Chapter 11
Summary:
Just lots of fluff for our sweet Naruto!
Oh, and a baby shows up, no big deal.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
"What happened now?" Sasuke asked, exasperated.
He was far too pregnant to be dealing with this shit right now. Hell, he felt too pregnant to be dealing with anything at all.
"One of the guys broke the marble" his mother said, sounding just as irritated as Sasuke.
"What!? How does that even happen? That marble cost me two hundred dollars a square foot!" Sasuke said as he threw his head back against the throw pillow.
"I know, duck, I know. They said they'll cover the cost for replacing it, but since it was imported they may have to place another order if their warehouse doesn't have enough in stock" she said in her soothing 'mom voice', trying her best to calm her son.
"How much did they fucking break!?" He yelled.
"The island" she said. He could almost hear her cowering at the irate response that she just knew was coming.
"You're joking" Sasuke deadpanned, refusing to believe that out of all of the peices they could have chosen to break, it just had to be the biggest one.
"I wish I was. It's just the corner, but it would look awful if they just stuck it back on. I know it'd drive you crazy, so they're gonna have to cut an entirely new piece" she sighed out.
"And how long would that delay things?" Sasuke asked, seeing that he really had no choice.
He had been trying his best to manage his stress, per Itachi's orders, but taking all of this on in order to surprise Naruto was proving to be very stressful.
"The foreman said that if they have it in stock, they can get it installed tomorrow morning, but if not, it'll take at least three weeks to get here" Mikoto answered.
"Are you kidding me!? The baby is due in two weeks and everything was supposed to be done a few days ago!" Sasuke yelled.
"Baby, I know there has been set backs, but its almost there. Now do you want me to have them replace it?" She asked.
Sasuke had to hold the phone away for him for a few seconds so that his mother didn't hear him cursing the idiot who broke his counter top. He pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath.
"Well, I don't have a choice do I?" Sasuke said sarcastically when he brought his phone back to his ear.
"I'm afraid not, duck. Unless you want to pick out a different marble for the island" she said.
"Did they already install the other counter tops?" Sasuke asked. He really didn't want to wait another three weeks, but he wanted to pick out a new marble even less.
"Yes" she answered, sounding disappointed.
"I'm not having the island a different marble than the counters" Sasuke deadpanned.
That would look fucking horrendous!
"I know, baby, I know. Just figured it was worth a shot, I don't want you to have to be dealing with this right now" she said.
At that moment Sasuke could hear Kushina's voice in the background yelling about how 'you'd better hope that you have more in stock!'
He let out a chuckle at the poor bastard that had to face the temperamental red head. Knowing that she would give them hell on his behalf brightened his mood a little.
"I'm not really dealing with anything, you guys won't let me. It's pretty much been you, Kushina, Itachi, and father handling everything" Sasuke replied.
Sasuke had been shocked when Naruto told him about what his father had done for him with the whole Orochimaru situation, and it made Sasuke realize that maybe Fugaku didn't despise him.
It had been the revelation their relationship desperatly needed. Things weren't exactly peachy between Sasuke and his father, but they had drastically improved.
"Sasuke, you're nine and a half months pregnant! We can't have you walking around a construction zone!" She said.
"Yes mother" Sasuke sighed out. He already had this conversation with his mother more times than he could remember.
"You just relax and keep my grand baby cooking for the next two weeks. We got everything under control over here. The foreman is on the phone with their warehouse right now to see about the marble. I'll let you know what he says" she said.
"Sounds good. Thank you, but do me a favor and don't let Kushina rip their heads off" Sasuke said.
"I can't promise that" she responded.
"Well, tell her I say hi. I'll talk to you later" he said.
"Will do. I love you duck!" Mikoto chirped out.
"You too" Sasuke said as he ended the call and took a deep breath to try and relax.
Sasuke started to rub his temples to relieve the fast approaching headache caused by all of this fuckery.
He heard the deadbolt click and knew that Naruto was home.
He applied a little more pressure while he waited for his mate.
Sasuke felt two strong arms come to rest on his shoulders and slide their way down to his mountain of a stomach.
"What's got you so worked up?" Naruto asked as he placed a kiss on Sasuke's jaw.
Naruto started running his hands in circles across Sasuke's stomach to try and soothe him, really not wanting Itachi to chew him out again for Sasuke's blood pressure being high.
"My mother" Sasuke sighed out, knowing that Naruto would believe the lie. She usually stressed Sasuke out with how much she fretted over him.
"Wanna talk about it?" Naruto asked as he came around to sit next to where Sasuke's legs were extended.
Naruto grabbed Sasuke's feet and put them on his lap, grabbing one and starting to rub it. Sasuke always complained about them being swollen.
"No" Sasuke said as he relaxed into the cushion and allowed Naruto to pamper him.
Sasuke had been doing a pretty decent job of working on his communication and reciprocating, but he was still high maintenance. He earned a little pampering, dammit.
Naruto just shot him a skeptical look but let it slide.
"How's the nursery coming along?" Naruto asked as he applied more pressure.
Sasuke groaned in approval and shrugged.
"I still have time" Sasuke answered.
"Sasuke, the baby is due in two weeks, but she could come any day. We kind of need a place to set her down" Naruto said with a chuckle.
"I know, I know" Sasuke said.
"You don't have to do it by yourself. I know that you said you wanted to surprise me, but I can always help" Naruto said with a smile.
Sasuke had told Naruto that he wanted to decorate the nursery by himself in order to surprise him, but Sasuke really just wanted to avoid having him see that it was now completely empty.
"I got it. Its almost done. It'll be done by the end of the week. Promise" Sasuke said, hoping that Naruto wouldn't push the subject further.
Sasuke had caught the blonde lingering by the nursery door a few times, one time he'd even seen him as he was about to open it and take a peak.
Sasuke had to act like he was upset because he thought Naruto didn't think that he was capable because he was a omega, just to guilt him into staying away from the nursery.
He wasn't particularly proud of it and felt rather shitty about the manipulation, but Sasuke really wanted to surprise Naruto.
This was about him showing Naruto that he didn't plan on going anywhere, and while Naruto assured him that he saw all of the progress that Sasuke had made with him, Sasuke still heard Naruto saying 'But I don't trust you' over and over again in his head.
"Whatever you say" Naruto said as he switched to the other foot.
"You know how much I like when you wear your glasses. You've been wearing them a lot lately, I'm starting to think that you're trying to seduce me" Sasuke said to change the subject and hopefully weasle his way into getting laid.
After a small scare a few days ago, Itachi had instilled the fear of God into Naruto about making sure that Sasuke took it easy. Much to Sasuke's dismay, that meant that Naruto was hesitant to have sex.
"I need to order more contacts" Naruto said as he feigned being oblivious.
Saying no to all of Sasuke's advances had been incredibly difficult for the alpha, but he still managed, even if Sasuke clearly wasn't above playing dirty.
Just a few more weeks and then the baby will be here. Hopefully he'll be too tired to try and jump me until he is healed.
The blonde's resolve was weakening with each passing day.
Sasuke just huffed and snatched his feet away from Naruto.
"Oh come on, don't be like that! You know your brother will kill me if anything happens to you or the baby" Naruto said with a laugh.
Itachi had basically put Sasuke on bed rest to ensure that his pre-eclampsia stayed in check.
Sasuke just huffed again and unpaused the show that he had been watching before his mother's call, giving Naruto the cold shoulder.
"You're cute when you pout" Naruto said as he hoisted himself up.
"And you're irritating when you let my brother boss you around" Sasuke bit back, hoping that the dig would get the desired reaction out if the alpha.
Sasuke knew that he was being petty, but the man was in desperate need of getting laid.
"Uh huh" Naruto said as he shook his head fondly and made his way to the bedroom to change out of his scrubs.
"Bring me my chips" Sasuke grumpily called out.
Sasuke had been resorted to stowing his snacks away in his nightstand to avoid Itachi's periodic junk food raids.
Naruto eventually sauntered out in just a pair of sweatpants and handed the bag of chips to his still rather pissed off mate.
The low hanging sweats, shirtless chest, and the fact that Naruto was still wearing his damned glasses just further irritated the omega. He grit his teeth and forced himself to look away from the alluring sight of his alpha.
"Anything else, your majesty?" Naruto teased from behind the couch.
"Yeah, cock" Sasuke deadpanned.
Naruto let out another chuckle and shook his head before bending down to give Sasuke a peck on the lips.
"How about dinner instead?" He teased, finding it kind of amusing at times when Sasuke reverted back to pouting like a child.
"I want Taco Bell" Sasuke said, unwilling to cooperate after Naruto so rudely refused to alleviate his case of blue balls.
"I'll make you tacos, actual tacos. Not that garbage" Naruto said as he opened the fridge to see what they had.
"I happen to like that garbage" Sasuke said as he popped a chip into his mouth.
"I know. I don't know how you stayed so thin" Naruto replied.
"Diet of champions: fast food, caffeine, and a general disdain for people" Sasuke deadpanned, earning a laugh from the alpha at the stove.
Sasuke wouldn't let the smile stretch on his face like it wanted to, but he was begrudgingly happy to have that laugh back in his life.
Sasuke felt his phone vibrate and opened the message from his mother.
'Your father spoke to them and they were able to find your marble at another company's warehouse. Counter will in tomorrow afternoon. We're still on track to be done a week from your due date!' It read.
Sasuke did allow a smile on his face at that. As happy as Naruto's laugh made him, that news was just what he needed to hear.
-
"Come on, Sasuke! Pleeeeeaseee" Naruto whined as they sat in the overly ornate sitting room at the Uchiha mansion.
"No, animals are messy. I hate messy" Sasuke bit out, irritated at the way Kiba had managed to have Naruto wanting a dog all of a sudden.
"C'mon, look at these puppies!" Naruto said as he held up his phone, too close for Sasuke to even see the damn thing.
Sasuke moved Naruto's arm back to take a look at the creatures.
Kiba's mother apparently owns a veterinary clinic and pet shop, and they just had a dog give birth three weeks ago. Naruto had been by there almost every day after work with Kiba to see the little fur balls and gotten attached.
Sasuke looked at the picture. It was a litter of what looked like Rotwiler puppies, or did Naruro say they were Dobermans? Either way, they were dogs, and Sasuke was not the fondest of dogs. Too much energy.
Explains why Naruto wants one. God damn Energizer Bunny over here.
"Cute, but no" Sasuke deadpanned as he lighty pushed Naruto's hand down, lowering the glowing screen.
"I think it would be lovely for the baby to have a puppy to grow up with. It's good for children to have pets" his mother said as her, Kushina, and Shisui cleared the table from their dinner.
Sasuke's poor cousin had made the mistake of teasing his Aunty too much and was now forced to help with the clean up.
Sucker.
Sasuke and Naduto had started coming to dinner at his parents house every Saturday, and like tonight, Kushina and Minato usually joined them.
"Oh, if it's so good for kids to have pets, where the hell was ours?" Sasuke said sarcastically.
He had begged his parents for a cat when he was younger, but he never saw that box with holes poked in it on Christmas day.
"Claws on my beautiful hard wood floors? Are you insane?" His mother gasped out like he had just insulted her.
"My point exactly" Sasuke said.
"But we have tile" Naruto whined.
Sasuke tensed a little, realizing that he just had a slight slip of the tongue. As far as Naruto knew, they didn't have any wood floors to worry about.
Sasuke looked over to his mother and saw Kushina and her giving him surprised looks, but calming down when Naruto didn't seem to catch the slip up.
"If you love dogs so much, why didn't you get one before?" Sasuke asked Naruto in an attempt to play it cool.
"I was always at the hospital, but now that you'll be home we could. C'monnnnn" Naruto said with big eyes as he bat his eyelashes to try and get Sasuke to cave.
"Sasuke will be home with the baby, taking a dog out throughout the day will be too much in the beginning" Itachi said.
Normally Itachi was always trying to mess with Sasuke when they were around their family, but now Sasuke was grateful for the defense.
"I've been meaning to ask about that. Do you think we should look around for houses? When the baby can walk, I'm sure she'd like to be able to play outside in a yard" Naruto said.
Sasuke just wanted to groan. Had it not been for issue after issue arising, he would not be needing to deal with this conversation.
"With a dog" Naruto added sneakily with a smirk.
At least he is only pushing it because he wants a fucking dog.
Sasuke relaxed when he realized that Naruto wasn't super serious or suspicious, and with the help of Minato and Itachi, they were able to shift the conversation off of the topic of dogs and houses.
Sasuke felt kind of bad at the crestfallen expression on Naruto's face when he was given the final no.
Compromises, it's all about compromises.
Sasuke sighed and waddled over to the kitchen, acting like he was going to help.
When he saw that his father, Naruto's father, and Itachi were enthralled in a conversation, he turned to his mother and mother-in-law.
Woah, woah, woah, not my mother-in-law! Not yet, at leas- Hold on. Where the fuck did that come from?
Sasuke shook his head to clear the shock of that thought suddenly popping into his head and focused back on the task at hand.
"Can you ask the construction crew if they can add a dog run to the backyard? The area next to the pool is already kind of blocked off, so it shouldn't be too hard. I know there is extra fencing left over from the pool, so they can just use that" Sasuke sighed out, clearly not thrilled with the idea.
Mikoto just gave him a knowing smirk.
She never thought that she'd see the day where her youngest son did anything that he didn't want to for the sake of a relationship. She knew that he really had to have it bad for the blonde alpha to be considering getting a dog.
"Sure thing, duck" she said as she smoothed his hair before turning back to the sink.
Sasuke would have rolled his eyes at the nickname if he hadn't been pulled into a suffocating hug by the redhead next to him all but two seconds later.
He tried his best to get the impossibly red strands of hair out of his face as Kushina pressed her cheek to his.
"Thank you for doing all of this for him" she whispered.
She was beyond happy to see her son being taken care of for once. He was always the one trying to take care of people, whether it be Kushina and Minato, his past girlfriends, or even himself. She was glad to see that her son finally had someone looking out for him and taking his wants into consideration.
"Thank you for making me go back" Sasuke replied as he gave her shoulders a squeeze.
He had long since gotten over his aversion to hugs. All thanks to Naruto's overly affectionate ass.
Kushina released Sasuke and he used that opportunity to sneak off up the stairs, locking himself in Itachi's old room so that Naruto wouldn't be able to find him.
He took out his phone and searched through his contacts until he got to the Ds.
He clicked on 'Drunken Mutt', Ino's choosing, and pressed the call button.
It rang three times before he heard the familiar voice.
"Sasuke? How you Been? How's the b- Oh shit! Is the baby coming!?" He asked. Sasuke could hear Kiba bustling about frantically through the phone.
Sasuke chuckled at the response. It wasn't all that crazy of a guess, considering that he was due in just over a week.
"Calm down, no baby yet" Sasuke said. He had tried to keep the fondness out of his voice, but he had somehow come to like the boisterous alpha.
"Okay, okay" Kiba said as let out a sigh. "What can I do ya for, then?" he added on.
"Those dog babies you have. Naruto keeps bugging me for one" Sasuke answered.
"You mean puppies?" Kiba laughed out.
"Yeah, those. Anyway, Naruto wants one and I wanted to surprise him with one for the new house" Sasuke said.
"Seriously!? Oh man, he is going to flip!" Kiba shouted.
"I know. Now I was wondering if I could place one on like layaway? Is that a thing?" Sasuke asked.
Kiba let out another hearty laugh.
"I can let my mom know that you want one. She doesn't put puppies up for adoption until they're eight weeks old, so none of them will be adopted by the time you want it" Kiba assured.
"Okay, cool. How do I go about reserving one?" Sasuke asked.
Kiba just laughed again at how Sasuke was treating a puppy like a table at a restaurant.
"Do you know which one you would want?" Kiba asked.
"Whichever one comes potty trained" Sasuke deadpanned.
Kiba just laughed once more before he gave Sasuke a reality check with his crash course in Puppy 101.
-
Sasuke had been exhausted after dinner at his parent's house, everything exhausted him, he was almost forty weeks pregnant for fuck's sake.
He wanted nothing more than to crawl into bed with his mate and curl up against him, but Naruto had to work.
The blonde had left straight from the Uchiha house to go to the hospital. Apparently Tsunade was trying to make it look like she was making an example out of him for the whole attacking a patient incident.
Somehow word had gotten out that Naruto was mated to an Uchiha, and with all of the rumors floating around about what actually happened with Orochimaru, Tsunade didn't want it to look like he was getting special treatment, even if he was.
Naruto had been working from eleven at night to nine in the morning most days since he'd gone back to work.
It fucking sucked.
Because Sasuke was heavily pregnant and without his mate most nights, he rarely ever slept at night anymore.
The omega tossed and turned in bed, trying to get comfortable, but the frequent pinching feeling in his back just didn't seem to want to let that happen.
Sasuke stilled and huffed as he looked up at the ceiling.
He really wished that Naruto just would've quit. He knew it was selfish, but who the hell asks someone with a mate due any day to work night shifts!?
Sasuke got to thinking about the conversation they'd had when Naruto told him about his new schedule.
Sasuke had suggested that Naruto just transfer to another hospital, he was sure that his father could get Natuto in anywhere that he would have wanted, but Naruto flat out refused.
The blonde had mentioned that he didn't even need to work before, but that he chose to because he loved his job and he loved the hospital that he was at.
Sasuke's boredom wouldn't let him focus on anything but that stupid little question that he'd been dying to get an answer to since getting to know Naruto. He was suddenly restlessly curious about how much Naruto actually made.
Naruto was never straight forward about it with him, and not that money really mattered to Sasuke at this point, he just wanted to know.
Naruto refusing to tell him even a ballpark estimate made him feel like he needed to know. It was the principal of the matter. Kind of like when someone tells a child not to do something, then that is all they want to do.
Sasuke knew it was childish thinking, but he was bored and needed something to do since his body wouldn't be letting him sleep anytime soon.
He rolled out of bed, very ungracefully, and winced when his back did that irritating pinching thing.
Sasuke took a few deep breaths and tried to stretch his back to alleviate some of the discomfort, and after a minute or two, it worked.
He huffed and set out on his mission.
Sasuke turned on the light in his old workout room that they had turned into a makeshift office for Naruto.
The gleaming pole was still smack dab in the middle, but now the desk from Naruto's living room was against the wall.
He scanned the room and groaned when he saw that Naruto's laptop was gone.
Of course it's gone! He needs his case notes.
Sasuke was about to just say 'fuck it' to his childish snooping when a bright idea popped into his pretty little head.
He waddled over to the desk. He braced himself on it for a second to catch his breath.
As his breathing became less heavy he looked at the pole in the center of the room.
He snorted at where he was in life now.
I used to swing on that thing for hours at a time like it was nothing, and now look at me. Can't even walk ten feet without needing a break.
He wasn't bitter, at least not anymore, but he did find it rather humorous how different things were now.
The fucker went and domesticated m- OW, FUCK!
Another pinching sensation had him throwing himself into the desk chair and hunching over.
"Mother fucker" Sasuke groaned after he felt the pain start to slowly subside.
He took a few deep breaths and got his shit together.
Sasuke began opening the drawers closest to him, he only struggled what he would consider to be a normal amount with the bottom ones.
"Oh fuck me" Sasuke grumbled when all he found were papers, pens, and other office supplies.
He went back up to the top drawer and began rifling through the papers until his fingers landed on something cold and smooth hidden underneath them.
AHA!
Sasuke pulled out the iPad and had a sly grin on his face.
Naruto used his laptop for work, but he'd said that his iPad was mostly just for notes and keeping track of the research and patents he'd worked on during his first year after medical school.
Sasuke pressed the lock button on the side and blushed when his face showed up on the screen.
It was one of the first pictures that Naruto ever took of him. It was of him sitting on the porch swing at Naruto's parent's house. Sasuke wasn't even looking at the camera, but he remembered his reaction to hearing the clicking sound of the camera.
He had snapped his head over to see Naruto smiling at him like an idiot, refusing to delete the photo no matter how many times Sasuke told him to.
Naruto was smart enough to not have that picture as his lock screen on his phone or laptop, knowing that Sasuke would bite his head off. But Naruto rarely used his iPad, he must have thought that Sasuke would never see it.
Sasuke would admonish his mate later, but for now he was too busy to deal with it.
Sasuke slid his finger up on the screen and cursed when the keypad for the PIN popped up.
Naruto didn't have a password on his phone or laptop, so he hadn't expected to run into this delay.
Sasuke wracked his brain for possible four digit combinations that Naruto might use.
Knowing him its probably one, two, three, four.
Sasuke rolled his eyes but typed in the numbers nonetheless, kind of relieved that it didn't work.
At least he has the sense to make it somewhat difficult.
Sasuke then tried Naruto's birthday, then his own, just to see the keypad do that jerking motion to let him know that it was incorrect both times.
Sasuke took a little more time thinking about what it could be, not wanting to lock himself out of the device.
Sasuke thought about it for a minute then groaned at how obvious it was. It was probably the same PIN that he used for his own phone.
"Zero, four, two, zero" Sasuke whispered as he tapped on the numbers.
A sappy smile broke out on his face when the number pad disappeared to show the home screen.
He felt like an idiot for not trying his due date first.
Sasuke looked for Naruto's banking app and tapped on the icon when he'd found it, groaning when it showed the apps login screen.
Naruto's username was already filled in, but it still required the password.
Sasuke just took a stupid guess, since he had no clue what the hell it could be.
He laughed out loud when 'Password1' turned out to be right.
"You're fucking joking" Sasuke said fondly to himself.
For someone so smart, he is kinda dumb.
His fondess for his mate was quickly replaced with shock.
He damn near dropped the iPad when the account balance page loaded and he saw an insane amount of digits.
Six point seven million in savings!?
Sasuke scoffed at the fact that he'd ever thought that he was more well off than Naruto.
The omega knew that Naruto didn't like to come off like he was bragging, but damn. Something like that is worth mentioning to your mate.
Sasuke closed out the app and was about to put the iPad back where he'd found it when he actually did drop it.
Another pain radiated from his lower back and he groaned.
He bent over and put his head down on his arms that he'd rested on the edge of desk and tried to focus on breathing. His position allowed him to see the time displayed on the iPad's screen from where it had fallen on the ground.
He had noticed the time before he'd started snooping, right after his last pain.
It had been almost exactly five minutes ago.
"No no no no no" Sasuke chanted, suddenly beyond panicked.
He focused on his breathing and waited until he could stand without feeling like his spine was on fire. He saw that a minute had passed.
"God damnit!" Sasuke groaned out as he hurried back to his room to throw on some sweat pants.
He rushed out into the hallway after stepping into his slippers. He'd suddenly stopped and just stared at his brother's door for a while. He would feel like an idiot if he'd freaked out for nothing.
And if its not nothing?
His thoughts scared him to the point that he started knocking on his brother's front door without abandon.
He literally didn't stop his constant stream of banging until a disheveled looking Itachi threw the door open a minute later.
"Do you have any idea what ti- Sasuke? Are you okay?" Itachi said as he finally noticed that it was his younger brother and that he looked scared shitless.
"Sorry to wake you, but I think I'm having contractions" Sasuke said.
He had to have woken Itachi up. Not only was it almost two in the morning, but his hair was a mess and he had his pants thrown on haphazardly, the waistband was tucked under itself weirdly like he'd put them on in a hurry.
Itachi's eyes went wide as he glanced to his side.
"Shit, alright. Give me a sec" he said as he was about to go back inside.
Right as Itachi had turned around Sasuke felt that sharp pain again and leaned on the doorframe and winced.
"Sasuke!?" Itachi said as he turned back around and grabbed his little brother's arm to make sure that he didn't fall.
Itachi checked his watch.
"Deep, even breaths" Itachi said calmly as he rested his hand on the underside of Sasuke's stomach.
Itachi didn't take his eyes off his watch until he felt the tight muscles in Sasuke's stomach loosen up.
"You alright?" Itachi asked.
Sasuke just nodded and stood up as straight as he could.
"That was definitely a contraction. How long have you been having them and how long in-between?" Itachi asked seriously.
"I don't know, since this morning I guess. But now they're five minutes apart" Sasuke answered.
"And they've been a minute long?" Itachi asked.
"The last few. I didn't know they were contractions, so I didn't time them" Sasuke admitted.
Itachi groaned. "You've been having them since this morning and you didn't tell me? Even at dinner?" He asked. Now that he thought about it, Sasuke had been wincing at a lot at their parents' house, but it was sporadic.
"Well pardon me, I didn't know that's what they were. I've been feeling them in my back, not my hips. I'm not exactly a stranger to back pain lately" Sasuke bit out, irritated at his brother's tone.
"Sorry, sorry. It just means the baby is facing towards your back and pressing on the nerves" Itachi hurried out, not wanting to upset Sasuke. "Okay. I'm taking you the hospital" Itachi added after a deep breath as he walked back into his apartment.
"Is everything alright!?" Sasuke asked. It sounded like Itachi was implying that the baby was facing the wrong way and hearing that paired with him needing to go to the hospital filled him with dread.
"Everyghing is fine. You're just in labor and we need to get you checked in to make sure everything stays that way" Itachi said as he came back into view with a t-shirt in his hands.
"I'm not due for over a week!" Sasuke yelled as he walked through the door.
"That doesn't matter, you're expected to go into labor anytime after thirty si- Hold on, Sasuke!" Itachi said when he noticed Sasuke coming in.
Sasuke was confused by his brother's panicked tone, but then he smelt a very familiar, unusually potent scent.
He turned his head and saw a very pretty omega sitting on the couch, shirtless and stunned still.
"We will come back to this later" Sasuke said as he turned back to Itachi with a smirk, briefly forgetting that he was in active labor.
"Hi, Haku" Sasuke said while still smirking at his brother.
"Hi, Sasuke" Haku responded with a blush as he slipped his shirt over his head.
Now that Sasuke had caught Itachi, his appearance made sense. His hair was still tied in a low ponytail, which didn't made much sense for sleeping, and it was a mess. When Sasuke caught a glimpse of Itachi's back before he'd put his shirt on, there were a few dark red lines.
"How long has this been going on?" Sasuke asked.
Itachi was mortified, but didn't get a lot of time to dwell on it because Sasuke was groaning in pain again a few seconds later.
"Okay, deep breaths, Sasuke" Itachi said as he lead his little brother into one of the dinning room chairs. Haku had gotten dressed and had come over to hold Sasuke's hand, instantly regretting it. Sasuke was crushing his dawn hand.
"Your hospital bag still in your car?" Itachi asked.
Sasuke just nodded and squeezed the hell out of Itachi's arm and Haku's hand.
"Haku, can you go grab Sasuke's phone and keys, please?" Itachi asked, his eyes still on his watch to keep time.
Sasuke heard a quiet "Yeah" and felt Haku release his grip before he heard his own apartment's door being opened.
Haku returned right as the contraction was subsiding.
"Sorry, it took me a second to find your phone. I grabbed the charger too" Haku said as he came back.
"Thanks" Sasuke gritted out, still very uncomfortable.
"A little over a minute. C'mon, we're going to the hospital" Itachi said as he stood up and slipped on his shoes.
Itachi helped Sasuke up and grabbed his phone, charger, and keys before heading into the hallway.
Haku just stood there awkwardly, not really knowing what to do with himself.
"Are you coming or not?" Sasuke asked when he realized Haku was still in Itachi's apartment.
"Oh! Sorry about that, didn't know if you wanted me to or not" Haku said as he sprang into action and hurried out into the hallway and grabbed Sasuke's hand.
"You're like one of the ten people I can actually stand to be around" Sasuke deadpanned, feeling somewhat normal again. His body was just tired.
"Aw, thanks babe" Haku said as he gave a peck to Sasuke's flushed cheek.
Sasuke heard Itachi locking his door before he walked over to Sasuke's.
"You need anything else before I lock up, Sasuke?" Itachi asked.
"A fucking epidural" Sasuke answered.
-
"Where the fuck is Naruto?" Sasuke grit out when Itachi came through the door with Shikamaru following him instead of a certain blonde doctor that was sort of expected to be here.
"He's is surgery" Itachi answered carefully, knowing very well that it wasn't the answer his little brother wanted to hear. "But I brought Shikamaru in to administer your epidural" he tacked on to soften the blow.
"Wha- He's in the fucking OR!? Of course he is!" Sasuke groaned out as he threw himself back against the shitty pillows.
Why wouldn't he be in surgery, its not like I'm about to push his big headed child out or anything!
"Go get him" Sasuke said.
He knew that he was being childish, but he was scared shitless and really could use some of the comfort that Naruto's presence effortlessly brought him.
"Sasuke, I can't even buzz into the OR speaker and tell him that you're here. If he were to rush and anything happened, he'd lose his license" Itachi explained in his overly calm doctor voice that only irritated the omega further.
"Then unhook me from this shit! I'm going home" Sasuke said as he indicated to the IV sticking out of his hand and the monitor strapped around his stomach.
"Sasuke, you kn-" Itachi started, but before he could repeat the same thing over again, Kushina and Mikoto barged in to the delivery room.
Itachi didn't know whether to thank God at the potential back up or curse him for the guaranteed headache.
"How are you my little duck!?" Mikoto asked as she rushed over to her youngest son, her heels clacking on the pristine tile.
Even at almost three o'clock in the morning the woman was able to be immaculately put together.
"I'm fi- FUCK!" Sasuke started before another contraction caused his muscles to tighten painfully.
"Shh, its okay, baby. I'm here" she said sweetly as she grabbed his hand, not looking the least bit affected by the pain from Sasuke's grip that was turning her hand white.
Kushina silently went over to Sasuke's other side and grabbed his free hand, both of them more than sympathetic to the pain that he was going through.
Kushina just smoothed down Sasuke's hair as the two mothers helped to get him through the contraction.
"Shika, epidural. Now" Sasuke groaned through his deep, ragged breaths when the contraction passed. They were getting longer and longer each time and Sasuke's breaks in between were getting shorter.
"Got it" Shikamaru said as he slid behind Kushina with his cart.
"Hi Kushina, if you don't mind heading over to that side for now, that'd be great" he said as he motioned to where Mikoto was still gripping Sasuke's hand, almost as tightly as he was gripping hers.
Shikamaru began pulling things out of his cart and laying them out on the tray on top of the cart and Sasuke just watched, thrilled to be rid of the pain for now.
Sasuke's eyes widened when Shikamaru opened up a package and pulled out a huge ass needle.
"What the fuck is that!?" Sasuke shrieked, eyes wide.
There were few things that Sasuke Uchiha feared, and needles were not not one of them, especially when they were going into him.
Not that he hadn't expected needles, but that one was just ridiculous.
"Don't worry, its not as bad as it looks. You'll feel some pressure and a pinch, then you'll be numb from the waist down. Now turn around for me. Face your mother and put your legs over the edge" Shikamaru explained as he finished preparing the nightmare inducing needle.
"You would be a fucking anesthesiologist" Sasuke grumbled as he followed Shikamaru's instructions.
Shikamaru chuckled and said, "Now bend over for me as much as you can. You're going to need to stay very still when I start, so you may want to hold onto a pillow or your mom's hand" as he began poking and prodding at Sasuke's lower spine.
Sasuke listened and grabbed his mother's hand again as Kushina resumed smoothing his hair down.
It calmed him down enough, but all he could think about was how badly that he needed Naruto here.
It definitely helped that so far he had really only had to deal with his friends and family at this point. Itachi had managed to pull some strings and get Sakura on as his labor and delivery nurse.
"Relax for me, Sasuke" Shikamaru said after Sasuke felt the cool sensation of Shikamaru wiping down his spine.
Sasuke begrudgingly relaxed and crushed his mother's hand.
It was over quickly, but Sasuke had been tempted to smack Shikamaru.
Just slight pressure and a small pinch!?
Sasuke let out a shaky breath as Shikamaru closed up the back of his hideous hospital gown and moved his legs back up onto the bed.
He did some weird tapping shit on Sasuke's legs, but Sasuke only knew about it because he'd seen it happen.
"Can't feel it at all?" Shikamaru asked.
"No? Isn't that the whole point of the damn thing?" Sasuke asked, still irritable because of Naruto's absence.
"Just making sure it took on both sides" Shikamaru said, completely unphased by Sasuke's snappiness.
Sasuke's eyes widened at that. He could've bitten off Shikamaru's head for the possibility of it not working, but now that he was unable to feel anything below his waist, his exhaustion was catching up to him.
Shikamaru finished up by spraying him with cold mist to test where his numbness ended and handed him the button for him to get more of the epidural when he started to feel pain. He gave him the whole run down, even though Sasuke barely paid any attention.
Sasuke's attention was on his mother and Itachi's conversation.
"Why the hell isn't he here!?" She whisper yelled.
"What do you want me to do, mother!? He's elbow deep in some guy's chest cavity for a triple bypass!?" Itachi replied.
"I'm calling your father, he'll get Na-" Mikoto started as she began digging through her purse for her phone.
Sasuke perked up at that, he knew that if anyone could get Naruto down here, it would be his father, but Itachi's next words stopped Sasuke from encouraging his mother.
"He was almost done when I went to find him. I just didn't want to tell Sasuke that in case complications arose and he needed to stay longer. Shikamaru is headed back to stake out the OR to get him here as soon as he's out" Itachi said.
They really fucking suck at whispering.
"Just get him herrrreeeee" Sasuke yawned out, as he closed his eyes. The overly bright lights were assaulting his eyes.
"You should sleep while you can, sweetheart" Kushina said to Sasuke, still hiding onto his hand.
"I'm not tired" Sasuke lied.
"She's right, at this rate you'll probably have about three hours before the baby gets here. Rest" Itachi said as he inspected the paper printing out of the monitor.
"Nar. U. To" he said stubbornly before feeling his exhaustion take over.
-
"Let me know when he wakes up so I can explain his recovery" Naruto said as he stripped off his surgical gown and began washing his hands.
The nurse prepping his patient to be moved into recovery gave a nod and went back to work.
Naruto was exhausted. When his patient had come in because his wife thought that he'd had a heart attack, Naruto was hoping that it would be a simple solution.
But of course, he'd wound up in the OR, something that he hated to do so late. He had hoped that he'd only be in for maybe two hours, tops, but there had been so many complications that it was now almost six in the morning.
Naruto sighed, just wanting to go home to Sasuke already. He dried his hands and walked out into the hallway and ran his hands over his face.
When he looked up he saw Shikamaru passed out on a chair that he must have dragged in from one the waiting rooms.
Naruto chuckled at the not so rare sight of Dr. Nara asleep in places that weren't meant to be slept in.
Naruto gently kicked the leg of the chair as he yawned.
Shikamaru jumped and took in his surroundings at being woken up so suddenly.
"There are on call rooms with beds, ya'know? Why the hell are you sleeping outside of the OR?" Naruto asked.
"Waiting for you. It's go time, dad" Shikamaru said casually as he stood up and stretched.
Shikamaru's tone and general lack of urgency didn't lead Naruto to figure out what the hell he was saying. Naruto was exhausted from having just gotten out of a six hour surgery and in no state for cryptic messages.
"Sasuke got here a little before three" Shikamaru elaborated with a 'c'mon now' look.
Naruto was stunned at hearing Sasuke was at the hospital, unable to move or make his brain function properly.
He had dejavu about one of the worst nights of his life. Shikamaru had been the one to come and tell him about Sasuke being forcefully marked too.
"The baby! C'mon, man! Sasuke is going to need to push soon and he is basically refusing to until you're there" Shikamaru said as he rolled his eyes and grabbed the blonde's wrist. Shikamaru opted to just pull him along until his brain jump started.
Naruto allowed himself to just be pulled along for the ride, and it took an embarrassingly long time for his brain to function.
The elevator doors had just closed when he turned to Shikamaru and pulled him into a crushing bear hug.
"Sasuke's having the baby!?" Naruto shouted as he squeezed the already questionable life out of his unenthuseastic friend.
"Took you long enough" Shikamaru groaned as he wiggled out of Naruto's hold.
"He should be pushing by now" Shikamaru said as he straightened out his coat.
"Fuck! What room!?" Naruto asked as he bounced from one foot to other, silently urging the elevator to move faster.
"Three o seven!" Shikamaru shouted out as Naruto bolted out of the elevator the second the doors opened enough for him to squeeze through.
Naruto ran down the hallway, being sure to scan the room numbers as he passed by them. He was familiar enough with this part of the hospital, but not enough to know exactly where to stop.
He thought he might have missed it for a second when he didn't hear Shikamaru behind him, but then he saw six unmistakable heads of hair a few doors down.
"How's he doing?" Naruto panted out as he skidded to a stop in front of his mom, dad, Fugaku, Shisui, Neji, and Kiba.
"Thank God you're here. The opening is formed, but he is refusing to cooperate. C'mon, hop to" Kushina said as she started pushing her son into the delivery room.
"It'll all be alright" Minato said as he patted Naruto's shoulder.
His words paired with Fugaku's reassuring nod put the blonde somewhat at ease, that is, until he was pushed into the chaos filled room.
There were far too many people crammed into the room. Naruto was able to see Haku, Temari, Sakura, Ino, Itachi, and Mikoto.
Mikoto and Ino were holding Sasuke's hands and trying to help Itachi talk some sense into him.
Right as the door was opened, Naruto had caught the tail end of their conversation.
"-know that, Sasuke, but you have to tell me when you feel pressure!" Itachi said, clearly exasperated. He looked like he was about to say something else when everyone took notice of Naruto.
Everyone looked relieved, but before Naruto could even say his hellos, Itachi yanked him over to where Ino had been sitting and forced him into the now empty chair.
"See! He's here! Now stop being a brat or I'll make you get a C-section!" Itachi said as he gestured to Naruto.
Naruto instantly grabbed Sasuke's hand and gave him a quick kiss.
"I'm here" he said with a sappy smile. Sasuke looked exhausted and had his eyes screwed shut in what looked like discomfort. He was crushing Naruto's hand and Naruto could sense that he was scared, but it was slowly subsiding.
"Whats going on?" Naruto asked Itachi.
"The opening is fully formed and his contractions are constant, but he won't tell me if he feels any pressure or the need to push" Itachi explained as he pulled on some gloves.
He and Sakura were now at the foot of the bed trying to pry Sasuke's legs open.
Naruto leaned over and smoothed down Sasuke's hair.
"Hey love, I'm here. And while I really appreciate you wanting to wait for me, you have to listen to Itachi. I'm here now" Naruto whispered into Sasuke's ear before giving him a kiss on the side of his forehead.
Sasuke's eyes snapped open, almost like he hadn't fully registered that Naruto was actually there.
Naruto shot Sasuke one of his goofy smiles and said, "You're really that stubborn? You honestly thought you could keep a baby in?"
Sasuke let out an amused huff as Naruto chuckled and rested his legs in the stirrups.
"Fine" Sasuke said before turning to look at his brother. "I-I feel pressure" he admitted.
"Alright! Everyone out!" Itachi shouted.
When everyone came up to comfort Sasuke instead of leaving, Itachi just sighed and flipped up the sheet that had been covering Sasuke's lower half.
Ino came up next to Mikoto as Kushina rubbed soothing circles on Naruto's back.
Naruto shot Itachi a confused look.
Not that he wanted anyone to leave or be kicked out, but he remembered Itachi's run down about how the labor would go from Sasuke's last appointment. He remembered being told that the hospital's policy allowed only two guests in the delivery room.
Itachi just let out a sarcastic chuckle.
"You try telling any of them to leave" Itachi said as he examined Sasuke.
Naruto didn't question it any further when Ino glared at him, basically daring him to ask her to leave.
"I didn't say anything!" Naruto said apologetically, but before he could say anything else Itachi's voice brought his attention back to the reason why they were all there.
"Kushina, Ino, I need you each to hold his legs up for him. Sasuke, on my go, I'm gonna need you to push as hard as you can for ten seconds. Be sure to breath while you do. Just focus on Naruto" Itachi said calmly.
Naruto didn't get a whole lot of time to process all of this after Shikamaru whisked him away, so he was trying his best to not freak out.
Fuck, okay this is really happening! Focus! Focus on Sasuke!
Naruto just smiled at Sasuke to try and calm him and he breathed with Sasuke as he started to push.
-
Sasuke still couldn't believe it. He had a tiny little human now.
He literally just stared at her for hours at a time. It was so cliché, but he didn't give a single shit. She was absolutely perfect.
He had rarely had a moment alone with her due to his adorably overbearing family and friends, and he was soaking it up while it lasted.
She had an impressive head of thick, jet black hair, tanned skin, and bright blue eyes.
Itachi had explained that most babies eyes are blue when they're first born, and that they usually change by the time they're six months old, but Sasuke knew there was no way that would be happening. Her eyes were too blue to ever change to anything else.
She was the perfect mix of Sasuke and Naruto.
Sasuke had just leaned over to kiss her impossibly adorable nose when Itachi walked into the recovery room.
He got some hand sanitizer from the dispenser by the door and instantly reached his hands out in a grabbing motion.
"Give" was all he said as he all but stole Sasuke's baby from him.
"I'm doing well, thanks for asking. You really are the best doctor I could've asked for" Sasuke said sarcastically.
Itachi had basically bogarted his new neice any chance that he got. He was entirely obsessed. Their mother had teared up the sight, going on about how 'its just like how he was with Sasuke when he was born!'
Itachi didn't respond to his younger brother, too enamored with the little bundle of baby wrapped up in his arms.
"You know you're gonna have to give her back at some point, right?" Sasuke said fondly.
He had to admit, seeing his 'big bad alpha' brother fawn over his daughter was rather adorable.
Itachi just pulled her closer to his chest in silent rebellion.
Sasuke shook his head and decided that he should use this chance to go take a shower before they left.
"How are you feeling?" Itachi asked as the baby in his arms gripped his finger. The man looked like he was about to turn to putty in her tiny little hands.
"Fucking great. They gave me pain meds" Sasuke said, only half joking.
He was still in the midst of his euphoric high of becoming a new mother, but the pain killers did help a little.
"Sasuke" Itachi said in a warning tone.
"Really, I'm fine. Sore as shit, but like I said, pain killers" Sasuke replied as he stretched his back.
Sasuke was about to ask if he had spoken to their mother, seeing as how she hadn't been by the hospital yet. The woman had barley left for more than an hour at a time, truly in love with her granddaughter.
It was odd to not have the voices of his mother and Kushina constantly cooing over the baby. He had gotten used to it the last two days.
Sasuke briefly thought back to when he had loved nothing more than silence, and now here he was wishing for noise.
Right as Sasuke made a grab for his robe, said women walked in with breakfast for the new mother.
"Baby me!" Kushina said as she approached Itachi.
"I just got her!" Itachi balked.
Sasuke just chuckled and let them duke it out for the baby so that he could speak to his mother.
"So is everything all set or do I need to have Itachi come up with a reason for me to stay longer?" Sasuke asked.
Sasuke and his mother had planned for the house to be all set a few days before his due date, but obviously plans had changed.
Sasuke needed to stay a few extra days for monitoring due to his pre-eclampsia and Naruto refused to leave his side, so Mikoto and Kushina had set about getting the movers and construction crew into hyper drive to get everything done in time for Sasuke's discharge this afternoon.
"All set, duck! We just got back from the house and it looks so beautiful! He's going to love it! Where is he, by the way?" She asked when she noticed the lack of a certain boisterous blonde alpha.
Sasuke breathed out a sigh of relief, glad to finally be done with this stressful ordeal.
"Thank you, and he is getting some food with Sakura, Haku, and Shisui" Sasuke answered as he grabbed his phone to text Kiba to prepare the puppy.
"I'm proud of you" Mikoto said with watery eyes as she saw the general happiness and ease that seemed to surround her son now.
"Don't start again" he groaned out as he was pulled into one of her signature hugs.
"Have you guys decided on a name?" Kushina asked, thankfully giving Sasuke an out from his mother's emotional outburst, she'd been having a lot lately.
He may be a changed man, but that didn't mean he was an entirely different person; he still didn't do well with feelings.
Kushina had somehow managed to get the baby away from a dejected looking Itachi and was poking at her chunky little cheek.
"Yeah, Naruto picked it. Her name is Aiya" he answered proudly.
-
"Explain to me again why we can't just go home?" Naruto asked from the driver's seat.
"Because my great uncle wanted to meet the baby and he is a hermit. Its important to my mother" Sasuke sighed out as he adjusted the white Uchiha beanie on his daughter's little head.
Sasuke was in the back seat of Naruto's car with their daughter as Naruto followed Itachi, who was driving Sasuke's Escalade.
"But it couldn't wait? I've been sleeping on that damn couch for two nights straight. I miss your bed" Naruto whined out.
"Our bed" Sasuke replied.
That is precisely why he had done this; Naruto still very much saw Sasuke's apartment as just Sasuke's.
Sasuke wanted to show him that there would be no more running away since there would now be nowhere to run away to.
"Is your whole family loaded?" Naruto asked as they pulled up to the large, gated driveway.
Sasuke just smirked, partially due to him now knowing just how loaded Naruto was, and because the alpha really had no idea.
Sasuke hadn't even been all that sneaky, and he truly had no clue.
"Pretty much" Sasuke said as they pulled into the immaculate gravel in front of the garage.
Sasuke watched with a satisfied smirk when Naruto got out and just admired the beautiful house. It wasn't quiet a mansion, but it was far from a standard home.
Sasuke got out and tapped on Naruto's shoulder.
"You just gonna stare, or are you gonna grab our daughter?" Sasuke teased.
Sasuke wasn't supposed to do any heavy lifting, and he was tired, so he considered the car seat to be heavy.
Naruto just flashed Sasuke a huge smile.
"What?" Sasuke asked as Naruto continued to just stare at him.
"We have a daughter" was Naruto's explanation. He still couldn't fathom the fact that she was actually here.
"I am aware" Sasuke said fondly. There were certain times where he found Naruto's sappiness contagious.
Naruto leaned down for a kiss, immensely proud of his mate for giving him such a perfect family.
"And she is so stinking cute! You're really telling me that you don't want thirty more of her!?" Naruto said as he gave Aiya a kiss on the nose before unlatching the carseat.
"My limit is two" Sasuke said sternly.
Naruto perked up at that. Sasuke had been adamant about being one and done, but now he was entertaining the idea of eventually having another baby!
Naruto had been so caught up in the excitement that he hadn't noticed that they'd made it to the towering front doors.
Is it like a requirement for every Uchiha to have unnecessarily tall doors!?
Naruto found himself getting nervous for no reason. This just reminded him of meeting Sasuke's parent's all over again and Itachi was now nowhere to be seen.
Naruto just took a deep breath and followed Sasuke in, his eyes taking in the interior.
He had thought that the outside was beautiful, but the inside was just insane.
It was pretty much everything that the alpha would want in a home.
Everything was warm toned with accents of deep red, sienna, or navy blue.
The colors were kind of strange, but that's what he liked about it. They somehow worked perfectly together and complemented the dark wood of the floor so well.
Naruto followed Sasuke into the kitchen and he practically started drooling.
Everything looked brand new and shiny. As someone who loved to cook, he could appreciate this kitchen. It was probably bigger than his apartment and had an island the size of a king bed!
He was honestly jealous of Sasuke's great uncle. There was no way that he used this kitchen to it's full potential with how clean it looked, and it was definitely a kitchen worth using.
Naruto had been so busy ogling the massive stove that he hadn't even noticed all of their shared friends and family sitting around the massive dinning room table off to his right.
"Is he drooling?" He heard Ino laugh out.
"A cook knows to appreciate good appliances" Minato explained, completely understanding his son's reaction.
Hearing his father's voice suddenly snapped him out of it and he saw everyone just casually lounging about, watching him.
"What are you all doing here?" Naruto asked.
He had fully expected Mikoto, Fugaku, Shisui, and Itachi, but he couldn't figure out why the hell his mom, dad, Temari, Shika, Neji, Kiba, Haku, Sakura, and Ino where at Sasuke's great uncle's house.
"Where's your uncle?" Naruto asked Sasuke, beyond confused at this point.
"Oh, we don't really talk to Uncle Madara. He's kind of a dick" Sasuke said as he waltzed over to the fridge and casually grabbed a bottle of water like he owned the place.
"Whose house are we at then?" Naruto asked as he set the car seat down, figuring he would let the various 'aunties' and 'uncles' fight over who got to hold her first.
"Ours" Sasuke answered simply as he jumped up onto the island, much like how he used to when they'd first gotten together. The man used to use his island as a chair more than he'd used actual chairs.
The only difference now was that Sasuke whinced when he landed on the cold marble, the sudden pressure not all that pleasant after having just given birth.
"Hey, take it eas- what?" Naruto said, Sasuke's response just hitting him.
"Its our house. You said you couldn't trust me, and I get why, but I wanted to show you that I'm in it for the long haul" Sasuke said as he tried to decipher the look on Naruto's face.
"Do you not like it? I can have them repain-'" Sasuke had started, feeling insecure at his mate's lack of a response, but then Naruto shouted, scaring the shit out of Sasuke at first.
"Our house? Whe- but how!?" Naruto asked.
"Well I bought it. You just need to sign the deed too. I had it renova-" Sasuke started to explain before Naruto had scooped him up in a hug, causing Sasuke to wrap his legs around the alpha's waist to avoid falling.
"You bought us a house!?" Naruto asked in awe.
"Kind of. My parents paid out the home loan as a gift" Sasuke answered.
Naruto just kept looking at him with his mouth hanging open, which started to make Sasuke nervous. He knew just how badly he'd messed up, and he really wanted Naruto to like his grand gesture.
"Do you like it?" Sasuke asked, looking genuinely concerned.
"Do I lik- Of course I do! I love it! Its perfect!" Naruto answered as he smashed his lips very ungracefully onto Sasuke's.
"Oh, wait until you see the master bathroom tub. I know I said this about you already, but Naruto. If you don't marry Sasuke, I will" Ino said as she rocked her goddaughter in her arms as everyone else just watched the sickeningly sweet show that Naruto and Sasuke were putting on.
Naruto chuckled in embarrassment and gently set Sasuke down as he tried to fight off the blush that wanted to creep up to his face.
"I just might" Naruto said shyly, purposefully avoiding Kiba's knowing smirk.
"You could always just give me the ring" Sasuke said smugly as he wiped the corner of his mouth.
Naruto just looked at his omega in astonishment.
How the f-
Before he could even finish his thought, Sasuke rolled his eyes and explained.
"The one on the chain around your neck? You really thought I wouldn't notice? You're not slick" Sasuke said fondly.
Naruto scratched at the back of his neck, embarrassed at being caught and suddenly extremely nervous.
Leave it to Sasuke to prompt his own fucking proposal.
Naruto brought his eyes up and saw everyone just waiting with baited breath for him to say anything, but when his eyes met Fugaku's, the stoic man just nodded in approval.
Naruto let out a shaky breath and undid the clasp on the chain around his neck, sliding it off the chain and into his hand with surprising finess as he got down on one knee.
Sasuke gasped. He had honestly been joking. He had noticed the ring almost right away and figured out what it was, but he hadn't thought that Naruto would actually give it to him any time soon.
"I know you'll probably punch me later for how cheesy this is, but will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me?" Naruto asked as he looked up at Sasuke with hopeful, unbearably blue eyes.
Sasuke refused to let the tears that were welling up in his eyes fall, but couldn't control his enthusiastic nodding.
He heard whoops, whistles, clapping, and his mother's and Kushina's crying as Naruto slid the elegant ring on his equally elegant finger.
Naruto stood up and pulled Sasuke in for a kiss, but pulled back when he felt a sudden jab in his arm.
"Ow!" Naruto said with a laugh, his smile bigger than ever before.
"That was chessy" Sasuke said with a genuine smile. He waited a moment before quietly adding "But I loved it".
"And I love you" Naruto said.
Sasuke just rolled his eyes and let out a playful groan.
"Could you get any worse" Sasuke said with a laugh.
"Just watch this. Could this day get any better?" Naruto replied with a shit eating grin, knowing just how much Sasuke hated all of these clichés. But seeing that ring on his omega's finger and all of his friends and family so happy for them as they fawned over his daughter made him genuinely feel like he had it all.
This day really can't get any be-
"No way! Is that a dog!?"
Notes:
Well there we have it! The final chapter!
Holy shit, I can't believe this was supposed to end after the first two chapters and it wound up being over 100,000 words!
I loved writing this story and never thought that anything I wrote would ever get this much attention, so thank you!3
Thank you so much for everyone who stuck along for the ride that was Sweet Scarlet, I truly appreciate you!
I am thinking about an epilogue to just explain some things further and give a better idea of what Naruto and Sasuke's new life looks like, so please let me know if that is something that you'd be interested in.
As always, I love to hear from you guys! And since this story is now done, I always love prompts/ideas for new stories!
Thank you again, I love you guys!