A Walk in the Park-

One Shot:

Based off the prompts "God you look good." - "Are you just going to stare?"

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Uchiha Family

Sasuke-

I was putting on my cufflinks as I walk across our bedroom. Sakura was in the bathroom fixing her make up for our date despite me telling her she didn't need any, she was just as beautiful as the day I met her. It had only been a year since we were married, a short and wonderful year. The first weeks after the honeymoon were filled with picking out furniture and paint colors to make the house our own. I found that married life wasn't too different except for moments like these when I just stopped and looked at her.

She pulled back her long pink hair into a clip, a few strands falling against the nape of her neck. Her lips were a strawberry red and only one of her eyes wore mascara. A long sleeveless, black dress hugged her upper body and flowed down from her hips. She hadn't put on her heels yet and one foot peaked out, tapping in frustration.

"Ugh. This clip is not working." She groaned before pulling the clip out and running her hands through her hair in exasperation.

I silently watched as she plugged in her curling iron next, letting it warm up as she finished her mascara. The whole scene was so domestic that it hurt. Married life only made me weak to moments like this and a smile would find my lips before I realized it. I crossed my arms over my white button up and leaned against the door frame.

"We don't have to go out tonight." I told her. "I'm more than happy having dinner here."

"We are most certainly going out tonight. This is a very special occasion. We have dinner here every night!" She huffed before turning to look at me, a bit more emotional than she normally was. Her eyes softened the instant she took me in and she sighed. "I will be ready in half an hour, I promise. Go… go get the car ready."

I raised an eyebrow at her, a smirk tugging on my lips. "Sakura, love, the car is already ready."

The responding look she gave me then had me holding up my hands and backing away from the bathroom. I learned long ago that that look was not to be messed with, however it seemed to be making an appearance more than usual. Her behavior couldn't be blamed on the fact that today was our one year anniversary, she's been acting a bit odd for a while now. Her moods changed at the drop of a hat and she looked stressed. This past week she has been a lot less talkative and I wondered if whatever was causing her stress was getting to her.

I had asked her more than once what was wrong, but she would smile and insist it was nothing. I didn't want to press the issue tonight, not when we should be celebrating, but I would get her to talk to me. Sometimes if was best if I let her tell me on her own, but I was impatient.

Perhaps tomorrow afternoon I would have her sit down for a chat. I went over to the closet and grabbed my black suit jacket. I put it on and glanced in the mirror, making sure there were no wrinkles. All that was left was my tie. I picked it up from the dresser and quickly tied it with practiced ease, buttoning my jacket after.

Sakura came out of the bathroom a moment later, her beautiful hair hanging in loose curls. Her makeup was done perfectly and she seemed to be in a lighter mood now. She looked me over, eyes softening as that sweet smile pulled her lips apart to reveal her teeth.

"God you look good." She breathed, eyes traveling over me greedily. She didn't move or say anything else for a while, she just continued to take me in.

"Are you just gonna stare?" I asked, purposely moving closer. "Come on, we're going to be late." I reminded and gave her a chaste kiss.

"Fine. I'll do my staring on the way there." She muttered, grabbing her purse and then my hand.

"Shoes." I told her.

"Damn it." She huffed, releasing my hand and dropping her purse to sit on the bed and reach for her heels.

My hand beat her to them and I got on one knee. "Let me."

"Sweet ass." She giggled then and watched as I put on her heels.

I helped her stand and she grabbed her purse once more, finally ready. She took my hand again and we made our way outside to the car and I opened the passenger door.

"After you, Mrs. Uchiha."

"Why thank you, Mr. Uchiha." She grinned as she got in before giving me a suggestive look.

I kept my eyes locked on hers as I got into the driver's seat. "We only have fifteen minutes to get there. What will you do if we don't make it?" Her charms weren't distracting me from the time.

She let out a laugh that I felt vibrate through me. "Come on now, we don't have to worry about that. This is you driving. Or did you forget?"

"Hn." I agreed. "You make a compelling argument." I said and started the car, taking in her smug expression. It only served to flatter her and even though I loved it when she wore pink, there was just something about seeing her in back that drove me crazy. "Have I told you how beautiful you are tonight?"

"Not tonight." She sighed, smiling happily at me as I got on the road. "But you told me this morning."

"Did I?" I asked, returning her smile. "It's as true now as it was then, love."

Needless to say we arrived in time and were shown to our seats by the hostess. I ordered some wine along with a bowl of sweet rolls. Sakura was in a good mood and I wanted to keep it like that, distracting her from whatever was on her mind. I wanted her to focus on us and relax, she deserves to enjoy herself- especially tonight.

Sakura-

Having dinner with Sasuke tonight on our anniversary was very important to me, for more than one reason. I had been stressing all day long about tonight being as perfect as it could be. Though I had a wardrobe, hair and makeup malfunction, we had made it to the restaurant on time. Sasuke had made our reservation over a month prior and there was no way I'd let us miss it.

We didn't go out to nice places like this often, but we didn't have an anniversary every day either. Though this was only our first anniversary, it was extra special. Sasuke had been working as much as I had lately and we hadn't had enough time together- even if we were together every second that we weren't working.

Things hadn't changed much in our relationship. We still went to the park everyday with Luna. We went and had dinner with my parents on occasion, and we visited Itachi as often as we could. Sometimes, our family would visit us. Which was nice being that our home was our home and we could have people over… it was just that we didn't take well to unexpected visitors because we were all too often holed up in our room.

We'd long ago demanded everyone to call ahead of time if they planned to come to our home.

It may have been a year, but we were still enjoyed the newlywed life. The way Sasuke and I felt about each other, how we could never get enough of each other had never changed… it would never change. We were both hopelessly in love and it wasn't often that we wished to share each other with other people- if we didn't have to for something like work.

The wine and rolls arrived as I watched Sasuke from across the table, my mind spinning with many things. There was something important I had to tell him tonight and he was completely oblivious. Or at least, he seemed to be. I asked for a water as well and finally looked away from him to study the menu. I'd only been to this place once before so I wasn't familiar with it.

"What are you having?" I asked him as I skimmed through the entrees and appetizers.

"The steak and bagna cauda . . . I thought you liked this wine?" He asked, confused at my order of water.

I blanched a bit at his observation but quickly waved him off. "Oh I do, you know that. I just wanted to have the water with my food." For all he knew, I could be extremely thirsty. I really hoped he wouldn't push the issue.

Sasuke nodded in understanding. "I'm going to start without you, though." He warned, taking a sip of his glass.

"That's fine." I smiled, wanting him to enjoy himself as much as he could. "I really don't know what I want… I'm thinking shrimp maybe."

"The shrimp fra diavolo is good." He suggested, leaning over to point to it.

"Sounds fancy." I grumbled. Fancy places were nice, but I was such a simple girl. I had to be annoying Sasuke by now. "Well I'll just have that. But I want a salad first."

He leaned back in his seat. "Alright. Mind if I steal your tomatoes?" He asked, watching my reaction carefully.

"I already planned to give them to you." I admitted sheepishly just before the waitress came with my water and to take our order. Sasuke ordered for both of us thankfully. I didn't even want to think about trying to pronounce the fancy named food.

"One steak and bagna cauda, shrimp and fra diavolo and a salad with extra tomatoes." He said, not bothering to look at the waitress.

She took our menus and left then, leaving me to think over how and when I was going to talk to Sasuke about what had been on my mind so much recently. I sighed as I thought about it and knew he was watching me. I knew he wanted to know as badly as I wanted to tell him… but I was a bit fearful of his reaction.

"Sakura, relax." He chided with a chuckle. "Although, I'm flattered that a date with me can still give you butterflies."

I couldn't help but smile at his words, they were true enough but it wasn't just that tonight. "There's something I need to… talk to you about."

"What is it?" He asked, expression turning concerned. "What's wrong?"

Honestly, I didn't know what the right words were- or if there were any. I was nervous, even thinking about not telling him right now… but I'd been putting it off for almost two weeks. That was far too long to hold a secret from my husband.

"You remember when I got sick a while back?" I asked first, trying to remain calm and gauging his every reaction.

His eyes widened a bit and he lowered his voice. "You aren't sick again, are you?" He asked, voice filled with worry.

"Well no…" I trailed off, cleared my throat and stared at my water.

"Tch." Sasuke huffed before sighing in relief. "Don't scare me like that. You know how I am when it comes to your health." He lightly scolded.

"There is something though…" I admitted, still not able to just blurt it out.

"What is it?" He asked, not having a clue. "Is it something bad?"

"That's just the thing… I'm not really sure."

Sasuke furrowed his brow. "You've lost me . . . what are you trying to tell me here?"

I shifted in my seat before meeting his eyes and letting the words fall from my lips. "I'm pregnant."

Sasuke's body froze and his gaze dropped to my stomach, his eyes widened in shock.

"When I got sick, they put me on antibiotics and I did know they could affect my birth control, but we used other precautions for a couple weeks. You know that. But… somehow… I still got pregnant." I explained, watching his shocked expression and becoming more worried by the second.

Sasuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Then he returned his gaze to my stomach, reaching a trembling hand over to grab mine. "You . . . You're pregnant?" He whispered, holding my hand tightly.

I nodded, trying not to cry. He wasn't mad or even disappointed. A bit shocked, but that was understandable. "I am. We're going to have a baby."

"We're going to have a baby." He repeated, finally looking into my eyes. "We're going to have a baby." He said again, breaking out into a grin.

I couldn't help it then, tears brimmed in my eyes but I grinned just as broadly as he did. "I love you." I whispered, my heart feeling even fuller now than he'd already made it feel since I'd met him.

He brought my hand to his lips, just holding it there, and looked at me with all the love he could muster. "God, Sakura, I love you." He whispered, breath hot against my hand. "I can't believe it . . . I'm going to be a father."

"I know… I still can't believe it." I giggled then, beyond thrilled that he was this happy. Once again he gave me more reasons to love him.

"Of course, the wine." He said, almost to himself. "How hadn't I noticed, this is why you've been acting strange. Damn it, my hands won't stop shaking."

"I'm sorry… I've been thinking of the perfect way to tell you and I felt tonight would be best. Another reason to celebrate as long as you weren't upset by the news. I've been full of nerves too but… I'm so excited to start this new chapter in our lives- together with you. I mean, there's a part of us growing inside me. It's crazy, isn't it?"

Sasuke brought my hand down and held it firmly between his, shaking his head. "I never thought . . . I never thought I would find someone to love, much less have children. You've given me so much and now we're going to be parents? I- thank you, love."

"No, thank you… You've made me the happiest woman in the world." I sniffled, wanting to throw myself across the table and into his arms but I wouldn't cause a scene.

"You make me the happiest man in the world." He returned and then suddenly pulled out his cell phone. He dialed a number and the other line picked up. "Itachi? You better get your act together because I don't want my child picking up any of your bad habits. . . . Yes, you heard right, Sakura and I are having a baby. . . . . . Yes . . . . I know . . . . . . One second." He said and handed the phone over to me. "He wants to talk to you."

It was nice knowing Sasuke was excited enough to call Itachi immediately, but I hadn't been expecting to discuss my pregnancy with anyone else so soon. I cleared my throat before greeting Itachi over the phone.

"Hello, Itachi." I said, unsure of what his reaction would be.

"I'm so happy for you, little sister." Itachi told me. "This is wonderful news, another Uchiha being brought into the world. I'm certain you will be a magnificent mother."

"Thank you so much." I said, unable to form any other words for fear of breaking into serious tears.

"I can't wait to see the little one, you musn't let Sasuke stop me from babysitting. I fully intend to spoil this child and pass on all of my great habits."

I laughed and shook my head just thinking about how Sasuke and Itachi would be when the baby was actually born. "Well, I can't wait to see how it goes." I knew Itachi would love our baby deeply, so I certainly would trust him babysitting. But, I wouldn't be worrying about a babysitter right away. If he wanted to stay over, I wouldn't argue but for the first few months, my baby wouldn't be leaving me.

"That is good enough for me." He said. "I have much more to say, but I am well aware of the date. I'll let you two get back to your anniversary dinner."

"Thank you, I'll let Sasuke tell you bye." I said before handing the phone back to Sasuke.

He put the phone to his ear and looked at me fondly. "Itachi. . . .Yeah, I will. . . . . . I'll see you then." I thought that was the end of it, but he called Naruto next, the blonde screaming on the other line.

Naruto was thrilled that Hinata and I were going to have children around the same age. She'd announced her pregnancy a couple months back. Well, Naruto had done most of the announcing. I was happy to be pregnant along with her as well, but Sasuke and Naruto… well, they were on another level.

I could hear Naruto's booming voice on the phone from across the table as he told Sasuke he was coming over to celebrate. Sasuke looked like he was going to agree. This news had obviously made him forget what today was.

"Of course, but not tonight, dope." Sasuke said. "It's my anniversary." He ordered and hung up the phone.

Yet again, my love for him grew.

The remainder of our night out was spent in complete happiness. We ate, we laughed, Sasuke eventually moved over to my side of the table and held me as we made promises to be the best parents we could be. We hadn't been expecting it and we were still young, but we would love this child as much as we loved each other. We would put them before anything else- always.

Things wouldn't always be easy… maybe they never would be… but we were both eager to have this new member of our family.

A/N:

Ooooooo KanaTyy is baaaack!

It was so nice to dabble in some walk in the park sasusaku! We certainly missed this fic.

Soon, there will be another oneshot posted here, but it will be pretty long. We may end up splitting it into two pieces.

Hint as to what's coming: Honeymoon!

Kana and I are always working on that other project but we're trying to get things just right over there. I wish I knew for sure when the first chapter will be ready for posting but sadly, I have no idea! It will be coming though!

We missed all you lovely readers and hope that you enjoy a little more walk in the park sasusaku as much as we have! We can't wait to hear your thoughts.

Til next time...

-KanaTyy