Five months pregnant and I was getting fucking huge. I was excited sure but I mean…my Greek God body! Everything was so much harder to do now that I was so big, hell even getting off the god damn couch was a hassle. I was tired more easily and sleeping a lot more now too.
That however wasn't the worst part though. At this point during my pregnancy everyone was staring to notice my belly bump, including Sasuke. To top it all off Sasuke was worried about me. He started coming over more often much to Sakura's displeasure, made me go on runs with him, and even tried to get me to fight him, which I always got out of quickly.
Another interesting thing was that Sakura was always really pissed when Sasuke came to see me. That of course never stopped the bastard from coming to see me but it still stung a little. At first it wasn't that bad, she just complained that Sasuke wasn't focused enough on the wedding. Then she just stared getting pissed whenever he ran into me on the street and she would try to pull him away. I didn't understand why the she was so mad at me though. It wasn't like I asked him to see me he made that decision all by himself. But no Sakura had to be ridiculous and get mad at me. Wasn't like the bastard was doing me or anything so I didn't understand why she was getting so irritated.
It was weird though being this far along and I never realized what it was like to have a human life inside of you. I could feel Takahiro hic upping and moving around. As strange as it sounded it was something that reminded me that he was real. I would always talk to him and tell him how much I loved him, which sometimes would get me weird looks.
Shizune always did my monthly checkup even though there was really nothing to tell. She still couldn't see Takahiro and would just make sure that I was doing okay.
That night I found myself thinking about the question of what more could I do for Takahiro. I thought back to all my daddy lessons I had had and thought what I could do to make sure that Takahiro was raised in a safe environment. I could buy his crib and do his room… I had enough money I could do all that there was one thing I had to do first. I was going to have an intense cleaning pow wow.
So there I was on a beautiful Saturday morning cleaning my house. It sucked and I found I had no energy to clean when the sun was shining so brightly. I tried to focus on cleaning saying it was for little Takahiro but I found that it still didn't give me energy. So I turned on some music in order to make it a little more fun.
"Boom Boom Boom Boom. I want you in my room. Lets spend the night together From now until forever. Boom Boom Boom Boom. I want a double boom. Lets spend the night together together in my room." Everyone has a guilty pleasure and this song happened to be mine. So somehow during my intense cleaning my broom became my microphone as I danced around like a crazy man without my shirt on. No big deal.
"Whao Whao, This is what I want to do!" Maybe this is why I never listened to music while the teme was here…
"Idiot what are you doing?" I whipped around only to see Kiba trying to control his laughter causing tears to gather in his eyes, Sakura looking mortified, the bastard's huge smirk with his left eyebrow raised, Lee had one of his fist clenched with tears pouring down his face, Ino looked amused, and Sai had one of his fake smile plastered on his face. I felt my cheeks burn in flames from utter humiliation.
"W-what the hell are you doing here!" I demanded while pointing an accusing finger at Sasuke.
"Hn." He said still highly amused.
"Stop smirking before I punch it off!" I shouted wanting to regain the control I lost. The short silence was filled when Kiba burst into laughter. I growled but somehow refrained from killing dog breath.
"So what are you doing here anyway?" I pouted while crossed my arms.
"Yeah Sasuke why are we here." Sakura said making it perfectly clear that she was not the one who thought of the idea. The room went silent at her rude question and I winced. I tried not to let the pain show on my face but it was hard. Sakura was one of the only people to accept me for what I was and to have her hate me… hurt. Sasuke must have seen the pain I was feeling because he stopped smirking and glared at her.
"No one made you come. You came all on your own and no one will stop you from leaving." He said coldly. Sakura took a step back while tears filled in her eyes.
"Sasuke… I-" Sakura began but than Kiba cut her off.
"Holy shit Naruto look how fat you got!" Kiba said while slapping my stomach. Mother fucker say wha?
"You moron I'm not fat!" It may have seemed like I was screeching but the sound I produced was way more manly than a normal scream. Believe it!
"Psh and pigs fly. Your huge! What you do eat someone whole?" Kiba laughed as he dodged my fist.
"Come back here and face me like a man!" I screamed after him. After elven minutes I was completely worn out and panting on the floor.
"Hey you can't be tried already! It's only been like ten minutes!" And though Kiba sounded like he was teasing me I knew he was worried.
"Shut up dog breath…Huff huff huff… Just a little tired is all I could whip your ass any day of the month!" I said with a cocky grin causing everyone to laugh. Except Sasuke but he never laughed anyway.
"You wish Fat Boy! Pretty soon you're going to be the size of Choji!" Kiba said laughing his ass off.
I was about to say that Choji was awesome the way he was and he wasn't that big when Ino stomped her foot.
"Choji isn't fat and you shouldn't insult him like that! He has a big heart and an awesome personality and the likes of someone as dumb and stupid as you shouldn't judge!" Ino screamed and the room was filled with silence.
Ino must have realized what she had done because her face turned into a tomato and she ran out of the room. Sakura was about to follow to comfort her best friend when Sasuke spoke up.
"Hn. Dobe let's go." He demanded of me while grabbing my wrist.
"Stupid bastard you don't have to lead me around like some little kid!" I shouted while my face began to turn red from the contact. The teme snorted, clearly showing his disbelief in my statement. He was lucky I didn't want to go to prison or I would have MURDERED him! Everyone else in the room laughed and were about to follow when Sakura stopped dead in her tracks and turned to face Sasuke.
"Where are you going?" She demanded making it seem as though he was her child now.
"That's none of your business."
"What? Of course it's my business! I'm your fiancée! Why are you being so secretive!" even though his face looked devoid of emotion I saw the way Sasuke's hand was clenching, the way his body was tensing slowly. Sasuke's self-control wouldn't let him but if it was just him and I, we would have already been in an intense fight. I coughed and stepped between them having my back face Sasuke.
"Hey why don't you come with us then? I mean the more the merrier right?" I exclaimed trying to lessen the tension in the room. Sakura looked behind me and her face took on a sudden pain stricken look causing me to look behind. I found the teme look just as confused as me but when I looked around the room it like felt everyone knew something that the bastard and I missed out on.
"What?" I asked while looking at everyone in annoyance. Everyone jumped and quickly turned their heads like they had just intruded on a private moment between the bastard and me. The only one in the room that didn't look away was Sakura who looked even more pissed.
"Alright I'm coming with you two!" Sakura answered as if I had challenged her.
"Uh…don't you mean the seven of us…?" I asked confused by her determination. She completely ignored what I said and began to walk out the door not even bothering to check to see if we were following her.
It had been a really fun day and eventually it seemed all had been forgotten and forgiven. I whipped Kiba's ass in ping pong, got the bastard to buy me dinner which I thought everyone was gonna piss their pants when I said I didn't want to eat at Ramen Ichiraku and I'm pretty sure everyone's mouths dropped when I ordered onions and melted butter, and we even ran into Choji and Shikamaru at the restaurant we finally decided on.
"Hey Choji we were talking about you today!" Kiba exclaimed teasing and Sakura whacked him in the head.
"Shut Up!" Sakura yelled her face contorted in anger, a look I was all too familiar with.
"Hey what was Ino's problem anyway? I mean I don't get why she got all mad and then left? Psh is another one of those 'girl' things or something?" I said while scrunching my face up and scratching my head. I felt a sharp punch to the back of my head causing me to yelp.
"Geez you're so dense Naruto! No wonder you couldn't tell Hinata – ah…" She stopped mid sentence and I winced at the memories of that strong, brave, beautiful girl saving my life. That is how I would view Hinata because that is the person she had become. I was ashamed that someone like me couldn't see someone like her and I hated myself for watching her die for me. I regretted never talking to her more, getting to know her, and so many other things.
However what I was more upset with at the moment was saying anything about her in front of Kiba. That was his comrade and both him and Shino were really sensitive talking about her still. It also wasn't helping that my emotions were like times ten and I was feeling so much more than normal. I was so caught up in the emotions of grief and guilt I found my voice wasn't working at all and I began to panic. I tried to calm myself down and began to listen to the noises around me, anything that wasn't involved in this conversation. A dog barking, a man laughing, girls giggling, a baby crying, a couple arguing. I looked up to find a mother struggling to balance a little girl and pick up her groceries that had fallen on the ground all at once. Before I could think the better of it I stood up and walked over to the poor mother.
"Hey do you need any help?" I offered while extending my arms to help with the groceries.
"Oh my thank you so much. I can be such a klutz it's embarrassing." She said while I finished repacking the bags. I stood back up and looked at the baby girl.
"Haha don't worry same here. So who is this cutie?" I found a smile creeping onto my face when the little girl started to laugh while I tickled her tummy.
"Oh, she normally doesn't like it when strangers touch her." The mother said surprised. I pulled my hand back.
"I'm sorry I-" Before I could finish my words the little girl had extended her arms towards me clenching and unclenching her chubby little hands.
"Oh Kari. I apologize she normally doesn't do this either…" When the little girl realized that she wasn't getting any closer to me she began to cry. I looked at the mother for approval which she sighed and smiled.
"I'm sorry about this. Oh Kari what am I going to do with you?" Her mother said embarrassed. As soon as Kari was in my arms she stopped crying. She looked up at me with her big brown eyes and grabbed my cheeks causing a smile to form on my face.
"Hi Kari – chan. It's very nice to meet you." She grabbed my hair and tugged on it in response.
"Hahah do you like my hair?" I asked as I began to gently sway back and forth. Soon little Kari – chan was sound asleep on my shoulder. I quietly handed her back to her mother who looked astounded.
"Wow you are so good with children." She said with a soft motherly smile. I felt my cheeks burn at the compliment and began to look down at the ground finding it the most interesting thing in the world to look at.
"Nah…I'm just having a good day or something…" I said while looking up at her through my bangs. She laughed and began to turn away.
"Well thank you very much." She said as she waved good bye and I raised my hand to do the same.
"Wow…" I heard from behind me and I whipped around to find everyone staring at me. Some looked amused others looked confused, but the one reaction I was concerned about was Sakura's. She was confused but realization and shock were shining through her eyes. I felt myself begin to panic and my mind was trying desperately to find excuses that didn't exist. Before I could speak any of this I felt a punch to my right arm and Kiba laughing next to me.
"Damn Naruto I swear you're turning more and more into a women each and every day! Heck you already PMS pretty soon you're gonna be popping out kids!" I thought I was going to die of a heart attack. I could see it in Sakura's face, the lines were all connecting to the dots and was forming a perfect picture in her mind. I could also see how she was doubting herself, which meant I still had a chance to save face.
"Shut up dog breath! If anyone is hormonal around hear it's you! Plus at least I'm staying in my species you turn more and more into a dog every time I see you!" I said with a big smile on my face while Kiba flushed.
"You asshole!" And I busted into laughter as he began to chase me. After only five minutes I was caught and the stupid jerk gave me the worst noogie of my life.
I rubbed my poor abused scalp and looked back at Sakura and was surprised when our eyes met. However I felt my heart drop into my stomach when instead of meeting a confused gaze all I saw was ice. I would later see what people meant by a women's intuition was never wrong.
Howdy! Another chapter up! I hope this was good by all of your guys standards! Man I am getting so pumped about this story! I just wrote the very last chapter for this and now I have to fill in all the others but still! I have a start! Anyway I hope that you all review! These next few chapters are gonna be CRAZY so i hope you stay with me till then! Oh and before I forget I have wrote a oneshot! I'm not sure if any of you will like but I put it out there so if you're ever bored... haha lol but it should be posted by this sunday or so. Amyway thanks for reading and please let me know how you feel about this chapter!