We'll be fine. He'll be fine. " Naruto stood tall and looked down at me "We can do this"
When we left with Rin, I remained quiet. Possibilities ran round and around and around my head like spinning tops, crashing into each other wildly.
What if Sasuke found out Rin was his? Would he take him…
What Sasuke found out and was HAPPY about it? Would I lose my baby to his real blood…
What if Sasuke found out, was happy about it, AND announced he was going stand by Naruto and they'd be a family? Would he take the two most important people in my life away all together…
What if Sasuke found out and saw Rin as a threat? Oh my kami- Would he KILL him?
I kept a close eye on Rin, who was cartwheeling down the street in front of me and Naruto, just out of ear shot. He reminded me so much of Naruto at that age, only with a better temper. He acted like he was 6, but maybe that's because I've babied him so. It won't be long until he starts rebelling against my mothering- if I'm still his mother when that happens…
Naruto saw my face of misery and took my hand in his and squeezed soothingly and repeated "We'll be fine, he'll be fine, we can do this"
I nodded. I felt weak with the situation.
"Naruto-" I stopped walking, tugging him back. I kept one eye on Rin, who was still cartwheeling happily away, not even noticing us "We need to tell him"
Naruto's blue eyes grew. "We can't"
"We have to…" I looked Naruto straight in the eye sadly.
"No we don't! He doesn't have to ever know. We're his family and that's all that matters. Sasuke has nothing to do with him now. He had something to do with 'creating' him, but he had nothing to do with raising and loving him. Why should Rin know about someone who rejected him-"
"Who Sasuke and who rejected me?"
We slowly turned our heads to look out the interrupter. Rin stood before us; hand on his hips, his eyes squinting with intrigue.
"It's nothing, my ichigo" I smiled fondly
"No; tell me" he ordered.
"Rinie-"
"No! I want to know"
"Wait until we get home, okay?" Naruto told him soothingly.
Rin let his arms hang to his sides and nodded at us before carried on ahead of his.
"I take the news hasn't got round to his ears yet…" Naruto commented.
"Are you going to tell me now?"
Rin stood in the door way, slightly leaning on the frame, his arms folded across his chest.
I sat in silence at the table. I heard Naruto heave a heavy sigh and say "sit down Rin"
Rin sat down at the table, on the opposite side to us and looked at us seriously.
"Rin, you're going to find this very hard to take in" Naruto began.
"He's my real father isn't he?"
We sat in silence again.
"Dad…? I mean Naruto?"
Naruto head shot up and he turned pale, his mouth gaping slightly.
"Rin, Naruto is your parent"
Rin blinked at us "but I thought Sasu-"
"They both are-" I could look him in the eye at my own began to weep "I-I'm not your mum"
"Huh?" Rin muttered in a volume hard to be heard.
"It's difficult" Naruto spoke again "You know the 9-tale fox?"
"Yes, daddy?"
"Well, look this is going to be really odd, maybe disturbing to hear, but, technically I am your, erm, mum"
Rin blinked and seemed to shrink in his seat as everything came to place in his head "like Gaara…"
"Like Gaara" Naruto confirmed. "Anyway, to make a long story short, me and Sasuke used to be somewhat a 'item'. Then before your birth, Sasuke left us and refused to have anything to do with us…" Naruto's eyebrows fell and his tongue was pressing hard against his cheek "bastard…" he muttered.
"Then, I got involved" I carried on for Naruto "We decided that you would be raised believing Naruto was your paternal father, not maternal, and I'd be your mum…" I gritted my teeth and took a deep breath "I wasn't sure about at first, then when I saw you for the first time, I knew I could just leave you. I knew you deserved a loving family." I sniffed hardly and ran my fingers through my fringe "So I gave up everything for you; and for your dad; so you could have a normal two-parent family and your dad could have his dream." I smiled softly "Honestly, it was the best thing I ever did" I looked up from the table and the boy I had mothered for 12 years.
Rin was staring sadly at the table, slumped back in his wooden seat; still taking in everything. His skin was paler then usual and he looked weak and feeble. I bit my lip and tried to hold back tears but failed. I cried, properly, like I had not done in years. My head fell to the table and I wailed in my misery. I felt someone hug me. It wasn't Naruto's big strong hands, but skinny arms- Rin.
"Mama… Please don't cry" I took my head off the table and looked at him with teary eyes.
"You're still my mummy" he looked across from me and at Naruto "You're still the same dad."
Rin moved to stand between us, placing a hand on my shoulder, the other on his fathers "Sasuke is NOT my parent. You guys are…"
"Rin…" I sniffed
"Yes mum?"
"Sasuke is coming to the village" Naruto told him with no feeling.
Silence returned like death's wind.