title: Born to Be Three
prompt: SASUSAKU MONTH 2015
rating: K-M

summary: o16: Sakura doesn't want Sasuke to leave again. But he promises he'll be back soon, and that he'll make up for all the time they've lost.

dedicated to: my baes on tumblr - i love you all!

NOTE THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH: I wanted to add Sarada in many of these prompts, because she's a part of this beautiful family too /sobs forever at my babies having babies/ but sometimes I either couldn't find a way to fit her in and, to be honest, I have little experience writing about her! Hopefully that will change

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Even in the Darkest of Nights, the Sun Will Rise

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Sakura doesn't want Sasuke to leave again. But he promises he'll be back soon, and that he'll make up for all the time they've lost.

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"I thought we could put this whole mess behind us," Sakura said. "Kaguya is gone. Your journey of redemption is over. So…" Sakura paused. "Why do you need to leave again?"

Sakura watched from bed as her husband slipped into his underclothes: boxers, white shirt, bandages, protective gear, all while his back was turned to her. She hated when he did that, especially in conversations like these. It was impossible to know what he was thinking.

Her hand pulled the sheets—crumpled, wet, and very dirty from the night before—over her bare chest.

"I told you before, Sakura," he said. "There are other things out there that are a bigger threat than Kaguya."

"Like what?" she asked. "And what makes you think you can deal with this alone?" Impatience threatened to spill out in the form of tears. She was done with his ambiguous subtlety, and felt that he owed her a straight answer!

Sasuke said nothing. He reached for the black cloak and swung it around his shoulders, fastening it around his neck.

"How long will you keep us waiting this time?" Sakura whispered. "I'm used to it, but I don't want—I don't think she—" Sakura started to sob again, and her words dug deep into Sasuke's heart. He turned to watch his wife fall apart once more at his own doing in their bed.

Sasuke inched towards her, a knee digging down into the soft foam of the bed. Cautiously, he reached out of her—he wasn't one for public intimacy, unless, of course, it was in the heat of lovemaking, in which he released all doubts. But she jerked away from him like he was fire and cradled herself in the protective hold of the blanket.

With a tender grasp, he pried the blanket off her to reveal her naked body, skin stained with the red of his teeth. She blushed and attempted to hide herself from her husband, but he stopped her and hovered his hand over the slight bulge of her belly, discernible to few.

"She won't have to know what it's like without a father," he said. A finger brushed down to trace circles around her navel, where their child was growing. "Because I'm going to be there for her and for you. I promise."

"November," Sakura breathed. She grabbed his wrist. "She's due in November. You better be there to see her."

updates come regularly on tumblr for each day. I'm lazy at uploading on ff, but rest assured everything will be up by the end of this month. XD

notes: this was basically "eye of the storm" ft. half of sarada haha