Chapter Two!

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Location: The Girls' Apartment, Konoha

Time: 7:20PM

Day: Thursday

It had been about a month since the party and since the boys came to visit.

Sakura had a great time that night even though she barely remembered any of it.

She remembered waking up next to Sasuke on her bed, however. They were still cuddling and everything which wasn't something new or surprising per se, but the fact that Sasuke actually came with the boys was. Surprising, that is. Sakura assumed that after her slip-up love confession to him (Yes. That she remembered. Unfortunately.), he wouldn't want anything to do with her anymore. Which was later proven true when he had stopped staying in touch with her.

She supposed it was only natural for him to react the way he did. Perhaps it made him uncomfortable to know that she still loved him when their relationship, right now, was purely based on lust. Well, lust, on his part she thinks. Sakura had been in love Sasuke for so long now that it just seemed unnatural for her not to love him. Even after she had tried to convince herself that her love for Uchiha Sasuke had diminished, she was always proven wrong.

There was just something about Sasuke (and everything about him, she added) that made her want to love him wholeheartedly and unconditionally. But she can't because she's afraid to get hurt.

It was a struggle, really.

Anyways, Sasuke didn't mention anything when he woke up so she decided to just forget it ever happened. It was probably for the best.

The rest of the weekend was spent with all of her childhood to forever friends lounging around in their apartment, catching up, going to the beach, and partying some more.

Of course Sakura spent most of her time with Sasuke and he didn't seem to mind. They played catch-up: How's life? How's school? How's work? Are you excited for senior year? Etc. They talked about their relationship: in the end, they agreed to just forget it ever happened. It kind of hurt her, but it was whatever. It was nothing she couldn't live with. Besides this was Sasuke. He struggled dealing with emotions and feelings. So they talked about basically anything that came to mind but nothing too heavy (except the relationship part, but that was because they had too many things to clear up). And it went well, forreal.

So they're okay now, kind of.

Occasional texts and calls and all.

But right now Sakura was having a little hard time appreciating all those good things that happened that weekend.

Why, you ask?

She was late.

"Ino, it's been a month and I was supposed to get my period two weeks ago!" A very worried and panicked Sakura exclaimed, her hands waving frantically in the air as she paced in her bedroom. "I mean I kind of just ignored it at first because, you know, sometimes my periods are irregular as shit. But then it got me thinking, like, I don't remember if we even used protection that night! And what if I'm..." She paused dramatically, her eyes narrowing at her friend, and whispered, "...pregnant."

Ino sighed and shook her head. She was sitting on the edge of Sakura's bed, scrolling away on her phone, looking nonchalant and not even the slightest bit surprised. Sakura nearly scoffed.

"Forehead, you're over reacting." She said, rolling her eyes. "You said it yourself, 'sometimes my periods are irregular as shit'. It's probably one of those times. No biggie."

Sakura could only look at her friend in disbelief. No biggie? How could she make light of something as big as this? How dare she even think that Sakura was over reacting? Teenage pregnancy was something to be taken seriously! Whether Sakura was pregnant or not.

"Ino, this is serious! I'm seventeen years old. I can't be a mother! I know nothing about raising a child!"

Ino looked up from her stupid phone and gave Sakura a look.

"Exactly." She said slowly, "Sakura, honestly. This conversation is ridiculous. You're not pregnant. You can't be pregnant."

Sakura opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by a concerned Hinata leaning against the doorframe. Huh, Sakura didn't even notice her come in.

"Um, I heard yelling?" Hinata asked shyly. "Is everything okay?"

"Hey, Hinata. Yeah, everything's alright. Sakura's just panicking-she thinks she's pregnant." Ino said, reverting her attention back to her phone.

"Ino!"

"What! It's true!"

Sakura sighed, feeling a little irritated, and turned to look at Hinata and gave her an apologetic look. The poor girl looked like she was about to pass out on them upon hearing the news. Sakura felt a little bad for Hinata (and TenTen, too) for having to deal with her and Ino's bull. It's not like they could help it. It was just how their friendship worked.

"Hinata, it's not... Sure... Yet... I'm just a little paranoid." Sakura said, reassuring Hinata.

Ino groaned again and stood up from Sakura's bed and dialed someone's phone number on her phone.

"I'm calling TenTen." Ino explained, "I'm gonna ask her to buy you some damn pregnancy tests just to humor you."

"Ino, you pig! That's not-"

"Hi, TenTen! Oh, you're on your way home? ...Oh, okay... Can you pick up some pregnancy tests-

("Ino, it's not necessary!"

"It's alright, Sakura-san. I think you should take them. It would probably ease your worry. Besides, it's better safe than sorry."

Hinata had a point.

"But-")

-on your way home, by the way? ...uh, three should be good... No, no! Not for me. They're for Sakura... Okay... Thanks! Bye girl."

"Oh my God, Piggy."

x

Time: 10:42PM

She was sitting on the toilet cover, holding the third pregnancy test in her hand and just like the first two: it was positive.

Now what?

Sakura had taken all three pregnancy tests just to make sure that she was actually seeing those two red lines clearly.

(She also hoped for the first one and the second one to be some kind of mistake but by the third try she knew that she was only denying the truth from herself.)

There was a knock on the bathroom door and she could hear Ino and TenTen and Hinata saying something to her but she couldn't really make out their words. Sakura felt like her whole world just crumbled. Everything she worked so hard for—her straight A's, all those scholarships that were already offered to her, her future.

She's pregnant. She's going to have a baby. A helpless baby who's going to rely on her for everything. A baby who's going to be the first of her priorities over anything else.

Sakura felt numb.

Should she cry? Should she be angry? Should she be panicking?

She stared at the two red lines again.

"I'm pregnant," She whispered to herself.

She wanted to cry, but she couldn't because she was in too much of a shock to even have a proper reaction about her current situation.

Sakura couldn't believe this was happening to her of all people. She was a good girl despite what other people thought of her. She didn't sleep with as many guys as most people believed. There had only been one.

She bit her lip.

Basically, she had two choices: whether she would keep the child or not.

She sighed, shaking her head, wondering why she even thought she had options. Of course, she was going to keep the baby. For her it was insanely wrong to take one's life. It wasn't like the child asked to be made. It just happened.

x

Time: 11:05PM

"Are you going to tell Sasuke?" TenTen asked, her brows furrowed. "I'm pretty sure he'd want to know, right? That… you know… he's going to have a baby."

They were all gathered in the living room, brainstorming about what Sakura should do next.

"Should I tell him?" Sakura asked.

Ino perked up, "Why shouldn't you?"

"Uh, I don't know?" Sakura snapped, "It's not exactly easy to tell someone that you're having his baby? Like, oh hey, Sasuke-kun! I'm having your baby. Have a nice day. No, Ino, it doesn't work like that."

"Yeah, Sakura, I got that." Ino huffed, "I mean don't you want him to know?"

Sakura was having a dilemma.

Naturally, Sakura wanted him to know. It would be so much easier for her selfish self if he knew. Knowing Sasuke and his family history, she knew that Sasuke would no doubt be there for their baby. But that would take away his freedom and would force him to change his priorities in life. She didn't want that. Sasuke had his life planned ever since he was a child. He had goals and ambitions to accomplish and he's so, so close to achieving them. And she just couldn't take away that from him. It would kill her if she did.

Life sucked.

Sakura sighed and glanced at TenTen and Hinata. They were both giving her concerned looks and Sakura felt bad that she had to drag her friends into her mess.

"I'm sorry guys." Sakura said apologetically, subconsciously placing a hand on her tummy. "I just—It's just I don't know what to do."

"It's alright," Hinata said, offering Sakura reassuring smile. "You don't have to tell Sasuke-kun anything if you're not ready yet. It's okay to take your time at a situation like this."

X

Location: Konoha Café

Day: Saturday

Time: 9:00AM

One week had passed since she found out that she was pregnant with Sasuke's baby, which gave her just enough time to think about certain things.

In the end, Sakura decided not to tell Sasuke (or anyone else they knew for that matter). She also decided that she was going to move to Suna—ASAP—for her senior year. It would be for the better, she said. She didn't know many people in Suna.

(Well, she knew, like, three and she really wasn't that close to them—except for Temari because of Shikamaru. But they still weren't that close.)

Anyway.

It was the perfect place to raise a child without having people pry into her business, trying to find out who the father of her baby was. She was aware that that treatment wouldn't last forever. People would someday become familiar with her in Suna and curiosity would pique their interests and try to find out more about this mysterious, pregnant, pink-haired girl who popped out of nowhere. Still, Sakura argued, it was better than having people she knew ask questions.

It wasn't supposed to be that big a deal in all honesty but, for Sakura, it was.

She hadn't told the girls yet. Which was why she was here, in this quaint little café that smelled of coffee and cinnamon and all things sweet, waiting for them.

Hinata was the first to arrive.

She had a soft smile on her face as she approached Sakura, taking a seat on one of the wooden chairs around the table as she muttered a greeting.

"Hey, Hinata." Sakura raised her hand, gesturing at the waiter so Hinata could order—just some tea please, thank you.

"So, how's Naruto and them?" Sakura asked. At this, Hinata blushed the way she did whenever Naruto was mentioned. She'd liked him for as long as Sakura could remember and Naruto took more than a decade to notice that. But now they were together and it was all good.

"Naruto-kun's fine. He's asking about you, though. He said you haven't been calling or texting them." Hinata giggled, "Of course, I didn't tell him anything. I told him you were just busy with work and stuff."

"Ah, typical Naruto." Sakura let out a light laugh. She missed Naruto. He was like a big ball of sunshine in her life who knew just exactly how to cheer her up when needed. But she had to keep him at a distance for now.

Sakura and Hinata talked some more about how the boys in Oto were doing (they were all doing pretty well, just working and stuff). Hinata had asked about how Sakura felt about becoming a teenage mother and she replied with Um, I don't really know. I still feel like a normal teenager, except that in eight months I'm going to be expected to take care of a tiny little human haha. She felt a little weird about saying stuff about her pregnancy out loud because, as everyone says, saying it out loud makes it real.

A few moments later a very huffy and irritated Ino barged into the café in a very un-lady like manner. Sakura raised a brow at her friend as she watched Ino march towards them.

"You okay, pig?"

Ino growled and grabbed Sakura's Green Tea Frappuccino, taking a huge sip, before she let out an exasperated sigh. "I had a fight with fucking Kiba."

"You don't say. What happened?"

"Nothing. Well, something. Apparently there's this chick all over him—what was her name? Kaguya? Tayuya? I don't fucking remember, but I'm not taking any of that shit." Ino scoffed at Sakura. "Hi, Hinata." Hinata smiled at her and scooted over so Ino could sit. She went on with her story, "And he even said I was acting like a jealous bitch. I fucking swear, I can't stand him sometimes." She sighed, taking deep breaths. It was her way of calming herself. Sakura and Hinata said nothing.

"Anyway, Forehead," Ino began once she composed herself, "TenTen can't come. She's with Neji for a college visit. She said she forgot all about it and that she was sorry. She said she couldn't call you because she forgot her phone at home and—sorry. What were we talking about?"

Sakura shook her head, dismissing it—it's alright, Piggy, I'll call her later—and headed straight to the point.

"I'm moving to Suna next month."

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