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

summary: o23: Sakura's pregnant - happy birthday, Sasuke!

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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Plural

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Sakura's pregnant!

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Sasuke didn't know why Sakura had been spending so much time in the bathroom recently. He figured it was best not to ask, lest he stray onto an uncomfortable topic for the both of them. Yet he was worried—all the time, when she escaped the warmth of his arms in their shared bed, she sneaked to the bathroom only to vomit her intestines as quietly as she could.

Today, though, she'd spent an awfully long time, much longer than usual.

He heard the pacing of her bare feet against the tile, sweeping back and forth, back and forth. His ear caught notice of the whispers of curses and prayers, though he couldn't quite discern what exactly she was saying.

"Sakura," Sasuke knocked in exasperation. "Come out."

She gave no response, but the scuffling continued.

Sasuke knocked harder. "Sakura," he gritted through his teeth. "I have to use the bathroom," he lied.

"Go outside," Sakura replied. "You have the ability to pee wherever. Make use of it."

Sasuke was used to her coarseness, but today he wasn't in the mood to deal with it. He was worried, wondering why she had spent nearly an hour walking the length of their small bathroom over and over again.

"If you won't come out, I'll break the door down," he threatened.

"I'm coming out soon."

"You said that half an hour ago. Sakura, what's wrong? Are you ill?"

Silence.

"Step out of the way," Sasuke ordered. He rolled up his sleeve and pant legs, prepared to charge. "If you won't come out, I'm going to have to come in there and get you myself."

"Wait, what? Sasuke-kun, you can't be serious—"

"One," Sasuke began. He aimed for the center of the door, where he knew the impact would be the greatest.

"Sasuke—"

"Two." He began to bounce on the heels of his feet, ready to strike.

"Okay, okay," Sakura acquiesced. She slowly opened the door, hair hung over her eyes in sweat. Her eyes shone of desperation and worry, and Sasuke, fearing for the worst, grabbed her by the shoulders and led her to the bed.

"Where are you hurt?" Sasuke asked. "Tell me."

Sakura fidgeted. She refused to meet his gaze. Her hands fiddled with what seemed to be a small white stick.

"What is that?" Sasuke asked. When she didn't say anything, he repeated the question, with a little more force.

"I…didn't know how to tell you this," Sakura said. Her cheeks flushed with adrenaline. "Um."

"Yes?" Sasuke urged. Her gripped her shoulders even tighter, in frantic anxiety for her declaration.

Sakura held up the stick—a pregnancy test, with two solid red lines.

She was pregnant.

When Sasuke didn't react, his eyes unreadable and face devoid of emotion, Sakura feared the worst.

"…Are you mad?"

Immediately, a stray tear fell down his cheek and onto her knee. He was crying.

"Kami," he breathed, as if he couldn't believe the news. "Kami."

He enveloped Sakura into a hug and snatched the test away from her. His mouth showered rapid kisses over her neck, tears staining the skin.

Sakura took this as a sign of his staggering joy. She embraced him back.

"We're going to have a family, Sasuke-kun," she whispered. Her fingers traced smooth circles around his back. "You're going to be a daddy."

"Thank you," he gasped. He stared at the test for a long time, thoughts of a growing baby in his wife's stomach. "Thank you."

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

note: chapter 12, white flag, has been replaced :)