It had been three weeks since Tsunade dropped the pregnant bomb on me. Sasuke asked me to move in with him when they saw the state of my apartment and I happily agreed (according to Tsunade though, Sasuke had asked a few days before the trip to the hospital but didn't know how bad my apartment was, otherwise he would have gotten me out years ago, which he told me a few nights ago.)

I sat on one of the decks swinging my legs back and forth slowly. Man the Uchiha complex was fucking huge! Sasuke didn't even bother to show me anything beyond his house because it was massive on its own. My bedroom was situated right opposite his (he claimed that it was the only one available but I knew it was actually so that he could keep an eye on me). Some mornings I would wake to Sasuke making breakfast. Now that I lived with him we had become so much closer than before.

Although he knew how much I loved ramen, he only let me have it occasionally. At first I was pissed; ramen was what I ate. It was all I could afford and I loved it. However Sasuke would make me dinners all the time, from pasta to roast and I soon began to love other foods.

Everyday I would join Sasuke, Sakura and Kakashi for a little training and an easy D-rank mission. I always waited for the others to show any signs of anger towards me for our annoying jobs we were left with but Sasuke and Sakura seemed pretty ok with them. It was sort of like a holiday.

When I was up to my third month Tsunade ordered me to go on leave. Which pissed me off immensely. Sasuke managed to calm me down telling me I could still come with him to watch sparring and things like that, but at first I was so angry I barely spoke to anyone. Eventually I got over it though. This was for the benefit of my baby. I couldn't do anything too strenuous such as sparring or using chakra because I could hurt the baby.

Wow. My baby. I still had a hard time wrapping my head around the fact I was going to be a parent. It was starting to scare me. What if I couldn't do it? Would I have to give up my baby for adoption? I don't think I could do that. It would be too hard.

Tsunade spoke to me a few days earlier and told me how I would be getting a Caesarean-Section when the time came. She explained how I didn't have the right parts too be able to have the baby (as if I didn't know, I mean, seriously? I'm not five) and also talked how she thought maybe I should live with an adult when that time came. It would be a good idea, except I liked living with Sasuke too much and he seemed to like me too, and so when I told her that, she gave me a knowing smirk and said we would discuss it later.

The pain I experienced the first few days found out was apparently the new womb growing in my stomach and latching on to the surrounding organs. It's as painful as it sounds. I hadn't had much pain over the last week or so which was a nice change. Occasionally I would feel a dull throb but nothing like the time at the hospital.

Speaking of my stomach, I noticed my abdomen was harder than before and I could tell there was a slight bump protruding from me. I had also put on a little bit of weight (which wasn't that noticeable on my skinny frame) and I was generally enjoying life, which was surprising despite my circumstances at the moment. Of course it wouldn't last.

"Naruto." I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard Sasuke call for my. He was leaning on the door frame with his arms crossed, presumably watching me in my deep thoughts.

"Yeah?" I asked, gently twisting around on the wooden deck to face him.

"Come on, we'll go get something for lunch and see Tsunade for your next check-up." He told me. I sighed and heaved myself up, following him to the door. Sasuke was like my keeper; he seemed to have memorised all the important dates involving me and kept a stern eye on me. Surprisingly I enjoyed the attention I was given and slipped into this routine easily as if it were normal. I could tell Sasuke enjoyed babying me though he would never admit it aloud.

Today was one fortunate day where I was blessed with the treat of ramen. But not just any ordinary ramen. It was Ichiraku ramen.

Sasuke treated me to 2 bowls of this delectable heaven. He had taken it upon himself to pay for everything (including new clothes for me) and no matter how much I protested, he would only snigger and say, "It's not like I can't afford it. So why worry?" Apparently the last Uchiha had inherited a lot of riches, so who was I to argue? Especially when there was ramen involved. My ramen allowance was now limited though, and surprisingly although that limit was 3, on this day 2 seemed like enough. Teuchi, owner of Ichiraku, glanced at me as if waiting for something. I didn't realize at first because I was too busy slurping my last remains of ramen up.

"Teuchi-san?" I asked, snapping said man out of his thoughts.

"Oh sorry Naruto-kun. Just daydreaming." He chuckled. "Are you wanting another bowl?" he asked me. I shook my head and slipped off the barstool.

"Not today thanks. Besides I have and important appointment to get to." I pulled Sasuke off his chair too and missed the looks of surprise on the other two people's faces. "Come on Sasuke, pay the man and let's go!" I tugged his sleeve and waved to Teuchi. "Thanks for the ramen!" I added once Sasuke paid and then we were off.

Sasuke smirked at the blonde dragging him along. Over the past month or so they had become best friends and Sasuke was the happiest he had ever been in quite a few years. When Naruto came to bring Sasuke back, the influence of the curse mark made him angry; so angry that he almost killed his best friend. That thought made him shudder subconsciously. He couldn't believe how angry he felt at that time. But when he awoke back in Konoha, the anger was gone and he was so happy that his former rival and a group of other genin had gone to such lengths to bring him back. In fact, he was touched at the fact that they could have died but still went anyway.

He was especially touched at the lengths to which a certain blonde went to for him. Naruto never gave up no matter what Sasuke had said to him and was by his side for weeks after, or so Tsunade had told him.

Kakashi managed to seal it again with a forbidden seal and although it had hurt incredibly, he had noticed he didn't get angry and didn't feel the want to go to Orochimaru or to even fight his brother. It was bliss.

Looking after Naruto was quite enjoyable, though Sasuke would never admit so. When Naruto brought him back, Sasuke promised to protect Naruto as best he could. They were now so close, like brothers, or even more….

Sasuke had spoken to Tsunade a few weeks after waking to organise for Naruto to move in with him. It was stupid, but he didn't know why he hadn't ever thought of that before. He vaguely knew that Naruto's apartment wasn't that great, but didn't actually know the extent to how bad it was. He never realised that Naruto only ate ramen mostly because that was all he could afford. He was annoyed it had taken him for Naruto to basically beat him within an inch of his life and drag him back to realise how much he truly loved Naruto. He was stubborn though; this love was brotherly. Nothing more.

He planned on asking Naruto to move in with him by taking him out to Ichiraku's but when Naruto collapsed that afternoon, Sasuke nearly had a heart attack. When they were told he was pregnant, Sasuke freaked out. He thought about how he would feel if it were him and felt saddened for the poor boy. But when he was told it was some mysterious ANBU, his blood beganto boil. He was seriously pissed and threatened to go out and kill the bastards when Tsunade told them but she pointed out the obvious; that they didn't know who the ANBU were and so going around threatening all the ANBU wasn't a very good plan. Sure Sasuke was strong, but he wasn't that strong.

"…suke….Sasuke….HEY TEME!"

"Huh-wha….?" Sasuke looked to his left to see Naruto gripping his arm. Apparently he had been trying to snap him from his daydreaming.

"Did you even hear a word I said teme?" Naruto asked Sasuke, seeming thoroughly annoyed. He sheepishly grinned.

"Sorry I was just thinking about some things…"

"Well stop thinking, we are already here." He resumed pulling Sasuke alongside him and Sasuke's grin dropped a fraction. Even if he couldn't fight all the ANBU, he would keep a vigilant eye on the way others treated Naruto...

'Damn Sasuke making us late…' I thought darkly to myself. I tugged him along with me and we were greeted by Shizune. She told me to wait in the offered room until Tsunade came so I sighed and sat in one of the chairs. Sasuke sat beside me.

"Ahh Naruto. How are you?" Tsunade asked when she breezed in. I allowed a smile to creep onto my face before replying with a "fine" and standing up. Tsunade indicated I lay down on the table so she could begin.

"Er, Naruto…" I looked to Sasuke who was waiting at the door. I actually had forgotten that he was here; I was so used to him.

"You can watch if you want Sasuke." I told him, attempting to supress the blush making it's way to my cheeks. Sasuke seemed to have the same problem and he looked down and scratched at his cheek absentmindedly.

"Ah, sure…if you want…" he trailed off and resumed his position in his seat. I returned my attention to Tsunade who had a small grin on her face.

"What?" I asked a bit more harshly than intended. She shook her head and supressed a laugh.

"Nothing, never mind. Anyway, have you been ok lately? Any pain?" she placed her hands onto my abdomen and they light up with a green light.

"Not much. Just some dull pain occasionally. Nothing I can't handle. But I do have to vomit quite a lot." I cringed. "I don't like that at all." I added. Tsunade nodded.

"Well that is to be expected I'm afraid. It's just one of those things that happens." She said as she moved her hands around. I felt a dull throb in my stomach and winced slightly. "Sorry." She said, removing her hands away.

"Well the baby seems fine. A little smaller than expected but that is probably due to the fact you have a smaller and narrower body than women do and your body can't really handle a child, but over time you should adapt to it. It won't be pleasant when that happens though I'm afraid." She pulled my shirt down.

"Are you eating healthy?"

"Of course I am." I replied, a little agitated. "Sasuke feeds me all this healthy crap all the time." I hmped and folded my arms over my chest.

"He only had two bowls of ramen today." Sasuke said quietly. Tsunade narrowed her eyes and looked at him.

I inwardly rolled my eyes; these two were acting like it was something big and serious.

"Calm down people, it was only one bowl. So what if I was full? It is known to happen, especially with you feeding me all the time. I swear I've put on 5 kilos since I've been living with you." I said. The other two were staring at me and I began to feel my random bout of anger fade. What the hell was that about?

"Are you ok, Naruto?" Tsunade asked me concernedly. I let my arms drop and felt tears come to my eyes.

"I…I don't know anymore. I feel so…weird and angry and tired and I'm sick of it. I can't sleep sometimes and other times I feel like sleeping all the time! I don't get it…and then there's you guys babying me all the time, telling me what to do and eat and all that crap and I get it, I understand why, but it's just so annoying and I'm over this. I can't take it anymore." I then realised copious amounts of tears were rolling down my cheeks and a cool hand was holding mine. I almost fell off the table when I saw it belonged to Sasuke and not Tsunade as I had originally assumed.

"Oh Naruto…" I heard Tsunade say. Suddenly Sasuke wrapped his arms around me.

"Jeez you baka. Why didn't you say anything?" he asked me. "If it got too much for you, you should have told me." I sniffled into his shoulder and returned the hug.

"I know, I know….I guess I didn't want to be a bother." I felt Tsunade's hand ruffling my hair.

"Naruto you are not a bother. This is a big thing you are going through and you have to understand that you can talk to us anytime about anything. We are here for you. You know that don't you?" I nodded into Sasuke's shoulder and felt a smile tug at my lips.

I would be ok. I had people to look out for me. I wasn't alone and I had to learn to understand that.

We thanked Tsunade afterwards and this time Sasuke was the one to drag me along. When we got home he sat me in the lounge to watch tv while he prepared dinner. I yawned loudly and turned my head to the side and drifted off…